Disclaimer: I do not own the characters and/or story elements of the Pokémon franchise. Nintendo owns everything and I'm just borrowing them for this story. The Atlantica Islands, their gym leaders and predominantly most of the characters who live their there belong to me.
Previously: "With this Ruby Sword Badge, your Pokémon's Physical Attack increases by 40%, allows you to go for the next badge and reveals part of the location for the seventh badge should you decide to go for the last badge," explained Sgt. Goldstein as he handed over the badge to the young couple. "In order to gain entry into the Royal Cup, you'll need either all seven badges or a Top 8 finish in the Pokémon League held at the end of the season."
Relena and Richie left the gym with their heads held high as they left Ruby Island for their next badge and more adventures in the Atlantica Islands."
7: Magic Training and Dangerous Quest to Dark Candle Island.
Sol Palace, Tsunami Island
"Oh man that was an intense gym battle to watch!" exclaimed Angelo with enthusiasm. "Maybe Relena beating us wasn't a fluke."
"What I'd like to know is who was that boy with her. He looked like a real cutie" said Beatriz as Tsunami News Network came on and had a Breaking News story about Relena and Richie defeating Sgt. Goldstein's best Pokémon and getting the Ruby Sword Badge.
'Wow, it's hard to believe that the youngest daughter of the Tsunami Island gym leader and the son of Emerald Island's gym leader are already taking on the Pokémon world at a young age,' said TNN news anchor Tom Brokaw. 'At seven years old, I figured that they would be focused on living like most seven year-old kids their age.'
"Did you guys hear that right?" Nathaniel asked other 14 siblings as they were all plastered around the TV screen. "That boy with her is the son of Rena 'Sakura' Henderson."
"Do you think the runt knows that?" asked Francis, the 11th oldest child.
"Maybe," answered Angelo. "But let's keep an eye on her for now. Who knows, we might face her if she and her boyfriend decide to challenge the Royal Gym for the Royal Trident Badge."
"Then we better train ourselves and be ready for when she gets back to Tsunami Island.," said Samantha as she stood up and walked towards the door.
"Hey where are you going Sam?" asked Nathaniel.
"I'm going on a trip to different islands for a couple months with a few of my girlfriends," answered Samantha. "It'll be a while before any trainers manage to reach the Royal Gym."
"Do you guys think maybe we were too harsh on Relena?" asked Rachel, the fourth oldest daughter.
The siblings stood there for 20 minutes thinking about it and reflecting on the times they picked on Relena and did a few other things to her.
"Maybe a bit too harsh," answered Angelo. "She needs some help in the region and with our experience, she'll make it through the region."
"But will she accept our help?" asked Francis as she was worried that Relena would be bitter with them after they picked on her.
"That'll be up to her if she wants our help," answered Samantha as she walked by with her Abamasnow following behind her and stopped when Samantha stopped. "And I'm giving up on picking on her. It's gotten old."
"If it's gotten old, why did you keep picking on her?" asked Nathaniel.
"Because it was what you guys wanted to do," answered Samantha as she looked away and left towards the door. "I'll see you guys in a couple months. Come Abamasnow."
'Coming,' said Abamasnow as he carried a few things of Samantha's luggage.
Ruby Island docks.
"Where's the next gym?" Relena asked Richie.
"Amber Island," answered Richie. "I remember that Amber Island is a swamp island full of Pokémon that live in swamps and marshland. We'll be able to find Pokémon like Totodile, Ekans, Seviper and plenty of other Pokémon too."
'If I recall there are also Suicune and Darkrai that live on this island as well,' added Aurora as he had knowledge of Amber Island as well.
'Are you from Amber Island, Aurora?' asked Thor.
'No, I'm from the Trident Islands,' answered the Suicune as he gazed towards the said island thinking about someone he had been thinking about. 'I hope you haven't forgotten about me... Amelia. I miss you so much and I hope you think about me everyday.'
Amber Island Gym
The gym leader sighed after giving another trainer a badge for defeating her. The idea of having gym battles televised throughout the Atlantica Islands was a ridiculous idea. The gym leader gathered her fallen Pokémon and took them to her special sanctuary for them. She released them from their Pokéballs and looked out to the ocean while her Pokémon lurched their way to their beds and began a well earned rest. The gym leader was very attractive and constantly had men asking for her hand in marriage. She was 5' 7", a lean and trim 139 pounds and a slender yet athletic figure. The other features that drew men to the gym leader were her flowing purple hair and red eyes that made her look as if she was a human version of the Suicune Pokémon. The gym leader's name was Amelia Skyforth and she was a skilled trainer and very fluent with Pokémon and could have a decent conversation with them. But there was something about Amelia that was mysterious. Hardly anyone knew her secret. What is it you ask? Well, you'll find out later as Amelia looked to the sea and sighed.
