What If Ash was in Pokemon Horizons?

Into a New Sky! The Brave Olivine!

A/N: Heh, chapter 69, nice.

The trainers exit Naranja Academny, clad in their usual outfits. Raifort stays with them until the adults of the RVT arrive.

"Miss Raifort?" Liko asked, "Before we leave, do you know anything else about Terapagos?"

Raifort thought for a moment. "I don't know anythung, but I know Briar of the Blueberry Academy is obessed with it. I think right now she's gathering research in Kitakami.

Ash perked up, remembering how Appin evolved into Dipplin. "Kitakami? I remember that place! Someone was running a stand selling Sryupy apples from there!"

Roy chuckled at Ash's words, "What's Blueberry Academny?" he asked.

"Oh, it's an Academy located in the Unova region." Raifort explained, "Naranja Acdemy works with them often."

Ash perked up again, "There's a new academy in Unova?!"

Dot groaned, "Ash, please don't die of excitement."

A large shadow looms over the group, everyone looks up to see the newly-repaired Brave Olivine. The trainers say goodbye to Raifort and rush inside, reuniting briefly with the adults before heading to their rooms, tired from a long day.

The trainers meet up the very next morning, looking over the interior of the airship.

"I wonder what upgrades this thing got..." Ash wondering, noticing how everything had look exactly how it looked before.

"Well, looks the same to me, so probably nothing big." Dot assumed.

"Let's make a day out of it!" Roy suggested, "Let's look around together and see what's changed."

"I like the sound of that!" Liko smiled.

The trainers first enter the bridge, seeing Friede and Cap steer the airship. 'Nothings much changed here, kiddos." Friede commented.

Roy looked over to the control panel, spotting a big red button. "Woah, what's that button do?" he was just about to press it when Friede swatted his hand away.

"Don't touch that!" Friede exclaimed, "That's only for emergencies."

The trainers immediately nodded, exiting the room and heading towards the kitchen next, seeing how it has experienced a big style change. Crocalor spots what he thinks are three pieces of sushi and tries to eat one, only for all of them to attack back and reveal themselves as a trio of Pokemon.

"Who's that Pokemon?" Ash pulled out his Rotom Phone.

"Tatsugiri, the Mimicry Pokémon. A Dragon and Water type. This Pokémon has differing colors and patterns, and it tricks its opponents by playing dead. It is small and weak, but it uses its smarts to survive"

"Did you catch them, Uncle Murdock?" Dot asked.

Murdock rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, but I had to go through a lot beforehand..."

The three Tatsugiri suddenly flee the room, the trainers chase behind them. Running all throughout the airship before eventually stopping to rest at the wing deck.

"There you are." Friede approched them holding a briefcase.

"Didn't we just see you?" Dot raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, but I didn;t have time to show you this." Friede opened the briefcase, revealing Lucius' belt. "I wanted to return these to you, Liko."

Liko takes the belt into her hands, "Thank you." She smiled.

Terapagos suddenly lets out a series of cries at the Ancient Poke Balls already placed within the belt. Arboliva, Galarian Moltres, and Lapras all emerge from their respective balls in response and look down at the children.

"I think they want a battle." Friede studied their expressions, "Maybe they wanna see how strong you are now."

Liko, Roy and Dot grinned, "Challenge accepted!" They exclaimed in unison.

"You guys have fun with that, I'll pass." Ash said.

Roy's head snapped toward Ash, "What?! But why? Your the strongest trainer here!"

Ash chuckled, "You guys need this more than me, this is your battle. Plus, I think they wanna see how'd you do without me."

Liko handed Terapagos into Ash's hands as the Brave Olivine stops at a rocky island in the middle of the ocean to allow the battle to occur. Liko and Floragato face Arboliva on the wing deck, Roy and Crocalor face Moltres on the island, and Dot and Quaxwell face Lapras near the shoreline. Floragato begins the confrontation by using Quick Attack to dodge Arboliva's blasts of oil before using Magical Leaf, which Arboliva counters with the same move. Roy gets Crocalor pumped up against the tough opponent and has him counter Moltres's Fiery Wrath with his own anger by using Stomping Tantrum, successfully avoiding getting fatigued by the move before countering an Air Slash with Flamethrower. Quaxwell dodges Lapras' Ice Beams with his graceful steps. Floragato uses the cloud of leaves created by the Magical Leaf clash to wrap her vine around Arboliva's arm and strike with a super effective Acrobatics. The hit triggers Arboliva's Seed Sower and covers the field in a Grassy Terrain. Crocalor gets sent flying by Moltres's Hurricane, Roy manages to use this to his advantage by having Crocalor rise above Moltres and unleash a super effective Disarming Voice at the Legendary Pokémon. Quaxwell uses the field of ice created by Lapras to quickly get closer to his opponent and hit it with a Low Kick.

The three decide to use their Tera Orbs, Terastallizing their respective partners and attacking with Magical Leaf, Flame Charge, and Liquidation. The boosted moves make contact, but their opponents are hardly fazed by them. Liko, Roy, and Dot are determined to keep going, but then Terapagos suddenly squirms in Ash's arms and lets out a loud cry to get everyone's attention.

"Hey guys!" Ash called out to his friends, "I think Terapagos wants the battle to end and everyone come back!"

The three trainers nod and reunite at the Wind Deck, recalling the Hero Pokemon back into their Poke Balls.

"I gotta say, you handled yourselves well back there." Friede smiled at the kids, "Your Pokemon weren't the one ones who evolved, you three did too."

Ash smirked, "No doubt about that! Maybe after a while you guys could give me a run for my money!"

"So what should we do know?" Friede asked, "We still haven't gotten any leads to find the other Hero Pokemon."

Liko perked up, "We could go to Kitakami! Miss Raifort said there's someone named Briar over there that knows a lot of Terapagos!"

Friede smirked, "Well then that's where we're headed!"