Previously on Pokemon Super: Black & White, after discovering that Oshawott left Professor Juniper's Lab to follow Ash, our heroes met up with Dan and Sandy who were having some problems regarding a bunch of wild Sandile. Turns out the Sandile, lead by one wearing a pair of sunglasses, were trying to warn wild Pokemon and those who come to Dan's family hotel about the erupting geysers. After saving the Pokemon, relaxing in the new hot springs, and parting ways with their new friend and Martial Artist Sandy, our heroes have arrived in some sort of town. Now the story continues!
The Battle Club & Tepig's Choice
It was a new day, and the three trainers saw a town in front of them. Thinking that it was Striaton City, Ash was excited.
"Yes! We've finally reached Striaton City! Time for me and Cabba to have a Gym Battle!" Ash exclaimed. "Pika!" Pikachu agreed. Even Cabba had to admit, he was feeling excited about having a Gym Battle for the first time.
Iris walked passed the two boys. "Hate to break it to you Ash, but this is Accumula Town. Striaton City is the next town over." She pointed out.
Ash's eyes widened in surprise while Cabba just blinked a couple of times. "Wait, what?" Ash yelped.
"But, of course you wouldn't know that! You're a kid!" Iris giggled. "Come on Iris, me and Ash have never been to Unova before, so of course we didn't know that this isn't Striaton City." Cabba mentioned.
Ash sighed in disappointment, "Wow. Bummer, I was so psyched to have a Gym Battle." Cabba patted Ash on the back, "Well, that just means we have more time to prepare for the Striaton Gym Battle. Don't feel down Ash."
Iris smiled as she turned to the two boys. "Then, why don't you two go to the Pokemon Battle Club? That's where I'm going right now!" She suggested.
"Pokemon Battle Club?" Cabba asked. "So, what's that?" Ash asked. "Of course you both wouldn't know that either." Iris chuckled.
"It's like this. A Pokemon Battle Club is a place where Pokemon Trainers come to battle each other. In order to battle, you'll have to schedule with the trainer you choose to battle." Iris explained to Ash and Cabba as they walked through Accumula Town.
Soon the three trainers reached a particular building in Accumula Town.
"Here we are! This is the Pokemon Battle Club!" Iris said.
They went inside the building, then they saw several machines nearby. Iris clicked on the screen panel in front of them, it showed the profile of some of the trainers.
"What is that Iris?" Cabba asked. "This is the Bulletin Board. You can check the profile of any trainers to see who you want to battle against. It's an awesome place where trainers can sharpen their skills by battling as they see fit!" Iris explained. Ash smiled, already feeling excited about the Battle Club.
Then they heard something in the distance. "What was that?" Ash asked, surprised by the sound. "Pika?" Pikachu asked, as surprised as his trainer. "Well, judging by the energy I'm sensing, I'd say a battle's going on right now." Cabba guessed. "Come on, let's check it out!" Ash suggested.
The three of them entered a bigger room that looks more like an indoor battle arena, and it looked like a Pokemon Battle is about to unfold.
"Perfect timing! Looks like they're about to start battling!" Iris exclaimed. "Wow! All right!" Ash exclaimed.
Cabba took a look at the Pokemon on the field, and he saw that they looked kinda like a Snivy and an Oshawott, only a little different. "What kind of Pokemon are they using? They kinda look like Snivy and Oshawott." Cabba asked. Ash and Cabba took out their Pokedexs to scan the Pokemon.
"Servine, the Grass Snake Pokemon, and the evolved form of Snivy. Servine whips its opponents with vines and dodges their attacks by hiding in thick shadows of foliage." Cabba's Pokedex explained. "Evolved form of Snivy?" Cabba asked himself, still new to the ways of Pokemon.
"Dewott, the Discipline Pokemon, and the evolved form of Oshawott. Through rigid training, Dewott uses the double scalchop technique to accomplish its fluid swordsmanship." Ash's Pokedex explained. "Whoa..." Ash said, he was amazed by the two evolved Pokemon.
"Servine, use Leaf Blade!" Servine's trainer called. Servine charged towards its opponent, about ready to use Leaf Blade.
"Dewott, Water Gun!" Dewott's trainer called. Dewott unleashed a Water Gun that made Servine tumble across the battlefield.
"Okay! That's enough! Take your Servine to be healed!" A man called. They turned to see that the man looked like a Martial Arts instructor.
Servine's trainer ran over to check on his Grass-Type. "Servine, are you okay?" He asked. "Servine." Servine whimpered in pain a little. The boy then took his Servine out of the Battle Club.
As Ash, Cabba, and Iris watched Servine's trainer leave, the man walked over to them. "We'll take care of all your battle needs! I welcome you to the Battle Club!" He called as they turned to him. "My name is Don George! I'm the club manager of the Accumula Battle Club!" Don George introduced himself.
Ash, Cabba, and Iris were amazed before they began to introduce themselves. "My name is Iris! I'd like to introduce you to Ash!" Iris pointed to the trainer from Kanto. "And I'm Cabba! It's nice to meet you Don George." Cabba introduced with a small bow. "Iris was telling me and Cabba that anyone could have a battle here if they want to!" Ash said. Don George chuckled, "Right! That's correct!"
"Ash and I are going to challenge the Striaton Gym, and we want to be ready for it." Cabba explained. "Pika!" Pikachu agreed with the Saiyan as he got on Ash's shoulder.
Don George was surprised to see Pikachu. "Ah! A Pikachu? How unusual to see one in the Unova Region!" Don George chuckled. Just then, as Dewott's trainer left to give his Dewott a rest, someone else came into the Battle Club.