'Aurora, I miss you,' Amelia thought to herself. "If only that witch hadn't turned me into a human being," Amelia said loud enough for her Weavile to hear her.
'I knew there was something off about you,' Weavile said in his sleep and directed at his trainer. 'We'll... talk [yawn] later in the morning.'
En route to Amber Island
Relena and Richie were disappointed that not many boats were heading to Amber Island. So they did the only thing they could do. Richie recalled Thor back to his Heal Ball and got on the back of his girlfriend's Pokémon bodyguard, Aurora, as they began the long trek to Amber Island.
'I still can't believe that Ginger let you ride with her,' Aurora said to Richie.
"She said that she wants no humans to ride on her back," Richie explained to Aurora. "I gotta respect what my Pokémon want."
'Fair enough,' replied Aurora as they dashed over the water instead of Aurora swimming in the water.
"Are there any islands that we could stop by on the way to Amber Island, Father?" Relena asked Aurora.
'There's Mage Island and Dark Candle Island,' answered Aurora. 'Dark Candle Island is home to mostly Ghost-type Pokémon. Rumor has it there's a treasure there guarded by a big monster... if you believe it.'
Relena chuckled at the thought of having to go to Dark Candle Island.
"I don't think that I wanna go to Dark Candle Island just yet," said Relena. "Besides I heard something about Dark Candle Island being full of high level Ghost-type Pokémon."
'Oh that would be correct," said Aurora as he recalled having to rest on Dark Candle Island a couple times. 'That's why I remained on the shore of the island,' stated Aurora. 'Once you leave the shore and head into the interior of the island, the sun starts to disappear.'
"Well let's focus on making our way to Amber Island so we can train for the next gym," suggested Relena.
"But first, I thought you might want these first," Richie said to Relena as he revealed a small bouquet of Aqua lilies. "Sparky said I should get you some flowers after the gym battle. Here are some Aqua Lilies, I hope you like them."
Relena teared up as she hugged Richie and crashed her lips into his lips. This came as a shock to Richie at first when Relena crashed her lips on to his. At first he thought the tears meant one of either two things, either it was allergies or she loved the bouquet.
"They're very beautiful Richie," answered Relena. "Can you put one of the lilies in my hair, please?"
Richie gave a slight nod as he put one of the lilies in Relena's hair and held a mirror up for his girlfriend to see the lily he put in her hair.
"How did you know that Aqua Lilies were my favorite flowers?" Relena asked Richie.
"I just guessed that they were your favorite flowers," answered Richie. "And Sparky suggested them too."
Relena had a smile on her face as she said, "You have a great companion in Sparky. He's cute and certainly can help you with the ladies."
'Thank you Relena,' Sparky said to his trainer's girlfriend.
Richie had a confident smile on his face as he replied, "There's only one lady I want, that is you."
'Good answer Richie,' added Sparky.
For four hours the young couple on Aurora's back were approaching Mage Island after receiving a mysterious invitation to go there and receive special training in which both of them were eager to receive and thought it would be Pokémon training. However, they were unaware that Relena's father Takashi and his mistress were following them. Luckily for the young couple as they were in a mile area radius of Mage Island, Takashi and his mistress were prevented from entering the island by a barrier that was set up long ago by an ancient council witches, wizards and Mismagius Pokémon. Takashi and his mistress then set course for the next island as Takashi was determined to take Michiru's favorite child away from her until she was willing to accept an open relationship and go back to giving him children... like she was supposed to do.
As the young couple entered through the barrier to Mage Island, Richie had slightly turned around to see
the boat carrying Relena's real father and his mistress changing course and heading to the next island. But he was quick to shake the encounter out of his head as Mage Island came into view.
'Alright children, Mage Island is directly ahead,' Aurora informed his passengers. 'Here is where people with special gifts for magic are given training. Normally humans who can't use magic are not allowed to approach the island and step foot on it. Pokémon are always allowed on the island.'
"That's really cool," Relena said with enthusiasm. "Do you know what kind of Pokémon are on the island, Father?"
Aurora chuckled when Relena called him her father, but answered, 'Yes there are plenty of Pokémon on Mage Island. Stantler, Togepi, Shaymin, Bravairy, Pidegot, Fearow, Sudowoodo and even Terrakion are here."
