The Loud House

Leni was on the computer looking at the bracket of the basketball tournament.

Leni: Lynn, I don't wanna let Team Magma down, so….can you teach me how to play basketball?

Lynn: ….I have been waiting 14 years for someone in this house to ask me a question like that.

*montage of Lynn trying to teach Leni how to slam jam, but Leni still sucks at it no matter what*

Leni and Lynn went back inside to take a break.

Leni: I really feel like I'm getting better. Don't you?

Lynn: …..Yeah, sure. What time does the tournament start?

Leni: I think at N o'clock.

Lynn: …I'll just look myself.

Lynn went to the computer to see when the tournament started. She noticed what the tournament was called.

Lynn: Why is it called the 1st Annual Evil Teams Basketball Tournament?

Leni: They told me EVIL stands for "Extremely Vigorous Indigo League." Which is weird, because I could've sworn it stood for "Every Villain Is Lemons."

Lynn: I gotta say, "Extremely Vigorous Indigo League" is a very weird name. Why is it called that?

Leni: I don't know. It must've gotten started on that website.

Lynn: What website?

Leni: The one where you give people money so they can make their invention. Isn't it called Indigo?

Lynn: No, it's called…Now's not the time to be talkin' about websites! We've gotta get back to training.

Leni: But I thought you said I could take a 10 minute break.

Lynn: Do you know how long 10 minutes is?

Leni: ….No.

Elsewhere

Team Rocket needed two more members in order to play in the tournament. So, they were looking at their social media post that asked if anyone wanted to join. It had no comments.

Jessie: We are hours away from the tournament, and we still haven't found two teammates. What are we gonna do?!

James: Maybe two people who wanna join Team Rocket will just happen to comment on our post in time.

Meowth: That doesn't seem very likely.

Robin then appeared.

Robin: Umm…hello.

Jessie, James, and Meowth closed their eyes, crossed their arms, and turned around.

Robin: Look, I know you're all still mad about what I did a few years ago, but I've come to apologize.

James: A little late, don't ya' think?

Robin: No, I don't think I'm a little late. That's because I'm A LOT late. I'm so sorry.

Jessie, James, and Meowth continued to ignore her.

Robin: …..If you don't wanna accept my apology, I can see why. I just saw that you needed people to play basketball with you, and…

Jessie, James, and Meowth: If you play basketball with us, you are immediately forgiven!

Robin: ….Umm…okay, great!

Wobbuffet let himself out of his Poké Ball.

Wobbuffet: Wobbuffet!

Jessie: Oh yeah, we still need one more person.

Robin: I can go get you one. I can go get you one NO problem.

Meowth: Are you saying what we think you're saying?

Robin: What do you mean?

James: Do you still have…that machine.

Robin: I do still have that machine, but I'm not gonna be using it. I can find a 5th teammate just fine WITHOUT hypnotism.

Meowth: But don't you think it would be a lot easier if you…

Robin: No! I have changed a lot since the last time you guys saw me. Now just tell me if there's anybody specific you want me to look for.

Jessie, James, and Meowth started thinking about it.

Jessie: Wasn't there someone we wanted?

James: Didn't that guy who bought us all those pizzas say his mom's ex-boyfriend's daughter was good at sports?

Meowth: You mean the girl who was destroying all the video games at Smelly Cheeses?

James: Yeah, her. Anybody remember what she looked like?

Wobbuffet: Wobbuffet!

Robin: That's what she looks like and where she lives? Ok, got it. See you later, team.

Meowth: We still recommend you use the…

Robin: Not gonna happen!

Robin went to the Loud house.

Robin: Why does this house look so familiar?

Inside

Lynn: Clearly actually trying to train you isn't working.

Leni: There was a train?

Lynn: So I'm gonna have to resort to this.

Lynn took out a CD.

Leni: Is that the HM for basketball? I thought those only worked for Pokémon.

Lynn: It's not an HM. It's a CD. Listen to this, and you'll be as good at basketball as me….Well, almost as good….Almost half as good.

Leni: So it IS the HM for basketball. But can I listen to it while I take a nap? I am SO tired!

Lynn: Are you gonna be able to take in what it's saying if you're asleep?

Leni: I think so, 'cause there was this one time when Lori *yawn* I'll tell you after my nap.

Leni laid down on the couch and instantly fell asleep. Lynn put the CD in a CD player, turned it on, and put the headphones on Leni.

Lynn's Voice on the CD: Welcome to Volume 14 of Lynn Loud's Instructional…

Lynn heard a knock at the door. She answered it and when she saw who it was, she screamed her head off.

Robin: What? What? Why are you screaming?

Lynn: It's you! The crazy girl who was in my room, and then in the toilet.

Robin: You must be mistaking me for someone else. I've never been here before. Besides, do I seem crazy to you?

Lynn: …..How many fingers am I holding up?

Lynn held up 1 finger.

Robin: One.

Lynn: How bout now?

Lynn held up 5 fingers.

Robin: Five.

Lynn: Hhhm…you seem pretty sane to me. I guess you're not that person from before. Maybe I didn't get a good enough look at her face because I was so freaked out.

Robin: Yeah, maybe. So anyway, my name's Robin, and my friends wanted me to ask you to join our basketball team. There's a tournament today we wanna play in, but we still need one more player.

Lynn: Can't say I'm surprised they want me, but I can't. My sister's in a basketball tournament today too, so…wait a second. Is yours the Evil Teams Basketball Tournament?

Robin: Yes.

Lynn: So's my sister's. Now I definitely can't play on your team. If I do, we'll win. I could never do that to her.

Robin: I understand. But just so you know, the MVP of the final game gets 3,584,090 Poké Dollars.

Lynn: ….3,584,090 Poké Dollars?

Robin: That's what I said.

Lynn thought about how that's how much money she owes Smelly Cheeses for all the video games she destroyed.

Lynn: Actually, you know what? I WILL play on your team.

Robin: Great! Just fill this out.

Lynn got a pen and filled out the sign-up sheet.

Name: Lynn L.

Date of Birth: 2/1/03

Address: The Loud House, Kalos

Favorite Color: Red

Favorite Film: Baseketball

Lynn: Can you call these friends of yours and ask them to come over? I'm gonna need to see if they're any good.

Robin: You mean any good at basketball, right?

Lynn: Of course I do. What else would I mean?

Robin: …Yeah, I can ask them to come over.

Robin went over to the phone.

Robin: But first, tell me about that crazy person you were talking about.

Lynn: Well, I walked into my bedroom, and saw her sitting in there talking to my sister Lucy about weird, creepy stuff, so I got…

Hearing that made Robin remember what happened.

Robin: Never mind.