Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or the concept of Moemon.
After Ash won the Rainbow Badge, the group went to a town funnily named Hop Hop Hop Town. The town was experiencing a problem in that the local Moemon were feeling drained of energy. Thanks to Es's detection of psychic energy, they found that the cause was a Hypno that had evolved three days ago, which was when the incident started. The rich folk who owned the Hypno apologized for their trouble, explaining that she was just helping them fall asleep, and decided to switch to sleeping medication. With the problem solved, the gang went on their way, but not without Serena deciding to take in a wild Psyduck from the Moemon Center and naming her Gem.
Right now, Ash and then gang were now walking down a street called Scissor Street, which Brock wanted to visit. "So, why are here, Brock?" Ash asked the oldest of the group, only for his question to be left unanswered as Brock was busy staring at the stores.
"I know why." Giselle spoke. "Scissor Street is another name for "Breeder's Lane"."
Pia blinked. "I thought Brock wanted to be a Moemon Doctor."
"He does," Ash nodded, "but sometimes a breeder's technique can be useful as a Moemon Doctor."
While they were walking down the street, Ash saw a lot of beauty parlors. He also noticed that some Moemon were looking a bit stylish, wearing clothing different from their usual as well as makeup. While Misty thought they looked cute, Ash didn't think so. He thought that all Moemon would look cute without any makeup or accessories on.
They Misty saw something that made her squeal; "How Cute!". In the window was an Ekans wearing a pink and yellow dress, with decorations on, and green ribbons on the back of her head as well as high heels. There was also a Koffing wearing a blue shirt and a frilly yellow tutu, a ton of makeup, and an orange ribbon on the back of her head.
"Is that Ekans trying to look like a Christmas tree?" Es asked Ash and Pia via telepathy, obviously weirded out by the display.
"I don't know. You tell me." Pia said, also weirded out.
"This is so wrong." Ash said, feeling sick to his stomach. He then saw a woman exit the salon with a Raichu and a Dodrio...who had the most disgusting makeover Ash has ever seen. Not even the Raichu and Dodrio were pleased with their makeovers. The Raichu was complaining about having too much makeup and the Dodrio complained about her hair looking awful. Unfortunately, their complaints fell on deaf ears.
Misty was about to queue up for the salon when Brock suddenly exclaimed "Found it!" and rushed to another salon. "This is the one I was looking for."
"This specific salon shop?" Serena asked as the others caught up.
"Yeah." Brock nodded. As they went inside, they saw a long-haired woman giving a Chansey a massage. The Chansey looked quite pleased after the massage, not to mention beautiful, and then her trainer picked her up, paid the woman, and then left.
"May I help you?" The woman asked as she noticed the gang.
"It's nothing. We're just looking around." Ash said. "Although, I am interested in having one of my Moemon massaged."
The woman smiled. "Of course. Just tell me anytime when you want your Moemon massaged."
As they looked around, Misty saw something that caught her eye; a Vulpix that was fast asleep in the middle of the salon. "Aww, such a cute Vulpix!" Misty squealed, getting close to the Fox Moemon. "She's looks like a little beauty!" The Vulpix opened one her eyes, seeing Misty, and then blew fire in her face.
"You're too close." The Vulpix said.
Suddenly, one of Ash's Moe Balls opened, and Nine emerged in a flash of light. As soon as she noticed the other Vulpix, she ran up to her. "Hi, nice to meet you, other Vulpix!" Nine greeted, smiling.
The Vulpix stared at Nine as if judging her. "Hmm, never met another Vulpix besides Bi." She said. "You look like you've been well taken care of."
"Mhm. Master, takes great care of me and my Mommy." Nine nodded. "My name's Nine. What's yours?"
"Kyuubei." The other Vulpix, Kyuubei, introduced herself.
"That's a surprise." The woman said. "Usually Kyuubei doesn't like it when anyone that gets too close to her when she's asleep, human or Moemon."
