My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Chapter 199 The Miracle of the Shrab

It was a rainy day a few months ago.

At that time, Tong Hua had not yet taken over Fairy Tale Ranch, and Shirabi lived in the treehouse with the giant vine.

Mumu also lived with them, but he was unaware of Celebi's existence and always thought that only the giant vine was taking care of him.

Because he had to avoid Mumu, Celebi spent most of his time in the Windswept Forest, except when he was sleeping at night.

"La beep~"

On this day, quite by chance, the shrine discovered an entrance to a time portal behind the waterfall below the treehouse.

That wooden gear of time appeared from the time tunnel along with that wooden box!

"La-hua!"

Upon finding the wooden box, the seraphim sensed the spacetime energy contained within it and knew it was an extraordinary treasure.

Upon opening it, I discovered that there was a piece of text engraved inside the lid of the wooden box.

"This is a gift from the future. Please make good use of it. It has the magical power to turn back time. It is my most satisfying masterpiece in my career as a woodcarver."

"Shrabah, please use it correctly, use it at the right time."

Author credit: Tong Hua.

Back in the present, in the wind-swept forest, Tong Hua followed Seven deeper and deeper.

With Empoleon leading the way with its water cannon, the two of them advanced while rescuing Pokémon that couldn't escape in time.

Seven's goal was clear: to find a Pokémon that could use the Rain Dance move, capture it, and then use Rain Dance to put out the fire.

However, what Tong Hua really wanted to complain about was that since Seven's hunting gaiter had a summoning trajectory function, why didn't it just summon a partner Pokémon that could use Rain Dance?

Is it that you don't want to?

However, Tong Hua held back and quietly helped Seven deal with the situation on site.

"So, come and provide support immediately! Act fast!"

"Guanglang, as a friend, I didn't want to say this. But such a big thing happened in Wind-Swept Forest today, and as the base captain, you seem to be largely to blame!"

Seven spoke sternly into the communicator, but his hands didn't stop moving at all.

Empoleon precisely controlled the power of the water cannon, extinguishing the flames without harming the hiding Pokémon.

A hurried voice came through the communicator: "We're already on our way! All available personnel at the base have been mobilized!"

I am very sorry, it's all my fault. I was the one who called back the patrol team at the last minute. I am willing to take full responsibility for this incident!

"You should wait until after the disaster relief is over to say these things!" Seven hung up the call, his brow furrowed.

"That's strange. There should be wild Blastoises around here. I saw one last time I came here—"

etc----"

Seven suddenly slapped his forehead, as if he had remembered the whereabouts of the Blastoises.

Yes, the three Blastoises Seven was thinking of were the same three Blastoises that the handsome guy and Machiavelle encountered when they first went to investigate the back mountain of Fairy Tale Ranch, and they were driven berserk by the Dark Team's device.

The three of them were sent to the Ranger Headquarters after that, and are now probably being released to roam freely in the Line Drawing Plateau.

"Looks like I'll have to find other Water-type Pokémon." Seven looked around, his mind racing as he considered what kinds of Pokémon could learn the Rain Dance move.

Slowpoke, Gyarados, Marill, Quagsire, Poliwag, Ludicolo —

That's right! Sea Gastrodon!

No, it seems they were also taken back to headquarters —

As he was thinking, Seven's eyes suddenly lit up, "I've got it, Lucky Kappa!"

Wild lotus children inhabit the windswept forest; perhaps you can find a lucky kappa that can use rainmaking!

Under the cover of Emperor Naboo, the two continued to ascend into the forest, searching for the whereabouts of the Lotus Leaf Boy.

The wind-swept forest has many elevation changes, which creates numerous rock walls and caves.

The lotus leaf children like to live in these cold and damp caves.

"Whoosh!"

Emperor Naboo unleashed his bubble attack again; the prolonged use of this powerful move was gradually taking its toll on his stamina.

