When Natsu arrived at the rest area, he was taken aback.
The entire summit of Mt. Moon was filled with injured Clefairy. As he walked by, he saw several researchers rushing among them, busy with their work.
Natsu froze in place, his mory flashing back to last night.
It seed there had been so commotion outside, but at the ti, he had been in the middle of working on circuits and hadn't paid it much attention.
*I rember now… in the original story, Team Rocket would try to steal the Moon Stone here.*
Realizing this, Natsu understood that the injured Clefairy must be the aftermath of Team Rocket's mischief last night.
"I'll handle this."
Suppressing his desire to find a battle partner, Natsu stopped a researcher carrying an injured Clefairy.
"Please don't get in my way," the researcher said, his tone unkind.
"I can help," Natsu replied, showing his ID.
The researcher hesitated, then handed over the Clefairy, saying,
"Take this group. I'll go look for the ones that hid after getting hurt."
Natsu took the Clefairy into his arms. It was unconscious, with several bruises—one of the more severely injured ones.
"Rotom, Pokéball form!"
He tossed the custom Pokéball into the air, and a yellow flash enveloped the Clefairy.
"Use the Healing Ball on this Clefairy!"
He had nad the three ??? moves as Curse Sphere, Healing Ball, and Doomspear.
A green light shot from the core of Pokéball Rotom, surrounding the Clefairy.
*Whoosh!*
Like capturing a Pokémon, the Clefairy was absorbed into Pokéball Rotom. The fragnts of red-and-white ball rged, glowing with a soft green light.
Monts later, the Clefairy was released in a green glow.
"Clefairy?"
Now awake, the Clefairy looked around curiously at the floating Pokéball Rotom.
"Let's see how this move works in reality," Natsu said, crouching to take notes and carefully observing the Clefairy's condition.
Since he wanted a battle later, he was most curious about how these three ga-chanics moves would function in real life. Reality and ga chanics were different; in-ga, each move could only be used once per battle area per day. Combined with the natural curiosity of researchers, Natsu recorded everything ticulously.
"Hm, the healing effect… seems to exceed the claid 50%," he murmured, gesturing to the Clefairy lying on the ground behind him.
"Rotom, use the Healing Ball on these Clefairy in sequence."
One by one, green light beams appeared, and each Clefairy was absorbed and then released.
Soon, nearly ten Clefairy of various sizes surrounded Natsu.
"Hm, in reality, it seems lower-level Pokémon heal more easily?"
Based on their levels, injury severity, and recovery, Natsu drew a preliminary conclusion.
*Clefairy, Clefairy, Clefairy…*
At so point, the rescued Clefairy began circling Natsu, performing a strange dance.
More accurately, they danced around the floating Pokéball Rotom, as if performing a ritual.
"Hm? What are you doing?" Natsu asked, puzzled.
Clefairy do perform certain rituals, but only at night during a full moon.
"I think these Clefairy are treating your strange Pokémon as a Moon God," a cheerful voice said behind him.
Turning, Natsu saw a young man in a red combat coat, his bright red hair as fiery as his deanor, and behind him, a large Dragon Pokémon Natsu recognized well.
"Oh—you're… you're that one!" Natsu exclaid, realization dawning.
"Yes, that's ," Lance smiled and nodded.
"That's the Flying-type Ace Trainer, Lance!"
The words slipped out of Natsu's mouth.
Lance: "…?"
"Natsu, Lance is the Dragon-type Ace Trainer," Ash's voice followed imdiately.
Behind him, Brock and Misty appeared, each holding a Clefairy, seemingly having participated in the rescue earlier.
"Oh, my bad—slipped out. Let introduce myself properly. I'm Natsu," he said, nodding toward Lance.
It was inevitable; before being transported here, he had spent so ti as a Pokémon content creator online. As the most devoted fan of Dragon-type Ace Trainers, saying Lance's *Flying-type* nickna ca naturally to him.
"…Who would casually call him a Flying-type Ace Trainer?"
Lance didn't believe it. He studied Natsu intently, morizing the young man's face.
"Lance, after we finish rescuing these Clefairy, may I challenge you?" Ash asked eagerly, tending to the Clefairy in his hands.
"Hmm…"
Lance looked slightly troubled. Normally, he would never withhold guidance from a newcor challenging him. He often carried a few freshly raised low-level Pokémon during outings for such situations.
But this ti was different—he was on an important mission for the League. He needed to maintain his full strength.
Almost all of Lance's Pokémon with him were his top choices. Ash would be crushed.
To prevent Ash from becoming disheartened, Lance pointed at the Pokéball Rotom floating near Natsu, trying to change the subject:
"Aren't you curious? Such a remarkable Pokémon—why not let Natsu here explain it to us?"
Misty and Brock both turned to look at Pokéball Rotom. Ash, however, kept his gaze fixed on Lance.
Lance rubbed his forehead in exasperation, but just then, sothing unexpected happened.
*Clefairy, Clefairy, Clefairy…*
The Clefairy's voices grew louder. At so point, they had begun gathering around Natsu.
The Clefairy hopped in unison around him, performing a strange, orderly dance, as if conducting a mysterious ritual.
"Ah, even the ones that hid are coming out!" Ash exclaid, delighted.
Lance had assigned the trio to locate the injured Clefairy that had hidden during last night's chaos. But most had beco very skittish, making them hard to find. Now, they were voluntarily gathering.
"Looks like Lance was right—the Clefairy are treating Natsu's Rotom as a Moon God," Brock said, a hint of awe in his voice.
*Rotom, huh…*
Lance's sharp eyes caught the keyword in Brock's words. To his knowledge, Rotom had no such form. Wait—that person's na is Natsu!
"Why are they treating Rotom as the Moon God?"
*It couldn't just be because Rotom rescued them, could it?*
Natsu stroked his chin, his curiosity driving him to think about the strange events unfolding before him.
"Never mind. Rotom, use the Healing Ball on these injured Clefairy first!"
With a wave of his hand, dozens of green light beams shot out.
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