Chapter seven (HK PKMN)

Winning his first three Gym Badges and the accompanying prize money was easy with Harry's high level Pokemon.
Harry also took down a poacher, rescued Ekans and Koffing, and took Rico's secrets from his mind and provided them to Officer Jenny.

Harry bought himself a PokeNav after defeating Roxanne and now was celebrating his recent win over Brawly by treasure hunting in Granite Cave.

Harry's magic assisted search of Granite Cave went very well. He found two Shiny Stones, which were of no use to him and he would likely sale or give them away. Harry found a Prism Scale, Everstones, Mega Stones, and Key Stones.

It was the Mega Stones that caught Harry's attention though.... Harry found Steelixite, Aggronite, multiple Alakazite, Sablenite, and Mawilite. Harry suspected that long ago this was the scene of a massacre that ended with massive numbers of deceased Pokemon, but that some had survived and populated the area with their descendants. It was the lack of Mega Stones for Fire-type Pokemon that caused Harry to doubt his theory. Harry was still very impressed though and had used his magic to excavate the Mega Stones and then undo any damage caused by his actions.

Harry was also noticing something odd about himself, he was beginning to get vague ideas about where sources of Mega-Evolution energy were coming from. Even before using his magic to locate Mega Stones he was getting an idea of where they were, and Harry found that interesting and decided to study it while keeping it secret. Locating that energy opened up some truly amazing possibilities; possibly even limitless evolutionary potential for all Pokemon... which Harry would want to keep to himself until he could fully study it, which would take a lifetime or until Harry had no choice but to share it.

Harry was just leaving when he saw another person in the cave.

"Hello!" Harry called out politely. The guy turned and faced Harry, it was Steven Stone; the Champion of the Hoenn region, and Harry was surprised that he actually met another champion. Harry had met Lance due to challenging him and hoping to assess their skill levels and their Pokemon's power, but chalked that up to luck.

"Hello," Steven returned. "You're Hadrian Ketchum, aren't you?"

"I am," Harry confirmed.

"I'm Steven Stone, the Hoenn Champion. I was very impressed with your performance in the Indigo and Silver Conferences."

"Thanks," Harry replied.

"I'm guessing that you had the same idea as myself and are looking for Mega Stones here."

"Yeah, I found several," Harry replied. "Say, was there a battle here with mass Pokemon casualties? They would have been Steel, Ghost, Psychic, and Fire if my theory is correct."

"Not that I know of. If there was, then it wasn't documented in any history books that I've read. Why do you ask?" Steven asked, but Steven already suspected why he had asked.

"With the Mega Stones that I found, my gut tells me that there was one and that the Pokemon here are all descended from surviving Pokemon who's trainers all died during the battle. The only thing causing doubt for me is the lack of Mega Stones from Fire-type Pokemon, but that could be due to the side with Fire-types massacring the other side and recovering any Mega Stones from fallen Pokemon on their side." Harry replied. "I've found Steelixite, Aggronite, multiple Alakazite, Sablenite, and Mawilite."

"It's a great theory and will require investigation. Would you be interested in trading away the Steelixite and Aggronite?"

"You can have them. I already have several of them and it's unlikely that I'll ever need ten Mega Aggron." Harry said, withdrawing the cases he had contained them in, and not noticing Steven's eyes widening in shock. Harry handed Steven the two Mega Stones with the accompanying Key Stones.

"Thank you!" Steven said gratefully.

"You're welcome, but I would suggest only using them on Pokemon that you're close to and have a bond with. If your Aggron and Steelix have been with you for years, then you should be fine." Steven nodded, he and his Pokemon met both criteria.

"Would you like to have a Pokemon battle?" Steven asked. "I can test out these stones and you'll be on hand to defeat them if necessary." Steven was sure that Hadrian's Charizard could defeat his Aggron, he didn't have his Steelix with him though, and would need to make other arrangements for him.

"I would need to retrieve my higher leveled Pokemon. My Hoenn team is new and could likely die." Harry lied. Harry wanted to get the ideal Pokemon to ensure victory over a champion. Steven thankfully nodded in agreement. "If you can meet me outside, I'll teleport to my private island and retrieve my older Pokemon."

"Happily. I'm eager to see how you fare against me." Steven said.

"So am I. See you there." Harry said, before teleporting away.

When Harry arrived, he retrieved his Magmortar, Houndoom, Gengar, and Lapras. That done, he teleported to outside Granite Cave.

