Chapter 33 New Wild Area Part 1
"So now we have 5 badges." Hop says as the group is now outside the stadium. "Now that is good progress. I figured that if anyone could do it, then we would be the ones...but still!"
"Our matches had you right at the edge of your seat, 'cause we are also the same." Marnie sighs.
Dan walks towards them and he says, "I see that you've done a fine job collecting the Gym Badges from the Grass, Normal, Water, Psychic, and Fire Gyms. I think you've proven your skill well enough to try your hand against the Gyms that await you, starting in the city of Dustill."
Alice looks at the Smartphone and says, "It is located at the Dusty Bowl, so we should go there."
"With all the badges we've earned ourselves, I reckon we should be all right even against the fierce Pokemon we find deep in the Wild Area." Gloria says.
"Yeah, we should go find them ourselves." Ash says as they leave the stadium.
But as they are going back to the Wild Area, they see Kabu walking towards them.
"Kabu?" Serena asks. "You are the Gym Leader, but you still came all the way to see us off?"
"There are many Trainers who never manage to gather four Gym Badges, and they just give up on the Gym Challenge altogether... So I make a point to see off any Trainers who can defeat me." Kabu says.
Just then, Adam arrives with the other 4 gym leaders that they have defeated. Hop, Alice, Gloria, and Marnie are shocked as Hop says, "No way...it's the king..."
Ash, Mark, and Trenor bow and Ash asks, "Father, what are you doing here?" The rest also realizes that the man is Ash's father and they quickly show respect.
"No need to be formal." Adam says. "We just come here to see what you are doing. And I also bring along Milo, Nessa, Namie, and Luna. Since they are here to congratulate you guys."
Nessa says, "Indeed. Amazingly, you four defeated Kabu!"
"Not a lot of Gym Challengers can get a Gym Badge from Kabu." Milo says.
"So we like to get together to see them off, as a way of showing our support." Namie says.
Kabu says, "Wait, Namie, your voice...you are not talking like a robot..."
"Thanks to my brother." Namie says. "I learned to be myself again."
Adam says, "And for that, I am really thankful for you to do it. Ash."
"It is no problem, Father." Ash says. "After all, it is a brother's job to help out younger siblings."
"True, but there are still others who need help." Trenor says, and Mark glares at him before Ash can even ask more about it.
Kabu says, "So, allow me to send you off with a proper sporty chant!" Then he closes his eyes and says, "Hustle, hustle, hustle, Hop! Shine, Shine, Shine, Gloria. Get them, get them, get them, Marnie. Don't give up, don't give up, Alice. You can do it, you can do it. Ash."
After the chant, Luna says, "The Gym Leaders you will face ahead are all tough opponents. But I believe that you will prevail! Believe in your Pokemon and keep pushing on!"
Hop says, "Thanks, you all!"
Gloria says, "We're gonna keep winning! We've got to if we want to face off in the Champion Cup, after all!"
"If that's the case, Namie and I will come with you to the Wild Area." Adam says, and the others are shocked to learn the king is going with them. Once they agree, they find farewell to the other four gym leaders and walk towards the gate of Motostoke.
"Hello, again, Wild Area, my old friend! I've come back to you even stronger than before!" Hop yells after arriving back at Wild Area.
"So that is where Hammerlocke is, right?" Serena says as she points at the building in the distance.
"But I suggest that you should go to the Dustill. It is near the Dusty Bowl and it is where the sixth gym is." Namie says.
"Okay." Ash says.
Hop says, "I'll be catching myself some amazing Pokemon to fill in the next page in the tale of my legend!"
Just then, Bede walks towards them and he says, "Don't waste your efforts. It's not like you would ever make it through the Gym Challenge, anyway."
"Bede? You again?" Gloria groans as well as the others, much to the confusion of Adam, Namie, and Marnie.
"The Champion really must have been off his rocker to endorse the likes of you. I mean, it seems Hop here can't even throw a Poke Ball properly." Bede says with a cool tone.
"Rubbish. More like you don't know enough to recognize greatness when you see it." Hop retorts. "My throws are the greatest, and my bro is the finest Champion the world has ever seen! I am not gonna listen to you insulting him!"
"How tiresome...Fine. I'll battle you over there." Bede sighs. "Maybe that will help you finally understand just how weak you are."
"You're on, then. I know you challenged Gloria to battle in Galar Mine No.2 and lost to her there. And I am her greatest rival! In other words, there's no other way you're beating me!" Hop yells.
"All this prattle about Ash, Gloria, and the Champion...do you not have anything of your own to show?" Bede is annoyed as he walks off, and Hop chases him. "I'll show this wally my real skills in battle!"
As Hop and Bede disappear from their sight, Ash shakes his head and says, "Do he seriously think he can win against Bede?"
"I agree." Alice says. "So Marnie, what about you?"
Marnie says, "I would be going on ahead. I want to learn more and also train more if I want to keep up with the Gym Challenge."
Ash says, "Sure, I guess. Let's see each other again sometime." Then Marnie leaves the group as Adam says, "Well, Namie and I are also going back to the castle. I hope you doing great."
"Bye, guys." Namie says as the group bid farewell to the royalties.
Back at the Wild Area, they are heading to the Dusty Bowl. "It seems like we will be passing through Motostoke Riverbank, Bridge Field, and Stony Wilderness if we want to go to the Dusty Bowl." Alice says.
"Yeah, it seems to me that it is a long way." Dawn mutters.
"But new place means that we can find new Pokemon after all." Ash says with a smile as the other five girls and two boys also smile back. "You're right." Alice says.
