Lugia: Thank You!

On that day, a sun rose in the night sky over the Orange Islands.

The same day the sun fell over the sea, erasing one of the uninhabited islands from the map.

...

"So, what's with this guy?"

Leaning on Rayquaza's dragon's head, Aisha rubbed his chin with one hand and looked at Lugia on the surface of the sea with a puzzled look on his face.

The God of the Sea, whose body was scorched black, full of wounds, and still dripping blood, was now floating in a very lousy position on the surface of the steaming sea, no longer making any movement.

Underneath it, the original uninhabited island had been completely destroyed by Rayquaza's Draco Meteor at full power, and no trace of it could be found...

At this moment, the original location of the uninhabited island had turned into a deep and incomparable hole in the sea.

Seawater was rushing in from all directions, pouring into this big hole.

In fact, the power to destroy the island was only a small part of Rayquaza's Draco Meteor.

The majority of the power of the Draco Meteor's gathering style fell on the God of the Sea.

That's why Rayquaza completely destroyed Lugia.

"Roar!"

Underneath Aisha's body, Rayquaza was staring at Lugia, who was floating in the sea.

After hearing its master's confusion, it shook its head in disbelief, indicating that it didn't understand.

"Lugia, it was like it was crazy..."

Looking at the defeated Lugia, Aisha thought carefully.

According to the legend of Shamouti Island, only the three legendary birds are the ones who go crazy.

As the God of the Sea, Lugia not only didn't go mad, but was also a good person who came out to help solve the problem when the Three Legendary Birds went crazy and caused the world's ocean currents to go haywire.

Moreover, Lugia itself is a gentle god.

Lugia's wings have the power to cause a 40-day sea storm with a single flap.

Therefore, Lugia hides under the deep ocean trench and lives alone for years so as not to affect the lives of wild Pokémon and humans.

Compared to Groudon and Gaioca, who come out at the drop of a hat and cause world-ending catastrophes, Lugia is a god with a heart of gold that deserves to be honored.

So...

What's going on today?

Who messed with him?

"Uh..."

Lowering his eyes, Aisha remembered the look Lugia had when she first appeared, looking around as if she was searching for something.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, his expression changed.

Aisha realized the crux of the matter, and his eyebrows shot up.

"If I'm not mistaken... Lugia wasn't the only one?"

Aisha found some information from his dusty memories.

Some versions of Lugia had actually conceived a child, and were not alone.

Plus, the events of this time were actually triggered by a rather crucial person... That person was the Collector, Lawrence III, who was killed by Rayquaza's destructive rays under Aisha's command.

That ungrateful bastard came to the Orange Islands with the goal of capturing Lugia, the God of the Sea, and turning it into his own collector's item.

If it's not a surprise, it's probably the same guy who triggered the riot of the Three Legendary Birds.

Unfortunately... He probably couldn't catch them because they were so strong.

However, if there was no adult Lugia, it would have been possible to capture them with the high-tech products he had at his disposal.

"Hiss."

After realizing this logic, Aisha let out a breath of cold air.

It's right, it's all right...

Lawrence III was preparing to capture the Three Legendary Birds.

Then he escaped the Three Legendary Bird's vengeance by some unknown means.

Then the Triguns fought, causing the ocean currents in the Orange Islands to be disrupted, and the world was affected by the unusual weather.

Little Lugia, attracted by the battle, appears at sea and is assassinated by Lawrence III, who has been fishing in the sea.

Desperate to find its child, Lugia goes mad, beating up everyone in sight...

"It still makes sense."

Frowning, Aisha sighed.

He hated people like Lawrence III.

He wanted to subjugate divine beasts, but he didn't have the strength to do so, so he could only capture them in a sideways way.

As a result, not only did he get nothing out of it, but he pissed off the powerful beasts and dragged the whole world down with him.

This is Archie and Maxie all over again, isn't it?

Well, that's that.

They ended up in the same place.

They went to the netherworld together...

"Hmph."

Aisha shook his head with a grunt.

"Then I'll have to help it find its own child again."

Sighing, looking at the motionless Lugia in the sea, Instructor Ai finally felt compassion.

The main reason was that if he didn't help Lugia to solve this problem, according to its crazy behavior just now, he was afraid that after waking up, he would still be crazy.

