Hello everyone and welcome to chapter forty-five of Hoenn Adventures! Kind of embarrassing really, I accidently uploaded the last chapter really early but decided to leave it up as an apology for not updating a couple of days ago so I'm writing this almost instantly after the fact. Probably won't finish it today as I'm about to go to sleep but, I'll try! Enjoy either way!
The next day, Brendan and May got up early to begin their journey back to Mauville City. During breakfast, Brendan had introduced Zangoose to his and May's pokemon explaining what had happened the night earlier. Zangoose was accepted by many in the group but Zangoose seemed to have a grudge against both Gallade and Combusken which he explained, through the PokeNav's translator, that it was because of their fighting typing. Gallade understood, even if a little hurt, whilst Combusken ranted to Zangoose about how it wasn't their fault that they were fighting types though Zangoose didn't listen and simply put himself back inside his ball.
After breakfast, Brendan and May asked Gallade and Gardevoir to teleport them back to Mauville City which they were more than happy to ending up in the large city's center courtyard to which people around looked in confusion at the suddenly appearing trainers but one look at Gallade and Gardevoir told them their answer. Brendan took a look at his map on his PokeNav seeing that their next destination, Fortree City, was east, as Professor Birch had said, of Mauville and they would have to cross route 118 and head north after that crossing route 119.
Route 118 was a simple, straight line much like early route with a lot of greenery such as trees, grass and flowers but this one had one of Hoenn's lakes that had to be crossed if people wanted to gain access to the other side. This route was also decently popular with fishermen as there was a good handful of them there right now, some either waiting for that special tug on their rod (A/N You dirty minded fools!) or in the middle of a battle with a catch. Brendan and May had easily crossed the route and now had to cross the said river.
"Do we swim across?" May asked but soon regretted the question seeing how wide the river was.
"No…too long to swim across." Brendan replied observing the birds eye view that his PokeNav gave him "I doubt that you two have enough energy already to teleport us that far?" Brendan asked the two psychic types behind them who shook their heads sadly "Then there's only one option." Brendan stated as he released Marshtomp and Brendan knelt down to his level "Marshtomp, think that you could give us a ride to the other side of this river?" Brendan asked the Mudfish pokemon who, after taking a glance at the river, saluted in response.
"You can count on me, sir!" Marshtomp replied making Brendan chuckle slightly as Marshtomp made his way to the water. Brendan gestured for May to go first.
"Such a gentleman." May joked laughing slightly giving Brendan a kiss on the cheek before allowing Marshtomp to take her to the other side. May had returned Gardevoir before going leaving Brendan and Gallade to wait for Marshtomp to return. They waited in silence before an elegant cry and a strong gale of wind hit them. Once the wind had stopped, both Brendan and Gallade looked around for what had made such a draft with both of them stopping in shock at what they saw. The pokemon had a long, white body with the back being mostly a light blue color. It had blue and white arms, with the first half being white and then, after the elbow, being blue, pointed, blue wings and tails, a blue, mask-like object with a hole in the centre and a hole for its red eyes to be revealed and two pointed, white ears at the side of its head.
"L-Latios!" Brendan said in disbelief as he analysed the legendary with his Pokedex.
"Latios, the Eon Pokemon.Latios will only open its heart to a Trainer with a compassionate spirit. This Pokémon can fly faster than a jet plane by folding its forelegs to minimize air resistance. This pokemon has the ability to Mega Evolve."
"Trainer Brendan." Latios spoke telepathically to Brendan "I have seen your power and your kindness towards your pokemon. It is rare to see a human with so much loyalty to his or her pokemon." Brendan was about to speak but Latios laughed slightly "Do not be modest for I speak the truth." Brendan showed a look of fright and confusion.
"Latios, it is an honor." Gallade said to the Eon pokemon as he bowed making Latios laugh again but soon stopped when he realised his true meaning for being where he was right now.
"I am sorry for dropping on you like this, but you must come with me! There is no time to explain!" Latios told Brendan as he lowered herself for Brendan to climb on which, after returning Gallade, he did trusting the Eon pokemon. Latios soon sent himself high into the air making even Mauville City seem like an ant.
