The next morning the ferry docked at Blackthorn city. Ash had some trouble waking up, but a quick thunder shock from Pikachu fixed that problem and after straightening himself out from the thunderbolt and regaining control of his limbs when the paralysis wore off they departed from the ferry.

"So this is Blackthorn City" Ash said looking around. "I can't wait to find the gym and challenge the gym leader." Ash was about to take off running when Misty grabbed the back of his vest and the amount of momentum he built up was too much for him to sustain so he fell flat on the ground. Quicker than a Pikachu on agility high Ash jumped up and rounded on Misty, "What'd you do that for?"

"You don't even know which kind of Pokémon the Blackthorn Gym uses and you still go and charge recklessly into a battle" Misty said.

"Oh yeah" Ash said sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. Brock, Misty and Pikachu sweat dropped. "Brock, what kind of Pokémon does the gym leader use here?"

Brock pulled out his guide, "It says here that the Gym Leaders name is Clair and that she specializes in Dragon type Pokémon." Ash grinned widely when he heard that. Dragon Pokémon always meant that there would be a challenge. "Well Ash I recommend taking a while to train Latios and Latias to fight Clair since they're both dragon type so they should prove a formidable challenge to Clair."

"That's a good idea" Ash said. "Okay Pikachu, we've got some training to do" he said. Pikachu nodded and before the other two could react Ash sprinted down the docks and into the city. In less than ten seconds they lost sight of him.

"What's the rush" Misty sighed after he was gone.

Brock merely laughed, "Misty he just got two very rare Pokémon in his arsenal. I'm surprised he even waited this long to start training them."

"I know" Misty said. "Hopefully Ash isn't dense enough to train them out in the open where everyone can see them."

"Nah I don't think he would do that" Brock said. "Ash only likes showing off in battles, but when he does his special training, like this, he likes to do that privately so no one can see what he plans." Misty nodded in acceptance. "We'll give him a few hours on his own and then we'll go looking for him."

Ash finally came to a stop in a small forest clearing on the edge of the city that over looked the water. "Alright this is a good spot" Ash said. Pulling out three Pokeballs he tossed them into the air, "C'mon out" he called. Out came three of Ash's Pokémon, His Cyndaquil, his Bayleef and his Noctowl. All gave them the usual greeting. Cyndaquil with a wave and a small squeak, Noctowl with a small hoot. Bayleef's was the funniest as she tackled Ash and nuzzled his face making him laugh. "I'm glad to see you too Bayleef" he said as he stood up. "Well guy's we're on the eve of earning our final badge and we've got about a week left to train for it."

Cyndaquil looked confused and turned to Pikachu (Why is he training us? Usually we go to the gym straight away) Cyndaquil said confused.

(Wait and see, it's gonna be good) Pikachu said mysteriously making Cyndaquil look at him confused.

"We've also got two new members to the team to introduce and all of us are going to help them train to their full potential" Ash said. "But it won't just be them it'll be all of you as well as we push each other to our limits to win that badge and then win the Silver Conference." All of Ash's Pokémon gave shouts of approval. "Alright, let me introduce you guys to the new members of the team" Ash said as he pulled out his last two Pokeballs. "Okay guys come on out" he said.

The two Pokeballs flew into the air and out came Latios and Latias with two cries. Cyndaquil, Noctowl, and Bayleef all had their eyes wide as they stared at the two Legendary Eon Pokémon. Pikachu smirked when he saw their reactions, (Told you so) he said to Cyndaquil.

Latias did her usual greeting and nuzzled Ash affectionately. Bayleef glared slightly at Latias for being so forward, but did nothing. "Latios, Latias" Ash said getting their attention. "This is my team and the ones who will help us train. You both know Pikachu already; this little guy is Cyndaquil." Cyndaquil waved shyly at the two Legendaries. "This is the main flyer of the group Noctowl." Noctowl gave a hoot in reply and nodded his head politely. "The last one is Bayleef. I think you and Latias will get along just fine since you're both so similar." Bayleef wanted to seem impolite so she inclined her head slightly to the two Pokémon. Latias hovered over towards Bayleef and circled her for a few seconds. Bayleef was becoming annoyed and was about to tell her to quit it when Latias stopped in front of her, cooed happily and nuzzled Bayleef slightly. Bayleef was surprised at first, but smiled and nuzzled back.

'Looks like they became fast friends' Latios said to Ash telepathically. Ash nodded smiling at the fact that Latias bonded so well with Bayleef. At first he was slightly worried that Bayleef wouldn't react so well to Latias because of her being so affectionate with him, but he was happy that everything worked out in the end. He didn't mind Bayleef being so affectionate, but it was when she got jealous that he got upset, but by the looks of things that wasn't going to be happening anytime soon.

