After Ash's first of the two Pokémon Egg hatched, she became the third Pokémon that Ash caught for his Hoenn, and the fifth one he had with him.
This Ralts, like his Dratini, will become a Pokémon that stays with Ash without being exchanged back because she needs training. She also needs to follow Ash all the time in order to grow well from his Psychic Powers.
After Ralts was born and caught by Ash, Brock also tamed a Lotad in a lake for himself.
This Lotad always seems to be in a constant condition of Confusion, and everything he does is slower than the rest of its companions. However, Brock, a Pokémon Breeder, always patiently encourages and guides it to do better, which made it fall in love with Brock, and he was finally willing to go with him on his journey.
As a result, only the newbie May in the group failed to capture a Pokémon during this time.
Max didn't really count as the law made him unable to own his Pokémon's. Like he could have May or Ash catch a Pokémon for him to have as his travel companion, like Bonny is Kalos, however Max doesn't want that because he wants to catch his own Pokémon's.
After watching Ash and Brock demonstrate their abilities as compotent Pokémon Trainers so many times, it was time for May to try to capture her second Pokémon and make sure things doesn't turn out to be like when she tried to catch that Azurill.
"Ash, we can reach Rustboro City just by walking out of this forest from this area!" Max said as he took out his the PokéNav that finally managed to get some signal and led the way steadily.
Looking at his current appearance, May couldn't help but snicker, "You have been trained so well by Ash. Ash really has a way with him!"
'Ayo, pause!' Brock thought out after hearing May talk.
As soon as she finished speaking, a pair of big eyes suddenly appeared in front of her, scaring her to the point that she screamed extremely loudly.
"What's wrong with you, May?" Max turned around and asked his sister with concern.
"Something suddenly fell in front of me just now!" May was so shocked that she could only pointed in the direction where the Pokémon just left and fall on the ground.
When everyone saw it, they all laughed outloud, "It turns out to be only a Wurmple!"
"By the way, Beautifly evolves from this Wurmple!" Max explained to May. He knew very well that his sister liked Beautifly very much.
As expected, May relaxed and said, "Will it really evolve into a Beautifly? It doesn't look too bad when you look closely, it's quite cute!"
"It's decided, I'm going to catch it!" After making up her mind, May chased the Wurmple in the direction it fled towards.
The group was now worried about May. She is not nearly mature enough now to do things like these. Ash knew that she could easily be in danger if she encounters any of the slightly more stronger Pokémon's living in the forest.
"May, do you actually like Wurmple so much?" Ash thought of his former partner and current lover, Misty, a girl who was extremely afraid of this Bug-type Pokémon's.
"That's because if you take good care of a Wurmple, it will eventually evolve into a beautiful Beautifly, right? One day, I also want to take Beautifly to travel with me to lots of different places!"
May has decided that her second Pokémon will be Wurmple, and she will cultivate it into the most beautiful Beautifly.
This is not only because of Beautifly's appearance, but also because they watched a Pokémon Contest held at the Pokémon Center inside of the forest before!
Beautifly, which was a Pokémon of one of the participating trainers in the competition, left a deep impression on May.
May was now very interested in Pokémon Contest's after watching that show, and now she seemed to have finally found her own path. She began to move towards becoming a Pokémon Coordinator, and the first step was to catch that Wurmple that could eventually evolve into a Beautifly.
Of course, she was not the only one who was interested in Pokémon Contest. Ash was also very interested in such a unique event, so he and May applied together to obtain a participation certificate from the Official Hoenn Contest Headquarters.
He also has a lot of beautiful Pokémon on his hands, such as Meganium, which he carefully trained to be a beautiful tank that could deal sown real damage, and there is also his Bond Evolution with her that he is very proud of. There is also Latias and Latios, who will definitely shock everyone when they appear, together or separately. Both of them are known to be very beautiful in their own right.
Of he really uses his Latias and Latios, he might as well use his Suicune. The other two, Entei and Raikou, are too proud to do something like this.
He could also bring his Lapras, Pidgeot, and Dragonair to join once he evolves.
Ash has lots of great Pokémon's that could be good at Pokémon Contests.
