Pokémon: Journey of the Next Generation

by NEBSparky86

10 years have passed since Ash and May have settled down into their positions as members of the Atlantica Islands Elite Four. Now the time has come to pass the mantle on to the new guard of Pokémon trainers. Follow Cynthia Ketchum along with other new trainers as they find new friends and perils. Slight Advanceshipping... sequel to May and Ash's Unova Journey.

16. Chapter 15

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters and story elements of the Pokémon franchise. Game Freak, Nintendo and the Pokémon Company all have ownership of it. I'm just borrowing them for this story to entertain readers for fun.

Author's note: There's some light M-rated themes in this chapter and I'll keep it as light as I can. I'll more than likely do an M-rated version of this chapter and the previous chapter on deviantArt.

15: Storming Galar, Team Storm

Cynthia Summer's POV

After the going through the Royal Cup competition, Benjy and I decided to go home to the beachfront house that we purchased on Tsunami Island, about an hour drive south of Costa del Sol. I was a bit disappointed to see that I wasn't going to be able to crush my brother, Keith, in the Royal Cup competition. Though we were able to dish out some punishment against Hayato and his wife, Vanna, early on in the competition. But going up against my godmother, who I'm named after… proved to be quite difficult. Even though she was the former Sinnoh League champion, didn't mean that she lost her edge as a trainer. After losing to my godmother, I regretted not listening to Daniella, my godmother's youngest daughter, and felt completely embarrassed for letting part of Daddy's overconfident nature take hold on me. Once Benjy and I were knocked out by Godmother Cynthia, we went home to relax, rest ourselves and our Pokémon and even to enjoy some passionate warmth and pleasure from each other.

"So… what you do think about Keith and Lana wanting to go to this Galar region?" Benjy asked me after we finished our first round of passionate sex.

"After seeing Keith and Lana using that Dynamax deal in the Suicune Valley Conference, I'm kinda interested in wanting to go to Galar now," I answered as I laid Benjy on his back. "Are you wanting to go to Galar too?"

"Why not, Babe?" asked Benjy as he smiled at me as we got ready for the second round. "I'm sure there's more traveling that you wanna do before we decide to settle down and start a family."

"Alright then," I replied to my husband, "you've sold me on the idea on going to Galar. Let's get a message to our friends and meet with them at Sol Palace to discuss the idea of going to Galar together as a group."

"Sounds good to me, my Ocean Beauty," Benjy said to me as he set me on top of him.

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"Sis, why do you message us to come to Sol Palace?" my baby brother, Keith, asked me as he, his wife Lana, Isabella Greyson, Ren and her husband Benny and Isabella's sister, Anya had to come to Sol Palace for the meeting we had set up. "Couldn't we have just met at your house instead instead?"

"Mom gave the okay for this meeting?" Ren asked me as she knew that her mom, Aunt Relena had stopped letting us meet at Sol Palace, so frequent, years ago once we became teenagers.

"I just told your mom that it was a meeting to discuss future plans in regards to going to Galar," I answered my royal cousin. "I know our parents would wanna go to Galar, but they're no longer our age."

"Mom's the Queen of the Atlantica Islands and she can't go off on a journey," said Ren as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Our parents run a guide business in the Eclipse Lunar Guild," Anya Greyson added her two cents as her shiny Froslass, Shirayuki, let herself out of her Luxury Ball. "They can't go journeying either."

"Not to mention that Mom is a prominent member on the Eclipse Lunar Guild's board," chimed in Isabella.

"Dad would wanna go," Keith told the group. "He still tries to go on journey, only for Mom to remind him that he's a member of the Elite Four and can't forget about his duties to the Atlantica Islands Pokémon League or the Royal Court."

"Where's Hayato and Vanna?" I asked as I had sent a message to Hayato and Vanna.

"They went to Oblivia to their getaway home," Keith answered as he got a text from our princely cousin, Hayato. "He said Vanna wanted to go back to Oblivia to rest and relax for a bit while they decide their next move."

"And… Lily?" I asked as our other friend, Lily Sakura, wasn't present at the meeting either.

"She and Marco are still battling against Team Blizzard in Kanto," Shelby answered me as she too was part of the meeting. "But should we be thinking about going to another region especially if Team Blizzard is causing trouble in Kanto?

"Don't get me wrong," continued Big Sister Shelby, "Kanto is pretty much ruined in part to Team Rocket being destroyed and Kanto's economy is pretty much collapsing due to Team Rocket's destruction. But people in Kanto shouldn't be forced to live under the secret rule of another criminal group."

Before anyone could say something, I got a text from Lily. The text said that she was sorry that she couldn't come to the meeting and that she and Marco had successfully forced Team Blizzard out of Kanto with help from the Kanto champion, Mikki Stone, and her family. Lily then proceeded to explain that Team Blizzard seemed to make numerous attempts to establish a foothold in her home region, only for them to be easily repulsed. As if Team Blizzard was trying to draw attention away from somewhere else by causing chaos in and making the attempts to invade Kanto.

"I'll contact Lily later," I said to everyone. "But Lily just told me that she and Marco just kicked Team Blizzard out of Kanto with help from Kanto's champion and her family."

"That's a relief to hear," replied Benjy as he let out a sigh of relief. "So is everyone wanting to go to Galar now?"

"Lana and I are going to Galar for sure," my little bro answered me. "But we were told that competing as a pair isn't allowed in the Galar Gym Challenge."

"But my shy little Umbreon doesn't have to worry," Lana said as as Keith's face became Occa Berry red when Lana mentioned her pet name for him. "I'll still love him even if we have to face either in Galar's Pokémon League competition."

A few of us snickered at my little brother for the pet name Lana gave him. As for my little bro, his face got brighter and brighter as we then put sunglasses to shield our eyes from the possibility of Keith melting down into a pile of goop. Once the brightness stopped, I took my sunglasses off as did everyone else. Much to my disappointment, Keith didn't melt into a pile of goop, he just… passed out from the embarrassment bestowed to him by his wife, Lana.

"What are the views of the people of Galar in regard to those of us who were born to a parent who's a Pokémon or who even use magic?" Isabella asked me.

"I'm not sure," I answered Isabella as I shook my head. "Hopefully, things will be much more different than in Sinnoh, where we were pretty much driven out, by force."

"Yeah, I wasn't exactly welcomed back in Sinnoh when Aria invited me to help her set up Pokémon Performances there," recalled Isabella, as she was seen by Aria while we were in Alola. "Many people there still haven't forgiven Mom for moving the family away from Sinnoh. Hearing my last name was Greyson, didn't make things easy for me."

'Not to mention that you warned Miss Aria that the people of Sinnoh might not like seeing you or any other member of the Greyson family in Sinnoh,' added Rika, Isabella's shiny female Meowstic sibling. 'I highly recommend that if we plan to go to Galar, that you express much caution when interacting with the locals. They may have the mentality as the people of Sinnoh.'

"Well, if there are any swimming competitions in Galar, I'm game," I said cheerfully as I was the avid swimmer to the core. "Maybe they'll have a Polar Beartic Plunge competition."

"Oh brother," said Shelby as she didn't like being reminded of the competition I dragged her into joining five years ago on Sapphire Island.

'And I really hope there such beautiful girls there for me to shower my innocent Victini charm and love with,' Big Brother Victini said with stars in his eyes.

"Perhaps," I said to Big Brother Victini before a few veins were popping on my face and right hand. "But you'll do well to know which girls and mermaids are off limits to charming. Right, Big Brother?"

Isabella then cleared her throat to my attention away from Big Brother Victini and back to everyone there. I then studied everyone and saw Keith get back up as he then said, "The person that Lana and I know told us that in order to participate in Galar's Gym Challenge, you have to receive an endorsement from someone prominent."

"That's gonna be a problem," Benjy said as must of us sighed.

"Actually… my little pretties," said a familiar person that most of us had dread for as she apparently had heard Keith's last little bit about needing an endorsement to compete. "I can endorse you all."

The owner of that voice was none other than Aunt Jessica, our fashionista aunt who pretty much made most of the clothes we ever wore throughout our lives. Aunt Jessica had the look that said, "I'll help you out, but you'll be working for me in exchange for said help." Most of us didn't like playing 'Dress Up' for Aunt Jessica, but she always made such great clothes for us and we'd kept them too. But since there was a need for us to get an endorsement, we kinda had no choice but to accept Aunt Jessica's assistance.

"Just please… don't make me wear bikinis," I weakly pleaded to Aunt Jessica. "You had me try one on and I hated doing that ever since."

"Don't worry about that," Aunt Jessica said with a sickly sweet tone. "You'll be wearing something else. I just happened to return from Galar with some new ideas on Pokémon-themed clothes."

"Any inspiration from Breath of the Wild?" Benjy asked Aunt Jessica as he was feeling queasy and nervous.

"Actually… yes," answered Aunt Jessica as her smile became bigger.

"Way to go, little bro," Shelby said to Benjy as she glared at him. "'The bigger the smile, the sharper the Iron Tail to the back'."

"Huh?" asked Lana as she was confused by what Shelby recited.

"That's the 24th Draconic Rule of Accumulation," Keith said to his wife.

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"Wish I was going with you guys to Galar," Daddy said to me and Benjy as Keith and Lana had told me that they would join up a week later after making sure that they were fully rested and ready for Galar.

"So you can keep an evil eye on my husband?" I asked Daddy in wary tone. "No thanks, Daddy."

"Ash, you have your duties here that have to be attended to," Mom said as she cut Daddy off from replying before glancing at me. "Cynthia, your father just wants explore a new region. Do you really think your father wants to keep an eye on you, now that you're married?"

"Point taken," I answered Mom as I relented and shrugged my shoulders.

"Where are Keith and Lana?" Mom asked me and Benjy as my baby bro and his wife weren't with us as we were about to leave for Galar.

"Keith and Lana are leaving for Galar next week," I answered Mom before whispering in her ear. "Between you and me, Mom, I think they wanna enjoy as much as love making as they can before leaving for Galar. Probably aren't gonna be able to have much sex while in Galar."

