"Hmph! Team Rocket or whatever! Here, only my Team Aqua is the real chosen one!"
Archie spoke with no respect. He lifted his head and spoke with great pride.
Kanto's Team Rocket? So what? Were they as cool as his Team Aqua?
Besides, Kyogre was already right in front of his eyes. He only needed one Blue Orb to reach his dream!
As long as he got the Blue Orb, he could control Kyogre!
He could build a real Pokémon Dream Home!
The ocean was the start of everything and the real source of life! Expanding the ocean was the only way to build a perfect Pokémon world.
This was Archie's idea.
"Oh?"
Damian looked at Archie with a small smile.
"I do not know how many people from Team Rocket have come. However, since you have already seen Kyogre, I cannot let you leave."
Archie's rough face slowly became dangerous. If it were Team Magma, it would be fine. But the opponent was actually from Team Rocket.
Archie did not think Team Rocket was important. After all, once he got Kyogre, not even the Pokémon League could stop him. Team Rocket would be easy to beat!
But he had not found the Blue Orb yet. He could not let these people leave!
"Interesting. Do you want to fight us?" Damian's smile grew bigger.
"Hmph! I do not care to bully kids like you." Archie snorted proudly.
He believed that strength beat everything. He did not think these young people were strong.
"Shelly, you guys catch them."
Archie turned his head. He continued to watch Kyogre with very excited eyes.
"Yes."
Shelly's brow moved slightly. She felt something was wrong. This was someone who could make Courtney follow him.
Shelly knew very well that Courtney was truly strange!
Usually, Courtney had no expression and looked cute. But when she acted out, she was the type of woman who was scary and obsessed.
Also, Courtney had always been very loyal to Maxie. But now she had joined Team Rocket, and it seemed like her own choice. This was very strange.
But Archie was right. They could not let these people leave. This was where Kyogre was sleeping.
If the news of Kyogre sleeping here got out, it would be bad.
"Do not say we are bullying you. No one outside can know about this place yet."
Shelly's face was very serious. She opened the Poké Ball in her hand.
A Mightyena jumped out and landed in front of Shelly. The other Team Aqua members also let out their Pokémon.
Almost all of them were Mightyena, Golbat, and Muk.
"Don't worry. You can all come at once."
Damian laughed a little. He did not care at all.
"A crowd of weaklings is still just that. Numbers don't change anything. Weak people will always be weak."
Damian spoke as if it were a simple fact.
"What?!"
"Did you call us small fry? You arrogant kid!"
"I will beat you until you are on your knees today!"
Before Shelly could speak, the Team Aqua members were very angry. Their anger rose quickly.
"How arrogant!" Shelly's face was also very angry. After all, no one likes being called small fry to their face.
"Heh~" Damian just smiled a little. He waved his hand toward the people behind him.
Gladion walked out with a cold face. He let out a Zoroark.
"Night Daze."
A sharp fox cry sounded. A black shockwave moved outward.
And then...
Nothing else happened.
Under the big attack of Gladion's Zoroark, everyone was lying on the ground. Only a few were still moving.
For example, Shelly's Mightyena.
"Tsk~ You can't even tank a single hit from Gladion's Zoroark. If you're not a nobody, what are you?"
Damian spoke with surprise.
Shelly was enraged. But she had no way to argue. Her chest kept moving up and down because she was so mad.
How could he be so strong?
Shelly was still very shocked. She stared at that Zoroark.
Courtney, standing behind Damian, was almost laughing. There were many good things about joining Team Rocket.
With her strength, she only needed to follow behind and wait to win. As for opponents, the big bosses would take care of them.
"Hahaha~ It seems you have some skill."
Archie's low and loud laughter was heard.
The muscular man in the blue suit smiled. He stared at Gladion. He also did not expect his people to lose in one move.
"Then next, let me be your opponent."
"..."
Gladion looked at this muscular man. His eyes became dangerous.
Archie's muscles reminded Gladion of some bad memories. His anger began to rise.
Gladion opened another Poké Ball. Silvally landed on the ground.
"I won't bully you either. Kid, tell me your name."
Archie was very confident. He was Archie, the boss of Team Aqua!
"Team Rocket High Executive, Gladion," Gladion said calmly.
"I am the Team Aqua boss, Archie! The man who will change the world!"
Archie stood tall and spoke loudly. His behavior was very dramatic.
But it was not strange. This was a man who could run around in a tight suit and not feel embarrassed!
"The world is not so bad that it needs you to change it."
Gladion looked at Archie with a strange look. Why was he so confident?
"How could someone like you understand my dream!"
Archie spoke proudly.
"Let me show you my power!"
Archie was very confident. He would not fail here before changing the world.
So, he was sure he would win!
"Let's fight!"
And then...
"This is impossible!!"
