As for Leon, that's much simpler, Naoki decided to use his connections to get a signed photo from Leon.
Lono is still busy hosting challengers.
It's almost August now, and in two months, major Leagues will start holding League Competitions one after another.
Therefore, challengers who haven't collected enough Gym Badges are speeding up recently.
After the two agreed on a time to visit, they hung up the phone.
Lono went to greet the challengers, while Naoki went to prepare the gift for the visit.
*
World Tree, Explorer Team Guild.
It's been a while since everyone entered the Mystery Dungeon for exploration.
During this time, everyone brought back various items from the dungeon and made many Pokemon friends.
Today, while gathering to chat after the adventure, they suddenly talked about Naoki.
Some Pokemon recalled words Naoki had said before.
Naoki seemed to say that when he grows old, he will move to the World Tree and live with everyone.
"Mi? Mi!" (Naoki wants to live on the World Tree too? That's great!)
Upon hearing this, the Tatsugiri jumped up excitedly.
The other Pokemon were also very happy.
"Tcha foo..." But Treecko is a bit worried.
Because there's no house or bed for humans on the World Tree, will Naoki have to sleep on large trees in the forest with them?
If so, Naoki might fall off.
"Lucky..." Chansey didn't know what to do for a moment either.
Just then, one of the Treecko thought of a good idea.
"Tcha foo!" (In that case, let's build a house for Naoki together!)
The Explorer Team recently collected a lot of materials from the dungeon and made friends with Conkeldurr, who are skilled at building things.
As long as they're available, any house can be built!
Upon hearing this, the other Pokemon all thought this was a good idea.
Charizard: "Awoo!" (In that case, I'll help collect wood in the dungeon!)
Sandshrew happily raised its sharp claws: "Kuga!" (I'll help dig the foundation for the house!)
Pikachu raised its tail: "Pika Pika!" (I can use Iron Tail to cut wood!)
Without further ado, a group of Pokemon immediately got to work, starting to build Naoki's home on the World Tree.
Not only Naoki's house, but also places for those Pokemon in the ranch!
This way, when Naoki and those Pokemon move over, they can directly live here!
*
Naoki was unaware of the Pokemon's plans on the World Tree, as he was busy preparing gifts.
In the blink of an eye, the time has come to League year 201, September 1st.
Today is the day Naoki and Lono agreed to visit Levincia City.
Early in the morning, the ranch was bustling with activity.
Knowing Naoki's plan, the Indeedee Sibling acted like attentive housekeepers, preparing a suitable outfit for Naoki and carefully fixing the creases and collar on his clothes.
"Ai~" Sister Indeedee was very happy, thinking that Naoki might soon start a family, and then the ranch would welcome new life.
In that case, Naoki would have family!
Although for Naoki, they and Koraidon are family, Pokemon family and human family are different.
Being with Pokemon all day and not talking to humans would make Naoki very lonely.
Having Pokemon family and human family around Naoki would be perfect!
Sister Indeedee felt happy for Naoki.
Brother Indeedee was also helping Naoki prepare gifts.
In recent years, Brother Indeedee has become more mature and steady, no longer needing to act like a little grown-up and becoming a qualified housekeeper.
"Alright, thank you." Naoki reached out to take the gift from Brother Indeedee.
Brother Indeedee calmly glanced at Naoki and gently nodded: "Ai yi."
Naoki's gaze turned to the other joyful Pokemon around him, as if everyone was happy for him.
"Well then, I'm off!" Naoki said.
"Gao!"
"Bamor!"
"Awoo!"
"Bonnie~"
"..."
A group of Pokemon responded.
With their eyes on him, Naoki set off for Levincia City, riding on Koraidon with gifts.
The gift box contained items he specially prepared for Lono's parents.
Inside were Leon's signed photo and some hard-to-buy Champion merchandise, along with a bag of freshly made Rage Candy Bars.
This type of candy is a specialty of Mahogany Town, and if kept for too long, it will affect the taste, so Naoki pre-ordered and picked it up specially this morning.
"Whew..."
It's his first time facing such a thing in life, and saying he's not nervous is impossible.
Even when facing Arceus, Naoki wasn't nervous.
Because he doesn't know what Lono's parents are like, whether they would be amiable or sharp, and whether they would like his gifts.
The Koraidon beneath him sensed Naoki's mood and immediately comforted: "Agaa s!" Don't worry, everything will be very smooth!
Feeling Koraidon's thoughts, Naoki paused, then chuckled and asked:
"How do you know when you haven't experienced such a thing? But come to think of it, Koraidon, I haven't asked you, do Pokemon living in the past fall in love and have children?"