Mom nodded her head in agreement. My parents weren't able to have much sex when they were out traveling in Kalos or when Daddy took us on a trip to Unova to finish collecting the badges from the gym leaders in Unova… even though Daddy got Mom pregnant with Keith while we were in Unova. Then again, Daddy also managed to catch some Pokémon from Kalos such as Froakie which evolved into a Frogadier and eventually into Greninja, but his had a unique ability to become Ash-Greninja, he also caught a Fletchling which became Fletchinder and then Talonflame, a Goomy which became a Sliggoo and then Goodra, a Hawlucha and even a Noibat which hatched from an egg and later evolved into a Noivern. Sadly, Daddy had to say goodbye to Goodra and Greninja eventually towards the end of his journey through Kalos as he released them following the climactic events with Team Flare. As for what he caught in the Alola region, he acquired a Litten which was raised by an old Stoutland who sadly passed away before Daddy caught Litten, who evolved into Torracat and eventually into Incineroar, he also caught a Rowlet, Rockruff which evolved into a Dusk Form Lycanroc, he even managed to catch the Ultra Beast Poipole which later evolved into Naganadel and eventually released it so it can be in its home world. The last Pokémon he caught in Alola was the Mythical Pokémon Meltan which eventually evolved into Melmetal. He even surprisingly enough caught both a Dragonite and a Gengar when he decided to pay her old home region Kanto a visit at one point. But enough about my parents, Mom hugged me and Benjy as we said our goodbyes along with Isabella and Ren and Benny. I was quite surprised to see that Ren and Benny were wanting to go with us to Galar even though there was not going to be any surfing competitions. As for Anya Greyson, Isabella's younger sister, she had informed us that for the time being, she was out in case Lily and Marco needed help in Kanto should Team Blizzard try to make another incursion into Kanto. Vanna and Hayato hadn't gotten back to me about wither or not they wanted to go to Galar. I really wanted to hear back from them, but I guessed they wanted to enjoy time to themselves without electronic devices. Once we said our goodbyes to our parents, we filed in on board the plane that would take us to the Galar region. Even, Koji, Benny's shiny male Braixen companion came along too as he was still responsible for looking out for Aunt Rhea's firstborn son on her instruction. Keith gave us a rundown of what his and Lana's friend, the Galar gym leader, Bea, said was in the Pokédex for the Galar region, via FaceTime. Apparently, most of the Pokémon we were carrying with us weren't found in the Galar region. Not even Big Brother Victini was in the Galar regional Pokédex… not that it bothered me one bit. If I was going to Galar, I was going into the region locked, loaded and ready to bring the strength of the Atlantica Islands region with me. I really didn't care if any of my Pokémon were in Galar's Pokédex or not, I intended to be as prepared as much as I could be prepared. But then I decided to make a change and just wait for my baby brother and his wife and everyone else.

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A week later

"So… have you figured out which Pokémon you're starting out with?" Keith asked me as his wife was sleeping peacefully and rested her head on his left shoulder.

"Keith," Lana said in her sleep, "not right now, my shy little Umbreon."

"I'm bringing Ariel with me for sure," I answered my little bro. "She's going to be the team captain. I can't leave Shiva at home, so she has to come as well."

"Keith, please," said Lana as she tugged on Keith's left shirt sleeve. "Wait until we get to Galar to figure that stuff out."

"Sure, thing my Alola Mermaid," replied my little bro as he fell asleep with Lana.

Once Keith was out like a light, I decided to follow suit and rested my head on the shoulder of my sexy bad boy husband. Benjy was caught off guard at first, but then he too decided to fall asleep and then the flight went by for us. For the rest of us, most of them fell asleep. I think Ren almost considered some stuff that I don't even wanna have as a picture in my head. And I think their Pokémon protectors, Ronginku and Koji were peacefully asleep as Ren's shiny female Gardevoir sibling decided that she needed to sit in Koji's lap and fall asleep in his warm foxy embrace. Our flight to Galar went by uneventful and made the 15-hour flight from Costa del Sol seem like it was really just an hour. We woke up as the airplane landed in the Galar region, in a place called Motostoke.

"So Sis, why did you decide to wait for me and Lana when you could've already been in Galar, getting the lay of the land?" Keith asked me in confusion. "All we really did at home was…"

"Yeah, Little Bro, I know what you and Lana were doing at home," I said to Keith as I rolled my eyes and shook my head. "I don't need to you describe the sex you two had and/or the raunchy positions you two did."

"I don't think people here need to know that two married teenagers have sex in their own home," Keith said to me as he chastised me as he made sure there weren't any younger kids nearby.

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3rd Person POV

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"Ash, what are you doing?" May Ketchum asked her husband as she looked annoyed.

"The kids are in Galar," explained Ash as he was packing some clothes together in a backpack along with the Rotom Pokédex, Z-Ring and Z-Crystals he acquired from one of his previous visits to Alola. "Well, why not got Galar too? The kids never really got the chance to try and face us in the finals of the Royal Cup.

May rolled her eyes as Ash continued, "So… why not give them the chance to face us in the Galar Pokémon League?"

"Have you forgotten that we have our duties to the Royal Court?" an upset May asked Ash as she glared at her husband. "I was in the middle of negotiating a treaty to end a tribal war between the Lava Ruby Tribe and Comet Fist Tribe. I know you want me to go with you to Galar and the answer is 'no,' Ash."

"Let someone else handle the negotiations," Ash suggested to May dismissively.

Unfortunately for the strongest member of the Atlantica Islands Elite Four, the suggestion was not met with a smile. May turned her back to him and then left to cool off instead of wanting to punch him. The duchess and Princess of Hoenn took her responsibilities as a member of the Atlantica Islands Elite Four very seriously as she, her husband and her husband's childhood friends were not only the the region's top trainers behind the Queen and King co-champions, but they also served the Kaiou Royal House with affairs for the kingdom. As for her husband, Ash, he didn't take them as serious as she did, but he was responsible enough. As May exited the house into the patio, a shiny Flygon came down and landed on the patio. The mother of three recognized the shiny Flygon as Solomon, part time head of Team Trident's Prototype Corps. with his partner Sheba and liaison for the most powerful and influential guild in the kingdom, the Draco Ruby Trading Guild. The shiny male Mystic Pokémon bowed to the Duchess as his greeting to her. May bowed back to him as she asked, "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit, Solomon? Are you here for business on behalf of the Prototype Corps.? Or are you here on business for the Guild?"

'My love Sheba is with dragon offspring in her womb,' answered Solomon. 'I am here on business for the Guild.'

"I'm sorry, but I have to return to the Safari Islands to finish up negotiating that treaty I was in the middle of working on," May said to Solomon.

The shiny male Flygon only cleared his throat as his response before the Duchess turned to him and then realized the Draco Ruby Trading Guild had stepped in. May studied the shiny Mystic Pokémon and then asked, "The Guild stepped in, didn't they?"

''When a business opportunity presents itself, grab it quickly with your claws before the competition can',' Solomon replied as his answer. 'Not only that, but 'Peace between tribes and clans is good for business'.'

May sighed as she shook her head and said, "The 32nd and 20th Draconic Rules of Accumulation. I should've known. And here I thought the war between both tribes was good for business for the Guild."

'Not from the current economic standpoint based on financial forecasts predicted by the Guild's accountants,' replied Solomon as he shook his head. 'You and your family should batten down your financial hatches while you've got the chance.'

"That's what we and our friends pay your financial guys to do with our money," said May. "But back to the original reason as to why you came here…"

'Oh yes,' Solomon replied sheepishly. 'Lord Dracaenas has heard that your offspring have journeyed to a new region region called Galar. He is currently meeting with the Queen and the Queen requests an audience with you and your husband back at Sol Palace.'

May gave Solomon a nod as she received an envelope containing the summons to Sol Palace. The Ocean Duchess, as she was now known as, knew that a summons to Sol Palace was not to be refused, not that she would refuse to go to Sol Palace in the first place. The envelope had her name and Ash's name on the envelope as well. Once Solomon had given May the envelope, he waited for May to give him a tip. She gave him a Nugget as compensation for his time in delivering the envelope. Once he placed his compensation in the bag he had over his right shoulder, he flew back towards Sol Palace with his task finished.

May then walked back into the house and found Ash before he could finish packing and get ready to go to Galar. She proceeded to tell him that they were being summoned to Sol Palace by their best friend. As much as the raven-haired member of the Elite Four wanted to refuse, he remembered the last time he refused a summons from Relena and it wasn't a pretty picture for him. Not wanting Relena to be furious with him and have Frost turn him into a popsicle, he relented and followed May's lead and changed into different clothes before the pair summoned Ash's Pidgeot to take them to Sol Palace.

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"Ah May and Ash," Relena, queen of the Atlantica Islands, said as her two friends arrived at Sol Palace. "Why are you two dressed like that?"

"Uh… you summoned us, didn't you?" Ash asked Relena nervously as he noticed that the queen wasn't wearing a dress, but her Regal Suicune swimwear. "May told us dress like this since you summoned us here."

The queen then snapped her fingers causing Ash and May's current outfits to disappear and were replaced with swimwear, since they met their best friend at her usual and favorite place in all of Sol Palace, the extra large shared family pool. May's swimsuit was a one piece backless swimsuit in the colors of her shiny female Sylveon, Amethyst. As for Ash, he had on swim trunks that went down to his knees and in colors of his first Pokémon and faithful companion, Pikachu. Then the Queen patted two spots flanking her on both sides as her invitation to join her. The Ketchums obeyed and sat down, sticking their legs in warm pool water.

"So why did you summon us here?" May asked her best friend. "I was about to finish up the negotiations when Solomon arrived and pretty much told me that the Draco Ruby Trading Guild stepped in and handled getting the treaty signed between both warring tribes."

"I was taken by surprise when Lord Dracaenas informed me that they stepped in and finished the treaty negotiations," Relena said to May as the Queen looked to her.

"So… is there a reason why the Guild stepped in?" Ash asked Relena. "We all know that the Draco Ruby Trading Guild have their reasons for stepping in certain situations."

"Did they say the same thing to you that Solomon said to me?" May inquired of Relena. "That their financial forecasts predicted that the tribal wars were going to be bad for the kingdom's economy in the future?"

"Wars do tend to sap a nation's resources if a nation, or in this case a tribe or clan, isn't careful," answered Relena as she then looked to the sky. "But on to business my friends. Please… join me in the pool."

Ash and May slipped into the warm water of the shared pool and then resurfaced for air. As for Relena, she let her Suicune-born instincts told hold and began rising up to the top and gracefully stood on the water, grabbing the hands of her best friends. Ash was taken aback at the fact that he was standing on the water like Relena. For May, this was nothing new to the Ocean Duchess as Relena had let her experience it numerous times.

"Oh man," said Ash in amazement as he looked at the water he was standing on with his wife and their best friend.

The Queen let go of their hands as she was able to somehow "turn off" her Suicune-born ability to stand on the water. Once things were normalized, Relena then looked to her friends and then said, "Lord Dracaenas said that he wishes to help the kingdom set up a new marketplace in the Galar region."

"So, why did that constitute a summons for me and May?" asked Ash as he was treading water and looking at the Queen.

"The shiny Salamence has requested that you two escort him to Galar," explained Relena. "I think that reaching out to the Galar region would be an excellent idea. I would like you to act as my eyes and ears in the Galar region while you escort Lord Dracaenas and he leads negotiations with the leaders of the Galar region."

"Well," began Ash as he had smirk on his face, "guess things are looking good right now."

"I take it he's wanting to partake in Galar's Gym Challenge," Relena said to May with a slight chuckle.

"You have no idea," replied May as she wasn't too thrilled on the idea of her husband trying to relive his glory days.

"Well, I think you should join the Gym Challenge too," Relena offered to May. "Give your husband some healthy competition and show him that he's not the only top trainer in the Gym Challenge."

