I, Gary, Want to Become a Pokemon Master

"Zapdos, you can clear the rain," Gary shouted to the sky.

The dark clouds covering Mt. Ember dispersed, revealing the sun again, and Gary recalled Zapdos.

"Sabrina, we can go now," Gary said.

"Go? Moltres isn't here?" Sabrina asked in confusion.

"It seems not. Let's come back in a week. Let's go to the second island to have a look," Gary said.

It was very fortunate to encounter Articuno on the Seafoam Islands before. 

It's normal not to find Moltres this time. 

However, it's certain that Moltres will eventually come to Mt. Ember to rest. 

We just need to wait patiently.

After all, there is more than one Legendary Pokémon like Moltres. 

Gary knows there are four Moltres alone. 

The number is still considerable, so we can wait patiently.

"Are we going to the second island for fun?" Sabrina asked.

"Let's treat it as a trip, but I want to visit a peculiar skill teacher," Gary said.

"A peculiar skill teacher?" Sabrina looked puzzled.

"At the northernmost part of the second island of the Sevii Islands is a place called Cape Edge." 

"There lives a peculiar teacher who teaches three different types of skills: Grass, Fire, and Water. I want to visit him to see if I can have Blastoise learn the secret skills," Gary said.

This time, I came to the Sevii Islands not only to catch Moltres but also for the secret skills.

These three secret skills are, of course, Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn, and Hydro Cannon, which are skills that only the three starter Pokémon can master.

In the game, the place where these three skills are taught is on the second island of the Sevii Islands, and this peculiar skill teacher also exists in reality, so Gary naturally wants to visit him.

"Secret skills! What skills are they?" Sabrina asked curiously.

"You'll find out when we get there. Let's go," Gary said, deliberately keeping it a surprise.

The two hurriedly left Mt. Ember and returned to the town. 

In the afternoon, they took a speedboat to the second island.

It was still afternoon when they arrived at the second island, so Gary and Sabrina decided to find the skill teacher first.

After asking around, they determined that the skill teacher lived in Edge Channel. 

This skill teacher was a master of prayer, an old grandmother.

This grandmother had a very peculiar personality. 

She didn't teach everyone. 

If you wanted to learn the ultimate skills from her, it all depended on her mood. 

If she was in a bad mood, she wouldn't teach you no matter how much money you offered. 

Her temperament was rather strange.

Gary didn't mind this. 

Since this grandmother was famous, she must have taught other trainers' Pokémon. 

It was just that the Pokémon that were turned away likely didn't meet the required standards.

The ultimate skills can only be learned by the three starter Pokémon, and the intimacy between the Pokémon and the Trainer must be full before they can learn them. 

It's likely that the intimacy of those Pokémon entrusted by the Trainer wasn't up to standard, so they weren't taught.

"Sabrina, let's visit that grandmother tomorrow."

"Yeah."

Because it was too late, Gary didn't plan to visit now. 

If he went there now, it would be dark. If he was turned away, he would have to return late at night.

...!

After a day of rest.

After breakfast the next morning, Gary and Sabrina headed to the north of the second island. 

To go faster, they both rode mountain bikes.

Gary also wanted to see if he could encounter Machop and Machoke with high potential. 

After all, there are quite a lot of Machop and Machoke, and they don't necessarily live in the Volcano area.

As long as it's not a desert or wetland, Machop and Machoke can basically survive anywhere, and there are quite a lot of them. 

Haven't you seen Machop and Machoke everywhere on construction sites? Even Machamp can sometimes be seen on construction sites.

Unfortunately, luck wasn't on their side. 

Along the way, not even a Machop was encountered. 

They arrived at a house. It's better to say that it was a shrine than a mansion.

The traces of time could be seen on the wall. 

This shrine should have existed for some years, and it was more of a place for people to pray, not a place where people lived.

Gary and Sabrina walked to the door. There was a knotted white rope on the side, connected to a rusty bell above. 

Gary pulled the rope, and the bell made a "ding-dong" sound.

After a while, a woman wearing a temple-style kimono came to open the door.

"So young?" Seeing that the woman who opened the door was so young, Gary thought that this young shrine maiden should be responsible for handling the daily work of the shrine.

The shrine maiden looked at Gary and Sabrina, her face full of doubts, and asked, "Are you here to learn the secret skills?"

"Yes, is the skill grandmother here?" Gary asked.

"I'm sorry, the master passed away three years ago, and now this temple is hosted by me and my two senior sisters," the shrine maiden said.

What? Passed away!?

Gary was dumbfounded. 

He didn't expect the skill grandmother to have passed away.

"Please accept my condolences," Gary said. 

"Then can we no longer learn the ultimate skills here?"

"Of course not, the ultimate skills are now taught by me and my senior sisters," the shrine maiden said.

Gary looked at the shrine maiden's kimono carefully and found that her kimono was all white, and the edges and waist ropes were blue, which was a little different from normal shrine maiden clothes.

"Is that so? My name is Gary. May I ask what skills you are responsible for teaching, sister?" Gary asked.

"My name is Mizuki, and I am responsible for teaching the ultimate skills of water," the shrine maiden responded.

Gary was stunned.

This name is too fitting. The teacher of Hydro Cannon wears a kimono with blue decorations, and her name is Mizuki.

Then the shrine maiden who teaches the ultimate skills of fire is called Kaori.

Then the shrine maiden who teaches the skill of grass is called... Midori?

"Hello, Miss Mizuki, I want to learn the ultimate skills of water," Gary said.

"Is that so? Then follow me."

Mizuki led Gary and Sabrina into the shrine and came to a hall. 

At a glance, you could see flames, water drops, and a leaf-shaped decoration on the platform in front. 

In front of the platform, there were two shrine maidens praying.

The kimonos of the two shrine maidens had red and green decorations, respectively. 

From the color of the clothes, you could tell what attribute secret skills the two women were responsible for teaching.

"Two senior sisters, there are guests," Mizuki said.

The two shrine maidens turned their heads, and when they saw Gary and Sabrina, they stood up and greeted them.

"Hello, I am Kaori, responsible for teaching the secret skills of fire."

"Hello, I am Midori, responsible for teaching the secret skills of grass."

Gary's inference was correct. 

The names of these three girls are really related to the three attributes of water, fire, and grass, but the shrine maiden who teaches the secret skills of grass is called Midori, not Midori.