"Well, Nine has Flash Fire for her ability. So even if Kyuubei tries to make her back off with a Fire move, she'll just absorb it." Ash explained.
"I see." The woman nodded. "By the way, is Nine the Moemon you want massaged?"
"I'm still thinking about it."
"Oh, I'm sorry!" The woman suddenly apologized. "I haven't introduced myself. My name's Suzy."
Giselle's eyes widened. "You mean the Suzy!? The Moemon Breeder who's won awards for four years straight!?" She asked.
"I didn't know I was that famous." Suzy chuckled modestly.
Everyone except Brock, who already knew, was amazed. "So that's why you want to come here, Brock." Es said, smiling. "Learning breeder tips from someone like Suzy would really help in you becoming a Moemon Doctor."
"Exactly." Brock nodded.
The gang had tea with Suzy while Nine had a friendly chat with Kyuubei about their trainers. Nine was surprised to hear that Kyuubei and Suzy were together since Suzy hatched her at age seven, and that their bond was more like sisters than Master and Moemon. Kyuubei, meanwhile, was surprised to hear that Nine and her mother used to belong to an abusive trainer before joining Ash, and was quite interested to hear that Ash had a real Ho-oh as one of his Moemon. "By the way, there was another beauty salon that my Master and his friends saw." Nine said, changing the topic. "It was really weird."
"Did it have an Ekans that looked like a Christmas tree and a Koffing that wore a ton of makeup on display?" Kyuubei asked, and Nine nodded. "That's actually a brand new beauty salon, but the owners there care more about how a Moemon looks on the outside." Kyuubei scoffed. "But even still, their makeovers are the worst I've ever seen, and it disgusts me that trainers are visiting those fashion freaks more than Suzy. It's like their forgetting about what's on the inside!"
Ash, who was listening in on their conversation, nodded. "I agree about the makeovers. They we're all tacky." He said. "And I also agree that a Moemon's true beauty it found within, like their strength. Showing off your looks isn't that important." Kyuubei smiled, happy that Nine's trainer shared her sentiments.
"But some Moemon like to show off." Misty argued. She then stared at Pia, imagining her wearing a dress and a little bit of makeup.
"No way." Pia denied with crossed arms, snapping Misty out of her imagination. "I'm not wearing whatever they decide to put on me. Go do that with one of your own Moemon."
"Fine." Misty said, releasing Haru. "Come on, Haru. We're going to get a makeover."
"Okay, Mistress." Haru nodded, following Misty out of the salon.
Seeing Misty leave, Suzy began having doubts about her massages, which Es picked up. "Your massages are fine, Suzy." Es assured. "We just need to give people a demonstration of your massages and what they do for us Moemon."
"That's right." Pia nodded. "We'll help out, too. You can give me a massage for the demonstration."
"Thank you." Suzy smiled.
Out on the streets, Brock spoke through a microphone as Suzy gave the crowd a demo of her massages. The crowd was amazed by her massaging; Pia looked adorable even without any makeup on. Ash then decided that Suzy would give Silver a massage, surprising the crowd and Suzy and Kyuubei when she was sent out.
"That's your mom?" Kyuubei whispered to Nine. "She looks beautiful already."
"Thanks." Nine whispered back. Suzy began massaging Silver, and when she was finished, Silver looked more beautiful than she already was, leaving the audience amazed.
"As you can see, Pia, after being massaged, has become cuter than ever." Brock said through the microphone. "Even Silver has become more beautiful than she already was." The crowd looked at their make upped Moemon and sighed, thinking they wasted their time and money with the other salon.
Speaking of the other salon, Misty was there getting a makeover from the owners. Even thought she originally asked for Haru to have a makeover, they wanted to give her one first. "How cute!" Misty squealed, liking her new hairstyle and clothes.
"We're happy that it meets your tastes." The woman smiled.
