On the vast azure ocean, a luxury cruise ship was sailing toward Hoenn and then the Johto Region. This ship had an ill-fated name.
The S.S. Anne!
"Looks like the ball has started. Let's go."
"I heard there'll be lots of powerful Trainers battling each other!"
Two young men dressed as gentlemen were about to head from the deck to the first-floor hall...
Suddenly, they heard a man's voice.
"The last S.S. Anne sank around this time, I think."
Who would be so...
The two gentlemen stopped dead, both turning their angry gazes toward a young man fishing nearby. He wore silver casual clothes and black-framed glasses, but most striking of all was the Misdreavus sprawled on his head...
Dian shrugged at their glares. He had kindly offered them a warning. If they refused to listen, there was nothing he could do.
"Melo."
Meloetta looked around curiously, her little face pressed close to Dian. She was clearly a little shy around strangers.
Misdreavus, meanwhile, looked bored. She disliked traveling by ship, because with such a huge cruise ship passing through, there was no chance of catching any edible fish... only a few combative Pokémon.
Splash!
The fishing line trembled, announcing the arrival of a visitor.
Dian's expression remained unchanged. Fishing in the Pokémon World was simple: just pull as hard as you could. The fishing line was top quality, after all... provided you hadn't hooked a heavyweight Pokémon like Wailord.
"Mis?"
"Melo?"
Misdreavus and Meloetta curiously studied the Pokémon before them, which resembled a seaweed-covered seahorse.
"Skrelp..."
Dian blinked. This lucky?!
He had realized lately that he was ridiculously lucky. He had bought a random bottle of soda and won a ticket for the S.S. Anne, and now, on his very first fishing attempt, he had hooked Dragalge's unevolved