"I see. So that would make you Pikachu's trainer and partner, right?" Ash, Pikachu, Cabba, Iris, and Don George turned to the newcomer. It was a muscular guy with short red hair that matched his red eyes. He was wearing a black t-shirt, a yellow vest, black fingerless gloves, a red belt, yellow pants, black shoes, and red ankle guards. The guy also had what looks like a red pole behind his back. (A/N: This is my Male Earthling from Xenoverse 2)
"Yeah, you're right!" Ash nodded with a grin. The guy chuckled, "Guess this must be my lucky day! I came here to the Accumula Battle Club to give my Pokemon partner a good training session, and I see an actual Pikachu with my own eyes!"
"I welcome you to the Battle Club as well! We'll take care of all your battle needs!" Don George welcomed the red head. Cabba sensed something in the new guy. "Your power level's pretty high. Excuse me, but are you also a Martial Artist?" Cabba asked.
The red head gave off a silly grin and nodded his head. "That's right! My name's Jack! And when I'm not training my Pokemon partner, I train myself in the art of Martial Arts!" Jack introduced himself.
Ash, Cabba, and Iris were amazed by hearing that. "Wow! My name's Ash! Me and Pikachu came from the Kanto Region, we're gonna enter the Unova League!" Ash introduced. "Pi Pikachu!" Pikachu waved. "I'm Iris! And this is my partner, Axew." Iris introduced just as Axew popped out of her hair. "Axew Ew!" Axew waved. "And I'm Cabba! I just started off as a Pokemon Trainer, but I'm also a Martial Artist myself." Cabba introduced with a small bow.
Hearing what the Saiyan said got Jack's attention. "Well, what do you know? Small world." Jack chuckled. Then he made an offer to the Saiyan, "Say, how about you and I have ourselves a Pokemon Battle?"
Cabba was surprised by the offer. "Me? But, I've never had an actual Pokemon Battle before." Cabba said. "Go for it, Cabba!" Iris encouraged. "That's something I'd like to see! Besides, it'll be great practice for you before our Striaton Gym Battle!" Ash agreed. "Pika Pika!/Axew Axew!" Pikachu and Axew cheered for their Saiyan friend as well.
Cabba smiled at that. "Okay, Jack, I accept your challenge!" He said.
"Awesome!" Jack cheered.
Now Jack and Cabba were at the battlefield while Ash, Pikachu, Iris, and Axew watched while sitting on a bench near Cabba's side.
"Okay! Tepig, let's go!" Cabba called out his Fire Pig Pokemon. Tepig appeared and blew flames out his nose.
"Cool, a Tepig! Never had a chance to battle one of those." Jack said as he pulled out his own Poke Ball. "Now I'll show you my partner! Patrat, come on out!" Jack brought out his Pokemon, which was a Patrat. But what threw Ash, Cabba, Iris, and their Pokemon off was that Jack's Patrat wasn't like the wild ones they've seen before.
While other Patrat had brown fur and red and yellow eyes, Jack's Patrat has grey fur and blue and green eyes.
"Hey, why's Jack's Patrat a different color than the one's we've seen before?" Ash asked in confusion. "My Patrat's rather unique. He's been with me even before he hatched from the Pokemon egg my father gave to me when I was younger." Jack explained. "Pat Patrat!" Patrat said.
Cabba got his Pokedex out to scan Patrat. "Patrat, the Scout Pokemon. Extremely cautious, one of them will always be on the lookout, but it won't notice a foe coming from behind." Cabba's Pokedex explained.
"Let the battle begin!" Don George declared.
"Here we go! Tepig, start off with Tackle!" Cabba called. Tepig then charged towards Patrat. "We'll also go with a Tackle attack of our own!" Jack called. Patrat was able to counter Tepig's Tackle with his own.
"Now Patrat, use Bite!" Jack called. Patrat jumped up and then got ready to bite on Tepig.
"Tepig, use Defense Curl!" Cabba called. Tepig curled up into a ball, making it hard for Patrat to use Bite as he landed in front of Jack.
"Smart move! Defense Curl raises Tepig's defense power!" Iris commented. "Way to go, Cabba!" Ash cheered.
"Ember attack, let's go!" Cabba called as Tepig got ready to fire his Ember attack.
"Dodge it, Patrat!" Jack called. Patrat jumped up just as Ember was fired. "Now, dive down and use Cut!" Jack called. Patrat's claws glowed as he dived down towards Tepig.
"Use Ember again!" Cabba called. Tepig managed to get Patrat with Ember, but Patrat was still coming down and he managed to get Tepig with Cut.
Then, without warning, an alarm went off.
Then some of Don George's pupils ran into the room. "Battle manager, sir! It's the emergency alarm!" One student called. "Something's in the storage room!" Student #2 said. "It's probably that mysterious Pokemon!" Student 3 made his guess.
Don George sighed and then he nodded. "Right. I'm going to have to suspend your battle for now." Don George told Cabba and Jack before he followed his students.
Ash, Cabba, Iris, and Jack were curious about what was going on. By now, Ash and Iris were standing next to Cabba and Jack. "Oh man. A mysterious Pokemon?" Ash asked. "How cool is that!?" Iris asked, feeling excited. "Do you guys think that maybe this mysterious Pokemon could be causing trouble for the Accumula Battle Club? If so, we should try to find a way to calm it down." Cabba suggested.
"But first, we have to find out what really caused the alarm to go off. Come on, Patrat!" Jack said. Patrat jumped up on Jack's left shoulder as the trainer ran off after Don George. Ash, Pikachu, Cabba, Tepig, Iris, and Axew followed after the red-headed trainer.
Later, Ash, Cabba, Iris, and Jack followed Don George and his pupils to the storage room where the pupils began to investigate.
"It doesn't look like anything was stolen." Student 1 said. Don George nodded.
