(Monday)

The Biology Class from Professor Jacq today is teaching about Shiny Pokemon, I have a few of them in my team, but to me, I don't think their strengths are different, just that some people want them for their colors.

And after class, we decide to do another Tera Raid, and this time we manage to find a Pokemon that I have never caught before, but it is a Psychic Type, so I don't mind it.

Flittle: The Frill Pokemon: Psychic Type. It spends its time running around wastelands. If anyone steals its beloved berries, it will chase them down and exact its revenge.

And we decide to train with this Pokemon, and eventually, it evolves into a Pokemon called Espathra.

Espathra: The Ostrich Pokemon: Psychic Type. Evolve from Flittle at LV:35. It immobilizes opponents by bathing them in psychic power from its large eyes. Despite its appearance, it has a vicious temperament.

Lillie says, "Espathra has the ability Opportunist, if an opponent's stat is boosted, the Pokémon seizes the opportunity to boost the same stat for itself. Not only that, it has the move Lumina Crash, iattacks by unleashing a peculiar light that even affects the mind. This also harshly lowers the target's Sp. Def stat."

"That is crazy." I say. "Both the ability and the move are so powerful..."

And Nemona is now hanging with us a lot, maybe because she is bored continuing to train her Pokemon. And that's also a good thing. Though she still asks us to help with the next Kanto Fair.

(Tuesday)

Professor Tyme is teaching us about Probability & Move Accuracy in math class, and it is also interesting because move accuracy is also a gamble that I take all the time. If my Pokemon can dodge it, that's better.

And Professor Raifort is teaching us about the history of the Area Zero Expedition, and she also tells us that they are all recorded in the Scarvio Book, the book that Arven showed us about the Titan Pokemon, and there is also one copy at the library. After class, she asks Lillie and me to the library.

"Ash! Lillie! The time has come! The cursed treasures... The four Pokemon of ruin...They exist! And I stumbled upon the truth in the newspaper, of all places! Hah! In an interview piece with a carpenter, no less! The Pokemon wielders apparently used sacred stakes to seal these treasures of ruin in shrines. There is a separate shrine for each of the four Pokemon, and eight stakes driven into the ground in the areas surrounding each shrine keep the power of ruin at bay."

"Really?" Lillie says. And I think we have seen some of them in dangerous places.

"In other words, if all of the stakes for a given shrine were to be removed...it will release the Pokemon held inside!" We gulp a little. "Don't you think it would be nice to free those Pokemon from the confines of their tiny little shrines?"

"Well... I was concerned about the disaster they bring out once they are free..." I say. "But I want to free them as they shouldn't suffer because of it."

"Heh. A kind soul, I see. You are proving truly useful! According to a descendant of the Pokemon wielders in the story, you must have a bond with Pokemon in order to remove the stakes. I'm sure someone as Pokemon-savvy as you would have no trouble at all with that. You can choose for yourself whether to believe me or not, but I will mark the locations of these shrines on your map."

And while she does that to us, she says, "I'd rather go myself, of course, but skipping out on my classes to go adventuring seems to have made the director a little suspicious of me... Heh. You can think of it as part of your Treasure Hunt. Treasures of ruin are still treasures, after all. I hope you will investigate these crimes if you are at all inclined to do so."

And then we decide to reveal the information to others. Nemona says, "Wait, so you're going to find the Treasure of Ruins this Sunday?"

"Yeah, besides going to the Quaking Earth Titan this Saturday, I decided to check out the Treasure of Ruins. Professor Raifort gave us the location of each of the Treasure of Ruins and it will be great to check it out."

"That sounds interesting as well, I'm sure that you, who already have all of the Pokemon outside of Paldea, want to capture all Pokemon in Paldea." Reisa says.

"Yeah." Lillie says. "And Arceus also asks us to try to clean their darkness so that the disasters won't happen."

"That sounds harsh." Drandon says.

(Wednesday)

After Professor Salvatore's Class, he finds a Pawmi and he has been asking our opinions if we should keep it or not since he is shy and has a quiet personality. And Professor Dendra is teaching us the TM Machines and how they are used, which is something that we have been using and helping our Pokemon a lot.

And since we want to find another Fairy Type Pokemon, we search around the school grounds and find a small pink Pokemon with a small hammer. Nemona says, "That's Tinkatink."

"She's so cute." Lillie says as we decide to capture the Pokemon.

Tinkatink: The Metalsmith Pokemon: Fairy and Steel Type. This Pokémon pounds iron scraps together to make a hammer. It will remake the hammer again and again until it's satisfied with the result.

"But remember that we're going to see the Kanto Festival today, so no training." Lillie says to both of me and Nemona, who sigh as we all go meet up with the others to look at the Kanto Pokemon.

"Since Ash is from Kanto, he must have known a lot about Kanto Pokemon, right?" Drandon asks.

