Chapter 72 A Diary
Before leaving Calcenon City, Ash has given one family a Magmarizer and a worker an Electrizer. And he gets an Elekid and a Magby in return.
Ash's New Capture in Calcenon City: Elekid, Magby (Event)
Ash and Shelly are now back at Ametrine Mountain, and they are trying to find the diving spot. Shelly decides to wait for Ash at the ice, so Ash heads back to Celestine Mountain to go to the diving spot.
Ash's New Capture in Celestine Mountain: Relicanth (Dive)
While searching for an entrance, Ash finds a Field Note for Snowy Mountain.
Field Note 28 Snowy Mountain:
"The snow glows white on the mountain…" Tailwind lasts 5 turns. Tailwind + Strong winds. Rock Type attacks + Ice Type. Ice Type, Rock Type, and Flying Type attacks boost x1.5. Fire Type attacks decrease x0.5. Ice Type Pokemon's Defense boosts x1.5 when Hail is up. Avalanche, Circle Throw, Fairy Wind, Glaciate, Hyper Voice, Ominous Wind, Powder Snow, Razor Wind, Silver Wind, Storm Throw, Twister, and Vital Throw boost x1.5. Certain attacks boost x1.5 when Strong Winds are active, further boosting all Special Flying attacks, as well as Fairy Wind, Gust, Icy Wind, Ominous Wind, Razor Wind, Silver Wind, and Twister. Scald and Steam Eruption decrease x0.5. Sun and Hail last for 8 turns. Thunder never misses. Activates Ice Body, Slush Rush, and Snow Cloak. Refrigerate Power boost x1.5. Becomes Mountain when Eruption, Fire Pledge, Flame Burst, Heat Wave, Incinerate, Inferno Overdrive, Lava Plume, Mind Blown, and Searing Shot is used. Activates Gale Wings when windy. Enables Aurora Veil. Long Reach damage boosts x1.5. Aerilate power boost x1.5. Nature Power becomes Avalanche. Camouflage becomes Ice Type. Secret Power becomes Frozen. The Telluric Seed boosts Special Attack by two stages, but lowers Accuracy.
Ash: I guess this is the way out...
But just as he gets out, he finds that there is nothing but a waterfall, and much to their surprise, a PULSE Dex.
PULSE 02 Avalugg: Ice Type. Ability: Solid Rock. Created by a once wild Pokemon evolving in reaction to erratic energy. Its function is endless generation. Part of its body was formed around the machine, making it unable to move at all.
Ash: So that block of ice really is the PULSE! So if we want that ice to disappear...I have to kill the Avalugg...
After getting back to Ametrine Mountain, Ash decides to find another diving spot, and this time he manages to get inside Avalugg's body. Ash notices the Avalugg roaring in pain, and he decides to destroy the Pokemon. But the machine is on haywire, and Avalugg keeps using Earthquake and Recover to defeat Bisharp, Tyrantrum, Infernape, and Hammer Arm on Empoleon.
Ash: How am I supposed to beat this Pokemon...
Just then, behind Ash, he can feel the bubbles, as he turns around, a figure jumps out of the water and goes for Water Shuriken, the attack causes Avalugg to roar in pain until it is defeated.
Ash: What the...(Turns around and sees Greninja) Greninja, is that you?
Greninja walks towards Ash as they share a hug, Ash can't believe even Greninja is here in Reborn.
Ash: What are you doing here?
?: We came with Serena's help.
Ash also notices that Squishy and Z2 are also with him.
Ash: Squishy? Z2? You're here as well? But what about the vines?
Z2: The vines are not a bigger problem compared to Reborn Region.
Squishy: We find that the region is dying, and thanks to the Aether Foundation, we managed to get here.
Ash: (Surprised) So that means Lillie and the others are here?
Squishy: They are at the Reborn City, trying to fix the region as that non-binary figure asked them.
Ash: I see...(Looks at the ice) Since the Avalugg is dead...I guess we can destroy the ice, right?
Then all of them use their moves as they break the ice, after the ice is gone, Shelly, who was outside of the ice, stares at them with shock.
Shelly: Huh? Ash! Did you just destroy the ice wall?
Ash: It's a long story, and an old friend helped me out.
Shelly: That's your Greninja? It looks cool.
Ash: Thanks, but I don't think I have his Poke Ball with me right now...
Shelly: (Notices the PULSE Device) So... This is one of Meteor's PULSE machines then.
Ash: And an Avalugg blocked off the mountain...