I can't help...

Besides, Instructor Ai is not evil.

After using Lugia as a punching bag for half a day, he has to return the favor.

At this very moment, Aisha noticed three huge figures gradually flying over the sea in the distance... Compared to Rayquaza, these three figures were naturally very small, but compared to humans and normal Pokémon, a bird with a wingspan of more than fifteen meters was already considered a giant.

"Screech!"

Moltres, who was flying at the front, let out a high-pitched chirp.

After seeing Rayquaza and Aisha, it flapped its wings vigorously with Zapdos and Articuno behind it, and accelerated towards them.

"Screech!"

"Screech!"

"Screech..."

These three stupid birds flew around Rayquaza, chirping and screaming.

Rayquaza: "?"

Unable to understand what they were chirping, Rayquaza tilted irs head and a question mark appeared on the top of its head.

Aisha, on the other hand, smiled.

With his arms wrapped around his chest, he looked at the three birds flying around him with an amused expression.

"They've recognized you, Rayquaza."

"Roar?"

Rayquaza scratched its face and saw the three birds nodding their heads.

This... I beat them up and they call me "Big Brother"?

Are they still jerks?

That's interesting.

Naturally, the three birds didn't know about Rayquaza's tirade against them.

Once they saw that Rayquaza didn't retort, they were even happier.

Their thoughts were actually very simple.

The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy.

There's no Pokémon in the world that knows better than these three silly birds.

Strongly following the law of the jungle, these three birds are fierce and aggressive, and their speed on their knees is unrivaled.

For a long time, the three birds have always felt that they are the strongest Pokémon in the world.

It was only today that these three birds realized what it means to be the strongest Pokémon in the world.

They can't help it.

Rayquaza cracked the Hurricane that the three of them used together as easily as if he had just wiggled its fingers.

And then, in a proper fight, it's still one move at a time, and the three birds of prey can't even force out Rayquaza's fifth move.

How can this be?

It's too strong!

In addition, Rayquaza is a Flying-type Pokémon, a god who controls the sky.

The three birds are also Flying-type Pokémon.

So...

It makes sense that they would recognize him as their big brother!

"Roar!"

Rayquaza roared.

The three birds stood upright.

The way they were sitting upright managed to amuse Aisha on top of Rayquaza's head.

Only then did the three birds notice the human who had been riding Rayquaza in battle all along.

Then, the three birds were dumbfounded.

"Screech!"

Among the three divine birds, Articuno, who was the most beautiful and also the most concerned, almost stared out of its own eyes.

This, this...

This is too good-looking.

I've never seen such a good-looking human before.

My God, it's like a gift from heaven.

It's great!

"Screech!"

With a gentle chirp, Articuno flapped its wings and flew to Aisha's side.

Zapdos and Moltres were right behind it, and both of them made a scolding sound of discontent.

"Screech!"

"Screech..."

Roughly translated, "Articuno, you bastard, how dare you run away!"

"Screech!"

Articuno turned around and gave his two old friends a disdainful look.

"Screech!"

Who's going to play with you brutes when there's a beautiful man in front of them?

Zapdos: "?"

Moltres: "?"

The two brutes in the back looked at each other in disbelief.

They felt Articuno's words made sense, so...

I'm not playing with you!

"Screech!"

"Screech!"

After glaring at each other, Moltres and Zapdos flew towards Aisha.

Moltres flew a bit faster than Zapdos, after all, he was very good at using the glaring move and managed to glare back at Zapdos for a bit.

Rayquaza: "?"

Flying in the sky, Rayquaza dragged its chin with one hand, listening to Aisha's laughter from above, and the sound of the three divine birds twittering, and fell into a deep thought.

Didn't you...

Didn't you say you'd take me as your boss?

Why are they all surrounding Instructor Ai now?

What about me?

"Okay, okay."

Above, looking at the three legendary birds that were scrambling towards his side, threatening to fight again, Instructor Ai smiled and raised his hand to stabilize them.

"Screech~"

Aisha's voice, the three birds were still scolding the three stupid birds immediately put on a good behavior.

Aisha's expression became complicated.

How... According to the legend, the way to subdue the three legendary birds is to get the three treasures and then blow the flute.

