I'm the Owner of the Pokémon Day Care In the World of Pokémon Chapter 890: Gift

Yuga had a sudden idea and proposed, "How about this? You follow , and I help you heal your injuries. What do you think?"

He couldn't deny that the thought of having a Legendary Pokémon like Zapdos with him was tempting. He had been envious when he saw Joyna's Latias before.

Joyna's Latias hadn't reached the peak power of a Legendary Pokémon, and it was far weaker than this Zapdos, which had lived for over a thousand years.

If not for encountering that excessively powerful lotic, it could probably beat any other Level 2 Legendary Pokémon.

With the Max Revives in his possession, Yuga was confident he could completely heal Zapdos.

Although the previous one had been used by Dragonite's mother, Yuga had cultivated new Revival Herb, and he had a freshly made Max Revive in his system's backpack.

The Max Revive was the crystallization of ancient human dical knowledge, capable of healing any injuries on all Pokémon, with an effect equivalent to the Sacred Ash of Ho-Oh.

If a Pokémon's injuries couldn't be healed even by Ho-Oh's Sacred Ash, then it was as good as waiting for death.

"Zapdos!!!"

Don't even think about it!!!

Hearing Yuga's proposal, Zapdos's eyes turned red with anger.

You want to ta ? No way! Just looking at you makes my heart, liver, and spleen ache. If I have to see you every day, I might die from frustration!

Furthermore, all the past issues stemd from misunderstandings. Today, Dragonite had taken half of my power source again! That's a new grudge!

Healing this power source injury wouldn't be easy.

Legendary Pokémon, influenced by their divinity, beca stronger and had incredible regenerative abilities. But that was under the assumption that their power source remained intact.

With half of it gone, do you seriously think you can heal ? I don't believe it!

Look at all the Legendary Pokémon whose power sources have been damaged. Which one of them hasn't had to recover for decades or even centuries?

Seeing Zapdos in such a state of frustration, Yuga realized that taming Zapdos was out of the question. He had only wanted to try it, even though the chances of success were slim.

But now, there was no chance at all...

"Why are you so worked up? It's not easy for you to recover from your injuries in your current state. Having help you wouldn't be a bad idea, would it? Although your injuries were caused by us, we didn't have much of a choice! If you get better, we'll be the ones suffering."

Yuga wasn't giving up and tried to convince Zapdos again.

"Just you... can heal ?" Zapdos replied disdainfully. "I'm not underestimating you, but you seem like a naive country bumpkin who has never seen the world. You dare say anything, even bragging! Why don't you say Arceus is your father too!"

Zapdos cast a scornful glance at Yuga, making its disdain clear.

(_) Forget it, I don't need a Pokémon that talks back like this...

Yuga rolled his eyes and said, "If I can heal you, will you follow ?" He still wanted to give it a shot.

Zapdos gave Yuga another glare and said, "Impossible! Even if you heal , I won't follow you!"

"Ah..." Forget it!

Yuga sighed.

"Well, how about this? Let's consider it a deal. I'll heal your injuries, and we'll bury the hatchet. You won't pick a fight with lotic or any other Pokémon here, okay?"

Yuga proposed this as a last attempt to reach an agreent with Zapdos.

Zapdos looked at Yuga skeptically and asked, "Are you really confident that you can heal ?"

Naturally, it was willing to heal its injuries. Given its current condition, it wasn't even thinking about territorial disputes anymore; it might die soon if things continued as they were!

As for lotic, it held no grudge. It was its own fault for picking a fight in the first place. Territorial disputes had always been a matter of might makes right, without much room for resentnt or grudges.

Engaging in territorial disputes was nothing new for it over the past thousand years, and there was no way it could hold grudges against all of them.

If anyone was to bla, it was itself for not being able to defeat even an ordinary lotic! (lotic: Don't talk nonsense, I'm not ordinary! You can't defeat !)

Zapdos hesitated for a mont and said, "If you can really heal , then I won't hold it against you."

After all, he was just a ordinary human. Since it was all a misunderstanding, it wasn't worth holding a grudge against him.

But... sigh... it had been a thousand years of wasted ti!

Yuga replied, "Alright, I'll help you heal. You also need to keep your promise!"

Zapdos retorted, "Do you think I'm like you humans?"

Having been lying on the ground motionless for too long, Zapdos's body had stiffened, and it didn't want to talk to Yuga anymore.

Seeing Zapdos's silence, Yuga took the Max Revive from his system's backpack, opened Zapdos's beak, and fed it to him.

When Yuga touched Zapdos, who still had faint electrical arcs flickering around its body, he felt a slight tingling sensation in his hand and arm due to the residual electricity.