Patrat's eyes were wandering a little, then when his eyes caught something, he tapped Jack on the head a bit to get his attention. "What is it Patrat?" Jack asked in confusion. "Pat Patrat." Patrat pointed at what he was looking at. Jack looked and saw that it was a security camera. "Hey, Don George! Maybe that security camera Patrat spotted might have recorded something." Jack said, pointing at the camera.
"You're right. Let's review it!" Don George called to his pupils. "Sir!" The pupils agreed.
Everyone went into a room to look through the security cameras around the Battle Club.
"So, what's going on?" Ash asked. One of the pupils looked through one of the recordings to find out what set off the alarm earlier.
"The food in the storage room has been stolen a lot lately, and an unidentified Pokemon has been sighted too." Don George explained.
Jack slowly nodded his head. "I get ya. That's why the Battle Club has security cameras all over. To make sure the thieves or this mysterious Pokemon wouldn't get away." Jack said, Patrat was nodding his head as well.
"A mysterious Pokemon?" Cabba asked, quite curious about the Pokemon. Ash, on the other hand, grew excited after hearing about the mysterious Pokemon. "Awesome! If it's a new kind of Pokemon, I want to catch it!" Ash exclaimed.
"Such a kid. You can't find a new Pokemon that easily." Iris giggled a bit. Ash's mood went down after hearing that. "Yeah... Guess you're right." Ash mumbled sadly. Don George chuckled, "But, at the same time, that's what makes it so exciting!" Ash smiled at the Battle Club manager's words.
"Battle manager, sir! We're ready to go!" Student 1 called. "Good! Let's just see what went on!" Don George called. "Sir, here it is!" The pupil said, showing them the video.
The recording first showed a shadow running away from the storage room. Just after the shadow came a trio of figures familiar to Ash, Cabba, and Iris. It was Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket! "What's that!?" Jessie shrieked, seeing the shadowy figure take off. Then the alarm went off. "Not good." Jessie muttered. "Exit, quick!" James called. Then the evil trio ran off, making their escape.
"Two people?" The student asked, sounding surprised. "And apparently a Meowth." Jack added, just as surprised as the pupil. "I know them! Team Rocket!" Ash snapped. "Pika!" Pikachu growled with a glare.
"Who's Team Rocket?" Don George asked. "They're a group of criminals that steal Pokemon from their trainers." Cabba answered, sounding quite mad when he saw Team Rocket up to no good once again. "Not them again!" Iris complained. "Axew!" Axew snapped, popping out of Iris' hair.
"Well, the security system caught more than those guys." Don George mentioned. Everyone turned back to the video. "I'd like you to play that part of the security tape once more!" Don George said. "Sir!" The pupil agreed, rewinding back to the shadowy figure.
When it showed the shadow, Ash, Cabba, Iris, and Jack grew bewildered. "A shadow?" Cabba asked. "Dark and skinny..." Iris whispered. "Well, what kind of Pokemon is it?" Jack asked in confusion.
Ash looked through his Pokedex. Then he smiled and showed it to Don George. "Looks to me like this Pokemon." Ash said. "Umbreon, the Moonlight Pokemon, and an evolved form of Eevee. The rings of Umbreon's body glow faintly when exposed to the moon's aura, and gains a mysterious power." Ash's Pokedex explained. Cabba, Iris, and Jack went to get a closer look at the Pokemon shown on the Pokedex.
"Wow! That's so cool!" Iris exclaimed. "That's a bit strange." Jack said, crossing his arms. "Why's that?" Cabba asked. "Because Umbreon don't normally live in the Unova Region." Jack answered. Don George smirked, "If we were to discover one, it would be a huge find!"
Now everyone was out at the front entrance, coming up with a plan to catch what they think might be Umbreon.
"Alright! Let's keep our eyes open and find Umbreon!" Don George called. "Sir!" The three students agreed, then they ran in different directions.
Now, Ash, Cabba, Iris, and Jack were standing in front of the front entrance. "Ash! Cabba! What do you say we go and help them out?" Iris suggested.
"Sure! Let's go!" Ash agreed. "I'm in!" Cabba also agreed. "Count me in! I'd like to see if it really is Umbreon myself!" Jack said. With that, the four trainers ran off to the storage room to collect some Pokemon Food for their own plan.
And that plan involved putting some Pokemon Food in bowls and making some tracks of them as bait for Umbreon. Now their trap was all set.
"Okay. I think that should do it." Iris said. She, Axew, Cabba, and Tepig finished setting up their part of the trap.
Cabba curiously picked up a piece of Pokemon Food. "I'm not one to doubt the plan, Iris, but are you sure Umbreon will come and get these?" Cabba asked.
"Trust me on this Cabba. Once Umbreon smells the Pokemon Food, it'll eat it for sure." Iris grinned. "Ew Axew Ew!" Axew happily agreed.
Cabba then suddenly popped the Pokemon Food piece in his mouth to see what it tastes like. He grimaced a bit before he spit it out in a nearby trash bin. "I guess Pokemon Food counts as Pet Food of this planet." Cabba said.
Iris raised an eyebrow while glancing at her Saiyan friend. "Uh, what planet are you from?" Iris asked. "Sadal." Cabba answered.
Then Ash and Jack walked out of the storage room with Pikachu and Patrat. "Hey guys! Ash and I finished setting up the Pokemon Food!" Jack called to Cabba and Iris. "Now what?" Ash called.
Iris made a shushing sound to Ash and Jack. "I think the best thing we can do is split up so we can keep a sharp eye on this place!" Iris suggested. "Good idea. Umbreon could be hungry. So, there's a chance that Umbreon might fall for this." Jack caught on and agreed. Iris nodded, "I'll be watching from over there! Now, if you three see Umbreon, let me know!" Then she ran off to her position. "I'm planning to catch it if you don't mind!" Iris called out.
