Chapter 12 Wild Area Hunt Part 1
After stepping out of the station, Ash and the others are in awe at the sight of the Wild Area, there are a lot of grasses, trees, lakes, and dens in the overworld.
"Look at that..." Dawn says with amazement. "That's Motostoke, way off that way!"
"And between there and here are countless new Pokemon waiting to be met!" Ash says.
Sonia then comes and greets them, Gloria says, "Oh, hello. And if it isn't Sonia."
"My gran gave me a proper earful, in her own way...'Those seven young trainers are setting out on a journey, but what are you doing with your life?'" Sonia says as she tries to mimic Professor Magnolia.
"That sounds rough..." Mark says as the others are wincing at the tone.
"Ah...Never you mind that! Nothing to worry yourselves over! Besides, I'd been quite curious about the Pokemon you two met in the forest. I'd been thinking I should look into it, so the timing works out fine. If I discover something really huge, then maybe even Gran'll admit I've got some talent!"
"Yikes...Being an adult has got its own challenges, eh?" Hop comments.
"I said you needn't worry about it! I'm glad to be on the road. Really! It's been ages. It'll be great fun to fish and camp and rough it outside again." Sonia says with a smile.
"Well, I am off to go stick my head in as many of those red glowing dens as I can find. I am going to battle the snot out of a bunch of Dynamax Pokemon and fill in another page in the tale of my legend!" Hop then leaves.
Alice sighs, "What cheek! Dynamax Pokemon are really on another level, you know!" She turns to Ash, "Maybe we had better Dynamax our Pokemon if we really need to take on opponents that strong."
"I agree." Ash says. "But how are we going to find the Dynamax Pokemon?"
Sonia says, "You'll find spots here and there in the Wild Area that emits a red beam of light. If you think you are up to it, check them out There'll be Dynamax Pokemon lurking inside. And I almost forgot, your mother asks me to give you this."
She takes out the box and gives it to Ash and the others. "What is this?"
"This is the Pokemon Box Link. You can use it to exchange Pokemon in your party if you want to without going to the Pokemon Center." Sonia says.
"So that means I can carry all my Pokemon without a six Pokemon limit...that's so great! Thank you so much." Ash says while not forgetting to behave like a prince.
"Indeed, this sure is a helpful tool." Serena says.
"The Wild Area is waiting for you! This is the start of your real adventure!" Sonia says.
Once they get to the wild area, their first stop is the Rolling Fields. Ash says, "It is good that the weather is normal. I heard that there are a lot of weird weathers in the wild area."
Trenor says, "Allow me to talk about it. We have Clear Weather, which is what we are right now. There is Overcast, with the clouds blocking the sun. Rain is one of the weather, but the Thunderstorm makes it another kind of weather with the Electric Terrain on the field. Snow and Blizzard are similar, but Blizzard makes it harder to see. And finally, Harsh Sunlight, sandstorms, and Fog. With all these 9 kinds of weather, there are also different Pokemon that we can find in the overworld."
"That sounds very amazing." Serena says.
As they are walking on the road, they notice some Bunnelby on the route. Serena says, "There are wild Bunnelby...I think I want to catch one, to be honest."
"Of course you can." Ash says with a smile.
But as Serena goes for Pancham and Zigzagoon, both of them are fighting with each other instead of battling the Bunnelby.
"What should I do..." She holds her head as she doesn't know how to solve the problem.
Ash arrives and he says, "Stop fighting, you two."
The two Pokemon don't notice Ash, so he turns to Serena. Ash says, "Serena, what are you doing?"
Serena sees Ash and says, "Ash..."
"Remember what Aria said, what you need is smile, never give up until it's over, okay?" Ash says as he holds her hand, causing her to blush a little.
"Smile...Never Give up..." Serena smiles at him. "I know what I need to do."
Serena then turns to Pancham and Zigzagoon. "You two, I know you want to fight, but right now we are a team, so let's work together."
