Chapter 37: Rainbow Reef
Without Delia and Red, Ash, Alice, and Gina are now surfing on Route 10, a Water Route in the region. Alice is feeling the winds and she says, "I never knew that surfing is so much fun."
"You're right." Ash agrees with his girlfriend. "It feels so free...and I feel that my heart is lighter ever since my Father is revived."
Gina says, "Yeah, I can see that you two are glowing as well."
Ash and Alice are confused at Gina's words, so Alice asks, "What do you mean that we are glowing?"
Gina says, "Did I say something wrong? I could see you two glowing from your backs."
Ash and Alice stop as they take out their backpacks on the small island, and it turns out that their eggs are about to hatch. Ash says, "Finally, wow, this egg sure is hard to hatch."
"Yeah, you took it from the third gym, and here we are on our way to the sixth gym, it sure takes a long time." Alice says as both egg hatches. "Cool, mine is a Guppish."
"And mine is...it looks like a small dragon." Ash says as he scans the Pokemon.
Finflix: The Hidden Pokemon: Water and Dragon Type. Finflix are a recently discovered species once thought to have been a hoax. Investigations have shown that they were much more commonly found in the past.
"A Finflix? That is such a rare Pokemon." Ash says as the dragon hugs Ash.
"You're right. Even Wade has a hard time finding that Pokemon." Gina says.
Alice then takes out an Ice Stone to evolve Guppish, and then she says, "I am going to name you...Cain, is that okay with you?"
The Orcail jumps happily in its arms, and then they let them swim as they continue forward.
Once they get to a giant rock, they see a lot of corals on top of it. Gina says, "And we are here in the Rainbow Reef."
"Wow, this place sure is beautiful." Alice says. "Ash, look over there!"
They then see two mermaid-like Pokemon playing together, one has blue hair and blue fins, while the other one has pink hair and pink fins. The two Pokemon notice Ash, Alice, and Gina, they are surprised to see how close Ash is to Alice. So in the end, they decide to become Ash's Pokemon to learn about being in a relationship with them.
Merkid: The Merkind Pokemon: Water Type. They were once believed to be myths until their discovery in Rainbow Reef. Moving in schools, they would hypnotize people with their voices and make them leave them be.
"That sounds very interesting, hypnotizing people with their voices to protect themselves from the humans is not something you hear every day." Ash says as he recalls the two Pokemon.
As they are walking along on the Rainbow Reef, Alice says, "This place sure has a lot of colorful coral reefs."
"I know, this place sure is a wonder." Gina says. "Hey, is that Brother Wade over there?"
As they look up ahead, they also see Reisa with Wade as the two of them are confronting Team Solar and there is a Pokemon in the cage.
"Reisa? Brother Wade?" Ash asks as they rush towards them.
The two of them see the group and Wade says, "Oh, Ash, Alice and...Gina? What are you doing here?"
"My turn to travel with Ash." Gina says. "But talk later, what is going on here?"
Reisa says, "Good thing you came! These creeps calling themselves Team Solar are attacking this innocent Corrine!"
"Corrine? So that is the name of that Pokemon..." Ash says.
"Don't mess with us, greenhead!" The male grunt says.
"What's your little friends going to do, huh?" The female grunt says.
"What are you going to do to that Pokemon?" Ash yells.
"This Corrine is coming with us! Once it's shed its valuable Coral Flowers, we'll sell them for a high price." The male grunt says.
"You poachers! Leave it alone!" Reisa yells.
"Don't worry, we will stop them." Ash says as he and Alice send out Raizid and Cain. The two grunts are defeated easily especially after Ash's Raizid evolves and learns Crackle Slam to knock them all out.
Raizodon: The Punker Pokemon: Electric and Ground Type. Evolved from Raizid at LV:33. Raizodon is almost always building up energy when not moving. The high voltage keeps its body running even when it's out of food.
"You fools! You should know better than anyone to mess with us!" The male yells. "Let's get out of here! Our mission is over! The sea temple isn't in this location!" Then they use Flash as they go away.
Ash rushes to the cage with Corrine and he breaks the cage. Hugging the little Pokemon in his arms, Ash asks, "Are you okay?"
The Pokemon looks a little shaken up, but he seems to be okay. Ash then soothes him like a child and it calms down. Then much to their shock, it gives Ash the Coral Flower.
"Wow, that is the Coral Flower..." Wade says, "So this is what those creepy Team Solar guys were after! These Coral Flowers are very valuable! They can sell for a high price and also, Water and Rock type Pokemon are somehow affected by them, it somehow makes their attack a lot more powerful, you should try it, it may come in handy."
"I see." Ash says, and he asks if Corrine wants to join their team. Corrine is really grateful for his savior, and he agrees to join Ash's team.
Corrine: The Coral Shell Pokemon: Water and Rock Type. The coral flower on Corrine's head is a valuable decoration for the riches. While they do shed naturally, growing a new one takes a hundred years upwards.