'I thought I heard that Celebi live on Mage Island as well,' Sparky added much to the surprise of the young couple.
'There's a reason why I did not mention Celebi, Sparky,' Aurora said to Richie's Pikachu. "Celebi here on Mage Island, only appear to those who complete their training. Even then Celebi are difficult to catch.'
"Well, if we're here to do training on the art of magic, then let's do it," Relena said cheerfully with a grin on her face. "We have plenty of time to train before we have to get the rest of our badges."
"Are you sure you wanna do this?" asked Richie as he wanted to make that stopping at Mage Island was what she wanted to do.
"Oh yeah," Relena answered as she had a beaming smile on her face. "I wanna be a master of magic even if I can't be a champion of the Atlantica Islands."
'Then it's settled,' said Aurora as he made his way to the beach, 'landfall it is.'
As Aurora headed towards the first sugar white sandy beach, two figures came out of the forest and stood at the beach where Aurora was heading for.
"So those are the two we're training to use magic and at least a sword?" the blonde-hair man asked his wife as they watched the Suicune approaching them.
"Yes Cloud," answered Aeris, the blonde-haired man's wife. "The gym leader of Tsunami Island asked for us to do this."
"I thought we were only supposed to train the youngest daughter," said Cloud.
"I know, but after Princess Michiru saw that her daughter was with the son of Rena Henderson, she insisted that he learn the same things too."
"Ah, a bodyguard," assumed Cloud.
Aeris chuckled as she brushed her long and braided brown hair to left and answered, "Something like that. But I would have to guess that she still has that male Suicune at her side as her bodyguard."
"True, but it wouldn't hurt to have another bodyguard just in case," replied Cloud.
The young couple finally got off of Aurora's back and Richie let Thor out his Heal Ball as per the deal with Aurora.
'Ugh, I was wondering when I was gonna get out to stretch and walk around,' commented Thor as he stretched his legs.
It was then the married couple approached Relena and Richie and made both Aurora and Thor tense as they stood in front of their trainers and readied to attack should the married couple decide to attack.
'Who are you?' demanded Aurora. 'Are you here to attack our trainers?'
Aeris gave a gentle smile as she answered, "No. We were asked by Princess Michiru to train your trainers in the art of magic."
"Huh, Mother asked you train me in the art of Magic?" Relena asked Aeris in surprise.
"She also wanted us to train you in wielding a sword as well," added Cloud as he was about to unsheathe his sword and got pounced on by Aurora.
"Oi, Father!" exclaimed Relena as she went to pull Aurora off of Cloud. "Father, I know you're trying to protect me, but I don't think that he was gonna try to kill me."
Aurora glared at Cloud and then lifted his paw letting Cloud go. Cloud had a sweatdrop on his head as he held his hands up in surrender.
"Sorry, I didn't think that I would get pounced on," Cloud said as he got up.
"Ahem, as we were saying," began Aeris as she cleared her throat bringing focus back to what was going down, "Princess Michiru asked us personally to train you two."
"How do you know my mother?" Relena asked Aeris.
"We were good friends before she got married to scum who called himself a prince," answered Aeris as she was bitter as she was remembering when Michiru announced that she was getting to Relena's biological father. "I warned her that he was no good."
"You're right, he was no good," Relena agreed as she had bitterness in her voice. "He expected her to keep bearing him children while he held onto his mistress."
Aeris sighed as she shook his head in disappointment, but Relena continued, "But Mom divorced him and his own family turned on him and kicked him out of the palace so he could go to his mistress."
Aeris gave a nod of approval at the last statement.
"Aurora has taken over and has become my father in place of the deadbeat baka," Relena added as she gestured to her Pokémon bodyguard at her side. "I do love Aurora as a father."
Aeris gave a beaming smile as she replied, "And he seems to be a good father to raise you as his daughter."
'Thank you for your kind words,' Aurora said to Aeris. 'But I'm sure that you would like to begin the training of both these young ones.'
Over the next couple weeks, the magic training was a bit hard for the young couple. Their teacher, Aeris had them doing small things at first as she sought to establish a sense of discipline in the young couple. Neither she nor her husband were going to train two young children that were undisciplined and too out of control. Once Aeris had seen that Richie and Relena had developed a sense of discipline, she moved on to the next phase and then allowed her husband, Cloud, to begin training them with using sword. Both teachers were reasonable and allowed their young students time to train their Pokémon and relax. Relena became more proficient with using magic then using a sword but had passable skill with the sword unlike her boyfriend Richie. Richie on the other hand was more proficient with the sword than using magic spells. But Richie gained an additional skill in channeling elemental energy into the blade of his sword; this made both Aeris and Cloud pleased to see that Richie had gained another skill useful probably in battle.