This causes the two Pokemon to stop fighting and nod at each other, then they fight the Bunnelby together, Pancham uses the Arm Thrust to finish Bunnelby after Zigzagoon does the Scratch attack.
"Well done, you two." Serena says as she tosses the Pokeball, and Bunnelby is captured. "Thank you two so much."
The two blush in embarrassment, and then they share a fist bump, Ash smiles and says, "I know you can do it, Serena."
"Thanks, Ash." Serena smiles back.
Lillie notices a den that is glowing red, and she says, "I think this must be the Dynamax Den."
She turns to Ash and asks, "Ash? Come here!"
Ash comes along with Alice and Trenor, as Trenor says, "This is no mistake, the Dynamax Den. We can jump inside to see what Pokemon is in there."
"Are you sure we'll be fine?" Alice asks with concern, and Ash says, "We don't know if we don't try out."
The four of them go into the den by climbing the ladder inside, and they see a giant Bounsweet in front of them.
"A Bounsweet? That's good. We can work together to capture this Pokemon." Ash says.
"And we can try out our Dynamax as well." Alice says as they all try it out. Ash uses Pikachu, Alice uses Butterfree, and Trenor goes for Seedot. All of them want to Dynamax, but only Lillie's Vulpix does the job.
"What's going on? Why can't we Dynamax?" Ash asks.
"It seems that only one Pokemon can Dynamax, and that goes to Lillie." Trenor says. "Lillie, you are the one that can use Dynamax, so try using some Dynamax moves."
"Okay." Lillie says, "Let's see...Snowy, use Max Hail Storm!"
Snowy barks and then it shoots out a giant snowstorm, and then it not only damages the Pokemon, and it also makes the snowy weather.
"So Max Moves also have additional effects, that's good to know." Ash says. Then Pikachu uses Iron Tail, Butterfree uses Confusion and then Seedot uses Rollout, all of them manage to hit Bounsweet.
"I think we can easily defeat this Pokemon." Ash says, but then Bounsweet suddenly attacks with Max Overgrowth, causing a lot of damage to Pikachu and also makes the field into Grassy Terrain.
After several turns, Seedot is defeated, and then some strong winds are blowing. Ash asks, "What's going on here?"
"The storm...I think if we lost four Pokemon, then we will be flying out of the place." Ash says as he tries to hold Lillie on. But thanks to Lillie delivering the final blow, and then Ash says, "Do it, Lillie!"
Lillie nods as she throws the giant Pokeball, it shakes violently until it is successfully captured and shrunk. Lillie says, "Wow...so this Max Raid Battle..."
"I know." Ash says with a sigh. "But that battle is so cool."
After climbing out of the den, they find that Dawn and Mark are battling Oddish and capturing them. Dawn says, "You really act similar to Ash, Mark."
"He is my brother, and I'm sure he taught me a lot of things." Mark says.
After that, they walk for a while, and then they see some Combee dancing around. They look happy and then Lillie remarks, "It looks really adorable."
"I know." Ash says. "What about you, Alice?"
"I like how they are acting." Alice smiles. "It looks really adorable."
"So what are they saying?" Dawn asks.
"Well, it is a mating dance." Ash says. "They are proposing each other with dancing. That is what Bug Type Pokemon find their mate."
"Wow..." Serena says in amazement.
Just then, the two Combee, one male and another one is female, come towards them and the male one asks, "Can we join in your teams?"
"You want to join us?" Ash asks, much to everyone's shock.
"Of course, you are the Prince of Galar, we want your blessings." The female one says.
"I see." Ash smiles. Then he captures the male one, while Alice captures the female one, much to the other girls' jealousy.
"I really wish I can know what Pokemon are saying..." Dawn mutters.
"I am sure you can eventually." Alice says with a smile at her new friend. Then they also spot a male Ralts that is tending to a female Ralts with the Heal Pulse, but the power isn't enough. Ash notices how painful the Ralts is and then he rushes to help out. He says, "Let us help you."
