Journey Towards Greatness

With the referee calling out the result Julian won this battle, Ramos didn't say much and sent Gogoat back to its Pokeball.

Ramos "You did good, take a long nice rest"

He said to the Pokeball and put it away, he knew this battle would be a hard one since he is battling against one of the best trainers in recent history, even though Julian hasn't shown his face to Ramos, he knows who he is.

Julian also knew that Ramos knew his identity, Ramos was a smart old man and by now he would have figured it out.

Ramos "Ah, I lost, looks like I am getting too old for pokemon battles"

He said while his back was a little crouched, he hit his back with his knuckles as if he is experiencing some pain because of his old age even though he is not.

Julian "I believe you can go on for a few more years"

Hearing Julian, Ramos laughed and approached him to hand him over the plant badge, the badge is shaped like a spade with green color and a tree painted inside it.

Julian looked at the badge and put it away in his case, now that he was done with the battle, Julian and Ramos made their way down the gym and headed towards the diary, Julian still needs to collect all the products that he bought from Ramos.

Once he collected all of them, Julian bid his farewell to Ramos and left and head back to his hotel room, once he settled down on his bed he started to look into other cities that he would visit next and to do that he will have to visit Lumiose city again as it is the center of Kalos, the city that connects to the whole region to one another.

He was getting excited to head back to Lumiose city and meet his fiancées but before that, he wanted to check this place called the Sea Spirit's Den, because there are rumors floating around about a very powerful pokemon living there.

He also wanted to check out Azure Bay to see if he can find any pokemon there as well, with everything set in his mind he left his hotel room and headed towards Azure Bay, the Azure Bay is right between Coumarine City and the Sea Spirit's Den.

Azure Bay was not like he expected, he thought there would be something that would connect it to the land it is close to but he was wrong, the only way to get to Sea Spirit's Den was by using a boat. Since the den is not that far there were no ferries that would take people there, instead, people used rented pokemons to get there.

When Julian arrived at Azure Bay, he saw an old man sitting near the bay with some water pokemons close to him, seeing Julian approaching him, the old man got up and smiled at Julian.

Old Man "Young man, are you heading towards the bay?'

Julian "Yes"

Old Man "Then do you want to rent a pokemon?"

Julian "Sure why not"

Julian said as he looked at all the pokemons that were up for resting close to the old man, Julian was actually surprised to see how powerful these pokemons actually are, they are clearly as strong as some of the strongest pokemons belonging to gym leaders.

After a few seconds, Julian decided to go with Lapras.

Julian "These pokemons are quite strong"

He said to which the old man laughed.

Old Man "Well, these pokemons have to be strong, the Azure Bay is a very dangerous place, the bay is filled with dangerous pokemons and to protect people, ride pokemons need to be very strong as well, and there is also the Sea Spirit's Den the area is infested with pokemons even more powerful.

If you plan to actually go there, you will have to protect the ride pokemon"

The Old Man said and took out an agreement paper and showed it to him, it looks like Sea Spirit's Den is an off-limit area unless the person renting it can guaranty its safety.

If not and the person renting the pokemon did break the agreement, the trainer will be fined a very large amount.

Julian read the agreement and signed it, now the Lapras belonged to him till he comes back here with it and hands it over to the Old Man.

Julian climbed up on top of Lapras and realized that it is a girl, he stroked her head to which it let out a pleasant call, Julian smiled and guided Lapras away from the beach and into the bay.

As Julian rode Lapras, he saw many trainers and tourists on ride pokemons, these people were either here for sightseeing or catching wild pokemon, the pokemons that could be found here are strong and abundant in number.

There are also small islands all over the place where some land pokemons could be found as well, seeing how crowded this place actually was surprised Julian, he continued guiding Lapras deeper through the Azure bay and towards the Sea Spirit's Den.

When they got close to the den, Lapras slowed down because it could feel the danger that is in Sea Spirit's Den, noticing her nervousness Julian patted her head and calmed her down.

Julian "Don't worry, nothing will happen"

Julian said with a smile. Lapras felt safe around Julian so she trusted him and move forward, as they got close to the den, Lapras suddenly felt a powerful aura and stopped, she looked at the water in front of her which suddenly started to bubble, and then rise up.

Suddenly a massive Gyarados rose up, Lapras is intimidated because the Gyarados is clearly very strong and it doesn't feel confident enough to defend herself, she looked at Julian worried but Julian just smiled.

Julian "Don't worry, everything will be fine".