Ash never really would have thought that the Master Ball, which was extremely precious in this real world with only 10 or so ever made (he learned this through Professor Oak), would now be in his hands because of a Great Ball. As someone who had the dream to become the Pokémon Master in the future, how could he not enjoy the Master Ball in his hand?
Originally, when Sullivan took out the Master Ball, Ash did not have the idea of just taking it for himself, as it really wasn't his.
And after all, it belonged to someone who had dedicated themselves to accomplishing this very dream for over 50 years. Who was he ti just take it from them?
But Sullivan ultimate failed to catch his dream, and the Master Ball was eaten by it.
At this time, Ash took the Master Ball back into his hands and used one of the Great Balls from his collection to catch this infamous century-old Whiscash. Of course, Sullivan was not one of those people who would refuse such an exchange.
He happily handed over the ownership of Master Ball to Ash's care, feeling very happy holding the new Great Ball.
And Ash's harvest in this lake was not even over yet.
Not far away from where he was, the Rocket Trio were also doing some fishing for themselves, and they were now riding on an old and rusty looking speedboat that they found in the middle of the forest which they than fixed up.
They have been following Ash for some time now, making a lot of money from the various ventures that they encountered along the way, and paying off part of the debt owed to their organization. During this time, they have been quite peaceful, so Ash ignores them and just pays them when they give him some useful information.
The bait they were now using was the hard earned rare bottle caps collected by James over the years. But how could they catch things with these?
"It's impossible to catch anything with these useless things!" Jessie pulled up her old looking Fishing Rod, then looking down at the shabby 14-year-old bottle cap, and complained boredly but angrily.
"Oh, Jessie, we took the opportunity to take a day off while boss Ash was also resting, so let's just enjoy our hard earned free leisure time, meow." Meowth, felling that his life has been going well recently after following Ash's commands, was now very satisfied with this new life of his.
Suddenly, Jessie felt a strong pulling force on her long pink hair behind her, almost pulling her down into the water.
"James, Meowth, come and help me!"
With their help, Jessie was able to escape from that grasp, and at that moment, she actually caught a rare Feebas with her long hair.
"This looks like Feebas, mean!" Meowth recognized the Pokémon's identity after thinking for a few seconds.
"What kind of trouble is this ugly thing going to do my perfect preety hair!" Jessie glanced at it with a newfound disgust and bought it back into the lake with a snap of her fingers.
But not long after she sat down to continue her fishing venture, that same Feebas bit her hair again and this time actually pulled her into the cold water.
"Jessie!" James and Meowth rushed to the rescue, and the frantic movement and noise from their side finally attracted Ash's attention.
Ash put away his new Master Ball in his protective bag and rushed over there while footing, and saw that what was hanging on Jessie's hair was exactly his target.
With a flash of pink light, Feebas was pulled in front of him into the air, and Jessie was also rescued by him.
"Thanks, bye! See you kit soon!"
With that said, Ash turned around and flew away with his new Feebas, without giving the Rocket trio a chance to react!
"That Feebas was taken away by boss Ash, meow!" Meowth looked at Ash's flying retreating back and seemed to remember something about something else that was important.
"I knew I forgot something important! That Feebas is the same one that will eventually evolve into that beautiful Milotic we saw in that Pokémon Contest from Slateport City!" James flipped through the all the Pokémon cards he collected and finally connected that Feebas evolves into the beautiful Milotic.
"What did you just say now, James? A Milotic? My Milotic?" Hearing this, Jessie immediately fluttered up, "The most beautiful Pokémon in the world is evolved from that ugly looking fish?"
Thinking that "her" future Milotic was actually taken away by Ash just now, Jessie was so angry that she gritted her teeth like nails scratching off a blackboard and said, "Damn it, so what if it's our little boss, James, Meowth, our new target is snatching that Feebas and Pikachu, let's start our operation!"
Still unchanged as ever before, the Rocket Trio were still following Ash and his party.
"Ash, what Pokémon did you bring back this time?" Seeing that Ash coming back with a new Pokémon, May and the other three hurriedly gathered around them.
Sullivan had already left with satisfaction, is he didn't get to see Ash flying around.
"May, it's a Feebas!" Max recognized this infamous Pokémon at a glance.
"Really now, it doesn't look that good."
May didn't know that just now she had a 140 points of compatibility with this Feebas, but with this sentence alone, it dropped to just a pitiful 10 points.