But what happened to the feeling that his own words were more effective than the method in the legend?

"Roar!"

Rayquaza roared in dissatisfaction from below.

What else could it be?

Yuck!

A bunch of face dogs...

Oh, I'm the head of face dogs.

It's all right then.

"Woo-hoo!"

"Roar!"

The three birds and the dragon laughed together, and the sky was filled with happy air, except for Lugia, who was still floating on the sea.

Lugia: "..."

The world where only the god of the sea is hurt is complete.

"Hmm."

Aisha couldn't stop smiling.

He didn't think that this time, when he came here to solve the Orange Islands incident, there would be an unexpected blessing.

Although the strength of these three stupid birds wasn't too strong, they were at least three heads... They're not strong, but they're still three heads.

Looking at them, I'm afraid they're willing to go to the fire or the sword.

Now, the number of their backup group has increased again.

"Hey, that's great."

Wrapping his arms around his chest and looking at the bright moon in the sky, Instructor Ai felt a sense of relief in his heart.

Plus Lugia below...

This is the big head!

If you help it find a child, it's not impossible to brush up its favor and cultivate it into a friend.

"Ins-tructor- Ai-!"

At that moment, along with the sound of splashing water, a voice calling Aisha came from the distance.

Aisha followed the sound and saw a red speedboat coming from the sea which was gradually calming down under the moonlight.

His loyal subordinates, the Team Rainbow Rocket trio, were on the speedboat, excitedly stomping on the power unit, waving at him as they did so.

Ash and Pikachu were standing on the bow of the boat, yelling and calling out to him.

"Huh?"

Frowning, Aisha's eyes moved to the back of the speedboat.

A pure white Pokémon was swimming fast on the surface of the sea, following their speedboat.

"That's... dang..."

Instructor Ai was also amused when he saw the Pokémon's appearance clearly.

With its trademark long neck, spotless white skin, and wide wings, it was a shrunken version of Lugia.

The lost child of the God of the Sea.

"That was a complete success..."

Shaking his head, Aisha took Rayquaza back into the Pokémon Ball.

The dragon disappeared into the sky under the red light.

Aisha jumped onto the closest Articuno and rode on its wide back.

"Screech!"

After catching Aisha, and feeling the sensation of the young man's palm brushing against the feathers on its back, Articuno revealed a satisfied expression.

It glanced at Moltres and Zapdos with great satisfaction.

Hmph.

See, it's still me.

You two ugly bastards, one of you is on fire and the other has feathers sharper than knives, are you at a disadvantage now?

Zapdos: "..."

Moltres: "..."

Hearing Articuno's mockery, the other two birds couldn't help but look at each other.

With just one look, they came to an understanding.

Hmm...

The Boss and his trainer are still here, so let's give him a little bit of a break.

After they're gone, we'll team up to give this blue-haired bird some strength!

"Screech!"

Articuno brought Aisha out to sea in front of the trio's speedboat.

At the sight of the bird, the trio and Ash took a step back in fear.

Understandable.

After all, before Instructor Ai arrived at the battlefield, they had suffered enough from the Three Legendary Birds.

"Don't be afraid."

Aisha jumped from Articuno's body onto the deck of the speedboat and smiled at them.

"The Three LegendaryBirds have regained their 'calm' and won't go crazy again."

Said Instructor Ai as he glanced backward, his aura in full force.

The three legendary birds shivered in unison.

They looked at each other, all from each other's eyes inside a touch of surprise and disbelief color.

"Screech..."

"Screech?"

"Screech!"

The three legendary birds flew into the distance, looking at each other in disbelief.

"What?"

Zapdos's face showed a strong look of confusion.

What's going on?

I feel like this human is stronger than us even without a Pokémon?

What a terrifying aura...

What the hell!

Moltres' expression was ugly, but then it was relieved.

It's normal!

It is the boss's trainer, the boss is so strong that it can make it willingly bow down, the strength of the trainer must also be extraordinary.

What...

Zapdos felt that Moltres had a point.

Articuno was silent.

"..." It looked at Moltres and Zapdos, who had easily accepted the cruel fact that Aisha could hold the three of them down, and was filled with grief.

Two idiots!

This kind of thing just doesn't seem right at all.