Archie knelt on the ground. He looked at his defeated Mightyena and Crobat. He could not believe it.
That's right. He lost. He lost to Gladion.
"I actually lost! Has the world left me??"
Archie was very sad. He hit the ground hard with his fist. He thought he was the chosen one!
The Team Aqua members saw that their boss could not beat the blonde teenager. They were scared and quietly took a step back.
"Dammit! We have come this far. We even found Kyogre. Can we still not succeed?!"
"I say, why are you acting crazy over there?" Damian walked to Archie slowly.
"Why do you think you could get Kyogre to like you?"
Damian looked down at Archie. He really could not understand how this muscular man thought. He spoke to humiliate him.
"Is it because your muscles are too big?"
"As long as I have the Blue Orb!"
Archie was very angry. He did not accept Damian's words. He stared at Damian.
"Right, right. As long as you have the Blue Orb. Do you think one orb can really control Kyogre forever?"
Damian thought it was funny.
"There are always brainless people like you in this world. You think you can use an item to control a legendary power forever."
The Blue Orb and the Red Orb were parts of Kyogre's and Groudon's power. Using the orbs could control them for a short time.
But this control would not last. If Kyogre and Groudon touched the orbs and changed into their Primal forms, everything would be over.
It was just like the story in Pokémon Generations. Both Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre made Maxie and Archie suffer.
In that story, Archie was attacked by Primal Kyogre and was going to die. Maxie would also probably die. Primal Groudon was shooting Solar Beam everywhere. If Maxie were hit, he would be gone.
Did they want to use the orbs to control these two super-old legends? Did they think the "fat-headed fish" and the "one who can't fly" were nice like Ho-Oh or Xerneas?
Archie's face looked very bad. He was thinking. Was he wrong?
"The orb is its own power. You want to use its power to control it. Isn't that funny?"
Damian walked to the water with a smirk. He looked at Kyogre, who was still sleeping.
He had to admit that Kyogre was very beautiful, especially in its Primal form.
"Damian, do you want to catch it?"
Zinnia walked to Damian's side. She was curious.
She could see Damian really wanted Kyogre.
"Yes. But it is a hard problem."
Damian usually did not do things if he was not sure. Kyogre was sleeping now. To wake it up, he did not need the Blue Orb or the Red Orb.
If he let Armored Mewtwo use a strong Thunder move to shock it, it would probably wake up.
But that was not useful. Armored Mewtwo could not beat Ho-Oh before. So, it might not beat Kyogre.
Also, Kyogre was different from Ho-Oh. Waking it up was not a good thing.
"Find the Blue Orb, and it will be yours," Zinnia said and chuckled.
"Do you think I am as stupid as Archie?"
Damian looked at this girl from the Draconid tribe.
Archie: "?"
"How will you know if you don't try? What if Kyogre just likes you?" Zinnia was just watching.
Damian thought about it. Zinnia's words made sense.
Ho-Oh was one thing. Damian knew he and Ho-Oh did not match. So, the chance to get Ho-Oh was very low.
But Kyogre was different.
No one knows what Kyogre likes in a partner. But it was not like Ho-Oh. It did not need a "pure heart."
"To be honest, what you want most is energy and to beat the 'one who can't fly,' right? I can give you all of that."
Damian thought for a bit. He took out an Ultra Ball and spun it in his hand.
What did Kyogre want? Both Kyogre and Groudon fought for a long time to get natural energy.
That energy helped them. So, they fought a big battle.
But thousands of years later, even without energy, if the "one who can't fly" and the "fat-headed fish" wake up together, they will fight!
Yes, there is no other reason. They just hate each other.
The fighting between Groudon and Kyogre does not need a reason. They just want to beat each other.
"If you can hear me, then give me a sign. I will help you fight Groudon, and you become my partner. How about it, Kyogre?"
Damian spoke to the sleeping Kyogre with a smile.
"If you refuse, just shake your head. If you do not move, I will think you are agreeing."
Damian's words were very shameless. Archie and the others were tied up by Gladion. Their faces moved because they were so annoyed.
"Too shameless! No morals!!"
Archie cursed the Team Rocket member in his heart.
What did he mean by "shake your head to refuse"? What did he mean by "no move means yes"?
Kyogre is sleeping like a dead pig. Can it hear you?
But Damian did not care what Archie thought.
Kyogre did not move, so Damian nodded. He threw the Ultra Ball at Kyogre.
"Very good. Then go! Poké Ball!"
Damian could not just leave.
So, there was only one thing to do. Throw a ball at Kyogre!!
Archie and the others were shocked. The Ultra Ball flew through the air and touched Kyogre.
Kyogre's huge body turned into red light. It went into the Ultra Ball.
Holy crap!
This kid is really doing it!
Archie was shocked. He did not even try to throw a ball at Kyogre. This kid was doing it now.
Does he really want to catch Kyogre??