"Hmm… that sounds like a good idea," replied May as she gave the Queen a nod and a smile. "Remind him that he's not only top trainer there. I mean, Misty and Brock did mention having each acquired a Key Stone and a Mega Stone for Gyarados and Steelix respectively after all. That along with Brock having gotten a Comfey when they visited Alola at one point."

"My sister came back from the Galar region and said that hopeful competitors need a letter endorsing them to take on Galar's Gym Challenge," Relena said to May. "I'll make sure you two have a letter of endorsement so you two can compete in the Gym Challenge and give it to you tomorrow morning."

"We'll have to make sure that we pack tonight," said May as she then began floating on her back. "That means going back home and having Ash's mom watch the house while we're in Galar."

"Consider taking part in Galar's Gym Challenge as a royal instruction from me," Relena said as both young women got out of the pool. "See me tomorrow morning for your letters of endorsement before you leave for the airport."

"Sure thing," replied May as they both hugged each other.

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The next morning, after a very pleasurable night of love making for the married Ketchums, they finished packing and then headed for Sol Palace to meet with the Queen to receive their letters of endorsement from her. As the Queen handed them their letters of endorsement, the leader of the Draco Ruby Trading Guild, a shiny male Salamence descended down and bowed to the Queen and his escorts.

"Now remember you two," Relena began as she looked to her best friends, "you're acting as diplomatic representatives of the kingdom. You're my eyes and ears in Galar. Act prudently and in the best interests of the kingdom.

"I wish you both luck in the Gym Challenge in Galar," continued Relena. "I'll be rooting for you both. But above all, make sure that you stay focused on assisting with the potential trade deal with Galar's leaders."

"We understand," May said to Relena as she and the Queen hugged again.

'Are you both ready?' asked Dracaenas as he studied his two escorts.

Both Ketchums bowed to the head of largest trading and commerce guild in the Atlantica Islands as their reply. They then saw the son of the guild's leader in his green armor and mask and hefting his spear, the Shooting Bahamut Spear, as he was also an escort for the guild leader. The green skinned son of the shiny Salamence noticed the Ketchums and greeted them with a nod and then said, "I am honored that Father has asked for your assistance. Looking forward to working with you and watch as you compete in Galar's Gym Challenge."

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May Ketchum's POV

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"Mom?! Daddy?!" Cynthia asked as she and the other kids were shocked to see us in the Galar region with them. "What the Houndour are you two doing here?"

"Hello to you too, Cynthia," Ash answered his firstborn child as he ruffled her hair.

"Mom, Dad, what are you two doing here in Galar?" Keith asked me as he was a bit calmer than his older sister. "I thought you were negotiating a peace treaty with two tribes."

"I was until the Draco Ruby Trading Guild stepped in and finished off the treaty negotiations," I explained to the kids.

"So… are you here on diplomatic business for the kingdom or the Draco Ruby Trading Guild?" Cynthia asked me in confusion.

"A bit of both," answered Ash as he smiled at the kids. "Plus the Queen has told us that we need to participate in Galar's Gym Challenge."

"Awesome, we get to take on Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum in something other than the Suicune Valley Conference," Isabella said with a gentle smile on her face.

"There's also no need to worry either," Ash said to our daughter, son and Lana. "We won't be able to stick our noses in your business or love lives.

I gave my husband a deathly glare as then finished nervously, "N-Not that we'd wanna stick our noses in your business."

"Good boy, Ash," I cheerfully replied to my husband as I patted him on his head. "We're looking forward to potentially facing you in Galar's Pokémon League competition."

"Uh…," began Cynthia as our firstborn child was starting to look a bit nervous, "sure thing. Can't wait to see ya guys there."

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Cynthia Ketchum's POV

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Once Mom and Daddy left our group campsite, we got another visitor that came to us. Isabella recognized her right off the bat as the former Kalos Queen, Aria Williams. But the former Kalos Queen didn't look so good as she looked like she was pretty beat up and her Pokémon a female Delphox and female Aromatisse looked very tired as well as they had just fended off a vicious attack from what appeared to be a Pokémon attack. Isabella went over to help Aria get to our camp and then saw that Aria had been followed by some troublemakers from Sinnoh. Once we saw the troublemakers, Ren and I took action and drove them off while Keith and Lana made contact with Officer Jenny from Motostoke and told them about the troublemakers who had come from Sinnoh. Officer Jenny and her Pokémon with her caught the three troublemakers. She asked us if she needed to call a paramedic when she saw the injured Aria. We told her that Aria's injuries weren't serious enough to warrant a call to the paramedics and that we could handle things.

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The next morning Aria woke up in mine and Benjy's tent while Benjy and I slept outside with the Pokémon, much to Shiva's delight as she tried to get in the sleeping bag with me and kick Benjy out. Thankfully, Lavender was there to make sure that Shiva kept away from me and Benjy when there wasn't a Pokémon battle. I was thankful for Lavender as she was a much more reliable protector to me than Big Brother Victini. Most of us woke up as the only one who was still asleep was Isabella because she was a bit of a heavy sleeper when we traveled together. But once she smelled the fluffy pancakes that were being cooked, her stomach would growl, and she would wake up. At least she had something similar to Big Brother Victini, they both loved pancakes. While the pancakes were cooking, Isabella woke up and then tended to Aria.

"What are you doing here in Galar?" Isabella asked Aria as she tended to the former Kalos Queen. "I thought you were setting up Pokémon performances in Sinnoh."

"I was," answered Aria. "But some people found out that I asked for your assistance during the inaugural year of the Pokémon performances in Sinnoh."

"So, they decided to destroy the Pokémon performances in Sinnoh and try to attack you for your association with me," summarized Isabella as she shook her head in disappointment. "Real nice."

"Figured that I could come to Galar and try to set up Pokémon performances here," finished Aria. "Though I did hear you were going to take on Galar's Gym Challenge. Thinking about what kind of entrance you're planning on making?"

"Oh, we've got something in the works," I answered the Kalos native with grin on my face. "Because we definitely wanna do something to show Galar that they're in for quite a storm from the Atlantica Islands."

Aria then smiled as she replied, "I think that I can help you out there."

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"So why is this necessary, Sis?" Keith asked me as he was confused as to why we were rehearsing for the opening ceremonies that were happening three weeks later.

"We need to show Galar that the Atlantica Islands weathered the power they tried to show and overpower us with," I explained to my little bro. "And in return, it's time that they feel the thunder from the incoming storm we're bringing their way."

"Yeah Keith," Benjy said in agreement with me. "Don't you think that we need to respond in kind? I mean that one girl who forced her way into traveling with you tried to overpower you with 'Galar's power' and got hammered. Multiple times I might add."

"Well… yeah, but," Keith began to answer before I cut him off.

"Then it's settled," I said as we looked at each other after Ren and Benny joined the campsite and saw that Aria was with us.

"What are we doing?" Ren asked me. "Planning on making an entrance for something? Count me in."

"Just make sure you remember what Aunt Jessica said," I said to my royal cousin. "You can't be walking out wearing nothing but your swimsuit. You have to wear the Gym Challenge uniform that she provided you."

"Yeah, yeah, Cynthia," replied Ren as she rolled her eyes as she didn't like that she would have to wear the Gym Challenge uniform that our fashionista aunt provided each of us to wear throughout the Gym Challenge. "I hate wearing clothes."

"You know, no one's stopping you from wearing your swimwear underneath the clothes," Benny, Ren's husband and the firstborn son of Team Trident's leader, said to his wife as he was wearing a Suicune-style outfit with the Pokédex number of Suicune located on the left thigh and on the back of his short sleeve shirt. "Besides, I don't want any punk thinking they can slap your ass or think they can get a piece of your ass."

"Oh, I'll drown anyone who tries to slap my ass," Ren said in retort as she glared. "I'll even drown anyone who thinks they want a piece of my ass too."

"Um, Your Highness, I don't think that violence is the answer," Aria nervously replied with a sweatdrop on her's and her Delphox's forehead.

"First, Ren hates being referred to with royal titles," Isabella said to the 34 year-old former Kalos Queen. "And secondly, you remember what happened to those jackasses who tried to slap your ass and even said they wanted a piece of your ass, right?"

'How could we forget?' Aria's Delphox asked Isabella nervously as she apparently hadn't forgotten about the aforementioned incident. 'You inflicted burns on those human males and you were lucky that they press charges against you to Officer Jenny.'

'They had it coming to them,' Rika said as she chimed in too. 'But enough about that, let us get to work on rehearsing our entrance to the stadium and then we'll need to start breaking off so we can find and capture as many Pokémon as we can.'

We all agreed that we needed to get on with preparing for the opening ceremony that would take place soon. Aria lead us in the rehearsal as she experience in making entrances as the former Kalos Queen. Thanks to her we were able to get our rehearsals in before we broke away from our main campsite that we set up as our base of operations that we'd use while in Galar. Thankfully, with the assistance of some of the local Pokémon, they let us set up our base of operations within the territory of a local transportation guild lead by a Steel-Flying-type Pokémon called Corviknight, a local section of the Watchtower Ruins, an area of the Wild Area, south of Motostoke. The guild leader allowed us to set up our base camp on the premise that we pay them monthly rent with berries. Since we all had a large plethora of berries, the six of us and Aria agreed to the terms laid out to us by the Corviknight guild leader, named Silver Talon, in correlation of the fact that he was a shiny silver gray Corviknight. Silver Talon was interested in the Pokémon that weren't from the Galar region, more specifically weren't in Galar's Pokédex, which had recently been updated. So, we introduced Silver Talon and his guild to our unfamiliar Pokémon siblings.

'This is quite astounding, Lady Cynthia,' Silver Talon said to me as we recalled our Pokémon back to their respective Pokéballs. 'Are not worried that you might be disqualified from the Gym Challenge for having Pokémon that aren't in our fair region's Pokédex?'

"Daddy took Big Brother Pikachu and Mom took Big Brother Manaphy with them when they went to the Unova region," I answered Silver Talon. "Neither Big Brothers Pikachu or Manaphy were in Unova's Pokédex. My parents weren't disqualified from the gym battles they did in Unova because the Pokémon they had with them."

'The lass does raise a valid point, governor,' another Corviknight, Silver Talon's top lieutenant, said to Silver Talon. 'There's certainly not much of a chance that Chairman Rose would disqualify these humans because they bring Pokémon not in the regional Pokédex for our Galar region.'

"Are there any good Pokémon we might be able to find to add to our teams?" Ren asked Silver Talon. "Most of us are REAL picky when it comes what Pokémon we wanna train. All of us train certain types of Pokémon."

'Well, we can certainly assist you in finding the right kind of Pokémon you seek,' Silver Talon answered Ren with a slight nod before looking and seeing a group of Dragon Pokémon coming towards the village we were settling along the outskirts of. 'But that might have to wait until we conduct business with these Dragons and their Noivern leader.'

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Lana Ketchum's POV

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"So, why did we leave the group while Silver Talon was meeting the Noivern and his group?" I asked my husband as we headed to the southern portion of the Galar region.

