Last time on Pokemon Super: Black & White, Ash and Cabba set off on their Unova Region Journey. On the start of their journey, they met a girl named Iris and her Pokemon Axew. Shortly after Ash caught a Pidove, the three trainers ran into Team Rocket, who tried to take Pikachu and Axew away. But Team Rocket's plan failed thanks to Cabba's strength and power, as well as a surprise visit from Oshawott. Now that everyone got a nice rest in the Pokemon Center, our heroes are now back on the road to Striaton City!
A Sandile Gusher of Change
The next day, after their encounter with Team Rocket, Ash, Cabba, and Iris were walking down the path to Striaton City for Ash and Cabba's first Unova Region Gym Battles.
Ash then turned to Iris and asked her, "So, why are you coming along with me and Cabba anyway?"
"Excuse me, but it's not me that's coming along with you two, it's that you two are coming along with me! Get it?" Iris explained, walking ahead of them.
"Oh, please." Ash muttered. Cabba only blinked when he saw Ash walking faster to walk ahead of them.
"It's true!" Iris insisted, walking faster to take the lead.
"Uh, Ash? Iris?" Cabba asked while sweat dropping a little.
"Man!" Ash growled, speed walking ahead of Iris.
"Excuse me!" Iris called, walking faster.
"Excuse me!" Ash snapped, taking the lead.
Cabba sighed, seeing his friends in some sort of speed walking race as he walked faster to keep up with them.
"Argh!" Iris grunted, gritting her teeth as she began to walk faster.
"No you don't!" Ash snapped, gritting his teeth and began to walk faster.
By now, it seemed like Ash and Iris went from walking to running to get ahead of each other. "Come on guys, we don't really need to go through this!" Cabba said, having no problem keeping up with them.
Then Iris suddenly stopped them and glared at Ash. "Who said you can walk in front of me!?" Iris snapped at the trainer from Kanto.
"No one!" Ash answered, glaring back at her.
"Look, I figured since the two of you don't know much about the Unova Region, I'd help you out! And what do I get for trying to be nice? Obviously not even a thank you!" Iris explained, folding her arms.
"I don't remember either me or Cabba asking you to come along!" Ash grunted.
"Sure! Go ahead and act like a tough guy! You're such a kid!" Iris snickered.
That made Ash even more angry. "Oh yeah!? Well, you're such a kid, too!" Ash snapped. "Pika Pika!" Pikachu agreed with his trainer.
Now it was Iris' turn to be angry. "You've got some nerve saying that to me!" Iris snapped angrily.
Cabba sweat dropped a little, seeing Ash and Iris glaring at each other. "Guys, stop arguing! Can't we just continue on the road to Striaton City?" Cabba said.
Ash and Iris turned to Saiyan while pointing at each other as they both said, "Hey this little kid started it!" Ash and Iris glared at each other as they yelled to each other, "I did not! You did!" They went right back to glaring at each other.
Cabba sighed, having trouble finding a way to stop his friends. He looked down, and was surprised to see something beside Ash and Iris. "Oshawott? What are you doing here?" Cabba asked. That made Ash and Iris stop glaring at each other to look down to see Oshawott standing with them. "Oshawott!" the Water-Type exclaimed.
"Oshawott! Oshawott!" Oshawott said happily, walking over to Ash. Ash blinked in surprise, remembering the Sea Otter Pokemon as he said, "It's you!" He recalled when Oshawott helped them when they encountered Team Rocket yesterday.
Ash then took his Pokedex out to scan the Water-Type in front of him. "Oshawott, the Sea Otter Pokemon. Oshawott attacks and defends, using its scalchop that can be removed from its stomach." Ash's Pokedex explained before Ash put it away.
"Thanks for helping us back there!" Ash thanked. "Oshawott!" Oshawott accepted happily.
Cabba then folded his arms as he asked, "But, I don't get it. What brings you over here to us this time?"
Oshawott answered by walking a little closer to Ash. Pikachu seemed to realize what Oshawott wanted as he explained, "Pika! Pika Pi! Pika Pika!"
"Wow! So you were following us?" Ash asked in confusion. "I guess so, but why?" Cabba asked.
Iris squealed happily at Oshawott's adorableness. "You're so cute! And you were following me! If you were any softer at the cheeks and squishier, I can't stand it!" Iris squealed, poking Oshawott's cheeks, which made Oshawott frown. "Of course, since it's obvious that you can't live without me, I promise that I'll keep you as my very own Pokemon!" Iris exclaimed.
Cabba laughed a little nervously while sweat dropping. "Uh, Iris, I'm not sure if it's only you Oshawott's been following." Iris turned to him as she asked, "What do you mean?"
Oshawott got out of Iris' grip and shook his head. The Water-Type ran over to Ash to praise him, and it was perfectly clear to Cabba who smiled at them. Then Oshawott went up to Ash's shoulder, pushing Pikachu off as he did that. "What's going on... Pikachu!?" Ash gasped as Pikachu stood up and glared at Oshawott as he snapped, "Pika!"
Oshawott got off Ash's shoulder to explain his reason. "Are you saying you like Ash?" Iris asked. "Wott! Wott! Oshawott!" Oshawott exclaimed happily. Cabba chuckled a little, "Sounds like it to me. I guess Ash just has his ways with Pokemon."
