A few days had passed and our heroes were travelling along the path towards Rustburo City. Rounding one last corner they saw the city, "There it is Rustburo City" Ash said as he gazed out into the city.

"Wow" Max said impressed gazing around.

"Now to find the Leader of the Rustburo Gym" Ash said determined, "Ready Pikachu?"

"Pika" Pikachu responded confidently.

Far behind them there were two individuals watching them closely. One of them was shaped like a large majestic beast with a long, flowing purple mane and blue fur with, what looked like, ribbons flowing off its body in the wind. The second was a larger whale-like creature with red lines going throughout its body with large wings. It was the Legendary Suicune and Kyogre.

"Are you really intent on doing this Kyogre" Suicune asked with a feminine voice.

Kyogre seemed to grunt, "Of course I am. A mere human controlling Legendaries such as us... disgraceful. I will engage this human in battle and once I win I shall free the others that he has caught."

Suicune seemed to sigh "You do know what will happen if you lose?"

"Yes, yes I know" Kyogre responded impatiently. "Why are you here anyway? When Arceus informed us of what transpired you didn't seem to be objecting at all."

"Because I have met Ash before and have seen his mind and heart" Suicune said. "I have always searched for a trainer with a magnificently pure heart and I have never found one until him."

"Are you saying that you would willingly become his Pokémon" Kyogre asked in a deadly voice.

"And what if I did" Suicune responded narrowing its eyes at Kyogre.

"Then next time we meet we will be enemies" Kyogre said before disappearing. Suicune looked at the spot where Kyogre was before turning back and staring as Ash and his companions walked towards Rustburo city smiling and talking with each other.

The three of them were now sitting in a small area after getting some lunch. "So Ash what kind of Pokémon are you gonna use in your gym battle" Max asked.

Ash pulled out a little booklet on the Hoenn Region gyms that Brock had gave him before he left, "Well it says here that the Gym Leader is called Roxanne and she uses rock type Pokémon."

"Your Treeko would do well in a match against rock type Pokémon" Max commented. On their way out of Pettleburg Forest they ended up being surrounded by a bunch of Taillow that smelt the food they were eating. Ash managed to fend them all off using Pikachu's thunderbolt, but the leader of the Taillow stayed behind and continued to fight. That Taillow took about ten thunderbolts and still continued to fight to the shock and amazement of everyone else. Finally a well placed quick attack sent it down.

Then when they were almost out they ran into a Treeko that was being exiled from its pack for standing up against the eldest Treeko. Ash ended up battling the Treeko with Latios and the battle was rather one sided, but Treeko refused to give up even though Latios was clearly not even trying. After Latios knocked it away with a Steel Wing was when Ash recalled Latios and walked up to Treeko.

Ash had bent down next to Treeko, "I see it in your eyes" Ash whispered to Treeko "You want to be stronger. Come with me Treeko and I can make you stronger. You're a great Pokémon and a great friend and friends always help each other out." Treeko was touched by Ash's kindness and went with Ash willingly.

Back to the present Ash shook his head, "No I'm going to wait before using Treeko until I've trained him some more. I think I'll stick with Latios and Darkrai. What about you May, what are you gonna do?"

May swallowed her snack before looking at Ash and Max with a bright smile, "Nothing." Silence passed between them...

"WHAT" Ash and Max said shocked.

"What do you mean nothing" Max asked.

"Exactly that, nothing" May repeated still smiling.

"But why... especially after coming so far" Ash asked confused.

"Because I've decided to become a Pokémon coordinator" May said.

"A coordinator" Ash repeated.

"But why now, especially after you've already become a Pokémon trainer" Max asked.

"Well Max to tell you the truth I didn't like Pokémon all that much" May admitted to her brother and Ash's shock. "All I really wanted to do was go out and travel to see new places. Being a trainer was the perfect excuse to do it. I didn't even really like Pokémon, but that's all changed. Now I love Pokémon, Torchic, Wurmple, Pikachu, everyone. It's really all thanks to Ash that I love Pokémon so much and after I saw that first contest I just knew that it was the right thing for me. You see those Pokémon were cute and powerful and that's all the things I want my Pokémon to be."

Ash smiled, "Well if that's what you want to do then I'm behind you all the way. We'll help you in any way possible in order for you to become an awesome coordinator."

"Thanks so much" May said grateful.

