In the previous chapter we see how our heroes capture the evil Pokémon hunter and bring him to justice, then, they manage to return the eggs to their respective mothers, but when Verity was going to return the egg they gave her in Rock Town, the Articuno refused and instead made the egg hatch, coming out of it a small Articuno who curled up in Verity's arms, thus gaining a new Pokémon.
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With Ash.
After all this, everything returned to normal, Fleura thanked us for all the help we had given her and for avoiding the biggest catastrophe that the island would have faced in more than 100 years, I am also glad of that.
I did not live the moment when Fleura invoked Lugia, but honestly I prefer it that way, I have a bad feeling for a few days and I can not get it out of my head, I do not know why.
Anyway, after avoiding this crisis, it was time to enjoy an incredible holidays on Shamouti Island, in the most luxurious hotel on the island and without having to pay anything, in addition, we also got a completely free tour guide, why a tour guide would work for free? Well, it was Fleura who offered to show us all the wonders of this island and I must tell you that the sanctuary and the legendary birds were not the only incredible thing about this place.
I do not want to bore you with everything there was, but I must say that it was a vacation full of fun, pool, beach, visits to different museums and other things and above all, a lot of sex and when I say a lot, believe me it was a lot.
But like all good things, the holiday ended and we had to go back to Kanto, so we slept early and got up early to go to the airport, the good thing is that Fleura offered to take us, so we didn't even have to pay for the taxi.
"Remember to call me, I want to know about your adventures, when you become famous I will be able to say that I know you, it will be impressive" – said Fleura.
"Haha, I'll call you don't worry" - I said.
"Perfect, because being honest you interest me more" – said Fleura and then hugged me.
Then she whispered something in my ear.
"Don't forget to call me" - she whispered.
"Well, that's all!" - said Nancy away from me.
After this, we got on the plane and returned to Kanto hoping that we could challenge the gym leader without further incident, please, I want to challenge the gym leader, I think I lived enough difficulties for now.
I had to infiltrate a criminal organization, flee the place in a hurry, I traveled to another dimension and returned with difficulty and then saved the archipelago from imminent destruction, I think it's enough for now don't you think?
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Already in Kanto, specifically in Vermillion City, in Koharu's house.
We had arrived in Vermillion City and the first thing we did was go to Koharu's house to rest the rest of the day.
Honestly I did not realize to collect data on the legendary birds, but apparently it was not necessary because the small moment we gave them their eggs, served to send some data to Professor Cerise who invited us to a luxurious dinner to congratulate us for our good work.
Apparently among the few data he received, he received some quite important ones that will help him a lot in his research on legendary Pokémon, that's why he was so happy.
Finally the night came, a time to rest, that night we did not have sex because the next day we hoped to challenge Blaine so we had to be rested.
After praying for a good day, we went to sleep.
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The next day.
We get up, shower, get dressed and eat breakfast, in that order specifically.
After performing the tasks that any normal person would do when getting up, it was time to set off for Cinnabar Island, luckily, Professor Cerise himself took us to the port, where we would take a boat to get there, maybe it was not the shortest route, but the girls wanted to travel by boat and I understand them, We had done a lot of plane trips lately and a boat trip was what they needed, in fact, I was the same.
Interestingly, there is a person we meet on the boat, just at lunchtime.
"Oops, oops, but look who we have here, isn't it Ash?" – said the voice.
I quickly turned just to see a person I had hoped to see for a while but for some reason didn't meet until now, Gary Oak.
"Gary, what are you doing here?" – I asked curiously.
"What do you think? Well, enjoying a pleasant holidays, I have proposed to go to Shamouti Island to spend about two weeks of vacation and try to visit the legendary birds there, yes, you heard well, there are legendary Pokémon in there" – said Gary with a smile of self-sufficiency.
"I understand, by the way, how are you doing with the badges?" – I asked again.
"Ha! It has been very easy, I already have the 8 gym badges and I still have time for a vacation and training, on the contrary, how many do you have?" – Gary answered.
"6, my girlfriends and I headed to Cinnabar Island to challenge Blaine" - I replied.
Hearing the word "girlfriends", Gary looked at the girls for a second, and then smiled again.
"You don't have many badges, but at least you did something right and you have several beautiful girlfriends, congratulations on that, but apart from that you are very slow, I advise you to get the 8 badges soon and as a rival advice, be careful with the last one, for something he is the last leader" – said Gary.
And then he left.
"Is that your other childhood friend?" - asked Nancy.
"Yes, his name is Gary Oak, my rival" – I nodded.
"Well... It looks nice, but it's a little... How would I say it?" – said Verity.
"Self-centered?" – said Koharu.
"Yes, that's exactly the word!" – Verity nodded.
"Well, you're actually right, but the truth is that it's true that he has 8 badges, so at least he's not just a talker" – I nodded.
"Enjoy it, we will get the 8 badges in no time!" – said Nancy.
