Advanced Generation: Max's Adventure!

Chapter 9: The Dragons of Johto and the Open Sea!

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Altaria led them a few miles and they eventually got to a large gate. Altaria pushed the gate open and lead them inside. The road there took them to a large blue lake and a big house with a dock next to it. Altaria flew way high into the sky. Max and Grace started towards the house. They approached the door and knocked. Adalinda's Magmar, who smiled upon seeing the guests, opened the door. Magmar led them to the common room, where they saw a few familiar faces: Dawn, Geraldo, and Chloe.

Max and Grace started talking with Dawn, when Colby stumbled in from the kitchen, eating a yellow apple. Soon Cherry, Steven Stone, Randy, and Nando all entered. Dawn was happy upon seeing Nando. Soon, the group all walked outside onto the docks. Dawn, Grace, Max, and Nando broke off from the group and went to the beach area. Max let out Tentacruel, Grace let out Goldeen, Dawn let out Piplup, and Nando let out Armaldo. The Pokémon all played in the water, and were soon joined by Adalinda's Kingdra, Empoleon, Magikarp, and Dragonair. Eventually, a girl named Iris, who Dawn knew, came. Max pulled out his Pokédex when he saw her Axew.

"Axew, the Tusk Pokémon. They use their tusks to crush the berries they eat. Repeated regrowth makes their tusks strong and sharp."

"Wow, your Axew is awesome!" Grace said.

"Thanks a lot!" Iris yelled.

"Iris, you are from Unova, right?" Grace asked. Iris nodded. "Well, I actually have a Pokémon native to Unova. Can you take a look?"

"Sure." Iris said.

"Okay Munna, come on out!"

Iris thought Munna was the cutest thing. Dawn explained that Max travelled with Ash at one point too. Iris explained that she knew Adalinda because they were both protégés of Clair. Soon, Adalinda came out. She greeted all of her guests, and hugged Iris. After a delicious lakeside lunch, Adalinda challenged Iris to a battle while the rest of them ate ice cream. Iris and Adalinda went to a water battlefield in the center of the lake. The only land in the battlefield was a small barrier around the area and two circular platforms.

"Okay, Dragonite, I choose you!" Adalinda yelled.

"Go, Emolga!" Iris said.

Dragonite was hit several times by Emolga's electric attacks. Eventually, Emolga used volt switch and sent out Iris's Dragonite. After a fierce battle between the two Dragonite, Adalinda won. Iris's Emolga finished off Dragonite and was then defeated by Adalinda's Kingdra. Iris's Gible beat Kingdra, and Adalinda's Exploud defeated Gible. The battle was intense and everybody cheered in the end.

Soon, the party was over. Grace and Max continued on. After reaching Lilycove City a few days later, they immediately went to the Pokémon Center to heal up their Pokémon and Grace looked online to see what Pokémon Contests were coming up soon.

"Well, the Lilycove Contest just happened yesterday, so I can't participate in that. Wait! There is a contest in Mossdeep. We are going there anyway, so it is a good idea that I participate in that!" Grace said. Max agreed.

Soon, their Pokémon were healed. They stayed overnight at Lilycove, and had to find out how to get to Mossdeep from there. They decided to take the ferry, so they started towards the port. The ferry was badly damaged and there were many repairmen all around it. Grace walked up to one of the workers.

"Excuse me, but what is wrong with the boat? When will it be operational again?" she asked.

"The boat was attacks by a large Pokémon. We have no idea what type. The ferry service will not be operational for another two to three weeks!" the man said. Grace gasped.

"But I have to get my final ribbon and Max here has to get his seventh badge! We can't wait three weeks! The contest is tomorrow!" Grace whined. Suddenly, a familiar voice called.

"Grace! Max!" Prof. Oak yelled. He was with Prof. Juniper and Tracey. The kids ran to the professors.

"Hi! What are you doing here?" Max asked.

"We are investigating the attack on this ferry. We think it might be Kyogre!" Oak said.

"We are going out on our own boat deep into water route 124." Tracey said.

"Well, can we come? We have to go to Mossdeep City." Grace said. The professors agreed.

They got on the boat, which was quite small compared to the ferry. There were two smaller boats without engines lied to either side of it.

"Before we go to Mossdeep City, we need to look for this mysterious Pokémon." Oak said.

"Hey, did you two get the egg I sent?" Juniper asked.

"Yes! Max and I battled for it and I won, so I kept it. Want to see?" Grace asked. Juniper nodded.