Jack then turned to Ash and Cabba. "I'll help Don George and his students in their search. Good luck guys!" Jack said. He then ran off, leaving Patrat with Ash and Cabba.
"Okay! Now it's our turn!" Ash said to his Saiyan friend. Cabba nodded, "Right!" Then Ash turned to Pikachu, Tepig, and Patrat. "You guys wait here just in case Umbreon decides to come back to the storage room." Ash told the Pokemon. "Pika!/Tepig!/Patrat!" Pikachu, Tepig, and Patrat agreed. Then one of Ash's Poke Balls opened up and Oshawott appeared next to Pikachu.
Cabba blinked after seeing that. "Okay, I didn't know that could happen." "Oshawott, what are you doing out of your Poke Ball?" Ash asked in confusion. "Wott Osha!" Oshawott answered, sounding proud. Ash smiled, "I get it. You want to help out, right?" Oshawott nodded.
"Okay then, you four are in charge of guarding the storage room. If Umbreon happens to step in, let us know." Cabba told the four Pokemon.
The Pokemon nodded. Then Ash and Cabba went off to their own position.
Just then, Oshawott's nose picked up the scent of Pokemon Food. Happy to see what he believes is his lunch, Oshawott sat down and began to eat happily.
"Pika Pikachu!" Pikachu said, trying to get Oshawott to stop eating. "Patrat! Pat Patrat Rat Pat Patrat!" Patrat scolded, reminding Oshawott that they were on a mission to catch Umbreon. However, Oshawott just blew a raspberry at them and continued eating. Tepig sighed at this. After being with Oshawott in Professor Juniper's Lab, the Fire Pig Pokemon was used to the Sea Otter Pokemon's habits by now.
"Pikachu!/Patrat Rat!" Pikachu and Patrat tried to pull Oshawott away from the bowl. Oshawott unintentionally swatted them away.
Pikachu and Patrat hit against a box. Then a couple of boxes hit them on the head a few times. They groaned as they rubbed their sore heads. Just as Tepig was about to check on them, a pan hit Pikachu and Patrat on the head, knocking them out before one more box landed on them. Now Pikachu and Patrat were unconscious inside a box.
Tepig sighed, seeing his Water-Type friend still eating and completely oblivious to what just happened. Seeing as he would have to take matters into his own paws, Tepig then began to use Tail Whip on Oshawott, lowering his defenses. After that, Tepig backed up a bit before he bashed Oshawott to a wall with Tackle.
Oshawott was knocked out after what Tepig did. Tepig then grabbed Oshawott by his foot, using his teeth. And then he dragged Oshawott so the two of them could hide behind a big box to wait for what they think might be Umbreon.
Meanwhile, Jack, Don George, and the three pupils were at their spot looking for Umbreon.
"Keep looking! Umbreon could be around here somewhere!" Don George called. "Sir!" The pupils agreed.
Jack was also looking around, then a feeling came to him. "Hold on. What's this I'm sensing now?" Jack thought, looking over at a rustling bush.
Just then, a black Pokemon with yellow rings around it walked out. "So, that must be the Umbreon we saw in the video? Odd, it looks a lot like that Meowth we saw with those two people in the video." Jack thought with a raised eyebrow. Jack then shrugged before he called out to Don George and the students, "Hey guys! I see Umbreon! Over there!" Don George and the students turned to see the strange Umbreon, who looked pretty nervous.
Then the Umbreon ran for it. "Quick! We can't let Umbreon get away!" Don George yelled. Then he, his students, and Jack ran off after the strange Umbreon.
Then, out of the bush popped Jessie and James of Team Rocket. "Looks like they've taken the bait." Jessie chuckled. "And now, with them distracted, the storage room is ours for the taking." James said. The two of them then began to sneak over to the storage room.
Ash and Cabba were hiding behind a bush, using another bowl of Pokemon Food as bait.
"And now, we quietly wait for Umbreon to appear." Cabba whispered to Ash.
"Right." Ash whispered. Just then, something came from out of the corner to the bowl. "There it is!" Ash whispered.
Then as the Pokemon got to the bowl, they saw that it wasn't what they thought it was. "Wait, that's not Umbreon." Ash said, taking his Pokedex out. "That's a Tepig." Cabba whispered, recognizing the Pokemon.
"Tepig, the Fire Pig Pokemon. Normally, fire shoots out Tepig's snout, but it shoots out smoke instead when it is feeling ill." Ash's Pokedex explained. Then Ash and Cabba got a good look at the Tepig who seemed to be struggling to have something to eat.
"No wonder we mistook it for Umbreon. Look at it, it's so dirty and skinny. But why isn't Tepig eating?" Ash asked. Cabba got a closer look at Tepig. "Hey, I think I see the problem. Look, a rope is tied around Tepig's snout. That's why Tepig isn't eating, because it's tied up at the mouth!" Cabba said, pointing at the rope around Tepig.
The skinny Tepig saw the two trainers, got scared and ran away. "Hey, wait!" Cabba yelled. "Wait up!" Ash called. The two of them ran after Tepig.
Just then, Iris came just to see the skinny Tepig pass by. "Ash! Cabba! What's going on?" Iris called. "We figured out who the mysterious Pokemon is!" Ash exclaimed. Iris' eyes widened after hearing that. "Huh!? You did!?" Iris asked. Ash and Cabba kept running after the Pokemon. "Slow down! I want to catch it!" Iris called, running after her friends.
After a few minutes, the skinny Tepig ran into a dead end. This gave Ash the chance to slowly walk up to it. "Don't worry. It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you, really. You don't have to be scared." Ash assured.
