I'm the Owner of the Pokémon Day Care In the World of Pokémon-Chapter 1409: Heatran

The ones battling Dou Dou and the Great Flygon were a Fire-type Legendary Pokemon— Heatran. It was currently hanging upside down from the ceiling and wantonly spewing flames.

Why would a Heatran suddenly show up at YoYo Day Care? Yuga had no time to figure that out now. He shouted, "Cosmoem!"

Cosmoem understood instantly and teleported Yuga right next to Heatran in a blink. Then, with another teleport, it took both Yuga and Heatran away from YoYo Day Care.

YoYo Day Care had already been badly damaged by Heatran's rampage. Fortunately, Yuga arrived in time, and thanks to Dou Dou and the Great Flygon's desperate resistance, Heatran hadn't escaped to cause any civilian casualties or property damage.

This time, Cosmoem directly teleported Yuga and Heatran to the outskirts of Verdanturf Town.

Heatran who is suddenly relocated, was still dazed and disoriented, while Yuga and Cosmoem had already quickly distanced themselves from it.

Since he had just returned from outside, Yuga had left Aegislash and Dusknoir in the Ecopark to rest, so the only one by his side now who could go head-to-head with Heatran was Florges.

The moment Florges appeared, Heatran had already regained its senses. It opened its mouth and fired a Flamethrower straight toward Yuga's direction.

Florges swiftly shot out a Moonblast. The silver beam collided with the fire pillar mid-air, resulting in a violent explosion.

After that attack ended, Heatran quickly scuttled toward Yuga on its four legs. Suddenly, numerous vines sprouted from beneath its belly, binding it tightly in the blink of an eye.

But this move from Florges wasn't very effective against Heatran. On its crimson skin, the orange spots began to emerge and tongues of flame burst forth from those spots. The vines binding it were instantly incinerated to ash, drifting away on the wind.

Heatran, being a Fire-type and Steel-type Pokemon, had a natural and overwhelming advantage over Florges, who specialized in Grass-type and Fairy-type moves.

With no other option, Yuga released both Lapras and Dragonite.

"Lapras, Dragonite, use double Rain Dance!"

"Lapras~!"

"Dragonite~!"

Lapras and Dragonite immediately sprang into action, each of them tossing a Weather Ball into the sky.

The two Pokémon who are adept at controlling weather, activated Rain Dance simultaneously and in the blink of an eye, thick, dark clouds gathered overhead.

Whoosh!

Torrential rain poured down, and as the water droplets landed on Heatran's scalding hot skin, they let out sharp hissing sounds, accompanied by plumes of white steam.

"Boom~"

Heatran, which despised water, let out a low growl of discontent. It visibly grew irritable and fired another Flametht at Florges, who was still standing off against it.

The Flamethrower tore through the downpour, evaporating every raindrop in its path.

Florges used Psychic to levitate a massive boulder in front of her for defense. However, Psychic-type moves weren't her forte. The boulder was shattered by the fire, and she was sent flying from the blast's aftermath.

Luckily, the power of Flamethrower was somewhat reduced in the rainy weather, and the rock had absorbed part of the impact. As a result, Florges wasn't seriously injured.

Before she could hit the ground, a thick green cushion made of grass sprouted beneath her, catching her securely.

With a wave of his hand, Yuga summoned a wave of healing energy onto Florges. The minor injuries she sustained were healed in an instant.

Heatran tried to press its advantage and launched another Flamethrower at Florges, who had just landed.

But just then, a water jet shot in from the side and extinguished Heatran's flames just in time, saving Florges from harm.

It was Lapras who had made the move!

In the rain, Lapras was like a fish in water and barely managed to block that attack from Heatran.

On the other side, Dragonite dove straight into the clouds, and thunder immediately began rumbling in the sky.

As a golden light flashed, a blinding thunder dragon descended from the heavens and struck Heatran.

"Roar!!!"

Heatran let out a roar, and the electric current, carried along the water running over its body, surged into every corner of its frame, instantly causing it to feel both numb and in pain.

Gengar and Mismagius had appeared nearby at some point, and just as Heatran roared, they simultaneously hurled Shadow Balls at it.

Boom! Boom!

The sound of explosions erupted from Heatran's body. It staggered and nearly collapsed to the ground, its eyes filled with fury.

"Rooaar~"

Heatran barely stabilized itself and angrily launched two Flamethrowers toward Gengar and Mismagius. But the two ghosts weren't foolish enough to stay put waiting for an attack—they had already vanished without a trace.