"Okay, now to complete your training," began Aeris, "you'll need to go to Dark Candle Island and retrieve a treasure of some sort."
"D-Dark Candle Island?!" asked Relena as she was in shock with what her mentor had told her and Richie to do. "But there are many Ghost-type Pokémon there. Powerful Ghost Pokémon."
"Don't worry you guys, both of us will loan you our own Pokémon," Aeris calmly assured her two young pupils. "And we'll be coming with you, but only to observe."
"Are you sure that your daughter and that tramp with her are coming here?" Takashi's mistress asked her lover, the former Prince and heir to the throne of the Atlantica Islands kingdom.
"Of course I'm sure they'll show up here," answered Takashi. "We'll take whatever it is they're after and then take my daughter away from that whore, Michiru."
The mistress gave a slight nod in agreement before noticing Litwick appearing close to her lover Takashi and sucking out a small helping of Takashi's lifeforce before disappearing. If there was one thing that Takashi's mistress knew that a shiny Litwick sucking the lifeforce out of a person meant that they were marked for death. The mistress just shook it off as she and Takashi began to climb the mountain they were climbing.
The young couple and their mentors landed on Dark Candle Island at a dock under constant supervision by Haunters and Duskulls.
'Ah welcome back to our humble island,' a shiny male Haunter named Gracie said to Aeris and Cloud . "I take you're here for training purposes, right?"
"Yes," answered Aeris.
'Oh goodie,' said a shiny Dusclops, 'Fresh meat for the grinder.'
That last comment made Relena and Richie a bit nervous, but they were going to get the treasure on Black Candle Mountain.
"Here, take these Pokémon," Aeris said as she gave Relena a one of her best Pokémon. "She's a level 75 Skitty and she's certainly proven herself in battle especially against Ghost-type Pokémon despite not having the Scrappy ability."
"Here you go my friend," Cloud said to Richie as he handed one of his Pokémon to Richie. "This is a level 75 Exploud with the Scrappy ability."
"Awesome," Richie said with a grin on his face and got Thor to notice it.
'Are you alright?' Thor asked Richie.
"Y-Yeah," answered Richie. "The Scrappy ability allows Exploud to hit Ghost-type Pokémon with Normal and Fighting-type moves."
'That is a pretty handy ability,' remarked Thor.
"Oh yeah," agreed Richie.
The small party then journeyed into the interior of Dark Candle Island encountering many different types of Ghost-type Pokémon, including even Froslass with Glalie at Lavender Pass. As the party progressed, the Ghost Pokémon got stronger and climb got more difficult. As they climbed up Black Candle Mountain, they were being followed by Takashi and his mistress... and a shiny female Litwick that was trying to mark Takashi's mistress for death as well. The climb was a lot longer than thought because of the Pokémon battles with Ghost Pokémon and retrieving many items left behind. Then the small party reached the main cave and proceeded with caution as many Litwicks and Lampents lit the way to the main chamber to where a shiny Lampent with orange eyes and lighter shade of lavender, lighter than the normal shiny Lampent.
'Welcome treasure hunters along with their instructors in the art of magic,' the shiny Lampent said to Relena and Richie mostly. 'You have come for our prized treasure. However you will battle me with your own Pokémon and not the Pokémon of your instructors that you borrowed.'
Aeris and Cloud relieved Relena and Richie of the Pokémon they borrowed to reach the top. The Lampent studied Relena and and Richie's Pokémon and then made himself become enveloped in dark mist for a brief few seconds.
'I am now ready to face your strongest Pokémon,' announced the shiny Lampent. 'Bring them forward and I shall face them.'
Aurora looked to Relena and Sparky looked to Richie and both Pokémon gave their trainers a slight nod.
'Don't worry, we can take him,' Sparky assured both Relena and Richie.
'We'll be fine Relena,' agreed Aurora.
"Be careful, Father," Relena said to Aurora in a worried tone. "That Lampent could have the Flame Body ability."
The battle then began as the Lampent opened up by launching two Shadow Ball attacks at Aurora and Sparky.
'Time to put that Iron Tail attack to good use,' Sparky said eager to try out the new Steel-type move he learned while Richie was training with him the week before.
