Hello one and all to another chapter of Pokemon SVTA and today, we have part 2 of the major arrival of Koraidon and we'll be focusing on the origins of Koraidon, Professor Sada, and the bond between Ash and Koraidon plus Arven development.
A bit of a warning, this chapter contains a lot of information and talking early on.
Also, here's a bit of an updated list of upcoming episodes:
Chapter 19: With a day before the Treasure Hunt, the gang seeks to get Koraidon settled in but Cyclizar seems to be getting kind of jealous towards Koraidon for doing what Cyclizar can do but better as Ash realizes too late that Cyclizar is jealous and now must fix their relationship. Also Team Rocket is tring to capture Cyclizar.
Chapter 20: The gang officially set off for Cortondo and Ash has his first battle upon leaving for the Treasure Hunt, but Quaxly seems to recognize an old friend from back when they were with their previous trainer and emotions ensue.
Chapter 21: The gang arrives to Cortondo to find out that they're having a festival and the gym won't be open until tomorrow, it's where some criminals arrive and the heroic Hawluchador and his Shiny Hawlucha appear to save the day (with some relation to the Gym leader) and it's also where a Nymble that Hawluchador saves wants to be like her hero and Ash decides to help with his hawlucha at hand. Also, some bonus Penny emotional characterization though only near the end of the chapter when they head to her house because I had nowhere else to put it.
Chapter 22 (possibly a 2 parter): Nemona's big day.
Chapter 23: The gang officially head off to Cascaraffa but on the way, the mysterious robotic Gardevoir/Gallade tells the gang to turn back, or their future is ruined especially 'the boy in the crystal' and if they find a certain 'egg', they're doomed. Ash and his mons battle this mysterious Paradox Pokemon to show this Pokemon that they can change their own fate for the better. Plus this Pokemon is struggling with lost memories.
Chapter 24: The gang make a stop near a village where a boy is searching for the 'Pokemon of revival' to help heal his Vivillion but Penny knows this story too well and wishes to tell everyone the truth, but things go from strangeness to emotional during this adventure.
Chapter 25: As Ash goes off to help someone, Carmine returns to seek out Ash but Nemona won't let her and Nemona seeks to defend Ash once again with the skills she learned after their last encounter.
Chapter 26: The gang arrive in Cascaraffa and although Ash is nervous about Nemona battling a strong gym leader early. However, the gym leader appears to be stuck at his restaurant and so Nemona seeks to help as part of her gym challenge while Arven agrees to help as well. In the meanwhile, Ash and Penny find a Greavard waiting for his owner all hungry, but Ash and Penny have seen this sort of thing before but agree to help Greavard alongside James who is reminded of his Growlie.
Chapter 27: Nemona's battle begins but is she way in over her head?
Chapter 28: Giacomo has arrived in town upon hearing Ash is there and is happy but also that his bitter enemy Nemona is also there and some things commence.
I don't have too much to say so I'll see you all at the end.
Cover Story 12: Greninja's Never-ending Story 1: The bulbs of evil 1
Greninja was one of Ash's most powerful Pokemon in the Kalos region, being able to transform into a form that transcends Mega Evolution and making moves that would normally be weak be some of the most powerful moves yet (or at least to Ash and Greninja). After the Zygarde event that caused malicious, energy sucking roots to appear, Greninja decides to stay in Kalos working alongside the Zygarde cells of Squishy and Z2 in order to get rid of them.
It wasn't an easy decision for both Greninja and Ash but they both knew that if he were to leave, the roots would take over once again and they both went their separate ways. Since then, Greninja hasn't been able to transform into Ash-Greninja due to Ash not being around and even if he could, it could take Ash's energy away, so he decides not to try it but even without it, Greninja remained as powerful as ever and even got to reunite with Ash and helped his Lucario channel Aura and even though he felt sad again about departing, they both knew it was for the best.
Greninja on the other hand also felt annoyed that he can't find the source of these roots and wants to reunite with his trainer but didn't want that to stop him protecting the region and so he continues his journey. One day, Z2 senses a root within the Lumiose Badlands near the Power Plant however, it wasn't like an ordinary root but more of a seed that contained multiple individuals. Greninja, Z2 and Squishy head over there where they pass by a 9 ft tall man who point to where the seed is and although they're surprised by a 9 ft tall man, they ignore that aspect as he asks where Geosenge is and Greninja points towards forward before saying thanks and leaving.
Greninja arrives to the seed which resembled a bulb surrounded by the roots, Greninja slashes his way through before opening the bulb to reveal multiple people that were thankfully alive, but the strangest things Greninja and the cells saw were a Shiny Froakie accompanied by two similar Zygarde cells that were turquoise instead of green with a similar red and dark blue scale on the two turquoise scales. They'll worry about that later as they see multiple of these cells head of towards a particular direction but for what purpose remains unknown.
Z2 and Squishy use telepathy to ask what happened to the people and a man explained that they were kidnapped by people in red suits with multi-colored hair and placed into these bulbs in order to power up the roots and continue their 'leader's' legacy. Squishy asks the year they were placed in and find out that although it felt like 3 hours in the bulb, it was over 2 years since the roots started to appear which causes Greninja and the cells to be shocked but not before the man reveals a facility they were taken too just over in the distance.
Whatever the facility was, Greninja and cells were going to find out and hopefully put an end to the madness and leave. The Shiny Froakie and the two turquoise cells tell the young Froakie to follow them to find the ones who experimented on them and to find out what happened to their original dimension, and they follow along. The 9 ft man continues along the path to Geosenge commenting on how much things have changed in over 3000 years.
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Cover Story 13: Trip's trip around the region trip 2: The ever-mysterious Rosa
Last time we saw Trip, he wanted to redeem himself for how he treated Ash during his journey. He knew that all he regreted the things he said upon helping some kids from Kanto and decides to train under Alder. After losing in a match against him, he nevertheless accepts as a student of Alder's and is told to head to the combined city/forest of Black city and White Forest in order to settle a dispute between deforestation for more city or more forest for a better ecology. Trip is given an egg but is seemingly followed by a girl in twin buns and her Snivy.
Trip was heading to Virbank city in order to board a boat to Castelia and continue his walk from their when he encounters this mysterious twin bun haired girl with a bit of a southern accent and a energetic personality claiming that she's finally found 'Alder' and challenges him to a battle. Trip exclaims that he's not Alder and that if she's hoping for a champion battle, she's out of luck as Alder retired but this girl claims it's not for a Champion battle but rather to prepare herself for her Gym journey next year and that she'll take won't take no for an answer.