"You know it's not gonna be easy to be a coordinator May" Max said.

"I know that Max" May said. She had a determined look in her eyes, "And that's the reason I'm going to be working hard at it all the way."

Lunch ended quickly after that, "Well let's hit the gym. I've got a badge to win."

"Yeah" Max agreed enthusiastically. They were about to set off when there was a flash and Latias appeared. "What the... what's wrong with Latias?"

"I don't know" Ash said looking at Latias who was staring out with a faraway look on her face, "Latias, what's wrong?" Latias didn't respond and instead she took off towards the open forest area. "Latias... wait" Ash called and began running after her.

"What's wrong" May asked after she and Max managed to catch up with Ash.

"I don't know" Ash said. "Latias has never acted this way before." Latias left the forest area and appeared in an open field and soon they managed to catch up and heard the sound of happy coos and throaty barks and growling. The three of them then entered into an open grassy area that had a small lake in the center. Ash saw Latias smiling and talking happily with a massive beast shaped Pokémon that was also smiling. Ash recognized the Pokémon immediately, "Suicune" Ash said wide eyed.

Max's eyes were also wide, "It is Suicune. Wow, I don't believe it."

"What's a Suicune" May asked confused. She took out her Pokedex and pointed it at Suicune.

Dexter's mechanical voice spoke, "Suicune, the Aurora Pokémon. Suicune travels the world purifying water wherever it goes, sailing on the North Wind."

"Suicune is one of the Legendary Beasts of Johto" Max responded to his sister's earlier question. "Suicune is said to represent the rain that put out the massive Brass Tower in Johto hundreds of years ago. Though why Suicune is all the way here in Hoenn is beyond me."

Suicune finally seemed to take notice of the audience they had, "Your trainer is here Latias" Suicune said in POKESPEECH.

Latias looked over, "Oh this might be hard to explain. I just ran off without explaining." Latias flew back over while Suicune laughed slightly and followed. Latias stopped in front of Ash and smiled sheepishly, 'Sorry for taking off out of nowhere like that' she said telepathically. 'It's just I haven't seen Suicune in so long and I sensed her presence and well...'

"It's okay Latias" Ash said petting her making her coo happily. Suicune then walked towards the others and they all stared at Suicune while Suicune stared right back. Ash was the first to speak, "Hey Suicune it's been a while" Ash said.

Suicune seemed to nod before smiling and walking over to Ash and nudging his hand slightly. Ash took the incentive and petting Suicune on the head making it growl happily. "Wow..." Max commented wide eyed. "I wonder how many Legendaries Ash has met."

Suicune then turned to Latias and gave out a few barks and soon Latias became wide eyed before nodding slightly and turning to Ash, 'Suicune wants me to tell you that she wants to battle you.' Ash stared at Latias surprised and then turned to Suicune. Only when Latias spoke again did Ash turn back to Latias, 'She says that if you win then she will come with you, but if you lose then you will not mention to anyone that you saw here and that includes your friends.'

Ash nodded and turned to his friends, "Well guys Suicune here wants to battle me."

"What..." May asked shocked.

"Why" Max asked.

"I don't know" Ash said confused. "All Latias told me was that Suicune wanted to battle me and that if I won then Suicune would become my Pokémon and if I lost we must never speak of seeing Suicune here. Max, do you mind being referee?"

"Sure" Max said walking over into the middle. "This will be a one on one match between Suicune and Ash. The winner will be decided when either Pokémon is unable to battle. Begin."

"Darkrai, let's go" Ash called sending out the pitch black Pokémon. Darkrai appeared in a flash and huffed as it stared out at Suicune.

"Suicune" Darkrai said in POKESPEECH. "Are you also seeking to join with Ash?"

"So you even call him Ash now" Suicune said. "I told you that he had a pure heart and he must be even stronger than I thought to get past your cold exterior."

Darkrai seemed to glare, "Shut up and battle."

"Darkrai use dark pulse" Ash called out. Darkrai's hand glowed before launching a swirling beam of darkness towards Suicune. Suicune easily jumped out of the way and launched a hydro pump at Darkrai. "Darkrai dodge and use ice beam" Ash shouted. Darkrai flew upwards and launched a powerful ice beam from its hands and it hit Suicune dead on making her cry out in pain.

Suicune jumped up while glaring out at Darkrai and then a massive yellow ball began forming in her mouth, "It's a hyper beam" Max shouted worried. Too late as Suicune fired the hyper beam and it hit Darkrai dead on.