"Now, sit down so we can do your makeup." The man said, leading Misty to a chair and had her sit down. If Misty wasn't so caught up in her makeover, though, she would've noticed that the man and woman sounded familiar.
However, this didn't do unnoticed by Haru, who was watching the whole thing with a worried expression. Ever since they entered the beauty salon, she had a bad feeling about this. First off, the parlors were shocked to see Misty. Not only that, they're giving her a makeover when Misty asked for Haru to have one. And to top it off, the parlors were two humans and a Meowth, which was identical to a certain trio of thieves.
'This salon is being run by Team Rocket!" Haru thought. 'I have to tell the others!' She quickly and quietly left the salon, however, Meowth noticed her leave.
"She must be going to get the other twerps." Meowth said, her lips forming into a smirk. "We'll let her bring them here, and then we'll use the twerpette as a hostage to take their Moemon." She looked at Misty's makeover, and then giggled. "She looks so stupid."
Back with the gang, Pia noticed Haru running towards them. "Haru? Didn't you go to that other beauty salon with Misty?" She asked.
"That's the thing! That salon is being run by Team Rocket!" Haru exclaimed.
"Team Rocket!?" Serena exclaimed with surprise.
"I never took them to be fashion freaks." Giselle joked.
"Come on! We need to save Misty!" Ash said. They ran to Team Rocket's beauty salon, where they saw them and Misty, who was tied to a chair...and looking really ridiculous in Ash's opinion.
"Ash! This beauty salon is run by Team Rocket!" Misty exclaimed.
"We know." Ash said. "Haru already told us."
"...I didn't notice she had snuck out."
"Let Misty go!" Serena told Team Rocket.
"No chance, twerpette." Jessie smirked. "Although we might change our mind if you hand over your Moemon."
"No chance!" Ash denied, echoing Jessie. "Nine, I choose you!"
"Go, Maria!" Giselle sent out Maria, while Nine ran up next to her as Jessie and James sent out Cleo and Kono.
"Oh, so that was you two looking completely ridiculous?" Pia smirked.
"Ha ha, laugh it up, mousie." Cleo said.
"Kono, Sludge!" James commanded. Kono tried to use Sludge, but the makeup made her a bit slow, allowing Maria to hit her with Bone Club.
"Extrasensory!" Nine's eyes glowed as she fired a pulse of psychic energy at Cleo, who jumped to dodge. But when she landed, the high heels she was wearing made her lose balance, allowing Nine to hit her with a second Extrasensory.
"This is almost too easy." Maria frowned, displeased.
"Well, let's finish this!" Nine said, but then saw Kyuubei walk in front of them.
"I'll end this." Kyuubei told them. "They were the ones who caused Suzy to doubt herself, so I will give them a piece of my mind." A fiery-red aura surged around her as her eyes glowed orange, scaring Team Rocket. "Fire Spin!" Kyuubei breathed out a vortex of flames that not only sent Team Rocket flying, but also destroyed their fake salon.
"Wow..." Nine breathed, amazed by how strong Kyuubei was. The audience was also amazed by her power.
"Do you see!?" Brock exclaimed to them. "Not only did all the makeup ruined the Ekans' and Koffing's images, but it also made them unable to battle properly!" The audience saw that he was right and took all the makeup and accessories off their Moemon, much to the Moemon's delight. Haru, meanwhile, freed Misty by using Cut on the rope.
After everyone was back to normal and Suzy gave her heartfelt thanks to the gang for helping her regain her confidence and prove about a Moemon's true beauty, they took their leave from Scissor Street. However, Ash felt someone following them. "Who's there?" Ash asked, turning around.
"Hey, easy!" Their trailer, who was actually Kyuubei, said, hands raised defensively.
"Kyuubei?" Brock blinked. "Why are you following us? Shouldn't you be with Suzy?"
Kyuubei looked at Brock. "You want to be a Moemon Breeder to help with your dream to become a Moemon Doctor, right?" She asked, getting a nod from Brock. "Suzy told me to tag along with you, both to judge your progress and help you improve your breeder skills."
