The final battle ended with an absolute victory for Ash, crushed by him and his trusted Feraligatr.
Fireworks were blasting in the sky and everyone was cheering for the great battle they just witnessed. Ash had just taken back his newly evolved Feraligatr and was just about to leave the venue. Waiting for the final award ceremony, a Hot Air Balloon suddenly appeared in the sky above the water venue they were just battling in.
The Rocket Trio spotted the opportunity for to steal the thing while Ash was leaving victoriously, and suddenly launched an attack, "Hurry, while the little twerp is away, let's get that Sea Soul quickly, and just maybe we can steal his Pikachu with this!"
This was just one of their wishful thinking, just like anytime before!
"We arrived at the target spot, meow!" Seeing the battle platform below, Maya and Officer Jenny relaxed their vigilance for the end of the final battle, and turning their attention to Ash who was leaving. The Trion took out one of their trusted item, a Fishing Rod!
That's right, a Fishing Rod!
"We will use this Fishing Rod to catch the treasure we are looking for! A special event like the Whirl Cup competition, a luxury item will definitely be here!" Jessie got carried away and successfully hooked the Sea Soul staff in Maya's hand.
However, a small spark suddenly hit the string and broke the fishing line!
This attack is all too familiar to the group!
"Ash? Pikachu? Why?"
Turning around, it was Misty who rushed to the summit with Pikachu, "Team Rocket, what kind of things do you want to do this time? I thought you had changed your minds after the last time!"
"Thankfully Ash noticed that you were selling snacks and drinks on site and asked me to take care of you if you guys were up to something stupid like this. Why are you even doing all this?"
The Rockets have indeed been following Ash and group to wherever they go. After the tournament started, they saw the business opportunities present here and made some money to fund their projects.
"Are you the guys that planned to come here to steal the Sea Soul?" Officer Jenny realized at this moment that she was about to fvck her job of it wasn't for Misty.
Just because of these people, a dozen or so of them have been standing here for several days now while getting no extra pay!
She finally got the chance to take action!
Seeing this, Maya remained very calm, but looked behind Misty, "Ash, you're here just in time, the awards ceremony will begin soon!"
Behind Misty, Ash came out and said with a smile, "Okay, Maya, the farce here will be over soon and we can continue on with our work!"
"Ash!" Seeing Ash came over, Misty suddenly had grew a new backbone and stood beside him, and Pikachu also returned to Ash's shoulders, where he belongs.
"Team Rocket, why don't you just do your business quietly? You guys are so much better at it than stealing people's Pokémon's."
The people in the world who are most familiar with Ash, probably besides his own mother, are the Rocket Trio. But now, they couldn't help but tremble when they faced this "little twerp" they called him.
His momentum is getting stronger and stronger as he continues on his journey!
The moment blue light was released from Ash's eyes, the Seat Soul in Maya's hand also emitted light and shrouded Ash's body with that same energy!
For a moment, Ash's whole body shone with bright blue light, releasing beautiful ripples across the area!
Maya could no longer remain calm. She looked at Ash in shock and surprise, 'This is the blessing of the Sea God! So he is my Soul Partner!'
To put it easier to understand, this blessing is like a halo of good luck!
Ash himself has almost an ungodly amount of luck because of the combined the fate of being the protagonist of this world world and also being a transmitter at the same time, and now his luck has further improved to a new level. Ash will become more and more successful in his journey towards become the Pokémon Master.
Ash now felt there was a connection between his and something else, and it was close.
Everything went smoothly after the light enveloped him.
In short, it was something very mysterious and so should just be left like that, a mystery!
The blue light subsided from Ash, and Ash felt that his mental condition and power was better than ever before. He raised his head and looked at Team Rocket, "Looks like we have to say goodbye for now. Have a great day!"
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu controlled his current, just with enough to cause an explosion and blow them away from the arena area. With a cry of "Team Rocket is blasting off again!", the Trio turned into a star in the distance and found themselves in the middle of nowhere!
"The Whirl Cup competition was held for six days in a row. We now ask Priestess Maya to award the winning item, the Mystic Water, to the winner of the tournament after a fierce battle in the finals! Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!"
"A new Hero of the Sea is born today before our eyes!"
Maya handed the Mystic Water to Ash and said with a very beautiful smile and a small but noticeable blush, "Ash, thank you for saving me back there, you are a real Brave Warrior of the Sea!"
Suddenly, she took his hand and came to the stage, facing everyone in the venue and the contestants standing on top of the boat, holding high the Sea Soul Staff over everyone under the sunset on the sea.
"O great sea, brave warriors who have a connection with the Pokémon of the sea in all times, please continue to protect the Pokémon and people alike in the future!"
There was a lot of splashing sound coming from around the Water Stadium.
Amidst the chanting of blessings, all the Water-type Pokémon rushed out of the sea and roared as they celebrated with the people!
The tournament ended and they said goodbye to Maya. Not before Maya gave a sudden kiss to Ash's lips while no one was looking.
Well everyone but Misty and Brock who gave them a very jealous look for reasons unknown.