Trip reluctantly agrees to battle her in a 3 on 3 match, and he places the egg somewhere safe near a tree with his (Male) Unfeazant guarding it. The girl introduces herself as Rosa and claims she'll be the best like no one ever was, Trip comments that he's heard that quote before from Ash in his Champion's interview and Rosa mentions having been a fan of Ash ever since he won the Alola league and wants to be like him someday before Rosa sends out her Riolu against Trip's Conkeldurr and mentions how it will be easy match but Rosa smirks and tells him to go first.
Trip orders his Conkeldurr to use Hammer Arm but was interrupted by Rosa saying Agility causing Riolu to go first making itself faster which is when Trip realizes that it has Prankster as it's ability and causing Conkeldurr to miss more often. Rosa tells her Riolu to use Force Palm while Trip tells his Conkeldurr to use Stone Edge, but Riolu hopped from the Stone Edges surprising Trip before Rosa tells her Riolu to use a flurry of Force Palms which were more powerful than Trip was actually expecting. Rosa tells Riolu to use Force Palm once more while Conkeldurr uses Superpower with Conkeldurr being knocked out, but her Riolu has took some damage from that Superpower.
Trip returns his Conkeldurr and sends out his Jellicent but Rosa looks more concerned than anything as she tells her Riolu to use Agility to confuse it which gave Trip the signal that her Riolu had only moves that couldn't affect Jellicent and he uses this opportunity to use Water Spout to damage the Riolu knocking it out. Rosa thanks her Riolu before she sends out her Stoutland who used Crunch surprising Trip as Trip calls out Facade and Rosa calls out Crunch and both knock each other out with extreme power.
Rosa's Snivy is sent out while Trip sends out his Serperior and Trip mentions having met a Snivy once from a 'certain trainer' and he assumes that Snivy is Rosa's Starter to which Rosa nods mentioning how she got it from the Aspertia City Gym Leader Cheren as a gift for saving one of his student's life. Trip tells her to take good care of Snivy as both collide with Leaf Blade, they continue after a while until Rosa calls out Leaf Tornado while Trip calls out Leaf Storm with both colliding but in the end, Storm lands knocking out the Snivy.
Trip commends her on her skills saying that she could be a Champion trainer one day to which Rosa says she's surprised by his honesty since she had the impression, he was stubborn and harsh, Trip reflects on himself thinking that he did change after encountering Ash. He decides to continue his journey but Rosa and her Snivy are interested in learning more about his skills and follows him and although he doesn't want anyone following him, he tells her that he doesn't object despite his reluctance and his journey to Black City/White Forest continues.
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Last time on Pokemon SVTA, a mysterious Pokemon arrived on the beaches of Paldea causing intrigue amongst the group and Ash gets to experience it firsthand when Ash teams up with this creature initially called 'Jimmy' to leave and 'Jimmy' has taken an interest in Ash for his battle prowess and his selflessness deciding to help Ash. When they reunite with his friends, 'Jimmy' loses power and Arven reveals that this creature called 'Jimmy' is actually a Paradox Pokemon called Koraidon and seeks revenge against his father's monstrosities for hurting his Koraidon but seems reluctant to do so due to Ash's words.
Just before anything drastic could happen though, a mysterious woman claiming to be Arven's mother and well-known professor Sada Spruce-Regalo has returned to the lab and now things are heating up in this episode.
We see the group stand there in silence with Arven gritting his teeth and also looks embarrassed but not for the Koraidon situation but rather, his mother. Sada's face shifted to one more stoic expression into a fun loving and almost quirky expression which surprises the group (plus Koraidon) except Arven as if he's seen this before, Sada immediately rushes over to her son and hugs him.
"Arven my baby boy it's been years." Sada said comedically crying as Arven sighs, "No mom, we saw each other last month." Arven says as Sada pouts, "It felt longer with those meetings." Sada says whining. The group look on surprised.
"I heard she was quirky, but I didn't expect her to be very much quirky." Ash says, "Trust me, you should've seen that interview where she dressed up as a Garchomp, that's how you know you're not dealing with a normal professor." Nemona says.
"I wouldn't say that all professors are normal, I lived with two and I know that they're both charming and quirky." Ash says as Sada turns to them and smiles, "And you must be the Champion of the Orange Islands, Alola and pretty much the world, Ash Ketchum and his marvelous Pikachu." Sada says excitedly as she shook both Ash and Pikachu's hands happily as Arven looks on embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Arven says apologetically as Sada turns to Nemona and Penny who were looking away along with Pawmo and Sprigatito, "And you must be Rolo's and Gina's child, Nemona Banderas. I haven't seen you since you were in diapers."
"Mom don't say-"
"It's fine Arven, my mom was a good friend to your father and my dad is a good business partner with Sada despite our differences in stock." Nemona says casually, "How's good ole Rolopoly been lately?" Sada says happily.
"He's been fine as of now." Nemona says, "That's good, sorry for the brief mention of your mother." Sada said apologetically but Nemona shook her head, "No don't worry about it." Nemona says.
"And don't think I'm forgetting about you, you and your Sprigatito are utterly adorable!" Sada says as Penny and Sprigatito blushes, "I'm not adorable." Penny says trying to deny it. Sada then immediately turns her attention to Arven's Sneasel who, due to her unique appearance drew curiosity out of Sada who used a magnifying glass to look at Sneasel and a measuring tape.
"Arven, is this Sneasel yours?" Sada asks as Arven nods, "So Jacqy boy wasn't kidding about finding a Hisuian Pokemon over 60 years after it's last appearance. This would explain how the Dex updated the other day and now entries for a White lined Basculin, a part Dark type Samurott, and a part rock Arcanine have been showing up recently. It all adds up to my research ahead of me." Sada says with determination.
"A White striped Basculin?" Ash asks, "Yeah, apparently a connoisseur from Unova caught that Basculin in a fishing contest and earned 2 million Pokedollars along with a bonus 6 million for the undiscovered Basculin." Penny mentions causing Ash to remember a certain fishing lover and softly smiles.
You sound like me Cilan, discovering these new things. Hope you're doing well. Ash thought himself before Arven got the conversation.
"Um mom, if you don't mind, we need to talk about the Copperajah in the room, Koraidon." Arven says getting Sada's attention and her face turns from comedic to serious, "Right, Koraidon, I may not be able to speak your language, but I want to figure out why your here or why I didn't here from my ex-husband yet."
"You and Turo are divorced?" Penny says as Sada nods, "Yeah, a long while ago actually but I'll explain it later. Come, my lab may not be paradise but it's my paradiso. Your Pokemon can interact with Koraidon while we wait." Sada says as everyone follows Sada along while Sada opens the gate for the Pokemon to play in the back. Team Rocket appears from the trees seemingly writing down notes while analyzing Koraidon with their gadgets.
"So that beast of a Pokemon is called Koraidon and what they're about to discuss are Paradoxes eh. Meowth, James, Wobuffet, make sure you're taking notes, this will be on the test later." Jessie says as both Meowth and Wobuffet salute and immediately got out their notebooks, but James got out the Occulture magazine.
