"Wow! What are those Pokemon?" Aurora asked and pointed at a Flying Type Pokemon that flew alongside the ship.
The pokemon she pointed to were avian pokemon with white and blue feathers with a pirate design within their chest.
"Those are Dewgulls." Melody answered.
[New Pokemon]
Name: Dewgull
Regional Number: #029
Type: Flying/Water
Ragnu Type: Flying/Water
Gender: 50% Male/50% Female
Abilities: Keen Eye/Aerial Rise
Ability: Aerial Rise
Description: This ability allows the user to create winds that allow grounded Pokemon to levitate in the air for 5 minutes.
"Oh wow! And that?" Aurora pointed.
The pokemon she pointed to next was a large avian pokemon with gray and white feathers. It had yellow eyes with an orange beak orange talons.
"That is a Raptirain." Melody answered.
[New Pokemon]
Name: Raptirain
Regional Number: #044
Type: Flying/Water
Ragnu Type: Flying/Water
Gender: 72% Male/28% Female
Abilities: Warning Call/Drizzle
Ability: Warning Call
Description: This ability allows the user to warn allied pokemon of Super Effective attacks and warns allies of hidden ubiquitous attacks like Phantom Force, Dig, and Extreme Speed.
"Sinnoh had some cool Pokemon, but these Pokemon are out of this world! This is actually amazing!" Aurora said.
Eevee let out an excited cry and wiggled in Aurora's arms. Botafox yawned and stared out at the ocean.
"I'm surprised it took as long as it did to get this cruise, but I'm not complaining. This is a nice ship." I said and smiled.
"A week of waiting, but I managed. Even as Champion I still have to follow the rules and regulations." Azalea said and took a sip out of her drink.
"So, I've never actually caught your name." Bianca said.
"Oh, I came up to you two without even introducing myself." I said and smiled. "My name is Axel, I come from the Alola Region."
"Axel. I hear you're a champion like Azalea." Cheren said.
I nodded and smiled at Cheren. "Yeah, I am a champion, but I give most of my credit to my old Pokemon."
"Where is your old team?" Bianca asked.
"In Alola. I had a Dusk Forme Lycanroc, Kommo-o, Samurott, Metagross, Turtonator, and a Silvally from a good friend in Alola." I said.
"You started a new adventure with just Rowlet huh? Starting a new adventure with new Pokemon is always amazing." Bianca smiled.
"You two come from Unova right? My mom was actually Champion there. Have you heard of her?" I asked.
"Champion...No I can't say I've heard of her. That was probably when Alder was still young. When did this happen?" Cheren asked.
"Well I can say it happened before I was even thought of. She's champion across Kanto, Hoenn, Unova, and Kalos. She's what I aspire to be, a powerful trainer known across the globe. She's a Legendary Trainer as well as one would say." I smiled.
"A Legendary Trainer huh. I would actually like to have a chance at meeting her." Bianca said and fixed her glasses.
"Maybe one day." I smiled.
~~~~~
Melody sat in our room and played her game console while laying on the bed. She crossed one leg over the other. "So have fun talking to your new girlfriend?"
"Oh please. Bianca is definitely not interested in me. Why are you jealous? If you were to be jealous of anyone, I'd expect it would be of Azalea." I said as I turned around in my chair.
"I know I am! I see the way she looks at you." Aurora said and puffed her cheeks at me.
I looked at Aurora and snickered a bit. "Seriously? I was just joking. She's just being a good friend. We wouldn't be here without her. We could be stuck camping all day and night."
"I guess.." Melody said and sat up on the bed. "Once the League starts, what will happen to us? Will we no longer be a team? We work very well together especially when we were training a few days ago."
"Like my mom said, a trainer battle is just a battle. We will still be able to work together outside the league. We know each other's battle style so we kinda have an advantage over one another if we so happen do have to battle against each other." I said.