As he got close enough, he held Tepig up and the skinny Fire Pig Pokemon flailed at the hold. Then it glared at Ash and blew smoke in his face, much to Cabba and Iris' surprise. Ash was covered in soot as he coughed. "Told ya, I won't hurt you!" Ash grinned. Tepig was startled by Ash's quick recovery. "Te... Pig?" Tepig whimpered.
"I'll bet you'd like to eat some yummy Pokemon Food, right?" Ash asked. Tepig slowly nodded, starting to trust Ash. Then Ash now got to work on the rope around Tepig while Cabba and Iris walked closer so Iris can get a better look at the Pokemon herself. "Wait! The mysterious Pokemon is actually a Tepig?" Iris asked.
Cabba nodded, "We thought it was something else because that Tepig doesn't look like mine. This poor little guy was so dirty and skinny and was looking for something to eat. But that rope around his snout kept him from having even a little nibble."
"I'll get that off of you..." Ash assured the Fire Pig Pokemon. Tepig shut its eyes tight, because it thought it might get hurt.
Iris got closer and blinked in surprise. "Be gentle. It looks pretty tight." Iris reminded. "It is! Oh man... Who would do such a terrible thing?" Ash said with a frown. He was still busy with the rope. Cabba frowned and narrowed his eyes, "This is awful! Whoever did this to poor Tepig will not be forgiven."
Now Tepig's snout was finally free, thanks to Ash. Then he got out a handkerchief and and handed it to Cabba. The Saiyan then used it to clean Tepig up. Iris brought out another bowl of Pokemon Food. "Here!" Iris called. Cabba was able to clean the dirt off of Tepig. "Great! Now you eat up!" Ash called with a grin.
Tepig nodded and began to happily eat the Pokemon Food. Cabba laughed a bit, "Slow down there Tepig! You don't want to get a stomachache, do you?" Ash petted Tepig on the back, "That's it! Slow is the way to go!" Iris then glanced at her friends as she smiled.
Meanwhile, Jack, Don George, and the students were still chasing after the strange looking Umbreon.
Jack then glanced at his red pole behind him as an idea came to him. "Well, since my partner isn't with me now, I'll just have to use this to stop Umbreon!" Jack thought. He pulled out his red pole, then he gave it a good toss. It landed in front of Umbreon, making it stop in a corner.
"Aha! Now we've got ya!" Jack exclaimed. Just before he or the Umbreon could do anything, they heard the sound of sobbing. They turned to see Don George and his three students sobbing for some reason. Jack sweat dropped at the sight, "Uh, you guys okay?"
"To think we found the first Umbreon, the very first Umbreon discovered in the Unova Region! I'll never forget this moment!" Don George cried. "Sir, this discovery will go down in history!" Pupil 1 cried. "If we catch that Umbreon, we'll be written up in schoolbooks!" Pupil 2 cried. "I'm begging you to go ahead and catch it, Battle manager!" Pupil 3 sobbed.
"You guys. You've gotta pull it together, or else Umbreon will get away." Jack reminded, but he was ignored by the sobbing. The Umbreon suddenly gave off a sigh. "They're so happy, and now they're sending me to a serious guilt trip, because I'm leading those poor guys on like this!" Umbreon suddenly spoke.
Jack was surprised by what just came out of the Pokemon's mouth. "Wait a minute! Did that Pokemon just talk?" Jack thought, too surprised to speak it out.
The talking Umbreon walked over to the pupils. "Excuse me!" Umbreon called, causing the pupils and Don George to stop crying as they looked at the Pokemon as did Jack. "I hate to take the wind out of your sails, but I'm not Umbreon." The fake Umbreon admitted, and it surprised Don George and the students.
"Wait, if you're not Umbreon, then what are you?" Jack asked, also surprised by what he heard. The fake rubbed on the charm that was on his forehead. "See my charm? That proves that I'm just a Meowth passing by!" Meowth admitted. Jack, Don George, and the pupils were surprised by this.
"Let me get this straight. You're just a talking Meowth?" Don George asked. Meowth nodded and began to walk away. "And I hope you guys have a nice day!" Meowth chuckled. Jack then walked over to pick his red pole off the ground.
Don George fell to his knees. "You think you found the first Umbreon in the Unova Region, but it was nothing but a talking Meowth!" Don George grumbled.
Then Pupil 1 thought of something. "Excuse me, Battle manager, sir? Wouldn't a talking Meowth be considered rare as well?" Pupil 1 asked. Don George quickly got up and turned his head. "You're right! Rare indeed!" Don George exclaimed, but they saw that Meowth was running away.
After a moment of silence, Don George fell to his knees once again. "NOOOO!" Don George wailed as did his three students.
Jack sighed as he held his pole in his hand. "If you want something done right, I guess you've gotta do it yourself." Jack mumbled. "Hey you! Meowth, wait up!" Jack then ran after Meowth.
Back in the storage room, Tepig and Oshawott were still hiding behind a box. Well, Oshawott was still knocked out and Tepig kept his eyes peeled.
"There, the wires have been cut." Tepig heard James' voice and quickly hid further behind the box. "Now it's time to get to work!" Jessie said.
Jessie kept watch while James searched through the boxes. Tepig watched them quietly.
Oshawott began to wake up, and the first thing he saw was Tepig. "Wott Osh-" Oshawott was about to give Tepig a piece of his mind, but Tepig covered the Water-Type's mouth with his tail. Tepig quietly made a shushing sound to Oshawott and pointed, telling him to quietly take a look.
The two Pokemon looked to see the two members of Team Rocket still doing what they were doing. Jessie was keeping watch and James was searching through the boxes, but he didn't find anything. Even the third box only had some Pokemon Food.
