Bab 81: Ace VS Hudson pt2
"Ready for round two Ampharos?" I asked him after he had freshly evolved.
"Am!" He declared resolutely.
He was still injured where Poliwrath had attacked him, and he hadn't regained the energy he had already expended earlier. But his evolution should have juiced him up quite a bit, and he should've learned a new move or two.
That won't be enough to ensure victory though.
With the Assault Vest Poliwrath was wearing Ampharos would need to get in close to deal physical damage, but that would put him right into the optimal range for Poliwrath to deliver its fighting type moves onto him.
Ampharos didn't have the experience necessary to take on a fighting type Pokemon in direct combat, but I did.
"Relax your body Ampharos, and don't fight what I'm about to do." I told him, while Hudson and Poliwrath waited to see what it was we were going to do.
"Am!" Ampharos declared in affirmation, before I closed my eyes to feel out his aura. I was going to attempt something I had only done with Lucario, and synchronize our auras together.
Though I wasn't even really sure that I COULD do it with any of my other Pokemon, I believed I could since I was able to communicate with them via aura anyways. This was just the next level of that, so to speak.
I focused all of my intent on Ampharos while matching his breathing and the subtle movements of his body, before opening my eyes to see that my vision had doubled.
I breathed in, and Ampharos breathed out.
We were synchronized.
Without any more delay we shot forward at Poliwrath with one fist raised, electricity crackling along our entire arm as we prepared to use Thunder Punch.
Poliwrath raised his glove-like fists in preparation to receive us, but we moved with a fluidity and grace that Ampharos hadn't possessed a second before to dodge around his fists.
*CRACK!*
Thunder boomed as our fist connected with Poliwrath's body, pumping a powerful electric current into him that did significant damage.
"WRATH!" It cried angrily as it tried to deliver a Reversal, but it missed as we danced out of its range, before rushing in to deliver another Thunder Fist.
*CRACK!*
*CRACK!*
*CRACK!*
Over and over we hit it with a Thunder Fist, which rapidly drained our energy even as we delivered a number of strong attacks.
"Wrath..." Poliwrath groaned after the fourth one, before falling forward.
"Poliwrath is unable to battle! Ampharos wins!" Daisy declared as I canceled the synchronization.
"Fee fee!" My remaining Flaaffy cried out as she rushed to her mate's side, excited for his win.
"Ros!" He declared while raising a fist up for everyone to see, making them all cheer even more from the exciting battle.
"Come back here and take a rest buddy." I told him, letting him recuperate in case he'd need to be sent back out later. For the moment though, I planned to use another Pokemon.
"Well done, especially there at the end. But let's see you you do against THIS. Go, Blastoise!" Hudson declared, before sending out ANOTHER massive Pokemon compared to their usual counterparts. And I knew this one was an alpha as well, since I'd already seen an alpha Blastoise back on the island where I'd caught Wartortle.
The fuck Hudson?!
But, it just made my next choice all the easier as I automatically reached for my next Pokeball.
"Go, Parasect!" I cried out, before a massive mushroom-crab appeared on one of the platforms across from Hudson's Blastoise.
"What is that!?!" Hudson exclaimed when he saw my Parasect, giving voice to what was probably going through everyone else's minds at the moment. Not that I could blame him.
Even professor Oak had been having a field day for the last week with Parasect and all the Ditto I'd sent him.
But my Parasect wasn't just for show.
"Parasect, use Bullet Seed!" I commanded immediately.
"Sect!" It roared in response before spewing massive cannon-sized seeds at Blastoise.
"Use Withdraw!" Hudson hurriedly ordered his Blastoise, to which it quickly withdrew its head and limbs into its shell. Normally this would protect it from nearly any attack, but it hadn't taken an attack from my Parasect yet.
The sound of cannons hitting a hard surface sounded throughout the Gym as the Bullet Seed hit Blastoise, sending the giant turtle skittering into the mostly cleaned waters beneath them.
"Build up some speed, and then use Skull Bash Blastoise!" Hudson ordered as his turtle disappeared beneath the waves.