"I just think that coming south will be a good idea for us to start looking for new Pokémon to catch," answered Keith. "Besides, you might find a few new Water-type Pokémon to catch. I know you said that you wanna find a Manaphy, like Big Brother Manaphy, but I figure that maybe you'd wanna get ahead of everyone else in catching Pokémon."

"Well, I did wanna bring Sandy with me," I said to my husband as I referenced my female Eevee that I captured back home in Alola.

"I'm sure that Sandy would wanna have a playmate to play with her at home," Keith replied with a smile. "Whaddya say we find Sandy a playmate while we're at it?"

"Sounds good to me," I answered my husband as I wanted Sandy to have as many playmates as she could have, even though she was staying at the Ketchum House on Tsunami Island.

Going through Southern Galar, I wasn't having much luck in finding Water-type Pokémon to add to my growing collection of Water-type Pokémon back home, which includes my beloved Lapras. Then again, while Sandy my Eevee isn't a Water-Type, I love her no matter what and that is not going to change. As for Keith, his preference for wanting to train only quadruped Pokémon was hurting him too even though he had his shiny Cinderace and Shadow with him. For us, there didn't seem to be much luck for us until we got to an area north of a town we arrived in called Wedgehurst. As we arrived in Wedgehurst, we met a very enthusiastic trainer by the name of Hop. He was the little brother of Galar's current champion, named Leon. With Hop was another trainer about his age named Gloria. She was more of the silent type and didn't seem to speak much, but her Scorbunny was certainly energetic as she greeted us. Both Hop and Gloria were quite surprised to hear Keith speaking with their Pokémon fluently. I think even Leon was surprised to hear my husband speaking to the Pokémon as if they were old friends. I'll be honest though, I think the Galar champion was a bit flabbergasted to hear that Keith and I were married to each other despite the fact I was 16 and Keith was 15.

After explanations were done, Keith and I headed north out of the town in hopes that we could find new Pokémon that we were hoping to find. Though before leaving town, we booked a three night stay at a nice bed and breakfast. As much as I liked the idea of camping, a nice hotel or bed and breakfast seemed like a nice idea once in a while. Not only that, Keith and I would be able to enjoy having sex with each other without having Pokémon hearing us moaning loudly and have to investigate the noises we were making. After putting our bags up in the little cottage we booked, Keith and I traveled northward to find new Pokémon that we were searching for. After still having having some bad luck with our search, Keith and I decided to take a break and have lunch. The basket lunch that we had with us was provided to us by the owners of the bed and breakfast complex. The owners told us that they provided a basket lunch to married couples, even though it was the first time in 80 years that they ever provided a basket lunch to an underaged married couple. I was even given a bright blue and pink sundress and hat that I decided to change into out of my Alola attire. Keith was certainly quick to scoop me up off my feet as he was blown away by the sundress. For the first time in a while, I saw Keith having the biggest smile on his face as he was dazzled by my "Alola mermaid beauty."

As we got set up for picnic lunch, we didn't notice the rustling grass behind us as we playfully fed each other and made out with each other. After making out, the rustling noise from the grass got louder and finally caught our attention as we readied our Pokémon to protect us should the intruders be powerful Pokémon coming to cause us trouble. It was then that two Pokémon came out of the grass. Out of the rustling grass came two fox-like Pokémon that looked so cute.

'Why did Mommy and Daddy leave us behind in the grass like that?' the female fox-like Pokémon asked the other fox-like Pokémon with tears in her eyes. 'I'm hungry, Brother. When are we gonna eat?'

'We'll eat as soon as we find a source of food to take from,' the male fox-like Pokémon answered his sister as he looked around for a source of food and then saw our picnic basket. 'Looks like we the jackpot, Silver Luna. Some crazy humans have left an open picnic basket for us to help ourselves to.'

'Oh yay!' exclaimed the female fox-like Pokémon as she was happy.

As the two fox-like Pokémon headed towards our picnic basket, Keith took a look at the two Pokémon at our recently updated Pokédex. The two Pokémon were identified as Nickit and certainly looked a lot different then what the Pokédex was showing us. The two Nickits in front of us had lite grey fur with midnight blue ears, paws and a midnight blue tipped tail. They're appearance compared to the Pokédex entry meant only one thing for us… they were shiny Pokémon and we were in luck. After making our decision, we revealed ourselves to the Pokémon before they helped themselves to our lunch.

'Wah! A pair of predators!' the shiny female Nickit cried out in terror as she curled up in the tightest ball she could curl up into. 'Don't eat me, please!'

"Why would we wanna eat you?" Keith asked the shiny female Nickit with a slight chuckle.

'Eh? A human who can understand us fluently?' the shiny male Nickit asked in surprise as his ears twitched twice and was in amazement with Keith. 'Blimey, this world amazes me.'

The shiny female Nickit uncurled herself out of her ball as she too was amazed by Keith. But she was a bit nervous and apprehensive with Keith when he showed a bit of his dad's overflowing enthusiasm. That over enthusiasm caused her to curl back up into her ball in terror. But the brother seemed to have a smile on his face as he liked my husband. As for me, I went over to the shiny female Nickit as a Dream Ball appeared in my hands. I was very gentle with her as I picked her up and tried to coax her out of her ball. It was then that I took her over to our picnic basket. I knew that the poor Nickit had to be hungry as Keith and I had overheard them talking about looking for food to eat.

"I bet you're hungry," I said gently and cheerfully to the shiny female Nickit in my arms as I was trying to coax her out of her ball.

The shiny female Nickit slowly uncurled herself nervously as she heard me bring up food… and heard her stomach growling. Once her stomach growled again, she fully uncurled herself and looked to me as she gave me a nod to signal that she was indeed hungry. For Keith and I, the thought of capturing the shiny Nickit siblings had entered our minds. But we were quick to quash them as feeding our shiny Nickit guests was of a greater concern. I set a few sandwiches in front of them with some freshly squeezed Pecha Berry juice for them to drink. The sibling pair looked at the food set before them nervously, then to each other in confusion, then to Keith and I nervously and finally back to each other. The shiny female Nickit then dove into the food set before her, happily, as she was very hungry. As for her brother, he looked at me and Keith warily at first before his stomach growled at him, compelling him to eat. I still had the Dream Ball in my right hand and watched the shiny Nickit siblings enjoying their meal. Keith and I watched the sibling pair eat. The male Dark-type Fox Pokémon then began to explain what had happened to him and his sister, named Silver Luna.

'We were born to parents who abandoned us because we were born as shiny Pokémon,' began the shiny male Nickit, wanted to go by the name of Twilight.

"That's really terrible and sad to hear," I replied to Twilight sadly with a discouraged look on my face. "How could parents abandon such beautiful Pokémon?"

'Mommy said that we would attract predators and other bullies if we stayed with them and our other non-shiny siblings,' added Silver Luna as tears ran down her cheeks.

"Why not come with us?" Keith asked Twilight and Silver Luna with a confident smile on his face. "My wife and I love Pokémon and we treat them as if they were our brothers and sisters."

Both shiny Nickit siblings looked at each other first to decide what they would and could do. Silver Luna seemed open to the idea of becoming our Pokémon, but her brother had some reserves about becoming the property of a human. Twilight looked at us and then asked us in a challenging tone, 'You'll just separate us from each other. Why should we trust humans when they might separate us from each other?'

"We would never separate you two from each other," I answered Twilight as Silver Luna came to me happily and even pressed the button of the Dream Ball in my right hand with her front left paw. "Our home has a lot of land where our other Pokémon live and roam happily. Plus, we'd make sure that you two stay together as a pair."

Silver Luna then exited her Dream Ball and said happily, 'Come on Twilight! Let's help these humans out in Galar!

'Please don't send us away from you,' Silver Luna pleaded with me tearfully before curling up in my arms. 'Let us stay with you.'

Twilight finally relented as he allowed Keith to capture him in a Friend Ball. Once the three shakes and confirmation click were confirmed, Keith and I let out a sigh of relief as we had caught our first Pokémon in the Galar region, a pair of shiny Nickit siblings. As we let out our excitement for our first capture, a new person had come along and approached us after we let Twilight and Silver Luna out of their respective Pokéballs to move around and even finish up their meals.

"Wow, I never thought any newbie trainer would get that lucky," the new person said as she studied Twilight and Silver Luna, who became startled. "One shiny Pokémon is amazingly rare to find in the wild. But having the kind of luck you two had with catching two shiny Pokémon is almost impossible."

'Eeee! A predator!' cried Silver Luna as she curled up in her ball as she saw the new person and her small canine Pokémon.

"Oh boy," the new person said as she was playing with her hair. "Guess I should introduce myself. I'm Sonia Hensley, my Gran is the regional professor, Professor Magnolia Hensley."

"I'm Lana Felicity Ketchum," I replied to Sonia before I jerked my head to my husband. "That's my husband, Keith Ketchum."

"Wha? You two are married to each other?" Sonia asked me and Keith in confusion at the revelation that Keith and I were married. "Underaged marriages aren't allowed here in Galar. It's a really serious offense that's punishable by the law."

"Lana and I aren't from Galar," Keith explained to Sonia.

'I would think that would be obvious to you humans,' Twilight said to Sonia as he rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"Twilight, you can't exactly tell someone's from another region just by appearance," Keith chided his new Pokémon.

"Oh? You can converse with Pokémon fluently without a translator?" asked Sonia as she studied my husband.

"The people from my home region learned long ago to converse with Pokémon as equals," explained Keith as he looked at Sonia.

"And what region would that be?" asked Sonia as her interest was piqued. "If you don't mind my asking, of course."

"I'm from a regional kingdom called the Atlantica Islands," answered Keith as he wasn't afraid to share where he was from. "My wife is from the Alola region."

"Interesting," replied Sonia as she studied us intently. "Alola, I've heard of for certain. But I've never heard of the Atlantica Islands. Maybe Gran has heard of the Atlantica Islands. Well, I'm off to meet up with Gran before heading off to the Wild Area, just north of here."

"See ya later," I said as Sonia headed up north farther.

'Thanks for the delicious grub, governor,' Twilight said to me and Keith. 'Think that's the first time we 'ver ate well.'

"Well, we're certainly happy to give you a decent meal," I replied to Twilight as he licked his chops. "Even if you didn't wanna come with us, we would've made sure you had a nice meal before you left."

''Round these parts, Pokémon always show their gratitude to those who help them in need,' Silver Luna explained to me and Keith. 'My big brother and I are in your debt for showing us kindness.'

'Even if repaying that debt means becoming a human's pet to fight for,' added Twilight.

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'Who would've guessed that's how humans mate with each other,' Twilight said to his younger sister as the two were eating their breakfast. 'Would you not agree, Sister?'