As the two were flying, Latios began to become enveloped in a pinkish white sphere with Brendan inside. He was Mega Evolving. Latios broke out easily and revealed his mega evolved form. Latios was now a dark purple instead of light blue and his wings now looked more aerodynamic. His arms now had added wings making it fly faster. Brendan was amazed at Latios' new form and could almost feel the psychic power that oozed through it. Latios noticed Brendan's amazement and laughed for a third time.
"I take it you're impressed?" Latios asked and Brendan nodded "You're the first human I've ever shown this to. You should feel special." Latios laughed again before coming to a halt above a small, isolated island out in the middle of the ocean "We've arrived. Hang on tight, trainer." As soon as Latios said this, he did a loop-de-loop before heading straight down for the island below.
The island was like a small paradise for wild pokemon with almost no civilisation on it. There was a main land that was covered in greenery. The main land was surrounded by a thick, mountainous landscape that had waterfalls around everywhere making the place seem at peace. Once Latios had landed, he allowed Brendan to step off before leading him to the inside of a thick forest.
"This is Southern Island. A place that most do not know exist and only those worthy can travel too. Those bad people who I spoke of earlier were certainly not worthy and forced themselves on to this sacred land. I've no idea how they knew of the island's location as it constantly moves." Latios began to explain as the two walked through the thick forest on the island "There were bad people who came here, looking for myself and my sister. There was a pair that talked about expanding the sea and the other pair talked about expanding the land mass. They said that they needed the power of mega evolution but, once they had tried to capture us, we had both escaped and flown as far as we could. We both knew what we had to do: find a capable soul that can rid of these menaces. You know the rest." Brendan nodded in understanding as they both went through the forest soon coming up to an opening.
"AH! Me bro Archie will kill me if I don't bring back one o' these Eon pokemon!" A muscly man exclaimed. He had very tanned skin much like the man he mentioned, Archie, and only wore a pair of dark blue trousers that had a lighter blue dot on the knee and trainer-like qualities on the foot. Around his waist was a short quilt that was being held up by a rope. The man was mostly topless exposing his muscles but he wore dark blue gloves over his hands. On his chest was a white Team Aqua symbol. The man's face was very gruff and had multiple blue triangles coming from the edges of his beard and hair that were both brown. The man has cold, blue eyes. Brendan reached for a ball but Latios held him back.
"Wait. Let's not make any rash decisions." Latios told Brendan who nodded.
"Sir, if we call him to let him know that Latios ran away, I'm sur-" A grunt began but was soon cut off by the stomping of the grown man's foot causing the ground to shake slightly.
"Ya sayin' that we call me bro Archie and tell 'im we've failed?! Are ya insane?!" The man exclaimed "I, Matt of Team Aqua, do not fail! Especially for me bro Archie!"
"Yes, sir Matt, I understand but standing around won't do us much good. I suggest that we return here another time and get the jump on Latios again." The grunt suggested quivering slightly as Matt looked at her for a while processing what she had just said before an evil grin appeared on his face.
"I've got an idea! We come back 'ere at another time!" Matt exclaimed making the grunt raise a brow "I'm so smart!"
"But sir, I suggeste-"
"I'M SO SMART!" Matt exclaimed even louder covering his ears like a young child. The grunt sighed in defeat.
"Yes, Sir Matt, you're so smart." The grunt agreed sarcastically but Matt didn't pick up on her tone "All hail the great Matt and his smartness!"
"Don't hail me! Hail me bro Archie!" Matt corrected as the two began to head off but the grunt stopped hearing the ruffling of bushes. She pulled out a scanner that directly faced Brendan and Latios and her eyes widened before she grinned evilly.
"Sir Matt! I've found them!" The grunt called to Matt who instantly spun on his heels running over to the grunt.
"AH HA! I FOUND THEM!" Matt exclaimed loudly "COME 'ERE LATIOS!" Matt then ran towards the two.
"Now!" Latios ordered and Brendan released Sceptile causing Matt to come to a screeching halt and look back at the grunt.
"Ey! You said you found Latios whilst all I see is this big ugly gecko thing." Matt complained to the grunt who was quivering in fear at the sight of Sceptile.
"S-Sir! That's a S-Sceptile!" The grunt stuttered but her eyes widened and her fears grew once she saw the orange scarf around Sceptile's neck with a mega stone and Brendan appear from the bushes also touching a mega stone "SIR! WE NEED TO LEAVE! NOW!"