Pikachu, having had enough of the nonsense, fired a Thunderbolt attack on Oshawott, who used his scalchop to block the attack. The attack hit Ash instead as he screamed, then fell down. "Hey! Ash, you okay?" Cabba asked while helping Ash up. Iris and Axew laughed at Ash's reaction.
"What was that for?" Ash asked, grunting as Cabba helped him back up.
"Osha... Oshawott..." Oshawott said with sparkles in his eyes.
"Hey, Ash. I'm starting to get the feeling that this Oshawott would like to be caught by you." Iris told the Kanto Trainer.
"Yeah?" Ash asked while Oshawott answered with a happy cry. "Looks like it to me. But, I thought you guys said that you'd have to weaken a Pokemon in battle in order to catch it." Cabba said in confusion.
Iris shrugged, "Well, I guess some trainers are lucky enough to have Pokemon wanting to go with them without battling." "Axew Ew." Axew shrugged as well.
Ash grinned, "Well what do you know? Since you helped us out with Team Rocket, do you want to come along with us?" "Oshawott! Wott! Osha!" Oshawott exclaimed happily. "Pika Pika?" Pikachu asked, not quite sure about the idea.
Ash then got a fair distance from Oshawott, then he turned his hat backwards and got a Poke Ball out to catch Oshawott. "Okay, Oshawott! Go, Poke Ball!" Ash called as he threw the ball at Oshawott. The ball hit him, but it didn't suck him inside. To everyone's surprise, the Poke Ball just bounced off and rolled off a little while Oshawott rubbed the spot on his head where the Poke Ball hit him.
"Hey, what's up with the Poke Ball?" Ash asked in confusion.
Cabba then thought to himself, "It should've worked, unless..." Then he recalled when Professor Juniper introduced the three Unova Starter Pokemon, including Oshawott. Then Cabba asked the Water-Type Pokemon, "Say, Oshawott, you wouldn't happen to be the same Pokemon from Professor Juniper's Lab, right?"
Oshawott nodded happily at the Saiyan's question, feeling happy that someone realized where he came from. Cabba was surprised by this, as well as Ash and Iris.
"Then, I guess that would mean Oshawott's Poke Ball has got to be back at the Professor's Lab." Ash guessed as Iris and Cabba nodded in agreement.
They went to the nearest phone booth to give Professor Juniper a call about Oshawott.
"That's where Oshawott went! I was so worried since Oshawott left without letting me know." Professor Juniper sighed in relief.
"Yeah! Looks like Oshawott has been following us." Ash stated. "We think Oshawott left because it really wanted to be with Ash." Cabba added.
"Well, Ash. If it wouldn't be too much of a bother, maybe you can take care of Oshawott from now on." Professor Juniper chuckled.
Ash happily grinned at that, "Wow! You don't mind?"
"No, of course not. I'll send you its Poke Ball right away." Professor Juniper chuckled.
The machine next to them brought Oshawott's Poke Ball over to them. "Wow! I never knew they had this kind of technology on this planet! We never even had something like this back on Planet Sadal." Cabba said to himself. He didn't even noticed that Iris looked at him in confusion.
Ash took the Poke Ball in his hand. "Thanks! Got it!" Ash called.
"And Ash, since Oshawott has a tendency to disappear, keep an eye out!" Professor Juniper said before ending the call.
Cabba then looked around for some reason. "Speaking of Oshawott, where is he?" Cabba asked. Ash and Iris were shocked as they looked around. "It's gone!" Ash exclaimed.
The three trainers and Pikachu ran out to look for Oshawott. "This is nuts! Where could Oshawott have gone!?" Ash asked, looking around for the Water-Type.
Iris smirked at Ash. "Well, it looks like Cabba and I will have to help you look around." she giggled.
Ash gave her a dirty look and replied, "Cabba and I can do it ourselves, thank you." "I don't know, Ash. Even if I can try to sense out where Oshawott is, we'll still need all the help we can get." Cabba tried to reason with his friend.
Iris smiled at Cabba before she said to Ash, "Now, since we're all Pokemon Trainers, you don't have to go around acting like a little kid, you know. Be more mature, like Cabba!"
But Ash ignored her, grabbed Cabba's wrist and began to drag him along to search for Oshawott. "Let's go, Pikachu!" Ash said while Cabba yelped a bit by being dragged.
"Hey, wait a minute! Ash, stop being so stubborn!" Iris called, running to catch up to the boys.
Cabba then sensed a strong power level somewhere. "Huh? What could this be? It doesn't feel like Oshawott's energy, not even the energy of a Pokemon. It kinda feels like..." Cabba thought, but he was brought out of it when he, Ash, and Iris fell down a trap hole. The three of them yelping in surprise as they did.
They were groaning at the bottom of the pit trap. "Ugh... That hurts..." Ash groaned. "Hey, what's going on?" Iris asked, Axew popped out of her hair to look around. "Looks like a trap." Ash guessed.
"If it is, then who could've done this?" Cabba asked. But before Ash and Iris could answer, another voice answered his question, "Sandile."