At that moment, Yuga saw the orange spots reappearing on Heatran's body. From those orange spots suddenly erupted streams of magma, forming a massive Magma Storm.

Heatran had used its signature move: Magma Storm!

The Magma Storm soared into the sky, and wherever it passed, the rain was instantly vaporized.

Under the assault of the tornado, the clouds in the sky were dispersed in an instant, revealing Dragonite hidden within them. Dragonite was swept up into the vortex.

Just like that, the rain disappeared!

And the range of the Magma Storm was still expanding outward, with Heatran at the center. If it was allowed to keep growing, Yuga and the others would soon be swept into it as well.

The Pokémon might be fine with their high defenses, but if Yuga were caught in it, there would be no outcome other than becoming a pile of charcoal.

The center of the tornado was calm, but the outer ring was a raging inferno of magma, rampaging like water in a washing machine, spinning nonstop.

After being swept in, Dragonite's thick scales began to burn black under the searing heat, causing it intense pain.

Fortunately, it managed to dash into the calm eye of the tornado in time, which prevented its injuries from worsening further.

Boom!!!

Dragonite launched a Thunderbolt into the tornado, but not only did it fail to disperse it, the Magma Storm counterattacked, and the splattered magma burned it again.

Outside the tornado, Yuga became incredibly anxious after hearing Dragonite's pained cries. He quickly commanded the other Pokémon to try breaking through Heatran's Magma Storm.

Boom! Boom!!

Gengar and Mismagius' Shadow Balls, and Lapras's Hydro Pump, were all unable to breach the Magma Storm.

Florges mustered all her strength to unleash her ultimate move, Light of Ruin, which managed to blast a hole in the tornado. But that hole closed up in the blink of an eye, and Dragonite didn't have time to escape.

"Yuga!"

At that moment, Yuga heard someone calling his name. When he turned around, he saw that it was Nana, who had teleported there with Ninetales.

Nana and Ninetales had just come from the Ecopark and were stunned when they saw the devastation around the nursery.

After getting a rough idea of what happened from Audino and the others, the two Pokémon quickly come over.

The battle here was making such a racket that Nana and her team found them immediately.

"Great, you're here!"

Seeing reinforcements arrive, Yuga was overjoyed.

Nana and Ninetales quickly coordinated a battle plan with Yuga.

Ninetales rolled its eyes at Yuga and Nana: "All the dirty and tiring work is left to me, hmph!"

With that, it dove straight into the lava. freewebnoveℓ.com

Ninetales' ability is Flash Fire, so the Fire-type move Magma Storm couldn't harm it at all.

However, even if there was no damage, moving around in lava was filthy, and for Ninetales, who cherished its fur immensely, this was extremely distasteful.

Of course, Ninetales had always been reliable when it came to important matters. Even though it was clearly disgusted, it followed the plan without holding anything back.

Passing through the raging lava, Ninetales effortlessly made it to the center of the tornado, where Dragonite was already covered in wounds.

"Ninetales~"

Ninetales howled, signaling that it was ready. In its eyes, purple light flickered rapidly, and its massive psychic power acted upon the Magma Storm.

Although Ninetales was not a Psychic-type Pokémon, its species was naturally gifted in the use of mental power. Moreover, it had evolved into a level 100 Pokémon by transforming from the origin of Mew's psychic power, so its use of psychic-type skills was no less effective than that of Psychic-type Pokémon.

At the same time, outside the tornado, as soon as Ninetales gave the signal, Nana also projected her powerful psychic energy onto the Magma Storm.

The two Pokémon's psychic forces echoed and connected with each other from inside and outside, jointly suppressing the Magma Storm.

As time passed, the Magma Storm indeed began to calm down.

Boom!!!

With a loud explosion, the Magma Storm suddenly burst apart, magma splashing in all directions. Florges by Yuga's side quickly shielded him.

With the Magma Storm resolved, Yuga thought they would have to continue fighting Heatran, but suddenly everything around them fell silent, and Heatran didn't make any further moves.

Yuga looked toward Heatran in confusion, only to see it lying on the ground motionless.

What was going on?

They hadn't done much to Heatran; in fact, Heatran had the upper hand just moments ago. Why did it suddenly stop?

When Yuga cautiously walked up to check, he found that Heatran was breathing more out than in.

This...

Yuga gently nudged Heatran with his foot. Heatran only moved its eyes to glance at him, but it didn't even have the strength to move.

In Heatran's eyes, Yuga saw a longing for life!

"Take it back with us!" Yuga said to Nana.

Nana nodded, placed her hand on Heatran, and vanished from the spot the next second.

