Chapter 42
Now another Winter Vacation arrives, and Alice only needs one more semester to graduate. Ash says, "What are the odds? You got to work with the International Police in the Internship Class."
"Yeah, I'm sure that your mom will be happy to give me high scores, not because she's my mother-in-law, but because of my hardwork." Alice says.
"And since we're having a break in the Kalos Region, how about we find a Pancham so we can evolve into Pangoro?" Ash says.
"We've already had a Hawlulcha for Fighting Type after all." Alice says. "The same Hawlucha that beat my Mom's Spritzee and her famous Trick Room strategy. Although I wasn't there when I heard about it."
"By the way, have you tried Roller Skating before?" Ash says.
"I did that a lot when I was little. What about you?" Alice asks.
"I did some practice in the PE Class in Naranja Academy." Ash says. "How about we race to find a Pancham?"
"You're on." Alice smirks as they all skate to find the Pancham. And after 10 minutes, Ash is the one who found the Pancham and captured it.
Pangoro: Ability: Mold Breaker. Moves: Entrainment, Low Sweep, Hammer Arm, Night Slash, Parting Shot, Bullet Punch
Hawlucha: Ability: Unburden. Moves: Endeavor, Flying Press, High Jump Kick, Sky Attack, Sky Drop, Taunt
Ash says, "By the way, Alice... I want to know... how were you able to get yourself a Mega Ring, a Z Ring with a lot of Z Crystals, and a Dynamax Band?"
Alice says, "In my old school, despite being bullied, the classes are really decent. They would teach those gimmicks and have the victor get the prize, and my home teacher really helped me gather the items, despite a lot of students wanting to accuse me of cheating and playing dirty."
"That's great. I mean, I also got the Z Ring in High School, but Mega Ring and Dynamax Band are when I was still Professor Cerise's assistant." Ash says.
After returning to Sevestar Island, the two of them are with Mark and Serena as they head to the Galar Region's Stone-On-Side.
"So this is the Stow-on-Side... the place where the Fighting Gym is located." Serena says.
"I remember that the leader is Bea. She's the Galar karate prodigy." Mark says.
Ash says, "I remember her. I lost to her once, then the second time is a tie, and the third time is finally a win, and that was back in the World Coronation Series."
"Didn't you spend a year here in the Galar Region? If you didn't challenge the gyms, what are you doing?" Serena asks.
"First of all, I'm still a student at the Naranja Academy at that time. I might be able to skip a grade, but I still need to go to classes. And second of all, I spend most of the time in the Crown Tundra and the Isle of Armor, because I was also asked by my Mom to train with Master Mustard in the Fighting Dojo."
"I've heard of him... some say that he also had a special task that would give you the secret armor of the dojo." Mark says. "Did you get it?"
"I got it, it's an Urshifu." Ash says. "I trained in the Tower of Darkness, so it is the Single Strike Style."
"Maybe I can go try to get a Rapid Strike Style." Alice says.
"That might be great." And when they walk to the statue of the Hero who calmed the Darkest Day, they are surprised to see Zamazenta there. Zamazenta is asking to join Ash and Alice's team, so they welcome the Pokemon.
Then they head to Route 8 to capture a Falinks, and then Route 9 to capture a Grapploct. And then they head to the Wild Area, where they find a Galarian Zapdos running around.
"That is a Zapdos?" Serena asks with surprise.
"Yeah, that's a Galarian one. Although it is probably the first time that I met him." Ash decides to send out Galarian Moltres to taunt the Pokemon, and it causes Zapdos to stop and they fight. Moltres has the Type Advantage by using the Flying Type moves to defeat Zapdos, and Ash asks Zapdos to join the team and capture the Pokemon in the end.
When they finally head to the Isle of Armor, Ash introduces Alice to Master Mustard, and he also requests Alice to take on the trials. Alice proves herself by catching the three Galarian Slowpoke and finding the three Max Mushrooms. Then they go to the Tower of Waters and evolve it into a Rapid Strike Urshifu.
Ash says, "If we want to Gigantamax the Urshifu, we will need another recipe for the Max Soup... the Max Honey from the Dynamax Vespiquen."
Alice says, "Where can we actually find one?"
Mark says, "I have to guess... Honeycomb Island?"
"You're correct." Ash says as they head there to battle a Dynamax Vespiquen and take the honey so they can make the soup and Gigantamax the Urshifu.
Galarian Zapdos: Ability: Defiant. Moves: Focus Energy, Close Combat, Reversal, Thunderous Kick, Drill Peck, Light Screen
Grapploct: Ability: Limber. Moves: Leer, Octazooka, Octolock, Reversal, Superpower, Topsy-Turvy
Sirfetch'd: Ability: Steadfast. Moves: Leaf Blade, Brick Break, Final Gambit, Meteor Assault, Brave Bird, Iron Defense
Falinks: Ability: Battle Armor. Moves: Protect, Close Combat, Counter, No Retreat, Megahorn, Iron Defense
Zamazenta: Ability: Dauntless Shield. Moves: Giga Impact, Body Press, Close Combat, Behemoth Bash, Metal Burst, Moonblast
Urshifu (Single): Ability: Unseen Fist. Moves: Endure, Close Combat, Focus Punch, Lash Out, Wicked Blow, Iron Head
Urshifu (Rapid): Ability: Unseen Fist. Moves: Focus Energy, Aqua Jet, Surging Strikes, Coaching, Counter, Iron Head
After they finish the Galar Region, the only Fighting Type Pokemon left is the Paldea Region. Ash is now riding Koraidon with Alice as they go through the regions. Alice asks, "So how long have you been with Koraidon?"