The group had a seat around the living room area where Arven sat with Arven's Mabosstiff resting beside him while Nemona, Ash and Penny sat across. The Pokemon were outside playing trying to get Koraidon to energetic however, Sneasel felt bad for what she had to do and stood away from the group, but Gogoat encouraged her to try to apologize to Koraidon which she sighed and nodded to. Cyclizar felt a bit uneasy around Koraidon but Sceptile encouraged him to try to get along with Koraidon for now and he reluctantly agrees.
While they were doing that, Sada carried in a tray of graham crackers and tea before sitting down herself, "So this is about Jenga right?" Sada says as Arven glares at her and she sighs.
"Right, well for those who don't know, I'm Professor Sada Spruce-Regalo and I'm a professor who focuses on the past and studies it." Sada says softly smiling as Ash went up.
"My name's Ash from Pallet Town and my partner is Pikachu outside." Ash says as Nemona went up, "Nemona's the name, I live nearby."
"And my name is Penny from Cortondo."
"It's a pleasure to me you all, right let's get down to business. As you may already tell, Koraidon isn't a Pokemon that lives around here but is instead what you call a 'Paradox' Pokemon."
"Oh yeah, Arven told me about that the other day. These are ancestors and descendants of Pokemon right?" Ash asks as Sada nods, "Indeed, but there's a little more to that and I'm partially the reason that Koraidon is here in the first place. If I were to tell you that I created a time machine, how would you feel?" Sada says getting the groups attention.
"A time machine!?" Arven says shocked, "I've been through time through a Celebi so I'm quite familiar with that concept." Ash says intrigued.
"That's only possible in movies except for Celebi so how!?" Penny says surprised, "I'm sure you're all shocked by this but that wasn't our original point. You see, before Arvy-warvy was born-"
"Don't call me that."
"We decided to have an expedition to Area Zero to find the source of Terastalization. In truth, we believe the cause of all Terastalization within Paldea is a Pokemon called Terapagos."
"Terapagos?" Nemona said as she brought down a projector to display a book page containing a picture of a being that resembled an eldritch horror of unknown origin resembling a sphere with a crown on it and its head being slightly visible with its claws visible. This picture intrigues the group as to its mystery.
"What in the-" Penny says surprised, "This is an interpretation of what is to be the Pokemon Terapagos, a Pokemon that is said to have created Terastalization until it suddenly disappeared within Area Zero establishing what I like to call 'The Tera Caverns'." Sada said.
"An interpretation?" Nemona asks, "Yes, the books that details Terapagos and expeditions within Area Zero were written in the early 1900's with no way of printing these pictures on paper, so the researchers had drawn them and let's just say, most of the pictures are inaccurate from what we see in the modern day except for Terapagos we still don't know about."
"Hold on, I've seen this sort of drawing style before with Koraidon and Miraidon before. Are they in those books?" Ash asks getting Nemona and Penny's attention, "Miraidon?" Penny asks.
"I'll get to that soon, but Arven, I assume you still have those books with you?" Sada says as Arven grabs two books from his backpack that were red and purple respectively and nods, "Got them here." Arven says as the group looks upon them and Sada grabs both books.
"These two books are known as the Scarlet and Violet books and were written by Heath, a director at Naranja Academy who headed an expedition team down at Area Zero." Sada says getting Ash confused.
"What could warrant two books being created when one can suffice?" Ash says as the projector displayed the next slide containing two pages from the two books detailing a more feral Donphan from the Scarlet book while the Violet book contains a more futuristic looking Donphan which caught everyone's interest and attention except for Arven as if he's seen these mons before.
"Are those Donphan?" Penny asks, "You can think of them as that but in truth, these are more of ancestors and descendants of Donphan and is one of the first documented ones. Think of them as more dangerious variations of these Pokemon you know of but different, the two books were created to document the past and future respectively. In short, these two books are the reason me and Turo set out on this expedition to find Terapagos and the source of Paradoxes while I was pregnant."
"Wait you were pregnant with me when you started that expedition!?" Arven said surprised as Sada casually nods, "Yep, your birth certificate officially says Medali as your location, but you were actually born in Aera Zero." Sada says casually as Arven's mind went comedically blank.
"Anyway, it wasn't an easy expedition being pregnant, the Paradoxes roaming around and trouble reestablishing research stations from long ago but, you were born and you're my pride and joy." Sada says comedically crying while hugging Arven tightly as Arven feels embarrassed. Penny and Nemona smirks while Ash is more oblivious on the other hand.
"Mom, get off." Arven says as Sada gets off and laughs, "Anyway, while we were down in Area Zero, we found a way to encapsulate the Tera energy within an object, we call it the 'Tera Orb'."
Ash and Nemona pull out their Tera Orbs surprised, "You mean these orbs are-" Ash didn't even need to finish that sentence as Sada and Arven nods.
"Our creation and is one of the reasons I own all of the lighthouses in Paldea. hahaha."
"Gloating." Everyone says as Sada puts her head down before continuing, "When we arrived at the crater, we never found Terapagos but instead, we found a gem that was believed to be the cause of the Paradox Pokemon's arrival."
When she finished, Arven's eyes started to widen in horror. "Don't tell me you-"
"We were both interested in different aspects of history, so we decided to create a prototype that could analyze the Scarlet and Violet books and use that to power our machine. It was then that I realized how dangerous it could be and what it could do to Area Zero and Paldea and so after an incident where the machine blew up, me and many others part of the expedition left, and I raised you alongside our mansion's staff."
The gang were silent for a couple of moments until Arven spoke up with slight malice in his voice, "And so Koraidon and Miraidon were the result of dad trying to bring back his dream project, wasn't it?" Sada was caught off guard but nodded.
"Yes, that fool decided that exploring different parts of time was more important than a region and brought Koraidon and Miraidon here in the present as an experiment but in short, I designed the machine as wel-" Sada didn't finish as Arven slammed his fist on the table in anger surprising the group and catching the attention of Koraidon and Arven's Pokemon.
"You designed a machine that can bring over Pokemon of the past and future thus putting this whole fiasco into place!" Arven said now angered while the others look on with worry with Sada also appearing worried.
"Arv-" Sada didn't finish, "It's because of you and dad that caused half of my life to be taken away trying to care for that 'thing', those aren't Pokemon, they're utter trash, beasts even. you were never around and barely ever did anything, I had to raise myself alongside my butlers and maids and it's because of those beasts of nature that my Mabosstiff is in so much pain. You know how hard I cried that night thinking about my partner while you just stood there like you saw some damn ghost that day. Don't tell me that the reason you're trying to act all happy and ditsy this morning is because you're trying to hide away your pain thinking this is no big deal, isn't it!?" Arven finished as the gang looked on with silence and Sada who looked on with sadness.