Grace sent out Munna. Juniper complimented Grace on how well she raised it and Grace blushed and returned the Psychic-type. Soon, they were in the middle of the ocean on the boat. Tracey put a bunch of equipment on one of the two boats and he, Grace, and Juniper hopped on. Max went on the other one alone while Oak stayed on the main boat, listening to different noises via earphones. Max was barely ten feet away from the main boat, and Tracey's boat was just a few feet away from Max's.

"Okay, so now we must send some of our Pokémon down to search." Juniper said. Oak pulled off his earphones.

"I have heard many different types of Pokémon down there. I have not detected anything too unusual, though. Okay, lets get the Pokémon searching!" Oak said.

"We need Water-types. Go, Marill!" Tracey said.

"Goldeen, we need you!" Grace said.

"I choose Tentacruel!" Max yelled.

"Go, Corphish, Kingler, and Totodile!" Oak said. Corphish swam towards Max. Max smiled.

"This is Ash's, isn't it?" Max said, delighted.

"Yes. All three of them are. I asked Ash if it was okay, and he said it was a great idea." Oak said. Grace pulled out her Pokédex at Kingler.

"Kingler, the Pincer Pokémon, and the evolved form of Krabby. Kingler has an enormous, over sized claw. It waves this huge claw in the air to communicate with others. However, because the claw is so heavy, the Pokémon quickly tires."

"Frillish, Alomomola, help out, too!" Juniper said. Max looked at the blue Frillish and Alomomola with wonder. He pulled out his Pokédex.

"Frillish, the Floating Pokémon. If its veil-like arms stun and wrap a foe, that foe will be dragged miles below the surface, never to return."

"Alomomola, the Caring Pokémon. Floating in the open sea is how they live. When they find a wounded Pokémon, they embrace it and bring it to shore."

"We are going to need some Pokémon looking from the air, too! Does anybody have any?" Oak asked.

"Yep! Okay, Dustox, Volbeat, Munna, go!" Grace yelled.

"I choose you, Gligar!" Max said.

"Scyther, we need you!" Tracey said.

"Go, Pidove!" Juniper said. Max scanned it.

"Pidove, the Tiny Pigeon Pokémon. These Pokémon live in cities. They are accustomed to people. Flocks often gather in parks and plazas."

Marill, Goldeen, Tentacruel, Corphish, Kingler, Totodile, Frillish, Alomomola, Dustox, Volbeat, Munna, Gligar, Scyther, and Pidove all looked to Prof. Oak.

"Okay, we need all of your help," Oak said, "Water-types, we want you to go to the bottom and search for this Pokémon."

Oak showed a picture of Kyogre on a monitor on the boat.

"And all of you who can fly, look down from high above to look for any shadows shaped like it," Tracey said, "Goldeen, Alomomola, stay for a minute. The rest of you go!"

Juniper convinced Grace to go down diving with her, and eventually they both got into complete scuba gear. Grace grabbed on to Goldeen and dove deep down. Juniper did the same with Alomomola.

Tracey had a box attached to two very long lines with two cameras. The box had two little screens on it. Tracey handed one camera to Marill to see what it saw, and sent the other straight to the bottom. All he was seeing from either camera were schools of Luvdisc, Lanturn, Chinchou, Magikarp, Relicanth, Seaking, Tentacool, Seadra, Huntail, Gorebyss, Mantine, and Clamperl. He quickly sketched the Pokémon.

Max had a complicated machine that he barely knew how to use. It was getting different heat readings from Pokémon deep within the water, and he didn't really know what to make of them. His attention drew away from it and he just looked around with his binoculars. He really hoped that he saw Kyogre.

Oak was listening closely to different Pokémon calls he was hearing via microphones he sent down into the ocean. He was hearing mostly Lanturn, but some others. He even heard Grace's Goldeen once.

Grace and Juniper were deep into the ocean, right at the bottom. The water wasn't too dark, but it was nevertheless hard to see. Grace saw a beautiful Relicanth that she wanted to capture but she realized that she didn't have any Pokéballs. Grace had never realized how graceful Goldeen was in the water. She felt bad that she didn't let Goldeen out to swim more.

None of the Pokémon or people saw anything. Tracey was about to send the signal for everyone to return when he realized something strange on the cameras. There were no Pokémon.

Pidove, Gligar, and Dustox all flew over to Max and started vocalizing like crazy. Max looked at the heat signatures from deep below and saw something huge below. Volbeat, Munna, and Scyther were trying to get a closer look at whatever was down there. Max wasn't sure what to think. He was too scared to move.