They check out the weather in the area and find that it is normal weather and overcast, which means it is good for them to do some training in the new wild area. Mark notices a Skorupi and he uses Arrokuda to battle it, and after capturing the Pokemon, Arrokuda also evolves into Barraskewda. Mark also trains his Dottler and it evolves into Orbeetle.
Mark says, "Great...I think I have another Pokemon that is capable of Gigantamax!"
On the way, they also notice another Day Care Center in Bridge Field, and two people that look like diggers on the way. Ash says, "I wonder what they are doing here?"
"Let's check it out." Alice says as they walk toward the two brothers. The eldest brother says, "Hello, we are the Digging Duo."
"Let me tell ya...I've no lack of skill, but when it comes to stamina, my bro's the best!" The youngest says.
"And I've no lack of stamina, but when it comes to skill, my bro's the best! Pay either one of us 500W, we can dig some treasure for ya." The oldest says.
"What kind of treasures are there? Now I think I'm quite curious about it." Ash says.
Then they decide to spend some watts on the treasures, but they are surprised to see a lot of evolution stones, Comet Shards, Bottle Caps, and some treasure. Trenor says, "That's great! With these, we can evolve a lot of our Pokemon!"
"You're right!" Ash says as he notices 8 pieces of fossils on the ground. "Hold on...are these Fossils?"
"That must be quite rare..." Alice says. "Fossilized Fish, Fossilized Bird, Fossilized Drake, and Fossilized Dino...and there are two each!"
Meowth says, "Those sure are some rare Pokemon."
Ash decides to take all of them with him, and they also use the items to evolve their Pokemon.
For Trenor, he does a mock trade to make Pumpkaboo and Onix evolve into Gourgeist and Steelix, and he uses Leaf Stone to evolve Gloom into Vilpelume. To test out the new Pokemon's power, he tries to get into one of the Red light dens and capture a Dynamax Rhyhorn with the help of Mark, Ash, and Serena.
Alice evolves Eevee with the Ice Stone, and it becomes a Glaceon. Ash asks, "Wait, you can use Ice Stone to evolve Eevee? I thought that you need to level up Eevee near an Icy Rock..."
"There is no Icy Rock in Galar." Alice says. "So a lot of Pokemon evolve using stones instead. Vikavolt here is also the same."
"Cool." Ash says in awe.
Dawn uses the Sun Stone to evolve Gloom into Bellossom, and Lillie uses the Water Stone to evolve Shellder into Cloyster, but Snowy refuses to evolve into a Ninetales even if Lillie gives her the Ice Stone. Gloria gives Minccino the Shiny Stone to become Cinncino, and a Thunder Stone for Eevee to become Jolteon. Ash didn't get to use the stone for evolution, but he is glad to have 8 fossils with him.
Alice is walking at Giant's Cap as she spots some Solrock and Lunatone. Alice is in awe at the Pokemon and she calls Serena to watch. Serena says, "Solrock and Lunatone in the same place? This is really amazing."
"Yeah. How about we try to capture both of them?" Alice asks.
"Then I'll get the sun, you get the moon." Serena smiles as they send out Sizzlipede and Budew to battle. Both of them evolve after the battle and that's also when they capture the two Rock Pokemon.
"Now I also have my own Centiskorch!" Alice says with a smile.
Serena says, "Since I have a Roselia, it is a good thing I can use my Shiny Stone." Then she uses the stone on Roselia to evolve it into a Roserade.
Serena also trains her Drifloon, and it evolves into a Driblim, and she says, "I guess this is it for me."
Alice says, "Yeah. I wonder how are the others are doing. Maybe we should go find Ash and the others?"
Serena nods as they try to find Ash and the others, who are also looking for some new Pokemon.
Here is a new chapter, and the next chapter will be Ash, Dawn, Gloria, and Lillie's turn for their Pokemon before the sixth gym. I hope you like this chapter.
Ash's New Pokemon: Thwackey, Greedent, Corvisquire, Dottler, Thiveul, Eldegoss, Dubwool, Drednaw, Boltund, Carkol, Applin x2, Barraskewda, Toxel x2, Sizzlipede, Hattena, Impidimp, Linoone (G), Meowth (G), Farfetch'd (G), Alcremie x63, Koffing, Stunfisk (G)
Mark's Pokemon: Blaziken, Gyarados, Skorupi, Ninjask, Shedinja, Pawniard, Barraskewda, Dottler, Delibird, Alcremie (Strawberry, Ruby Cream)
Trenor's Pokemon: Greedent, Vileplume, Swampert, Rhyhorn, Gourgeist, Steelix, Basculin, Noibat
Alice's Pokemon: Wooloo x29, Dubwool, Salandit, Lunatone, Butterfree (Pink), Litwick, Centiskorch, Drizzile, Eldegoss, Pikachu, Glaceon, Applin, Impidimp, Spritzee
Gloria's Pokemon: Cinccino, Tranquill, Drednaw, Raboot, Wimpod, Ferroseed, Jolteon, Woobat, Liepard, Kirlia
Dawn's Pokemon: Buneary, Noctowl, Mudbray, Duskull, Piplup, Quilava, Pelipper, Bellossom, Pachirisu, Wobbuffet, Mamoswine, Togekiss
Serena's Pokemon: Diggersby, Pancham, Drifblim, Roserade, Solrock, Vespiquen, Drilbur, Braixen, Steenee, Chinchou, Nuzleaf, Sylveon
Lillie's Pokemon: Eevee, Hitmonchan, Shuckle, Ribombee, Haunter, Magearna, Cloyster, Boltund, Cherrim, Meowstic, Vulpix (A)