"I-I-I-I tried everything, potions, revives, herbs, Pokemon Centers to no avail. I even thought about offering my own life just to bring back Mabosstiff before I realized how foolish that was. I-I-I felt so alone all the time when Mabosstiff got hurt."
"Arven, I'm s-" Sada didn't finish as Arven continued, "You know what I wish? I wish I didn't have braindead professors as parents, and I wish- I wish Koraidon dropped dead!" Arven said angrily as he returned Mabosstiff to his Pokeball and ran out with his Sneasel and Gogoat not too far behind.
"Arven-" Ash tried to reach out to him but Sada put her hand up but felt weak, "Ash, let's give him some time. I also need some time." Sada said sadly as everyone left through the back to see their Pokemon while Sada sat at her desk.
We see TR having taken notes and nodding from the nearby tree, "So I see, those Pokemon are from the past and future respectively. Shall we report this to the boss?" James asks as Jessie shakes her head.
"Not yet, first we take Koraidon and then maybe Pikachu as a side. But at the very least, we have what we need for later." Jessie says as the others nod and get down from the tree quietly.
The gang (sans Arven) were doing different things at the moment with Nemona checking out the top of the lighthouse with her Pokemon while Ash and Penny were playing with their Pokemon but Koraidon appeared to be depressed and in a corner thinking to themselves. Sada was in her lab looking at various photos of what appears to be her, Turo, and Arven amongst others.
Sada looks fondly over these photos but one photo in particular caught her eye, it was of a younger Arven and a Maschiff in a flowery field which is when Sada's eyes started to water and reminisces on a memory of hers
We see Sada and a younger Arven standing near the door of their mansion with Sada hugging the younger Arven.
"I'm sorry mommy can't be there for your birthday today; mommy has a lot of paperwork to do today but I want you to have fun at your 8th birthday party." Sada immediately cries with comedic tears of joy. She then stops upon seeing a sad Arven look away and then smiles, "Don't worry Arvy, I'll make it back just in time for your present opening and in fact, I got you a big present coming soon but you have to be real patient, alright?" Sada says happily as Arven nods and Sada prepares to leave.
"I love you mommy!" Arven says happily causing Sada to stop and comedically cry tears of joy, "Mommy loves you too!" Sada says waving goodbye.
Later that day, Sada appears tired with a Mismagius holding onto a box that resembled a popular gaming console along with some games using Psychic. "I'm glad the meeting was cut short so we could leave early but damn if that paperwork didn't take a toll on me. At the very least though, I finally bought those gaming systems and now I'll head to the lab and-" Sada stops herself upon seeing a Maschiff weakly walking a bit before eventually fainting which Sada took notice of.
"A Maschiff? It looks hurt, poor little guy." Sada says as she heads over to the Pokemon and picks him up, she spent some time healing whatever injuries that Machiff has had and prepares some Pokemon food for him.
"Alright there we go, your leg should be good as new, and you should be on your feet sometime soon and I'll be able to see Arv-" Sada stops herself upon thinking about Arven and then sees Maschiff playing with Sada's Mismagius and Raichu. She felt bad for Arven always being alone all the time and didn't want him to feel that way and she decided to do something about it.
Later that day, we see Arven waiting patiently for his mom to arrive while his butler Terno sat beside him having opened all of his delightful presents. We then hear a door open and Sada walking in holding a box while her Mismagius carried the other box which was wrapped up and Arven goes to the open arms of his mom.
"Mommy, you're back!" Arven says as Sada picked him up and Terno grabbed the black wrapped box from her and set it down alongside Mismagius, "Hey birthday boy, have you been a good boy during the party?" Sada asks happily as Arven nods.
"I'm always a good boy!" little Arven said happily as Sada smiles, "Well that's good. I have two presents for you, which one would you like to open first?" Sada asks as Arven picks out the black box and Sada nods as Terno grabs the box and gives it to Arven. but before he could open it, Sada stops him.
"Actually, if you don't mind, could you close your eyes for me sweetie?" Sada says as Arven closes his eyes and Sada opens the box which contained a Luxury Ball and Sada pressed the button.
"Alright, open up." Sada says as the Pokeball releases a Maschiff and Arven opens his eyes where he and Maschiff met, Maschiff wags his tail happily and Arven has stars of happiness in his eyes.
"It's a Maschiff! He's mine!?" Arven asks as Sada nods, "I figured you want to have your first Pokemon and a companion to keep you company, so I caught you a Maschiff and I'm sure the two of you will be the best of friends." Sada says happily as Maschiff jumps into Arven's arms happily and both hugged.
"Let's be friends Maschiff!" Arven says happily as Maschiff barks happily agreeing with Arven.
Sada looks on happily as Arven now has a friend who can keep him company.
We switch back to the present as we see the picture being wet from Sada's tears as she cries at her desk alone.
We switch to Ash and Penny who are seen playing with their Pokemon with them doing various activities such as Ash's Tinkatink teaching Penny's Sprigatito how to beg using cute eyes and Cyclizar trying to copy Sceptile's coolness by using a twig but still looking suspiciously at Koraidon who curled up near a corner depressed.
Ash looks on with worry towards Koraidon but also towards the whole situation in general, "Pika Pi?" Pikachu asks in worry of his trainer who breaks away and scratches the back of his head.
"Sorry buddy, it's just I'm worried about Koraidon, Professor Sada and Arven. All three appear to be in a slump after that argument and I wonder if they'll be alright?" Ash says as Nemona walks in with her Pokemon.
"Well, give them some time. I'm sure they'll work out their differences shortly." Nemona tries to say with positivity, but Penny refutes this, "Yes but even if Sada and Arven try to work out their differences, Arven has a huge enough grudge against Koraidon that it won't be easy to work things out."
Koraidon curls even further as Ash decides to grab his bag and grabs a Sitrus Berry before proceeding to go to Koraidon with Pikachu as the others look on with surprise.
"Ash?" Nemona asks as Ash sits in front of Koraidon who looks on with sadness, "Hi there Koraidon, I know you saw and helped me earlier, but I never got to thank you for what you did earlier. I want to thank you and I just want to introduce myself, my name is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, and this here is my partner Pikachu."
"Pika!" Pikachu said happily as Koraidon looks away, "Was the sandwich good earlier?" Ash asks getting Koraidon's attention as Ash places down the berry.
"I figured you might need a snack for later and I thought a Sitrus Berry might do it. C'mon please cheer up?" Ash asks the Pokemon still seemed unsure, "I know what can cheer you up, Pikachu?" Ash asks his buddy who proceeded to morph his face into different Pokemon like Quaxly, Fuecoco, Sprigatito and even mimics an Eternatus by grabbing nearby branches and leaves making a mask of sorts.