Sparky's tail glowed and seemed to be coated with a metallic coating and then Sparky moved to slice the shadowy blob fired at him by Lampent. Aurora waited for the shadowy blob to get closer and as it got closer, he leapt up dodging with ease. The Suicune then countered with a Scald attack even though the Ghost/Fire Pokémon was not going to get burned from the secondary effect. The Lampent was hit by the Scald attack and thrown back a bit.
'Hmm... you two might prove to be a challenge for the treasure,' Lampent said to Aurora and Sparky.
Before the shiny Lampent could make the next attack, a beam entered the chamber which caused Aurora's paternal instincts to kick in as he tackled Relena to the ground and kept her shielded as the beam died down and a pair of unwelcome guests entered on the back of a shiny Charizard. Relena looked to see who would stop a battle for the treasure of Black Candle Mountain and glared at the both of them.
"Well done my daughter," Takashi said to his youngest daughter as mockingly clapped at her and Richie. "Now your journey and this tomfoolery is over. Your coming home with me, little girl."
Relena narrowed her eyes at Takashi and snarled, "You're not my father. You never will be my father, even though it was through you that I was born."
Aurora narrowed his eyes at the man who was cruel to Amelia and then asked, 'If you love your mistress, then don't you marry her and have children through her?'
Takashi stood there for a couple minutes thinking about Aurora's question.
"I prefer to have a mistress and a wife," Takashi answered with an evil grin. "Besides, I can still have children through a wife and a mistress."
'You make me sick,' Aurora said to Takashi. 'Have you forgotten that it's against the law for a man to have a wife and a mistress at the same time?'
"Who cares about some stupid law?" Takashi asked Aurora.
"Um... Takashi," began Takashi's mistress, "I'm pregnant with your child."
"There you go Takashi," Relena said to her 'father.' "Take your mistress and go have children with her. Leave me alone. Leave my siblings alone and most importantly... leave my mother alone."
"You will call me 'father'," Takashi tried to correct Relena.
Relena looked Takashi with a scowl on her face and then looked to Aurora before closing her eyes and said as she and Aurora got off the ground, "I already have a father and he's standing right here... next to me. Aurora's more of a father to me then you ever will be."
Takashi had heard enough and then was about to charge at his daughter until he felt searing fire hit him in the back. Takashi fell forward and surprised as he turned and saw that his shiny Houndoom had fired a Flamethrower to the back.
'You won't lay a hand on that young girl,' Takashi's Houndoom snarled at Takashi. 'She made her decision and you are not fit to be her father.'
"You stupid traitor!" snarled Takashi as he was ready to backhand his own Houndoom.
Before Takashi could ever strike his Houndoom, the Litwick and Lampent then took action and a few Litwick used their Psychic attack to restrain Takashi and even held him up. The mistress then tried to release one of her own Pokémon from their Pokéballs, but she too was restrained before she reach her belt clip. Three Lampents then used their power and opened a hole which lead to a dimension cover in lavender mist clouds.
'By the majesty of Arceus, what is that place?' Thor asked no one in particular.
Aurora's first reaction was to ensure his adopted daughter's safety as he wrapped his left front paw around her waist to make sure that she wouldn't get sucked into the dimension.
'It appears to be a death dimension,' Aurora answered Thor.
"What's a death dimension, Father?" Relena asked Aurora.
'I'm not sure myself,' answered Aurora. 'I've only heard about them from Ghost-type Pokémon belonging to human trainers. They never told me more about it in general.'
'It is a dimension that we Ghost Pokémon draw our powers from,' Kagura said as she had popped out her Heal Ball. 'Humans and Pokémon that get caught in the dimension are slowly broken down and then become the source of power that we use.'
Relena and Richie both grimaced at the thought of being sent into the death dimension. The shiny Litwick that had been tailing Takashi's mistress was about to mark her then she joined Kagura.
'Hey, most of us Ghost Pokémon don't like that we're using the lifeforce of humans and Pokémon, but we gotta use what is given to us to use,' the shiny Litwick said to Relena and Richie before sucking part of the mistress's lifeforce.
'Throw him in the death dimension,' the shiny Lampent ordered the three Litwicks holding Takashi restrained with their Psychic attack and then said to Takashi, 'Once you enter the death dimension, you will be frozen for all eternity. You will also have plenty of time to look back on your broken promises and the sins you've committed as well.'