She also gave him a piece of paper with a number written on top of it with the words, "Thank you for everything you did."
Ash just said he will be back, smiled, and then walked away with his group.
He too felt something from her. Something that was resonating his heart and her heart.
The conference venue gradually sank into the sea and returned to its former tranquility!
Ash and his party looked at the place where they battled and each gained a new something to help them on their goals.
"Big Brother, congratulations on winning the whole thing!!" Molly's mouth was the sweetest, "Sister Misty is also a very strong!"
"I feel so lucky to be able to attend this conference and meet all kinds of new Water-type Pokémon!" This is the biggest gain for Misty. Although she didn't win, Misty felt very satisfied, "Looking at all this, my goal to become a Water-type Pokémon Master is even more greater than ever!"
So her dream never changed and stayed the same.
After the conference, Ash exchanged Meganium and Lapras back from the Professor.
This was the first time she left Ash's side, Meganium was quite noisy and almost prepared to dismantle the Professor Oaks Laboratory. Fortunately, Venusaur restrained her and trained with her for a few days and keeping her busy from doing anything else.
Blastoise, Feraligatr, and Kingler will train with each other under Slowking's management and continue to improve on their strength.
Slowking's management of his Pokémon is very reasonable, and now each Pokémon has found a suitable training opponent.
Houndoom and Typhlosion fight each other every day in full swing to get stronger and get a better understanding of their flames and how to make it stronger.
All the Tauros in the lab ran wildly every day under the leadership of Ash's Tauros, and also his physical fitness continues to improve while he was not with his trainer. (In this one Ash did not have 30 Tauros.)
Primeape, who has just returned from Ash's side, is teaching Heracross the fighting skills he has learned so from Anthony.
There was also a talk between him, Ash, and Professor Oak about him feeling that he feels something ominous about himself and he doesn't know what to do with it other than just put the rage into his fists.
Professor Oak is also looking into this as he also doesn't know what could be causing all this.
Tyranitar found Rhydon, who could use Whirlpool and Surf. So the two Rock-type Pokémon increased their physical strength through constant battles with each other.
Before they know it, Ash already has a lot of powerful Pokémon under him!
At this time, Ash happened to teleport the lone Noctowl back, as he also needed a Flying-type by his side.
Now that he is Ash's only Flying-type that could be with him, Ash is ready to train with him hard.
This Shiny Noctowl is very smart, even smarter than the rest of his kind. Whether it is about his Psychic skills or Flying skills, it is very powerful. It also has its own thinking in the battle, which is very useful when Ash leaves him to his own devices.
Ash really hopes to complete his Bond Evolution, but the compatibility has not been able to improve for a long time.
And throughout their walk, neither Brock nor Misty ever brought the subject about his kiss with Maya.
This is an extra chapter because we hit 200 Power Stones. Thank you to all who participated in this.
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Although the Whirl Cup competition is over, since there is one last island left in the Whirl Islands, there is certainly no reason not to go there and check it out and see what that is all about.
Silver Rock Isle, this place seems to particularly admire the appearance of Silver Wings, decorative products, snacks, and key rings.
Almost everything is in the shape of a Silver Wing.
Especially the decorative products and small jewelry are all made of silver rock, which is a specialty here, and they all are very beautiful.
Although they had seen the real thing before, Ash and his party still bought some Silver Wings products from the island. Each of them had a Silver Feather pancake, which made their mouths full of joy. It tasted really good, highy recommended, fuuuuuuiiyyyyaaa.
"Big Brother, aren't these Silver Wings Lugia's feathers? Is this island related to Lugia?" Molly reacted quickly and immediately thought of the resemblance between what she remembered and what she sees.
As the adopted daughter of that Phantom Entei, this little girl has had a strong interest and yearning to see the Legendary Pokémon's since she was a child!
"Yes, that's true, we have to investigate this don't we?!" Ash smiled, and saw Molly give her pancakes to her Jigglypuff which already ate her part.
"Welcome!" A man with a mustache suddenly appeared in front of Ash and his group, holding a jewelry box in his hand. "Everyone, when you go on a happy trip, you must buy some presents and pick out some Silver Wings that bring happiness. How about some of these?"
"100% purity, guaranteed pure Silver Rock needles made of the most purest of rocks. If you buy one now, three will be given to you as a limited time gift! This kind of opportunity doesn't come around every day!"
After saying that, he asked Ash and his group to come closer, but Ash pushed him away, "So you said, this is 100% pure silver Rock?"
Before the mustache could answer, a older girl stood up and said, "Boss, I want this one!"
Ash just picked one up and broke it off immediately, "See, it's totally fake!"
The mustache ran away, and the girl just cursed at that guy, "There are too many deceitful businessmen in this area recently! Can't even buy anything real from them."
Ash just shook his head. Anyone with a normal IQ would know that there are pitfalls in a good thing like buy one and get three free.
But that guy happened to encounter a few people who had a hole in their heads. The Rockets Trio followed Ash after seeing him on the island. After hearing such a good thing as buy one and get three free with it, they immediately bought all of the items from that fake mustaches wearing guy.