At the same time, Cosmoem also used Teleport with Yuga and brought him back to the YoYo Day Care.

When Yuga returned to the day care, Nana was helping Suzuki Koen and the others clean up the wreckage inside the shop.

"Nana, take Heatran to Mewtwo first," Yuga instructed.

"Got it."

With that, Nana disappeared from the spot again and taking the immobile Heatran with her.

"Sister Koen, are you all okay?" Yuga asked Suzuki Koen.

"We're fine, thanks to Dou Dou who saved both Ayaka and me just in time." Suzuki Koen shook her head and said, "It's just that the shop ended up like this!"

At this moment, not only had all the merchandise in the store been destroyed, but a large hole had also been blasted through the roof.

Fortunately, the new store and the old store had separated their operations early on and the businesses involving Pokémon eggs and baby Pokémon had all been moved to the new store. Otherwise, who knew how many more casualties there would have been.

Upon hearing this, Yuga consoled her, saying, "As long as no one's hurt, that's what matters most. The store can just be renovated again, at most it'll just be closed for business for a while."

Suzuki Koen replied helplessly, "That's all we can do!"

Having worked at the store for so many years, Suzuki Koen had developed deep feelings for it. Seeing the store wrecked like this made her feel extremely distressed.

After comforting Suzuki Koen, Yuga called over Dou Dou and asked, "What's the story with that Heatran?"

Upon hearing this, Dou Dou called over Mime Jr., Clefairy, and Smoochum.

"Audino~"

You three tell the story!

And so, the three little ones nervously recounted the incident involving the Delibird and the Heatran.

After listening, Yuga was so furious he didn't even know what to say anymore.

"And the Delibird?" he asked.

The three little Pokémon looked at one another, then all shook their heads simultaneously.

"It ran away?"

The three Pokémon didn't dare make a sound under Yuga's questioning. The answer was obvious.

Yuga picked up Smoochum and, squeezing its round belly, said, "So this is the promise you made to me?"

Smoochum drooped its head, letting Yuga do as he pleased without making a sound.

Yuga thought to himself: Was this all a setup by Giovanni? It definitely was!

Now thinking back to Heatran's condition, Yuga recalled the cloned Pokémon of Milolovide.

Yuga now suspected that this Heatran had been deliberately delivered into his hands by Giovanni—purely as revenge for repeatedly sabotaging Team Rocket's operations and for capturing Milolovide.

Even though cloning a Heatran was extremely costly, if it could bring Yuga even a little trouble, Giovanni surely wouldn't mind the financial loss.

"I'll settle the score with you all later!"

After putting Smoochum down, Yuga said to the three little Pokémon. Then he quickly turned and left.

The three little Pokémon looked at each other, all feeling anxious and uneasy inside, not knowing what kind of punishment awaited them.

If only we hadn't been so impulsive! The three Pokémon couldn't help but feel regretful.

After assigning the task of cleaning up the store to Nana and the others, Yuga summoned the patrolling Pokémon and asked if any of them had seen a trace of the Delibird. The patrolling Pokémon all shook their heads.

This only made Yuga even more convinced that he had been set up by Giovanni.

Unable to find the Delibird, Yuga headed for Mewtwo's location.

When Yuga arrived at Mewtwo's laboratory, it was conducting a series of examinations on Heatran.

"So? Is this a cloned Pokémon?" Yuga asked.

"It is indeed a cloned Pokémon," Mewtwo replied.

It had a deep understanding of cloned Pokémon, so identifying one was not difficult.

Yuga muttered to himself, "As expected," then asked, "Can it still be saved?" He could tell that this Heatran had a strong will to live—if it could be saved and used for his own purposes, that would be ideal.

This Heatran was stronger than any of the other cloned Pokémon Yuga had encountered before. Letting it die like this would be such a waste!

What Yuga didn't know was that this Heatran had the most stable genes among all the cloned Pokémon Team Rocket had created, and its strength was closest to that of the original. If not for the purpose of exacting revenge, Giovanni would have been reluctant to bring it out!

Team Rocket had cloned this Heatran using tissue samples obtained from a powerful Heatran discovered at a volcanic crater. That original Heatran was extraordinarily strong—its strength was not far off even when going head-to-head with Shadow Lugia.

Even with Giovanni personally taking action, that original Heatran still managed to escape through the magma, leaving behind only some skin tissue.

Precisely because the original had such strength, the clone turned out to be this powerful as well.

"It'll be very difficult, but I'll do my best," Mewtwo answered. It always harbored a certain sympathy for cloned Pokémon—especially those created by Team Rocket.