Harry thankfully didn't have to wait long for Steven and once Steven was outside, he led Harry to an isolated area, perfect for battles or training.

"So, is five-on-five okay?" Steven asked. "My Aron isn't quite ready to go against Pokemon of that power."

"That's fine," Harry replied. Harry was hoping for a six-on-six, with Steven's Aron taking up a place and being an easy win, but Harry was still looking forward to the battle. Harry was confident that he could win with type advantages and strategy.

"Go Aggron!" Steven said, having already given it the Mega Stone.

"Go Charizard!" Harry said, mentally commanding him to remain in the air.

Steven was ready to test out his Aggron's new Mega Evolution now. "Aggron! Mega-Evolve!" Harry watched watched as power emitted from Steven's Mega Stone and Aggron and as light enveloped Aggron as he evolved into his Mega-Evolved form. Mega Aggron was under control too, and had no difficulty.

"Congratulations. Also, your Mega Aggron has a unique ability called Filter that powers down any super-effective moves by 25% and is now a pure steel-type." Harry said, and Steven nodded, appreciating that useful bit of information. Harry gestured to Steven to start them off and Steven ordered a Hyper Beam, which Harry had Charizard meet with Dragon Claw and respond with a Fire Blast that was partly dispersed by Mega Aggron's Dragon Claw and forced Charizard to follow it up with a Flamethrower that dealt far more damage.

"Charizard! Draco Meteor!"

"Use Protect!" Steven ordered, taking the bait.

Harry followed it up with Blast Burn, and now Mega Aggron was being attacked from above and below and its Protect was quickly decimated. Mega Aggron was badly damaged from that attack, but was still standing. That Filter ability was a real nuisance, Harry mused. Harry had an advantage in power, levels, and type, but he needed to end this while Charizard still had a chance to be used later.

Mega Aggron used Thunder, but Charizard dodged it and used another Blast Burn, finally defeating Mega Aggron.
Steven returned his Aggron and Harry did the same with his Charizard. "Your Charizard is at a very high level, Harry, and very well trained." Steven was thoughtful before selecting his next Pokemon, a Lucario.

"Nice. Go Gengar." Harry said, getting a raised eyebrow from Steven. "Mean Look!" Harry ordered and Steven didn't even try recalling Lucario, still feeling confident. Lucario would end up being the easiest Pokemon to beat. "Hypnosis!"

"Dodge and use Extreme Speed."

"Meet it with Shadow Punch!" Harry said. Harry watched them clash and then hastily ordered Gengar to use Hypnosis, which connected and left Lucario asleep and disabled Extreme Speed. "Use Nightmare and then Dream Eater.... Throw in Toxic too." Gengar obeyed and Harry ordered it to use Hex.

They repeated this combo and soon Lucario was unable to battle.

"You're a very skilled trainer, Harry. How come you haven't challenged the Kanto or Johto Elite Four?" Steven asked, and returned his defeated Lucario. Harry returned his Gengar too.

"I'm traveling to train, gain experience, and other useful Pokemon, skills, and resources. I'll be challenging them once I'm an adult and ready to settle down." Harry replied.

"I did something similar, but traveled far less and focused only on catching a select few Pokemon." Steven said in approval. "You return your Pokemon once they win and don't give me a chance to deploy one that could trap it, clever and cautious.... Go Magnezone!"

After debating with himself for a moment, he chose Houndoom over Magmortar, and suspected that one of Magnezone's moves was Mirror Coat.

Steven realized that Harry rightfully suspected that and opted to Paralyze Houndoom and then beat it into submission and finally beat one of Harry's Pokemon. If Harry had any pride and ego, he kept both in check and he wasn't taking any chances against a champion, which was both flattering and infuriating in equal measure. Steven was looking pretty lame right now and he had to make a strong showing despite Harry's great team. That in mind, Steven ordered a Thunder Wave and had it quickly followed by a Zap Cannon that inflicted damage on Houndoom. This battle was going well and Houndoom would soon be defeated, and then Harry ordered a Flamethrower attack and Steven ordered Mirror Coat, while hoping that Houndoom didn't have the Flash Fire ability. It did. Steven ordered more Zap Cannon's and Thunder's be used to defeat Houndoom, and his Magnezone succeeded, thankfully without Magnezone fainting or Houndoom taking advantage of Flash Fire.

Harry and Steven returned their Pokemon, with Steven imitating Harry's cautious behavior.

