The Tragedy of Hisui!?

A few hours later

They finally reached the ruins.

Byron sat on the side, releasing Heatran and treating him carefully. Heatran sniffled the berries before eating them with a happy expression. Byron rubbed its head with some fireproof gloves.

Ace looked around at the inscriptions on the walls. He touched them and Cynthia sighed, "I couldn't figure out what they said-" Ace cut her off and started reading, "In the light of your eternal God, we are shown mercy and return piety."

Cynthia was dumbfounded, "You can read them!?" Ace looked at her speechlessly, "You can't?" Cynthia looked at him like he was a monster, making Ace embarrassed.

These were simple Unknown runes…

Everyone in his previous life could read these little guys…

You know, Ace caught all 28 Unknowns in the games. He thought they'd unlock a super secret but… It was nothing in the end…

He coughed and said, "They're easy to read… no?" Cynthia's lips twitched, "You know nobody in the world can read these, right?" Ace was dumbfounded, "That's exaggerated, right?! They're just Unknowns!" 

Cynthia looked at him in confusion, "Unknown?" Ace looked at her strangely as she asked, "What's an Unknown?" Ace's lips twitched, "It's a Pokemon… Look, come here." Cynthia walked over and Ace pointed at the symbols, "There's 28 Unknowns, 26 letters and 2 Symbols. This one here is I, this one is N, this one…"

He showed Cynthia all the Letters and looked at her confused face. He was dumbfounded, "You still don't get it? So simple?" Cynthia rolled her eyes, "I don't see it at all!" Ace sighed and waved, "I don't understand, they look so simple to me…"

Cynthia took out a notebook, writing down what Ace said, "Okay, okay, you're amazing…" Ace's lips twitched and he continued reading, "In the 783rd year of the Moon, the Lord shielded us from Catastrophe. Thereby the Hisuian Region has passed, we follow the lord to build again…"

Ace was dumbfounded, "Hisui?!" Cynthia looked at him and blinked, "Huh?" Ace stared at the inscriptions, reading slowly, "In the light of the Lord's divine grace, we pray to his envoys for salvation and aid. The Dark One has ruined all but the Lord's light shines bright giving us hope."

Ace continued reading and was dumbfounded.

What do you mean?!

Hisui was destroyed?!

As he continued reading, a bigger picture appeared.

As the people of Hisui were going about their day, a catastrophe occurred… From the engravings on the walls, the Catastrophe looked like Necrozma! The inscription said that it destroyed everything and was only stopped when Arceus stopped it!

After that, the people Arceus saved helped rebuild the world. More specifically, Sinnoh!

Ace finished the inscription and was dumbfounded, "Hisui was destroyed…" Cynthia looked at him and frowned, "What is Hisui?" Ace replied absentmindedly, "Hisui is what Ancient Sinnoh was called. They had different forms of the Pokemon we have today…" Cynthia was shocked, "What? Really?! Hisui is Ancient Sinnoh?!"

Ace nodded and looked at the altar in the middle, explaining, "I've been to many ruins…" he looked at Byron and added, "The Growlithe that Roark has is from Hisui!" Byron was dumbfounded, "WHAT?!" Cynthia looked at Byron before turning back to Ace, "You have Pokemon from Hisui?"

Ace shook his head, "The Eggs I found were fossilized. They were all found in Ruins. There's more and more inscriptions detailing ancient Hisuian Pokemon. The problem is that without the special breath of Hisui, most of them can't see the light of day."

Cynthia looked at him in shock, "Most?" Ace looked at the items on the altar, sucking in a cold breath of air, "That's right! Because some of them only need items to evolve! Like these items!" Cynthia walked over quickly, looking at the items on the altar.

Ace held up a black stone, saying, "From other Ruins, they have details on these things. This is Black Augurite, it evolves Scyther into Kleavor. And this one… is a Peat Block which evolves Ursaring into Ursaluna during a full moon!" 

Cynthia looked excited, "This is a great discovery! If we can get more information on Hisui and these ancient pokemon forms, then we may be able to replicate them!" Ace looked thoughtful and Cynthia added, "Ace!" breaking him out of his thoughts, blinking at her in confusion.

She rolled her eyes and said, "Do you have any more information?" Ace blinked again and nodded thoughtfully, "Well, there's Hisuian forms of Pokemon we have today. Like Voltorb, Sneasel, Typhlosion, Samurott, Decidueye, Zorua, Qwilfish, Braviary, Liligant, Goodra, Avalugg… There's also new evolutions like Wyrdeer, Ursaluna, Kleavor, and Basculegion. Finally, there should be another Pokemon related to Thundurus, Landorus, and uhhh… The last one."

Cynthia nodded and wrote everything down, "Tornadus." Ace nodded, "Oh." Cynthia looked at him funnily, "You don't even know the three Forces of Nature?" Ace shrugged and smiled, "I don't care is the main issue. I only care about Rayquaza!" Cynthia shook her head with a smile.

The group stayed in the ruins for a week before finally leaving.

Ace went digging around the ruins before 'finding' a Metal Alloy. He walked over and said some nonsense about how he saw Duraludon in a ruin…

Anyway!

The Metal Alloy was successfully handed over to Byron, who turned and handed the Metal Alloy to Duraludon. 

Duraludon started glowing before changing shape and evolving into Archaludon! The Pokemon roared and transformed into a bridge shape. Byron raised a question mark before Archaludon reverted to normal, nudging Byron happily.

Ace looked at its stats and his lips twitched.

Why did he feel like research was going to astray…

[Archaludon (Male)]

[Level 49]

[Ability- Drizzle]

[Moves- Electro Shot, Dragon Claw, Metal Claw, Steel Beam…]

Byron rubbed Archaludon happily, not even saying thanks, just nodding at Ace, who grinned at him. This funny guy probably doesn't even know he's holding gold!

Electro Shot is a move that needs charge time! During the charging phase it increases its own Special Attack stat before firing the next turn but…

In the rain, it charges instantly! AND ups Special Attack by a stage! So Byron now had his hands on a railgun! No! A railgun that gets stronger every shot!

130 base Power with 100% accuracy and 10 PP…

Use it 6 times and your Special Attack hits the ceiling, after that, a Steel Beam will basically send any Pokemon to heaven!

Of course, Accuracy wasn't a stat in the real world. A good trainer can dodge and avoid damage, but the problem is; even if you dodge, it's still increasing stats and attacking!

Imagine that!

Ace shook his head as the group left with Byron arguably getting the most benefits! Ace speculated that Byron could even take a spot on the Elite Four!

Ace felt a bit bad for that Aaron guy… You want to prove that Bug types are awesome but… Your Ace is a Poison Dark type! Just because it looks like a scorpion doesn't mean it is!

Ace had a few seconds of silence for Funny Guy Aaron. With Byron's current team, Ace could probably kill a dozen Aarons. Unless… Well! Unless Aaron changed his entire team to Slither Wing, Kleavor, Pheramosa, Golisopod, Volcarona, and Genesect!

But that was clearly impossible!

Slither Wing was probably still slithering in Area Zero! As for the Ultra Beast… Ace wasn't too sure that they could be kept. Ace honestly didn't see why not.

They were all Pokemon in the end. Just carve out a place for them and test which Pokemon can become predators or prey, then form an artificial environment.

After hundreds of years, they'll be normal pokemon with prey and predators like all the rest.

The point is, Ace wanted to get a Xurkitree for Elesa and he wasn't taking no for an answer unfortunately!