Chapter 134 Legendary Birds
After getting back to the Night Club, they find Cass there as they are ready for another mission of Legendaries.
Cass: Hey! You're back. I've already heard that everything went well at the castle. Er... "well" is a strong word when your house merges with an alternate realm... But you found everyone and took care of the anomaly. Which, good! A LOT more have shown up while you were gone.
Ash: A lot?
Cass: Like, a lot a lot. Thankfully I've gotten some help back here with managing everything. The other attendants back here are also handing out information on anomalies. Talk to them, too, if you haven't already!
Ash, Serena, and Lillie are confused as they didn't see anyone, but that means there will be someone other than Cass to tell them about the details of Anomalies.
Cass: Anyway. There are birds! There have been reports of a pretty bird, an angry bird, and a bird that is literally on fire showing up in the region. Given the whole 'legendary' situation, I'm guessing they're Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, respectively.
Ash: Great...those three...
Cass: We don't seem to be detecting any weird readings, though, so I doubt they're anomalies. I've marked where we got the reports on the map, though. There's a report from Apophyll, a report from Ametrine, and a report from around Beryl Bridge. My notes say that they're in... "Thematically relevant locations"... Whatever that means. Go check them out!
Lillie: (After leaving the Night Club) So Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, they have come to the Reborn Region as well...
Ash: Though it was a pain trying to deal with them in the past.
Serena: I know what you mean, but you did evolve your Talonflame and Noivern after battling them, though.
Ash: I guess you're right. Let's go to Ametrine first.
Ash and the others are now on top of Ametrine City, and they are searching for Articuno. After asking for directions, they finally find the Pokemon on top of the mountain.
Serena: That sure was a long way up the mountain, it is a good thing we have the TMX for Fly to help us out.
Ash: I agree. Since you weren't there when I first came to this city, so I'll tell you what happened. The reason I came here is that I wanted to get the TMX for Waterfall, but the path is blocked.
Lillie: Blocked?
Ash: A PULSE Avalugg has been growing and is blocking the road. It is thanks to Greninja that it is destroyed.
Serena: But if the Avalugg was blocking the road, won't there be any food sending up the mountain?
Ash: That's why Heather's trying to save them, but eventually, she was found out by Blake and she was held hostage in the storage.
Lillie: Blake was the one who you fought back in the Sapphire Cave in Victory Road, the one who kept using Sandslash to attack us, right?
Ash: Yeah. At first, he stole the Ruby Ring from us, and we have to chase him all the way up to the top of the mountain, and thanks to Heather and Cal, we managed to get the Ruby Ring back.
Serena: So that means Articuno must be on top of the mountain...
Lillie: Then we are going to climb for some more...
Since Ash has been here once, he knows the path and he takes the girls up to the top of the mountain, and just as they expected, Articuno is already there waiting for them.
Articuno: I have been waiting for you, Chosen One.
Ash: (Surprised) So I guess you know me from before? But what are you doing here?
Articuno: Father has told us about these Anomalies and how the new world was opened thanks to his offspring being controlled by Lin and the PULSES. However, because of the duties of the Legendary Pokemon, only some of them are willing to come here and assist you.
Ash: Like the three of you?
Articuno: Before we come here, we also noticed the same species and we also had to fight our way through. But it doesn't matter right now. Since you're here, I request a battle before being captured.
Ash nods as he has Charizard battle Articuno, since he has done it before, he can done it again. Articuno goes for Hurricane, trying to drag Charizard inside it, but Charizard dodges the attack and goes for Heat Wave, not only dealing the damage, but the Snow Mountain Field also changes back into Mountain Field. Articuno uses Roost to heal itself, and it goes for Blizzard to make it Snow Mountain again. But Charizard goes for Steel Wing, and uses a close Range Flamethrower, eventually knocking out the Articuno.
Articuno: Thank you for this battle. You can use those balls on me. I'll be assisting you onwards.
Ash nods as he throws the Poke Ball, capturing the Articuno in the end.
Serena: I can't believe your Charizard can just defeat a Legendary Pokemon like that...
Ash: Charizard has defeated Articuno before, so I'm sure he can do it again, that's why I used him.
Ash's New Capture in Ametrine Mountain: Articuno
Lillie: So the next one is Zapdos, according to Cass, she said something about Beryl Ward.
Ash: Then that must be Shade's Gym, you know, the Yureyu Power Plant.
Lillie shivers a little as she knows what kind of place it is, as she helped with the Beryl Ward Renovation. But they all go there and enter the Power Plant.
Serena: Why is this place so dark? Did you seriously battle the Gym Leader in this dark?
Ash: That's right. Shade is actually the gym leader and he specializes in Ghost Type. And it was not pleased considering the gym challenge.
Lillie: Now I'm curious...what is the gym challenge?
Ash: I have to see four scenes...each of the scenes shows someone being killed. The first one is Corey, Heather's father, the second is Kiki, Victoria's mentor, the third one is Amaria, and the last one is Lin.
Serena: But Amaria and Lin are still alive...