Soon Frillish, Marill, Kingler, and Totodile shot up to the surface and onto the main boat. Oak seemed to be listening intently.

Oak was hearing a strange call he had never heard before. Tentacruel and Corphish were the next to come up.

"Prof. Oak, I think it may be here…" Tracey said, nervous.

"Well, Grace and Juniper will tell us that." Oak said.

Goldeen and Alomomola started acting really strangely. Goldeen seemed to want to leave, and Alomomola tried to hide in the seaweed. Tracey suddenly saw something huge on his small screen, and it was right below him. It was Kyogre. Grace and Juniper saw it. Grace slowly pulled out her Pokédex.

"Kyogre, the Sea Basin Pokémon. Kyogre is said to be the personification of the sea itself. Legends tell of its many clashes against Groudon, as each sought to gain the power of nature."

Kyogre seemed to hear this, and turned towards Grace. It opened its mouth and started a hyperbeam. Grace, Goldeen, Juniper, and Alomomola all shot to the surface and onto the main boat. Tracey and Max both started rowing towards the main boat. They saw a flash underwater, which they assumed was its hyperbeam attack.

"Kyogre is coming!" Grace yelled, almost in tears.

Max climbed onboard. He stood next to Tentacool and Gligar landed on his back. He decided to keep them out just incase Kyogre attacked. Grace returned Goldeen, Volbeat, and Munna, but left Dustox out. Dustox landed on her head. Tracey picked up Marill and returned Scyther. Oak left out all three Pokémon. Juniper only returned Alomomola. With all people and Pokémon onboard, Oak started the engine and they started going at full speed.

Kyogre leaped from the water and sent a giant wave at the boat. As the wave hit, Tentacruel grabbed everyone to keep them from falling off. Kyogre opened its mouth and used blizzard. The blizzard was powerful, but luckily made the boat move faster. Oak started getting worried.

"What if Kyogre decides to use hyperbeam on us?" Oak asked.

"Well, lets hope not… Tentacruel could use barrier, but I doubt it will be enough." Max said.

Totodile used water gun to push the boat faster. The other Pokémon thought that that was a good idea, so they helped out. Marill used water gun, Kingler used brine, Tentacruel used hydro pump, Corphish used bubble, and Frillish used hydro pump. The boat started moving significantly faster. Juniper started taking many pictures of Kyogre. Tracey took out his PokéNav.

"At this rate, we should be to shore in about five minutes!" Tracey yelled.

Kyogre jumped out again, creating a wave.

"Dustox, use silver wind on that wave! Pidove, use air cutter! Gligar, use dark pulse!" Max commanded.

The three attacks combined and destroyed the wave. Kyogre opened its mouth and started using hyperbeam. The group was shocked.

"We need to stop it before it uses hyperbeam, or else we will all be fried!" Tracey said.

"Okay, I choose Pikachu! Use electric terrain! Munna, come out and use thunder wave!" Grace said.

"Frillish, thunder wave, too!" Juniper commanded.

The electric attacks all startled Kyogre and made it stop the hyperbeam. Suddenly, the boat crashed on land and the people and Pokémon flew off and hit the ground hard. Kyogre disappeared. The people returned all of their Pokémon.

"Well, I guess we should get some rooms at a Pokémon Center and get all washed up!" Grace said.

"Nonsense! I reserved a triple-deluxe suit at the nicest hotel on the island: The Mossdeep Grand Hotel! I hear triple-deluxe is much better than the double-deluxe, deluxe, and normal suites." Oak said. The group cheered.

They arrived at the hotel and were taken to the top floor. The suite was huge! It had a living room with a TV, four bedrooms (each with a private bathroom), a powder room, a small kitchen, and a large balcony. The balcony had access to the roof, which had a beautiful private garden.

"This is the best room in the entire hotel. How did you even afford this?" Grace asked. Oak scratched the back of his head and laughed.

"Well, because I'm technically here on business, my sponsors agreed to pay for any hotel I wanted to stay. Since I go the call about Kyogre being off of Mossdeep, I thought this would be a great place to stay!" he said.

All of the Pokémon were let out to play in the garden. Alomomola and Goldeen had a nice pool in the garden to play in. Oak set up a little research area so he could study all of the data they collected. Soon, it was the middle of the night. All of the Pokémon were returned and they went to bed. Grace's stomach turned at the thought of competing tomorrow. She snuggled up close to her Munna and drifted off.