Keith and I were quite embarrassed as we had no idea that Twilight and Silver Luna had watched us having sex with each other the night before. We tried to leave them in the basket bed lying next to Primarina and Shadow, but they managed to get into the bedroom right as Keith and I were having passionate sex with each other. I won't go into the details, but it was really passionate and really embarrassing… that Twilight and Silver Luna had seen us naked and having sex. As for Silver Luna, she wasn't paying attention to her brother or his question. She was admiring the silver necklace around her neck that had a white diamond crescent moon set on it. Keith tried to get something for Twilight, but the shiny male Dark-type Fox Pokémon said that he didn't require a piece of jewelry or anything to make himself feel special. Silver Luna was all too happy to receive the gift that I bought for her. Aside from the necklace being a welcome gift, it was also to help distinguish her from her brother, Twilight.

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'That mutt was really hard to take down,' Twilight said as he and Keith their second quadruped Pokémon, a shiny Electric-type canine called Yamper. 'Though to be honest, I have no clue why you would want a gluttonous mutt like a Yamper.'

'That Chewtle nearly got my necklace,' Silver Luna said to me as I put away the Lure Ball I used to capture the shiny male Snapping Pokémon that I caught with her help.

"Then maybe we need to shorten the length of the silver chain then," I said to Silver Luna. "Or perhaps I need to take the necklace off when we battle."

'But I like my necklace, Big Sister Lana,' replied Silver Luna in a pouty tone.

"We're gonna get your necklace chain shortened so it doesn't fall off when you battle against other Pokémon," I explained to Silver Luna. "I just don't want you to lose your necklace."

'Oh okay,' relented Silver Luna before I recalled her to her Dream Ball.

"Alrighty then," Keith said with a smile after he caught the shiny male Yamper. "Let's head south to Route 1."

'That's a bad idea, Big Brother Keith,' Twilight said to Keith.

'Why would going south be a bad idea,' Shadow asked Twilight in confusion.

'Because there are zero Water-type Pokémon for Sister Lana,' explained Twilight as he looked to my husband's shiny Umbreon brother. 'I would think that Brother Keith would not be interested in a bunch of wild, woolly and unruly Sheep Pokémon.'

'You gotta think about your wife, Keith,' Shadow said to Keith in agreement.

'But if we head a little further east, you might find some more Water-type Pokémon that your wife can find,' Twilight added to finish the discussion. 'It should take us an hour to get there on foot.'

"Well Lana?" Keith asked me as he wanted to know what I wanted to do.

"Sure, let's go a little further," I answered my husband with a smile on my face.

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'So tell me how you're able to capture more shiny Pokémon than any other human around this region,' Silver Luna inquired of me and Keith after I caught a shiny female Feebas after a long arduous battle in the lake. 'And you even got that Feebas with the Egg Move, Dragon Breath too.'

"Keith and I have a special type of Shiny Charm that drastically increase the encounter rate of shiny Pokémon," I explained to my shiny female Nickit as I showed her the Shiny Charm I got from the Queen as a wedding gift to me.

'Oh I see,' replied Silver Luna.

"Well, let's head back and call it a day," Keith said as he recalled Twilight to his Friend Ball.

We all agreed and then made our way back to the bed and breakfast that we were staying at. As we walked back to the bed and breakfast, I let Silver Luna out so she could walk with me. Keith allowed Twilight to walk with him and Shadow. As for Twilight and Silver Luna, we had to tell them that they needed to not barge in on me and Keith when we make love to each other. Silver Luna tried to tell us that she was afraid of being abandoned, especially after her and Twilight's non-shiny parents and siblings abandoned them. I had to assure her that she wasn't being left alone; that she was with her other Pokémon brothers and sister, my Primarina and Shadow looking out for them while they slept and even Twilight. But Silver Luna replied that she wanted to be sleeping with me in the bed. About the only thing that I could try to offer as a compromise was to see if there was a basket bed that the two of them could sleep in while sleeping in the bedroom with Keith and I.

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"So, did you guys catch any good Pokémon, down south?" Cynthia asked me as Keith and I rejoined the base camp two days later.

"Of course we did," Keith answered as his sister with a grin before grabbing the Pokéballs of the Pokémon that he caught. "Come on out everybody and say 'hi'."

Keith let out Twilight and his shiny Yamper to say hello to our friends. Yamper looked eager to say hello, but Twilight was a bit apprehensive about saying hello. As for me, I called out the Pokémon that caught. I had one more Pokémon than my husband did. The shiny Feebas that I caught, I made every effort to max out her beauty before we went into battle again. Once her beauty was maxed by all of the Dry berries that I fed her and she leveled up, she then evolved into a shiny Milotic, one of the Water-type Pokémon that I was after. My shiny Chewtle was greeted with a warm welcome as was Silver Luna. But unfortunately, Silver Luna was terrified of the other Pokémon, along with my in-laws Isabella, and curled up in her tight ball, thinking they might be predators that would eat her. Isabella and the others were confused why my shiny female Nickit thought they were predators. So Keith and I had to explain what happened to them.

"Silver Luna and Twilight's parents lied and abandoned them because they were born as shiny Pokémon," I explained to our friends and family. "Their mother told them that since they were born shiny Pokémon, there was a strong chance that they would attract predators and bullies."

"That's really harsh," Benny replied to my explanation as he shook his head.

"How can a Pokémon parent be so cruel to their children like that?" Isabella asked as she put in her two cents. "Lying and then abandoning their children out of jealousy."

"It's okay sweetie," Cynthia said to Silver Luna in a soothing and gentle reassuring tone. "You've got a new family. And certainly have a lot more big brothers and sisters who will look after you."

Silver Luna slowly uncurled herself as she remained close to me, remaining ever so wary of the others. But Shiva looked to Silver Luna as if she thought shiny female Nickit would try to take Cynthia's attention away from her. As for Silver Luna, she remained ever close to me, afraid of Shiva.

"Shiva, you'll behave yourself around your new little brother and sister," Cynthia said to her shiny female Alola Ice/Fairy-type Fox Pokémon. "Got it?"

Shiva sighed and shook her head as she didn't like being chastised by her human. Then Lavender came forward and approached Silver Luna, as she still clung tightly to my ankle. Silver Luna saw Lavender and slowly let go of my ankle as the 750 year old shiny female Kanto Fire-type Fox Pokémon looked too her.

'Worry not, little one,' Lavender said to Silver Luna calmly and in a motherly tone. 'Shiva is always like that. She was spoiled and pampered as a little Vulpix. You have nothing to worry about, sweet child.'

Silver Luna looked to the shiny female Fox Pokémon in awe. Lavender's words of calm and assurance were enough for Silver Luna to wanna follow Lavender for a bit. Seeing Lavender take charge and assure the Nickit siblings was quite impressive. I guess with all the years that she's lived, she gained a lot experience throughout the years of her life. With Twilight and Silver Luna slowly opening up to the other Pokémon and to our friends, I was able to breath a sigh of relief.

"So, did you get any interesting Pokémon?" I asked my sister-in-law, Cynthia.

"Didn't really get much," Cynthia answered me as she shrugged her shoulders. "Just caught a shiny Gossifleur with the Effect Spore Dream World ability and that's about it. Oh yeah, I also caught a shiny male Pidove with the Super Luck ability. I'm hoping to evolve him into a shiny Unfezant, like Uncle Ritchie's shiny male Unfezant, Roberto."

"What about Ren?" I asked Cynthia right as the firstborn princess of Queen Relena came up to me and Cynthia.

"I went a lot further into the Wild Areas," Ren answered me with smirk. "Went to some place in the Wild Area called Giant's Seat and joined a few others in doing something they a Gigantamax Raid Battle."

"Uh… okay," I replied as I was a bit confused. "What does that have to do with what Pokémon you found and caught?"

"I'm getting there," answered Ren as she then produced a Dive Ball and then threw it up to release the Pokémon that she caught. "Or I think I'll just do 'show and tell,' like we used to do as kids."

The Pokémon that came out of the Dive Ball really surprised me as Ren had caught a shiny Lapras in that Gigantamax Raid Battle. I own a Lapras, but this was a shiny purple Lapras and she was quite the beauty. Ren could tell that I was quite envious of her and the Lapras she caught. Ren then proceeded to show me the shiny Arrokuda with the Propellor Tail ability that she caught and a shiny male Frillish that had the Water Absorb ability. It seemed like the group I was in seemed to be rolling in shiny Pokémon with the Shiny Charms that they had from the Atlantica Islands. Benjamin managed to catch himself a couple good Pokémon. He caught himself the shiny local variant of Zigzagoon with the Pickup ability and a shiny Sneasel with the Pickpocket Dream World ability.

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Cynthia Ketchum Summers POV

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"Guess it's time for us to make our big entrance," I said after we finished a week's worth of training out in Galar's Wild Area.

"Where do we go to register for the Gym Challenge?" Benjy asked my little brother.

"Uh… she said to head to the Motostoke Gym in order to register for the Gym Challenge," Keith answered as he looked to us from his cellphone after he got a text from someone he traveled with in the Atlantica Islands. "Head straight over to some gear shaped elevator and head straight over their. We can't miss it."

"So…," I began to say with a teasing smirk on my face. "You ever try to make any moves on that girl when you were traveling with her and Lana."

"I'd rather have a Frillish or Jellicent drown me before I ever thought about cheating on Lana," Keith replied to me nervously.

"Relax, little bro," I responded back to Keith after getting a little chuckle out of his response. "I know you'd never cheat on Lana. You'd have to face my wrath if ever cheated on her."

"I'm more worried about Primarina's wrath than I am your wrath," said Keith as he had a sweatdrop on his forehead.

'And you would be right to be worried about my wrath,' Lana's Primarina replied to Keith. 'I do intend to ensure that Lana's tender heart is protected.'

"Anyone need a haircut or a new outfit while we're thinking about it?" Shelby asked us as we saw the clothes shop and hair salon.

"Nope," I answered Shelby with a smile.

"I'm good," replied Isabella. "I like my hair long and covering one of my eyes. Adds to my sexy mystique."

"Holy crap," one guy said as he looked at Isabella, "that blonde girl is so sexy!"

"Dude, she's out of your league," the guy's buddy said as he pulled his pal away.

"At least he didn't express interest in wanting a piece of your ass," I said to my best friend, Isabella.

"Or even tried to slap your ass," added Ren.

'Let us not even think about that notion, shall we?' inquired Rika as many trainers that walked by us were shocked to see the shiny female Constraint Pokémon from Kalos. 'Perhaps we should move towards the gym in order to get registered for the Gym Challenge.'

After we agreed, we followed my little brother's instructions and made our way to the Motostoke Gym where there were many trainers there registering for the Gym Challenge. There was one boy there who didn't exactly look friendly. He wore an overly large trench coat with whatever clothes he was wearing and practically wore a scowl on his face as he muttered some nonsense garbage that we couldn't hear. It was then that he turned around and noticed us and snorted at us disgust.

"Seriously?" the cocky boy asked in contempt of us. "The Gym Challenge has plenty of talentless idiots. We don't need any more losers like you sullying Galar with your pathetic excuse of a Pokémon team.