Aurora smiled and nodded. "Yeah. Team Moon will live long outside of the League. Miss Moon was right, all we needed to do was spend time with each other and look at us now! Travelling with Ragnu's Champion!"
I smiled and watched our Pokemon play together. "Everything feels nice..."
"I do kinda miss Ms. Moon. All of our talks were so amazing. Playing with Mango and Chip...it was all so great. I could live that style of just relaxing forever..~" Aurora said and sighed softly.
I smiled at Aurora and chuckled.
Aurora blushed as she looked at me, hearing me chuckle. "What?"
"Nothing...Just thinking of how you've never changed since our Pokemon Academy. It's always nice to think about how you've always been you.." I said.
Aurora blushed even more and looked away, brushing her hair behind her ear. "Axel..."
Melody watched us and set her console down. She stuck her nose up. "As Princess, I feel like I deserve verbal affection as well."
"Come on, you practically stole him for yourself the moment you showed up! Let me have my moments with him!" Aurora said.
"The Hiera—"
"There's no hierarchy here. I'll have you know, my relationship with Axel will always supersede yours! I've been alongside Axel since we were 14. Our bond is great!" Aurora said.
Melody looked at Aurora and crossed her arms. "Okay? I know he likes my personality more."
"Actually I like Aurora's more. I feel like if I say one wrong thing, you'll curse me." I said.
"What?" Melody asked and looked at me.
"But, there is something about you that keeps me drawn to you. Your mystery and your darkness. It's rather unique." I said.
Melody blushed a bit.
I smiled at her reaction. "I know behind your exterior, you're a nice woman. I mean you've shown us your soft side before."
"I only show it to you two because I can actually trust you two to keep my soft side a secret!" Melody scoffed and stuck her nose up.
I chuckled and stood up. "I guess."
I walked by the bed and playfully pushed her head back and Melody fell back on the bed then I walked over to Aurora then poked her head. Aurora giggled softly and watched me walk to the door.
"Where are you going?" Aurora asked.
"To sink in more of the Ragnu Sun. It's rather calming. I can see why Veridian likes it so much." I smiled. "If you need me, I'll be outside."
"Okay~" Aurora smiled.
"See you later then." Melody said and raised her arm.
I smiled and walked out the room.
~~~~~
Dandelion stared out into the ocean on the cruise ship and her eyes sparkled when she noticed all the Wingull, Gyarados, and a few Taillow. She pointed at a few Pokemon that were shiny and Kusagi took a picture of it with his phone.
"You are all so freaking lucky. Flora really saved all three of y'all's ass. If she hadn't convinced the Water Ragnu Master to give participants Ocean Passes, you three would not be on this ship." Shinji said.
"It was only a mere coincidence. We wouldn't have lost if she wasn't so pathetic." Vain said as he watched Dandelion and Kusagi. "I could push them off this boat right now...that loss was embarrassing."
Shinji smirked and chuckled. "Kagami wouldn't like if you did that. She would literally kill you if you did."
They both heard an explosion and looked over to the ship's battlefield and noticed me battling against Cheren.
"Alright, that was a pretty good attack there with Snivy. But let's see you handle this!" Cheren said and adjusted his tie. "Stoutland! Work yourself up!"
"Veridian! Let's go!" I said and thrusted my hand forward. "Let's show them our power! Rowlet assist!"
"Castform! Assist Stoutland and use Hail!" Cheren commanded.
Snivy dashed toward Stoutland then grunted when a bit of hail fell onto her head. Rowlet hooted with shock when she noticed her wings becoming frosty. She could barely support herself in the air. Castform used ice beam on Snivy's tail, encasing her tail in ice and immobilizing her. Rowlet had to fly back to me because she wouldn't do anything.
[Rowlet Cooldown: 5:00]
[Castform Cooldown: 5:00]
Stoutland howled and red aura surged powerfully around his body as he was completely worked up. He dashed toward Snivy and barked.
"Veridian..." I said then an idea hatched in my head. "Hey! Use Leaf Storm as a shield!"