I could sense it moving through the water with my aura as it swam to the other side of the pool before coming back around, and charging at Parasect. But neither of us were worried.
"Wait for it..." I uttered to Parasect as Blastoise approached him.
Then, there was an eruption of water as Blastoise shot out like a massive battering ram aimed directly at Parasect.
"Cross Poison!" I commanded.
"Sect!" Parasect cried as both of it's claws turned purple from concentrating poison in them, before slashing them at Blastoise right as it hit him.
The result was both getting hit as Parasect was pushed all the way back to the edge of the platform, making it tilt dangerously, while Blastoise was severely poisoned from the attack it took.
"Now! Hydro Cannon!" Hudson declared urgently.
"Blast!" Blastoise cried in affirmation as it aimed the two cannons on its shoulders point blank at Parasect, before a blast of water so powerful that it could've destroyed several buildings erupted from them.
"..."
Parasect meanwhile didn't even seem to register the attack, other than acting as if he were receiving a nice shower.
"Damn it!" Hudson swore as I watched the understanding dawn on his face. My Parasect had the Dry Skin ability after all.
Even if it was a blast of water so powerful, that it was taking out chunks of the mushroom covering it's back, Parasect was simply regrowing it and refreshing itself from its contact with the water. Dry Skin rendered them practically immune to water type attacks after all.
"Now, give it another Bullet Seed!" I commanded Parasect, who readily responded as it sprayed large cannon-like seeds at Blastoise.
"Follow it with a Dragon Breath!" I ordered to end it, as a blast of draconic energy erupted from Parasect's mouth at Blastoise, battering it even more before the turtle fell back unconscious.
"B-Blastoise is unable to battle! Parasect wins!" Daisy exclaimed with shock in her voice, while everyone was still awed at the display of my Parasect. Not only had he battled a powerful alpha Blastoise, but he had done so without taking any real damage at all.
Instead, his body had seemingly grown even LARGER from all of the water he had absorbed from the earlier Hydro Cannon.
He was the perfect counter to water type Pokemon.
"How will Leader Hudson respond to this seemingly unbeatable Parasect!?" Daisy asked the crowd dramatically, who responded with an enthusiastic cheer.
"Go, Golduck!" Hudson answered, sending out the first Pokemon so far that was normal sized compared to the others.
"Gol!" Golduck declared as it appeared, the supreme swimmer amongst Pokemon. And a complete surprise to me.
I thought Hudson would send out one of the water Pokemon that shared an ice typing, like a Dewgong or Cloyster. But Golduck would still be a challenge to beat specifically because it was a smaller target than Blastoise, and would be much faster.
"Quick Golduck, get in the water." Hudson readily ordered, and his duck complied as it before dawn a beautiful swan dive in the now clean waters.
"Keep your guard up Parasect." I told him warily, while also sharing my aura sense with him. It would at least help us keep track of Golduck as it swam under the surface.
"Now! Payday!" Hudson declared, right as Golduck erupted from the water below.
Everyone watched as it sailed over head and, faster than Parasect could react, hurled a mass of coins at him before diving back down into the water. A moment later...
"Now Psybeam!"
"Duck!" Following the same pattern as before, in a different spot, Golduck erupted from the water before assaulting Parasect with a barrage of psychic energy. The result was Parasect reeling as he grew confused from the psychic power, and nearly ending up in the water.
"Don't move Parasect! Don't do anything but listen to my voice!" I declared urgently.
Parasect may be immune to water type moves, but that pool was pretty deep. If he fell in due to his confusion then he'd drown unless I recalled him.
"Mega Punch!"
"Zen Headbutt!"
"Ice Punch!"
Over and over Hudson and Golduck used hit and run tactics to steadily whittle down Parasect's defense, all while he tried to recover from his confusion. Even his Effect Spore ability did nothing to help, since Golduck would just dive into the water after each attack and wash the spores off of itself.
Even when he was no longer confused, Parasect was unable to keep up with Golduck's speed despite knowing where it would attack through my aura.
"Hold Parasect..." I told him as we both waited patiently, with me closing my eyes to focus entirely on Golduck's movements.
