I fixed my jacket and got into my battle stance. "Let's go, Artemis!"
Rowlet let out a battle cry then propelled herself toward Haunter. She created a shadow and the shadow snuck behind Haunter then struck him with a powerful attack. Rowlet connected a critical kick then pelted Haunter with generated leaves then ended her combo with a Razor Leaf.
Haunter grunted and floated backwards then let out a laugh. Haunter taunted and used Spite, giving Rowlet a grudge and prevented her from using her moves. Rowlet looked a bit surprised and tried to generate her leaf arrows, but couldn't.
"Artemis? What's going on?" I asked.
"Haunter, use Payback." The woman command.
Haunter's energy began to rapidly rise then he flew toward Rowlet at high speeds then struck her body. Rowlet cried out and slammed into the energy wall then fell to the ground.
"Rowlet!" Aurora said, worriedly.
Mom watched the battle and began to think. 'This girl has a lot of battle experience with her pokemon. By Haunter using Spite, Artemis couldn't retaliate when Payback hit her.'
Rowlet slowly stood up then stood strong, letting out a determined hoot. I smiled at Rowlet then pointed. Rowlet dashed forward and took flight. Haunter laughed and opened a few shadow portals and Shadow Punches began to fly out of the portal.
Rowlet twirled around and used Leafage to block the Shadow Punches. She began pelting the leaf arrows at Haunter. The leaf arrows hit Haunter and caused small explosions with each hit.
Haunter flew out of the smoke and used Scary Face. It frightened Rowlet and she began trembling. Haunter laughed and used Lick to knock Rowlet upwards. He flew up toward her and used Shadow Claw to knock her back down. He flew after her and released a pulse of darkness from his body, blowing Rowlet away.
"Golett. Assist." The woman said.
Golett ran forward after coming out of its pokeball and struck its fist together, creating sparks. Golett had fiery aura surround its arm then it struck Rowlet with a powerful Fire Punch. Rowlet coughed and her eyes lost its color for a second before she was launched against the arena walls.
I was surprised and watched Rowlet fall to the ground. "Artemis!"
[Match Over! Haunter Wins! Trainer Melody wins!]
The digital arena disappeared and I hurried over to Rowlet. I picked her up and looked at the woman who's name was Melody. She looked down at me and turned away.
"I can sense great potential within you. Welcome to Ragnu." Melody said as she walked off.
I stood up and held Rowlet in my arms. She looked exhausted and grunted when she felt her feathers burning. I quickly grabbed my luggage and hurried to a Pokemon Center.
"H-Hold on, Axel!" Aurora said and hurried after me.
Mom hurried after us and thought about the battle. "These trainers are different...Their battle style is fearsome."
~~~~~
Nurse Joy of Ragnu City took Rowlet and prepared to heal her. She cured her burn status then she proceeded to heal Rowlet and feed it berries. Nurse Joy smiled she saw Rowlet feeling better.
"Your Rowlet is all better!~" Nurse Joy smiled and bowed toward me.
I smiled and Rowlet flew and landed on my head. She hooted happily and laid down. I chuckled and placed my hands in my jacket pockets.
"You two seem rather close. You don't find Rowlets around Ragnu often or at all in that matter." Nurse Joy said with a smile.
I looked at Nurse Joy and nodded. "I've had Rowlet for months by now and she's my first shiny Pokemon. We come from Alola where the Rowlet are native."
"It's always nice to see trainers from across the globe come to Ragnu. If you want, I can tell you about our Champion and Professor." Nurse Joy said.
Aurora walked over to learn about the Champion and Professor. "The Champion and Professor you say?"
Nurse Joy nodded. "Our Professor's name is Professor Rosemary. She's a stunning beauty who lived in Ragnu City as the leading professor of Ragnu. You can find her in Ragnu Lake. Our champion is actually her daughter Azalea Rosemary. Her partner is a powerful Roserade."
"A Grass Type Specialist?" I asked.
"Azalea specializes in Grass, Water, Flying, Fire, and Steel types. Her team contains one of each type and a legendary." Nurse Joy said.
"A legendary?!" Aurora and I said at the same time.
A few people in the Pokemon Center looked at us. Mom watched us and giggled softly at our excitement. Rowlet was surprised by our sudden outburst. Eevee hopped up and down.
"Calm down, calm down." Nurse Joy giggled. "Yes, she owns a Legendary, but it isn't one you all know. It's a legendary of Ragnu known as Flowgrace."
"Flowgrace?" I asked.
"Flowgrace is a Grass and Fairy type Pokemon. It is a Legendary Pokemon who's known for her free flowing battle style and her ability to manipulate plants and use healing abilities. She has two Signature Moves, Photo-Bloom and Nature Breeze." Nurse Joy said.
"A Grass and Fairy type. She sounds powerful and pretty fast. I want to meet her one day." I said.
"Well to meet her, you'll need to reach the Champion's League. You'll need to be registered for the Ragnu Leagues. That all starts with a visit to the Professor's." Nurse Joy said.
"I see. Thank you for the information." I said and bowed.
"Yeah, thank you sincerely." Aurora smiled and bowed.
Nurse Joy smiled and waved. "Anytime~ Come back soon~"
I walked over to Mom and smiled at her. "We have a new destination."
"Where to?" My mom asked.
"Ragnu Lake. Aurora and I want to find the professor." I answered.
Mom smiled and threw away her snack wrapper then got up. She stretched and smiled. "Right, let's go."
~~~~~
We made it to Ragnu Lake and looked around for Professor Rosemary. We spotted a few Oddish, a few Bulbasaur, and a few Snivy running around. I spotted a few Cottonee, Petilils, Fomantis, and Bounsweet as well.