"What was that?" Ren shot back as she was angry at the prick.

"You wanna run that by us again?" I added to the prick's contempt of us.

Before either Ren or I could tear him a new one, Isabella held us back calmly as she spread her arms out to restrain us. The cocky prick snickered as he was hoping to provoke us into fighting him. But Isabella held us firmly in check as my royal cousin and I calmed down because she inherited her mother's ability to calm aggression with her gentle yet firm personality.

"Would you care to back up your claim that we're sullying Galar with our Pokémon?" Isabella inquired of the prick. "I would be happy to prove you wrong."

The prick just shook his head in disbelief as he then replied, "Alright then. You're on. I'll take on your worthless Pokémon. I'm pretty sure that you haven't even evolved them yet."

We shuddered at the thought of the prick getting owned by Isabella. I didn't think that she even caught any Pokémon since we arrived in Galar. Regardless if she caught Pokémon here or not, the arrogant prick was about to get steamrolled by the Fire Bender of Tsunami Island… and it wasn't gonna be pretty. The prick then saw that we were dressed in black attire, which confused him at first. It was unusual for Ren to wear clothes, unless her mother told her to wear clothes other than her swimsuit, but I wasn't complaining.

"Not that it'll matter after I defeat you," began the prick as he rolled his eyes at Isabella, "but my name is Bede. And I'll become the undefeated champion, dethroning that sad excuse of a champion, Leon.

We said nothing in retort as we didn't know the champion of the Galar region, either personally or at all. As for Isabella, she remained calm and said nothing to the prick named Bede. Bede then called out his first Pokémon, which was a Psychic-type Pokémon from the Unova region called Solosis. Once he called out his first Pokémon, Bede tried once again to taunt Isabella and provoke her into getting angry at him. But the daughter of my godmother remained unflinching and calm. Her first move before calling out her first Pokémon was to take a deep breath and then grabbed a Friend Ball and then called out one of her most powerful Pokémon, right behind Rika.

"Come on out my close friend and companion, Merlin!" Isabella called out as out came her shiny male Delphox that had the Magician Dream World ability.

Bede was shocked and horrified as he saw that Isabella wasn't going to pull any punches with him. I think even his Solosis was terrified and figured that its self-confidence had dropped quite severely at the sight of Isabella's shiny Delphox.

[Solosis self-confidence: -95]

'Uh oh Bede,' the male Cell Pokémon said as he felt quite small in the sight of Merlin. 'We might be in over our heads.'

"W-We'll beat that Pokémon," said Bede as he felt intimidated by Isabella and Merlin, even though he tried to hide it from them. "Use Acid Armor to raise your Defense!"

'That shall not work against us, right Lady Isabella?' Merlin asked his companion as both he and Isabella seemed to have what appeared to be a smile on their faces.

"You don't need an instruction from me, Merlin," Isabella answered Merlin as they still smiled.

Merlin smiled and then used his Mystic Fire attack on Solosis, knocking him out in one swift move, as the male Cell Pokémon seemed to had flinched before he could use the Poison-type move to raise his physical Defense stat. Bede had to recall his Solosis after he failed to act. The arrogant little prick gritted his teeth after failing to deal the first blow and watched as Merlin hugged Isabella and the two placing their foreheads against each other. Bede glared at Isabella as he then called out a local native Pokémon called Hatenna, according to our Pokédex. Our Pokédex said that Hatenna was a female only Pokémon and the description of its overall personality was quite similar to that of a Ralts. Isabella then looked at the local Psychic-type Pokémon and then back to Merlin.

'I am at your service, Lady Isabella,' Merlin said to his human.

"You know what to do, Merlin," Isabella said to Merlin.

Merlin complied and then used Flame Charge to quickly put the female Galar Calm Pokémon down quick as possible. I felt sorry for Hatenna, having to be the Pokémon of a complete loser and observed that she had to be peeled off of the pavement before being recalled to her Great Ball. As for Bede, he wasn't liking that Isabella and Merlin were completely steamrolling his Pokémon without so much as batting an eye or breaking a sweat. He called his last Pokémon out, which was another Pokémon from the Unova region and another female-only Pokémon, Gothita. Nothing was needed to be said from Isabella as Merlin was a gentleman and used his Flame Charge to quickly put down the female Fixation Pokémon without much of a fuss. Bede recalled his fallen Gothita and was then shocked as Merlin revealed the Amulet Coin hold item that he had in his possession with a glare on his face as he then said, 'Pay up you little snob.' Bede was not liking that he had to cough up double the amount of money to Isabella. There were even some challengers that were whispering amongst themselves about how Bede was completely pwned by Isabella and Merlin. They even took notice of Merlin before he was recalled to his Friend Ball. It seemed that even some kid named Hop was there and was astonished at Merlin and how quickly he was able to put down three Pokémon without breaking a sweat.

"Oh man, that was quite the battle," Hop said with a smile on his face before Merlin let himself out and glanced at Hop. "You've got quite a Pokémon there. I don't think I've ever seen one quite like him.

"You don't wanna try to face Merlin," Isabella said to Hop.

'Your Pokémon would be only be target practice to me,' added Merlin as he glanced warily at Hop.

"Hey, how about battling me," Hop suggested to Ren as he got the gist that facing Isabella and Merlin was out of the question. "I'm seeking to begin my legend as the new champion of Galar."

"You wanna face me?" Ren asked Hop before shrugging her shoulders. "Okay pal. It's your funeral. I could use the target practice anyway."

Hop then had a sweatdrop on his forehead and then gulped as he heard Ren pretty much call him and his Pokémon "target practice." Truth be told, all Ren needed was Ronginku to steamroll the kid. The poor kid didn't stand a chance against Ren as she and Ronginku took him out back and beat the daylight out of him and his Pokémon. They were target practice, just like Ren said. She even took him to the cleaners as Ronginku had her own Amulet Coin around her neck, just like Merlin. Hop certainly didn't like that he got pwned by Ren, but he was at least decent enough to accept the loss unlike Bede, who stormed off into the gym to get registered. Once all of the smoke had cleared, we followed suit and filed into the Motostoke Gym to get registered for the Gym Challenge. As we entered the gym, many of the trainers that had registered were already gone as we learned that everyone had gone to a nearby hotel about a block away. Mom and Daddy were no where to be seen as I got a text from Daddy telling me to ease up on the opponents here in Galar. To be honest, I had no intention of easing up on our opponents in Galar.

"I see we've got more aspiring Gym Challengers," the person at the front desk said as we approached the desk.

"We're here to register for Galar's Gym Challenge," I said as me and Benjy got up to the desk first.

"Alright then lass," the receptionist said as he looked to me. "Just realize that here in Galar, you can't battle as a pair with someone. No exceptions.

"I am going to need to see your Letter of Endorsement," continued the receptionist as he held out his hand to receive my letter of endorsement.

"Here you go," I replied to him as I handed him my Letter of Endorsement. "I'm Cynthia Ketchum Summers."

"Um," the receptionist said as he looked at my Letter of Endorsement from Aunt Jessica. "There's a slight problem here."

"What kind of problem could there be?" a new asked as he came up to the desk.

"U-Uh Ch-Chairman Rose, sir!" the receptionist exclaimed out of shock to see the person in a business suit coming to the desk. "W-Well sir, it's this Letter of Endorsement, sir. The person endorsing the young lady has a stipulation added."

"Alright," replied this Chairman Rose person as he looked at my Letter of Endorsement. "I see. She's being endorsed by the owner of a modeling agency from the Atlantica Islands. And she'll be using the Gym Challenge to showcase various wears from her clothing line.

Chairman Rose studied my letter once more and then looked to me and finally back to my letter. Taking a good look and thinking about what to do next, the Chairman then looked to my husband and our companions as he then asked them, "I assume that you're all from the Atlantica Islands kingdom?"

"Yup," answered Ren.

"I just moved there from Alola," Lana answered Chairman Rose.

"Then am I to assume you have the same type of Letter of Endorsement?" Chairman Rose asked the others.

They nodded their heads as their answer to the Chairman. Then Chairman Rose looked to the receptionist and then said, "Make sure that you approve their letters. We have the eyes of the Atlantica Islands kingdom on us now. The last thing we need is to upset the young Queen of that region."

"Alright then," the receptionist said as he processed my letter of endorsement. "Do you have a number in mind for your Challenger Uniform jersey?"

'Yes, yes she does,' Big Brother Victini answered the receptionist… before I caught him by his left ear. 'Wah!'

"Nice try Big Brother," I said to Big Brother Victini as I yanked him back from the receptionist. "But I'm not going with your National Pokédex number.

"I'm going with the National Pokédex number for Lavender and Shiva," I said to receptionist as my two shiny Ninetales Pokémon were out and sitting beside me.

"And what number would that be?" asked the receptionist.

"That would be 38," I answered receptionist.

'That is very pleasing to hear,' Lavender said to me.

"Wah!" I exclaimed as Shiva pounced on me to express her joy. "Shiva! Get off of me!"

'I'm so HAPPY!' exclaimed Shiva, before Benjy recalled her to her Dream Ball.

"What interesting Pokémon you have," Chairman Rose said to me as I got up off the ground and Big Brother Victini sat on my left shoulder like always.

"I believe that I'm next," Isabella said as she stepped up to the receptionist desk to give her Letter of Endorsement to him and then selected the National Pokédex number for Big Brother Victini, 494, as her jersey number.

My little bro was next in line and he chose go with Shadow's National Pokédex number of 197, for Umbreon. The look on Little Brother Shadow's face was one of approval before Lana's Primarina scooped him up and started showering him with affection as apparently, it was quite normal, according to Keith and Lana. As for Lana, she chose her jersey number to be Primarina's ID number in National Pokédex, 730. Ren chose 282, which was Ronginku, or Gardevoir's ID number in the National Pokédex. As for my sexy bad boy husband, he chose Mightyena's ID number in the National Pokédex, 262. We did have to tell the receptionist that most of us were married and that brought a suspicious gaze upon us from Chairman Rose. And that meant we had to explain to him about how things worked in our home region. We had to tell him that since we were married at our ages, that by the law of the kingdom, we were no longer considered as kids but adults. Thankfully, Chairman Rose was kind of accept the judgment and also realize that since we weren't citizens of Galar, he couldn't do anything to us despite the fact that we were underaged. After we all got registered, we were told to head to a place called the Budew Drop Inn and rest up for the night. But Aria suggested that we make one last rehearsal with our big entrance that we planned on making the next day.

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"What the?!" some yutz dressed like he was dressed to go to a punk rock concert asked as I just shoved past him. "Oi, wait ya' turn missy."

"What are you gonna do if I don't wait my turn?" I challenged the punk rock wannabe loser

"There's only one person who's gonna win the Gym Challenge," another punk rock wannabe said as she joined her companion, "and that's Marnie."

"So ya' better scram if you know what's best for you," threatened a third punk rock wannabe. "Cause Team Yell is here to raise ruckus and whatnots."