"And why's that? You scared of a lil ge-YAH!" Matt exclaimed seeing Sceptile's new form. Sceptile looked mostly the same except now around his eyes was red, the tip of his tail was red, his tail was red and green in a striped pattern, his spine was outlined in red, the tips of his leaves on his arms were red, two of his previously yellow orbs were red with another pair being orange, his shoulder leaves were thicker and he had two holes in the side of the two bumps on the top of his head. Sceptile roared in his new power.
"Sceptile! Leaf blade!" Brendan called from the bushes and Sceptile, after smirking, made his leaves grow a bright green color before slashing Matt twice with them sending him flying backwards. The grunt saw Sceptile's power and ran to help Matt up.
"Sir! W-We have to leave! Now!" The grunt told Matt as she helped him stand up but Matt shook his head with a confident grin on his face.
"Nah. I've never ran from a fight and I ain't gonna start now!" Matt proclaimed slamming a fist into his other hand's palm before reaching for a ball "Sharpedo! Aqua power!" Matt called releasing a shark-like pokemon. Sharpedo was a large pokemon that had a blue top and white bottom. The top half had a three sharp fins, two on its sides and one, the biggest, on the top of its head. Also on the top of its head was a yellow star. Sharpedo's red eyes were behind triangular holes that had two lines covering them. Sharpedo had multiple sharp teeth inside its mouth. It had one final fin on the bottom of its body that was white. Brendan analysed the pokemon with his Pokedex.
"Sharpedo, the Brutal Pokemon and the evolved form of Carvanha.Sharpedo can swim at speeds of up to 75 mph by jetting seawater out of its backside. This Pokémon's drawback is its inability to swim long distances. This pokemon has the ability to mega evolve."
"Well, what are ya waitin' for?!" Matt exclaimed to the grunt "'elp out!"
"R-Right!" The grunt stuttered releasing her own pokemon "C-Carvanha! D-Destroy t-them!" Carvanha snapped its jaw readying itself for battle.
"I expected more of a challenge." Brendan mocked causing both Aquas to growl "Oh well. Sceptile! Dual chop!" Sceptile's leaves shone a purple aura as it ran towards both of the water and dark types.
"Sharpedo, ice fang!" Matt countered and Sharpedo's mouth began to ooze an icy aura as it sped towards the grass and dragon type.
"Block it with leaf blade!" Brendan shouted and one of Sceptile's purple blades quickly changed to green as it smacked Sharpedo away with it sending it flying back due to the attack being super effective. Sceptile's leaf returned to purple as he continued his assault towards Carvanha.
"T-Try a-" The grunt stuttered but was cut off due to Sceptile smacking Carvanha to the ground with just one slash of his purple leaf. Carvanha was knocked out "O-Oh d-dear!" Sceptile turned to Sharpedo who had managed to stand up straight.
"Aqua jet!" Matt commanded as Sharpedo became enveloped in a watery mass and it sped towards Sceptile as top speed.
"Quick attack to dodge followed by x-scissor!" Brendan countered and Sceptile easily maneuvered out of the way of Sharpedo's water attack but before Sharpedo got too far, Sceptile grabbed its bottom fin to stop it in its tracks, spun it around and slashed it with his two light green blades causing the Brutal pokemon to cry out in pain and fall to the ground, knocked out.
"SCEPTILE!" Sceptile roared in victory before he returned to his normal form. Sceptile fell to the ground out of exhaustion to which Brendan just caught him and smiled at the Forest pokemon.
"You did well for your first time going mega. Get some rest." Brendan praised Sceptile, who smiled and nodded, as he returned him to his ball. Brendan then turned to the two Aquas who had oddly disappeared leaving no trace of their existence.
"I was right all along. You are a strong trainer and care for your pokemon." Latios suddenly praised out of the blue (A/N Get it? Because Latios is blue? Ahhh….made you groan.) "So much that I'd like to join you." Brendan's eyes widened at this.
"A-Are you sure?" Brendan asked and Latios nodded.
"Even though staying here and looking after the pokemon is fun, I've been looking to get away from here and have an adventure and travelling with you is just the thing I need." Latios explained and Brendan nodded holding out a ball to which Latios instantly clicked the button of sending himself inside of the ball. The ball didn't even shake and instantly clicked successfully capturing Latios but, the ball soon made itself small indicating that Brendan would have to send a pokemon back in order to use Latios. A thought then struck Brendan's mind: How would he get back?