"Go Lapras!" Harry said, forcing Steven to send his Magnezone back out, knowing that it was the best albeit risky choice. "Sing!" Harry said, causing Steven to curse as his Magnezone wasn't fast enough to counter it. "Dream Eater!"

Steven returned his defeated Magnezone minutes later. "You are going to be near invincible once you become a champion and have greater skill, experience, and knowledge." Steven said, before sending out his Skarmory and having it use Toxic, poisoning Lapras.

Harry smirked and had Lapras use Rain Dance, healing Lapras of the poison. Steven calmly returned his Pokemon and Harry did the same with Lapras.

Harry was getting bored and sent out his Blaziken to take out some more of Steven's Pokemon or just weaken them.
Steven was wondering how he could win without weakening his Metagross and leaving it as easy prey for Harry's Charizard. Steven still had a chance of winning but would have to use Skarmory and Scizor to take out Harry's Pokemon, which were all trained to higher levels then his own. Steven would have to train his Pokemon harder after this, this was quite humiliating for him. "Go Scizor! Use Bullet Punch!"

"Fire Blast!" Harry ordered, briefly catching Scizor before it retreated on Steven's order. Still, it was very close. Scizor was moments away from striking Blaziken. "Stone Edge!" Harry ordered, with Blaziken damaging and trapping Scizor. "Blast Burn!"

Scizor was left unable to battle.

"I'm normally not one for insults, but you need to train less and get a girlfriend," Steven said, causing Harry to laugh. "I've had my Pokemon for over eight years and your Pokemon already surpass them in raw power. You have entirely too much free time to use for training."

"I'm only twelve, first of all. I just have a great training schedule and adhere to it. I lost to Lance, the Johto Champion, and pushed myself and my Pokemon much harder. I trained on Mount Silver for five months and they grew much stronger. I'm not abusing them, but I start them small and continually work them up from there. I'm currently looking for hook-ups, but not relationships. I'd have to meet a really amazing girl to reconsider." Harry replied, while waiting for Steven to send out his Skarmory.

"Well, at least you're looking for relationships; even if they are just hook-ups," Steven said, before sending out his Skarmory, and having it begin attacking Blaziken with Toxic, Swift, Aerial Ace, and Steel Wing, and all while creatively dodging any counter-attacks. Any damage to Skarmory was countered by Roost, and any damage to Blaziken served to strength it....

Unfortunately for Steven, he didn't know about Blaziken's mutated Blaze ability.

When Blaziken roared, unleashing a pillar of fire around him, then he was concerned.

"Is your Blaziken okay?" Steven asked.

"Yup! Mutated Blaze ability..." Harry replied, causing Steven to order Skarmory to get some distance.

"Blast Burn!" Harry ordered. Blaziken readily obeyed and caught the fleeing Skarmory in his attack... leaving it unable to battle.

Steven returned his Skarmory and sent out his Metagross.

"I'd like my Metagross to battle your Charizard... starter versus starter," Steven said.

"Alright," Harry said, returning Blaziken. "Are you sure you weren't just scared of my Blaziken's ability?" Harry asked teasingly.

"I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't intimidated, but I'm certainly not afraid of it."

"Go Charizard!"

Steven Mega-Evolved his Metagross, but was surprised when Harry didn't Mega-Evolve his Charizard... ah, he wants me to prove that I'm strong enough to handle it. So be it, then.

"Meteor Mash!"

"Flare Blitz!" Harry ordered calmly, already knowing how it would end....

Harry was proven correct when Mega Metagross was overpowered, pushed back and defeated by a single attack... shocking Steven to his core.

"H-how?" Steven asked. Steven's strongest Pokemon was just defeated with a single attack!

"My Charizard is my strongest Pokemon... and believe me when I say that means a lot. It's at a much higher level than your Mega Metagross." Harry said. "To be fair, Charizard did take quite a bit of damage due to Flare Blitz's side effect and your Mega Metagross' Tough Claws ability. You used a move of weaker power against a Pokemon of a higher level using a stronger move that had a type advantage."

Steven returned his defeated Metagross. "I need to get my Pokemon to the Pokemon Center," Steven said urgently.

"As do I," Harry said, returning his Charizard. "I'll join you."

"I guess you've already beaten the Gym Leader Brawly?" Steven asked.

"Yeah. I used my Gardevoir and swept his team in under a minute." Harry replied, to Steven's surprise.