Ash then pulled out his Pokedex and pointed it at Latios, who looked at the strange device curiously, "Pokémon unknown, no data available" the mechanical voice said. Ash frowned a bit and pointed it at Latias, "Pokémon unknown, no data available" the mechanical voice said again.

'What is that thing' Latios asked curiously.

"It's a Pokedex" Ash answered. "It allows me to scan Pokémon to tell me what their name is, what type they are and what moves they know."

'Why did you not just ask' Latios asked.

"Never thought of it to be honest" Ash said sheepishly while Latios sweat dropped. "Oh wait I think I can still scan what moves you know right now" Ash said. He pointed the Pokedex back at Latios and scanned it again while Latios stayed still.

"Unknown Pokémon: Moves available: Tackle/Extreme Speed/Foresight/Sight Sharing/Psychic/Luster Purge" the mechanical voice listed off all of the moves that Latios currently knew.

"Alright" Ash said excitedly. "That's a good variety of moves. Luster Purge? What kind of move is that? I've never heard of it before."

'That's a move only I can learn' Latios said. 'It's like an ace in the whole in you put it right. It's the move I used to help stop the tidal wave back in Altomare, but I combined it with my Psychic so it was ten times more powerful than usual.'

"Wow" Ash said out loud. Ash then looked over at his other Pokémon and saw them all playing around with Latias. Ash quickly scanned Latias and checked to see what moves she knew.

"Unknown Pokémon: Moves Available: Tackle/Foresight/Sight Sharing/Psychic/Mist Ball" the Mechanical voice listed off all of the moves Latias knew.

Ash was also satisfied with the current moves Latias knew, but he didn't recognize one of them. "Latios, do you know what Mist Ball is?"

'Yes I do' Latios replied. 'It's Latias' signature move. It's a move that cuts any Pokémon's special attack in half. So let's say if Latias hit Pikachu with Mist Ball then all of his special moves, like thunderbolt, would have its effectiveness cut in half... or more.'

"Whoo" Ash whistled impressed. After a couple seconds Ash regained his composure and clapped his hands together to get everyone else's attention. "Okay everyone let's get down to training" Ash said. The Pokémon cheered, except for Latios, who only smiled excitedly, and got ready to begin their training.

PALLET TOWN

Back in Pallet Town Professor Oak had woken up a little late after staying up a little too late doing some extra research. Yawning to himself Professor Oak went over to his personal computer that had all of the records of the trainers in Kanto. After entering his password Professor Oak checked the recent updates on trainers. Then he remembered his talk with Ash yesterday. "Oh right Ash told me that he would have two new Pokémon. Let's see what they are." Checking his computer he clicked on Ash's Profile and a list of Ash's stats came up. "Okay let's see here" he muttered.

"Updating on Trainer Ash Ketchum" came the computer's voice "Update complete. Analyzing profile changes! Two new Pokémon caught."

"Looks like Ash wasn't kidding around" Professor Oak said and clicked on one of the new Pokémon. He clicked on one of it and his excitement grew. "Whoa I've never seen this Pokémon before." The Pokémon was blue and white, mostly white in the neck and a small part of the chest, the rest was a bright blue. The Pokémon had solid-looking wings, two small forepaws with three claws each, a red triangle in the chest, and a long and slender neck. On its head the Pokémon had a small white raindrop-like shape and the rest of it was blue, except for the underside of the head, which was white. It had pointy ears and bright red eyes. "What is this Pokémon? I've never seen it before."

Then Professor Oak's lab assistant, Tracey Sketch walked in. "Good morning Professor Oak" he greeted friendly.

"Good morning Tracey" Professor Oak said. "Come here for a second Tracey." Tracey walked over and stood beside the Professor. "Tell me, do you recognize this Pokémon?"

Tracey took a look at the magnificent Pokémon on the screen, "No I'm afraid I don't recognize that Pokémon. Don't you know what it is Professor?"

"No I don't Tracey" Professor Oak said to the shock of Tracey. "I've never seen a Pokémon like this before. I wonder where Ash caught it."

"Ash caught that Pokémon" Tracey asked.

Professor Oak nodded, "Yes he did, along with this second one I'm about to check out." Professor Oak clicked the image of the second Pokémon and it came up enlarged as well. It was the same exact shape as the first Pokémon except it was smaller in size, it had amber eyes instead of red and it had red feathers where the other one had blue. "That one looks almost the same" Professor Oak said surprised.

"How are you going to find out what Pokémon they are" Tracey asked.

"I think I'll have to contact Professor Elm to see if he knows about it" Professor Oak said. "For now I'll do as much research on these two as I can and I'll see what I can come up with."