As soon as Zapdos swallowed the Max Revive, a warm sensation spread through its body. Its pain disappeared, replaced by an indescribable feeling of relief.

It really worked! Zapdos was delighted.

"Zapdos!!!"

Before long, Zapdos had completely healed its injuries and let out an excited cry.

It carefully assessed its body and found that there were no issues at all.

Hmm... (T＿T) It did lose quite a few levels, though. But there was no other way. After all, losing half of its power source, it was unexpected that it could recover this much.

This human is unexpectedly competent! Since that's the case, I won't hold a grudge against him for what happened before.

With its injuries healed, Zapdos lifted its sharp claws, held its head high, and took a few steps.

(*≧▽≦) Hmm, hmm... it feels great! Should I try flying again?

With that thought in mind, Zapdos flapped its wings.

(°°) Huh? Why am I not flying? Why does it feel like there's a draft? It's chilly.

Zapdos tried to flap its wings again but still couldn't take off.

(⊙...⊙) It feels even chillier now.

"Uh... your wings..."

Yuga, watching Zapdos's futile attempts to fly, couldn't help but remind it.

Wings? What's wrong with my wings?

Zapdos turned its head to look at its outstretched wings.

{{{Д"}}} Trembling!!!

???

Where are my golden feathers?! Where are my dazzling feathers?

At this mont, Zapdos's wings were devoid of any proper feathers, with only a few sparse down feathers left.

"I think what you're looking for should be over there."

Yuga pointed towards the shoreline, where countless golden feathers were floating in the water, rising and falling with the waves. Quite a few had already been washed ashore.

Following Yuga's gesture, Zapdos sat down on the ground, its expression blank.

It's over... my feathers...

And its butts seed felt chilly too. Zapdos belatedly realized.

Actually, all of its tail feathers were gone too, washed away when lotic subrged it in water.

So you didn't notice all this ti!

Seeing Zapdos in such a shocked state, Yuga felt sowhat speechless. Could this Zapdos be naturally clueless or just naive?

Little did he know, Zapdos had been in too much pain from its previous injuries to even think about its feathers. Furthermore, right after its injuries were healed, its body had still been sowhat numb, making it unable to feel whether its feathers were there or not.

"Well... as for your feathers... they should grow back eventually." It would just have to rely on its feet and claws for a while.

Zapdos was not comforted at all by Yuga's words and eventually had to accept the fact that it had beco a featherless bird.

Seeing that Zapdos was fine now, Yuga silently collected all those feathers from the beach. These were valuable feathers from a legendary bird, and it would be a sha to lose them.

He approached Zapdos with a pile of feathers and asked, "Do you still want these feathers?"

Zapdos remained unresponsive.

Most bird Pokémon cherished their feathers and even had a habit of collecting their own molted feathers. Yuga didn't know if Zapdos was one of them.

If you don't want them, I'll keep them!

Seeing Zapdos's lack of reaction, Yuga quietly stashed all the feathers in his system backpack.

It's not that I'm not giving them to you; it's that you don't want them!

With Zapdos no longer posing a threat, Yuga went to find Mr. Drake.

Mr. Drake was surprised to see that Zapdos had healed without causing any trouble. He wondered what thod Yuga had used to calm Zapdos down.

However, these details didn't matter as long as the situation was resolved.

But why did Zapdos seem a bit dazed? Mr. Drake couldn't help but wonder. Nevertheless, Zapdos's featherless appearance was quite a sight!

(˙-˙=) In its daze, Zapdos inexplicably felt an arrow to the knee.

Over the next three days, Yuga and Mr. Drake stayed on the lotic Island. The crew mbers' injuries gradually healed during this ti.

During these three days, Zapdos managed to strike so sort of agreent with lotic, which surprisingly led lotic to agree to let it settle on the small island.

Two powerful Pokémon coexisting like this was truly uncommon.

Zapdos: Do you think I want this? My strength has plumted, and I've lost the ability to fly. I need to find a reliable ally now!

As for the dignity of Legendary Pokémon, it didn't exist when all its feathers had fallen off!

The only concern was Dragonite, who had fallen into a deep sleep after absorbing Zapdos's Source power. However, it seed to be in good condition, so Yuga wasn't too worried.

What really troubled him was Chicho.

Chicho remained in a coma, and there was no Pokémon Center here. Yuga was genuinely worried about its condition.

Their ship had suffered extensive damage due to lotic's influence, and repairing it would be quite challenging.

They had spent three days on the small island, and not only had Yuga missed the agreed-upon eting ti with Cynthia, but Mr. Drake and the others had also been delayed in carrying out their tasks at Sinnoh region.