"Nice. I guess it's Mauville City for you next."

"Yeah. Did you know that Scizor and Lucario can Mega Evolve too?" Harry asked.

"I did not, but now I'll keep an eye out for the stones for them."

The rest of the walk was silent, but they soon arrived at the Pokemon Center and had their Pokemon healed.

Harry's battle with Wattson was very one-sided and an easy win, but, despite Harry's easy victory over Wattson, a mere Gym Leader, he couldn't just stop training; that would be a mistake, and he continued. Naturally, this caused his Pokemon to evolve further.

Due to high friendship, Riolu finally evolved into Lucario, which Harry was extremely pleased about.

Harry's female Snorunt was leveled up to 41 and then evolved into a Froslass with a Dusk Stone.

Snover, Grotle, Lucario, and Monferno were now all level thirty.

Flannery was easily defeated and Harry later caught himself a Whiscash named Nero.

Winona was easily defeated and Harry's Dusclops was evolved into Dusknoir.

Not even Tate and Liza or Juan were a challenge for him. Harry was using level 100 Pokemon, of course, but levels weren't everything.

With six months to train for the Ever Grand Conference, Harry got to work....

Harry returned to Mount Silver where he began getting all of his last journey's Pokemon beyond the level of 100. Harry would remain there for months, but he would only leave twice, and even then only briefly....

Once, to slaughter Team Aqua members and a Team Magma spy, and then to catch the Regi Trio as a contingency for Team Aqua and Magma's plans.

As for the second time... it started with a call from Lance.

"Hey, Lance," Harry said, before noticing Lance's troubled look. "What's wrong?"

"Team Aqua has captured Groudon and Kyogre, and their leader Archie has the Red Orb. The Blue Orb has merged with your brothers Pikachu, which seems to be super-charged. Can you get to Monsu Island and bring your strongest Pokemon? They'll be meeting soon and Team Magma will be asking for Groudon."

"I can. I'll be in disguise though. I don't want anyone targeting my family in revenge. Give me ten minutes... I'll be the guy with the Rayquaza and Lugia." Harry said. Lance nodded and ended the call.

Harry exchanged his Pokemon and outfit, bringing Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Lugia, and his Rayquaza. Resurrecting the Weather Trio was power intensive, but the drain taxed his magical power and caused it to grow. That and the familiar bonds had grown his power 15% in two years, and Harry still planned to grow his power even further.

Harry teleported to the location closest to Monsu Island, called out his Rayquaza and had it fly him to there. Harry had to use a Bubble-Head Charm to avoid breathing ozone, but that was no trouble.

Harry quickly arrived at Monsu Island, flying high on his Rayquaza and unconcerned about the attention he was drawing. His Rayquaza was level 90 and Harry intended to use it and possibly catch himself another Groudon and Kyogre.

Harry arrived near a metal structure and a shocked Team Aqua and Magma, and also noticed Lance in disguise. Rayquaza landed, but was ready to attack at a moments notice and Harry climbed off Rayquaza.

"You're all under arrest." Harry deadpanned with his voice distorted, dismissing them all as threats.

Team Aqua looked at each other and laughed, with Team Magma joining them.

"Take your time, let it set in," Harry replied calmly, but loud enough to be heard.

"I control Kyogre! It'll take more than one Pokemon to stop me, kid!" Archie replied.

"Yeah? I actually know how to use mine in battle." Harry replied. Rayquaza was already negating all of the weather effects. Harry knew his Rayquaza could beat Kyogre and Kyogre having an amateur commanding it would be a boon. Harry blasted back Team Aqua and Magma, doing so gently with Lance and even causing him to land more lightly. "Rayquaza, Thunder Wave!" Harry ordered, leaving both teams paralyzed and directing a dart at Lance with the antidote.

Archie, however, was shielded by the power of the Red Orb and was close to a Helicopter. Harry felt that was very bad, but then things got even worse and Harry was distracted by bad news.

"Sir! Groudon was set free!" Came a voice over Team Aqua's communications.

"Kyogre! Sink the land into the sea!" Archie ordered, once he was in the air; uncaring of the betrayal of his people.
Nothing happened and Archie looked confused. "Performance issues?" Harry asked mockingly, causing Lance and most of Team Magma to snicker. "Kyogre is powerless when Rayquaza is nearby! Lance, wherever you are, these idiots are paralyzed and can be taken into custody!" Harry called out. "I'll leave the Regis here to back you up!" Harry said, before calling out Regirock, Registeel, and Regice and flying away, unaided; followed by Rayquaza.