James then spotted a box on the floor next to him and he decide to look in it. "Aha!" James gasped at what he saw inside. Jessie walked over, "What is it?"
"Look! It's Pikachu!" James said. They looked to see that it was Pikachu and Patrat, still unconscious. Jessie smiled at this. "No doubt. This is the Twerp's Pikachu!"
James was curious about something. "Quite curious, what was it doing in a box?" Jessie saw the Pokemon next to Pikachu and asked, "Never mind that, who's that Pokemon next to Pikachu?"
James pulled out a device he got from Team Rocket headquarters. "Well I'll be, it's a grey Patrat. Normal Patrat are usually brown." James answered. Jessie smirked, "Well, well, looks like today is our lucky day. Two Pokemon for the price of one."
Tepig and Oshawott quietly watched the whole thing, then they nodded to each other.
While he was running, Meowth managed to get the paint off his body.
"Hold it!" A voice behind him yelled.
Meowth looked behind him to see Jack running after him, and gaining up on him. "Go away! I'm just passing through!" Meowth yelled.
"Look, I just want to ask you some stuff!" Jack called. "I'm not interested in an interview!" Meowth yelled and began to run faster.
Jack sighed, "Why do they always want to do it the hard way?" He then ran faster to catch up to Meowth.
Meowth started to get mad. "Take the hint! I'm not in the mood to talk!" Meowth yelled and then ran even faster, as fast as his feet could.
Getting a good distance, Meowth stopped running to catch his breath. "I think I lost him!" Meowth panted.
Just then, something tapped him on the shoulder. Meowth looked around until he saw Jack, who had a silly smile on his face while he balanced on his red pole on one leg. "Looking for someone?" Jack teased.
Meowth growled angrily at the human on a red stick, "WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO YOU, RED-HEAD!? I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!" In anger, Meowth kicked Jack's red pole. The pole twirled in the air while Jack was calmly in midair. Then the pole whacked Meowth in the head just before it and Jack were back to the balancing position.
"Careful. My Power Pole can be quite dangerous to those who don't know how to use it properly." Jack warned with his eyes closed. However, when he opened his eyes, he saw that Meowth wasn't with him anymore. "Hey, where'd he go?" Jack asked as he got off his pole and looked around.
Back to Ash, Cabba, and Iris, they were walking back to the front entrance of the Pokemon Battle Club with the Tepig they've helped sleeping in Ash's arms.
"Tepig looks a lot better now." Cabba mentioned as they glanced at the sleeping Fire-Type.
"Yep, that Pokemon Food Iris gave it really did the trick." Ash agreed.
Iris looked ahead to see Don George and his three students. "Hey! Did you guys managed to find Umbreon?" Iris asked as the three trainers walked over to them.
Don George shook his head, "Turns out it was all a trick by a talking Meowth." "Next thing we knew, Jack ran after the talking Meowth." Pupil 2 added. That surprised Ash, Cabba, and Iris.
"Talking Meowth? No doubt this is the work of Team Rocket." Cabba said, sounding annoyed. "Those three don't know when to give up, do they?" Iris asked in annoyance. "Welcome to my world." Ash said, clearly annoyed by Team Rocket.
Don George glanced at the Pokemon in Ash's arms. "What's Tepig doing here?" Don George asked. "Look at this! What we thought was Umbreon turned out to be this Tepig!" Ash answered, holding up the rope he pulled off. "That rope was tied tight around Tepig's mouth, so it couldn't eat any Pokemon Food!" Cabba added. "Because of that, Tepig got all skinny and dirty! That's why we mistook it for Umbreon!" Ash finished explaining just as Tepig woke up. "Oops! Sorry for disturbing you." Ash apologized to the Fire-Type.
Don George suddenly gasped, "Wait a minute! I know this Tepig! I remember seeing this Pokemon after its trainer left it here!" Ash, Cabba, and Iris gasped at that.
"Abandoned? What happened?" Iris asked. "One day, at this Battle Club, that Tepig and its trainer came here to battle. But Tepig lost a battle against a Grass-Type. Its trainer left it here, said he can't take Tepig with him anymore. So he tied Tepig to a stick in the ground and walked away. Tepig wanted to be with its trainer, I tried to help it, but Tepig just ran. Then the rope got twisted around Tepig's mouth, so it couldn't eat anything. That must be why it tried to get something from the storage room." Don George explained.
Ash, Cabba, and Iris felt even worse for the poor Fire-Type Pokemon. "I can't believe Tepig's trainer would just leave it alone and starving here at the Battle Club! What he did to poor Tepig is unforgivable!" Cabba growled with his fists shaking in anger.
Just then, Jessie and James tried to sneak away, each carrying a bag, but they stopped to see Ash, Cabba, Iris, Don George, and the students. "It's the twerps!?" Jessie and James gasped. "It's Team Rocket!" Cabba said. "Oh, not you guys again!" Iris snapped. "What bad stuff are you up to this time!?" Ash demanded.
James scoffed, "You and your assumptions! Chiao!" With that, the two of them tried to make their escape.
Then Oshawott and Cabba's Tepig ran to stop them. "Tepig! Pig Pig Tepig!" Cabba's Tepig yelled to Team Rocket. "Osha Osha Oshawott!" Oshawott called. Ash, Cabba, and Iris were surprised by this. "Oshawott? What are you talking about?" Ash asked in confusion. "Tepig, what's going on?" Cabba asked in confusion.
"Pika! Pika Pika!" They heard Pikachu's voice in one of the bags. "Patrat! Patrat Patrat!" Patrat's voice was heard in the other bag. Ash's eyes widened after hearing that. "That voice! Who's that? ...Pikachu!" Ash called. "And that other voice must be Jack's partner, Patrat!" Cabba exclaimed.