"As expected of Instructor Ai, he easily did what we couldn't!"

"Instructor Ai is too strong!"

"Maybe the three legendary birds fell for Instructor Ai's face as much as I did..."

On the speedboat, the trio turned into a squabbling group, complimenting Aisha with every word.

Instructor Ai was a bit embarrassed.

But the trio was so enthusiastic that they held his hand and wouldn't let go.

Instructor Ai couldn't help but smile and respond to them.

As for Rayquaza's matter, the trio didn't care at all.

After all, in their eyes, Instructor Ai was synonymous with omnipotence.

Isn't it normal to have a powerful Pokémon?

Ash was different.

"Instructor Ai..."

Ash asked tentatively.

"That green Pokémon?"

"Ah." Instructor Ai turned back to him, smiled, and said, "That was my strongest, best, and most trusted companion, just like Pikachu is to you."

Rayquaza's Poké ball shook with satisfaction.

"Oh..."

Ash didn't ask any more questions, but just picked up Pikachu.

"Pika?"

Pikachu touched Ash's face.

Ash was silent as he stared out to sea.

He probably needed some time to digest the fact that the distance between him and Aisha was growing.

Aisha didn't pay any attention to Ash.

He had faith in Ash.

The kid wasn't the type to let anyone get him down.

Leave him alone for a while and he'll come around.

Maybe the skill he showed today would be a motivation for Ash to move forward, adding another spark to his growth and endeavors.

"So, what's up with this kid?"

Looking towards the back of the speedboat, with a bewildered little Lugia, Aisha asked the trio.

"Ah, this child!"

James explained the reason for Instructor Ai, saying: "Probably after cadre you brought your Pokémon and that big white bird to fight to the distance, some wild Pokémon rescued this child from the sea, looking at the appearance we know that this child is probably the child of that big white bird, after Meowth communicated with it, we know that this child was kidnapped by a man, and now it was hard to escape, wanting to find its mother, so we brought it here."

"It's a poor child."

Meowth wiped its tears with a touching expression.

"Maybe the big white bird went crazy because the baby was taken, too."

"We've done a good thing by reuniting mother and child." Jessie turned around and said with great emotion.

Her voice was a bit hoarse, as if she had remembered something.

"You guys..."

Looking at the trio's appearance, Aisha couldn't help but smile, smiling with relief.

The three of them were rightly called "the most unlikeable villains".

"Then I thank you on behalf of their mother and son, lovely and charming villains."

Patting the trio on the shoulder, Aisha walked towards the back of the ship.

Regardless of the trio who were happily hugging each other after receiving his praise, Aisha looked towards the frightened little Lugia in the sea.

"Don't be afraid, little one, I'll take you to your mother."

"Huh?"

The little one looked up at the beautiful boy smiling at him from the stern.

Unconsciously, its frightened heart gradually became calmer.

Of course, if you let it know that this smiling and gentle boy in front of you led someone to beat up his mother, then it might not be the same reaction.

"Woo!"

Even little Lugia was actually several meters tall.

Aisha stood on its back, and the little guy didn't resist at all.

Then, one Pokémon and one Pokémon swam to the direction where Lugia was lying.

"Woo!"

Upon seeing its mother floating in the sea, half dead, little Lugia couldn't help but whimper.

It swam to the Sea God's side and pushed its mother's face.

"Woo..."

Perhaps because its heard the child's voice, the god of the sea opened its eyes.

Seeing its long lost child back, now with a tearful look on its face, the God of the Sea felt a moment of heartbreak.

Still, it was a good thing it was found...

"Woo~"

With a chirp, the huge God of the Sea extended its neck and rubbed against the child's face.

Instructor Ai had no intention of disturbing this beautiful picture of a loving mother and child, and consciously took a few steps back, standing on the surface of the sea with his own psychic powers.

After a long time, the God of the Sea, who had warmed up enough, looked at him.

The child was back, and so was its brain.

Seeing this, Lugia realized that it had misunderstood Aisha.

Not only was he not the one who kidnapped its child, but he was also the one who saved it.

"Woo!"

The God of the Sea chirped at Aisha, his voice containing a deep sense of gratitude and guilt.

Instructor Ai's expression was complicated.

Look, it has to thank us.