This got a slight smile out of Koraidon before they immediately cover their face out of embarrassment which gets Ash and Pikachu to smile, "C'mon, I know you're smiling." Ash says as Koraidon refuses to look away.
Ash chuckles a bit before softly smiling, "Listen, in all seriousness now, I may not be fully aware of what happened between you and Arven but I'm willing to believe you show remorse and kindness over what happened." Ash says rubbing Koraidon's head as Penny looks on with confusion.
"What made you think that?" Penny asks.
"Their eyes. To me, they show remorse and kindness." Ash says which finally got Koraidon's attention as their tears started to appear on Koraidon, "To me, you're not some monster, but someone extraordinary. Even if you think you're a monster, I'll help you show that you're nothing like that." Ash says seemingly cheering up Koraidon but just before things could move forward, a large hand appears from the distance which Koraidon took notice of and pushed Ash and Pikachu out of the way to be grabbed by it causing the group to be prepared for battle.
"Koraidon!" Ash yelled out reaching out to him, "Don!" Koraidon yelled out as Sada immediately rushed out upon hearing the noise and got her Pokeball ready. "Koraidon! Alright, who did this!?" Sada yelled out as a giant robotic Meowth flew down from the sky landing on a flat grassy platform as Team Rocket appear from the top of the head all prepared for their intro.
Earlier beforehand, we see Arven feeling depressed drinking tea as his Pokemon look on with worry and Mabosstiff slept on as his butler Terno came by with crumpets and more tea as Arven appears to be lost in thought.
"Master Arven, are you ok?" Terno said concerned as Arven sips down the tea, "I-I don't know Terno. I mean, I wished my mother never existed, I wished Koraidon died and left my friends there and witnessed my struggles going on in life so I'm very conflicted with myself." Arven said with confliction as his butler looked on with sympathy.
"Well Arven, these things happen to all of us, and I don't blame you for what happened in your past. However, do you really mean those things?" Terno asks causing more confliction within Arven. Arven felt very unsure of himself because on one hand, he's mad at his mother for not being there all the time and angry at Koraidon, his father and Miraidon for putting his Mabosstiff through hell. But at the same time, he felt like his mother genuinely loved him because of her goofiness and her sympathy earlier and Koraidon looked to be sympathetic and apologetic which really confused Arven.
"Ughhh! I don't know!" Arven said angrily as his Pokemon looked on concerned and Terno sighs, "I understand, I too went through some conflictions in my life when I was a teen. Listen Arven, I know you may not want to hear this from me, but I want you to know that your mother does care for you-" Terno didn't finish as Arven turned to glare at Terno.
"Oh haha, you're just trying to say those generic words to make me feel better." Arven said with a bit of malice as Terno was taken back by surprise but didn't lose himself, "I know it sounds generic, but when you had that argument with your mother almost 5 months ago, she talked to me about how she felt."
Around 5 months prior.
We see Terno checking on the maids and butlers of the house before a young man in a butler's uniform goes to Terno seemingly worried.
"Ah Johnathan, what seems to be the problem? Did Rattata get into our pipes again?" Terno asks as Johnathan shook his head.
"No, mistress Sada returned but she seems upset today with tears streaming down her face and I'm unsure how to comfort her about it." Johnathan says as Terno nods, "Don't worry, I'll handle this." Terno says as he goes to a door that says office and knocks on it.
"Mistress Sada, are you alright?" Terno asks hearing no reply, "I'm sorry to bother you like this but I'm coming in." Terno continued as he opened the door to see Sada crying on her knees with her Raichu and Mismagius trying to comfort her. Sada eventually raises her head to look towards Terno.
"Oh, I'm sorry Terno. I didn't notice you." Sada said sadly as Terno looks on worried, "Is everything alright?" Terno asks as Sada doesn't move.
"No no everything's alright, it's just I stubbed my toe and lost my soda- Oh who am I kidding I'm not alright!" Sada says as she continues crying as Terno stands beside her worried.
"Would you like to talk about it?" Terno asks the sad Sada as she nods slightly.
"Well, um- earlier, Arven came home from his vacation with his father but instead of his normal mood where he says he was bored, he explains his Mabosstiff is in serious danger from the Paradoxes, and I stood there shocked and told him that we'll figure it out later. It's when Arven got angry at me for not being around to help him even through the most dire of scenarios and thinking that my work is more important than his state of mind at the time and told me that if work was so important to me, then he shouldn't be called my son and that I love work more than him." Sada says now upset and crying even more.
"I love him so much and I don't want anything to replace him, but I was just shocked and unsure of what to do or what to say. I never meant to make him feel like this or make him feel like he's alone." Sada says as she continues crying and Terno pats her back.
"Since then, in your absence, she's tried everything to make a cure for Mabosstiff but everytime she tries to, it always seems to fail due to a variety of reasons. I know that won't make you change your mind, but I still wanted to let you know how much she cares for you." Terno says as Arven looks conflicted with himself over this.
"But she still created a machine that brought those beasts over so she's not completely innocent." Arven says as Terno sighs again, "And she knows that, she mentioned how much harm she caused by suggesting that idea and as soon as she got back to that office, she tore everything about that time machine and tried to get in contact with your father, but he never picked up and Sada's teleporter wasn't working. She wanted to reach him but decided on trying to make you happy first, so she abandoned trying to reach Turo for now."
Arven still felt conflicted with himself, "Plus, you swore to defend Koraidon when you were dealing with those poachers right?"
It's when Arven remembered something from a couple years back when Arven and Sada were taking care of Koraidon. One day, they left to go somewhere where Koraidon was captured by some poachers and Arven recklessly searched for Koraidon.
We see two poachers with a Houndoom and Spidops having caught Koraidon in a strong net.
"Heh heh, you're going to be worth so much money when we get to our place." "Doom!" both poacher 1 and his Houndoom say as poacher 2 who looked to be a bit of a scrady cat pointed towards somewhere.
"Hey what's the matter? Poachers aren't meant to be scared." poacher 1 says as he turns around to see a younger Arven with a Skiddo and Maschiff ready to battle.
"Alright, let go of Koraidon you roasters!" Arven said with stubbornness as poacher 1 get angry, "It's poachers and we won't let you stop us with your weak-ass Pokemon. C'mon let's give him a lesson he'll never forget!" poacher 1 and 2 prepared to battle as Arven and his mons battled the poachers but after a while, they seemed defeated.
"Hey kid, just give up and let the adults handle this would ya-" poacher 1 didn't finish as Arven's spirit didn't break and his two mons get up, "You really think I'll give up on my good buddy? Not a chance you bozos, c'mon Skiddo and Maschiff, don't give up!" Arven yelled out as his Pokemon stood up with a new sense of determination and both Pokemon evolved on the spot with Skiddo evolving into Gogoat and Maschiff evolving into Mabosstiff.