The girl they just met was called Arielle, and she runs a Silver Rock Decorate specialty shop in this town with her friend, so she hates scammers who sell the fake stuff and ruin the name of their item.
"On this island, the Silver Wings made from the Silver Rock present on the island is considered to have a protective effect on the wearer of the thing!" Arielle introduced to Ash and his group about the whole thing that was going on.
"Is there any story or legend here about this?"
Ash and his party are looking forward to hearing some legends about Lugia and his deeds.
It turns out that a long, long time ago, on a sunny day, when a ship passed through the nearby waters, it suddenly encountered a terrible hurricane rain.
The thunder was deafening and the waves were extremely turbulent!
Unprecedented waves hit the people on the ship, and at that moment when everyone was almost in despair and thought of their imminent death, a large twister appeared from the bottom of the sea, emitting dazzling light from it!
It penetrated the dark clouds in the high sky, and then the sky cleared up and the sea surface became calm again just like before!
At that time, what fell from the sky was a beautiful Silver glowing feather!
"That mysterious Pokémon which later gave the people that feather rescued them and gave them new hope!" All the crew members believed that he was their god. Since then, the Silver Wing-shaped decorative item has been considered a talisman that will bring happiness and protection to the ones that will wear them.
"Big Brother, that mysterious Pokémon must be Lugia! Can we see that Lugia?" Molly cheered loudly, and then she came to Arielle, "Big sister, could you please tell more about this?"
However, legends are legends, and Arielle only knows so much, "But after that, the crew seemed to land on Ogi Isle!"
Ogi Isle is a small island near Silver Rock Isle, so the next destination of the group is there on that island!
After saying goodbye to Arielle, Ash and his group came to a cave at the mouth of Silver Rock Isle in high spirits. As long as they passed through this cave, they could reach Ogi Isle!
"Molly, aren't you scared? It's so dark inside here." This cave goes all the way down and has obviously reached the bottom of the sea. It is not so much a cave as it is an undersea tunnel!
However, Molly shook her head and held Ash's hand more tightly, "As long as Big Brother is here with me, I'm not afraid!"
"That's good to hear!" Misty nodded, "It's really is incredible to be able to walk in a cave under the sea, even if we can't see anything. The felling of walking under water is something I really want to feel."
Soon, the group saw what was in front of them, the so called Ogi Isle was right in front of their eyes!
They quickly ran out of the cave, and suddenly they felt the cool sea breeze hit their body, and from the exit, they also saw a green grassland!
The wind blew through the grass, and a very familiar-looking Pikachu appeared imfront of their eyes!
Ash, Misty, Brock, and Ash's Pikachu immediately recognized this Pikachu when they saw the tuft of hair on its head, "Sparky?
Pikachu jumped down from his Trainers shoulder and greeted his old friend who he hadn't seen in months.
This Pikachu's Trainer is called Ritchie, a strong opponent and friend that Ash met at the beginning of the Indigo Plateau Conference. At that time, his predecessor was in a battle with him. He lost because his Charizard was still very disobedient to him and had no sense of fighting then, and because of that, he stopped only in the top 16 of the tournament.
This Ritchie has a similar team to his Pokémon that he captured in the Kanto Region, including Pikachu, Butterfree, and Charmander, but none of them were shown to be disobedient to him like his had.
But being able to catch one of the Three Royal Starters is enough to show that Ritchie is also a very lucky Trainer.
Sure enough, Ritchie showed up soon after his Pikachu!
"Ash, long time no see, we haven't seen each other since the Indigo Plateau Conference. You have changed so much that I almost didn't recognize you!" Ritchie was shocked when he looked at Ash and his new style and appearance.
Is this still the same Ash that he knew?
He's taller, stronger, and more handsome yeah he was back then!
But no matter how things change, the friendship a Trainers makes will never change. "I never thought we could meet again in such a place like this. It seems we are destined to meet here!"
Sparky and Togepi also played a lot. Now Togepi has two Pikachu to play with, so she is very happy.
"By the way, Ritchie, why are you here?"
"I'm here to find the mysterious Pokémon that was mentioned here from the people!"
Hearing what Ritchie said, Molly ran over and asked, "Brother Ritchie, have you discovered anything about than?"
"This is Molly, my little sister!" Ash pulled her over and made her sat next to him.
Ritchie smiled and said, "Before I came here, I researched a lot of information about this mysterious Pokémon. Based on the testimony of witnesses, I sorted out the places and whereabouts of mysterious Pokémon. And I found that Ogi Isle is a good place to hide, so I came here to take a look!"
So, the conclusions coincide!
The people who were investigating this matter met again in this place, which means that this is the place that the group are also looking for!
"Ash, I suggest that we start looking over there, like that kind of uninhabited island, where a mysterious Pokémon may live in to hide from the people!" Ritchie pointed out the direction of the investigation!
"Okay!" Ash threw Lapras' Poké Ball, "Lapras, let's get ready!"
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