Half an hour ago…
"Thanks Marshtomp! Go and get Bren now, OK?" May told the Mudfish pokemon who saluted in response heading back to pick up Brendan on the other side of the lake. May sat on the ground cross legged tapping the floor with her fingers waiting for Marshtomp to return with Brendan in toe when suddenly, a fierce gale of wind blew past the coordinator and a mellow voice called throughout the wind.
Once the wind stopped, May looked around for what had caused the massive gale and was shocked to see what it was.
"L-Latias!" May exclaimed in disbelief at the Eon pokemon. Latias was similar to Latios but instead of being light blue, she was bright red and seemed to be more carefree than Latios. Atleast, she usually was but right now, she seemed in distress.
"T-Trainer! You've gotta help me! My and my brother were just playing in the forest with the wild pokemon there when these really mean people attacked us out of nowhere!" Latias explained in worry and fear "Y-You've gotta help me!" May nodded and hopped on the back of Latias, who had lowered herself nearer to the ground, and the two flew off seemingly to the middle of nowhere. Whilst they were flying, Latias, similarly to Latios, had soon become enveloped in a whitish pink sphere with May inside causing the coordinator to give a look of fright before Latias broke out of it revealing her mega evolved form. Latias looked very similar to Latios' mega evolved form with the only difference being that her eyes were red whilst Latios' were light blue. May look at the Eon pokemon in awe.
"Beautiful…" May muttered quietly but Latias heard it going slightly red.
"Oh come on! I'm barely different than my brother!" Latias replied embarrassedly causing May to giggle at the embarrassed legendary who sighed in shame. They soon reached their intended destination on a small island in the middle of Hoenn's vast ocean. They landed on a piece of elevated land that was above the forest-covered island. The land that they landed on was quite thin but lead to a side entrance to the mountain (A/N It's the area in the ORAS Demo if you couldn't guess.) "This is a Mirage Island. Something that only appears on certain days at certain times. Most of the time, this island is covered in fog or simply hides underwater." Latias then pointed to the entrance in the side of the mountain "In there, that's where the mean people went inside." May nodded clutching a pokeball entering inside of the cavern.
The cavern had multiple levels with the highest being the one that both May and Latias were standing on now. The highest path led straight until splitting off into two directions and leading down to the bottom of the mountain. It was clear who these "mean people" that Latias had talked about once the two walked inside of the cavern.
"I cannot….believe that we…lost that…damn Eon pokemon!" Courtney exclaimed angrily to the grunt that was with her. The grunt looked around frantically locking eyes with both May and Latias and turned to Courtney.
"M-Mistress Courtney?" The male grunt asked the female Magma Admin.
"WHAT?!" Courtney bellowed angrily causing the grunt to shriek and simply point behind the enraged girl. She smiled evilly once she saw what she was looking for "Ah…Latias and…" Courtney fake gasped "you're the girl…from Mt. Chimney…aren't you?"
"And what if I am?" May snapped back coldly tightening her grip on her already clutched ball. Courtney laughed almost robotically.
"That's no way…to say hello." Courtney replied turning her smile into an angry stare noticing what May was holding "If it's a…battle you want…it's a battle…you'll get! Camerupt…! Blaze it!" Courtney exclaimed sending out the Eruption pokemon who landed with a loud thud as it entered the field. The Magma grunt, after getting a stare from Courtney, did the same.
"N-Numel! F-For the l-land!" The grunt called releasing the Oblivious pokemon who entered the battlefield staring blankly into space.
"Combusken! Manectric! Take the stage!" May shouted releasing the Young Fowl and Discharge pokemon to her left and right respectively. Manectric had been equipped with a keychain around on of his front feet as it began to glow once May raised her right arm into the air touching the keystone in her mega bracelet "Mega evolve!" Manectric became enveloped in a whitish pink sphere that he quickly broke out of revealing his spiky mega evolved form. May smiled at Manectric as she remembered just yesterday when she got the mega stone for him.