Now he has hatched the future absolute queen, Gardevoir, who also has the qualifications and ability to participate in Pokémon Contests as a stand out.
Of course, what's more important and worrying is that Ash hadn't encountered any opportunities to earn some Exchange Points since arriving at the Hoenn Region, that is, he had only accepted some battle invitations along the way in Petalburg Woods.
Ever since he exchanged the Dragon-type Z pure crystal during the Silver Conference, and then exchanged for the highest quality Protector for his Rhydon, Ash's Exchange Points have only been enough to buy some very high quality and nutritious Dragon-type food for his Dratini to evolve into a Dragonair and then to a Dragonite.
It takes a lot of effort to get a train up a Psudo-Legendary Pokémon like Dratini.
Although it is a Pokémon Contest, he should still be able to get some extra Exchange Points.
The times he beat up the Team Rocket Trio are still the times where he can get the most amount of his needed Exchange Points.
"Ash, I plan to participate in the next Contest held near us and win a Ribbon in the future!" This Ribbon is similar to the Gym Badges Ash gets after beating the Gym Leaders.
Pokémon Coordinator's move from one Pokémon Contest after another just like Trainers move from one Badge to another, and the Trainer who wins the final victory will receive a Ribbon. If they manage collect the five Ribbons needed, they can participate in the Grand Festival, which is like a League Conference but just for Pokémon Coordinators.
"Great, that's very ambitious!" Brock expressed his full support for May's goal, "It's a little early for lunch now, let's take a rest here!"
This is the time that May can use to capture her needed Wurmple target.
"Okay, then I'm going on my very way!" With that said, May ran deep into the forest again just like before.
After finding her target, May became very motivated and no longer looked like she was tired form moving.
"May, wait up!" Ash was worried about May's safety, "Brock, Max, you guys camp on the spot, I'll follow her so she won't be in any kind of danger!"
For the sake of Ralts, who is lying on top of his head at the moment absorbing some of his excess Psychic Energy, Ash can't go too fast.
Things are just as Ash had expected, May was not the only one looking for Wurmple here.
The Rocket Trio has been following Ash, but they have not taken any action yet. The key is that Jessie had a participation certificate for the Pokémon Contest, and she also had the of idea of participating in the Pokémon Contest.
So, now they are searching for a good Wurmple in the forest, but they don't want to provoke the large swarm of Beedrills living around area.
"Run away, get out of the way..." During their escape, they involved May with them.
Seeing the large amounts of Beedrills behind them, May was also very frightened that she also quickly ran after them. It was not until they slid down a hill that they managed robescape the chase.
"What's going on with you guys?" Ash looked at them from one of the hillside.
"Pika?"
"Lalu~"
"Since you asked the so nicely..."
Just like a conditioned reflex, the Trio immediately stood up when they heard Ash's sudden question, but realized that it seemed to be the voice of their boss.
"Little Boss?" Jessie blurted out, but was immediately covered by James and Meowth.
Ash pointed with a black line across his face and said, "Okay, be quickly and be low-key when looking for Pokémon!"
"Yes, Boss Ash!"
But May didn't notice Ash's arrival at all. Her attention was attracted by the Wurmple she found in front of her, and she quickly got up and chased after it before Ash could do anything.
"Wurple, I want to catch you!" May tried to remember what Ash did when he caught his Pokémon's, "Go, I need your help, Torchic!"
During this time, she also learned from Ash's methods and trained her Torchic, and her strength has indeed improved a lot compared to when she battle that Nicholai person.
Moreover, because her Torchic was a Fire-type Pokémon, he can easily restrain the Bug-type Wurmple, which is very suitable for May, a complete Rookie, to catch for her first time.
"Torchic, use your Ember attack!"
Fire-type skills have an outstanding effect on the Bug-type Wurmple. It was instantly scorched and lost its fighting ability.
"Go ahead, Poké Ball!"
The Poké Ball flashed twice and then went out.
"Yeahhhh, I've just caught a Wurmple! This is my second Pokémon now!"
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Can I have your Power Stones so I can release the next Extra Chapter?