"Who's that? So naive, indeed!" Jessie started another motto.
"We'll answer you, when we feel the need!" James added.
"Bringing the white light of evil into the future!" Jessie added.
"Thrusting the Hammer of Justice onto the black darkness of the universe!" James added.
Meowth suddenly jumped from the Battle Club roof to add in his part of the motto. "Carving our names in the Rock of Eternity!"
"The fiery destroyer, Jessie!" Jessie said.
"And with thunderous emotion, I am James!" James said.
"Wisest of the wise, I'm Meowth!" Meowth said.
"Now gather, under the name of Team Rocket!" Jessie, James, and Meowth finished off their motto.
One of the pupils recognized Meowth, "It's that talking Meowth!" "Which means Meowth is one of the bad guys!" Don George stated. "Well, aren't you a genius? Almost as smart as that red-head with the red stick! Man, took forever to get him off my tail!" Meowth groaned.
"Aha! There you are!" Jack jumped off the roof and landed next to Iris. Meowth groaned again, "This guy's like a bad rash that won't go away!"
"Give me back Pikachu!" Ash demanded, glaring at Team Rocket. The evil trio sneered at the trainer from Kanto. "Not after you left it in a box! And with a grey Patrat I might add!" James retorted. "How could you abandon your Pokemon with a rare wild one? We just saved both Pikachu and Patrat from harm, from the trainer of the lowest order!" Jessie explained. "And that gives us the order's, right!" James added.
Jack began to realize what they were saying. "Wait a minute... Grey Patrat? That's my partner you're talking about, you thieves!" Jack yelled angrily. "And they're wrong! Oshawott, use Water Gun!" Ash called. As Oshawott fired his Water Gun, Meowth pushed a button on a remote, creating a force field. The force field protected Team Rocket from Water Gun. Then it began to carry them away with Pikachu and Patrat still in their clutches.
"Argh. Come back!" Ash yelled, running after them as he still held Tepig. "Give Pikachu and Patrat back!" Cabba demanded, firing Ki blasts at the force field. However, to his surprise, the force field held up against the Ki blasts. Meowth laughed, "Nice try, but we were ready for you this time, Saiyan Twerp!" "We're booked up! Goodbye, Twerp!" James called to Ash. "Why you... Ah!" Ash yelped when he slipped on a puddle made from Oshawott's Water Gun.
Cabba and Jack ran over and helped Ash up. "Pig Tepig!" Tepig said to Ash just as Cabba's Tepig joined them.
Ash grinned, "You want to help us out?" The two Tepigs nodded happily. "Alright, then let's attack them together!" Cabba suggested, Ash nodded. "Tepig, use Ember!" Ash and Cabba called together. The two Fire Pig Pokemon fired their Ember attacks at the force field.
Jack then thought of something and held his right hand out, aiming it at the floating field. "I think those two could use a little extra help." Jack thought. Then, from his hand, a barrage of purple Ki blasts shot up and were aimed at the force field, this took Ash, Cabba, Iris, Don George, the students, and Team Rocket by surprise.
Cabba followed Jack's lead and powered up to fire his Galick Cannon at the field. "I hope you're ready for this next attack, Team Rocket!" Cabba fired his Galick Cannon at the field.
Cabba's Galick Cannon, Jack's attack, and the double Ember attack from the Tepig duo made a direct hit with the force field. It exploded and Pikachu was freed from the bag he was in. "Pika!?" Pikachu called out in surprise. Ash gasped and began to run over to catch his Electric-Type. "Pikachu, no!" Ash yelled. Then he caught Pikachu and skidded on the ground.
Ash smiled happily, "Pikachu!" "Pika Pika!" Pikachu happily nuzzled Ash's cheek. Jack looked around as he asked, "Hold on! Where's Patrat?"
They looked back up to see Team Rocket up in the air with hang gliders and one last bag in Meowth's paws. "Thanks a ton, Twerps!" Jessie yelled. "Though, we didn't expect the Twerp with the red stick to know attacks the same way the Saiyan Twerp does." James added while sweating just a little bit. "It doesn't matter! We've still got Patrat! Let's get outta here!" Meowth laughed and began to retreat.
Jack growled angrily as he held his Power Pole. "Oh no you don't! POWER POLE, EXTEND!" Jack surprised everyone as his pole glowed and began to extend longer. "This will teach you not to take my partner away from me! Take... THIS!" Jack swung his longer Power Pole down at Meowth. "Oh, you've gotta be kidding Meowth!" Meowth groaned in sadness just before he got hit on the head by the Power Pole.
The hit gave Patrat enough time to free himself from the bag and get on the Power Pole. "Patrat Rat!" Patrat thanked his trainer. Jack grinned, "Power Pole, retract!"
The Power Pole began to retract and also bringing Patrat back to Jack. Once the Power Pole was back to its original length, Jack and Patrat hugged each other in relief.
Due to his hang glider breaking from the Power Pole hit, Meowth managed to grab James' leg before he could fall to the ground. "I can tell I'm gonna hate that growing stick already!" Meowth groaned as Team Rocket managed to get away.
Ash gritted his teeth, "Team Rocket burns me up!" Cabba narrowed his eyes at the sky and angrily thought, "One day, they're going to go too far. Almost like how those Space Pirates have gone too far!" Cabba's Tepig walked over to Cabba and nuzzled his leg, that made the Saiyan smile at his Fire-Type. The other Tepig walked over to Ash, smiling at him, "Tepig. Tepig!"