Back with Ash and company he was currently training Latios in trying to learn Safeguard. It was going okay so far. The plan would be for Ash to have all of his Pokémon attack Latios to try and get him to activate Safeguard to defend himself properly. So far Latios had been hit with five thunderbolts, six vine whips, four flamethrowers and seven wing attacks.

Latios flew back and hit the ground after taking another hit from a wing attack. Latios panted as he floated back up and hovered in mid-air. He was close that time, he could feel it. Ash looked concerned for Latios, "Okay I think that's enough for now" Ash called. Latios screeched out not wanting to stop yet. "Latios we've been at this for two hours already. If we keep going then you could get seriously hurt." Latios screeched out again; too tired to communicate telepathically. "Are you sure you want to continue." Latios nodded with a small coo, "Okay if you say so. Cyndaquil use your flamethrower" Ash ordered,

The flames on Cyndaquil's back came to life and with a deep breath Cyndaquil blew out a blast of flames towards Latios. Latios' eyes glowed blue before a blue barrier formed around his body and the flames bounced off of the barrier and Latios was completely unharmed.

"Alright Latios you did it" Ash cheered. Latios smiled and then fell to the ground completely exhausted. "Latios" Ash called running up to him while Latias went to check on her brother as well. Latias nudged him gently squeaking slightly. Latias raised his head and smiled at his sister. Ash smiled as well "Good job Latias, I'm so proud of you." Ash said pulling his Pokeball out. "Take a nice long rest" he said returning Latios to his Pokeball. Turning to Latias he said, "Okay Latias, are you ready to start your training?" Latias squeaked a yes in response, "Good, then let's get started. We'll try teaching you Zen Head butt." Ash looked through the book that Brock gave him and began looking through the description on how to perform the move.

About six days later Professor Oak had stayed up almost the whole time trying to find any kind of research on the two mysterious Pokémon that Ash had caught. All he could do was find out that the two of them had special attacks unique to only them called Luster Purge and Mist Ball. Other than that there were no other records of them anywhere in the Kanto Region.

On the seventh day he finally gave up, "Oh I give up" he moaned grabbing a fist full of his disheveled hair with both of his hands. "I can't find any record of these Pokémon anywhere in the Kanto Region. These must definitely be foreign Pokémon that I've never heard of, but I don't know how that's possible when Kanto and Johto are very close to each other and our Pokémon are almost exactly the same." Leaning back in his chair he sighed loudly. "That does it; I'm calling Professor Elm to see if he knows."

Opening up a video phone on his computer he dialed Professor Elm's phone number. A couple seconds later a young looking nerdy man with messy black hair wearing a green button shirt, brown pants, a white lab coat and glasses. "Ah Professor Oak what a surprise; what can I do for you?"

"Hello to you to Professor Elm" Professor Oak greeted. "I called because I need your help with something. Recently one of my trainers has caught some very interesting Pokémon and I've searched every single archive in the Kanto Region and I can't find any details on these Pokémon."

"Something the Legendary Professor Oak can't figure out" Professor Elm said in mock shock. "I should record this for future generation." Professor Oak glared at the cheeky smiling Professor Elm. "All joking aside I'll see if I can help you out. Send me a copy of them and I'll see what I can do."

"Okay" Professor Oak nodded and began typing on his computer. "Okay upload complete and you should be getting the file now."

"Yeah I got it" Professor Elm said and began going through the files and as he did his eyes got steadily wider and wider until they threatened to spill over his glasses. "Professor" he said slowly. "Do you not realize who these two are?"

"I'm sure if I did I wouldn't have troubled you" Professor Oak said now really interested wondering what would cause Professor Elm so much shock. "Now would you please be so kind as to tell me what it is these two Pokémon are?"

"These two Pokémon are Legendary Pokémon" Professor Elm said slowly trying to believe it himself. Professor Oak's eyes were wide at this revelation. "They're known as the two Eon Dragons Latios and Latias. The Red one is Latias and the Blue one is Latios. They're extremely rare Pokémon. The only one I know of who has ever set eyes on a these two is Professor Birch since these two are mostly native to Hoenn and even then they are so scarce that it is nearly impossible to find them."

"And yet somehow Ash managed to catch both of them" Professor Oak said awed.

"Someone managed to catch these two" Professor Elm said shocked. "Who caught them Professor, you must tell me."

"A young trainer of mine named Ash Ketchum" Professor Oak said. "Last I heard from him he just left the city of Altomare in the Johto Region. Now I hear that he's on his way to Blackthorn City to earn his final Badge for the Johto League Silver Conference."

"I see" Professor Elm said. "Excuse me Professor I need to go and cancel some appointments."

"Whatever for" Professor Oak asked.