Once the final word left the Lampent leader's mouth, the three Litwicks then pushed Takashi into the death dimension. As the three Litwicks pushed Takashi into the death dimension, he caught a glimpse of his life as it flashed through his eyes and he then saw a glimpse of his first wife as she seemed to be looking at Takashi and shook her head with a disappointed look on her face.
"MARIA!" Takashi exclaimed as he was finally sucked into the death dimension and then gone forever.
"TAKASHI! NO!" shouted Takashi's mistress as she tried to reach her hand out to him but couldn't because she was still restrained.
Once Takashi was in the death dimension, his mistress was released and forcefully driven out. However, as Takashi was blasted into the death dimension, the shiny Lampent had been exposed to what was the treasure, an oversized Dusk Stone with a lot of energy in it. The Lampent had evolved into the final evolved form known as Chandelure and had a dark red orange flame rather the orange flames that a shiny Chandelure had.
'It seems that the battle for our prized is not necessary for you two,' the recently evolved Chandelure said to Relena and Richie. 'Have certainly passed the test. I apologize for doing that the man who was your father young girl.'
"He was never my father," Relena said bitterly to the Chandelure. "Aurora is my father now."
'Chandelure, that woman that was forced out of this cave was marked for death,' the shiny female Litwick said to Chandelure. 'Now I have to track her down and complete the job myself.'
Litwick then turned to Richie and said, 'I am accompanying you so I can complete my task. This is non-negotiable, like it or not.' The female shiny Litwick then used her Psychic attack to force an empty Quick Ball to come loose off of Richie's belt loop and hit her on the head to capture her. Three shakes and confirmation click later, the shiny female Litwick became Richie's fifth Pokémon.
"Welcome aboard... Hikari," Richie said to the shiny female Litwick with a grin on his face.
Relena gave her boyfriend a smile as she knew why Richie gave his newly caught shiny Litwick the name Hikari.
Once the small party returned to Mage Island, something strange had begun to stir as soon as Relena and Richie touched the sandy beach. Richie and Relena then noticed a group of green and pink fairy-like Pokémon that had suddenly appeared and were interacting with other Pokémon living on Mage Island. Many Mismagus, Raticate, Houndooms, Ludicolo, Lucario and all their pre-evolved forms lived on Mage Island along with the various water Pokémon that lived in the warm waters and underwater ruins a mile to the northeast of Mage Island.
'There are the Celebi Pokémon, dear children,' Aurora said to Relena and Richie as both young trainers got off of Aurora's back. 'They only appear after someone returns from the quest on Dark Candle Island.'
'Don't expect Celebi to be easily caught,' added Thor as he got of his Heal Ball himself.
Richie had a smirk as he knew what Pokémon he was going to use.
"Alright Hikari, let's go catch us a Celebi to add to our team of Pokémon," Richie said with enthusiasm.
'Hikari... doesn't that name mean 'radiance'?' Hikari asked Richie.
"Yeah, it does," Richie answered the shiny Candle Pokémon. "My mother told me had I been born a girl, she would've named me Hikari and told me that it meant 'radiance'."
Hikari gave a slight nod and said, 'Well then, let us use our radiance and hopefully capture a Celebi.'
Relena had a smile on her face as she looked through her own Pokémon to see which one would help her capture an elusive shiny Celebi. She looked through her Pokémon and made her choice as she plucked one of her three Cherish Balls, a Cherish Ball with a sticker of a green mirror indicating that she chose Michiru, her shiny Gardevoir.
"Okay Michiru, we're going after a shiny Celebi," Relena informed her Psychic Pokémon partner for this trek. "Can I count on you for your assistance?"
'You can always count on me Relena,' the shiny Embrace Pokémon assured her young trainer.
Relena and Richie looked at each other and then came up with a plan.
"Okay, we'll meet back here on beach later in the evening," Relena said to Richie. "But let's set up our camp first."
"There's no need for that," Aeris said to Relena and Richie as she showed that Cloud already had the camp set up by a couple of his Pokémon while they were on Dark Candle Island.
Relena had a sly smirk on her face as she looked at Richie and had an all too familiar idea that made Richie uncomfortable. Richie met Relena's sly smirk with an uneasy gaze and a sweatdrop on the back of his forehead.
"Um... now Relena," began Richie as he slowly moved backwards unintentionally towards the ocean, "don't look at me like that. I know what you wanna do and I don't wanna do it again."
Relena had her arms poised and ready to grab her boyfriend.
"Come here Richie," Relena said to her boyfriend in sweet and cute tone.