Ash set Pikachu down to thank Tepig. "Tepig! Thanks a lot! You helped save Pikachu and Patrat!" Ash thanked with Jack nodding with a grin. "Tepig!" Tepig beamed happily. Then Iris walked over to them and smiled at Tepig. "I've gotta say Tepig, you're such a cutie! You're so pudgy wudgy!" Iris giggled. Tepig felt uncomfortable when Iris began to stretch his face in a funny way.
Jack sweat dropped at what Iris was doing. Cabba glanced at him and whispered, "I guess she just does it to show that she's happy for the Pokemon she's never seen before. You get used to it." "...Okay...?" Jack muttered.
Iris then got up and held out a Poke Ball, "You know what? I think I'd like to catch you!"
But the Tepig in front of her shook his head before he glanced at Ash, "Tepig Tepig Tepig!" As Ash grew confused, Don George laughed as he came over, "It appears Tepig has chosen Ash as its trainer!" The others blinked at this.
Don George chuckled, "After all of its hardships, Tepig knows a great trainer when it sees one! Raise Tepig well, Ash!" Ash was surprised, but then he glanced at Tepig with a grin. He took out a Poke Ball and asked, "So, Tepig, wanna come with me?" "Tepig!" Tepig nodded happily. Ash then turned his cap around, "Awesome! Alright, Poke Ball! Let's go!" Ash tossed the Poke Ball at Tepig. The ball opened up and sucked Tepig inside and then closed up and shook a little on the ground before it stopped. It was a sign that Ash has a new member to his Unova Region Team.
Holding the ball high in the air, Ash exclaimed, "Alright! I've caught a Tepig!" Pikachu and Oshawott cheered along as well. "So, I think we should challenge the Striaton Gym with our new friend, Tepig!" Ash told his Pokemon. "Pika!/Osha!" Pikachu and Oshawott agreed, ready for the upcoming Gym Battle.
Cabba glanced at his Tepig and reminded his friend, "Don't forget about us, Ash. Remember, me and Tepig are also going to challenge the Striaton Gym!" While Ash grinned at his friend, Jack was surprised by what he just heard. "Hold on, you're going to challenge the Striaton Gym with just one Pokemon? Isn't that a little risky?" Jack asked.
Ash then assured the male Earth Martial Artist, "Don't worry about Cabba. I believe he'll do great for his first ever Gym Battle!" Cabba smiled at his friend, "Thanks Ash. I know you'll do great yourself."
"Say, Jack, are you going for Gym Badges yourself?" Iris asked out of curiosity. Jack shook his head, "Nah, not really! For some reason, Gym Battles just aren't my thing. I just enjoy traveling around the Unova Region with Patrat. And catching some other Pokemon here and there!"
Jack turned to Ash and Cabba, "But, that doesn't mean I'm not gonna support you two with your Striaton Gym Battles! I'll be rooting for you guys, knock the Gym Leader dead!" Ash grinned, "You got it!" Jack then turned to Cabba again, "As for you, the next time we meet, how about we have a Martial Arts spar? I'd like to see just how strong you are."
Cabba smiled and shook Jack's hand, "Sure thing Jack. I want to see what you're made of myself!"
Patrat got on Jack's shoulder and smiled at the others. "Well, guess it's time for me and Patrat to get back in the air!" Jack suddenly said, surprising the others. "You can fly as well? So you're gonna fly around the Unova Region?" Iris asked. Jack laughed, "Guilty as charged! But, while it's true that I've learned how to fly, I have another way to get around in the air!"
Don George blinked, "Like what? A Flying-Type Pokemon that can carry you?" Jack shook his head, "Not quite, I have this ride!" Jack suddenly cupped his hands around his mouth and gave off a loud call. "COME TO ME, FLYING NIMBUS!" Jack called out loud, his call echoed in the air. "Flying Nimbus?" Ash asked. Pikachu just shrugged.
"What's he talking about?" Iris asked with a raised eyebrow. "I have a feeling we're about to find out." Cabba said.
Then Patrat spotted something in the sky. "Patrat!" Patrat pointed at what he saw. Coming towards them looks to be a yellow cloud. "Wow!" Ash exclaimed at the sight of the mysterious cloud. Pikachu and Oshawott were amazed as well. "That's your ride?" Cabba asked in awe. "Tepig." Tepig whispered in awe. "That's so amazing!" Iris shrieked in amazement. Axew popped out of her hair and agreed with her, "Ax Axew!"
The Nimbus cloud stopped in front of Jack. "Guys, say hello to the Flying Nimbus. She's actually as sweet as candy." Jack introduced his cloud to his friends. They waved at the cloud just as Jack got on the cloud with Patrat on his shoulder. "I'll see you guys later! Let's go, Nimbus!" Jack called before he and Patrat took to the sky on the Flying Nimbus.
Ash, Cabba, Iris, Don George, the students, and the Pokemon waved goodbye to Jack and Patrat as the two of them flew off on the Flying Nimbus.
Once Jack was out of sight, Ash wondered about something. "Pikachu? Remember what Team Rocket told me? So, what were you and Patrat doing inside a box?" Ash asked. Pikachu tried to explain what happened earlier, but Ash just wasn't getting what he was saying.
Oshawott then whistled and tried to walk away, but Tepig suddenly stopped him by stepping on his tail. Oshawott saw that Tepig was glaring at him, so the Sea Otter Pokemon smiled sheepishly. Suddenly Oshawott screamed and ran away from Tepig. The Fire-Pig Pokemon growled and began to chase after Oshawott.
While Ash, Iris, Axew, Don George, and the students laughed at the chase happening in front of them, Pikachu just sighed in annoyance and Cabba just blinked a couple of times and sweat dropped.
Well it seems that our heroes have made a new friend in Jack and Ash has also found a new friend and team member in Tepig! After having their first experience in a Pokemon Battle Club, Ash and Cabba are now ready to tackle the Striaton City Gym 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)