Ash And Horizons

The Explorer Attacks Part 1

Friede after noticing Ash's Greninja also approach Ash, Liko, and Roy. He realized in the distance there is the explorers and immediately fly with his Charizard towards the explorers, because that direction is also where the brave olivine are.

"Friede-san already went there."

Ash gritted his teeth, he realize that it's really urgent when Friede already go in a hurry.

"Liko, Roy, I need you two to gather the wild pokemon to fix the holes on the brave olivine!"

"O-Okay!" Liko Nodded.

"We got it!"

Ash and his entourage of Scorbunny, Pikachu, Charizard, and Greninja headed off towards the beach. Ash mounted his Charizard, with Pikachu perched on his right shoulder and Scorbunny on his left. Greninja ran ahead, leaping effortlessly from branch to branch.

"Be careful, Ash!" Liko called out, concern etched on her face.

As they left, Scorbunny unknowingly clenched his left hand, a faint blue and white glow emanating from it. Ash, Pikachu, Charizard, and even Scorbunny seemed oblivious to this unusual display.

"Liko, can you tell me what's going on?"

Liko proceed to tell the incident back in her school when the explorers after her. She also explained that for some reason they really tried to steal her pendant.

With Roy finally understand what happens, he tells the girl, "Let's go, Liko! We need to get the wild pokemon to fix the ship, right?"

"Yeah!" Liko agreed, and together, they hurried off to find wild pokemon in this island to help fixing the damage on the blimp part of Brave Olivine

As the battle between Orio, Murdock, and their Pokemon took place with Onia's Golduck facing Metagross and Zirc's Rhydon, Hamber stood quietly in the background, accompanied by Amethio and his Ceruledge.

Hamber, a man, appeared to be in his mid-sixties, was elegantly dressed in a dark blue suit with a crisp white shirt underneath. His attire was complimented by a pair of white gloves, and his silvery hair was styled to partially cover his left eye.

Amethio crossed his arms, a dismissive expression on his face.

"I've got no business with you, Friede."

Undeterred by Amethio's attitude, Friede smirked, his gaze flicking towards Hamber.

"How resourceful of you, bringing a professional along this time," he mused.

Hamber took the introduction in stride, returning a polite greeting.

At that moment, Greninja landed nearby, closely followed by Ash and his Charizard, who landed their Charizard 2 meters away from Friede's Charizard along with Scorbunny and Pikachu land in front of Ash.

"So the explorers are truly here." Ash then turned to the old man, "And this time someone new is with them."

"A pleasure to meet you Ash Ketchum, the world Monarch. My name is Hamber, the second in command of the explorers." Hamber's left eye opened and see through the gap of his hair, "From the report I got from Amethio, you are the one that's able to beat 2 of Amethio's members pokemon, am i right?"

"Yeah, that's me." Ash confirmed, "I don't know the real reason why the explorers want to steal Liko's pendant, but as long as I am here and as her friend, I won't let you get it!"

An explosion shook the air, drawing the attention of everyone nearby. Amethio's companions were quickly overpowering Murdock and Orio's Pokémon. Faster than anyone could react, Scorbunny activated his Trailblaze ability, charging at Golduck and Rhydon with blinding speed. With a single strike, Scorbunny downed both of them simultaneously before bounding away to safety in front of Metagross and Rockruff.