The two Pokemon notice that the prince is approaching as they bow, then Ash helps them tending the injuries by using the medicines in his backpack. After that, they are fully healed as they can move without any problem. "Now you are free to leave now."
The two Pokemon look at each other and then they use Telepathy to tell them that they want to go with them.
"Sure, you can come with us." Ash says with a smile as they join the group, with the male Ralts coming with Ash and the female one being with Gloria.
After walking for a while, they are now at a place filled with trees. Alice says, "So I guess we are in the Dappled Grove."
"And over there is West Lake Axewell, we are almost there." Gloria says.
They didn't capture any Pokemon in Dappled Grove, and they go to West Lake Axewell. Trenor finds a Wooper and he decides to capture it, as for Mark, he captures a Wingull as he wants to have a Flying Type Pokemon in his team.
They are stopped as they see a salesman selling Magikarps, and Ash immediately recognizes the man. "Hey, what are you doing here?"
The Magikarp salesman sees Ash and he pales, then he quickly rushes off. Dawn asks, "Ash, what's wrong with that guy?"
"He was selling Magikarp to anyone foolish enough to buy one. He would tell them that they would reproduce at a rapid rate and make the buyer rich. But all of it is lies." Ash says.
"But it seems like he dropped one Magikarp." They see that the Magikarp is splashing around wanting water, Ash notices it and quickly helps him up, after giving some water to it, Ash decides to capture the Pokemon so that it won't be sold again.
"How about we try out fishing as well?" Ash says as the others agree. Trenor manages to fish out a Shellder, so he captures it with the help of Turtwig, as for the others, they fish out some weird stuff like pearls and they find a woman who wants to exchange them for Watts.
"What is this Watt thing?" Serena asks, and Gloria replies, "I think they are some sort of currencies...maybe we can use them to buy some stuff."
"But hey, we are now at Motostoke." Ash says. "Should we go or should we continue to see what the Wild Area has to offer?"
Gloria says, "I think I want to check out some more, I only captured a Ralts."
"Okay, then let's check it out." Serena says as they walk towards the direction of North Lake Miloch.
Here is a new chapter, and this marks the start of the Wild Area hunt. I hope you like this chapter and the next one is going to continue the Wild Area. Right now the weather will be Normal Weather and Overcast, but I assure you that after one gym battle, they will return to the Wild Area and check out more weathers and Pokemon.
Ash's Pokemon (Old): Bulbasaur, Charizard, Squirtle, Butterfree, Pidgeot, Pikachu, Primeape, Muk, Gengar, Kingler, Tauros (30), Lapras (2), Snorlax, Bayleef, Quilava, Totodile, Noctowl (S), Heracross, Donphan, Larvitar, Tyranitar, Sceptile, Swellow, Torkoal, Corphish, Glalie, Torterra, Infernape, Staraptor, Buizel, Gible, Gliscor, Snivy, Pignite, Oshawott, Unfezant, Boldore, Palpitoad, Leavanny, Krookodile, Scraggy, Greninja, Talonflame, Hawlucha, Goodra, Noivern, Rowlet, Incineroar, Lycanroc (Dusk), Naganadel, Melmetal
Ash's Pokemon (New): Magikarp, Ralts, Combee, Grookey, Rookidee
Mark's Pokemon: Oddish, Lotad, Wingull, Chimchar, Nickit
Trenor's Pokemon: Shellder, Wooper, Seedot, Turtwig, Skwovet
Gloria's Pokemon: Ralts, Scorbunny, Blipbug, Chewtle
Alice's Pokemon: Butterfree (Pink), Combee, Sobble, Wooloo (30), Yamper
Dawn's Pokemon: Oddish, Quilava, Zigzagoon, Piplup, Pachirisu, Buneary, Togekiss, Mamoswine
Serena's Pokemon: Galarian Zigzagoon, Braixen, Bunnelby, Pancham, Sylveon
Lillie's Pokemon: Purrloin, Vulpix (Alolan), Grubbin, Bounsweet, Magearna