"Hold....hold...." I repeated even as he took a few more attacks.... Until.....
"NOW!"
"SECT!" Parasect roared with indignation as he swung one of his massive claws around, slamming it into Golduck right as it erupted from the water, and was unable to change its course.
Crabhammer!
With the impact from the powerful move, Golduck was sent flying out of the pool and roughly crashed into the ground.
"Golduck is out of bounds! Parasect wins!" Daisy declared before the crowd cheered yet again.
This was what everyone loved in Pokemon battles. No matter how the battle was going, it could see a sudden reversal at any given second.
"Golduck, return." Hudson said grimly as his fourth Pokemon was eliminated, while the only one I was down was Sharpedo. And that was only because Tentacruel flooded the pool with poison earlier.
"Looks like you're up, Lapras!" Hudson declared as he sent out the next Pokemon.
"Laaaaaaap!" The Pokemon trilled as it appeared, making everyone coo over it.
"Go ahead and rest up a bit Parasect. I'll call you again if I need to." I told my Pokemon, who groaned in affirmation as I returned him to his Pokeball.
I then automatically grabbed the next Pokemon I planned to use and tossed it out. "Go, Grovyle!"
"..."
Remaining silent, as always, Grovyle appeared opposite Lapras as the two stared each other down.
"Lapras, Ice Shard!" Hudson ordered immediately.
Detect.
Using my aura to copy Grovyle's silent act, I watched as Lapras created numerous chunks of ice to send at him, which Grovyle avoided with minimal movements before rushing in.
Energy Ball.
At my command, Grovyle began forming a sphere of green energy in each hand as he rapidly approached Lapras, before shooting both of them at it from point blank.
"Laaaaaaaaap!" Lapras cried from the attack, recoiling from Grovyle as it slid towards the water.
"Lapras, Ice Beam!" Hurons hurriedly ordered.
"Lap!" It cried in affirmation, before shooting a beam from its open mouth at Grovyle.
With his agility though, Grovyle was able to easily avoid the beam as he followed my will to chase after Lapras. There was no way we were going to repeat the earlier shit show that Parasect went through.
And right as Lapras reached the edge of the platform, Grovyle hurriedly leapt forward and grabbed onto the its shell before it could disappear beneath the waves.
"Get it off, Lapras!" Hudson cried out worriedly, to which I could feel that Lapras tried to perform numerous underwater acrobatics to get Grovyle to let go. As if that'd work on my tsundere ninja.
Channeling my aura to make sure he could still feel my will, I ordered Grovyle to deliver as many Leafage and Leaf Blade attacks as he could without losing his grip. The result was Lapras accumulating so much damage, that it even began creating large chunks of ice in the water to ram Grovyle into, which would only hurt them both from the impacts.
Then, right as Grovyle was going to have to let go anyways to come up for air...
"Lapras, give it a full power Body Slam!" Hudson ordered in a last ditch effort, to which his Pokemon suddenly shot towards the surface.
We all watched in awe as Lapras shot out of the water with enough force that it soared no less than twenty feet in the air, even with Grovyle on its back, before it began to fall back down at one of the platforms below. With Grovyle underneath it.
"Now Grovyle." I said at a mere whisper, my smirk wide as I awaited what was going to happen next.
Now free of the water, Grovyle cocked one of his fists back before electricity began to crackle along his entire forearm, before he punched the Lapras with as much strength as he could muster.
*KER-CRACK!*
Thunder roared within the Gym as Lapras was enveloped within the flash of light, before Grovyle landed elegantly upon the platform, followed shortly by an unconscious and crispy looking Lapras.
"Lapras is unable to battle! Grovyle wins!" Daisy declared amidst the cheers from the spectators, while Grovyle slowly walked back toward me with his chest heaving, he'd had to hold his breath for quite a while after all.
"Good job buddy." I told him while patting his shoulder.
"..."
He said nothing of course, but that was the benefit of using aura. I could tell he was really pleased with himself from that battle.
"Now we are at what could be the final matchup of the day! Hudson is on his last Pokemon, but it is also his strongest! Will Ace continue his amazing winning streak, or will he choke at the final hurdle?" Daisy announced dramatically, hyping up the battle to the spectators.