"Maybe since I come to the Paldea Region. It was weak when I found him, my friend Arven gave me the Pokeball, and his mother Professor Sada asked me to take care of it. Then by finding those Herba Mysticas, we manage to recover its health back to normal. Then we head to Area Zero with Professor Sada's request."
"Really. And what happened?" Alice asks.
"We also found a Miraidon lurking around the area, and there is also a Professor named Professor Turo, turns out he's Arven's father. And he was there because he wanted to stop us from going to the Zero Lab."
"Why?" Alice asks.
"Because Professor Sada created the Time Machine, and Paradox Pokemon have been sending in and caused her to be killed. Professor Turo was saved by Sada's assistant, an AI-powered robot that resembled her, and then we fought together to stop the Time machine."
"Okay... that sounds like something from the sci-fi film. So I guess that Miraidon is a gift to you from Professor Turo?"
"Yeah. After what happened to the AI-powered Robot, he decided to stop researching Future Pokemon and spend more time with Arven in the end. Miraidon was also given to me as a thank you gift."
Then they finally reach the Area Zero, and they capture an Iron Hands, which is a Future Hariyama, before heading back to the Sevestar Region.
Paldean Tauros (Combat): Ability: Cud Chew. Moves: Raging Bull, Swagger, Close Combat, Double Kick, Rest, Assurance
Paldean Tauros (Blaze): Ability: Cud Chew. Moves: Raging Bull, Flame Charge, Flare Blitz, Close Combat, Double Kick, Zen headbutt
Paldean Tauros (Aqua): Ability: Cud Chew. Moves: Raging Bull, Aqua Jet, Wave Crash, Close Combat, Double Kick, Rest
Annihilape: Ability: Vital Spirit. Moves: Cross Chop, Final Gambit, Stomping Tantrum, Rage Fist, Shadow Punch, Outrage
Iron Hands: Ability: Quark Drive. Moves: Belly Drum, Charge, Wild Charge, Detect, Focus Punch, Heavy Slam
Koraidon: Ability: Orichalcum Pulse. Moves: Giga Impact, Flare Blitz, Close Combat, Collision Course, Counter, Outrage
In the Unova Region, Ash faces Elesa again, and this time Elesa is using Ampharos, Galvantula, Emolga, and Zebstrika to battle. Ash still remembers that he made a mistake by forgetting Emolga's Flying Type. So he makes sure that he uses Krookodile and has it uses Stone Edge to defeat it.
After the gym battle, Ash and Alice also disguise themselves as Dean and Whith, since Whith used to be Elesa's teacher. Although Elesa knows that this Whith is not the first Whith but as her daughter, she still talked a lot about the past, which made Alice realizes that she needs to do more to make D&W's modeling work proud.
At Driftveil City, Ash and Alice also go to the Gym and fight Clay. Clay this time uses Steelix, Excadrill, Sandslash, and Seismitoad to battle, and Ash uses Water and Grass Types to defeat him, getting the fifth badge.
"So this is the PWT? The Pokemon World Tournament?" Alice asks as she looks around the area.
Ash says, "Yeah, it used to be a Cold Storage, where Frozen Foods for the Driftveil Market are stored. N and Dr. Colress also mentioned something like one of the Seven Sages of Team Plasma stayed at this place."
"Pardon me, did you say Team Plasma?" They turn around to see an old man approaching them, and by the old man's side, Ash recognizes the two girls: Anthea and Concordia.
"Anthea and Concordia?" Ash asks. The two girls also recognize him and say, "Ash Ketchum... the one who stopped Team Plasma with N..."
"Oh? Is that so?" The old man says, "Pardon me for not introducing myself, but my name is Rood, and I used to be one of the Seven Sages. Because of the incident ten years ago, we started taking care of the Pokémon that were separated from their Trainers as a way to atone for our misdeeds. Those two recently joined us."
"Seven Sages..." Ash says.
"This isn't a safe place to talk." Rood says as they bring the two to the safe house. And once they're there, Rood says, "So Ash Ketchum, since you were the one who defeated Team Plasma after Hibert's death, I wanted to ask you about the current Team Plasma."
Ash says, "There is no need to worry about the current Team Plasma. I met N at the P2 Facility along with Dr. Colress, a former scientist who worked for Ghetsis. After a discussion, we decided that we're going to form the new Team Plasma. Our goals were similar, we're saving the poor Pokemon from poachers and also bad trainers. We've also set up centers so that the Pokemon could be adopted by trainers who would show them love and care."
"I see." Rood says. "That means Lord N must have told you about our past, am I correct?"
Alice says, "He did. We've learned that Team Plasma used to be strong, there were also the Shadow Triad and the Seven Sages. Although the Shadow Triad were dead because of the outrage from Zekrom and Reshiram, and some of the Seven Sages were also killed..."
"Yes, in the end, Ghetsis and I were the only Seven Sages who survived the incident." Rood says. "Since you've been staying with Lord N, maybe I ask if we could see him again?"
This causes the two girls to also show concern, and Ash nods and has N come to Driftveil City. N is surprised to see Rood again, and they managed to chat for a while. In the end, with N's suggestion, they have the house becoming one of Team Plasma's centers, and not only Rood, but even Anthea and Concordia also joined the new Team Plasma.
Here is a new chapter, and I decided to add a reunion with the Seven Sage member Rood in this chapter. I hope you like it and the next chapter will be Ash and Alice's next disguises, which will be related to the upcoming gyms that Ash is facing.