Richie however shook his head tried to bolt into the forest but was tackled to the sandy beach by Relena. Thor, Aurora and Michiru all had sweatdrops on their foreheads as Richie got pulled towards the tent they were staying in for the night as she wanted to change into her swimsuit with Richie doing the same thing too. Richie looked to the three Pokémon who had sweatdrops on their foreheads with pleading eyes and then looked to Aurora and said, "You're Relena's father, do something. I'm begging you to help me, please."
Aurora then stepped in and said, 'Relena, let him go. He doesn't want to change swimsuits with you today.'
"But Father," protested Relena.
'No buts,' Aurora said firmly as he set his left front paw on Relena's right shoulder. 'Let him go.'
Relena sighed in defeat and let Richie go and then went in the tent to change into her swimsuit as she wanted to swim later after catching the Celebi she wanted. Richie was already in the forest looking for any Celebi that he and Hikari could come across.
'Your girlfriend is kinda weird, boy,' Hikari said to Richie.
"My name is Richie Henderson," Richie said to the shiny Litwick. "Please don't forget that."
'Ha ha, I won't forget it Richie,' replied Hikari. 'You do prefer to be called by your first name, right?'
"Yes please," answered Richie as they proceeded into the forest and found a regular Celebi. "Alright a Celebi. Time to try and capture it with out having to battle it."
Richie readied a Quick Ball and threw it at the regular Celebi and caught by surprise as it was sucked into the Quick Ball. The Celebi broke out of the Quick Ball with one shake and threw it back at Richie.
'Do you honestly think that I'll be that easy to catch human boy?' asked the Celebi that broke out of the Quick Ball.
A battle then ensued between the Celebi and Hikari ensued as both Pokémon clashed with each other.
Relena had remained on the beach as she had heard from a few Celebi that she and Kagura had defeated that a shiny Celebi stayed along the beach and was bound to approach the beach area where she and Richie were staying at with their teachers. She also learned that the shiny Celebi had a love for a strange kind of music and it made it him or her dance. Relena then pulled out her iPhone and a mini stereo and began to play Electronic, Remix and even Trance music as she then laid on her beach towel and decided to get a tan as part of her plan to catch the elusive shiny Celebi. Aeris and Cloud were interested yet confused how Relena was gonna catch the shiny Celebi lying on her beach towel and getting a tan.
"It's easy, the sound of my music will draw the shiny Celebi and he or she'll be unable to resist the music playing," explained Relena as she laid on the towel and started to tan herself.
"That's... uh..." said Cloud trying to find the right words.
"An interesting tactic," finished Aeris. "But I think I could do some tanning too."
Aeris then went to her's and her husband's tent to change into her own swimsuit and grabbed her own beach towel. Once she changed, Aeris joined Relena in tanning herself. Aeris looked to Relena's iPhone and gave a slight nod before lying on her beach towel.
"Nice choice of music," Aeris said to her pupil. "I hope your plan works to catch the shiny Celebi."
"Me too," agreed Relena.
Thirty minutes into tanning herself, a female shiny Celebi got curious when she heard the Trance music playing on the mini stereo. She then began dance a little bit much to the dismay of her friend as the friend knew about her weakness to the strange music that humans played when they came to Mage Island. The shiny Celebi was certainly drawn to the music and approached the music playing.
'Wait, don't go. It's a trap!' exclaimed the shiny Celebi's friend.
The shiny Celebi didn't listen as she was drawn to the music approached the music playing. The tune that got the shiny Celebi dancing was a Trance song and really her dancing with joy.
[Trance – Again and Again URL: www. youtube watch?v=FkzICCru13I]
Relena spotted the shiny Celebi and kept a wary eye on her as she came closer and was dancing to the Trance music like the rumors she heard. The shiny Celebi was joyfully dancing but caught a glimpse of Relena tanning herself and a shiny female Gardevoir laying on the sand and soaking up as much of the sun as she could. The shiny Celebi kept dancing to her heart's content but didn't notice Relena chucking a Quick Ball at her as she was dancing at first.
"Gotcha Celebi, you're mine now," Relena said in a confident tone and thinking that she caught the shiny Celebi.
But the Celebi broke out of the Quick Ball and then made a motion to bring on the battle and was very confident that she could win the battle like every other battle against the humans that tried to capture her before.
'Time to see if your Pokémon can rock a beat against me in battle,' the shiny Celebi said to Relena as she motioned for Michiru to battle her.
'Time for me to prove that I've got beat to dance to,' Michiru said to herself and Relena as she took a fighting stance.
