29.Mew's knowledge transfer
Mewtwo smirked before answering him. "I was merely testing you. I wanted to see the results of Mew's knowledge transfer."
"Hmph." The aura pokémon relaxed and the aura around him faded away.
"Stick around. I promise you'll see more." Riolu went to Ash and woke him up by shaking him a bit. When he finally woke up and as soon as he saw his pokémon, Ash asked him how the transfer went. Riolu grinned.
"It went smoothly. I have all the known knowledge about aura imparted onto me thanks to Lady Mew. We can leave now."
Ash had his trademark goofy grin form on his face. "That's awesome Riolu! But before we go, you should know some things that Mewtwo and I talked about regarding what we need to do next."
Looking over Riolu, Ash signaled Mewtwo to join them. "C'mon, we need to go over this with him."
The three discussed the ideas that the guardian and feline came up with as well as the advice that Arceus had given them with the pink feline hovering around them and listening in.
After some time, they prioritized what they needed to do. Their objectives were lined up, in a general idea of which to tackle first before the others. Of course they would adjust accordingly if they could do something quicker or had to leave something for later.
The steps to take for their plan went as follows;
Go to New Island and check it out; figure out what they need to add, what to discard and what to change.
Figure out how to tell his family and friends that he will be gone for a while.
Find the pokémon he let go for the time being and see if they wanted to come back
Move all of his pokémon who wanted to come from Professor Oak's lab to the island
Figure out how to have new pokémon that he captured or befriended on his journey go automatically to the island.
Figure out a way to bypass the maximum 6 pokémon on him rule
Research perfect diet and training regiment for each pokémon and figure out how to combat their weaknesses, while enhancing their strengths naturally
Come up with island defenses for when the darkness comes
Figure out communications between everyone
Find good locations for secondary bases and secret supply stashes.
"Okay, this looks like a good plan. We'll follow this outline and we'll make adjustments if and when it's needed. Any questions guys?" asked Ash. Both Riolu and Mewtwo shook their head and stood up, ready to leave.
Before anything else happened, Mew squeaked above them and bobbed up and down in the air excitedly. "Oh! Oh! Pick me! I can help you with a couple of those! Please let me help! Oh! Oh!" squeaked Mew as she flew around them erratically.
"Will you cut that out?!" snapped an annoyed Mewtwo.
Ash chuckled in amusement before he looked at Mew. "What can you help us with Mew?"
"I know how you can have all your pokémon with you and how you can have them automatically transport to the island instead of your professor's lab!" Mew spoke very fast and sounded like she was trying to say everything in one breath.
The trio raised their eyebrows in surprise. Pikachu gave a short growl as well as letting out a few sparks from his cheeks, as if to signify for them to be quiet so he can continue his nap. Ash ignored his starter's grumpy display since his attention was on Mew. "That sounds great. Please tell us, how can we do that?" asked Ash.
"Simple silly. All you have to do is take one of these large aura crystals from here…" Mew pointed at an aura crystal a short distance away from them, which was the size of a small car.
"…and set it on the island. Then, channel your aura into it. This will cause that aura crystal to be connected to you, and you alone. After that, just have all of your poke balls, whether empty or filled, touch the crystal once and it will bond as well. That way, any new pokémon caught with the bonded balls will automatically transfer to where the crystal is, which will be the island and whenever you switch out pokémon they'll go there instead!"
"Wow! That sounds so cool! But how will that help me have all of my pokémon with me?" Ash asked while scratching the back of his head, confused.