"If what you say is true then this Ash is going to be competing in the Silver Conference for sure and there is no way I'm going to miss a Legendary Pokémon in action" Professor Elm said before he disappeared off the screen leaving Ash's profile still on the screen. Professor Oak stared for a few seconds.

"Tracey" Professor Oak called.

"Yes Professor" Tracey called back running into the room.

"Cancel all my appointments for next month" Professor Oak said. "I have something special to be attending next month."

"Okay sir" Tracey said going off to cancel a LOT of appointments.

Back with Ash he was walking on his way to the Blackthorn city gym with Misty and Brock to challenge the gym leader. Misty and Brock had hardly seen Ash at all for an entire week as every morning he would just disappear with all of his Pokémon and wouldn't return until later that night, but when they tried hounding Ash for answers he wouldn't answer and just old them to wait until he battles.

As they approached the gym they saw that the gym was shaped like a mansion. "Alright, time to earn my eighth and final badge" Ash said more excited than ever.

"Remember Ash don't get too overconfident" Misty reminded him for the umpteenth time.

"Also Ash if you do intend on using Latios or Latias then you should save them for last" Brock advised. "It gives you a surprise ace in the hole and it should surprise the gym leader since she won't be expecting it." Ash nodded his head. They walked up and knocked on the door. An old man answered the door.

"Yes what is it" he asked kindly.

"I'm here to challenge the Gym leader for the badge" Ash declared.

The old man nodded, "Very well" the old man said "Follow me." They followed the old man into the gym and after walking through a corridor they found themselves in a giant open area with a blank Pokémon field on it. "Clair" the old man called "Another challenger has appeared."

They heard footsteps walking towards them and a feminine voice asks, "Which one?" Very soon a beautiful woman appeared. She was dressed in a one piece skirt that was dark blue almost black in color, wearing black boots and a black cape that was red on the inside strapped securely around her frame. She had long blue hair strapped in a high ponytail with the bangs framing her face. Seeing an ultra pretty woman put Brock into overdrive and after a minute of embarrassment Misty dragged Brock away by the ear with a big lump on his head and her fist smoking slightly.

Ash and Clair sweat dropped at the scene before Ash turned to Clair, "Sorry about that" he apologized. "I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet town and I've come here to challenge you."

Clair smiled, "Very well. I look forward to a good battle from you." Both of them took their places on either side of the field with the old man acting as a referee.

"This will be a full 3-3 battle" the old man said. "Whoever defeats all three of their opponents Pokémon wins the match. Only the challenger is allowed to use substitutes. The arena you will be battling on is a water field" the field then opened up and changed into a water field with a few platforms on top of the water. "Begin."

"Kingdra, let's go" Clair called sending out her Kingdra to battle first.

Ash looked at Kingdra and thought about what Pokémon to use first, "Cyndaquil I choose you" Ash called throwing out his Pokeball. The tiny Cyndaquil came out of the Pokeball and stood by for battle since it's back lit up in flames.

"Ash what are you thinking" Misty called. "Cyndaquil is weak against water Pokémon."

Ash merely smirked, "We'll see. Cyndaquil use smoke screen" Cyndaquil took a deep breath and blew out a lot of smoke that covered the entire field and no one could see inside the smoke.

"Be Careful Kingdra" Clair called out.

"Cyndaquil use your swift attack and add an extra spin to it" Ash called out. Inside the smoke Cyndaquil heard his master and started spinning around at a fast pace and fired a swift everywhere. Some of the swift stars flew in random directions out of the smoke, but eventually some of them found their mark and Kingdra got hit and flew back out of the smoke screen.

"Don't give in Kingdra" Clair called. "Let's wash this smoke screen away with your surf attack." Kingdra roared as it used the water in the area and formed it up into a giant surf wave and began riding it towards the area.

"Cyndaquil, jump out of the way" Ash called out. Cyndaquil heard and jumped as high as it could and ended up barely five feet away from Kingdra. "Alright Cyndaquil use your flamethrower." The flames on Cyndaquil's back lit up fiercely and Cyndaquil breathed out a wave of fire.

"Kingdra Agility" Clair called with a smirk. Kingdra disappeared and reappeared behind Cyndaquil surprising the small Pokémon and Ash. "Hit it with your hydro pump" she called. Kingdra loaded up its mouth with a massive amount of water and fired it towards Cyndaquil. Cyndaquil was too slow to dodge it and it hit Cyndaquil hard and threw it to the ground.

"C'mon Cyndaquil get up I know you can continue on" Ash called out. Cyndaquil struggled to get to its feet. "I believe in you Cyndaquil. Remember all the training we did for a week just to be where we are now. Don't let it all go to waste Cyndaquil."

