#003 Venusaur
Venusaur, the Seed Pokémon. The evolved form of Ivysaur and the final evolution of Bulbasaur. A female Venusaur has a seed in the centre of her flower. When the flower has bloomed, Venusaur uses it to catch the sun's rays and convert them into energy, which causes the flower's colours to be more vibrant. The flower also releases a soothing scent that attracts Pokémon. This scent becomes stronger after a rainy day. Most grass-types see Venusaur as some sort of leader of their type. It's also amusing to note that when a Venusaur closes its bulb, covering the flower, it looks like a very big Bulbasaur. – Nurse Evergreen.
Nurse Isabelle remembered clearly when she first encountered the final evolution of the Kanto grass-type starter, Venusaur, on her travels. Back at the practice, the gentle giants had been good-natured and very helpful as they were being treated. Their trainers had raised them with great care, and it showed.
It had been on a rather pleasant day on route 6. As usual, Izzy allowed Bulbasaur out of his ball. After all, how is one supposed to build a bond with a Pokémon if it's always contained in its ball? Once out of his ball, Bulbasaur seemed to smell something. He gave an excited cry and dashed into the tall grass, making him nearly disappear from view. Only the rustling of the grass where it spread for Bulbasaur's bulky body told Izzy where her Pokémon was. It ran to a clearing, near the lake, where a massive shape could be seen. The scent Izzy always associated with the forest became stronger as they approached. When they were near, Izzy finally understood what the shape was. It was a pink-flowered Venusaur and it was quite a bit taller than herself. Venusaur were rare to find in the wild because most Bulbasaur are bred in captivity. The best chance of finding a Venusaur was encountering one that had been freed or abandoned by its trainer. Instances of escape were rare due to Bulbasaur's loyal nature.
Near the Venusaur were bushes that caught Isabelle's attention. The yellow, roundish shape of the berries that hung from it was unmistakable. Sitrus berries! She opened her berry case after pulling it out of her backpack. Slowly, she made her way to the berry bush, hoping not to agitate the Pokémon that was not only taller than her but also heavier. Unfortunately, this Venusaur turned out not to be keen on trainers. Grunting its cry, a blue cloud of spore waved up from his flower. Immediately recognising it as sleep powder, Isabelle dashed away, out of reach. Cursing softly, she returned to where she thought Bulbasaur was, only to find out that he had gone towards the moody Venusaur. Totally in awe, he looked up at his final evolution, probably imagining the day he looked like that. Only when Izzy had backed off sufficiently, did the Venusaur stop growling at her.
Watching the two of them, it became clear to the young nurse that Bulbasaur tried to impress Venusaur by showing off that he, too, could use sleep powder, though all he managed was a tiny little puff. Venusaur grunted its laugh and demonstrated it again, making sure not to hit the smaller grass-type. It never ceased to amaze Isabelle how social these Pokémon were. Even a total stranger like Venusaur would treat her small-ish Bulbasaur like an old friend.
Since it was becoming quite dangerous to stay near them, Isabelle wandered off a little to look for more Sitrus berries. She desperately wanted to have some since they caused faster healing and acted as painkillers. She found a couple, but the bushes they grew on had already been plucked by other humans or Pokémon. None of them were as full as the bushes near Venusaur.
After half an hour, she returned to the place where she left Bulbasaur. To her surprise, Venusaur was looking rather drowsy with a proud-looking Bulbasaur in front of him. Bulbasaur even held some of the Sitrus berries in his vines, holding them out for her. A brilliant smile curled on Izzy's face and she knelt in front of Bulbasaur to rub his head thoroughly, whispering the praise he deserved. With his vines, he plucked the berries and gave them to his trainer. Within minutes, her berry case was overflowing with Sitrus berries. Venusaur had fallen asleep while they worked, so Izzy and Bulbasaur left quietly before Venusaur woke up.
During lunch, sufficiently far away from the Venusaur who would be in an awful mood when he woke up, Izzy ground most of the berries into a paste which would keep longer than the berries themselves.
Once again, Bulbasaur managed to puff a respectable amount of sleep powder pollen, making Izzy cheer and applaud. It would be rather useful for a nurse to have a Pokémon that knows sleep powder, and it was incredibly impressive he learnt it so quickly. It may have something to do with how he learnt it from his kin, rather than tried to come up with it himself.