Fortunately, Tong Hua carried some energy-restoring cookies with him, allowing Emperor Nabo to continue his journey.

"I can feel it! There are Pokémon in that cave over there!"

Tong Hua pointed to the exposed cave on the distant rock wall, saying that the detection by waveguide power would not be wrong.

"Okay!" Seven rushed over there in three steps at a time!

The two hurried to the cave entrance and found several lotus leaf children huddled at the entrance.

They were probably trying to escape, but the lotus leaves above their heads were scorched and curled by the high temperature, and their bodies were trembling incessantly.

Tong Hua looked at these poor little platypuses, her eyes filled with unbearable heartache.

He kept using his waveguide power to soothe the little guys and took out sweet peaches from his pocket to feed them.

"quack----"

The lotus leaf children cried out weakly. Seven looked into the cave and found a few more lotus hat children.

However, the Rakuten Kappa was nowhere to be seen.

"Aren't there any Lucky Kappa here?"

"After all, they need a Water Stone to evolve, so they're probably quite rare in the wild —"

Tong Hua continued to soothe the frightened Pokémon with her Aura, while carefully observing the depths of the cave. Several Lorelei were in slightly better condition, but they all appeared very weak.

"Let me check it first." Seven crouched down and gently raised the hunting harpoon on his wrist to the lotus-hatted children.

After scanning with the hunting caliper, the moves possessed by these Lotus Hat Children were displayed.

Without exception, none of them knew how to use the rain-praying spell.

"It seems we'll have to think of another way." Seven sighed and was about to get up when Tong Hua suddenly grabbed his shoulder.

"Mr. Seven, something seems amiss—"

Tong Hua keenly sensed that something seemed to be changing throughout the Wind-Swept Forest.

The raging flames seemed to be suppressed by some invisible force, and the fire gradually weakened.

Instead, an unsettling silence descended, so profound that even the sound of everyone's heartbeats became unusually clear.

"This is?"

Seven stepped out of the cave, his brow furrowed as he looked at the green light surrounding him.

Tong Hua silently sensed the green lights surrounding him using the power of waveguide, and felt a familiar aura.

"Shrabi?" Tong Hua looked up, gazing towards the heart of the windswept forest—

"Momo—are you really going to do this?"

"La beep".

Meanwhile, on the other side of the waterfall, the shrine nodded firmly.

The Ampharos, Riolu, and Grovyle standing nearby were all confused, not knowing what Celebi and Vine were talking about.

"Moo-woo?" The electric dragon tilted its head in confusion, the electricity on its tail flickering uneasily.

Green Celebi took a deep breath and held the wooden Gear of Time in both hands. Emerald light flowed from her hands and began to spread rapidly.

"The right time, it has to be now—"

The Gears of Time hummed melodiously in the hands of the Green Celebi, and emerald light spread out like ripples.

Wherever you go, the charred tree trunks sprout new buds, the withered grass turns green again, and even the pungent smell of smoke in the air is replaced by the fresh aroma of grass and trees.

"Whoa?!" "Kuku!?"

Riolu and Sceptile, who had previously encountered the Gears of Time, now guessed what Celebi was planning to do.

She wanted to turn back time for the entire forest!

Let's restore everything to how it was before the fire!

"Stop!" The forest lizard's blades trembled anxiously. "Such a large-scale time reversal will exhaust your power!"

But Celebi only smiled gently and continued to urge the Gears of Time on.

Since my counterpart in another world was willing to sacrifice herself to save the world, how could I be stingy with this opportunity to save the Wind-Swept Forest?

As the power of the Gears of Time was activated, a verdant temporal energy gradually enveloped the entire Windswept Forest.

The emerald light swept across the entire forest like a tide, and wherever it passed, the flames were instantly frozen!

The charred tree trunks sprouted new buds, the withered grass turned green again, and the trees that had been consumed by flames miraculously returned to their original state.

This is a miracle of time!

It is also a miracle belonging to the forest guardians, the shurabi!