Just as Yuga and Mr. Drake were worrying about how to leave, a Pokémon approached Yuga and inford him that lotic wanted to see him.

When Yuga hurried to the seashore, he found lotic's massive head floating on the water, waiting for him.

"lotic, did you need sothing from ?"

Since the battle between lotic and Zapdos had ended, a mist had enveloped the area around this small island, isolating it from the outside world. Yuga knew that this mist was created by lotic to protect the island by controlling the moisture in the air.

"lotic!"

Without directly answering Yuga's question, lotic let out a gentle cry towards the sea. Shortly after, Yuga saw a group of Wailord and Wailr erging from the water.

A few minutes later...

"You an Wailord and Wailr are willing to help us leave this place?"

"lotic."

lotic nodded gently.

Not only that, they were willing to escort Yuga and the others on their damaged sailboat to their destination. Despite the sailboat's large size, with so many Wailord and Wailr present, it was a trivial task.

They were doing this to show their gratitude to Yuga and Mr. Drake for saving their lives.

"That's wonderful! Thank you so much!"

Yuga quickly expressed his gratitude to Wailord and Wailr.

"Wailord..."

The cries of Wailord and Wailr resonated harmoniously, echoing through the dense mist. It made Yuga feel imnsely relieved.

Finally, they could leave.

Mr. Drake, who received the news shortly after, was equally thrilled. When the crew mbers heard that they could leave, they cheered excitedly.

That day, everyone began packing their belongings, deciding to depart early the next morning.

The sailboat was lying on the beach by the sea, but lotic extended its massive tail and gently rolled it back into the water. Of course, one had to ignore the boat's nurous scars, holes, the broken mast, and tattered sails.

The next day, all the crew mbers boarded the ship again. Wingull and Pelipper perched on the ship's rails or the broken mast, folding their wings.

At the bow of the ship, thick hemp ropes were tied, with the ends of the ropes held in the teeth of Wailord and Wailr. They were going to pull the ship forward like this.

In other words, they were ready to depart at any mont.

Many of the island's Pokémon had co to bid farewell to Yuga and the others.

Yuga stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the Pokémon on the shore. He saw Gardevoir with a Ralts in its arms, Shinx in the bushes with Luxio and Luxray by its side, Togepi perched on tree branches with Togetic and Togekiss, Matagross floating in the air alongside other tang and Beldum... and his mouth watered.

However, these Pokémon all belonged to others, living in this secluded paradise guarded by lotic for generations. Yuga could only let go; he dared not offend lotic.

Zapdos also ca, but since it couldn't fly now, it had to hide in the bushes, not showing itself but secretly watching Yuga on the ship.

This man had been entangled with it for over a thousand years! Although they had resolved their enmity, it wasn't sothing that could be easily forgotten.

In addition to the Pokémon on the shore, many aquatic Pokémon also ca to bid farewell. The aquatic Pokémon treated Yuga and the others even more friendly attitude than those on the shore because Yuga and Mr. Drake had saved their lives.

Just as Wailord and Wailr were about to pull the ship away, lotic's head erged from the water, and two Phione appeared alongside it.

The two Phione swam to the side of the ship, holding a Pokémon Egg in their hands, then leaped out of the water and landed beside Yuga.

"Is this for ?"

Surprised, Yuga asked when he saw the two Phione holding the Pokémon Egg in front of him.

"Phione!"

"Phione!"

The two Phione nodded happily with their eyes squinted.

"lotic, lotic!"

"You saved Phione, so this Pokémon Egg is a gift for you."

At this mont, lotic's voice echoed in Yuga's mind.

Yuga lifted the Pokémon Egg and shouted, "Thank you."

lotic nodded gently and then disappeared back into the water.

This Pokémon Egg was discovered by Manaphy while it was exploring in an abandoned underwater temple during one of its travels. It sensed the vitality within the egg but noticed that it had not hatched for many years. Therefore, lotic decided to give it as a gift to Yuga.

After Phione returned to the sea, Yuga examined the Pokémon Egg in his arms. The eggshell was pure white, with a few dark blue spots scattered across it, and its size was no different from that of a ordinary Pokémon Egg.

What was strange, though, was that Yuga's Insight ability couldn't provide any information about this Pokémon Egg.

So, what kind of Pokémon was inside this egg?

Yuga's Rowlet perched on his shoulder, also looking at the Pokémon Egg with curiosity, and even patted it with its wing.

"Wailord..."

As Yuga lowered his head in thought, Wailord and Wailr let out lodious cries. Then, they started pulling the sailboat, and it began its journey.