"Hang in there Darkrai" Ash called. "Now use Giga impact." Darkrai glowed as energy surrounded it and Darkrai charged forward towards Suicune. Suicune then had the same glow surround her body and she charged at Darkrai as well. 'So Suicune also knows Giga Impact' Ash thought gritting his teeth. Both Legendaries collided and struggled for dominance. Suicune grit her teeth and put more power into her attack while Darkrai tried pushing as hard as possible. With a loud cry Suicune won the standoff and hit Darkrai hard knocking it back and making it land on the ground.

"Oh no" May cried. "Ash is losing."

"Not quite sis" Max said. "Look at Suicune." May looked to see Suicune scratched up and panting hard. "That attack plus the damage that Darkrai has dealt it has caused quite a bit of damage." Suicune growled loudly and then charged up a brightly colored attack in its mouth. Max's eyes widened, "Ash watch out that's Aurora Beam."

Again too late as Suicune fired her attack and it hit Darkrai hard knocking it back again and slammed it into a tree. "No Darkrai" Ash called worried. Darkrai grit its teeth and floated back off the ground and glared at Suicune. "Alright now use Giga Impact one more time." Darkrai glowed and attacked again. Suicune used the same attack and they were both charging at each other again.

"What's he thinking" Max shouted. "Another attack like that could wipe Darkrai out."

The two Legendaries were close to hitting each other, "Now Darkrai stop and dodge to the side." Darkrai stopped the Giga Impact and dodged to the side making Suicune slightly wide eyed as well as the others. Ash smirked, "Now use Dark Void" he said calmly. Darkrai formed a dark orb in its hand and fired it at Suicune. It hit Suicune dead on and enveloped it. Suicune cried out before falling to the ground fast asleep.

"Oh I get it now" Max said. "He had Darkrai faint the Giga Impact in order to get behind Suicune."

"Now use dream eater" Ash called. Darkrai's eyes glowed red before launching a spectral image of itself and it enveloped Suicune. Suicune cried out before going rigid and waking up from the attack. "It's not over yet, but it will be after this. Darkrai finish it with Dark pulse." Darkrai charged up the attack and launched a swirling beam of darkness at Suicune and it hit her dead on making her faint to the ground with swirls in her eyes.

Ash quickly pulled out one of his spare master balls, "Pokeball go" Ash shouted. The Pokeball shot forward and it enveloped Suicune. Suicune disappeared in a flash and then disappeared into the Pokeball. They all waited with their breaths held until the Pokeball stopped twitching and sat still. They all released a breath as they watched the Pokeball transport away. Ash pulled his hat off and wiped some sweat from his forehead before putting it back on.

"Alright Ash you did it" Max cheered.

"Thank you so much Darkrai" Ash said gratefully to the pitch black Pokémon. Darkrai nodded to Ash, "Take a good rest" Ash said returning Darkrai. 'Well that now makes Four Legendaries that I now have' he thought to himself.

Silence passed between them for a bit, "So what are you gonna do now" May asked.

Ash smiled, "First I'm gonna make a quick stop at the Pokémon center and then make a quick transfer before going to the gym."

Our scene now pans to our heroes in front of the gym. It had been about an hour since the whole battle with Suicune and now Ash was ready to battle the gym leader. "Wow so that's Roxanne's gym" May said shocked looking at the rock-shaped gym.

"The Pettleburg gym looks nothing like this" Max commented.

Ash didn't have a comment on the gym since he had seen plenty of them before, "Our first badge, ready Pikachu?"

"Pika" Pikachu said confidently.

They walked inside the gym to see a bunch of kids about their age or maybe a little bit older. "Wow look at the field" May said impressed.

"Yeah that's a perfect field for rock type Pokémon" Max said. The field was covered in rocks all around the area with very little spots that were flat.

One of the kids turned to them, "Ah you must be the challenger" he said to Ash. "Teacher your challenger is here."

A woman stood up in the stands. She had black hair and was wearing a blue blouse with skin tight red pants and white shoes. "It is a pleasure to meet you. I'm Roxanne the leader of the Rustburo Gym."

"Nice to meet you Roxanne, I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town" Ash said. "I've come here for a battle to win my first badge."