"The hell?" Ren asked as she and the rest of us were dumbfounded by what the loser was saying. "Who the hell is Team Yell?

"You know what, screw this," Ren said as she was getting frustrated with the so-called "Team Yell." "I'll take you on, right now. Ronginku needs a little tiny bit of a warmup before she goes at it with her lover."

"If you need help, I'll join ya," Hop said as he came forward after hearing ruckus from Team Yell too. "We'll be able to take 'em down no problem."

"'ope you weren't expecting to stay for the Gym Challenge, lass," the first punk rock wannabe said as he and the second punk rock wannabe readied their Pokéballs in order to send out their Pokémon against Ren and Hop. "We'll run ya out so fast you'll be cryin' 'ome to ya mum in no time."

"Go get 'em Wooloo," Hop said as he threw his first Pokémon out against the Team Yell losers.

"Time for you to warmup, Ronginku," Ren said as she threw up the Dream Ball carrying her cherished shiny female Gardevoir sister, Ronginku.

'You called, my dear sister?' Ronginku asked as she dusted herself, much to the shock and horror of the two Team Yell idiots who didn't realize what they were up against. Nor did they recognize Ronginku's Gardevoirite Mega Stone necklace around her neck.

"The heart of the trainer resonates with the heart of their cherished Pokémon companion," Ren began to chant. "The hearts of two resonate to become the strength of one."

"What the blimey is she doin'?" the second Team Yell loser asked in confusion with Ren's chant to induce Ronginku undertaking Mega Evolution.

"Beats me," answered the third Team Yell loser as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Our hearts resonate to create the strength and power of one," Ren continued as she was close to finishing the chant. "To my cherished Pokémon companion, become more and your power increase… as… you… MEGA EVOLVE!"

The light from Ren's Keystone Necklace unleashed a flurry of energy like nothing anyone in Galar had ever seen before. Ronginku's Gardevoirite Mega Stone also resonated as it too released a flurry of energy that came into contact with the energy from Ren's Keystone Necklace. The two energies then dissolved and began to bathe Ronginku in the soft light that emitted from the collision of the emerges from both necklaces. As for Ronginku, she changed shaped as she then had her signature black bridal-like gown, the horn on her chest open up like flower blossoming, her hair shorter and tightly curled and black gloves on her arms. Those who were watching were quite dazzled by Ronginku's makeover and began whispering amongst themselves. I think even Hop was quite surprised to see Ronginku in her Mega Evolved form. Before the Team Yell losers could say anything, Ronginku just used her Dazzling Gleam to put the two Dark-type Pokémon, sent out against her, down quickly.

My little bro and Lana's pair of shiny Nickit siblings had let themselves out of their Pokéballs and watched Ronginku overwhelm the Team Yell morons quickly. Silver Luna and Twilight had heard of Gardevoir before, but they had never seen or heard of Mega Evolution as the sibling shiny Nickits watched as Ronginku reverted back to her normal self after the battle. Much to our relief, the hotel clerk had taken cover when Ren began her chant to induce Mega Evolution on Ronginku. As for the Team Yell idiots, they told to return home by the person they were supposed to be cheering for. She introduced herself as Marnie and apologized for what her crazed fan club tried to do. Knowing that Team Yell was nothing more than a fan club gave us a sigh of relief. The additional knowledge of Team Yell being nothing more than a fan club was certainly relieving and not needing Aunt Rhea to send a force to Galar…. At least that's what we were hoping for.

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"Now that all of those knuckleheads are gone, we can finally relax," Ren said as she stretched in perfect synch with Ronginku.

"We'll need as much time to relax as we can," my little bro added as Twilight let himself out of his Friend Ball.

"Come on bro, don't be such a worry wart," I replied to Keith as I playfully slapped him. "Just enjoy the time you got before we gotta go our separate ways for the Gym Challenge."

"Well, I'm tired," Ren said plainly as she and Benny headed to the elevator to go to their room.

"Just make sure you two keep it down," Keith said to Ren. "I wasn't able to sleep when I had to hear you moaning your sexual stuff loud enough to make a Chandelure pass over your house."

"Oh come on Keith, we weren't that loud," protested Ren.

"Yes you were," Lana said as she joined in against Ren. "We could hear you shouting out in pleasure."

For the sake of things, I'll just leave it up to your imagination as to what Ren said as Lana repeated what Ren said, causing Marnie to spray out the soda she was drinking, in shock and horror. I think that Marnie girl was quite shocked to hear what Ren usually says in the bed with Benny. As for Ren, she and Benny were quick to get on the elevator and head up to their room for the night. Lana apologized to Marnie for the things that she repeated back to Ren. We were thankful that the Galar native was forgiving and said that she had heard some similar stuff from the unrated movies that her brother used to watch. Once the debacle was over, we all finished heading up to our rooms in preparation for the next day. As Benjy and I entered our room, we finally got a text from Vanna and Hayato. They apologized for not returning the text sooner as Vanna wanted them to be off the grid for a couple weeks before coming to decision on their next move.

"The invite to join us in Galar is open if you two still wanna join us," I texted back to Vanna and Hayato.

"Thanks for the invitation," Hayato replied back. "But Vanna and I wanna stay here at our getaway home in Oblivia a bit longer. We'll be off the grid a bit longer."

"You got Vanna pregnant, didn't you?" I playfully asked Hayato, knowing what his reaction would be.

"My Prince hasn't gotten me pregnant yet," stepped in Vanna. "When I'm ready for Hayato to get me pregnant, he'll know."

After that discussion, I followed Benjy to our room for the night. Unfortunately for us, we just had to be next to Ren and Benny's hotel room. And since we were next to Ren and Benny's room, I was certain that we were going to have to hear those two having loud sex with each other. Much to my surprise, they weren't as loud as I thought they'd be. We could hear them moaning, but much of it was drowned out by the sounds of a running shower and then they muffed their moans by kissing each other when they were in the bed.

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Keith Ketchum's POV

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The night before was definitely pleasant for Lana and I as we made love to each other, knowing that we weren't going to be able to do so much while we were on the road. Silver Luna and Twilight of course slept on the end of the Queen sized bed, ignoring us having sex. The next morning, Lana and I showered and got ourselves ready for the opening ceremony. The others also got ready for the opening ceremony. We got a text from Aunt Jessica telling us to meet her at the Motostoke Gym as she would be there to give us our custom Gym Challenge jerseys. The team ate their breakfast and then finished getting ready as the opening ceremony was to take place in a few hours. As for the team, we were lucky that Isabella didn't sleep in today like she usually did. I personally thought it might've been the pancakes that were being cooked down in the hotel's kitchen. She loved pancakes like nobody's brother.

Once everyone was finished getting ready, we made our way to the Motostoke Gym to get ourselves ready for the opening ceremony for the Gym Challenge. As we entered the Motostoke Gym, Aunt Jessica was there to meet us as she said that she would do. With her, as usual, was her business partner and her shiny Tyranitar, Argon.

"Hello there, my little pretties," Aunt Jessica said to us as she made us a little uneasy with her sickly sweet tone.

"We need to check in first, Aunt Jessica," I said to Aunt Jessica. "Can you give us a few minutes to check in before we have to be at your mercy?"

Aunt Jessica gave us a nod and motioned for us to check in. The six of us went up to the desk to check in. As we checked in, the receptionist still gave us the standard uniform that Gym Challengers were required to wear. Once we were given the standard uniforms, we went over to Aunt Jessica as she then directed us into the dressing room as she followed us in.

"Now then boys and girls," Aunt Jessica said as she produced the custom made uniforms for us, "you'll need to take the custom Gym Challenge uniform that I've made for each of you."

"Thanks Aunt Jessica," Ren said as she grabbed the outfit that Aunt Jessica gave her.

"Just realize that your Gym Challenge uniform wasn't made for you to show off your sex appeal," Aunt Jessica said to her firstborn niece.

"What?!" Ren asked in shock at what Aunt Jessica said to her. "Aww… come on Aunt Jessica!"

"Sorry, but your mother's word is pretty much law," Aunt Jessica replied to Ren as she shook her head. "And I have to obey it despite the fact that I'm older than her."

"Ren, ya gotta think about how you represent the kingdom," Cynthia added to our royal cousin.

"Cynthia is right," Aunt Jessica added in agreement. "You may have given up your claim to the throne, but you still represent and have duties to our royal house."

"But," protested Ren.

"Normally, I'd go over your mother's head for something like this," explained Aunt Jessica as she looked to our cousin. "But since you're competing in Galar's Gym Challenge and representing our kingdom, I have to side with your mother on this."

Ren didn't like that her Gym Challenge uniform wasn't going to allow her to show off her more physical attributes of her body. Surfing was one thing, but I had no doubts that sex appeal wasn't going to work here in the Galar Gym Challenge and even work against the gym leaders. Though, Ren did cause quite the stir as she shed the clothes that were covering her shiny Mega Gardevoir swimsuit and caused a bunch of the boys to panic and scream out in terror as they thought she was going to reveal her underwear, which I've never known her to wear. But when the boys saw that she had on her swimsuit, they let out a sigh of relief as they were blushing.

"What a bunch of sissies," remarked Ren as she finished putting on her Gym Challenge uniform.

The rest of us headed to our respective gender's changing area. As for Ren, she was busy getting chastised by Ronginku for her reckless choice to put her Gym Challenge uniform on front of others. Ronginku also told Ren that she wasn't acting as a proper representative of our home kingdom. Ren, of course, didn't like that she was getting chastised by Ronginku. She also didn't like that she still had to be mindful of her actions as she was still part of the Kaiou Royal House. It didn't take long for the rest of us to change. I'm pretty sure that a few of the girls were startled to see Isabella changing into her Gym Challenge outfit as I could hear the startled screams from the boys' locker room. As for Benjamin and I, we changed into our outfits quickly and made sure we were ready for our grand entrance. My custom Gym Challenge uniform made me look like Brother Shadow, which he personally inspected himself as he walked around me in a circle, examining the outfit. Benjamin's outfit looked like his Mightyena, in which his Mightyena was quite pleased himself. Once our Pokémon had finished their personal inspections, we headed out to the common area for Aunt Jessica's final personal inspection. Surprisingly enough, the girls had beat us in changing uniforms. But then again, three of the four girls always wore swimwear under their clothes so it was easy. Plus, they didn't care much about needing to "pretty" themselves up like some of the other female Gym Challengers did. The receptionist saw our custom Gym Challenge uniforms and was impressed with what he saw. Our custom Gym Challenge uniforms were colorful and represented what Pokémon we had as our jersey numbers. Isabella's Gym Challenge uniform was in the colors of shiny Victini. She had on a tank top and shorts that exposed her midriff and much to mine and everyone else's surprise, she had shoes on her feet. Ren was no surprise as she had changed right in front of everyone and about gave half the boys, who were decent, something close to a heart attack. Ren's Gym Challenge outfit reminded of Bea's outfit, only it looked like it was in the colors of a shiny Mega Gardevoir. My sister's Gym Challenge uniform was in the colors of her more reliable and dependable shiny Kanto Ninetales protector, Lavender. My wife's Gym Challenge uniform reminded my a bit of the Kingdom Hearts character, Aqua… but without belts and chest medal. Many of the Gym Challengers were already heading towards the entrance and Aria had moved to her place where she would begin the introduction of our Gym Challenge team, that we agreed on, Team Storm.