Ash: That's why after saving Amaria, Shade told us that only two of the souls will be really taken. After I defeated Lin, her body exploded just like what happened in the vision, at that time, I didn't know there isn't any blood coming from the body, only to realize that that was just a puppet. No wonder Titania couldn't kill her even though she already stabbed her a lot of times, by the neck, by the chest, but not dead.
Lillie: That sounds crazy...to think that Lin was just a puppet...
Serena: But it all makes sense as well, like how she's capable of defeating Solaris without even using her Pokemon, or carrying that giant machine on her own.
Then they walk towards the battlefield where Shade is at, and they find Zapdos there.
Zapdos: What is taking you so long? I have been tired of waiting for you.
Ash: Sorry, we have other things to do, such as finding Articuno on top of the snowy mountain.
Zapdos: Really? You went to Articuno first instead of me?
Ash: It doesn't matter who is first or who is last. But I want to ask you, have you fought any anomaly on the way here?
Zapdos: What do you think? Beat up the same species as mine who have been trashing through the TV Station.
Ash sweatdrops as he did hear Arclight mention something about that, but they decide to ignore that and Zapdos asks for a battle. Ash decides to go with Lycanroc to battle Zapdos, with the Magnetic Flux, it changes the field into Electric Terrain, then it goes for Zapdos, but Lycanroc goes for Accelrock to dodge the attack and slams into the Pokemon, causing a lot of damage. Zapdos goes for Roost to recover its health, and then it goes for Thunder, which hits Lycanroc and causes paralysis, but Ash goes for the Z Move Splintered Stormshards to knock the Zapdos out, also giving him the capture.
Ash's New Capture in Yureyu Power Plant: Zapdos (Event)
Serena: So the last one is in Apopyll...but where can it be?
Ash: Moltres will like to be in heated places, and Pyrous Mountain would be a good choice.
After trying to find their way out of the Power Plant, they get to Apopyll Academy, and they head west to the mountain.
Lillie: I have never been to this mountain, but the field really is hot...
Ash: This is the Super Heated Field. There is a lot of Fire Type around here.
Serena: Like Ametrine Mountain, you have been here before, right?
Ash: (Frowns) This is the place...where Victoria's mentor, Kiki, was killed by Solaris.
Lillie: This mountain?
Ash: I tried to stop Solaris and his Garchomp, because they are setting up the PULSE Camerupt on top of the mountain. Kiki tries to destroy the machine, but Cal has Magmortar stop the Medicham and throws it into the lava, it is also the same time, Kiki was slashed through the chest by the Garchomp.
Lillie: So that's why Victoria and Cal had an argument back in Calcenon like that...
Serena: But at least the Medicham didn't die in the lava, and neither did the Camerupt...
Ash: But enough of the bad memories. We're here to capture the Moltres.
Then Ash and the others are on top of the mountain, and Moltres is already there waiting for them.
Moltres: So I guess I'm the last one that you found me, right?
Ash: Sorry about that, but we managed to capture Articuno and Zapdos. And they also told me about the reason why you guys are here.
Moltres: I still can't forget how you tried to jump into the volcano to save your Pokemon, that action really touches me.
Ash is now embarrassed, and Lillie turns to Serena with confusion.
Lillie: Ash jumps into the volcano to save his Pokemon?
Serena: It is a long story, but the short version is that Ash has Talonflame battle Moltres, but Talonflame is defeated and is falling into the lava, and Ash tries to jump into the lava to save him. Thank to Greninja, or Ash would be ashes.
Ash: I'm sorry about that.
Then Moltres asks for a battle, so Ash goes for Politoed to battle, Politoed goes for the Rain with the ability, so that the fire power is not going to do good, but Moltres goes for the Burn Up to make it lose the Fire Type, and then it goes for Hurricane to deal a lot of damage on Politoed, but Politoed manages to stay still and goes for Hydro Pump, damaging the Moltres to the extent that Moltres approves of Ash capturing him.
Ash's New Capture in Pyrous Mountain: Moltres (Event)
Ash: And that's all three Pokemon captured in the end.
Serena: Yeah...you've done it.
After getting back to the Nightclub, they find Lumi there as she talks to them.
Lumi: From the sounds of it, you've been helping out a lot around here! I know everyone really appreciates it. Actually, there was something I was hoping to ask about that! I heard some people talking about Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres being sighted around Reborn! Have you seen them?
Ash: We've also captured them.
Lumi: That's amazing! I've always loved stories about them- especially Articuno. It's so graceful and elegant! I'd really love to see it for myself someday. Ash, if you ever manage to make friends with Articuno, do you think you could bring it here? I'd really love to meet it!
Then Ash sends out the Articuno for Lumi to see.
Lumi: Oh, it's wonderful! Hi there, Articuno! (The Pokemon nod in approval) Thank you so much for showing me, Ash! Take good care of it!
Ash: Of course, we will.
And this is basically the Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos quest, it is actually the easiest one, since we don't have to have a six-on-six battle to capture them. I hope you like this chapter.