Shelly: Um... Maybe I'm just being stupid, but doesn't that seem kind of strange? That is, if Team Meteor wants to block off the mountain, wouldn't they put the machine...Literally anywhere else? There are dozens of choke points in the paths they could have easily blocked, so why put it in the most open space? Was that really what they were trying to accomplish? It doesn't make sense, but maybe that's just me.
Ash: I guess it doesn't matter anyway. We have to go to Ametrine City and find Heather.
Shelly: It's been so long, and I still don't even know how she's doing. But- But that's all the more reason to find her! The exit to Ametrine City is a few stories up, so I'm gonna get hiking! Let's make the journey!
Ash nods as they climb up the mountain, with Greninja following them in tow, and Squishy and Z2 resting in his backpack. After getting out of the mountain, Ash is in awe at the sight of the snowy city. There are also wild Pokemon and Ash decides to capture some.
Ash's New Capture in Ametrine City: Drampa, Alolan Vulpix (Grass)
Shelly: Brrr! I don't know how anyone can stand this cold! But if Heather is here somewhere, I'll definitely find her! Let's split up and ask around! I bet someone is bound to know something! After we talk to everyone, let's meet up somewhere. Hm, maybe there's a suspicious place around here? I'm going to look for something like that once I'm done! Good luck!
Ash nods as Shelly leaves him, then he starts to look around the area, and he gets into a house to find a computer having another Field Effect.
Field Note 24 Glitch Field:
"1n!taliz3 .b/attl3" Normal, Fighting, Flying, Poison, Ground, Rock, Bug, and Ghost moves: Always physical. Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Psychic, Ice, and Dragon moves: Always Special. Special attacks, for both the attacker and defender, calculate off of the higher stat between SpAtk and SpDef. Dark, Steel, and Fairy moves consider Normal type. The type chart is altered: Dragon always deals neutral damage, Bug now hits Poison-types super-effectively, Ice now hits Fire types neutrally, Ghost now cannot hit Psychic types, Poison now hits Bug types super-effectively. Critical hit rate increases by one stage if the attacker is faster than the target. Rage locks the user into itself. Recharge moves don't have recharge when the move knocks out a Pokemon. Psychic Type attacks boost x1.2. Blizzard Accuracy:90%. Metronome selects attacks of 70 base power or higher only. Self-KO attacks halve Defense. RKS System becomes ? Type. Created for 5 turns when Conversion and Conversion2 are used in succession. Nature Power becomes Metronome. Camouflage becomes ?Type. Secret Power lowers Speed. The Synthetic Seed boosts Defense and Special Defense and makes user ? type.
Ash: Why do I feel like the next leader I'm facing is Terra...
Then Ash goes into a house and helps a man solve the problem with the computer bug, and after that's done, he gets the Department Store Sticker for the 10th floor. It is also because of this battle that Ash learns how the Glitch Field works.
And when Ash and Shelly met up in front of the house, they learn that the house is haunted as they head inside.
Shelly: U-um, is it just me, or d-does this place feel kind of weird? I get the feeling that something really bad happened here... A-actually, it's something one of the kids from here told me. He said that two girls died here... Is that true?
Ash: (Notices the machine) That's a PULSE machine...
Shelly: That machine is like the one in the m-mountain, right? B-but maybe in that case... Maybe it really is a good idea to look around here. This house is scary, but I don't mind if you're with me, Ash.
Ash: So where should we start...(Notices a Battle Pass on the ground) Wait a second...this is a Battle Pass from the circus! It says it's for Reborn League challengers. And this one is Gravity...Terra's the next one...
Shelly: It must have been mailed here after this house was abandoned. A-anyway... (Notices the diary) Books! Let's start with the books! Books are always safe, even when they're scary!
Ash frowns as he remembers how Amaria peeked into Titania's diary and that's why it causes both of them to get stuck under the waterfall.
Shelly: It looks like this is a diary. Well, since the house is abandoned, it's probably okay to read, right? Plus it's not like reading diaries ever really got anyone in trouble.
Ash: You have no idea...
Shelly: Okay, here goes. It looks like this diary belongs to someone named Lumina Seijaya?
"Dear Diary, now Mama has gotten very sick too. We moved to Ametrine to get away from the polluted city, but the doctor says it may already be too late. I don't want her to leave me like Papa did. Please, please, please don't let her go."
"Dear Diary, Mama is with Papa now after all. Evelynn and I are all alone now. She's doing her best to take care of us, and the city is helping as much as they can, but it's still really tough. I don't want to be alone..."