Cyndaquil remembered the times as he got stronger with Ash's help and the help of all the other Pokémon... his friends. Cyndaquil shot up with a large yell and then his whole body glowed a bright white color. Everyone stared in surprise as Cyndaquil's form began to change. Soon the light died showing a much more slimmer Pokémon that still had Cyndaquil's color, but it was more slimmer and taller along with five spots on its back with two on its forehead. "Quilava" the new Pokémon roared.

"Cyndaquil evolved" Misty said shocked.

Ash pulled his Pokedex out and pointed it at Quilava "Quilava, the volcanic Pokémon and the evolved form of Cyndaquil. Quilava is capable of incredible attacks using the flames on its back" the mechanical voice said.

"Alright, well I'm sticking with Quilava" Ash said putting his Pokedex away.

"Do not assume that just because your Pokémon has evolve that you have the advantage" Clair reminded him. "Kingdra, hydro pump" she called out. Powering up the same attack as before Kingdra launched the hydro pump at Quilava.

"Quilava flame wheel" Ash shouted. Quilava's flames on its back roared to life and it rolled forward and formed a giant wheel of flame and rolled into the hydro pump. The flame was powerful enough to stop break through the hydro pump.

"No way" Clair shouted. Kingdra stopped the hydro pump as it had run out of water. Quilava's flame wheel hit it's mark and Kingdra was dealt quite a bit of damage. "Kingdra get up" Clair called.

"It's too late" Ash yelled. "Quilava, skull bash attack now." Quilava charged forward really quickly and smashed it's skull right against Kingdra's weakened body. Kingdra flew backwards and slammed into the wall and collapsed on the ground with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Kingdra is unable to battle. Quilava is the winner."

"Alright, good job Quilava" Ash cheered. Quilava turned and gave a smirk at its victory. Clair recalled her fallen Kingdra and congratulated it on a job well done. Then she pulled out a new Pokeball.

"I choose you Gyarados" she called. Out came the large serpent Pokémon of the sea. It was quite intimidating as it let loose a loud roar.

"Quilava you still up to battling" Ash asked. Quilava nodded and the flames on its back roared to life. "Alright then Quilava use fire spin." Quilava launched a swirling fire storm from its mouth and it headed straight for Gyarados.

"Hyper Beam" Clair called out calmly. Gyarados opened its wide mouth and a spherical swirling ball of energy formed in its mouth and the Gyarados fired it to combat Quilava's fire spin. Both attacks met in mid air and they seemed to be at a standstill... for all of two seconds before the Hyper Beam broke through the fire spin and hit Quilava head on.

"Quilava, no" Ash called. Soon the hyper beam cleared and it showed Quilava all beat up with scrapes all over its body. The familiar swirls were in its eyes signifying that Quilava was out cold.

The ref raised the red flag "Quilava is unable to battle. Gyarados is the winner."

"Quilava return" Ash called returning Quilava back to the Pokeball. 'That Gyarados is powerful' Ash thought. 'It could beat Quilava with one attack. I don't want to reveal Latios or Latias just yet so...' Ash turned to Pikachu. "Pikachu, you're up buddy" Ash said.

"Pika" Pikachu said as he jumped into the ring as his cheeks sparked. "Okay Pikachu let's start this off with a thunderbolt." Pikachu's cheeks sparkled brightly and with a loud shout he released the built up lightning towards Gyarados.

"Gyarados dodge by using fly" Clair ordered. Gyarados flew high into the air to avoid the thunderbolt and now hovered high above the battlefield. "Now Gyarados use Dragon Rage" she shouted. Gyarados' eyes glowed and a static ball of energy formed in its mouth and Gyarados fired it down at Pikachu.

"Pikachu dodge with Agility" Ash ordered. Thanks to Pikachu's superior speed he was able to dodge it easily enough, but Gyarados kept the attack going and kept aiming for Pikachu. Ash grit his teeth in frustration since he couldn't think of any way to get out of this.

"You better do something quick Ash" Brock called out worried. "Pikachu can't keep this up forever." It's true as Pikachu was grazed a few times creating a few scrapes and burns. Then the dragon rage attack nearly enveloped Pikachu, but Pikachu managed to jump to the side in time, but the platform was destroyed.

"Pikachu" Ash called. "Hey wait... use thunderbolt on the Dragon rage attack." Pikachu nodded and launched the attack at the Dragon Rage attack and the attack couldn't take the intake of thunder and exploded creating a bunch of smoke everywhere.

"Gyarados watch out for an attack" Clair called. Soon the smoke cleared and it only showed Gyarados floating in mid air, but no Pikachu anywhere to be spotted. "Where is it, where did it go" Clair asked looking around.