Ash, Pikachu, Iris, Axew, and Cabba looked up to see a boy standing next to the hole.
Next to the boy was a girl with long violet hair that curled a little at the end and blue eyes. The girl was wearing a black t-shirt, a purple vest, a pair of black pants, a pair of purple short-shorts on top of her black pants, a pair of pink boots, a pink belt, and a pair of pink finger-less gloves. (A/N: Introducing my female Earthling OC that I made in Xenoverse 2!)
The boy and the girl helped them out of the hole, except for Cabba since he flew out of the hole. "Sandile?" Ash asked in confusion. Then he took his Pokedex out to search for the Pokemon called Sandile, and he got an image of a small black and brown crocodile Pokemon. "Sandile, the Desert Croc Pokemon. Its dark membranes can protect its eyes from the sun, and it buries itself in the sand, with its eyes and nose sticking out." Ash's Pokedex explained.
"Wow..." Ash replied, feeling amazed with the image he was seeing just before he put his Pokedex away.
The girl grinned and nodded her head, "Yep! Those little guys just love being in the sand! In fact, I even have a Sandile of my own." The girl brought a Poke Ball out and showed it to them.
"You do?" Ash asked with a grin on his face. "Sure do! See for yourself!" the girl said, opening the Poke Ball and a Sandile appeared before them.
"Oh, wow! So that's a Sandile?" Cabba asked in amazement.
"Sure is! This is my trusty partner, Jaws!" the girl introduced her Sandile. "Sandile!" Jaws greeted with a wave.
"I see, you give your Pokemon nicknames, don't you?" Iris asked as the girl happily nodded her head.
"Kind reminds me of someone I know back in Kanto." Ash said to himself.
"I'm Iris! And I can't thank you two enough for helping us! And these two are Ash and Cabba!" Iris introduced herself and her friends.
"It's nice to meet you both." Cabba said with a small bow.
"Nice to meet you too. I'm Sandy, and Jaws and I are travelling the Unova Region together." the girl, Sandy, introduced herself. "Sandile!" Jaws agreed with his trainer.
"Hi, my name is Dan. And my family and I operate a resort spa hotel that's not far from here." Dan explained.
Iris then took Dan's hands in hers as she squealed, "This is so cool, because I happen to adore resort spas!" "Me too!" Ash agreed while Cabba just smiled at the thought of a resort spa.
Dan smiled sadly at this. "Well, it makes me happy to hear that, but... It makes me really sad to say that we're closed right now. Because of Sandile." Dan sadly explained. Ash, Pikachu, Iris, Axew, and Cabba were curious when they heard this.
Dan began to explain as he took Ash, Cabba, Iris, and Sandy to his family's hotel, and to where the guests took a spa in the sand. "Our hot sand spas are our hotel's biggest attractions. In fact, Sandy happens to be our regular hotel guest." Dan began explaining.
"That's right. Jaws and I just love coming to their hotel and relaxing with a good hot sand spa treatment!" Sandy said. "Dile Sandile!" Jaws happily agreed. Then Sandy got as sad as Dan as they both showed Ash, Cabba, and Iris the hot sand spa, which looked like a total mess. "Unfortunately, now it looks like this." Dan said sadly.
"Whoa, that's too bad." Ash said, feeling sorry.
Cabba turned to Dan and Sandy and asked, "What exactly happened here?"
"It just happened a short time ago..." Dan started.
Flashback:
At the hot sand spas, Dan and his Father were helping the guests enjoy themselves in the sand. Two of the guests were next to each other close to Dan and his Father while Sandy was a little farther away from them with Jaws relaxing by her side.
"Okay, Dad. Is this about right?" Dan asked. Dan's Dad chuckled, "Yes it is, Son!"
Dan walked over to his Dad. Then he turned his head to Sandy and asked, "How are you feeling over there, Sandy?" "Like I'm in heaven! Thanks, Dan!" Sandy sighed happily with her eyes closed. "Sandile!" Jaws sighed happily as well.
Dan's Dad turned to the other two guests. "How is it? Looks like it feels great! Now, you two have a relaxing time, okay?" Dan's Dad chuckled.
Just as the other two guests were about to relax, Sandy suddenly turned her head to see something pop out of the sand between the two guests. It was a Sandile, one that was wearing a pair of dark sunglasses. The two guests stiff in surprise. "What's that?" the girl asked. "It's a wild Sandile! They sure work a lot, so they enjoy a hot sand bath as well." Dan's Dad explained just as some more wild Sandile appeared around where the guests were.
"Don't worry about them, they're really gentle. They won't hurt you, they just love the hot sand spas as much as we do!" Sandy assured the two guests. "Sandile!" Jaws nodded in agreement.
The two guests weren't too sure about that. "I guess it's fine." the man said.
Suddenly the Sandile with sunglasses dug underground, kicking sand at the two guests who began to panic. Sandy was surprised as she stood up from the sand, revealing that she was wearing a lavender bikini. "Hey, what are you doing? Stop that!" Sandy yelled to Sunglasses Sandile.
