"Huh? Why do I have to study? Can't I skip it?" Lugia regretted it. Studying was what he feared most, and every study session was painful. Besides, he was the Legendary Pokémon Lugia! All he had to do was wait to grow up naturally, and his strength would become terrifying, surpassing ordinary Pokémon. So Lugia was very lazy and had little desire to be active. He had run away from home this time because he felt his parents nagged too much and kept urging him to train. This had made Little Lugia rebellious, so he had run off and become a wandering Pokémon. Fortunately, the unlucky little fellow had found Heath. Otherwise, there was no telling what might have happened.
Although Legendary Pokémon were indeed powerful, that still depended on the circumstances. Even powerful adult Legendary Pokémon sometimes got beaten to a pulp, let alone Lugia.
"Of course not, Lugia. Do you know the scoring criteria the judges on that TV use? Do you know which movements make you look more graceful? You don't, and neither do I. Entering a contest like that would be irresponsible toward both the contest and yourself. You wouldn't want to go all that way only to get eliminated in the first round, would you?" Heath looked at Lugia in exasperation. This little fellow struck Heath as a textbook case of someone whose ambitions far exceeded his abilities. He set his sights higher than anyone else and talked about claiming the championship right off the bat. Did he really think becoming a Champion was that easy?
It was not that Heath looked down on Lugia. Rather, Heath knew that, never mind Lugia, who had yet to grow up, even the powerful Mewtwo of the future had been defeated by Red. And Red had not even