"Well, it looks like it's gonna be Rayquaza VS Groudon and Kyogre, but I'll have Lugia even things out to our favor.... Go Lugia! Aid Rayquaza against them!"

Lugia and Rayquaza were faced with a tidal wave, which they countered with Hyper Beam and Solar Beam; respectively, and then both used Thunder on Kyogre causing it to roar in agony and then use Hydro Pump, which was dodged by Rayquaza. Rayquaza used Solar Beam and Lugia used Thunder, inflicting severe damage to Kyogre, freeing it from Archie's control, and even freeing Archie of the Red Orb. A quick telekinetic pull and Harry was the proud new owner of a Red Orb, and could now tap into his Groudon's full power. Lugia thankfully had the foresight to save Archie from drowning when he fell, Harry didn't even care about him.

A quick teleport to near Ash's Pikachu and Harry managed to rescue Pikachu and acquired the Blue Orb too and then messed with Pikachu's mind enough to make him believe that it vanished into thin air. Harry would be telling Lance the same thing, but the Orbs would be disappearing and later merging with his Groudon and Kyogre.... Primal Reversion was a truly mighty power that Harry wanted to indirectly control. It would enable him to defeat countless evil enemies; even armies of them at the same time. Harry knew that he could trust himself, but he wasn't willing to entrust such power to others. Harry also knew that if he misused such power it would be easily stripped from his Groudon and Kyogre, and that they would likely overcome the Master Balls they were caught in and become free. Bad things seemed to happen to those who abused such power and Harry had no desire to lose any power.

Harry used his power to protect others and to lose that power would be to endanger others.... Harry had no desire for that to happen.

With the battle won, Harry had his Lugia fly him back to the ruins with Rayquaza closely following them.

"I'm guessing that you were the winner," Lance commented.

"Of course," Harry replied, as if any other outcome were impossible. "Kyogre was freed from Archie's control and both Groudon and Kyogre returned to their homes. The Red Orb vanished and may have had any of its residual power exhausted during the battle and disappeared because of it." Harry reported and Lance nodded, seeing that it was as good a theory as any.

"Once Team Aqua and Magma are securely in custody you're free to go," Lance informed Harry, who just nodded in reply.
"Good. I have more training to do."

Thankfully, G-Men forces soon arrived and took members of both teams into custody and Harry was free to go, but opted to socialize with Lance some and talked of his dragons.

"Well, then you should be a Dragon-type expert or Dragon Master. It's really not a hard status to achieve by the commonly accepted definition. There is no grand or secret knowledge that you need to know. You just need dragons and be skilled in training and commanding them, which you are from the sound of it." Lance said. "You can claim the Dragon Master title as much as myself or Clair."

"Awesome. Then I'm gonna start wearing my Dragon Master cape." Harry said, to Lance's amusement.

"You don't have to wear a cape because you're a Dragon Master," Lance pointed out with a smile.

"I know, but you're a bad influence and have inspired me to start wearing capes. Plus, it's really awesome looking. It's jet black with gold gilding and a silver dragon on prominent display and has a blood red lining." Harry said, and Lance began visualizing that.

"Okay. That does sound awesome." Lance conceded. "Good luck in the conference... I won't be able to attend, due to defending my own title."

"Good luck to you also," Harry replied.

After saying their goodbyes, Harry teleported back home to swap Pokemon and get out of his combat suit.

It took five months, but Harry's Pokemon were stronger than ever; excluding the Pokemon he was saving to train more in Sinnoh, such as Lucario, Bronzong, Froslass, Drapion, Abomasnow, Torterra, Spiritomb, Infernape, and Whiscash/Nero.

It was after all that work that Harry learned of the rankings of Trainers and of his rank... he was nationally ranked in the Top 40, and that was after his defeat of Steven was made public. It was impressive, Harry could admit that, but that was only the Top 40 in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions; which were all part of the same country. Considering the fact that he wasn't in the Elite Four, a champion who defeated them and became the regional Champion, former regional champion, former Elite Four, or a Pokemon Master that was quite impressive. It wasn't bad for a thirteen year old, but Harry wanted nothing less than to be the acknowledged and absolute best.

But to celebrate his partial success, Harry lost his virginity at the age of thirteen.

With a week until the Ever Grande Conferences beginning, Harry departed for Ever Grande City.