Sunglasses Sandile didn't listen to her, but he did call to the other wild Sandile who began to dig underground as well. As they were digging in the sand, trees fell over, rocks began to sink, in other words, they were wreaking havoc in the hot sand spa! The two guests screamed as they ran off, trying to avoid the wild Sandile. Sandy and Jaws made it out and were standing next to Dan and his Dad, and they were all bewildered by what the wild Sandile were doing.
"What in the world is going on with them?" Dan's Father asked.
Flashback ends:
"So, for now, I'm afraid we're going to have to stay closed." Dan finished explaining.
"That's strange. If a bunch of wild Sandile were so peaceful before, why would they act so violent all of a sudden?" Cabba asked with his arms folded. "I've been trying to figure that out myself. I mean, Jaws never acted like that when I first met him." Sandy mentioned.
"Yeah, we don't have any idea though." Dan said.
Then, Ash had an idea as he grinned at Pikachu. "So, why don't we help them find out?" Ash asked. "Pika!" Pikachu agreed. "Come on!" Ash called as he ran into the hot sand. Cabba blinked in confusion while Sandy and Iris looked at each other. None of them knew what Ash was planning.
Then the three of them grew surprised when they saw Ash, in his swimming trunks, and Pikachu relaxing in the sand. Ash's clothes were next to him in a neat pile. "Man... It doesn't get any better than this." Ash sighed happily. "Pikachu..." Pikachu also sighed happily.
Cabba blinked a couple of times while Sandy sweat dropped with a small smile. Iris, however, was annoyed as they walked over to Ash and Pikachu. "Uh, Ash, what are you doing?" Cabba asked.
"Well, before we figure it out, we need to research first." Ash explained. "Pika..." Pikachu replied.
"All you care about is checking on the hot sand!" Iris said. Just then, Axew popped his head out of the sand, relaxing with Ash and Pikachu. Iris and Cabba sweat dropped at that. "Not you too." Iris mumbled.
Sandy giggled, "Can't say I really blame them for wanting to relax in the hot sand. Whenever me and Jaws stay in the hotel, we always make a reminder to relax in the sand at least once before we decide to head out." Then she felt something tap her leg, so she looked down to see Jaws looking up at her with a pleading look in his eyes.
Sandy knew what that meant, so she told her partner, "Go right ahead, partner. You can relax next to Pikachu."
"SANDILE!" Jaws cheered happily before digging under the sand and popping his head back out next to Pikachu.
Iris turned to Sandy and asked her, "Are you sure about that?" Sandy nodded, "Jaws just loves relaxing in sand!"
Dan laughed nervously at what was going on while Cabba kept a look out for Sandile. "They're not here yet, but a Sandile could pop up at any given moment." Cabba said to himself, then he sensed something else. "Wait a minute, isn't that...?" Cabba thought as he walked away.
Ash sighed happily, "This is the best..."
"Pika.../Axew.../Sandile..." Pikachu, Axew, and Jaws sighed happily as well.
"Ash! I thought we were searching for Oshawott, remember?" Iris reminded in annoyance.
Ash then got up as he remembered, he, Cabba, and Iris were still trying to find Oshawott. "Ah! I forgot!" Ash gasped, Pikachu and Axew got up since they remembered as well.
Jaws got up and stood next to Sandy. "What's wrong? You guys missing a Pokemon or something?" Sandy asked.
Ash was about to answer, when Cabba's voice cut him off, "Hey guys, I found him! He's over here!" The others turned to see Cabba standing next to a figure relaxing in the sand. It turned out to be Oshawott, who was relaxing in the hot sand as well with his scalchop on his forehead.
"Oshawott!" Ash called as they ran over to Cabba and Oshawott. "Hold on, have you been lying here this whole time?" Ash asked the Water-Type Pokemon.
"Oshawott... Osha..." Oshawott sighed happily, clearly enjoying the hot sand. Ash smiled in relief, then he let out a chuckle, "That's one happy Pokemon."
Just then, Cabba sensed something from under the sand, but he's not the only one who does. "Brace yourselves guys!/We've got company!" Cabba and Sandy said at the same time, just before they blinked and looked at each other. But before they could question each other, something shot out of the sand.
They saw that it was a familiar Pokemon wearing sunglasses. "You see!? That's the leader of the Sandile!" Dan pointed out while Jaws glared at Sunglasses Sandile.
Before anyone could do anything, Sunglasses Sandile swiftly grabbed Axew using his mouth. Axew yelled in pain, being lifted a bit by Sunglasses Sandile's mouth.
"No, Axew!" Iris gasped. "Hang in there! We'll save you!" Cabba called.
Ash then turned to Pikachu and made an order, "Pikachu! Thunderbolt, let's go!" Before Pikachu could go through with it, Sandy stopped them. "Hold it! If you let Pikachu use Thunderbolt, you'll only end up hurting Axew! Electric-Type attacks don't have any effect on Ground-Types like Sandile!" Sandy warned, making Pikachu stop what he was doing.
Then Iris ran over and grabbed Sunglasses Sandile. "Now, let go of my Axew or else!" Iris demanded, but Sunglasses Sandile resisted and kept his hold on Axew. Ash, Pikachu, and Oshawott ran over to help as well. "Open your mouth! Come on!" Ash called, then the four of them began to pull, even though it made Axew shriek in pain.