"Your first badge" Roxanne said smiling. "Well I'm honored that you would choose my gym for your first badge. It's quite an honor."

"Thanks Roxanne" Ash said.

"Teacher we're all set up over here" one of the students called out. Roxanne smiled and nodded towards the student.

"So are all of them your students" Max asked.

Roxanne nodded, "Yes they all come from the school where I teach about Pokémon battles. Some of them come and work here for me as interns and in the process gain valuable experience as Pokémon trainers."

"Cool" Max said.

"Say Ash would you mind if I made a video tape of our battle" Roxanne asked.

"No I don't mind" Ash said.

Roxanne smiled, "Good I like to make videos of all my battles to show my students while I teach."

"That's cool" Ash said. "I'll show them the right way to battle and the right way to win a badge in your gym."

"You're very confident" Roxanne commented, "Let's begin." Both of them took their spots on either side of the field and the students were either working the video camera's around the field and one was acting as referee while May and Max were sitting in the stands.

"Oh this'll be exciting" Max said unable to stop himself from fidgeting.

"Calm down Max" May said even though she was just as excited as Max was.

"I can't help it" Max said. "This'll be the first gym battle I've ever witnessed since Dad never let us watch his own battles."

"The battle between Rustburo City's Gym Leader Roxanne vs. Challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town will now begin. This match will be an elimination round with each trainer using two Pokémon. Only the challenger is allowed to substitute. Let the battle begin" the referee said.

"Geodude I choose you" Roxanne said releasing a small rock shaped Pokémon with muscular arms.

"Geodude huh" Ash mused. He pulled out a Pokeball and with a smirk on his face he called out, "I choose you Suicune." The magnificent Aurora Pokémon appeared in a flash letting off a bark.

Roxanne and her students stared in surprise with their eyes widened and their mouths slightly opened. Roxanne composed herself quickly though, "Well Ash I'm glad you consented to letting me tape this. This'll be a match my students will never forget."

"No problem, Suicune use hydro pump" Ash called. Suicune opened its mouth and launched a massive water stream towards Geodude.

"Geodude, dodge and use role out" Roxanne called. Geodude jumped to the side to avoid the hydro pump and then tucked its arms in and rolled on the ground towards Suicune at a fast pace.

"Suicune use Giga Impact" Ash said calmly. Suicune glowed with energy and charged at Geodude and both of them met in a head on collision that created an explosion. There was a cry of pain before Suicune shot out of the smoke without a scratch on her. The smoke cleared and it showed Geodude on the ground with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Geodude is unable to battle. Suicune is the winner." Roxanne recalled her Geodude whispering a small thanks to it.

"Whoa that Giga Impact's power was off the charts" May said shocked.

"Yeah Suicune is very powerful" Max said. "Remember that Suicune went head to head with Darkrai and Darkrai almost lost."

"Well Ash I got to hand it to you, no one has ever taken out my Geodude so quickly or with one attack" Roxanne said. "You are one impressive Trainer, but let's see how you handle this. Nosepass I choose you." Out came a massive rock Pokémon with slit eyes and a massive nose.

"Nosepass" Ash said staring at the new Pokémon as he pulled out his Pokedex.

Dexter's mechanical voice spoke, "Nosepass, the compass Pokémon. Nosepass has a nose that functions as a compass that can detect electromagnetic pulses by moving its nose about." Ash looked out at Suicune and she looked ready to take down Nosepass.

"Suicune get in close" Ash ordered. Suicune charged towards Nosepass.

"Nosepass use thunder wave" Roxanne called. Nosepass' nose glowed and it fired out a thunder wave from its nose and it hit Suicune hard in the chest making it cry out.

"I didn't expect a rock type to know an electric type move" Ash grunted. "Suicune use ice beam." Suicune opened its mouth and fired off bursts of ice beam at Nosepass. Nosepass dodged from left to right and went back to avoid the ice beam.

"Good job Nosepass now use Rock Tomb" Roxanne called. Nosepass stomped hard on the ground and rocks began coming up around Suicune.

"Dodge it" Ash called. Suicune jumped around and ran to avoid the rock tomb swerving to the left and the right and managed to dodge it. Suicune jumped the last rock and appeared in front of Nosepass. Roxanne and Nosepass looked shocked, "Now use Hydro Pump" Ash said. Suicune opened her mouth and launched another hydro pump from her mouth and it hit Nosepass dead center in the face and lifted the massive rock Pokémon off of its legs and launched it back where it hit the wall causing spider web cracks to appear. Nosepass slowly slid down the wall and did not get back up.