"May, Feebas evolves into the same Milotic that you have always wanted to catch." Max reminded May again.
After all, no one with a decent eye can associate the ugly looking fish, Feebas, will evolve into the beautiful and serpentine looking Milotic. The only way they could know about this is if they had already known about this from a different source.
"What?" May's expression suddenly brightened up, her eyes sparkling, "Love, can you give me this Feebas? Preety please!"
However, Ash jsut shook his head and refused on the spot.
The compatibility between the two was almost at a freezing point with 5, and there was no way for her to train Feebas from this stage. When she said about Feebas looking very ugly, it was already set in stone that it can't be changed anymore.
And Ash's compatibility with this Feebas was also higher than it initially had with May, now it had reached 160, which was not low by any stretch of the imagination.
This Feebas didn't seem to be doing well in this lake full of wild Whiscash's. She also had no fighting ability and looked a little too thin for her own good.
But this does not stop her from having a heart that yearns for more beauty, and this was why she bit Jessie's hair several times before. It was precisely because she felts that a beautiful person like Jessie can make herself beautiful, so she turned to her for help.
And from this moment onwards, she slowly begin to pin her beautiful dreams on Ash, the compatibility between them was constantly improving because of this fact.
"Ohh..." May said in a little frustrated voice while looking a bit dejected.
Ash took out a new red Poké Ball without explaining anything further, "I will teleport you back first to the Lab. Slowking will take good care of you there under the clear instructions I will give to him, so enjoy your time there. You need to take good care of yourself first and become more healthy and happy. I will train you to be the most beautiful Milotic in the world when you are ready! You got it, buddy?"
Feebas' somewhat dull eyes suddenly flashed with light, and she nodded fiercely. With Ash's Psychic, she flew forward and hit her head on Ash's new Poké Ball!
"I just caught a Feebas!"
Ash did his signature catching pose with Pikachu and Ralts on his shoulders while Togetic was on his head. It felt like a while since he last did it, but he did the same thing when he caught his Duskull not long ago.
Feebas: 165/170
After leaving the lake area, Ash and his party quickly arrived at one of the towns near here, Rubello Town.
He temporarily teleported his Feebas back and gave it to Slowking to take care of under his clear instructions. Ash believe that with his help, Feebas will have a stronger body soon and than he can lay the solid foundation for her future evolution.
There are two ways for Feebas to evolve into a Milotic. First was the need to increasin a hidden part of a Pokémon called Beauty, which was related to the Pokémon condition and how they looked as the name states. It requires specific Berries to make Pokéblocks and other things to slowly improve it.
These Pokéblocks were a little different from the food that he usually gives to his own Pokémon's.
When Feebas' beauty reaches a certain stage, they will evolve into the beautiful Milotic.
This was the favorite and most wanted Pokémon of any Pokémon's Coordinators, but it takes a lot of effort to evolve it from a Feebas. Not to mention how obnoxiously rare they were in the wild, even in places where they could be found more like swamps, they are extremely difficult to see and find.
Of course, for Ash, the evolution part of Feebas was not that troublesome. There was also an evolution item that is not found in this world that is exclusive to Feebas, called the Prism Scale.
This thing was impossible to find in his world, but it is extremely simple for Ash to get his hands on it.
Ash had a System, as simple as that. Except for items related to Legendary and Mythical Pokémon's that he can't exchange them with his Exchange Points, he can exchange for most of the items in this world. Although the highest level of the Prism Scale was quite expensive, since it is produced by his System, it was definitely worth every point that he had to pay for.
So what he had to do now was wait for his Feebas to take good care of herself under him, and he can then get a Milotic of his own.
"Yo, everyone, look at that!" Coming out of the Pokémon Center, Max's eyes were glued to one thing, and he immediately saw the poster on the window near to them, "Isn't that the poster for a Pokémon Contest?"
"There's a Pokémon Contest happening here! And it will be held the day after tomorrow!" May was also very pleasantly surprised, but she was happy to see it.
1/5 for this week.
Because Rubello Town is just a small town in some random place, the Pokémon Contest here was not large in scale as the previous ones Ash and May participated in. However the Pokémon Contest here had something that non of the other ones the two participated in had, this Pokémon Contest in the middle of nowhere was actually a rare R1 level Pokémon Contest.