"She's showboating, but Daisy is right about this last one being my strongest Pokemon Ace Ketchum. I suggest you respond in kind." Hudson said as he held out his final Pokeball.
"I was already planning to do that." I stated back to him while glancing to the side, where Lucario was meditating throughout this entire time.
"Oh?" Hudson uttered as Lucario made his way out to the platform, still wearing his Ranger jacket along with Power Anklets on each ankle, a Power Belt around his waist, and Power Bracers around his wrists.
Each one was the maximum possible weight that I could order, while he was also wearing a Macho Brace under the jacket. It meant that his movements were being considerably restricted and weighed down. If he fell into the water, Lucario would simply sink to the bottom like a stone.
"Are you sure you want to send him out there like that?" Hudson asked somewhat worriedly
"I would worry about my own Pokemon if I were you." Lucario answered instead.
"""!!!"""
Not just Hudson, but everyone within the Gym aside from the girls and I were shocked to hear him speak.
"A talking Pokemon!?!" Daisy exclaimed into the mic, confirming to everyone else that they had heard correctly.
But as they were coming to terms with a talking Pokemon, Lucario and I were busy synchronizing our auras like I had with Ampharos earlier.
We rolled our arms and stretched out legs as we waited for the Pokemon Hudson planned to send out, which we could already guess what it was. And sure enough, when he did our guess was correct as he cried out,
"Go, Gyarados!"
The second he threw out the Pokeball an ear-shattering roar made the entire Gym vibrate as a truly massive Gyarados appeared, before it glared down at us angrily.
Apparently, Hudson made it a point to collect alpha Pokemon.
We couldn't help but to think that together since this Gyarados was more than ten feet longer than the typical Gyarados, making it well over thirty feet long.
Well, I couldn't really complain about that since I also had a fair collection of alpha Pokemon with Pidgeot, Wartortle, Parasect, and possibly my newly caught Nidoran.
But we had to put such thoughts out of our head as we focused on the opponent before us, even as the Gyarados apparently began to use Hurricane automatically as the winds began to whip up around us, and the waves in the pool began to grow intense.
The corner of our mouth curled upwards in a smirk at the display, our body remaining completely still even as the Gyarados then swung its massive tail at us. But, right before it could hit, we moved.
Using Extreme Speed, we moved faster than the tail as we raced directly at Gyarados' head, using our aura to create footholds beneath our feet as we ran past the platform with our fist cocked back.
We watched as if in slow motion as Gyarados just barely managed to follow our movements, it's eyes widening in shock as our fist crackled with electric power, just like Ampharos and Grovyle.
Arriving at the spot directly beneath its head, we launched ourselves upwards while simultaneously raising our crackling fist, before planting it right in the bottom of Gyarados' jaw.
*KABOOM!*
With an exposion of electric power and strength that rattled the windows and made the lights flicker, we sent Gyarados's head reeling backwards before kicking off its body to return to the platform, and watched as it splashed back into the water before falling still.
"""..."""
Silence descended upon the entire Gym as the Hurricane died down and everyone fell silent.
No one knew how to react.
"G-Gyarados is unable to battle... Lucario wins the match, and Ace Ketchum wins the battle!" Daisy hesitantly exclaimed after a moment, when it was apparent that Gyarados was NOT going to get back up.
A moment later a deafening roar assaulted all of our ears as the audience cheered, all of them singing praises to Lucario for being so powerful. Hudson meanwhile remained staring at us in disbelief. Not that I could blame him.
"Good job partner." I said to him as he returned to my side, raising my fist as I did so.
"Right back at ya, bitch." Lucario responded while bumping my fist with his own.
"Did that really just happen?" Misty asked in awe. I could feel her fear of the Gyarados when it appeared, but most of that had evaporated now that it had been defeated.
"I think so." I replied humorously to her disbelief.
"I can't believe it either..." A new voice said behind me, which I knew to be Hudson even before I turned around.