Yesterday, at the Petalburg Hospital…
After Brendan's Gym Battle against Wally and Wes, both Brendan and May were heading back to the pokemon center as it was getting late and they wanted an early night's rest if they were to head to Fortree City, a two day travel from Mauville City. They were casually walking down the street when they heard a familiar voice call for them both.
"Brendan! May! Wait up!" The voice called causing the two to turn around quickly telling the two that the voice had come from the one and only, Steven Stone "Thank god. I thought I'd missed you two." Steven sighed in relief panting heavily with his hands on his knees.
"I thought you were physically fit? Surely a small jog doesn't tire you out." Brendan joked causing Steven to chuckle slightly after giving a look of death to Brendan.
"You're lucky I'm not your father yet or you'd be grounded for saying that." Steven joked causing the three to laugh slightly before Steven got to the reason that he wanted to meet the two as he brought out four stones, two big and two small "May, I believe that these will help you out on your journey." Steven said as he passed the stones over to May. One pair of stones had a cream colored background with a light blue flame-like design with a dark red streak down the middle in the foreground "This is the Manectite, this allows your Manectric to mega evolve in battle" Steven explained pointing to the stones and May nodded in understanding taking a look at the other pair of stones that had a bright pink background with a black flame-like design with a bright yellow, cream colored and goldy-brown stripe down the middle "That's the Mawilite. It allows for your Mawile to mega evolve during battle." Steven explained again with May nodding before she opened her mouth to speak but Steven put a hand up telling her to stop "I know what you're going to say and I want to reply by saying that it's a reward for sticking through this whole ordeal with Norman and thinking of that brilliant idea that really helped putting him in jail. Brendan's very lucky that he found you, you know." Steven told her as May went slightly red, causing Steven and Brendan to chuckle slightly, but nodded in understanding "May our paths cross again, my soon-to-be-relatives!" Steven exclaimed before popping out of existence that made both Brendan and May blink a couple of times to register what had just occurred before them. May was the first to snap out of her trance putting the stones into her pack and grabbing Brendan by the arm, snapping him out of his trance.
"C'mon Bren! I need to go shopping for some accessories for both Manectric and Mawile if I want to mega evolve them!" May exclaimed happily as she dragged Brendan down the street.
"At this hour?! Can't it wait?" Brendan questioned earning a giggle from the excited coordinator who shook her head.
"No. We do it now!" May replied causing Brendan to sigh. He knew he would go to bed completely exhausted but knew that there was no way that he could change May's mind. He apologized to his arms for any pain that may happen before allowing himself to be dragged away.
Present…
"MANECTRIC!" Manectric roared in his new power causing everyone but May, Courtney and Combusken to cover their ears. Both May and Combusken smiled at Manectric whilst Courtney looked him and growled.
"Lookin' good Manay!" Combusken complimented the Discharge pokemon earning a stare from the electric type.
"Don't. Ever. Call. Me. That. AGAIN!" Manectric roared taking a step with each word causing Combusken to get nearer and nearer to the edge.
"Kidding! Kidding! Chill, Electro!" Combusken defended herself as she waved her arms frantically in defence. Manectric smirked quickly turning into an all-out laugh making the Young Fowl pokemonto scowl at first but soon laughed herself.
"I'm glad that you two are having fun, but can it wait?" May politely asked the two laughing pokemon who instantly stopped laughing, nodding almost in unison, and took a battle stance "That's better."
"You think that…just because your…sparky dog has…spiky fur makes….it so you've…won this battle?" Courtney asked rhetorically before she let out a small chuckle "We'll see…about that! Camerupt…lava plume!" Camerupt's humps suddenly exploded sending a tower of hot, molten lava spewing from them straight down on top of Combusken and Manectric.
"Manectric, protect! Combusken, dodge with dig!" May countered as Manectric was surrounded in a green, protective shield and Combusken used her two claws to quickly dig a hole. Both pokemon were unharmed from the dangerous lava but Courtney had other ideas and so did the other Magma grunt beside her.
"Earthquake!" Courtney and the Magma grunt called at the same time as both of their pokemon got onto their hind legs and stomped the floor with their front feet causing the ground to shake fiercely.
"Manectric! Jump!" May quickly countered again as Manectric jumped high into the air dodging any tremors that made his way but the same couldn't be said for Combusken who was forced through the ground in extreme pain not only because of earthquake being super effective against her but also since earthquake did double damage due to her being underground. Combusken landed with a thud on the floor and seemed to be knocked out.
