"Besides this, do you have any other new moves?" Naoki asked again.

  'New moves?' Dragonite blis big eyes, and after a moment of silence, a lightbulb seemed to go off above its head as realization struck.

  "Ouch!" Dragonite excimed excitedly.

  Naoki raised an eyebrow, intrigued. "Alright the's see what you've got!"

  Dragonite flew to a more open area of the wn, and Naoki, along with a group of curious Pokémon, followed to watch the demonstration.

  Dragonite focused, taking a deep breath and feeling the newfound power flowing within. After eating the special buns, it had developed a heightened sense of the air around it and could manipute flying energy with far greater precision.

  It g Naoki for a moment, then suddenly fpped its wings. A powerful gust of wind bsted forward, sweeping across the open field.

  Naoki blinked in surprise.

  "Is this... a storm? No, it doesn't seem like it," he muttered to himself. He had seen Dragonite use the move Hurrie before, and this wasn't the same.

  "This seems more like a pure flying-type wind attack," Naoki specuted. "However, the strength and appearance are clearly enhahe Storm Buns must've boosted Dragonite's trol over its flying-type abilities."

  Naoki's thoughts briefly waonite's earlier use of Rain Dance. He couldn't quite see the full range, but he was sure it had covered the nearby towns.

  A question popped into his head. 'Could the Rain Dance of a regur Pokémon cover such a rge area?'

  Obviously, it couldn't.

  While Naoki pondered, Dragonite moved on to its sed demonstration. It folded its wings as if preparing something special.

  The moment, Naoki saw a swirling ball of air f in front ohe pressed wind spun rapidly, gathering into a small cye, which Dragonite unched effortlessly.

  It trolled the dire of the cye with precision. Upon impact, the air vortex exparansf into a powerful whirlwind that lingered in the sky for a while.

  Naoki stared, speechless for a moment.

  If he wasn't mistaken, that move resembled Lugia's signature Aerobst attabsp;

  'Did Dragonite just mimic that legendary move?'

  "Ouch?" Dragonite nded in front of Naoki with a proud grin, waiting for praise.

  Naoki chuckled softly, still amazed. "Well done," he said, though his mind was rag with the thought of how Lugia might react to this imitation.

  Dragonite cheered, clearly thrilled by the praise. "Awooo!"

  But that wasn't all!

  Dragonite could already envision the possibilities—if it were at sea, it could summon storms, and whip up tsunamis in an instant, like the legendary giant Dragonite of old. And with thunder...

  This kind of power was beyond anything Dragonite had ever imagined.

  Overjoyed, Dragonite embraaoki in a big, happy hug.

  Dragonite hadn't fotten that everything it had today was thanks to Naoki.

  Even without those magical buns, it would have been more than satisfied.

  Seeing this, the two wild Dragonites and five Dragonairs standing nearby couldn't help but feel envious.

  They all knew why Dragonite had grown s.

  Within moments, the dragons—both big and small—gathered around Naoki, eagerly asking if they could have the same thing.

  Seeing their hopeful expressions, Dragonite proudly puffed up its chest and excimed, "Awooo!"

  'Did you see that? This is the best trainer!'

  The other dragons stared, speechless.

  Naoki spread his hands, sighing with a hint of amusement, "Sorry, there's no more. That kind of food is rare. Unless, of course, you bring me some of Lugia's feather powder."

  One of the Dragonairs blinked in fusion and asked, "Woo?"

  'What's a Lugia?'

  "Lugia," Naoki expined, "is the legendary God of the Sea. It sleeps deep within the o's trenches. Lugia has the power to calm the seas and protect both the os and the Pokémon that live there."

  The two wild Dragonites and the five Dragonairs all looked puzzled, feeling a bit embarrassed. They had never heard of, let alone seen, such a Pokémon before. Even if they wao help Naoki find it, they wouldn't know where to start.

  Suddenly, the shiny Dragonair remembered something that had happened on the ranch.

  Naoki had once worshipped a legendary Pokémon he called the "King of Bountiful Harvest." Acc to Butterfree, whenever Naoki prayed to this deity, the crops on the ranch would groidly ht.

  That was the blessing Naoki received from this god.

  Dragonair used its imagination and wondered—if they did what Naoki did and offered their prized fruit to the Sea God maybe their prayers would be answered too?

  They didn't need massive pumpkins or ; they just wanted a simple feather—like the scales that occasionally fell from their own bodies.

  Excited by the idea, Dragonair quickly shared its pn with the others.

  Upon hearing it, the eyes of all the Pokémon lit up with excitement, eager to give it a try.

  The Pokémon stopped pying in the rand immediately prepared to return tonite Isnd. Before leaving, they didn't fet to pick up their own boxes of Poffins.

  Seeing them leave, Naoki was surprised. "Why are you heading off so early today? Aren't you going to py for a bit longer?"

  "Woo!"

  The two wild Dragonites didn't respond, and the five Dragonairs followed them as they flew towards Dragonite Isnd.

  Naoki stood there, slightly fused.

  He didn't have the transtion seeds with him, so he couldn't ualy what the Pokémon were saying. But judging by their expressions, they must have something important to take care ht?

  Shrugging it off, Naoki turned his attention back to his own Dragonite and summarized the improvements the Storm Bun had brought to it.

  "In general, you didn't learn any new moves, but your trol over flying-type energy has greatly improved," he mused.

  Before, Dragonite could influehe nearby weather by releasing a mysterious aura, but it couldn't manipute airflow at will.

  Now, it could.

  "I really wonder what Lugia's rea would be if it saw Dragonite using its Cye attack," Naoki chuckled to himself.

  Would this t as a face-to-face rivalry?

  Unfortunately, Naoki couldn't go too far at the moment, and even if he went to Johto, there was no guarantee he would see Lugia.

  After all, he had turhe Silver Wing into buns, so summoning Lugia wasn't an option anymore.

  But Naoki wasn't disced. He khere would be more opportunities iure!

  ...

  Life onite Isnd tinued as usual—calm, peaceful, and lively.

  After returning to the isnd from Naoki's ranch, Dragonairs and Dragonite immediately dug up the fruits they had hidden in the bushes.

  Since Dragonairs didn't have proper hands yet, it couldn't hold the fruit itself, so it let the twonites carry them.

  Together, they made their way to the beach.

  The Dragonites, filled with excitement, stood on the shore and gazed at the calm blue sea. Then, they tossed the fruits into the water.

  As the waves gently rolled in, the fruits bobbed along the surface before disappearih the water, carried out to sea.

  The Dragonites watched eagerly, w, 'Will the God of the Sea receive our s?'

  At that moment, a few other Dragonites on the isnd noticed their as.

  Curious, they gathered around and asked, "Awoo?" (What are you doing?)

  Dragonite cheerfully replied, "Awoo!" (We're gifts to the God of the Sea! Naoki said if we do this, the God will hear our prayers and give us eveer gifts!)

  Hearing this, the shiny Dragonair felt a pang of guilt.

  After all, Naoki hadly said that. It was something Dragonair had deduced from Naoki's daily activities.

  Dragonair quickly recalled the details of Naoki's rituals.

  Everything they were doing matched what Naoki had done before, so… surely, there wouldn't be any problem, right?