"I've been raising that Gyarados for decades, and yet some snot-nosed brat just comes along and knocks it out in a single hit from his Lucario..." Hudson then looked Lucario up and down before adding, "He could've wiped my entire team singlehandedly couldn't he?"
"Where would the fun be in that though?" Lucario answered instead of me, to which Hudson nodded in agreement.
"Very true."
He then turned back towards me, and stated, "Ace Ketchum, I wasn't sure about you at first when I heard you were going out with my daughter, but now I'm convinced after battling it out with you. If you treat her as well as you treat and raise you Pokemon, then I'll have no complaints."
I nodded while offering the older man my hand, which he took as I said, "I'm glad to hear it. And I promise to do my best to take care of Misty."
Hudson nodded in affirmation at me, and said, "good. Now then, I'm also pleased to present you with this, the Cascade-"
*BOOM!*
Suddenly the wall exploded inwards at us, followed by numerous screams from the spectators as a massive mechanical construct entered through the newly made hole.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make that double!"
PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA 
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Bab 82: Prism Scale
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!"
As Jessie, James and Meowth finished their motto, they glanced down at all of the people below them from the cockpit of their new machine, the mecha Galvantula.
"""Team Rocket!""" All three of the twerpettes cried out when they saw them, while the twerp himself just narrowed his eyes at them.
"What is this?" The former Gym Leader, Hudson, growled angrily, even as his three daughters prepared for battle.
"Ahahaha! We just came to pick up a certain twerp and his Pokemon!" Jessie declared with a haughty laugh.
"Yeah, but then we thought to ourselves, why not pick up this delicious smorgasbord of water Pokemon you've so kindly prepared for us!" James added, before moving his joystick to manipulate one of the Galvantula legs outside to show the numerous Pokemon dangling from it within a steel net.
"No!" Daisy and her sisters cried as seeing their Pokemon in such a state, making James and Meowth gloat from their supposed victory. Jessie meanwhile, had a very different feeling going through her.
She had naturally warned Ace about their attack, as she was supposed to. BUT, it had been James and Meowth's idea to collect all of the Pokemon from the water park BEFORE going to attack the twerp.
And now he was giving her a look that made Jessie fear for the safety of her cute little ass the next time she saw him.
But she had a part to play.
"""Go!"""
With a cry, the three sisters sent out their remaining Pokemon.
"Ah ah ah!" Meowth sneered down at them evilly, before he pressed one of the numerous buttons in the cockpit.
"""!!!"""
Immediately all of the Pokemon they had captured began to cry in both fear and pain as an electric current ran through the metallic net they had been caught in. Their screams continued until Meowth shut the current off, and sneered down at them,
"If ya's don't want you's Pokemon to get another shock, then ya's won't try anyting funny! Hahahaha!"
As both Meowth and James cackled gleefully from having the advantage over the pesky twerps, Jessie noticed the look on Ace's face as he fiddled with something in his Pokedex. Will she ever be able to sit again?
"Now it's your turn!" James cried as he slammed his fist on a button, and a steel net attached to a cable was fired directly at Ace himself. After all, they wanted the reward the Boss was offering for him.
Without missing a beat, Ace darted to the side so that the net missed him.
"Let's go partner!" He declared to the Pokemon at his side.
"Right!" Shouted a voice that made the three of them look around in confusion.
"What was dat?"
"Waaah! Look out!" Jessie shrieked as an Aura Sphere came hurtling at them, and hit with enough force that their entire mecha shook.
"That brat!" James snarled angrily.
"You get the twerp, I'll get the Pokemon!" Jessie declared as they split up on either side, and both she and James took aim.
"Stop moving, damn it!" Jessie snarled as she repeatedly fired steel nets at Lucario, only for them all to miss. Thankfully neither James not Meowth seemed to notice that she wasn't actually trying to capture Lucario.
Instead they were more focused on the twerp as he darted about on the other side, seemingly trying to get close to the captured Pokemon.
"No ya don't!" Meowth sneered as he controlled the leg this time to move it just as Ace was about to reach it. "Ya want it? Come and get it!"
"And then I'LL get YOU!" James smirked as he continued firing nets at him. Until all of a sudden, they stopped.