In other words, the Pokémon Coordinators trying to get in here must have at least one or more official Pokémon Contest ribbons before they can participate here. Because it follows the alternative rules created by the Grand Festival Association, different Pokémon's must be used for the first round and the second round, so no Pokémon being part of both rounds.
Fortunately, both Ash and May already have the necessary Pokémon Contest ribbon to be allowed to participate, May still has one, and Ash now has two.
But the most important thing for Ash now is of course to seize the opportunity to beat the Pokémon Trainers and Coordinator's that came to participate in this Pokémon Contest.
And he surely made sure to do that whenever he saw someone who looked like they had a Pokémon with them.
"Everyone, the Rubello Town Pokémon Contest is about to begin. Only Pokémon Coordinators that have previously won one or more official Pokémon Contest Ribbons can participate in this special R1 Pokémon Contest. We can only imagine that the incoming intense performances in this Pokémon Contest will be of a very high standard!"
May and Ash were both sitting in the waiting room together, while May lay her head in Ash's lap, waiting for her turn.
Jessie was unable to participate this time around because of her previous mishaps. Because of Ash, she was not been able to get any single of the official Ribbons needed to participate this time. Ash had also taken what she believed was her Feebas away from her, which also made her feel even more unhappy with her technical boss.
"Next, it's the turn of our Pokémon Coordinator number No. 6, Coordinator May to appear on stage!"
May played it safe this time around and used the her most experienced Beautifly to perform for the first round in this new format of the Pokémon Contest.
Recently, her little Beautifly also learned a new skill under her training, Morning Sun, and now performed very well with it.
Soon enough, of course, it was Ash's turn to persuade, "Let them see our bond, rise from the shadows! Duskull!"
Snap, snap, most of the stage lights were turned off, "Duskull, use Night Shade!"
Just on the new darkened stage, a terrifying demonic shadow appeared behind Ash's Duskull. For a moment, the entire audience were silent and some were even feeling scared.
"It's an amazing performance. Coordinator Ash's performance has fully brought out the terror that the Ghost-type Pokémon's can bring!" Vivian explained, with her ever fangirl face, and no one noticed that her voice was also a little trembling.
"Will-O-Wisp!"
The blue flames began to wrap around the huge demonic shadow, and a scarlet eye opened in the void, as if it could have chose someone from the audience to devour at any given time.
It was a real spectacle down in the audience section... some of the more timid people in the audience were already covered in cold sweats.
A little boy even started to cry outloud, while his twin sister looked to be enjoying herself to the fullest.
And Ash's performance was still not over yet,
"Now, show them a spectacular Confuse Ray!"
The blue flames and how the dazzling purple eerie light, combined with the huge demonic shadow in the background, formed a ghostly dragonic picture that was frightening to say the least.
"Coordinator Ash has fully demonstrated the charm that a Ghost-type Pokémon can bring to the table! He is a true master at coordinating his Pokémon's moves with one another!" Vivian and the three judges all agreed at the same thing.
Ash had also received an unimaginable perfect score of 30 points, which was his first perfect score but definitely not the last.
The charm of Ghost-type Pokémon lies in the eerie and horror feeling they can bring in such things. Undoubtedly, many people who came here also liked to watch horror related movies, so many of these people were very delighted to see such a show happening right in front of their eyes.
"Ash, you were really amazing out there! I still can't explain how your Duskull did that!" Drew also came to this R1 Pokémon Contest, and he was also the last one to perform on stage for the first round. Like May at the beginning, he also chose to play this round safe and sent his strongest Roselia to perform out there, which was indeed an amazing performance like always.
The ones who finally passed the first round were obviously Ash with his perfect score, May, Drew with their very high score and a local girl from this Town. Her Flareon really left a deep impression on some, including Ash and his squad, which for now also included the mostly arrogant Drew.
Unfortunately, it was the same girl that May had to face in the second round. May had sent out her Bulbasaur for some reason that Ash cannot comprehend, after all she had just been caught recently and had little training. Her timid Bulbasaur had stage fright on the stage with so many people watching her almost immediately, and May was defeated in the end without being able to perform to her usual level. Once again May had missed out on her needed Ribbon.
Then it was Ash's and Drew's turn to battle on the stage.
"Ash, you don't know how much I have been looking forward to fighting you again!" Drew held a Poké Ball at said with a smirk.
"My new Pokémon is beautiful, smart, cute, brave and strong at the same time. I have been looking for her since a long time ago. She has all the characteristics and is very suitable for participating Pokémon Contests!"