The ref raised the green flag, "Nosepass is unable to battle. Suicune is the winner. Since both of the Gym Leaders Pokémon have been defeated then the winner is the challenger Ash Ketchum."

"Alright Suicune you did it" Ash cheered. Suicune smiled and raced back to Ash. Ash laughed as he pet Suicune softly, "Good job... I knew you could do it." Roxanne and her students stared out in surprise before Roxanne smiled slightly and recalled her Nosepass.

"Wow Ash did it" May gushed. "Even though Suicune's a Legendary it's still amazing to see him win using only one Pokémon."

"Now I know... that's what a gym battle's like" Max said with his eyes sparkling. Now our scene pans to them outside of the gym.

"Ash that was an amazing battle" Roxanne said. "Not only have you shown great strategy and intellect, but you have also given me the honor of seeing a Legendary in battle. Now I have a whole new subject to teach my students. As proof of your victory here at the Rustburo Gym it is my honor to award you with the Stone Badge." Roxanne held out the Stone badge for Ash to take.

"Thanks Roxanne" Ash said. "Alright I got the Stone Badge."

"Pikachu" Pikachu said with the peace sign. Now that Ash has won his first badge he sets his sights towards his next badge. The next day we find Ash and company on their way to the docks.

"Well according to the Pokenav, the closest gym is on Dewford City on an island" Max said.

"Oh great the ferry doesn't start up for another two hours" Ash moaned out. Then he smirked, "But we have other means of transportation."

"By that you mean flying right" May asked trying to hide the excitement in her voice.

Ash nodded, "But I don't know if Latios can take all three of us by himself. Do one of you guys mind riding alone on Latias?"

"I'll do it" Max called out first. "I've never gotten to fly before. This is gonna be awesome."

Ash nodded, "Alright, we're almost to the docks." With flying on their minds the three of them hurried to the docks at a much faster pace than average. Once they got there Ash pulled out two Pokeballs, "Okay guys come on out" Ash said releasing the Eon Duo. Once they appeared Ash asked, "Hey guys do you mind giving us a ride over to Dewford Town?"

'Hop on' Latias said while Latios lowered himself without a word. Ash helped Max get on top of Latias while Ash and May climbed on Latios.

"Hold on tight Max" Ash called. "Let's go." Latios and Latias took off towards the island. Both dragons were enjoying themselves as they gazed down at the waters and the surrounding areas. Max was holding on tightly to Latias while he marveled at the sights. Ash and May were also smiling and enjoying the views. Ash held onto Latios firmly while May had her arms around Ash's waist. In no time at all they made it to the island. Ash hopped off and helped May off. Max tried getting off himself, but ended up falling on his back and a giggling Latias helped him up. "Thanks for the ride you two. You guys can go explore around if you want to... just stay invisible so no one can spot you." Both dragons cooed happily and flew into the sky turning invisible as they did.

"I still find it cool that they can turn invisible" Max said staring at the spot Latios and Latias disappeared. "That is definitely a huge advantage in battle." They found the gym pretty quickly after asking for some directions and they went to the door and tried opening it. "It's locked" Max said giving up on opening it.

"Hey there's a note" May said pulling a note off the door. "Gone surfing, be back by 5:00, signed the Gym Leader of Dewford City."

Ash groaned, "Well that leaves us nothing to do for... 5 hours." Max groaned as well since he was looking forward to another Gym Battle.

"What are we gonna do for five hours" Max asked.

"Well... we could go to the beach" May offered. "It's a beautiful day and we could always use a good day off."

Ash thought about it for a second, "Well I guess you're right." Then he smiled, "Beach day for all." All of them cheered and headed for the beach. It was an awesome sunny day and the sun was shining and there were barely any clouds in the sky. Ash and Max went swimming in the ocean along with Pikachu, who just floated in the water and let the waves wash it back and forth. May spent some a lot of time in a bikini on the beach working on her tan.

After about thirty minutes Ash and Max got out laughing. Ash shook his head ridding it of most excess water and making his unruly hair look more unruly. "Oh man this has been a good day" Ash said.

"You said it" Max agreed also shaking his head slightly and spraying May with some water.