"Too easy." The Magma grunt mocked with a smirk seeing the knocked out Combusken. May sadly raiser her ball to return the Young Fowl pokemon but stopped once Combusken began to stand up again…
…and glow.
Combusken grew in size almost doubling her original height. Her stubby legs were no more as she now had fully grown legs and the same was said for her arms as she grew an extra talon making her have three claws with sharp nails. She grew long hair that went down her back in an upside-down V shape much like her trainer's. Her eyes were much fiercer and her beak grew longer. The light stopped as the newly-evolved pokemon turned around.
"BLAZIKEN!" The pokemon roared beating her chest like a wild ape. Blaziken had long, blonde hair that went down her back and most of her chest exposing a small amount of yellow. Her legs were mostly bright red with yellow, fluffy feet that just about covered her sharp clawed talons. Her tail was the same size as it was when she was a Combusken, but it seemed more slick than before. Her arms were mostly red but her claws were grey with black nails. She had a mostly red chicken-like face with yellow, piercing eyes and black pupils with two red pointed parts in the shape of a V. May analysed her newly evolved starter with her Pokedex.
"Blaziken, the Blaze Pokemon and the evolved form of Combusken.In battle, Blaziken blows out intense flames from its wrists and attacks foes courageously. The stronger the foe, the more intensely this Pokémon's wrists burn. This pokemon has the ability to mega evolve."
Before May could issue out an attack for her new pokemon, Blaziken's right leg suddenly became enveloped in flames as it kicked Numel, knocking it out instantly, right in its oblivious nose sending it on its side. The Magma grunt grunted as he returned the Oblivious pokemon.
"That was blaze kick!" May exclaimed seeing the move's power and the movements Blaziken did "Let's try this move called high jump kick, next." Blaziken nodded and jumped high into the air soon bringing herself back down full forcedly with her right leg glistening with a red aura. Courtney watched in horror but quickly snapped herself out of it.
"Camerupt! Protect!" Courtney commanded and Camerupt, also coming out of its trance, created a green shield around itself hoping to block the attack. Blaziken's leg collided with the shield but it wasn't long before she broke through and kicked Camerupt right in its face sending it flying backwards and straight into Courtney.
"M-Ma'am! Are you alright?!" The grunt asked, worriedly, running over to his admin's side. The grunt went wide eyed once he saw that Courtney was sparking all over and a part of her suit was ripped showing multiple gears and machinery all slowing down.
"Tell…Maxie that I…l-l-lov-" Courtney tried to get out but soon glitched out shutting off.
"Courtney!" The grunt exclaimed in horror "I need to get you out of here and back to Leader Maxie! Now!" The grunt then picked up Courtney's lifeless, robotic body and threw her over his shoulder sprinting off down the cave. May watched in confusion not knowing what the grunt saw as Courtney was covered by Camerupt, who had gotten up and followed its trainer out of the cave. May returned both Blaziken and Manectric thanking them for their hard work before spinning on her heels stopping abruptly looking into the eyes of a dazzled Latias.
"That was…absolutely AMAZING!" Latias exclaimed telepathically causing May to hold her head for the slight headache she got. Latias went slightly red from embarrassment "S-Sorry, just I loved that battle so much! Your battling style is amazing!" May couldn't help but smile at the Eon pokemon.
"I'm glad you liked it and even more glad that you and your brother are in peace now." May told Latias who nodded in appreciation "Could you give me a ride back to route 118, now? My boyfriend is probably waiting for me." Latias nodded again and seemed to put her head down in embarrassment "What's wrong?"
"Well…" Latias began "…Can I travel with you?" Latias asked looking up slightly to a surprised May but she soon smiled and nodded.
"Of course! If you're completely sure about it." May replied as she was about to take out a ball but soon realized something "Actually, I'll need a ride out of here and right now, my party's full. I'll allow you to join once I return to the pokemon center, okay?" Latias nodded and the two walked out of the cave to a more expansive area where Latias could safely take off. May climbed on top of Latias and the two went soaring into the sky with Latias going into her mega evolved state once more. Latias had told May that she wanted to say goodbye to her brother before she left and May nodded in agreement stating that she would feel terrible if Latias' brother was worried about what could have happened to Latias to which the Eon pokemon smiled knowing that her decision about traveling with the coordinator was the right choice. They had soon reached Southern Island, where Latias' brother, Latios, had been last seen from the dragon and psychic type.