Ash chuckled, "Pikachu use Quick attack" Ash called. Clair's eyes widened as she looked up to see Pikachu fall from the air and slam into Gyarados before she could react. Gyarados took the full force of the attack and fell back into the pool.

"How" Clair demanded.

"It was tricky, but Pikachu managed to pull it off" Ash clarified. "I knew that if Pikachu used thunderbolt on the Dragon rage attack it would explode and that gave the perfect cover for Pikachu to get into the air without being noticed. The only real tricky part was the make sure Pikachu got to the top before being noticed."

Clair growled silently, "Wow that was pretty clever of Ash" Brock said impressed. Misty nodded.

"Now Pikachu use thunderbolt on the water" Ash ordered. Another quick thunderbolt on the water that Gyarados was still inside of was all she wrote. When they thunderbolt ended Gyarados floated back up to the top of the water with the swirly eyes of unconsciousness.

The ref raised the green flag, "Gyarados is unable to battle. Pikachu is the winner."

Clair sighed and recalled her Gyarados. She smiled at the Pokeball, "You did your best. I'm proud of you." Clair then pulled out her final Pokeball. "Okay Ash it's been a while since I've had to use this Pokémon in a battle. I choose you Dragonair." The magnificent serpentine dragon came out of the Pokeball with a small cry.

'Oh boy this is going to be tough' Ash thought. "Are you ready Pikachu?" Pikachu nodded. "Alright then let's start it off with a thunderbolt." Pikachu launched its thunderbolt at Dragonair who didn't even try to move.

"Safeguard" Clair said calmly. Dragonair glowed and a barrier formed around her and blocked the thunderbolt. Ash looked shocked that Pikachu' thunderbolt was blocked so easily. Pikachu also looked pretty shocked as well. "Dragonair use iron tail." Then end of Dragonair's tail glowed a bright light and it went right for Pikachu.

"Pikachu dodge and use tackle" Ash called. Pikachu jumped to the side as Dragonair slammed its tail in the spot where Pikachu stood a couple seconds ago. Pikachu then delivered a solid tackle to Dragonair, but Dragonair barely took any damage.

"It's going to take a lot more than that to even put a dent on Dragonair" Clair boasted. "Dragonair use hyper beam." Dragonair charged up a hyper beam on its horn and fired it at Pikachu. Pikachu was a little too slow to dodge and the hyper beam hit it's mark. Pikachu was thrown back onto a different platform and had the swirls in his eyes.

The ref raised the red flag "Pikachu is unable to battle. Dragonair is the winner." Ash quickly ran forward and picked Pikachu up and brought him back to his side of the field.

"You okay buddy" Ash asked concerned. Pikachu opened his eyes and responded with a weak 'chu' making Ash smile. "You did great Pikachu, take a nice long rest." Ash set Pikachu on the ground and turned back to face Clair and her Dragonair. 'Only one choice left. Noctowl has a slight advantage over Dragonair because of type, but Dragonair is much more powerful. Bayleef has also gotten stronger, but Dragonair can fly and I know Bayleef can't catch a flying Pokémon.' Ash pulled out one last Pokeball.

"You think Ash is going to use one of them" Misty asked.

Brock nodded, "He has no choice if he wants to win. Noctowl and Bayleef aren't strong enough to take out Clair's Dragonair so Ash has no choice."

"I choose you Latios" Ash called out and threw the Pokeball onto the field. Out came the older of the two Eon Pokémon Dragons with a loud cry. Clair's eyes were wider than ever as she gazed at Latios.

"How... where did you get that Latios" Clair demanded fiercely.

"Altomare" Ash answered. "One incredibly crazy adventure and in the end I became Latios' friend and he willingly became my Pokémon. Now let's end this battle, Latios use Dragon claw." Latios' claw glowed a bright color and it charged at Dragonair with super fast speed and nailed Dragonair before it knew what happened.

'That was fast, I barely saw it move' Clair thought. "Don't give in Dragonair; use your Dragon Rage attack." Dragonair's horn glowed brightly before it unleashed the awesome power ball.

"Dodge with extreme speed and follow it up with a tackle attack" Ash ordered calmly. Latios disappeared in a burst of speed and couldn't be seen by Clair or Dragonair. Then Latios appeared behind Dragonair.

"Dragonair watch out" Claire shouted. Too late as Latios slammed right into Dragonair knocking Dragonair into the water. Clair grit her teeth in frustration as Latios floated calmly back in front of Ash waiting for the next command. Dragonair then burst from the water with a hyper beam formed in its mouth. Too surprised to dodge it Latios was hit at close range with a hyper beam that knocked it into the water while Dragonair floated back to her side with barely any scratches on it.

"Latios" Ash called. Latios burst from the water looking like nothing happened though he was slightly shaken from the hyper beam, "Alright Latios, let's try out your Luster Purge attack."