"Hey watch it Max, you're getting me wet" she said. Ash and Max looked at each other before gaining evil grins on their faces. May noticed this and knew what they were thinking "Oh no. Don't even think about it." Too late; faster than May could react Ash grabbed her under the arms while Max grabbed her by the legs and together they hauled her towards the water kicking and screaming the whole way. "Put me down" she yelled. "Put me down right now or you will suffer the consequences. This is so not dignified."

"Well you heard her Max, let her go" Ash grinned. Max grinned back and they let her go right into the water. They laughed as May reemerged from the water with her hair plastered to her face.

"You. Are. Both. Dead" she whispered in a deadly voice. Now they stopped laughing and gulped and May sprang towards them. She dragged Max under the water. Ash laughed and pulled her off Max before taking her under water with him. It was a wrestling match in the water for a while with all of them laughing.

Just as they were about to get out things went downhill. All of a sudden the sky got dark and wind started to pick up. They stopped what they were doing and looked out towards the ocean. "What's going on" Ash whispered to himself as the wind got stronger.

"It's getting cold" May shivered. Then it began to rain down hard making all those at the beach start leaving especially when thunder started to clap and lightning began to flash. The sea began churning and harder waves began forming.

"What's going on" Max asked feeling a little nervous and the cold wasn't making it any better. The waves were getting more violent and one of them came further in and knocked all three of them back. They flew back and landed on their backs. "We need to get out of here" Max yelled over the wind.

"Pikachu" Ash called. Pikachu had gotten out of the water earlier and scampered over to Ash and hopped on his shoulder. "Let's go" Ash shouted and they went back to their stuff and grabbed their clothes and backpacks that had everything in it. They were about to leave when a bolt of lightning struck in front of them throwing them back. "Watch out" Ash called out. The wind was so strong that it threatened to blow them away.

'Ash' a telepathic voice called. Ash's eyes widened and he turned to see Latios and Latias flying towards them.

"Latios, Latias" Ash shouted. Both eon dragons stopped in front of Ash trying to shield him and his friends from the wind.

'What's going on' Latios asked.

"I don't know" Ash responded. "One minute we were enjoying the ocean water and the next thing we know this storm appears out of nowhere."

The wind was getting stronger and it knocked May and Max off their feet onto the sand. They held onto each other in fright. Latios narrowed his eyes at the sea. 'There's only one Pokémon I know of that can make storms' Latios thought. "Show yourself... Kyogre" Latios shouted in POKESPEECH.

Out from the water burst a massive Whale shaped Pokémon with large wings and red lines going all around it. It had sharp teeth, a white belly and yellow eyes as it glared at Ash and the other humans. Ash and the others couldn't believe their eyes. Ash pulled out his Pokedex and pointed it at Kyogre.

Dexter's mechanical voice spoke "Kyogre, the Sea Basin Pokémon. Kyogre has the power to create massive rain clouds that cover the entire sky and bring about torrential downpours."

"Kyogre" Ash whispered in awe of the massive Pokémon.

Kyogre was speaking with Latios and Latias "Have you no pride? To willingly follow a human."

"Arceus has already told you our reason" Latios shouted. "Now why are you here?"

"I have come here to make you all come to your senses" Kyogre shouted. "Both you and your sister, Darkrai and Suicune. Yes I know about Suicune going with the human" Kyogre added seeing their surprised faces. "Now we shall battle. Tell that human to bring out Suicune for I want to battle her."

Latios glared at Kyogre so Latias told Ash what Kyogre had said. When she was finished Ash was shocked and scared at the same time. He knew this battle was going to be hectic and long and he was possibly putting his life on the line as well as the lives of his Pokémon.

'I guess I got no choice' Ash thought to himself accepting what was about to transpire. He turned to May and Max, "Get to higher grounds quickly, I'll take care of this" he told them.

"What" Max shouted shocked "Are you nuts, we got to get out of here?"

"Max" May said grabbing her brother. "Ash knows what he's doing. We need to trust him on this." Max nodded reluctantly and both of them got out of the area. Ash pulled out Suicune's Pokeball.

"Suicune, let's go" Ash called. Suicune appeared in a flash. Suicune noticed Kyogre immediately and growled.

"I told you that we would be enemies the next time we met and we are" Kyogre said. Kyogre turned to Latios and Latias, "You two stay out of this."

