Chapter 05

"Ed! Yun!" Grandma Talya called for both of them. Grandpa walks outside where Grandma is followed by Ed. 

"What is it, old lady?" Grandpa asked 

"I'm going to bring Ed to the contest hall with Macy as the contest will start at 10. While for you, you can watch the pokemon in the daycare" 

"Wha-!? Okay." Grandpa want to disagree but seeing grandma's glare he stopped. He could also see Macy's excitement on her face. 

"Okay that's settled, Ed get ready as we are going to the contest stadium. But you need to be close to me and Macy so you won't get lost." Grandma instruct Ed as she was nervous of where her grandson would wander if he was left alone.

"Yes ma'am!" Oblivious to what his grandma was thinking about Ed was excited to see a real life pokemon contest. 

"Macy you too!" Grandma also alerted Macy

"Yes ma'am!" Macy excitedly agreed.

...

Ed changed his clothes and he felt weird about the antics of people in this world as most of his clothes had three to five copies. In his past life he could only have two copies of t-shirts except for white shirt. It was common here to have the same attire every single day.

After changing he put his pokemon in their pokeballs while returning the pokemons he couldn't help but smile as he always dreams of using pokeballs by returning or calling out pokemons and now it wasn't a dream. 

Ed meet the others in the living room and he couldn't contain his excitement, he also saw Macy's shining eyes and he could feel she is more excited than him. 

'I think Macy is an avid fan of pokemon contest' 

"Okay let's go or else we wouldn't have any seats to sit." 

"Okay" Ed and Macy simultaneously said

. . . .. . 

Led by Grandma Talya Ed and Macy followed her until they were in front of the Contest Stadium. Ed was looking around as there are many vendors selling various items some were ribbons, berries, and other merchandise.

As Ed was looking around while following Grandma Talya he saw two familiar faces, Birch, Norman and Caroline, they with a stranger that he felt familiar. The group saw them and were walking towards their direction. 

When they are finally close the stranger greeted Grandma Talya.

"Long time no see lady Talya" Juan greeted

"Hello ma'am" The trio with him also greeted grandma Talya

"Hello Juan, Norman, Caroline, and Dan" Grandma greet back. Ed finally knew why he felt familiar with the man as that attire and mustache is Juan's iconic design in the game and anime.

Ed finally remembered their companion Macy. He didn't know why but Macy's is trembling. 

'Is she afraid or something?' 

So Ed check Macy but only to saw her eyes shining like a fan seeing their idol. 

'So she's not excited about the contest but the contestant?' 

But seeing the bigshots and how respectful they're he was curious on his grandparents identity. So he asked Macy but he didn't know that everyone around him heard him. 

Waiting for Macy's reply only to see Macy's confused face. Instead it was Juan who answered Ed. 

"You could say that ma'am Talya is a teacher for us" 

"Teacher? Are you saying that grandma is a teacher?" Ed couldn't help but marvel on what a coincidence is it to be a teacher of kids become such a bigshots in Hoenn. But Juan's next word confused him more.

"You can say that as we challenged Lady Talya and taught by her" He know that her grandma is a part time teacher as the elder couple is running a daycare that also entertain children that who still not in the age to attend school yet, who can't go to pokemon schools, and for children whose parents were busy and no one can take care of them. 

"Challenged?" Ed was so damn confused, is grandma a gym leader? So he can't help but asked again

"Is grandma a gym leader?" 

Juan smiled and explained

"When I was young and still in my first year of trainer life I travelled around Hoenn and challenged eight gym leaders and madam Talya is one of them"

Norman giggles as he added

"Not only a gym leader but also a she was once an elite four" 

"What!!" Ed screamed startling the lady who's in cloud nine behind him. His agitated emotion make Ralts who was sensitive to its trainer's emotion came out of its pokeball. 

"Raalts!" It stances itself when it comes out of its pokeball, condensing psychic energy. But he was confused when he sensed everyone around him and didn't sense any hostility. So it tilted its head looking towards Ed with a questioning gaze.

"Hahahahaha I'm sorry Ralts, I was just shocked to learn an information." Ed embarrassedly apologize to his partner. 

'What the! Did Jirachi change my wish that instead of my previous life family the one who's blessed is my present family?' 

"Your Ralts is quite special isn't?" Birch couldn't help but feel curious about Ralts. As it was his first time to see a Ralts and he heard that Ralts were sensitive to their trainer's emotion.

Grandma laughed and felt relief that her grandson's pokemon care for his well being and his grandson also reciprocate those feelings. 