"And then I was able to train her like how I wanted! Now we will show you all of our efforts! Masquerain, GO!"
The Pokémon that Drew had sent out for the second round turned out to be a Masquerain, which os the evolved form of Surskit that he had seen before on multiple occasions. The patterns on its wings look like many pairs of big eyes staring at you, all at once.
"It's up to you! Shine brightly on stage, Togetic!"
Ash had sent Togetic to fight this round. This little girl had always been loved to mess things up and cause a lot of trouble for Ash and Misty in their previous travels. But now it had evolved into a better self. Although she was still playful very playful, she was much more reliable and has become belligerent.
She saw a Pokémon Contest before and she fell asleep even before the first round ended, but now she was in a real Pokémon Contest battle.
As soon as Togetic came out on stage, her very adorable look caused the crowd cheer loudly and was laid applauded by everyone at the audience.
This was completely different from the eerie feeling that Ash's Duskull had used before as the main entrance.
"First step: Sweet Kiss!" Ash smiled slightly, he needed the audience to have full attention on this first stop, as this was what his Togetic was going to need to use for some more time.
Togetic cheerfully waved to her new fans and blew a kiss towards the opposite Masquerain. All the audience present seemed to hear the thumping of their own heartbeats by seeing his adorable Togetic looked.
"No, Masquerain, quickly avoid that attack!" Even though he didn't know what limd of move it was, Drew decisively ordered his Masquerain to avoid the blowing kiss at any cost.
After all, he was a smart guy, he knew that once Masquerain falls into whatever that move does to it, in these 5 minutes, Ash will have the perfect opportunity to instantly decimate his Masquerain with practiced ease.
"Use Bubble Beam!" The move was successfully avoided, and Drew launched a counterattack. Bubble Beam was indeed a very Pokémon Contest like move, as it had some strength behind it and also looked beautiful under the bright white light.
These bubbles ultimately did not hit Togetic like most people had thought it would, but drifted towards the sky. Obviously Drew had a back-up plan for this move if it didn't achieve what his initial plan was.
Sure enough, Drew's next order was to freeze the bubbles into small ice rain crystals using Masquerains Ice Beam.
However, these ice crystals were still bubbles and were mostly hollow in the inside area, so most of them were still floating in the air.
"Masquerain uses her Ice Beam to freeze all of the bubbles that she herself had created. It looks very beautiful and sparkling, but what does it mean in this battel?" Vivian said as she really couldn't understand what the purpose for this move was.
"It doesn't matter what it means!" Ash suddenly showed his handsome but cold grin that melted the female audience members, including May and Vivian, "Destroy them! Fairy Wind!"
He ordered his Togetic to stir up a sparkling pink wind, and rolled up all of the small light ice crystals, flying back and forth around them.
As these fragile bubbles shattered one by one with the simple tap of her wings, they turned into more ice crystal light and scattered in the ground and towards the audience. All the ice crystals were than popped into more lights by the audience, making the already beautiful and sparkling room even more dazzling.
This was the special effect that Togetic can bring out in the table.
Drew's score was greatly deducted by this single mistake, the mistake that he knew that he was fully responsible for, and he also realized at that moment thag the combination he just performed was nonsense in front of a real Pokémon Trainer like Ash.
He felt very annoyed to get played like this by his opponent.
"Togetic, now use Ancient Power!" Rock-type skills were extremely effective against Bug and Flying-type Pokémon's like Masquerain.
Masquerain was hit and completely lost all of her ability to fight. In less than 5 minutes, Drew had no ability to resist in front of Ash on both showing off his Pokémon's ability and their power.
He had trained so hard but one oversight had ruined all of his plans.
"Masquerain lost her ability to fight, meaning Coordinator Ash won this battle! The Rubello Town Pokémon Contest is finally coming to a grand finale! The final round will soon begin!"
Against that older girl, it was easier for Ash and Togetic to win compared to when they had to face the stronger Drew. Although the opponent used a dual Rock and Steel-type Lairon, which was very unfavorable in terms of typings for Ash's dual Flying and Fairy-type Togetic, the moment Sweet Kiss landed perfectly, Lairon was thrown into chaotic condition and there was no way to fight for much longer.
Togetic than bombarded the Lairon with ling range attacks, boosted by Ancient Power, to fully knock the Lairon out.
Even without doing that, Lairon was losing too much points and Togetic was gaining too much point for it to end the other way.
2/5 for the week
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