"They evolved!?" both poachers say in shock as Arven smirks, "Alright, let's do this!" Arven says with determination as Gogoat and Mabosstiff went to attack!
"You were still reckless that day, I'm glad that officer Jenny arrived on time before things could get even worse." Terno said with worry, "Was I really that protective of Koraidon?" Arven asks himself getting Terno's attention.
"You were, you promised Koraidon you would protect him no matter what after that but then you sent them back." Terno says as Arven looks down to the ground.
Have I- gotten this whole revenge thing over my head? Arven thought to himself but before anyone could say anything, he sees a robot in the distance near the lighthouse that resembles a meowth.
"What the- a Meowth- Team Rocket I imagine. Gogoat, Morada let's go!" Arven says as he returns his Mabosstiff and gets on Gogoat towards their destination leaving Terno confused as he followed behind Arven, Gogoat and Morada.
Switching back to the present, the TR quadrio smirked and prepared to do their intros.
"Prepare for trouble, we're about to give you a history lesson." Jessie says holding a giant ruler.
"Grab your books because we're about to learn!" James says grabbing some glasses and is taking notes on a notebook.
"To protect the world from devest-tion." Jessie stops herself upon seeing Ash, Nemona, Penny, Sada playing cards.
"Got any 4's?" Ash asks Nemona, "Goldeen, got any 6's Koraidon." Nemona says to Koraidon in the distance who shakes their head.
"At least act like you're interested!" Jessie says as the gang get up from their card game and prepares to fight.
"Team Rocket! What are doing here!? let go of Koraidon!" Ash yelled out as Jessie smirks and shakes her head, "No way twerp, we need Koraidon for our plans of figuring out this Paradox Pokemon concept you twerps were talking about."
"Well, my teachings aren't free, now let Koraidon go!" Sada yelled out as Koraidon struggled to get out of TR's grasp despite its enormous power, "What's wrong with Koraidon, wouldn't it be very strong?" Nemona asks as Sada examines Koraidon and seems to have come up with a conclusion.
"I'm not sure what happened but I think that it's power was weakened somehow so it may not be able to use its power to its full potential." Sada says as Jessie waved and said, "Well I guess this is goodbye."
The robot prepares to launch but Sada immediately threw her Pokeball releasing a tumbleweed like Pokemon.
"No, you don't! Brambleghast use Power Whip to stop it!" Sada yells out as Brambleghast launched its tentacle like appendages towards the legs preventing them from moving. Ash nods and ushers Pikachu and Sceptile along, "Alright, I'll get Koraidon out!" Ash says as he, Pikachu and Sceptile go to free Koraidon which made Jessie angry.
"What the- Oh no you don't! Lechonk teach them a lesson!" Jessie says throwing her Pokeball, "You two Grafaiai and Klawf, cut those whips!" James says as he threw his two Pokeballs releasing the three Pokemon who were prepared for battle.
"Alright Lechonk use Disarming Voic-"
"Sucker Punch Sprigatito!" Penny yelled out as Sprigatito's fur turns slightly black and uses her paws to punch Lechonk away before it could use Disarming Voice.
"What the- Alright Klawf use Metal Claw and Grafaiai use Slash!" James yelled out but before they could attack, Pawmo launches a Thunder Shock attacking Klawf and Teddiursa rushes in with Play Rough sending Grafaiai back.
"Your battle is with us you goons! Ash we'll handle this!" Nemona says as Ash nods, "Alright Sceptile and Pikachu, you run on the whips, and I'll climb on the robot to reach Koraidon." Ash tells them as they nod and the Pokemon run on the whips while Ash climbs the robot catching TR off guard.
"He's climbing the robot!?" Meowth says shocked, "And that's why you're going to stop him!" Jessie says as Meowth prepares to jump down and attack but as he does, Morada the Sneasel hits Meowth with Metal Claw catching everyone off guard as Meowth and Morada face each other.
"I know that Sneasel, Arven!" Ash yells out as Arven appears to the group on his Gogoat shocking everyone, "Arven, but I thought-" Sada didn't finish as Arven looked at her more seriously.
"We can talk about this later, we got a Pokemon to save." Arven says as Ash nods and continues climbing while Meowth tries to flirt with Morada but immediately runs away from her when she prepares Metal Claw. Ash continues to climb the robot while Sceptile and Pikachu try to strike the hand of the robot to let Koraidon go but to no avail.
Ash eventually gets on the arms and tries to pull out the fingers grasping Koraidon but seems to be struggling with the heavy size of the fingers, "I'll get you out no matter what!" Ash says as he struggles to pull the fingers as Koraidon looks down.
"Rai Rai!" Koraidon said sadly as Ash shook his head, "I won't hear any negativity, you're not some monster to me. You can be who you want to be and I'll make sure you feel welcome no matter what!" Ash says struggling as Koraidon looks up with new hope in themself.
"I won't allow you to escape with Koraidon! James, it's time for the Metronome!" Jessie says furiously as James whimpers yet nods.
"Alright Grafaiai use Metronome!" James yells out as Grafaiai waggles his finger and creates a large electrical ball to launch towards Ash but before he could get hit, Pikachu jumps in his place getting hit by Zap Cannon causing him to gradually fall above the cliffside to the beach. The blast almost sent Sceptile falling but manages to grab onto the arm but failed to catch Pikachu.
"Pikachu!" Ash yelled out as he jumped off to catch him causing the group to be shocked, "Not again, Ash!" Arven says as he runs out to catch him but to no avail.
Koraidon looks on shock as they feel powerless but then starts to remember the words of what Ash said to them and how powerful those words are. Koraidon nods to themselves and through a glow of power, Koraidon uses all the strength they have to break out of that hand and jumps down at fast speed to catch Ash and Pikachu.
"Koraidon!" "Pika!" both Ash and Pikachu say as Koraidon's wings opened and flew at the speed of sound before proceeding to fly up and land next to the group who go to Ash out of worry.
"Hey guys, you alright?" Ash asks as Penny hits his chest softly, "You dummy, you did a 3rd time already! Stop worrying us like that!" Penny says as Ash scratches the back of his head. Koraidon however falls to the ground seemingly in pain with the light disappearing from Koraidon catching the gang's attention as Ash goes to Koraidon's side.
"Koraidon!" Ash yells out as Koraidon rests on the ground, "It seems that Koraidon has used up all their energy somehow, I'll have to look into Koraidon later." Sada says as Jessie stomps on her robot in anger.