"Okay now I think it's time to enter the stadium, especially you Juan" 

"Yes ma'am!" Everyone led by Grandma entered the building. While on their way Ed asked Birch about more information about grandma. 

When the Hoenn league was first established grandma Talya was one of the gym leaders but gave up as she became one of the Elite four. The daycare was once the gym before. 

"Woah, how about Grandpa?" Ed couldn't help asked about his grandpa.

" Hahaha your grandpa is once a champion of Kalos" Grandma heartily laughed

"What!!" Ed was shocked again and this time Ralts was staring on his trainer like an idiot. Seeing the judging stare, Ed holds Ralts hand to convey what is in his mind. This method was one he learned from the child Edward and the two of them always doing this if one couldn't fully explain what they want to convey and only the two of them could do this. 

After knowing what he was thinking Ralts was shocked not because of what Ed conveyed but how dense his trainer is to only realize this now. 

"Wh-why are you staring like that?" Ed couldn't help but feel hurt. Ralts sigh as he think that his owner was still recovering from the fever he got that his mind was in chaos like the first time they exchange thoughts after Ed healed. 

Ralts convey some information which also shocked Ed when he got know that his parents were also elite and champion to booth. But he still asked.

"So how about my parents, why mother's and father's work there in Kalos?" 

"That's right your father is the present champion and your mother is an elite four of the Kalos league. It's just that the situation between regions is not good so that's why your parents can't come and go as they please in Hoenn." Grandma explained and then she turned her attention to Juan. 

"Hey don't you have a competition to attend to?" 

"I know madam so I will go first" 

"Good luck" others cheered for him with Macy is the one who has the most heartful cheer.

"Thanks" as Juan smiled went to the backstage

"Let's go Ed, also do you three want to go with us?" Grandma asked the couple

"I will stick with Ed as we could have further conversation." Birch smiled as he couldn't help but feel wonder at Ed's connection to pokemons. 

"Me and Norman will go on our way" Caroline smiled as she lead Norman away maybe a date. 

"Okay, had a great time" Grandma nodded as she went to find a seat. 

After finding a seat Ed called out his other pokemons so that they could also see the contest. 

_A while later the contest begins_ 

Ed saw many Pokemon performed and he can't help but be amaze to what he saw as it was different watching in an anime than in real life 

Then he saw it was Juan's turn. The pokemon he released is a Milotic. 

"Milotic Aqua ring!" 

A ring of water surrounded Milotic

"Mirror Coat!" turning milotic into a mermaid shining under the moonbthat was surrounded by water. 

Juan continue his command for Milotic. 

"Twister!"

Sol taught that the twister will affect the aqua ring but instead it complimented each other as it turned Milotic into something akin to a fairy dragon. Milotic roar as it jump up and it dance in the air and it disperse the beautiful cover veiling it with a beautiful slap of its tail turning it into a beautiful fierce fighter. With the dispersal of the veil and Milotic landing ends Juan's performance. Applauses and shout could be heard from nost audience in the stadium. 

Ed and Ralts' ear felt like exploding due to someone near the two shouting out from her lungs. The judges gave their score out of 30 and Juan's score was 29.5. 

"With the crowd favorite Juan's performance end we will move to the second round!" 

The first round finished and the contest move to the second round but all competitors were defeated by Juan. 

"The winner of this Verdanturf pokemon contest is Juan!!"

The audience applauds as the host gives the ribbon to Juan. As Juan also gave a speech.

"Thank you everyone for coming to the Verdanturf pokemon contest and thank you for the continued support for the contest." 

With the contest ending Ed and Grandma preparing to leave the stadium but they're stopped by a man in a butler attire.

"Hello there lady Talya, I am Sebastian the butler of master Juan, and he wants me to take you guys in the backstage."

"What does he want?" Grandma asked with a frowned as she didn't heard anything from Juan earlier. 

"I don't know my lady" Sebastian shook his head as he answered wasn't informed by Juan.

"Okay then" Knowing about Juan Grandma Talya accepted the offer. 

Grandma, Ed, Birch, and the excited Macy followed Sebastian as he lead them to the backstage and reaching to a room where Juan greeted them

"Hello again Maam Talya"

"So what do you want to talk about?" Grandma Talya immediately asked

Juan can only sighed at Grandma's temper

"Even though Norman wasn't talking about it but this is about his transfer here to Hoenn. Even though Norman was a reserved elite and close to becoming an Elite four some noble family rejected the idea of Norman transferring here." 

"Tch, those closed minded people" Grandma Talya smirked as she was still fuming in anger toward some noble family. Even though they had high rank because of the association, nobles is still have a strong control to the region they lived in. 