"Huh? My doohickey isn't working!" James declared.
"Ya know, they sell medicine for that Jimmy boy." Meowth said smartly.
"Not THAT doohickey! THAT works just fine!" James responded indignantly. "I'm talking about THIS doohickey!"
Gesturing to the controls as he said that, James showed they had all stopped working for some reason.
"Ah! My thingamabob stopped working too!" Jessie cried out then.
"I tink you and your thingamabob is much more concerning than Jimmy's doohickey..." Meowth said worriedly, looking pointedly at her skirt as he said that.
"GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER!" Jessie roared at his implication, planting her heel in the side of his head as she added, "AND I MOST CERTAINLY DO NOT HAVE ONE OF THOSE!"
"Now now Jessie, I think I can speak for everyone else when I say we are ALL aware of that!" James said as he tried to pacify her, briefly glancing up her skirt as he did so since her current position was showing its contents off quite shamelessly.
"Shut it or you're next!" She snarled viciously at him, preparing to hit him anyways just for looking up her skirt.
"Tatta."
"""???"""
All three grew confused when they suddenly heard something that didn't sound right, before collectively looking down to see a small purple head poking out from their dashboard.
"Tatta!" The small Rattata declared again, before another small head poked out a little ways away from it, followed by another.
"""Tatta!"""
With all three declared such, they all darted away from the dashboard towards the hatch that was used to enter and exit the giant mecha.
"What was that about?" James asked confusedly.
"I don't know, but someone's openin the hatch!" Meowth declared worriedly as the wheel to lock and open the hatch began to turn, before it opened to reveal none other than the twerp.
"""Tatta!"""
All three Rattata declared as they leapt up the ladder towards him.
"Good work guys!" He said with a smile on his face, to which the three Rattata saluted him respectfully.
"Wait a second!" Meowth exclaimed with realization as he squirmed from Jessie's grip. "What do ya mean 'good work'?! What did ya have dem rats do?!"
Ace looked over as if he had just noticed the three of them, and said, "nothing much. I just had them infiltrate your mecha while you were focused on me, and chew all of the wires and stuff to make it stop working."
"""!!!"""
"You brat!"
"What'll you do if we can't get our deposit back!"
They cried after one another as all three of them hurriedly tried to activate ANYTHING in the mecha, but it was all busted. Including the control to send an electric current to the Pokemon they had captured.
"Now guys, I want you to try and chew through the wire betting keeping them captive." Ace ordered next, to which his Rattata saluted once again before heading up the leg that held them all up.
"No you don't! Go Weezing, Electrode!" James cried as he sent out his two Pokemon.
"Weeze!"
"Trode!"
"You too Arbok, Dustox! Make a snack of those rats!" Jessie cried as she acted her part, sending out her Pokemon as well.
"Charbok!"
"Oxxxxxx!"
The two Pokemon cried as they honed in on the three Rattata.
"I don't think so!" Ace declared as he threw out several of his own Pokeballs.
"Hound!"
"Pooch!"
"Dos!"
"Screee!"
Crying out in challenge, Poochyena, Houndour, Cranidos and Zubat all intercepted the Team Rocket Pokemon.
Everyone watched in awe as the four-way battle took place, with Houndour taking on the Weezing, Poochyena challenging Arbok, Cranidos dancing around electrode, and Zubat putting on an aerial display with Dustox.
And as they did that, the three Rattata worked away at the steel cables holding the water Pokemon captive.
"Grrr! Forget about the extras! Don't let those rats get through the cables!" James roared at the Pokemon, all while Ace watched on from above. But it was futile.
*SNAP!*
A short minute later and the cable snapped, dropping all of the Pokemon into the pool below.
"""!!!"""
"NOOO!"
"OUR POKEMON!"
The trio cried out despairingly.
"If you think that's bad, just you wait." The twerp said from above.
***
Now that the Pokemon were free, there was no more need to hold back as I leapt off of the mecha Galvantula alongside my Rattata.
"Let's go!" I called to the rest of my Pokemon as they continued battling it out on top.