And then we continued talking for a while about different things, at least until we finally reached Cinnabar Island.
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Already in Cinnabar Island.
The cruise had gone incredibly and surprisingly well, without any incident, without anything strange and even without Team Rocket in sight, which makes me think that we have a long way to go to reappear, but hey, it's always fun to see them again, what I think is a shame is that they are from Team Rocket, They are characters... or in this case very interesting people, too bad they will join Team Rocket.
Either way, after arriving we headed straight to the Pokémon gym, we didn't even go to the Pokémon Center for fear that something would hold us there.
What can I say about the gym? Well, it was like any other, even the counter was completely the same, seriously, who designed the gyms and why did they make them something different for us? Those in the game at least had one theme, but here they are all the same.
"Oh, how can I help you guys?" – asked the referee after arriving at the counter.
"We are challengers and we come to challenge Blaine, please tell me he's here" – I said somewhat nervously.
"Hahaha, you can see that you did not have very good experiences with the other leaders, but do not worry, Blaine is here, I will go find him and you can challenge him right away" – said the referee leaving the place.
"Yes, we did it, at last a gym leader is in his gym!" – I said with joy.
"Yes, and without incidents that prevent us from challenging him!" – Nancy nodded cheerfully.
"Or he just doesn't feel like working!" – Verity added.
"I feel so happy about this!" – and finally Koharu.
Pikachu was also cheerful, but Latias looked at us with a confused look, as if she didn't understand our joy, but it's normal, after all, she only lived a gym battle with us until now, and she doesn't know our previous suffering.
After a couple of minutes, the referee returned with Blaine behind him.
"Well, you finally arrived, I was waiting for you!" – Blaine said cheerfully.
"Waiting? I think it's the first time we've met" - Nancy said confused.
"Yes, it's true, but Sabrina warned me that you would arrive soon and you are lucky because I was going to go to a volcano located in Sinnoh, in fact I should have left yesterday, but since Sabrina told me this, I postponed my plans for now" - Blaine explained.
God, thank you Sabrina, we owe you one, I don't know what I would have done if we had to go to Sinnoh to look for him.
The girls also seemed happy by Blaine's words and vowed to thank Sabrina for her intervention, apparently it turned out not to be as bad as it showed on the surface.
"Very well, now that you have come it is time to fight, come with me" - Blaine said.
Then the usual thing happened, we entered the battlefield and put ourselves in our positions.
"The rules are simple, it will be a 2 vs 2, the first one that weakens the opponent's Pokémon, win, you can start!" - said the referee.
"Wait! How could a 2 vs 2, wasn't 3 vs 3?" – I asked confused.
"Not in my gym, I've been in this gym for more than 40 years and I've if i want to know if the trainer are worthy for the badge or no they must learn to strategize with the minimum number of Pokémon available, so they can adapt to different situations where you can't depend on all your Pokémon. at first I only wanted to do 1 vs 1, but the Indigo League rejected my proposal and told me that minimum had to be 2" – said Blaine.
"Let's start then!" – I nodded.
If those are the rules, who am I to refute them?
"That's how I like it, with emotion, let's go Magmortar, I choose you!" – said Blaine.
In the game but I remember wrong, he had a Magmar, but as in this world, all regions are from the beginning, I guess his team changed and now he has a Magmortar.
"Don't worry about the Pokémon you should take out, Sabrina warned me of everything, Pokémon gyms are like a grave, nothing comes out of it, it is completely forbidden to reveal anything that happens inside, so do not hold back!" – said Blaine.
Then I won't.
"Listen Pikachu, I know you are looking forward to fighting, but he needs to gain experience with Mew, do you mind waiting for the next gym battle? I promise you will be a starter," I said.
"Pika pi" – Pikachu nodded.
"Thank you Pikachu you are the best" – I said stroking his head.
Then I took out my Pokéball and sighed, it's time, it's time to fight for my seventh medal, if I win, I will only have one left and I will get the opportunity to enter the Indigo League, I must win.
"Mew, I choose you!" – I said.
Mew came out of his Pokéball ready to fight while looking at Magmortar seriously.
"Let's get started then, Magmortar uses Sunny Day!"
We started strong.
"Mew don't let him use the attack, go ahead use Hydro Pump!"
Mew quickly used Hydro Pump to prevent Magmortar from using Sunny Day, however, although Mew's attack hit hard, Magmortar also managed to use his attack, so Mew's attack was less powerful but effective.
"And now that we have the sun on our side, let's Magmortar, let's teach them our power, use Fire Blast!"
A powerful flame of fire formed in one of the cannons of his hand and launched a powerful flame of fire towards Mew.
"We won't be intimidated, Mew use Hydro Pump!"
A powerful burst of water hit the Magmortar fire-type attack squarely, however, the attack that should have had an absolute advantage, was having difficulties due to the sun.
Both attacks were quite evenly matched, so evenly matched that in the end they exploded causing a smokescreen.