"Also the two association think of this as getting closer and beneficial to the alliance. That's why they want support." 

"Support huh. Why would someone stop something that can also be beneficial to them?" Grandma asked as she was confused

"Well how should I say this? A heir of a high ranking family have a feelings for Caroline and using pressure with its allied nobles." 

"Hmph! Those idiots! Can't they see that the two is always flirting with each other?" Grandma Talya is fuming because of a small idiotic reason. 

'He's just a third-rate villian' Ed couldn't help but laugh as he could finally had a real life example of idiot stepping stone villain in real life. 

Even though no one could see Ralts eyes but Ed could feel Ralts also rolled its eyes when he sensed Ed's feeling. Which made Ed smiled. It also mad him think that his grandparents really hate those nobles.

He turned his attention when Grandma called him. 

"Ed our chat will take longer than I expected. How about you play around the stadium but don't go too far okay?"

"Yes grandma!" as he stand and immediately bolted out of the room followed by Ralts who couldn't help but sigh as he followed his owner with Ed's other pokemon by using confusion to float them.

"That boy he's really impulsive!" Grandma couldn't help but feel worried about her grandson

"I will follow him ma'am!" Birch stand as he felt suffocated staying in one place.

After watching Birch follow Ed the two continue their talk while Macy continued her daydream on the side.

"Okay then Juan tell me, aside for strengthening the connection between the two regions and his upcoming marriage with Caroline what are the other reasons why Norman is being transferred to Hoenn?" 

"You know about the Rayquaza right ma'am?" 

"Of course! Do you think I'm an idiot! So what's the connection? It was just the remains of the legendary Pokemon." Grandma Talya replied 

"It is just that in the Johto region the biggest league family caught Rayquaza a living one at that." Juan said

"What!? How do they caught one!?" 

"It was a youngling and hibernating so they just move it to a secret laboratory secretly and they started experimenting on it." Juan explained

Legendaries could be caught and a youngling is one that is easy to catch as they will still be in Advance to Elite level. If a legendary pokemon became an adult its level will be at the peak of Master rank to Grandmaster rank. Even a youngling in Advance rank you need to battle the pokemon with elite pokemon. 

Also there is also titled legendary Pokemon will turn into mythical grade pokemon that even if you have the strongest pokeball such as master ball you can't catch one. Titled one are the one who had a power of gods that in the exaggerated pokedex in the games. 

"Even still! You need the combined work of 3 or more elites to catch one!" 

"No information of how it was captured and Norman said that 'For Rayquaza not to wake up they put it in a chamber full of sleeping inducing materials that can make a pokemon in coma.' But the problem is the Johto association didn't know about it." Juan added what he heard from Norman.

The first scenario is that Norman was stalking one of the elite members of team Rocket; he found out that the member is going to a secluded laboratory. He infiltrated the lab, where he found a member of a noble family and also found Rayquaza there. He also stated that the members of team rocket and the researchers are on the same side and attacked him. Left with no choice he destroyed the container where Rayquaza is contained. Rayquaza woke up and destroyed half of the laboratory and Norman fled and reported it to the Alliance. 

But the problem started when the noble member reverse and that Norman attacked them with team Rocket members. 

The member of the Noble family that was in charge of the laboratory want Norman to be detained because he was part of an evil organization and he destroyed the laboratory because it was part of his mission. When the association head heard of this he stopped Norman's detainment as he was also suspicious to the research laboratory because they didn't reported it to the association as the alliance is sensitive to news regarding to legends.

Befroe the Johto head know about it and because the league didn't have any evidence about the event and even thought that Norman was one with the team rocket so they detained Norman. 

But he was released the next day because one nature reporter showed a video of Rayquaza flying out where the location of the laboratory was. Reversing to interrogating the member of noble family. 

Still wanting to silence Norman by accusing him being part of team Rocket/Rainbow but due the league is already starting to be suspicious of the person so they didn't comply and instead asked the Hoenn league for help as the pokemon was a legend of the region and also the the noble family in Blackthorn Johto, Draco Fusube, fully supported Norman. 

The league could only punish Norman on removing his name as a candidate to become Elite four and step to become champion of Johto. 

So instead of becoming one of the Elite four in Johto the allaince suggest that Norman to be transferred to Hoenn as a gym leader and also as a means to monitor him. But some nobles didn't want to accept this arrangement. 

"The member of thenoble family was also being monitored by the league. " 

After Juan explained, Grandma Talya frowned

"I have known Norman since he was a kid and he can't be part of an evil organization! And he is also starting to form a family with the gal Caroline!"