"Luster purge" Clair said out loud as she saw Latios glow a dark purple color. "I've never heard of this move before. Dragonair be on your guard." Latios had finally gathered enough energy and fired the luster purge attack from its mouth. A swirling stream of purple energy left Latios and headed straight for Dragonair. "Dragonair counter it with your hyper beam" Clair ordered.

Hyper beam and Luster Purge met in a dead on collision and soon the attacks couldn't stand the power output anymore and they exploded in mid air. When the smoke cleared it showed two slightly winded Pokémon. Latios had a few marks on him, but nothing too bad while Dragonair looked worse for wear.

"Alright Latios, let's go" Ash called out. "This battle's not over yet. Let's test out your own Dragon Rage attack." Latios gathered the energy in its mouth for a dragon rage attack.

"I don't think so" Clair shouted. "Dragonair use Shockwave." Dragonair shot a blast of yellow lightning at Latios and it hit Latios dead in the chest before it could finish it's attack making him loose his concentration and paralyzing it.

"No, Latios try and shake it off" Ash called desperately.

"Not gonna happen" Clair said. "Alright Dragonair use iron tail and finish this battle." Once again Dragonair's tail glowed a bright light again and this time the attack hit its target and Latios was slammed into a platform.

Latios growled slightly, 'No way am I going to lose this. Ash has placed all his trust in me and I refuse to let him down.' Using strength he didn't even know he had Latios pushed himself up and floated back into the air.

"Still fighting eh" Clair said impressed with Latios' determination. "Good I like it that way. Dragonair use hyper beam one more time." Dragonair charged up the hyper beam again and fired it towards Latios.

"Latios use Psychic" Ash called out. Latios' eyes glowed and he stopped the hyper beam to the shock of Clair. "Alright, now let's throw it right back at them." Latios sent the hyper beam right back at Dragonair.

"Get out of the way Dragonair" Clair called. Dragonair got out of the way of its own attack, but was unprepared for Latios to appear behind it and deliver a hardened tackle attack sending it down into the water. "Dragonair" Clair called out.

"Hurry Latios, let's finish this with a full power Luster Purge attack" Ash called. Latios charged his attack again and fired it with all of his strength. The attack his dead center in the pool. Once the attack cleared it showed Dragonair floating on the top with the swirls in her eyes.

The ref raised the green flag "Dragonair is unable to battle. The winner is Latios. The battle and the match go to the challenger Ash Ketchum."

Ash smiled the biggest smile ever, "Alright we did it" Ash cheered. Ash ran out to the platforms and embraced Latios around his slender neck. "Great job Latios you were amazing." Latios gave a coo of happiness as his thanks.

Clair smiled at the scene and recalled her Dragonair, "You battled well I'm proud of you." Clair then walked up to Ash, "I must say Ash that was one of the best battles I've ever had. Not only did you have great strategy and beat my Kingdra with a type disadvantage, but you've also earned the respect of a Legendary and a Dragon type to at that. You have earned my utmost respect and as proof of your victory I present you with the Rising badge." She handed him the Rising badge.

"Thanks Clair" Ash said grinning. "Alright I got... the Rising Badge."

Clair smiled again and turned to Latios, "It was an honor to meet you Latios. I wish you and your trainer the best of luck in the Silver Conference." Latios cooed his thanks and nuzzled Clair gently making her laugh slightly.

Now that Ash got his final badge he was onto the Johto League Silver Conference. The future looks bright for both him and Latios.

Ash and friends were just leaving the Blackthorn city gym. Ash kept staring at his case full of badges. He couldn't believe it; he had all eight badges and qualified for the Johto League. "Alright Silver conference here I come" Ash said.

"Hold on Ash you still have to register at the Pokémon center before you can head to the Silver Town" Brock said as he read his Pokémon handbook for the Silver conference. "It says here that you have to register at the Silver Town Pokémon center."

"Where is Silver town" Ash asked wanting to get there quickly.

Brock looked at the book and a deadpan expression came to his face, "Silver town is over the mountains about 35 miles away from New Bark town. If we walked the whole way it would take us about three weeks to get there. And the unfortunate part is that the Silver Conference begins in three weeks and the deadline for registration is one week away."

"One week away" Ash cried out. "Why didn't you tell us this earlier?"

"I didn't think Silver Town was that far away" Brock admitted sheepishly. Ash looked ready to tear his own hair out and it was apparent as he grabbed a fist full of his hair with both hands. "Okay Ash calm down or you'll really freak out."

"How the heck can I calm down when the deadline is only one week away" Ash cried frantically. "Oh why can't we just register at this Pokémon center?"

