The story of conquering the Battle Frontier continued.
Without the Masked Man causing trouble, Mila's challenges went much more smoothly.
As time passed, he trusted Dusknoir and the others more and more. He sent them out in every battle, and in his match against Greta, he encouraged the desperately fighting Sudowoodo for the first time.
And Sudowoodo helped him claim victory because of it.
He successfully claimed the Battle Arena's [Guts Symbol].
Heiduo knew that Mila's mindset was constantly changing, while he himself was also growing rapidly. Maybe after getting knocked down again next time, this guy would be completely reborn.
—The Battle Dome Tournament.
The first meeting between the three protagonists of the Ruby and Sapphire arc in the original story.
This time, Heiduo did not interfere or participate. He had already cut off one important factor in Mila's growth once; there was no need to do it again.
Besides, winning would not do him any good.
The next day.
As though it were fated.
The two co-protagonists of the Ruby and Sapphire arc, the first officially confirmed couple, Ruby and Sapphire, arrived.
In the original story, the young couple had come to escort the petrified Pokédex Holders and meet up with their fellow Pokédex Holder from the same generation, helping him find Jirachi, defeat the Armored Man, and fulfill the wish-making mission.
Now, most of that was gone.
All that remained for Ruby and Sapphire was the matter of meeting up.
A group of three, two boys and one girl. The old formula.
It was not until the Black and White versions, when there was no third version, that the three-person team convention disappeared.
The number of protagonists successfully became four, and Pokémon X and Y had a whole bunch of them.
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