Snivy nodded and generated green leafs and a tornado of leaves spiralled around her body. Stoutland went in with an Iron Head, but the tornado blocked the attack. Snivy began to grow even stronger and broke her tail out of the ice. Snivy ended her Leaf Storm and her body was outlined in red energy.
"Stoutland! Fire Fang!" Cheren commanded.
"Veridian! Use Iron Tail on the Fire Fang! I'm gonna show you the Alolan Way!" I said and smiled.
Snivy dodged Stoutland and surrounded her tail with steely energy then swung her tail at the flame of Stoutland's Fire Fang. Her Iron Tail was encased with flames then she heard my commanded then began to rapidly strike Stoutland with her new Blaze Iron Tail. She knocked Stoutland away, but he stood strong.
"He's tough.." I said.
Snivy landed on the ground and looked at Stoutland. Stoutland dashed toward her and swiped his paw at her, but Snivy dodged it then countered with a Leaf Blade, but Stoutland dodged and surrounded his body with yellow and orange aura then he dashed toward Snivy at incredible high speeds.
"Veridian! It's Giga Impact! Dodge it!" I commanded.
Snivy dodged the first strike, but Stoutland pivoted and charged at Snivy and hit her. She cried out as she slammed into the digital arena walls and fell to the ground.
[Match Over! Stoutland Wins! Legendary Trainer Cheren Wins!]
The digital arena disappeared and I hurried over to Snivy and picked her up. She looked at me and her tail wagged. I smiled and stood up.
"You were amazing even against a Legendary Trainer. After that fight with Flora, you've been wanting to grow especially strong huh." I smiled at her.
Snivy closed her eyes and began resting.
Cheren and Stoutland walked over to us and he smiled. "That was a great battle, kinda got me back into the zone. Ragnu Battles are different since every battle is mostly Triple Battles. I have respect for you, you managed to last longer in a battle with me than most."
"We've still got ways to go before we can even match your potential, but we will definitely reach it." I said and smiled.
Cheren pat my shoulder and smiled. "Strive for that goal. Realize the Truth in your Ideals. Remember this however, this journey...it is great to travel with a goal, but is becoming stronger enough of a goal? I want you to think about what you can do and what you can become. I can see you're focused on the end goal like I was, instead I want you to focus on what's always in front of you. You might miss what's or who's important in your life."
Bianca smiled at Cheren and stood up. "I agree. Truths and Ideals. You can't have one without the other, but as you grow you'll learn to see the true gray line in between. Accepting the Truth in Ideals and Understanding the Ideals within Truths."
I felt a bit encouraged by their speech and their speech especially hit Snivy and Cinfawn. I looked at my Pokemon and thought about Melody and Aurora then thought about Ragnu Peak. I realized that after my first bout with Vain had me more focused on defeating Vain and not taking the time to properly access everything.
"Don't think about it too hard, it's more simple than we explained." Cheren chuckled.
I smiled and looked at Cheren and Bianca. "Thanks. We needed your speech about Truth and Ideals. We want to grow stronger, but we have to take it one step at time."
Vain watched and scoffed. "Bonding with two of our enemies. They have to be taken down if Team Sync wants to succeed."
"Patience. Attacking on a ship will put more innocent people in danger than we would like. Not even we can afford such a tragedy. Let us just wait and once we reach Flowdai, we strike." Shinji said and closed his eyes.
Dandelion had watched my battle and her eyes sparkled a bit. "He's so cool..."
Kusagi looked at me as well and looked at Dandelion. "I want to talk to him and his friends...but..."
"Yeah..." Dandelion said and looked at the ocean again. "Maybe someday we could..."
Kusagi sighed and smiled as he looked back at the ocean as well. "Yeah... someday."
Mimikyu sat on Pignite's head and watched the ocean as well. Pignite looked at the Sea and noticed a few Oshawott, Dewott, and Samurott swimming with Lanturn, Wailord, Milotic, and a few other aquatic pokemon.