"Mom, I'm telling you if we can just host the Legendary League, we can battle against legends like Red, Gold, freaking Lyra! Heck! We can even battle again trainers like Brock and Misty!" A woman said.
Professor Rosemary crossed her arms and stared out into the lake. "Hosting this is gonna cost me more than a million pokedollars. This isn't just a normal Regional Tournament, this is a WORLD Tournament we are trying to host. The funds on that are gonna be through the roof."
"Mom we literally own the Ragnu League and I had to work hard just to-" The woman stopped talking when she noticed me, Aurora, and Mom.
Professor Rosemary looked at us then smirked. "Few have actually found me here. Nurse Joy must've told you.."
I looked at the two women and blushed. Professor Rosemary was a beautiful woman with creamy skin, long crimson hair with a large rose hair accessories holding up some of her hair. She had emerald green eyes and a beauty mole on her chin. She wore a red corset top, black pants and heels, with a lab coat around her shoulders like a cape.
The woman beside her who is Azalea Rosemary, was a beautiful young woman with lavender hair, light blue eyes. She wore a red top, light blue jeans, kitten heels to match her outfit. She wore a white coat with split tails and red metal adornments. She wore a black collar around her neck with a rose metal as the pin.
"Are you Professor Rosemary and Azalea Rosemary?" I asked.
"Yep, I am Lily Rosemary and my daughter is Azalea Rosemary. What can we do for you?" Lily asked and smiled at me.
"Aurora and I want to register for the Ragnu League. We heard about how Azalea is the champion and I got excited to battle her!" I said.
Azalea looked at me and smirked then crossed her arms. "We can battle right now if you'd like!"
"Wait really? Wait...can you teach me about how Ragnu Battles are. I got destroyed by a trainer at the airport earlier." I said.
"Sure." Azalea said and walked forward. "Ragnu Battles operate in a Triple Battle format except only one Pokemon can be your lead and the other two support. They can support by attacking the opponent, healing the main Pokemon, or boosting stats."
"Also, here at Ragnu we offer a power that helps with Synergizing with your Pokemon called Ragnu Sync. This allows for them to use any of their Ragnu Moves, Mega Evolve, or Dynamax. To awaken a Pokemon's Ragnu Mode you'll need a Ragnu Bracelet." Azalea explained.
"Wow that's a lot to take in." Aurora said.
"Yeah, but it sounds simple. Triple Battle, one lead, two supports. Easy." I smiled.
"You can also battle as a Team of Three, but the downside of that is you don't get suoports, but that's enough explaining. How about we get you in on your actual first Ragnu Battle." Azalea said.
"Hold it!" Lily said and walked forward. "What are your names?"
"My name is Axel Moon." I greeted.
"I'm Aurora Everlye." Aurora said with a bow.
"My name is Freya Moon." My mom smiled.
"Axel, Aurora, Freya. Come with me. Before we battle I must equip you with Ragnu Technology." Lily said and walked toward her lab.
We looked at each other then followed Lily to her lab.
~~~~~
Lily gave us a Ragnu Bracelet, updated our Pokedex and registered Aurora and I for the Ragnu League. Mom accepted the Ragnu Bracelet and the Pokedex but declined being registered to the league.
"Alright, now I can get to showing you Ragnu's Starter Pokemon." Lily said and grabbed three Pokeballs from the machine and tossed them up. The three pokemon emerged from their respective Pokeball.
One was a bipedal bear cub with brown fur, red eyes, and had a green leaf collar and leaves on top of its head. It had a tough look in its face.
The second was a cute sea slug creature. It had a blue body and a white underbelly, it also had four little tentacles to match the cuteness of the slug and had a marking on its head.
The third one was fawn with peach and brown colored fur. It had small red horns, a flame for a tail and orange eyes. The hooves of the fawn was orange.
"Meet Twicub, Glauslug, and Cinfawn." Lily said.
Twicub let out a cute roar and showed off its prowess with a series of punches. Glauslug was intimidated by Twicub and quickly floated away, bumping into Cinfawn. Cinfawn bleated when its flame tail was touched by Glauslug's water tentacle then it ran off and hit its head on the table.
I smiled at them and walked toward Cinfawn. I crouched down and gently pet it. "Are you okay?"
Cinfawn looked at me and gave a happy cry.
"I know who I'm choosing." I smiled.
"Me too!~" Aurora said as she held Glauslug in her arms.
Azalea walked toward Twicub. "Well it wouldn't hurt helping these two get on their feet."
[Pokemon Registered!]
Name: Cinfawn
Regional Number: #004
Type: Fire/Fairy
Gender: Female
Abilities: Blaze/White Luck
Ability: White Luck
Entry: The user is granted with boosted critical hit rates, the user can not be hit with critical hits, and all moves power and accuracy are boosted by 1.5x, super effective moves are boosted by 2.5x.
Name: Glauslug
Regional Number: #007
Type: Water/Dragon
Gender: Male
Abilities: Torrent/Sea Boost
Ability: Sea Boost
Description: Every minute in battle boosts a random attribute once and strengthens the power of Water and Dragon type moves by 1.5x, 2.5x in Rain.
Name: Twicub
Regional Number: #001
Type: Grass/Fighting
Gender: Male
Abilities: Overgrow/Adapting Paws
Ability: Adapting Paws
Description: An Ability that allows the user to take reduced damage from super effective moves. This ability also allows the user to deal more damage to opponent if the move isn't very effective against the target.
I was handed the Pokeball of Cinfawn and registered her as mine and nicknamed her Powder. Aurora was handed the Pokeball of Glauslug and nicked named him Slugger. Azalea took Twicub's Pokeball and smiled.
"Alright, you're all set for the battle. Let's go back to the Lake." Lily said.