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3rd Person POV

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The crowd inside the Motostoke Gym was electrified and ready for the year's Gym Challenge. Many people were excited to see the Gym Challenge start as they hoped to see someone give the current champion a run for his money. Not many trainers had the chance to give Leon a run for his money in the previous year. It was the hope of Chairman Rose that there would be a trainer or two who would give the current champion a run for his money. But the Chairman's hopes were renewed when a handful of trainers came from a foreign kingdom. Seeing that the son and daughter of the Atlantica Islands' two top Elite Four members were entering in the Gym Challenge was interesting. Not only was Cynthia and her brother, Keith Ketchum, entering, but their parents were entering along with the firstborn daughters of the former Sinnoh League Champion and the current queen of the Atlantica Islands were competing too. The Chairman then proceeded to exit out to the field of the stadium, where his assistant was standing. With a big smile on his face, Chairman Rose walked out and greeted the fans with a wave to each and every one of them despite the fact there was rain outside.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" began Chairman Rose. "I am Rose, chairman of the Pokémon League! I know that everyone gathered here…. And everyone watching from home have all been waiting for this big moment!

"For the first time ever, we have trainers who come to our region from a brand new region that's recently opened itself to the world," continued Chairman Rose. "This year is the year of firsts.

"It is my pleasure to announce that finally- the Galar region Gym Challenge will now begin!" exclaimed Chairman Rose.

The audience roared in approval of Chairman Rose's declaration of Galar's Gym Challenge being open for the year. With a brand new season, things were going to be quite interesting for the people of Galar. As for Chairman Rose, he was feeling a bit of anxiety as he knew that he not only had the eyes of Galar on him, but he also had the eyes of the Atlantica Islands kingdom and their queen on him as well. Pushing those thoughts of worry aside, the chairman continued with his speech as he then said, "Yes, the Gym Challenge! Participants must defeat the eight gym leaders…. And gather the eight gym badges to prove their skills as a Trainer! Only the most worthy will have the honor of challenging the greatest Champion in history!

"Now, I would like to invite the Gym Leaders to show themselves!" finished Chairman Rose.

Roto-Cameras then turned to a portion of the field as seven figures began walking out onto the stadium's field. These figures were seven of the most powerful trainers in the Galar region. Out came four women and three men, which was unusual for Chairman Rose as he always had two gym leaders who rotated every year.

"The fighting farmer!" exclaimed Chairman Rose as the first gym leader came out. "Here's the Grass-type expert, Milo!

"The raging wave!" continued Chairman Rose as he continued to introduce the gym leaders. "It's the master of Water-types, Nessa! The ever-burning man of fire! Here comes the Fire-type veteran, Kabu! Due to an unfortunate illness, our Ghost-type Gym Leader, Allister, will be taking the year off to regain his health. In his place, is the Galar karate prodigy! No one is better with Fighting-types than Bea! The master of a fantastic theater! It's the charming Fairy-type user, Opal! The ice-cold professional! Please welcome the Ice-type master, Melony! And last but not least, the tamer of dragons…. It's Raihan, the top gym leader!

"Unfortunately, we're missing one, but…," continued Chairman Rose as he was finishing up. "These are the Gym Leaders that we in the Galar region are proud to call our own!"

Once the Chairman had finished his introduction of Galar's gym leaders, the trainers then began entering the stadium, where the crowds cheered for them. Out into the stadium, were the Galar natives who were participating in the Gym Challenge. Once they came out into the field, the older and stronger Atlantica Islands Elite Four trainers then came out and saw the energetic crowds that were still cheering. As May and Ash Ketchum had made their entrance, Aria then entered the stadium as the rains started picking up and sounds of a remix version of AC/DC'S Thunderstruck (Thunderstruck Mr. Peculiar Remix [ (dot.) com / watch?v=wBsJvAA3ijk]) starting playing and catching the attention of the crowd, the other competitors, the gym leaders and even Chairman Rose.

"And now Galar," began Aria as she had the brightest smile on her face, "here comes a team of Pokémon trainers from the Atlantica Islands, ready to take Galar's Gym Challenge by storm!

"First up is a young man from the Sinnoh region and now resides on Tsunami Island," Aria announced with Benjamin Summers coming out. "Wearing number 262, the Fierce Guardian, Benjamin Summers!

The crowd was starting to get excited as Benjamin Summers came out with his Mightyena and the Pokémon that he caught in Galar. The move was confusing to everyone in the stadium as they saw Benjamin coming with all of his Pokémon alongside him. Despite the confusion from the crowd, Aria then introduced the next member of the team as he came into the stadium with Shadow and his other Pokémon at the halfway point of the song.

"Coming in next is a young and talented trainer and paintball warrior," Aria continued as she mentioned Keith's main talent. "Coming into the stadium, wearing number 197, is the Silent Umbreon, Keith Ketchum!

The remix song had ended and the next song, or rather a mashup song began playing as the volume began increasing with what sounded like a Queen song starting up. (Mashup song: Queen vs RATM vs Prodigy vs Skrillex - We Will kill the Breathe of Bangarang - Djs From Mars Bootleg watch?v= DPZwbbELhZo) Some of the gym leaders looked a bit uneasy as the young trainers from the Atlantica Islands were making their entrance as Aria then said, "Coming into the stadium next is a strong trainer and a graceful young mermaid from the Alola region. Ladies and gentlemen of Galar, I give you the Alola Mermaid wearing number 730, Lana Felicity Ketchum!

As the introductions were being made, the audience saw a flash preview of each trainer being introduced by Aria.

"Following her is one of the Atlantica Islands' best and strongest trainers," Aria continued as the mashup partially transitioned into Rage Against The Machine. "She's also one of best and elite swimmers of the world! May I introduce to you, the Ocean Princess, wearing number 38 Cynthia Ketchum Summers!"

The mashup song then began to transition to another song while Queen still sang in the background. Even as the song was still transitioning, Cynthia and her Pokémon were soaking up the cheers from crowds. Once the mashup song made it's transition, Aria then introduced the fifth member of this team as she then added, "The next person to make her entrance knows how to find and ride the perfect wave! Here comes well known surfing royalty! Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you the Surfing Queen wearing number 282, Ren Kaiou!

The mashup song was coming to a close as it made it's last transition and Aria finished with, "Alright now Galar! Team Storm is bring down the house by turning up the heat! Wearing 494, I give you the Fire Bender of Tsunami Island, Isabella Greyson!"

Once Aria introduced Isabella, flames shot out of the tunnel and into the stadium as they concealed Isabella briefly and then revealed the young Fire Bender along with her Pokémon that she brought alongside her. For the gym leaders, they then began to have a sense of worry come over them as Isabella demonstrated her Victini-like abilities that were described as fire bending. As for many of the other Gym Challengers, a lot of them had a sense of dread fall upon them as they watched Isabella demonstrating her skills, Pokémon and some of her sex appeal that some caught notice of… especially one of the gym leaders.

"Whooo man," Raihan, the Dragon-type gym leader said in amazement as he studied Isabella Greyson. "That girl is real sexy."

"Really Raihan?" Nessa asked as she looked to her male counterpart. "You seriously think that now is the time to be flirting or have sexual fantasies at a time like this?"

"Aww, come on Nessa, don't be such a party pooper," Raihan complained to the Water-type gym leader. "Besides… what I wouldn't give to have a piece of that sexy girl's ass."

Before Nessa could chastise Raihan, Bea stepped in as she indirectly knew Isabella through her trip to the Atlantica Islands kingdom. The Fighting-type gym leader then slammed her right foot down on Raihan's left foot as she glared at him.

"You're a gym leader, not a pervert," Bea hissed at Raihan. "Act like a bloody gym leader. And another thing, she could kick your bloody ass just for saying and thinking that."

"Do you know that girl, Bea?" Melony asked her Fighting-type counterpart.

"Not personally, per say," answered Bea as she then looked to her fellow gym leaders. "But the former Kalos Queen is right, we're in for a bloody storm. The Atlantica Islands has some VERY powerful trainers and their gyms are also quite powerful themselves."

"Sounds like we're going to have our hands full if these trainers from the Atlantica Islands are as powerful as you say they are," Kabu said before he looked and noticed May Ketchum. "So… the Princess of Hoenn is a Gym Challenger here. Bea's right, we're going to have quite the battle on our hands if one of Hoenn's best and top Pokémon Coordinators and the second most powerful member of the Atlantica Islands' Elite Four is here challenging us."

"Seriously?" Raihan asked Kabu as he had snapped out of his fantasy state after hearing that they were having May Ketchum challenging their Gym Challenge. "We got a member of a different region's Elite Four challenging us this year?"

"We have two members of the Atlantica Islands' Elite Four," Kabu answered Raihan as he then pointed to May's husband, Ash Ketchum. "That's her husband and the strongest of the Atlantica Islands's Elite Four. He's known as the Champion of Pallet Town off the Kanto region. That's Ash Ketchum."

"Geez, who else, that's really powerful, are we getting from the Atlantica Islands?" Raihan asked in a sarcastic tone. "Their champion coming at us too?"

"Shut up Raihan," Nessa answered the pessimistic Raihan with her British accent becoming thicker.

"The co-champions of the Atlantica Islands aren't really allowed to leave the kingdom," explained Kabu. "Not when they rule the kingdom. I went through the Suicune Valley Conference one year and found it to be too difficult for me to even try."

"So what'd the old geezers do to become the co-champions of the Atlantica Islands?" Raihan asked in a sassy tone. "Pay their region's Pokémon League commission to become the co-champions in name along with being the king and queen?"

"Shut your bloody mouth, Raihan," Bea interjected in order to stop Raihan from being reckless as the eyes of Galar were on them.

"The king and queen were quite young when they became the co-champions of the Atlantica Islands region," answered Kabu. "And for your information, the rulers of the Atlantica Islands are not elderly. Last I saw, they were in their early to mid-30s. They've held their crown for almost 28 years and they earned their titles, just like any other regional champion."

"Blimey, that's really long," Milo chimed in. "And here I thought that the former Sinnoh League champion, Cynthia, held her crown the longest."

"Before all of that savage and nasty backlash she got from the fans in the Lily of the Valley Conference tournament that one year," said Opal, the Fairy-type gym leader.

"She was just thinking of her family's safety and privacy," Melony added to conversation. "Personally, I think she did the right thing choosing family over fame and fortune."

"Well, I must say that was quite the entrance that was made," Chairman Rose said to the audience with a smile, recovering from the brief state of shock. "And now that all of the entrances have been made, I wish you trainers, all a good luck and stay strong out there as you compete to earn your badges!"

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