"This is where my brother lives! I really want you to meet him, mistress!" Latias exclaimed happily.
"You don't have to call me mistress, Latias, May's fine." May told the Eon pokemon slightly red from embarrassment.
"Yes Mistress May!" Latias replied giggling slightly as May sighed knowing that Latias, much like Gallade and Gardevoir, would not change their minds at what they called either her or Brendan. Speaking of the Johto native…
"HEY! MAY!" Brendan called, cupping his hands over his mouth to project his voice, from down below making the girl look down and smile at the waving trainer "WHY ARE YOU RIDING A LATIAS?!"
"SHE'S GIVING ME A RIDE!" May exclaimed back cupping her hands over her mouth "HAVE YOU SEEN A POKEMON CALLED LATIOS ANYWHERE AROUND HERE?" Brendan nodded with a smile as he waved the shrunken pokeball that housed the blue Eon pokemon.
"YEAH! I DID! HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO TRAVEL WITH ME TO I CAUGHT HIM!" Brendan replied as both Latias and May exchanged smiles.
"I'M GUESSING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A RIDE BACK?" May asked jokingly even though she knew the answer.
"IF THAT WERE THE CASE, I WOULDN'T BE HERE ANYMORE, WOULD I?" Brendan answered slightly annoyed but soon smiled when he saw May laughing at her boyfriend's stupidity for making his only ride inaccessible to him. Latias had lowered herself for Brendan to climb on and he did almost instantly with the pokemon and two humans flying off once again back to route 118.
"Who's your friend, Mistress May?" Latias asked telepathically to May only though Latias could sense a good aura about Brendan, she wanted to make sure with someone she trusted before doing anything.
"This is my boyfriend, Brendan. He's a good person." May replied kissing Brendan's cheek as Brendan giving a wave to Latias to which the Eon pokemon smiled in return.
"That means that I'm not only travelling with my two new friends, but my brother too! Yay!" Latias exclaimed happily telepathically to both Brendan and May causing them both to laugh at the child-like personality of Latias.
"So, what happened on your end, Bren?" May asked once the two had stopped laughing. Brendan gave a slight chuckle before speaking.
"Team Aqua was there but the guy, who was named Matt, that was there was a bit of an idiot." Brendan replied "Whilst the "mindless grunt" had more of a brain than him. Though he was a tough opponent in battle." Brendan complimented remembering the battle "Atleast, to a regular opponent. Let's just say that a Sceptile mega evolving against a water type, not gonna end well for the water type." May laughed slightly at Brendan's small joke "What about you?"
"I faced off against Team Magma and that Courtney girl was there." May replied "To be honest, they were pretty easy - for a mega Manectric and Blaziken!" May gloated and Brendan's eyes widened with a smile.
"So, Combusken evolved did she?" Brendan asked and May nodded with a smile "And a day after Sceptile..." Brendan could've sworn he had heard Sceptile's ball slightly hit him but shrugged it off thinking that it was just his mind playing tricks on him whilst May laughed again.
"Those two are such a cute pair!" May squealed slightly "They say that fire and ice are a perfect match, but fire and grass are good too!" Brendan chuckled for a third time. Before they knew it, they had reached route 118 where, as soon as they had gotten off, May opened up an empty pokeball for Latias, who was the one who pressed the button, got in and the ball almost instantly clicked shut causing Brendan and May to laugh again as the legendary's child-like manner.
Thirty Minutes Later, at the Mauville Pokemon Center…
After going back to route 118 to pick up Marshtomp, Brendan and May thought that they may as well spend another night in Mauville City seeing as how they hadn't traveled as much as they had wanted to that day. Brendan had sent back Swellow and May sent back Roselia Professor Birch back in Littleroot Town allowing for Latios and Latias, who released themselves almost instantly once Brendan and May got outside to the battlefields, quickly noticing each other.
"Sister!" Latios exclaimed happily gliding towards Latias for a hug.
"Big bro!" Latias exclaimed happily back embracing her brother in a hug.