At my command, Houndour released a thick cloud of Smog that obscured everyone's vision, allowing him and Poochyena to escape as they both leapt down beside me. That left Cranidos while Zubat continued battling in the air, before the former took advantage of the Smog to Headbutt Weezing, and then Arbok back into the mecha alongside Team Rocket.
The only ones left were Electrode and Dustox, the former of which was hit by Zubat's Supersonic, and was thoroughly confused before she used a Wing Attack to send it crashing down into the mecha as well. And so, with only Electrode left, Cranidos finally used Headbutt on it as well.
The impact made Electrode grow unstable, as power within it began to build up. So Cranidos hurriedly leapt off of the mecha into my open arms, as Electrode fell inside alongside Jessie, James, and all of their Pokemon.
"Jessie...."
"Yes James....?"
"I think I know what's going to happen..."
"Yep..."
*KABOOM!*
"""TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!!!"""
We all watched as the mecha exploded from Electrode's Self Destruct, and all of them were sent blasting off into the distance until they were little more than a gleam in the sky.
"Well, that's that." I said to my Pokemon, who all crowded around me excitedly.
"Let's here it for MPVs!" I declared while pointing to a certain trio, my Rattata.
The rest of my Pokemon cheered them while the trio shuffled awkwardly, unused to being praised like that.
"You did well." Lucario said to them as he rejoined us, to which I nodded in affirmation.
They may not be the strongest, but Rattata definitely had their uses.
""THANK YOU!""
"!!!"
Suddenly I was enveloped in softness as two of Misty's sisters, Lily and Violet, hugged me.
"Thank you soooo much!" One breathed in my ear as they both squeezed me, before I felt their lips brush my cheeks.
"Anytime." I answered while putting my hands on their lower backs, while also mentally promising myself to punish Jessie when I next saw her. She was SUPPOSED to keep James and Meowth in line.
"Now I think I see why Misty is so taken with you~" A new voice said as the third of the sisters, Daisy, pressed herself up against my back, her breath tickling my ear.
"WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING!?!" Misty shrieked at us with a red face, before she tried to peel her sisters off of me.
"We just want to thank the man who saved our Pokemon." Violet said as if it were obvious.
"But you don't need to be clinging to him to do so!" Misty declared angrily.
"She's right girls!" Daisy suddenly said while letting go of me. "We can 'thank' him later. Let's go check on our Pokemon!"
Winking at me as she said that, Daisy led the other two as they hurried over to Joy as she looked over their Pokemon. Meanwhile Hudson slowly walked over to me as he said,
"Truly, thank you. I shudder to imagine what our Pokemon would've gone through if you hadn't helped them."
"Don't worry about it. In always happy to stick it to Team Rocket." I told him sincerely.
Hudson nodded slowly while looking between Misty and I, probably worried about his daughter's safety if I kept getting into fights with Team Rocket.
"What are you doing for the rest of the day?" He asked me suddenly.
"Just getting ready, since we plan to leave town tomorrow." I answered, curious what he wanted.
"In that case, think you can set some time aside to come to our home with me? There's something I want to discuss with you, 'son'."
I cocked a brow from his referring to me as a son, which admittedly felt really weird even though I definitely planned to make Misty my wife in the future.
"Wait, you wanna go 'home' dad!?!" Misty exclaimed before I could answer, which in turn caught the attention of the rest of her sisters.
"What's the big deal? I thought you were staying at your home for the last week?" I asked confusedly.
"We may be staying in town more often than not, but our 'home' is at the end of the cape on the other side of the cove." Hudson explained, which made me think of the cottage where Bill lived in the game. But in the anime he lived in a lighthouse right outside of Vermillion city.
"We can go and get our things from the Pokemon Center, you guys can go ahead!" Misty declared suddenly.
"Wait, really?" May asked as she and Dawn joined us.
"Yes! I haven't been 'home' in forever!" Misty exclaimed excitedly.
Even as Dawn, May and I grew increasingly confused, Misty and even her sisters grew more excited.
"You'd think they weren't able to go out there whenever they wanted..." Hudson said while shaking his head, but he still gestured for me to follow him while the girls went to get our stuff from the Pokemon Center.