Latios and Latias reluctantly flew into the air and out of the way. Kyogre glared down at Ash and charged a hyper beam and shot it at them. "Suicune dodge and use aurora beam" Ash shouted. Suicune jumped high into the air and fired an aurora beam at Kyogre. Kyogre quickly fired a hyper beam at Suicune and both attacks hit dead on. Then there was an explosion creating more winds nearly knocking Ash off of his feet.

Next thing Suicune knew Kyogre had hit her with a powerful Giga Impact knocking her back to the ground with a cry of pain. "No Suicune, are you okay" Ash called worried. Suicune jumped back up ready to fight. "Alright Suicune use Giga impact." Suicune glowed and she charged at Kyogre and hit it dead on in the chest knocking it into the water. "Hyper beam quickly and keep it coming" Ash shouted.

Suicune opened her mouth and fired hyper beam after hyper beam into the water where Kyogre was and all of them kept hitting around the area. Suicune eventually stopped and reappeared on the ground with her guard up. All was silent except for the massive storm still going on. Ash narrowed his eyes out at the spot where Kyogre was and then he saw a ripple.

Eyes wide he shouted, "Suicune watch out" Ash shouted. Suicune just caught the ripple and couldn't get out of the way in time and got hit with a massive hydro pump attack. Suicune was sent flying back and smashed into a cliff. Kyogre growled loudly and launched a hyper beam of its own at Suicune and it hit dead center.

"Suicune" Ash called running towards Suicune. Ash stopped and crouched next to Suicune, who was not looking too good as she had cuts, scrapes and burns all over her body. Ash turned to see Kyogre coming towards. "No" Ash shouted and stood between them.

Suicune barely managed to look up in surprise while Kyogre merely stared impassively. Kyogre opened its mouth and another hyper beam was being charged.

"Hear me Kyogre" Ash shouted. "I don't care if you hate humans or not, but I won't let you harm Suicune anymore. If you really want me to release them then I will, but please do not harm them anymore. Do you hear me Kyogre?"

Kyogre stared down at Ash with a half finished hyper beam and stared into Ash's unwavering determined eyes. Kyogre felt confliction bubbling up inside of its system as it thought about what Ash had just said. 'A human is willing to give up powerful Pokémon in order to stop them from being hurt. It doesn't make any sense... humans never give up anything powerful.'

"Suicune, are you okay" Ash whispered worriedly seeing Kyogre not launch the hyper beam. Suicune groaned weakly before standing up and limped in front of Ash determined to protect him and defeat Kyogre.

"So Suicune you still want to battle" Kyogre asked dispelling the hyper beam.

"Ash is my trainer now" Suicune responded. "I will not go down until my opponent is defeated."

"That's good" Kyogre said softly with a hint of a smile. "Let's do our best." Kyogre opened its mouth and launched another hydro pump at Suicune.

"Suicune dodge and use ice beam" Ash called. Suicune jumped to the side and dodged the hydro pump attack and launched the ice beam and it hit Kyogre dead on. Kyogre grunted in pain before recovering and then the spout on top of its body sprayed massive amounts of water from the top of its body. "Suicune, watch out" Ash shouted.

Suicune ran from left to right trying to avoid the water, but got hit plenty of times dealing more damage. Ash grit his teeth, "Wait... Suicune jump on top of Kyogre." Suicune sprinted forward and jumped and landed on top of Kyogre. "Great now use ice fang" Ash shouted. Suicune's fangs glowed blue before she bit down hard on Kyogre making it cry out in pain. "Great now use ice fang again." Suicune repeated the attack and bit down in the same exact place dealing much more damage.

Kyogre growled and flew towards the sky trying to toss Suicune off. Kyogre went from left to right shaking its massive body wildly while Suicune barely managed to hang on. Eventually Kyogre snapped Suicune off into the air and Kyogre quickly flew back into the water while Suicune fell back towards the water. Kyogre opened its mouth and prepared a hyper beam.

"Suicune use Giga Impact" Ash shouted. Suicune did a flip in mid air and ignited with energy and began sprinting downwards towards Kyogre. Kyogre fired the hyper beam and it hit Suicune, but because of the Giga impact it didn't do much damage. Suicune grit its teeth and continued sprinting down towards Kyogre through the hyper beam getting closer and closer. "NOW, use ice beam" Ash shouted. Suicune broke through the hyper beam with the Giga Impact and then blasted Kyogre at point-blank range with an ice beam. It resulted in a massive explosion that did knock Ash off of his feet.