The shiny Celebi was first to make a move as she unleashed Magical Leaf on Michiru. Relena's shiny Gardevoir countered with her own Magical Leaf attack and effectively canceling out both attacks. Michiru then took advantage of the dust and then used her recently learned Signal Beam attack and struck the shiny female Celebi in the chest as it did double damage because it was a Grass/Psychic-type Pokémon. Both Pokémon seemed to be evenly matched as both ladies exchanged blows with each other and were a brink of collapsing from the blows exchanged and Michiru certainly didn't like getting hit with a Solarbeam attack at pointblank range. The female shiny Celebi wasn't too keen on the Shadow Sneak from behind or the Signal Beam that hit her in the back at pointblank range in retaliation for the Solarbeam at pointblank range.
'H-Ha-Have you ha-had en-en-enough Gardevoir?' asked an shiny Celebi as she huffed and puffed.
'I-I co-could a-ask you t-the s-same th-thing,' countered Michiru.
Relena then saw her opportunity and then readied another Heal Ball and threw it at the weary shiny Celebi .
"Now you're mine Celebi," Relena said to the now worn down Time Traveling Pokémon.
The shiny Celebi saw the Heal Ball coming at her and she tried to side step it but was too weary to evade it and was sucked into the Heal Ball. After nine shakes of the Heal Ball, the shiny Celebi was finally caught.
"Alright!" Relena exclaimed with joy before hugging her worn out Embrace Pokémon. "Thank you Michiru. Thank you so much."
'You're welcome Relena,' replied Michiru before she collapsed on her beach towel.
Richie and Hikari returned with disappointed looks on their faces.
"I can't believe that those Celebi got away from us," Richie said with a disappointed scowl on his face.
'I could've used my used Flame Body ability if you not told me to dodge those Aerial Ace attacks,' Hikari said to Richie. 'They would've used up their Lum berries and then I could've used my Flamethrower attack to inflict another burn on them.'
"It still doesn't help the fact that we failed to catch a Celebi," Richie said to his recently captured shiny Litwick.
'You seriously need to come up with better strategies,' Sparky said to his trainer. 'We Pokémon have various abilities and powers that can be used against other Pokémon.'
Richie gave a sigh and nodded to Sparky. He then saw Relena tanning with Michiru and her teacher were laying on their beach towels and tanning themselves.
"Richie, you should go change into your trunks after a hard day of training and catching a Celebi," Relena said to her boyfriend as she looked to him with a gentle smile on her face.
'Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful in capturing a Celebi,' Hikari said to Relena as she gave Richie a slight glare.
'He tried hard to catch a Celebi but it just wasn't day today,' added Sparky. 'But he'll become a good trainer once he learns somethings about Pokémon abilities. You could learn some things about them too you know.'
Relena gave Sparky a slight nod and then motioned for him to go into their tent and change anyway as she wanted to swim with Richie. She didn't care that Richie failed to catch a Celebi, all that mattered to her is that he did his best and that they take on the Atlantica Islands Pokémon League together. She wasn't gonna ask anymore from him. Richie gave a slight nod to acknowledge his girlfriend's request and went to change as he wanted to go swimming anyway.
Later in the evening, Aeris looked to her's and Cloud's pupils and asked, "Are you two sure you wanna proceed to Amber Island?"
"Yeah," answered Richie. "We're going after all the badges. I think there are only six badges to gain entry in the Atlantica Islands."
"Seven badges," corrected Cloud. "There are seven badges. The seventh badge, though, is hard to obtain. Yet once you get the seventh badge, it'll give you automatic entry into the Royal Cup."
Relena and Richie looked at each other, eyes filled with determination and gave each other a slight nod as they silently came to an agreement.
"Any chance you know where the seventh gym is?" Relena asked Aeris.
"Or what to expect for the last gym?" asked Richie as he too wanted to know anything else about the the last gym.
"Sorry, but we can't tell you guys anything about the seventh gym," answered Aeris. "But we can tell you that the next gym holds the Amber Spear Badge and next portion of a map to locate the seventh gym."
"Eh? A map to the seventh gym?" asked Relena as she was confused by what Aeris said by gym.
"Sorry, but you'll have to figure it out yourself," answered Aeris before checking her watch. "Now it's time for you two to go to bed. Good night you two."
They young couple fell asleep in their tent with arms around each others waist and laying their heads on Aurora's stomach as a pillow. The next day was a new day for them and they needed to be ready to rise and shine for their next stop, Amber Island.