Ash: Evelynn and Lumina? Why do those names sound familiar...
"Dear Diary, I have bad news. Evelynn called the doctor and he says that I've developed the same disease that Mama had. We knew it ran in the family, but nobody thought it would happen so soon. Diary, I'm really scared. The doctor says I still have at least a few years, but I don't want to die that young. I don't want to go... I'm not ready to face Mama and Papa yet."
"Dear Diary, I feel so guilty. Evelynn has been worried sick about me. She's been staying up all night, always reading and researching to see if there's anything that could be a cure. I'm really glad that she cares about me so much, but I don't want her to push herself too far. What if she gets sick too? Maybe it would be better if I died sooner. I would be less of a burden on Eve that way."
"Dear Diary, Evelynn has been working herself to the bone. She's building some kind of machine that she says will enhance the healing powers of Pokémon. She says that if she can amplify her Pokémon's healing potential, maybe it could cure my disease too. Eve has always been really smart, but if something like that is possible... I would be so happy! If anyone can do it, she can. I'm so afraid to hope, but I can't help it. Maybe I have a chance after all. Maybe I'll be writing to you for a very long time, Diary."
"Dear Diary, I'm scared. Today, a man dressed in black showed up at our house. He said that he had heard of the machine my sister was making, and he wanted to use it for his organization. Evelynn was going to refuse, but... I'm so stupid... I got in the way and he used me as a hostage against her. Now poor Evelynn has to do whatever he says, otherwise, he says he'll kill me. Why is it that every time I hope things can be okay, they go horribly wrong?"
Shelly: Um...the handwriting changes here. It looks really unsteady.
"Dear Diary, I'm sorry. This is going to be my last entry. It's really, really bizarre, but there was an accident with Eve's machine. She was applying the finishing touches for a test run and something went wrong. Because of the machine's energy, the Magneton she was testing it on accidentally evolved during the test...and then because of the evolution, the machine went haywire. Oh, did you know, Diary, that when Magneton evolves, its three parts fuse into one? ...I don't know how it happened, but...The machine transferred that energy into everyone who was nearby...And when Magneton emerged a Magnezone... I was looking at my own body like it was a mirror or something. And I could hear Eve's voice, and that man's voice and they wouldn't stop. They still don't stop. Eve says the machine's energy accidentally fused the three of our consciousnesses into one body. I don't know what's going to happen to Evelynn and I- our bodies, that is. They might die without us...But it seems that we're going to have to leave. I hate this. But it's stupid. I hate this so much...I got what I wanted. I won't die. And I'll never be alone again. Ever."
The last entry is what Ash needs to know what is going on, everything makes sense, this is actually the backstory of ZEL.
Shelly: Uh, well... That's an... interesting... story. It doesn't really help us find Heather though.
Ash: But now I understand the whole truth...about Zero, Eve, and Lumi...
?: Hello?
Just then, a man with blue hair walks into the room, much to their surprise. Ash recognizes the man from Citrine Mountain, after he saved the Smoochum from the Beartic.
Shelly: Eep! Hi! We weren't reading any diary!
?: Uh... huh. This ain't a place for visitors. What are you doing here?
Shelly: N-nothing! I m-mean we were looking for s-someone! Have you seen a young girl, a little shorter than me, with bright pink hair?
?: Can't say I have...Yo, aren't you the Gym Leader from the Lapis Ward in Reborn City?
Shelly: Eep! He knows me! Yes, sir, I am!
?: Riiiiight. 'Kay.
Shelly: Um, a-and, what's your name? You look an awful lot like...
?: Nunya.
Shelly: Hm? That's a weird name...
Nunya?: I said it's Nunya. Nunya B. Snes. Get outta here already. (Leaves)
Shelly: Um... O-okay. Why does everyone react like that? Every time I asked someone here if they knew a girl with pink hair, they just awkwardly refused to talk and ended the conversation. It's like they're trying to keep her from us! ...Wait. Maybe that's it! One of the kids told me that he had sworn not to tell anyone about a Guardian Angel who was secretly giving out food! What if Heather is that person?! And they just don't want to talk about her because they were all sworn to keep the secret! But why would that be? Why would she need to keep something like that secret? I'm going to go find out! C'mon, Ash!
Ash sighs as he walks out of the house with Shelly, as they are trying to find more about Heather.
And here is the chapter when Ash and Greninja reunite. I know it is not like the reunite everyone wants to see, but Greninja will be taking part in this battle with Ash and I hope you like this chapter. And I also reveal the history of ZEL as well.