"Hello, you all ruined our plans for today and now we'll make you pay!" Jessie says as Sada stands up Pokeball at hand, "Guys, let me handle this one." Sada says throwing her Pokeball in the air releasing a Salamence... However, this Salamence appears to have large, feathered wings compared to the flatter wings of Salamence with it also having yellow eyes, a red underbelly, a black back wing (? I'm not sure what to call it) and a plated armor like helmet reminiscent of Bagon. This surprises the group including Arven.
"A Salamence!?" Nemona yelled out, "But it looks like a Mega Salamence!?" Penny added on as Ash tried to scan it through his Dex but only showed unknown data for it.
"And it's not on the dex!" Ash says surprised, "This is because it's a Paradox Pokemon, Roaring Moon." Arven says as TR shivers in fear.
"You're not hallucinating right!?" Jessie says shocked, "Wobbu!" Wobbuffet says in agreement with his trainer.
"Roaring Moon, use Scale Shot." Sada says calmly as Roaring Moon made unintelligible noises and launched several scales from its wings that hit the robot creating a puff of smoke and sending TR and their Pokemon flying in the air.
"That thing was awesome!" James yelled out as Jessie, Lechonk and Wobbuffet held each other close out of fear.
"Yeah, but still, I'm not messing with that professor. But at the very least, we have pictures and information to send to the boss." Jessie says holding her camera and notes but looked around for Meowth.
"Hey Meowth, where are you?" Jessie says as she notices Meowth in the distance far away from the group, "I think we're launching off in different directions!" Meowth yelled out as he disappeared with a twinkle in the sky.
"Oh." Jessie says before she and James disappear in the sky.
The commotion calms down as the gang sit outside to talk with Arven as Sada proceeds to examine Koraidon as well as Ash's Pokedex, Arven appears regretful in some way.
"Arven, is everything ok?" Ash asks as Arven sighs, "Yeah, I want to apologize for my actions for not only the beginning of the day but also for running off earlier. I was just so angry towards Koraidon and my own mom that I lost sight of you guys and how I almost lost myself as both a trainer and your friend." Arven says apologetically.
"Arven, no one blames you for your anger. Sure, we were surprised about what you wanted to do, and we weren't going to let that happen, but we don't blame you for what happened." Nemona says as Arven looks away awkwardly.
"Thanks. I did a bit of thinking to myself, and I think I was blinded a bit. I realize that although decisive over the things that happened, my mom does cares and yet I was only blinded by focusing on her negative qualities such as the creation of that machine. For now, on I-" But before Arven could finish, the door opens up to show a newly energized Koraidon and Rotom phone with a calm yet still quirky Sada.
"Well, I've looked at Koraidon and unfortunately, their power is still not back to normal. I assume something happened while down there that made Koraidon leave Area Zero but I'm not sure what." Sada says unsure of herself.
Arven looks to Koraidon and goes to them causing the group to be alerted, "Arven-" Ash didn't finish as he puts his hand out.
"Koraidon, I'm sorry for trying to hurt you before. I know that I should be angry towards you, dad and Miraidon for what happened but I realized that I didn't think about your feelings, and I could tell you were regretful towards what happened and while it will take time for me to truly move pass this, I'm willing to forgive you." Arven says as Koraidon nudges their head into Arven's hand.
Arven then turns to his mother, "Mom, I'm- I- I don't know what to say, I want to move on, but I still feel unsur-" Arven didn't finish as she hugged him.
"That's alright, I'm willing to wait as long as you want. I'm fine with not being forgiven but I don't want to go down this path of hatred because of what I did but appreciate the friends and Pokemon you have along your way. I on the otherhand want to apologize for putting you through this loneliness and caretaker duties all by yourself and I'm sorry that I created that machine putting you through this current scenario-" Sada didn't finish as he was hugged by Arven letting the tears flow out of him as Sada also cried.
We see the gang with their bags prepared as the sun dripped down in the distance and the gang prepare to leave but they're stopped by Sada with Koraidon standing next to her.
"Before you go, I have some things to tell you. Firstly, I updated the Pokedex to allow you to scan for Paradox Pokemon. I'm sure you'll need it when you encounter a Paradox Pokemon, I want you to try to catch it if possible so it can be sent over here to be examined. Secondly, Arven, you're growing up so fast!" Sada says comedically crying and hugging Arven who appeared to be annoyed.
"C'mon mom!" Arven says as Sada let's go and wipes the tears away, "Actually, I wanted to give you this for a long time." Sada says placing a Tera orb into Arven's hand surprised.
"My own Tera Orb?" Arven says as Sada nods, "The truth is, this was a birthday present from your dad when you turned 16 a couple of months ago. However, after your Mabosstiff was hurt and you ran off, he had no way of giving it to you and so he briefly came back to give it to me but felt ashamed after what happened, so he didn't stay around long."
"Speaking of which, were you able to get in contact with him?" Arven asks as Sada shakes her head, "No, something must've happened with the communication in Area Zero so I'll work on trying to reestablish connections with him." Sada says reassuringly.
The group look toward the sunset and marvel at its beauty before facing the gate of Mesagoza in the distance.
"Well mom, I'm going to get leave soon. I'll find a way to save Mabosstiff soon!" Arven says with confidence as Sada nods but before the gang could leave, Koraidon stands in front of the group and nudges his head towards Ash playfully.
"Koraidon?" Ash asks as Koraidon looks to be ready to go with Ash which Sada and Arven picked up on, "Wait, you want to go with Ash?" Arven asks as Koraidon nods.
"It seems those words of encouragement helped inspire Koraidon a bit." Sada says as Ash looks on with surprise and stood there for a moment before nodding.
"Alright, I'll help you get integrated here in Paldea and to make sure you get along with everyone here. I'll figure out what happened to you, let's work together!" Ash says as he and Koraidon fist bump while Arven pulls out a Pokeball from his back that resembled a regular Pokeball but had 'K' and 'D' sticker placed on it.
"A unique Pokeball." Ash says as Arven nods, "That's right, we needed Koraidon in this Pokeball just in case something happens and now, I want you to have it. Make sure they don't get into trouble now Ash." Arven says as Ash smirks.
"Welcome to the family, Koraidon." Ash says as Koraidon touches the Pokeball as Koraidon dissipates into red energy going into the Pokeball.
Everything was silent for a moment until everyone got ready to leave, everyone said their goodbyes and they headed off back home to Mesagoza as the journey continues.
We see Clavell at his office doing paperwork with Jacq placing down some papers to an exhausted Clavell.
"Uh, who knew that doing paperwork would be the equivalent of doing homework." Clavell complained as Jacq chuckles, "It's only natural with the Treasure Hunt in two days, everyone has some form of homework." Jacq says chuckling before they hear a cellphone ring from a counter.
"Ah, Jacq, could you grab that and see who it is?" Clavell says as Jacq nods and goes to the phone, "Ah it's from Turo." Jacq says as Clavell wakes up a bit.