Cabba was seeing his friends try to free Axew from Sunglasses Sandile, then he looked serious and ran over to help. "Come on! Let Axew go! Don't make me do this!" Cabba called, then he began to lift Sunglasses Sandile's jaws by force as the Ground/Dark-Type tried to resist. Then one of Pikachu's ears tickled Sunglasses Sandile's nose, which made Sunglasses Sandile let go of Axew while the others backed away.
Sunglasses Sandile didn't look too happy as he lunged at Pikachu and Oshawott, grabbing them by Pikachu's by his left paw and Oshawott's left foot. The two Pokemon gasped in surprise as Sunglasses Sandile began to drag them away as the trainers turned in surprise. "Pikachu! Oshawott!" Ash called.
Cabba brought out one of his Poke Balls. "Stop him, Tepig!" Cabba called, bringing Tepig out as the Fire Pig Pokemon appeared in front of Sunglasses Sandile. "Te Tepig!" Tepig growled, blowing flames out his nose.
Sunglasses Sandile growled before he tried to make a move, but Sandy wasn't gonna let that happen. "Oh no you don't! Jaws, grab Sandile's tail with Bite! Don't let him get away!" Sandy called. Jaws nodded before he lunged at Sunglasses Sandile and held him back using Bite.
Sunglasses Sandile looked behind him to see that he was being held back by one of his own kind. Then, without warning, Sunglasses Sandile and Jaws were lifted off the ground. Everyone gasped as they saw a construction machine with a magnet pulled Jaws and Sunglasses Sandile up, with Pikachu and Oshawott getting dragged along.
"What's all that about!?" Cabba yelled in surprise just as Tepig ran over to his trainer. Then three familiar figures showed their faces to the trainers. It was Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket!
"Open your ears for the answer indeed!" Jessie started their motto.
"The answer to come, as we feel the need!" James continued.
"We bring... The white light of evil into the future!" Jessie said.
"Hammering... Justice onto the black universe!" James said.
"Carving our names in the Rock of Eternity!" Meowth said.
"The fiery destroyer... Jessie!" Jessie said.
"With thunderous emotion... I am James!" James said.
"Wisest of the wise... Meowth!" Meowth said.
"Now, gather under the name of Team Rocket!" Team Rocket finished their motto.
The magnet on their machine raised the four Pokemon up even higher. "You guys again!?" Cabba asked in anger. "Don't you ever learn to give up!?" Iris snapped. "Give us back our Pokemon!" Ash demanded.
Jessie scoffed as she narrowed her eyes, "There's a huge flaw in your premise, since they're now our Pokemon!" Sandy narrowed her eyes angrily, "What did you say?"
"Pika Pika!/Oshawott!" Pikachu and Oshawott protested. But Team Rocket began to make their escape. Ash, Cabba, Tepig, Iris, and Sandy ran after the machine, but Meowth thought ahead and threw a smoke bomb at them. Cabba saw this and flew up to avoid the bomb while Ash, Iris, and Dan yelled as the smoke surrounded them.
Cabba, with Tepig in his arms, narrowed his eyes at Team Rocket. "You're not losing me that easily!" Cabba said to himself, flying after them. He didn't even notice someone following him in the air.
Team Rocket got further away from the hotel.
"The dream of catching Pikachu comes true!" Jessie sneered. "And there's nothing like Oshawott and two Sandile as a bonus prize!" Meowth added with an evil grin on his face. "So, let's inform the boss right away!" James called.
"Team Rocket!" They heard Cabba's voice yell out to them. They looked at the sky behind them, and they were surprised to see Cabba up in the sky holding Tepig. "Let them go, right now!" Cabba demanded.
Jessie growled angrily, "Doesn't this Saiyan Twerp ever give up!?" "He's already getting on my nerves!" Meowth growled. "We're never gonna get anywhere with him following us in the air!" James said.
Jessie pulled out a Poke Ball. "Well, I'll just have to knock him right out of the sky! Woobat, use Air Slash!" Jessie called. Her Woobat came out and fired its Air Slash at Cabba and Tepig.
"Tepig, counter that with Ember!" Cabba called as Tepig fired his Ember attack against Air Slash. The two attacks cancelled each other out, but Jessie wasn't gonna give up now.
"Woobat, use Gust!" Jessie called. Woobat flapped his wings fast and blowing wind at Cabba and Tepig, forcing them to stop and giving Team Rocket a chance to get away.
"Team Rocket! Get back here!" Cabba yelled angrily through the wind. "Pig Tepig!" Tepig yelled angrily.
Meowth laughed, "Great job, Jessie! We lost them!" Jessie returned Woobat, "Nothing to it."
Then suddenly, their machine stopped and one side of it was lurching. That made the four Pokemon on the magnet panic while Team Rocket grew surprised. Cabba and Tepig landed on the ground behind the machine as they looked to see what just happened.
"What's happening?" Jessie asked while looking around.
Everyone looked to see a bunch of wild Sandile surrounding them. "It's a group of wild Sandile!" Cabba exclaimed. James looked back angrily and yelled, "You!? I thought we lost you in the wind from Woobat's Gust!"