Quickly recovering Ash got up and did his best to see what was going on with all the rain spewing around everywhere. Then, amazingly, the rain died down and the wind stopped, but the sky was still cloudy. Soon the explosion dust cleared and it showed a barely conscious Suicune standing over an unconscious Kyogre.

Ash gaped slightly before recovering, "Okay... Pokeball go" Ash called and the Pokeball connected with Kyogre and enveloped it in a flash of light. The ball struggled for a few seconds before it went still with the red light in the middle going out.

Not even bothering to pick it up right now, since it disappeared anyway, Ash raced over to Suicune and caught her as she fell into a dead faint. Suicune looked horribly injured and was barely breathing while wincing every time she did. "Suicune thank you so much" Ash whispered to her as he cradled her injured body. "I'll get you some help" he whispered and returned her to the Pokeball. Ash quickly took off in a sprint towards the Dewford Town Pokémon center.

He got there quickly to see that it was packed to the brim, "Nurse Joy" Ash called urgently.

"Yes what is it" she asked seeing the shirtless, still trunks wearing, Ash run inside.

"My Pokémon is very injured" Ash said handing over Suicune's Pokeball. "Please help it" Ash begged.

"I'll get straight to work" she said and went into the back to get to work leaving Ash all alone. He wasn't alone for long as two people approached Ash.

"Ash" a little boy's voice called. Ash turned to see May and Max running towards him.

"May, Max" Ash said smiling "You guys are okay." Pikachu then came from around May's legs and leaped towards Ash and Ash embraced the little yellow mouse in a hug. "And you too Pikachu."

"Pika"

'Good job Ash' said a telepathic voice. Ash recognized it as Latios. 'Kyogre is not an easy opponent to defeat.'

"How's Suicune" both Max and Latias asked.

Ash looked down saddened, "Suicune got hurt really badly. Nurse Joy is taking care of it now, but..." Ash couldn't continue because all he had on his mind was Suicune's injured body.

"Hey dude" called a voice. Ash turned to see a tall skinny man with some muscles with bluish white hair wearing an orange shirt and blue pants. "I saw parts of your battle before I left the beach. I got to say little dude that you have some radical moves."

"Uh... thanks" Ash said. "Sorry, but who are you?"

"Sorry dude I haven't introduced myself have I" the man said sheepishly. "I'm Brawly, the Leader of the Dewford Gym." Ash, May, Max and Pikachu stared in surprise.

"You're the gym leader" Max asked.

Brawly nodded, "Yep. So dude I've never seen you around here before so I assume that you came to Dewford City for a gym battle."

Ash nodded excitedly, "Yeah I sure do."

"Excellent" Brawly grinned. "Once your Pokémon are healed up and we're free to leave then we'll have our battle."

"Alright" Ash grinned.

"Ash Ketchum to the front" Nurse Joy's voice called. Ash hurried to the front with everyone else following him from behind.

"How's my Suicune Nurse Joy" Ash asked hurriedly.

"Your Suicune has suffered quite a bit of damage" Nurse Joy said. "With those kinds of injuries I would say that Suicune should not be moving around for at least a week and after that Suicune should not battle for at least four days to make sure that there is no extensive damage."

"I understand" Ash said as he took Suicune's Pokeball and stared at it. He turned back to Brawly and smiled slightly, "Let me make a quick call and then we'll battle." Brawly grinned.

TIMESKIP

A massive Pokémon fainted to the ground inside an underground cave. It was massive with big hands and a round body. The Pokémon on the other side of the field floated off the ground with barely a scratch on it.

A girl raised a green flag, "Hariyama is unable to battle. Latios is the winner. Since the Gym Leader has no Pokémon remaining the challenger, Ash Ketchum is the winner."

"Alright we did it" Ash cheered and embraced the Eon Dragon. "Great job Latios."

Brawly returned his Hariyama with a small smile, "Well Ash that was a great battle and you have shown amazing fighting spirit. It's my honor to award you with the Knuckle Badge." Ash took the blue badge smiling, "Keep doing what you do best bro."

"I will Brawly" Ash said, "Alright I got the knuckle badge." With another legendary in his arsenal and with Suicune out of commission for a while Ash still presses onward and wins his Second Badge of the Hoenn Region. Our adventures will continue next time.