"Could you hand me that phone and step out for a moment, I have some things to talk about with him alone." Clavell asks as Jacq nodded once more and left the room.
"Turo what's up?" Clavell asks the professor.
"Well, I have some good news and regular news." Turo says as Clavell looks on suspiciously, "What did you do this time?" Clavell asks as Turo sighs to himself.
"I guess there's no hiding it but remember how I talked to you about my experiments Koraidon and Miraidon?"
"Yes?"
"Well funny thing is, Koraidon escaped, went to my lab and lost their abilities."
"What the- You want me to send someone over to bring them back?" Clavell said a bit frustrated.
"Not at all in fact, it's in the procession of one of your students and they so happen to be a close friend of Arven's. Hint: He's apparently a Champion."
"Wait a sec- Ash is in possession of Koraidon and that Koraidon lost their abilities somehow?"
"That's correctomundo, however, I trust this Ash to get Koraidon's abilities back and to take better care of them. I tried but unfortunately, things happen and then there are some people that resent me for what happened." Turo said sounding a bit sad at the end as Clavell sighed.
"If you were still my student, I would've given you Alolan style Pinap pizza as punishment. But for now, we'll continue this conversation tomorrow when they get back to Naranja and I want you to be here to explain this 'power loss' business to them." Clavell said sternly.
"Duley noted." Turo says hanging up as Clavell pinched his nose, "What have you done this time, Turo?" Clavell says a bit frustrated.
We switch over to the Team Rocket base where we see Giovanni and his Persian alongside his assistant Matori and Alolan Meowth looking at photos of Koraidon and Roaring Moon along with information they posted about these Paradoxes and Giovanni seemed impressed for once.
"I admit, they've done something good for once and it's information like these supposed 'Paradoxes'." Matori said in her typical frown, "Yes, maybe it is time for them to get back to work." Giovanni says petting his Persian.
"About the Paradoxes?" Matori asks as Giovanni shakes his head, "That's a side project but no, we'll be focusing on luring out Enamorus." Giovanni says with a smirk as Matori and Alolan Meowth looked on with curiosity.
"Enamorus sir?" Matori asks the head honcho who brings up photos of Enamorus who resembles the Forces of Nature of Unova but more feminine, "Enamorus is a Pokemon that is the member of the Forces of Nature said to have resided in Paldea a long time ago and helped seal these Artifacts. 22 years ago, there was incident where a group of thugs awakened Wo-Chien from its slumber and annihilated them including a journalist all except for the sister of the journalist, a teenage girl as Enamorus came in and helped seal Wo-Chien before isolating itself."
"And I'm guessing that's when public photos were shown of Enamorus?"
"Correct. Enamorus is the Love-Hate Pokemon and is said to restore life that it appreciates much like what it did a long time ago. My goal is to bring out Enamorus and use her power to create a new Mewtwo in a way." Giovanni said catching Matori off guard.
"And so, to do that, we need to awaken the artifacts correct?" Matori asks as Giovanni nods, "Correct, anything wrong with that?" Giovanni said calmly as Matori shook her head.
"No, it's just, it would mean allowing the region to rot in a way." Matori says making Giovanni's curious.
"You never usually act like that, what makes Paldea different? Is that your home?" Giovanni asks as Matori sighed and placed a hand on her stomach, "Sorry and no Unova is, it's just today's the anniversary of the loss of my-"
"Your baby, right?" Giovanni asks as Matori was caught off guard, "How did you-"
"It was something you mentioned when you first joined the team, you mentioned wanting to revive your child. I promise you this, when we find Enamorus, you can use her power to revive the one's you care for." Giovanni said with a smirk as Matori nods.
"Are we striking now?" Matori asks as Giovanni shakes his head.
"No, I want those brats to search for those stakes to awaken the Artifacts then we strike. The problem is our newest Champion." Giovanni says turning the projector slide to Champion Ash, "Normally I wouldn't be interested in dealing with a brat like him but since he's won that tournament and his Pikachu is remarkably strong, I think I finally found someone who will get in our way once and for all."
"You want me to eliminate him." Matori asked as Giovanni looked on in surprise, "I maybe evil but not that evil." Giovanni says as Matori breathed a secret sigh of relief.
Good, because that is one step that I won't cross. Matori Thinks to herself.
"I wonder how Archer might feel taking a break from his school duties to help us?" Giovanni says calling someone on his phone.
"I didn't think you would call in over 4 years old man." A man says over the phone, "You haven't changed a bit." Giovanni says.
"My pleasure. I found the two runaways of TR, want me to bring them back?" the man asks, "No, we have more pressing matters to get into about removing a certain champion from Paldea."
"I'm not killing a kid." the man said as Giovanni shook his head, "No not that. It's about a plan we talked about a while ago."
"Go on." the man said as Giovanni smirks, "As you wish, Archy my boy." Giovanni says with a smirk.
END
And with that, Koraidon has officially joined the team although it's a bit of a different scenario for Ash's case. Koraidon has seemingly lost their powers and can't use their powers so they'll be used for transportation and when things get really serious, Koraidon will occasionally help out using what strength or even use a move with the remaining strength they have to solve a problem. My idea is that unlike Ash's other Pokemon, Koraidon will train as be like a typical Ash mon but due to this power loss, they can't do much and I will have a typical Ash capture in a couple of episodes so Koraidon will be an extra of sorts for now until plot relevant stuff happens.
Additionally, the main Team Rocket will have an important role within the story as I always wanted them to have a very conclusive feel to them. So, this story will act as sort of their ultimate placement within the plot and give out some sort of conclusion to them (mainly because Journey's never gave them such a finale), but that won't be for a long while. So try not to worry about for now but there will be occasional episodes revolving around a different Artifact and their seal guardian/master.
Other than that, I don't have too much to say other than Koraidon joins the team, Arven development and Sada appearing and with that, it also starts the real plot of Scarlet and Violet.
Ash's new addition:
Koraidon (Dragon/Fighting, Ability: Unknown): A mysterious Pokemon from Area Zero, they are the ancestors of the present day Cyclizar and the futuristic Miraidon. It has a very protective personality and goes with Ash upon placing their trust into them. However, they have lost their powers and now the team must figure out how Koraidon can get their abilities back.
Moves so far:
Collision Course (Cannot use as of now due to its wings being damaged)
The next episode will revolve around the gang trying to integrate Koraidon within society by going to the Vast Beyond to get along with the Pokemon under the guise of working with Professor Turo as her assistants. However, Cyclizar feels jealous of Koraidon for being him but stronger and can carry people causing a rift between Ash and Cyclizar which he must fix. Meanwhile, Team Rocket are separated from Meowth and decide to capture Cyclizar for it being the descendant of Koraidon and want to awaken whatever's inside Cyclizar to appear the same as Koraidon.