Meowth swung his suitcase at the approaching Sandile, "Stay away from us! All of you!" "Those other Sandile are gonna make our load too heavy if this doesn't change soon!" James said.
Then another voice yelled out to them, "Then allow me to lighten your load!" Cabba, Tepig, and Team Rocket looked to see Sandy and they were surprised to see her floating in the air and with a Ki disk floating above her raised hand. "Oh, what is it now!?" Jessie yelled angrily. "Sandy?" Cabba asked, sounding surprised. "This will teach you crooks not to take my partner from me! DESTRUCTO-DISK!" Sandy then threw her sharp Ki disk at the magnet.
The Destructo-Disk sliced the metal rope on the magnet, freeing Pikachu, Oshawott, Jaws, and Sunglasses Sandile and shocking Team Rocket, Cabba, and Tepig.
"What!? She can use attacks like that too!?" Team Rocket yelled in shock. "She must be a Martial Artist!" Cabba said in realization. Sunglasses Sandile saw that Cabba and Sandy were trying help, so he called to the group of wild Sandile who began to dig underground, preparing for a surprise attack.
Jessie gritted her teeth, "Alright, what are they trying to do!? James, get us out of here! Right away!" "Right!" James agreed. But before he could even touch the controls, the machine lurched again, this time from another side. Now their machine was beginning to sink! Cabba and Sandy saw this and gasped when they saw that Sunglasses Sandile, Jaws, Pikachu, and Oshawott were too close to the sinking machine!
"Jaws, get out of there!" Sandy called. But then something quickly flew past her. She was surprised to see that Cabba flew in and quickly grabbed the four Pokemon and flew them to safety, back to where Sandy and Tepig were.
Cabba set them down, and Sunglasses Sandile was surprised by what the Saiyan just did. Sandy and Jaws were happily reunited as they hugged each other. "Jaws! Oh, thank goodness you're all right!" Sandy said happily. "Sand Sandile!" Jaws happily replied.
Before the machine sank completely, Jessie, James, and Meowth jumped out and landed on the ground.
Sunglasses Sandile then began to walk away, still carrying Pikachu and Oshawott. Cabba and Sandy saw him leave and tried to stop him. "Sandile, wait!" Cabba called. Sunglasses Sandile looked at both Cabba and Sandy for a moment, but then he motioned the two of them, plus Tepig and Jaws, to follow him. Then he walked away with the wild Sandile following him.
Cabba was confused as he asked, "Wonder what he wants?" Tepig shrugged. Sandy and Jaws seemed to have gotten Sunglasses Sandile's message as Sandy turned to Cabba and told him, "I think he wants us to follow him. This might have something to do with why he took Pikachu and Oshawott away!"
"Are you sure?" Cabba asked. Sandy nodded with a smile and a wink, "Trust me, I know my Ground-Types!" "Sandile!" Jaws agreed with his trainer. Cabba and Tepig decided to go with what Sandy said as the four of them began to follow the group of Sandile.
"Team, I'm afraid we have no choice but to retreat!" James said to his teammates. Jessie and Meowth agreed and the three of them used their jet-packs to flee from the area. Sandy and Cabba saw the get away, and safe to say, Sandy was still pretty mad at them. "They're not getting away!" Sandy growled, but then Cabba placed a hand on her shoulder. "Let them go Sandy. Knowing them, they'll probably be back soon. For now, let's just follow the Sandile." Cabba assured.
Sandy sighed to calm herself, then she nodded and they continued to follow the Sandile.
Later, at a fair distance, Sunglasses Sandile finally released Pikachu and Oshawott from his grip and the two Pokemon rushed over to Cabba and Sandy.
"Pikachu, Oshawott, are you okay?" Cabba asked two of Ash's Pokemon. "Pika./Osha." Pikachu and Oshawott nodded, both are relieved to be free from Sunglasses Sandile's grip.
Jaws walked over to Sunglasses Sandile as if he wanted to ask him something. "Sandile Sandile?" Jaws asked. "Sandile!" Sunglasses Sandile called to Jaws as well as Cabba, Sandy, Pikachu, Tepig, and Oshawott. Sunglasses Sandile then jerked his head to the right, as if to show them what was happening. Cabba, Sandy, and the five Pokemon with them looked to see that there was a group of wild Pokemon nearby.
"Those wild Pokemon? Patrat, Pidove, and Deerling? But, what are they doing here?" Cabba asked in confusion. "Maybe this has something to do with why Sandile took Pikachu and Oshawott?" Sandy guessed.
Sunglasses Sandile then walked up to the top of a rock. "Sandile Sandile! Sandile! Sandile Sandile!" Sunglasses Sandile made some sort of announcement, but it only confused Cabba and Sandy.
"What do you think Sandile's trying to say?" Cabba asked. "I don't really know. I'm as lost as you are." Sandy shrugged.
Just then, a burst of hot water came bursting from the ground, surprising everyone in the area. "What was that?" Cabba asked, sounding surprised. "A geyser! They're pretty much like cannons shooting out scalding hot water!" Sandy explained, just as steam began to surround everyone as the geyser burst even closer to them.
"Sandile Sand!" Sunglasses Sandile called out. And the Pokemon began to move.