"Then I will help you grow the flower back." Ash declares as the three girls giggle at his declaration. But for Corrine, encouragement is enough for him as he is so grateful as it starts to evolve. Ash and the others are surprised as Wade asks, "Already?"
Coralush: The Coral Shell Pokemon: Water and Rock Type. Evolved from Corrine with High Friendship. Due to their weak fins, Coralush can only hop around on the seabed. As they age, some of them become strong enough to swim semi-consistently.
"Oh, so it is a friendship evolving Pokemon...but I just befriended you just a few minutes ago...How is that even possible?" Ash says.
"I guess there are two possible ways, one is that it really likes you or you have some special befriending Pokemon powers." Gina says.
"Not funny." Ash says annoyed as Alice just chuckles.
"Or it could be the second one, it has befriended Pokemon a lot as well." Gina says.
"Just like my Pikachu..." Ash says. "I heard that he befriends a Kangaskhan in the past and it is their friendship that makes it evolves into Pikachu."
"That's new." Alice says. "I mean, I never knew that would have happened."
Reisa says, "Yeah. But Pokemon really are mysterious."
But then it glows for the third time and Ash says, "For some reason, I find it really weird to have a Pokemon straightly evolve into the final form."
Coraltle: The Coral Shell Pokemon: Water and Rock Type. Evolved from Coralush in Rainbow Reef. For it to be able to float in water, Coraltle's shell sacrificed a certain amount of toughness for lightness. They can maneuver among coral reefs with ease.
"Now it is the terrain like evolution such as Magneton or Nosepass..." Wade sighs.
"That explains a lot." Gina says. "So Brother Wade, what were you two doing here?"
"Well, Wade was just here to show me the reef and the kinds of Pokemon found here! There are so many! It's so cool!" Reisa says with a smile.
"But where is Mark?" Ash asks. "Isn't he with you guys?"
"He decides to pass up the chance to come with us, so he is at the gym helping me training my Pokemon." Wade says. "Even though he is our little brother, I just hope he can conquer his fear for water."
"I know he can." Gina says. "I am pretty sure of it."
"But where is Mom?" Wade asks. "I thought that Mom is going to travel with you guys as well."
"Well, long story short, he revives our dad back and they are back in the Sevestar Island." Ash says excitedly.
"Dad is revived! No way!" Wade gasps.
"It's true." Gina says. "Our family is back together again."
"That is good news." Wade says. "I'll go find him once we go back to the Waytide City."
But before they leave, Wade says, "I almost forgot, Ash, can you take this?"
Wade opens the bag and then a blue stone appears, Ash widens his eyes and gasps, "That's the Sea Stone! One of the five elemental stones that Team Solar and Team Lunar are after..."
"That's right." Wade says, "After Pinewood's speech, I manage to head to the Sea Temple first and get the stone with me. Team Solar was here to find the temple, but they just couldn't find it, still, I am not going to take any chances, so I just replaced a fake one in the temple."
"I see." Gina says. "So you want Ash to take care of it?"
"Of course." Wade says. "He has the Core Stone, so it will be safer if he has the Sea Stone as well."
Ash nods as he takes the stone, then they bid farewell to Wade and Reisa as they go towards Coralite Town.
At the same time, Delia and Red are back at the Sevestar Castle, he looks around the place and says, "It sure didn't change since I was here, you really did a good job maintaining this place."
"I know." Delia says with a loving smile to Red. "Just want you to know, Valerie and her family are also here as well."
"Valerie and Wulfric, huh?" Red says with a smile. "It sure has been a long time that I met anyone of them."
Just then, Valerie and the others are outside, and then Valerie and Wulfric gasp at Red, who they know was supposed to be dead. "Red? Is that you?" Valerie asks.
Wulfric says, "You're back for us!"
"Hello to you guys." Red says as they rush to them. Eve and Flora are surprised to see Ash's father being revived as they also hug him. The ones who were hypnotized to betray Ash notices Red and Serena asks Delia, "Who is he? Ms. Ketchum?"
"Oh, this is Red, my husband." Delia says with a dreamy tone. "He is a wonderful man that I could have in my life."
"Wait, he is Ash's father?" Cilan says as everyone is shocked, and for the girls, they are surprised to see Delia acting like a fangirl.
"I think it is a surprise to all of you." Red introduces himself to those who don't know about him. "And I know everything about the betrayal and the murders. I am sorry that you have to go for that."
They nod as Delia says, "You see, we aren't here for a long stay. We are here to have you know that Red is alive. After that, we have to go back for Ash and the group."
Valerie says, "I see, don't worry, we will help you guys with this place."
Red and Delia thank Valerie and the others as they quickly leave the island to find Ash, Alice, and Gina in Coralite Town.
And here is a new chapter, I made some changes since I want Ash to get all three last elemental stones in the end. I hope you like it.
New Pokemon: Finflix, Merkid x2, Raizodon, Coraltle