"That's…ADORABLE!" May squealed again with a tear in her eye at the two Eon pokemon. Brendan covered his ears from May's sudden outburst "Heh. Sorry."
"Apologize to my ears." Brendan joked but May took him seriously as a smirk, that Brendan didn't like one bit, appeared on her face as she stood on her tip-toes so her mouth was on level with his ear.
"I'm sorry, Bren." May seductively whispered into Brendan's ear making him go red slightly as May pulled back "Better?" May asked with a wink and Brendan nodded shaking his head frantically "Good. I'm going to bed." May told him with a yawn "Care to join me?"
"I'd love to but I need to do something before I do." Brendan replied to which May nodded before kissing his cheek and walking back into the pokemon center returning Latias and handing her ball to Nurse Joy. Latios glided over to Brendan.
"What is it that you need to do, Master Brendan?" Latios asked telepathically.
"Battle you." Brendan replied simply making Latios give a confused look "I wanna see what you can do in battle. I'll pit you against one of my strongest. That alright with you?"
"Your wish is my command, Master Brendan." Latios replied with a slight bow taking his side of one of the fields as Brendan took his own side and grabbed a ball.
"Gallade! Play time!" Brendan exclaimed releasing the Blade pokemon who did a flip entering the field as confident as ever. Gallade eyed his opponent and a smirk quickly caught hold of his lips as he turned to Brendan.
"A legendary pokemon?" Gallade asked jokingly sounding surprised "You shouldn't have!"
"Oh, but you deserve it!" Brendan replied causing the two to laugh before Latios coughed getting their attention.
"May we begin?" Latios asked and Brendan and Gallade nodded in unison with Gallade taking a battle stance and Brendan raised his right arm up into the air.
"Gallade! Mega evolve!" Brendan exclaimed as Gallade became enveloped in a whitish pink sphere which he almost instantly broke out of revealing his mega evolved form.
"Well, if you want it that way, then I'll have no choice but to do this!" Latios exclaimed as he himself became enveloped in a whitish pink sphere which he quickly broke out of revealing his mega evolved form. Both psychic types looked at each other expecting a great battle to be had.
"Not too hard you two, this is only a test to see what Latios can do." Brendan told the two psychic types who nodded and the battle begun with the two heading towards each other at top speed "Psycho combat!" Gallade's right blade shone with a psychic aura whilst his left blade shone with a fighting aura.
"Combination moves? Impressive." Latios complimented "But what about this?!" Latios' eyes shone blue as he sent a psychic wave towards Gallade but also, Latios shot a shadow ball towards the Blade pokemon.
"Gallade! Jump!" Whilst Gallade easily jumped over the wave of psychic energy, he was hit head on with the speeding shadow ball "Get back into it with aerial ace." Gallade quickly regained his balance running straight ahead towards Latios using aerial ace to increase his speed. Gallade got close enough to the Eon pokemon smacking him multiple times with psychic energy and fighting type energy making Latios grunt in pain "Finish this with high jump kick!" Gallade finished off with a kick that was surrounded in a fighting aura to the chest of the Eon pokemon making him hit the ground "That's a rap, you two." Gallade nodded and both pokemon returned to their original forms. Latios got back up and they both shook blade to hand.
"I enjoyed that very well, Latios. We should battle again when you get better." Gallade told the Eon pokemon with a smirk causing the part dragon type to roll his eyes as Brendan walked towards the two.
"Whilst you don't have much in the defence part, you've got strong attacks and good speed. Overall, I'm impressed." Brendan complimented Latios simply nodded before hitting the ground again in exhaustion.
"Legendary life got you down?" Gallade joked looking down at Latios who stared daggers at the Blade pokemon.
"I…hate…you." Latios simply said before going unconscious with fatigue.
"Well done Gallade, you've made an enemy that is a legendary." Brendan said sarcastically "You're literally asking for death now." Gallade chuckled slightly before he, too fell down due to exhaustion "I'm gonna get out of here before I suddenly hit th-" Brendan began before he, too, fell to the ground, exhausted.
And that's the end of that chapter! Just wanna say this right now. This chapter….over 6,000 words! I may have gotten a little…OK a lot carried away but that's how I am sometimes! It's a bad habit but I'm sure you all won't complain in the slightest! Stay tuned!