Cabba took a look at the geyser once again. "I remember how dangerous a geyser can be back on Planet Sadal. If I had to take a guess, the Sandile that attack the hotel sand spa only to get the guests to safety from the geysers! And that must be why Sandile grabbed Pikachu and Oshawott and dragged them away! The Sandile were just trying to warn everyone who came to Dan's family's hotel about the geysers and take the wild Pokemon to a safe place!" Cabba explained, now understanding the actions of the wild Sandile.
Sandy suddenly grinned happily. "I knew it! I had a feeling there was some reason why they would come to the hotel to cause havoc! They were just trying to protect the people and Pokemon!" Sandy yelled happily. That made Cabba, Tepig, Pikachu, and Oshawott sweat drop as they stepped away from her a bit.
"Sandile." Jaws sighed and placed a paw on his face, suddenly feeling embarrassed by his trainer's outburst.
"Uh, maybe we should follow the Sandile now." Cabba said, a bit uneasily. Sandy got out of her super happiness and said, "Oh, right! The geysers, of course."
Just as they were about to follow, they heard a familiar voice. "Hey, Pikachu!" Pikachu and Oshawott turned to see Ash running over to them.
Cabba, Tepig, Sandy, and Jaws turned to see Ash, Iris, and Dan as well. "Ash! Guys, you made it!" Cabba said happily while Pikachu and Oshawott ran over to their trainer.
Sunglasses Sandile also noticed the Kanto trainer. "Sandile!" Sunglasses Sandile began to walk over to the five Pokemon again.
Suddenly, the area began to shake. "That sounds huge!" Dan called. Pikachu and Oshawott got back to Ash just as another geyser shoot boiling water into the air. The barrier that protected them from geysers broke.
The boiling water splashed and turned into a boiling river. Iris and Dan ran over to see what was happening. The six of them widened their eyes to see the boiling river surrounding all the Patrat, all the Pidove, and all the Deerling who then began to shiver in fright.
Some parts of the land they were standing on began to break apart, scaring them even more. "They're surrounded by boiling water! Now what do we do?" Iris asked. "It's gonna be trouble if another big one blows!" Dan said, but then there was another rumble. "Like right now!" Iris shrieked.
Ash then began to run over to the boiling water. "Ash, what are you doing?" Cabba asked, running over to him. Pikachu was about to follow, but Oshawott pushed him to the ground to prevent him from doing so. Ash was about to step in the water, but Cabba quickly pulled him back. "You can't walk through that! You'll burn yourself!" Cabba told the Kanto trainer. "But I've gotta do something to save them!" Ash grunted.
"Sandile!" Sunglasses Sandile called. Everyone turned to see Sunglasses Sandile give orders to the wild Sandile who nodded in response. Then Sunglasses Sandile and Jaws turned to each other and nodded before walking off with the wild Sandile. "Jaws, where are you going?" Sandy asked in confusion. Sunglasses Sandile bit on a rock and Jaws then bit on Sunglasses Sandile's tail, then the wild Sandile began to bite on each others tails. Thus forming a Sandile Bridge.
"What are they trying to do?" Iris asked. "I know! The Sandile are making a bridge!" Ash exclaimed as everyone saw that the bridge was complete. "Wow! Way to go, Jaws!" Sandy cheered. "Good luck, Sandile!" Dan called. "You can do it!" Iris cheered.
The Sandile Bridge lowered down to the wild Pokemon, so they can cross it. "Yeah, awesome! Everyone, cross over the bridge!" Ash called to the wild Pokemon, but to everyone's surprise, the Pokemon grew hesitant, not crossing the bridge. "What's the matter?" Iris asked. "They're scared! The boiling water surrounding them is frightening them!" Sandy answered. "Hey, you've got to hurry and cross!" Ash called to them again. The Pokemon were still hesitating and not crossing.
Cabba then looked determined. "That's it, I'm going over there!" Cabba said, flying next to the bridge, much to everyone's surprise. "In that case, I'll help too!" Ash called before he and Pikachu ran across the bridge, they and Cabba met up with the frightened Pokemon.
"Come on! Let's all get on the Sandile Bridge and cross over together!" Ash called. "Pika Pika!" Pikachu called as well. "Everything will be fine! We'll be right by your side!" Cabba called. With that, one Deerling began to cross the Sandile Bridge, it felt more at ease when Cabba floated next to it and placed a gentle hand on its back.
"Okay! Hurry!" Ash called as the other Pokemon began to cross as well with the Pidove flying above. "Keep it up!" Iris called. "You can do it!" Sandy cheered. "Not much time!" Dan warned.
Cabba kept flying back and forth to give the wild Pokemon some comfort as they crossed the Sandile Bridge. After a few minutes, all the wild Pokemon were on the safe side. "Pikachu, why don't you go on ahead?" Ash asked. Pikachu nodded and began to cross the bridge. But then some more rocks began to break from under a Sandile's feet. Both Ash and Cabba gasped as Ash held onto Sandile and Cabba landed next to Ash to pull him closer to the small land.
"Oh no! Ash! Cabba!" Iris gasped. "Pika Pi!/Te Tepig!" Pikachu and Tepig called for their trainers.