So, I returned my Pokemon and did just that with Lucario falling in step beside me.
"Is it ok to leave all of this behind?" I asked while looking at the damage Team Rocket had created.
"I'm a sailer, not a carpenter. Besides, that's Daisy's responsibility now since I retired. I only battled today to see what kind of man was hanging around my daughter." He said before taking me behind the Gym, to a canal that had a small speedboat in it.
"Normally I'd ride on my Gyarados or Blastoise, but they're a little indisposed right now." He added while looking at Lucario pointedly, who was suddenly REALLY interested in the boat we were going to ride.
I couldn't help but to smirk as we all climbed in and Hudson coasted us through the canals. A short while later we reached the northern end of town, and then we picked up speed once we got to the open water.
Soon I could feel the spray of the ocean water on my face as we shot out into the cove, which opened up enough that I could even feel the massive aura of a Wailord swimming beneath us.
"Amazing..." Lucario uttered beside me, giving voice to what I felt as we sensed all the different Pokemon beneath the waves.
I could feel Hudson smirk at our awe, but the fact was that neither I nor Lucario had spent that much time on the sea. Though that would change when we eventually started visiting other regions.
Our trip continued in silence until an ancient lighthouse came into view, and Hudson declared over the surf and motor,
"That's were the Williams ancestral home is! It was built by my ancestor more than five hundred years ago, and it's been in our family ever since!"
My eyes widened at the history behind the building as it came further into view, revealing a small manor at the foot of the lighthouse. It had obviously undergone numerous repairs and renovations over the centuries, but it was still a monument against time.
And tethered at the sole dock of the manor, was a large sailboat that looked more like what is expect a man like Hudson to be comfortable in. At least more so than the speedboat we were in now.
And as we got closer Hudson cut the speed of the boat, until we just barely coasted along from our momentum to the dock.
"Get out and tie us to the dock." He ordered as we pulled up alongside said dock.
"..."
"Ok." I said while hopping out onto the dock, where he tossed me the line.
Arceus, don't let me make a fool of myself before this man.
I have never spent a notable amount of time at sea, and the only thing I knew about boating knots was when I was studying different topics to survive in the wilds. And I could feel Hudson watching me like a Hoothoot.
I quickly wrapped the rope and tied it as best as I could around the cleat, and it was only when I finished that Hudson stepped off of the boat, and scrutinized my tie job.
"...passable." He said after a moment, making me almost breathe out a sigh of relief.
I REALLY did not know how to handle in-laws.
"Follow me." Hudson added a second later as he headed towards the manor, with Lucario and I following him.
The three of us walked in silence until we reached the front door, which Hudson opened with an ancient looking key before opening it up to reveal a carefully maintained interior.
"So, Misty tells me you have quite the array of water Pokemon." Hudson began as he led me inside.
"Yeah... My first was a Squirtle that already evolved, then I caught Sharpedo along with several other Sharpedo and Carvanha, then I got a Buizel, two Feebas and three Magikarp after helping apprehend a Pokemon smuggler." I ticked off one by one, while Hudson nodded slowly in affirmation.
"That's a good selection. Do you intend to evolve your Magikarp?" He asked.
"Of course." I immediately answered.
"Good answer." Hudson said with a jerk of his head, before adding, "what do you plan to do about your Feebas?"
"I'm going to evolve them as well of course, when I can." I answered without any hesitation.
"I see..." Hudson uttered, maybe more to himself than to me, as he opened another door to what appeared to be a study.
My eyes went wide as I looked around the study, which made it feel as if I'd gone back in time. Pictures and even drawings from different times littered the walls of people I could only presume were previous Williams, going all the way to the newest picture with Hudson and his daughters.
"Here we are." Hudson suddenly said, drawing my attention back to him as he set a box down on the desk. "Tell me Ace, do you know how to evolve a Feebas?"
"Prism Scale." I answered immediately, despite the fact that I didn't know that a week ago.
Hudson then surprised me by opening the box he had taken down to reveal three scales that glimmered with a red base, transitioning to blue at the edge.
"And now let me ask you, where do Prism Scales come from?"
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