"It's to avoid confusion problems" Brock clarified for Ash. "There have been problems and mix ups in the past so a while ago the committee decided that you could only register at one Pokémon center in every region."

Ash moaned in despair, "We'll never make it in time."

"Wait a minute" Misty said suddenly. "Why can't you just fly there on Latios?" That got both of them thinking about it.

"She's right you know Ash" Brock said. "I got some info on Latios from Clair before we left. Apparently Latios can fly faster than a jet plane. With that kind of speed you could make it all the way to Silver Town in about in about two days, maybe less."

"Really" Ash said excitedly as he took out Latios' Pokeball.

Brock nodded, "But first I think you should take them to the Pokémon center to get them all healed up first." Ash nodded and was about to take off in a sprint towards the Blackthorn City Pokémon center before he stopped and turned back to Brock and Misty.

"What about you two" Ash asked. "How will you guys get there?"

"Don't worry about us" Brock said. "We might be arriving later then you are, but we'll be there in time to see your matches. We promise."

"Thanks guys" Ash called as he took off into a sprint. Thanks to being incredibly fast from all the time he had spent chasing his own Pokémon around Ash arrived at the Pokémon center about a minute later. Walking through the front door Ash went up to the front desk. "Nurse Joy" Ash called.

"Yes" she said walking out. "Are you here to get your Pokémon healed?"

Ash nodded, "Yeah they've got to be fully healed if we're going to get to the Silver Conference in time."

Nurse Joy seemed a little surprised, "You already won your victory at the Blackthorn Gym?" Ash nodded, "That's impressive; usually no one ends up beating the Blackthorn Gym on their first try. Anyway hand me your Pokémon and I'll get them healed up." Ash handed over five Pokeballs and Pikachu jumped off of Ash's shoulder to go and get checked up as well.

While Ash was waiting for them to get healed he was thinking about the Silver Conference. 'Okay I'm actually going to go to the Silver Conference' he thought in his mind excitedly. 'There will be a lot of tough trainers there. I'll have to train all of my Pokémon hard if I want a chance to win. I think I should train Latias a bit more. She's not use to battling and could use quite a bit of help. Note to self: Have Latios help as well.'

"Trainer Ash Ketchum: Your Pokémon are all healed" Nurse Joy's name sounded of a loud speaker. Ash got up and went straight for the front desk. Up there Nurse Joy handed back all of his Pokeballs and Pikachu, who immediately jumped on Ash's shoulder. "They're all healed up. Please come again."

"Thanks Nurse Joy" Ash said and left the Pokémon center. As he got outside he went to the special area where he trained his Pokémon. "Latios come on out" Ash said. Latios appeared in a flash with a small cry. "Well Latios we won and we're on our way to the Silver Conference."

Latios nodded, 'Good, I can hardly wait.' Latios had found out he liked battling and couldn't wait to do more.

Ash chuckled, "That's awesome, but we need to get to Silver Town in order to register, but the deadline is in one week and Silver Town is Three weeks away from here by foot."

'Say no more' Latios communicated telepathically. 'Hop on and I'll get you there by tomorrow.'

"Thanks Latios" Ash thanked as he climbed on top. "We better fly up high or we'll be spotted by everyone."

'I agree' Latios said. Latios flew high into the sky with Ash and Pikachu holding on tightly and when he stopped ascending they were high into the sky away from people seeing them, but not from them seeing the ground. 'Ash' Latios communicated. 'I'm sure Latias would like some fresh air as well. Plus I'm also sure that she'd like to hear about my battle.'

"Yeah" Ash said. He pulled out another Pokeball; "Come on out Latias" Ash said opening the Pokeball. Like her brother Latias appeared in a flash with a small coo. "Hey Latias" Ash greeted as he petted Latias on the head softly.

Latias cooed softly, 'Hello again Ash' she greeted happily and then looked at the area they were flying over. 'Oooo, new parts of the world' she gushed as she began looking around. Ash and Latios laughed at Latias' obvious excitement. 'Where are we heading to next' Latias asked as she observed the landscape.

"We're on our way to Silver Town" Ash said. "We won our Eighth Badge. Latios was amazing in the battle." Latios blushed slightly at the praise.

'Tell me all about it brother' Latias gushed as she forgot about the scenery and focused more on her brother. Latios chuckled and began the retelling of the tale. Ash chuckled at some parts of the story when Latias gasped in surprise and shock or when she rolled in mid air when Latios told her of when he caught Dragonair by surprise with that tackle attack.

They spent the rest of the day just laughing and having a good time as they flew through the air. Both dragons marveled at the wonderful sights around the area. From the beautiful lush green forests, to the grassy fields, the rocky mountains to all the clouds in the blue sky. Both dragons were really happy that they had decided to come with Ash.