"Okay! Hang on a little longer!" Ash called as Sunglasses Sandile's grip on the rock was beginning to slip. "You can do it Sandile! Just a little more!" Ash grunted while everyone else was back on the safe side.
Then another burst of geysers came, boiling water began to fall towards Ash and Cabba who yelled in surprise. Oshawott then ran across the Sandile Bridge, then fired a Water Gun at the boiling water, stopping it. "Osha!" Oshawott cheered, but then he panicked when he and the others saw that Oshawott was about fall into the boiling water.
Thinking ahead, Ash pulled out Oshawott's Poke Ball. "Oshawott, return!" Ash called, returning Oshawott to his Poke Ball. "You were great, Oshawott!" Ash praised, but then another geyser burst and more hot water came over to Ash and Cabba. "Ash, Cabba, look out!" Iris called.
Cabba then got in front of Ash and moved his hands to his left side. He was now charging up power for an attack as light purple energy began to form around his hands, by now the others were curious to see what the Saiyan was about to do. "TAKE THIS!" Cabba shouted, firing a wave of light purple energy at he boiling water, easily getting it out of the way as the geyser stopped. Everyone else was surprised to see what the Saiyan just did.
"Whoa! Cabba, what was that?" Ash asked in amazement and shock. "That was my special attack called the Galick Cannon." Cabba answered. Then he saw that Ash was starting to lose his grip. "Ash, you're slipping!" Cabba exclaimed. Ash gasped to see that his Saiyan friend was right as he tried to hold on, but it was too late.
But then, Iris grabbed Ash's hand just in time. Ash and Cabba looked to see her on the edge of the bridge, smiling at them. "That was pretty crazy, you guys." Iris sighed. "Nah! That was nothing!" Ash grinned. "Nothing at all." Cabba happily agreed. Then he called out to Sunglasses Sandile, "Sandile! Give it just one more push!"
Sunglasses Sandile nodded before he and the other Sandile raised themselves up high with Ash and Iris hanging on while Cabba flew next to them. "Awesome!" Iris exclaimed. Then the Sandile Bridge fell apart, and everyone began to fall down. As Ash fell down, he unknowingly grabbed Cabba by his tail, making him grunt before they hit the ground.
As they hit the ground, Ash groaned and saw Cabba twicthing next to him just after the Kanto Trainer let go of the Saiyan's tail. "Cabba, are you okay?" Ash asked. Iris looked over just as Cabba sat up, then she asked, "Cabba, what happened to you?" "You see, Ash grabbed my tail when we were falling down. I was told that a Saiyan loses their power whenever that happens, that is unless a Saiyan trains it to work out that weakness." Cabba explained, rubbing the back of his head.
Ash laughed sheepishly and apologized, "Sorry Cabba, I didn't know." Iris and Axew, on the other hand, were surprised to see that Cabba's tail was really moving. Sandy was confused by all this talk about Saiyans. But in the end, everyone smiled and laughed.
Back at the hotel, Ash, Cabba, Iris, and Sandy were all relaxing in the hot springs. Pikachu, Axew, and Oshawott were relaxing with them while Tepig and Jaws stood next to Dan and his Dad, mainly because they don't like being in water because Tepig's a Fire-Type and Jaws is a Ground/Dark-Type.
"Well son, what do you think of our new hot spring?" Dan's Father asked.
"I'm sorry the geysers caused us to lose the sand spa, but this is incredible!" Dan exclaimed.
"Hot water feels awesome!" Ash sighed, feeling relaxed. "Pikachu." Pikachu agreed, relaxing.
"Yeah! Five stars without a doubt!" Iris giggled. "Axew!" Axew agreed with a happy nod.
Cabba sighed, also relaxing in the hot spring. "This really does feel nice. It makes me remember when I used to visit some of the local hot springs back on Planet Sadal... Before it blew up." Cabba said, remembering his times on Planet Sadal.
"I don't know what you mean by Sadal, but you're right. This is so soothing." Sandy said in a relaxing way.
"Wow, thanks!" Dan said with a smile. "We now have a new attraction!" Dan's Dad chuckled.
"Yeah! There's nothing more relaxing than a hot spring!" Ash grinned.
"You're right! This is great!" Cabba agreed.
Iris looked and saw that Jaws was depressed by what happened to the hot sand. "Although, I think Jaws prefers the hot sand more." Iris mentioned.
"Sandile!" Jaws moaned, a little too dramatically, while Tepig calmly patted him as if to offer some sort of comfort to the depressed Sandile.
"Give it time, Jaws will feel better before you know it." Sandy assured.
While in a distance away from the hotel, something emerged from the ground. It was the same Sandile with sunglasses on, and he was suddenly laughing to himself.
Not only did Ash, Cabba, and Iris met Dan and Sandy, but now Ash has a new Pokemon friend in Oshawott. And as soon as they finish relaxing in the new hot springs of Dan's family's hotel, our heroes will be back on the road to Striaton City as the journey continues next time on Pokemon Super: Black & White!
Cabba's Pokemon Team (So far):
1. Tepig (M) (Tackle, Ember, Tail Whip, Defense Curl)