"Well, you can see a lot of Kanto Pokemon around the world." I say. "It is not that big deal."

"Maybe you can tell us about these? Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos?" Reisa asks. "And there is even a Prophecy with them."

Lillie reads the prophecy and says, "Disturb not the harmony of fire, ice or lightning, lest these titans wreak destruction upon the world in which they clash. Though the water's great guardian shall arise to quell the fighting, alone its song will fail, lest the earth shall turn to ash. O Chosen One, into thine hands, bring together all three. Their treasures combined tame the Beast of the Sea."

"The earth shall turn to ash. I wonder why it says that..." Nemona asks me, and I sigh, "If you want to ask me, yes. I am the Chosen One. It is not something that I'm proud of."

"So basically you gather all three treasures combined with the powers of Lugia, which you said to us last week, you calm the three Legendary Birds..." Luke says.

"Yeah... I never wanted to remember all of that." I sigh.

When we continue to look at the stands, I stop as I look at one of the stands. Lillie asks, "Ash? What's wrong?"

There is a woman with red hair, a man with blue hair, a Meowth, and a Wobbuffet at the stand... that can only mean one thing... I say, "Nemona, did you know what stand this is about?"

Nemona says, "Ah, this is a stand talking about Meowth and its evolution Persian. You know, Meowth has 3 different forms and it is also amazing to know about it.

"Hey, Jessie, isn't that the twerp?" I can hear James whispering to Jessie.

"Since when he has become a student in the best university?" Jessie whispers back.

"And it is not just him, the Alola rich twerpette is also there as well." Meowth says.

"Since he's here, that means we can try to nab that Pikachu and hand it to the boss..." When Wobbuffet was trying to do his same pose, they are trying to push him down from our sight.

Reisa says, "Hey, Ash! Come look at this Lapras stand!"

"Coming!" I say as we all head in Reisa's direction, but just as we leave, I say, "Nemona, can you help me call director Clavell here?"

"Why? What's wrong?" Nemona asks.

"I don't want to explain for the second time, take him here and I'll explain everything to all of you." I say.

Nemona sees my seriousness as she nods. After she leaves, Lillie asks, "Ash? What's wrong?"

"What do you think, I think I spot Team Rocket nearby." I reply, and she gasps, "I thought they left you alone. Don't tell me that they are going to follow you every day again..."

"I really wish." I mutter. "But it seems like times with no Team Rocket are over...Pikachu, we should stay on high alert now."

Pikachu also groans a little and he starts to crackle some electricity from his cheeks.

While we continue to look at the Pokemon, we decide to go to the plaza. And it is then I yell, "Pikachu! Iron Tail!"

Pikachu quickly uses the attack, and Luke, Drandon, and Reisa jump a little to see a cage being destroyed. Luke asks, "Alright, who did this?"

"Prepare for trouble!" "And make it double." "To protect the world from devastation." "To unite all people within our nation."

"To denounce the evil with truth and love." "To extend our reach to the stars above." "Jessie." "James."

"Team Rocket blast off with the speed of light." "Surrender now, or prepare for a fight." "Meowth, dat's right." "Wobbuffet!"

After three months of silence, those guys are back to ruin my day..." I sigh.

"So they were the idiots from Team Rocket that you told us about?" Drandon asks.

"Who are you calling idiots?" Jessie, being the one with anger issues, yells at him.

"So what is your goal being here? I hope it is not trying to stalk me every day for my Pikachu..." I say with a tired tone.

"We're here for a mission, but since you're here, we'll just nab the Pikachu!" James says.

Then they send out Seviper and Carnivine to battle. Lillie and I decide to fight back with Pikachu and Snowy. While we are battling, Nemona and Director Clavell have come. Clavell asks, "Master Ash, what is the meaning of this?"

"Director Clavell, they are Team Rocket. They have been stalking me to steal my Pikachu since 9 years ago." I explain, "They're from Kanto like me, and they are masters in disguise."

"So they are just like Team Star?" Clavell asks.

"No, they are even worse than them. Team Star is willing to change. However, they don't." I say.

And once Seviper and Carnivine are defeated, I have Pikachu use Thunderbolt on them, sending them flying. "We're blasting off again!"

After they are gone, Nemona says, "So you endure this kind of thing for 8 years, every day?"

"That's why I want to ask Director Clavell if we can raise the security of the school so that they won't cause a lot of troubles?" I ask.

"Very well, I will inform the teachers about this Team Rocket." Clavell says as we are delighted.

And since the teachers want to know what they look like, so I give them the pictures of those three, and maybe about their Pokemon before my time in Alola since they have been using a lot of rental Pokemon when I was Professor Cerise's Lab assistant.

Here is a new chapter, and Team Rocket has returned. I am not planning to write about them annoying Ash and the others in full detail, but this will be the last time they're going to show up. I hope you like this chapter and the next chapter will be some reunions.