Kid and Lugia finally arrived on Moon Island.
"Wow. This island's very pretty, too." Kid noted.
As they walked off the ferry, a Ralts appeared in front of them, looking scared. Then a Houndour busted out from behind some bushes and started growling at the Ralts. It lunged straight for the tiny Pokemon.
"Hey!" Kid shouted.
But it was too late. The Houndour had already tackled Ralts, an it was hurt pretty bad. This Houndour seemed to be a significantly higher level than Ralts.
As Ralts rolled over and got up slowly, Houndour tilted it's head back and Howled in a eerie tone that seemed to make it even more powerful. Oh, no. It's going to finish the job! I have to do something!
"Lugia, go! Stop the Houndour!"
Lugia leapt off Kid's shoulder and swooped down right across Houndour's face. This surprised it enough to make it forget about Ralts for a second.
It growled as Lugia came around for it's attack.
"Gust!"
Lugia halted mid-air and flapped it's wings as hard as it could. Although Lugia was not a strong Pokemon, this paticular Gust attack seemed to have a major effect on Houndour. It couldn't prevent the winds from pushing it, slowly at first, then faster, into the water near the beach. As soon as Houndour hit the water, steam erupted from it's mouth and it began yelping in pain.
"Yahoo! You did it! Great job, Lugia. It must have been preparing some sort of Fire-type attack in it's mouth before we intervened. This poor Ralts is so weak that it wouldn't have survived even an Ember." Kid turned around. "Hey, where'd Ralts go?"
Tiny footprints led away from the scene, into the dark forest.
"Huh. I guess it was really scared." Lugia flew back over to Kid, and he lifted his arm to let Lugia on. Stroking Lugia's neck and scratching his head for such a great victory.
It was true that Kid disliked unnessesary battling. Although he would train quite a lot with Lugia, he never pushed Lugia too far or made him battle Pokemon that he could seriously hurt. This time, however, they had saved a Pokemon in need, and it felt good.
"Lugia? Back there, when you used Gust on Houndour, it was much stronger than your regular Gust, wasn't it?"
Lugia thought for a moment. He nodded his head in agreement.
"I thought so. Maybe it was because we were doing a righteous thing, helping that Ralts. I hope it's ok. The wild is no place for such a timid little guy like him."
After buying some minor supplies off of local merchants, Kid decided it was time for bed. The sun was hardly beyond the horizon, but he thought it was best if they got a good night's rest at the local hotel.
It was Lugia who awoke in the early morning to a loud tapping sound at the window. He groggily waddled over and looked out. Ralts, the same Ralts from earlier, was sitting on the window ledge looking cold and scared. Lugia thought- We saved him yesterday. Maybe he wants to thank us. So Lugia, with not much difficulty, unlocked and opened the window. Ralts jumped in and immediately walked over to the heating vent and sat on it, warming itself up. Kid was still in a deep sleep. Lugia hopped off the window ledge and joined Ralts on the vent. The two fell asleep, each leaning on the other.
"Brrr! Who left the window open? I know it's not freezing outside, but you don't leave a window open this time of year!" Kid shut the window and went back to bed. Not ten second later he jolted up.
"Who did leave the window open?! Lugia? Lugiaaa? Where are you?"
His eyes then spotted the two Pokemon, Lugia and Ralts, sitting up talkiing to each other in the corner of the room.
"Oh, there you are! Ralts? Where'd you come from?"
The Ralts was at first a little scared of Kid, but Lugia stood up and "told" Kid how the Ralts got in. He made chirps, humms, and squeaks to tell the story.
"Ok, so Ralts decided to come with us? It wants to travel with us now? But what about his family?" Kid asked Lugia.
Lugia relplied with a solemn mew.
"So something happened to his family. Poor guy."
Kid stood up. "Ralts? If you decide to come with us, you will have to face difficult challenges. Lugia isn't an average Pokemon, and I'm not an ordinary human. You could get hurt again? You know that, right?"
Ralts stood tall to his full extent and puffed out his chest. He didn't seemed scared anymore.
"Welcome to the team, Ralts! I don't usually put Pokemon in Pokeballs, I consider them unnatural, but if you'd prefer, you could live in one until I need you for battles? You are, after all, a pretty timid Pokemon."
Ralts had made up his mind.
"Ok." Kid tossed an empty ball at Ralts. "Watch, Lugia. This is what it's like to catch a Pokemon."
The ball sealed up around Ralts. A sense of urgency struck the room. After just a few wiggles, the ball was still. Ralts was now his!