"I know which means that the noble family in Johto is suspicious." Juan answered

Grandma can't help but asked

"Which family is part of the person in charge?" 

"His name is Ben and was the nephew of the ex- elite four of Kanto and the patriarch of one of the top family, Gina!" 

"What!? I know that Gina has an evil aura but she has a talented son named Giovanni right?" 

"Yes he was supposed to be an elite four instead of the young Bruno but he choose to be a gym leader in Viridian City" 

Grandma furrowed brows tightened as she contemplated and became suspicious about the family. 

"That's weird no genius can resist the allure of benefits of being an elite four. After all, not only will power, prestige, and authority be gained but also blessings, aside that you will have many responsibilities to take on."

"We can't understand geniuses, maybe he doesn't want so many responsibilities." Juan sighed

"Hmph, okay then you have my support but I need to talk to the one organizing it as I also want a compensation" 

"You want compensation?" Juan eyes widened

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While Juan and Geandma Talya was having a conversation. Ed roam around the stage where coordinators performed. 

Seconds later Ralts and the other arrived. 

"Raaa! Ralts!" After it arrived Ralts scolded Ed for bolting with out notice. The other also complained to their trainer. While Wurmple just looked blankly at Sol.

"What's wrong Wurmple?" Ed asked as the pokemon only atare at him. Before Ed could check Wurmple he heard a cry of a Beautifly. 

Beautifly~ 

A Beautifly showed in front of them and Ed noticed it was there acquaintance due to the familiar sense. 

"Oh it's you beautifly, what are you doing here?"

Beautifly nodded to Ed and went to Wurmple's side and growled which seems it was reprimanding Wurmple. Ed was shocked and think that this little ones parents was his Beautifly friend. 

"Are you Wurmple's parent?" 

Beautifly nodded as it turn its attention back to Wurmple. Ed could see that Beautifly was scolding Wurmple. 

"Um, excuse me Beautifly your child Wurmple has just become my pokemon."

Beautifly eyes widened and look to Wurmple.

"Beautifly!" it growled with increased voice at Wurmple

Then it turned around Ed and bowed after that it took a battle stance while pointing to all of his pokemon while doing a punching actions with its small fists.

"You want to battle me?" Ed inquired as he was confused of why Beautifly doing a battle actions so he asked for confirmation

Beautifly nodded

"Uhh…it's that I don't know about my pokemon's attacks." Ed scratch his head as he embarrassingly said and turned around and asked the four brats. He didn't asked about Ralts as he had Edward's memories on where Ralts battling using moves while Edward was just cheering on the side. 

"Do all of you know about your attacks?"

The pokemon except Ralts tilted their head which Ed couldn't help but regret that he didn't have any camera. That's when he remembered what he wanted to ask Birch. Looking back at his pokemons confused faces it means that they didn't know any their own attacks.

'So Ralts was my only battler then?' 

Ed sighed as he didn't have any cheat that able him to look for his pokemon attributes. 

[Update complete]

[Congratulations host you received Appraisal skill]

That was fast, it just started its upgrade last night. Ed saw that the system had changed greatly as before it only had sign in and inventory but now it has new icons which are host, task, shop, and achievement. 

'Is there some magic words?' 

While mulling over how to activate he finally saw an information about his pokemon. 

Ralts♂️

Type: Psychic, Fairy

Level: 13

Aptitude: Platinum+ 

Ability: Telepathy 

Moves: 

>Special: Confusion, Disarming voice, Shadow Ball, Magical leaf

>Status: Trick,Teleport,, 

>Physical: Shadow Sneak, 

Azurill♀️

Type: Normal, Fairy

Level: 8

Aptitude: Gold

Abilities: Sap Sipper

Moves: 

>Special:Water gun, Bubble,

>Status: Helping Hand, Charm, Protect

Cleffa♀️

Type: Fairy, 

Level: 3

Aptitude: Silver

Abilities: Magic Guard

Moves: (Can't used properly)

>Status: Heal pulse, Copycat, Sing, Sweet Kiss 

>Physical: Pound

Budew♂️

Type: Grass, Poison 

Level: 6

Aptitude: Gold

Ability: Nature Cure

Moves: 

>Special:Extrasensory, Absorb,

>Stun spores, Growth, synthesis, Grasswhistle 

Wurmple♂️

Type: Bug

Level: 5 

Aptitude: Silver

Abilities: Thick Dust

Moves: 

>Status: String Shot, 

>Physical:Tackle, Poison sting, Bug bite

Aside from Ralts who was with Ed and have been training, the others are still child and newborn such as Cleffa.