"I see." Brock nodded in understanding.
"However, just know that while I will be with you for quite a long while, I'm not actually your Moemon." Kyuubei clarified.
"Then, why don't you hold onto your Moe Ball?" Ash suggested.
"Well, I suppose that would work." Kyuubei agreed. "Besides, I'm tough enough to fend for myself."
"Then it's settled." Brock smiled. "Welcome to the group, Kyuubei!"
And so, with Kyuubei joining them, Ash and friends continued on their journey.
"I don't like this place." Kyuubei said, grimacing. The group had arrived to a really polluted place that seemed to have nothing but factories that gave off the thick gray smoke which was rising into the air.
"Gringy City used to be a livelier place," Brock said, frowning, "but people went overboard with the factories and pollution ruined the air and water, making it uninhabitable for humans and Moemon."
"This place really needs a Shaymin." Ash said. "Let's hurry and find a Moemon Center." Everyone wholeheartedly agreed with Ash. It was quite late when they found the Moemon Center, so Nurse Joy wasn't happy with them being out so late. The gang booked a room and went to bed. "For once, I'm glad to be inside, rather than outside." Ash said.
"You said it, Master." Pia said. "The sights and smells of this place made me feel sick."
"I suggest leaving as soon as daylight hits." Es suggested, to general agreement.
Suddenly, all the lights in the Moemon Center went off, startling everyone. "What happened?" Kyuubei asked.
"A blackout?" Giselle asked, confused.
The group went to see what happened when they saw Nurse Joy pacing around looking worried and upset.
"What's wrong?" Pia asked Chana (All Chansey owned by the Nurse Joys are named Chana. More confusion, am I right?).
"There seems to be a something wrong at the power plant, which is why there's no power." Chana said, worried. "What's worse is that there are Moemon in some of the incubators. If the power doesn't come back soon..."
"Those Moemon will die." Maria finished grimly. "This is bad. We need to do something!"
The group left the Moemon Center to talk to Officer Jenny about the situation. "I've been trying to contact the power plant, but not one's answering." Officer Jenny told them.
"Something must've happened there." Ash frowned. "Can you please tell us where it is?" With Officer Jenny's directions, it didn't take them long to find the power plant, since it was actually the biggest building in Gringy City.
"Something tells me this is where most of the pollution came from." Es frowned, looking up at the chimneys, which were letting out lots of thick smoke.
"Ugh! Look at that!" Misty exclaimed in disgust, pointing at the nearby stream, which had water that looked a greenish-blue . "The water's as filthy as the air!"
"Come on, let's go." Ash said as he entered the building, followed by everyone else. However, neither of them noticed a pair of black eyes watching them from the water.
The inside of the power plant was very dark. However, that was hardly a problem thanks to Es's Flash. "Right. What's the plan?" The Espeon asked, not turning her head as to keep the path ahead lit.
"I suggest we find the main power room." Brock suggested. "There might be people in there."
"Humans?" They heard a voice in front of them as they looked to see a small girl in front of them. She wore a steel gray shirt and dark gray shorts, and had steel gray hair down to her neck, with a screw sticking out of her hair. Her arms were bare up to her shoulders, with only two U-magnets on her wrists, sticking out over her hands.
"A Moemon?" Serena asked.
"I am Magnemite." The Moemon introduced herself.
"An Electric type..." Giselle frowned, looking at Magnemite accusingly. "Are you the one who caused the blackout?"
"I highly doubt that." Ash denied. "It would take more than a single Magnemite to cause something of that scale."
"That's right." Magnemite nodded. "I'm actually one of the wild Moemon that help the humans working in this power plant."
"Then that means you're looking for whoever caused the blackout." Pia realized. "Do you have any leads?" Magenmite looked like she was about to answer, but suddenly froze, her face pale with fear, before flying off in a hurry. "Hey, what's wrong!?" Pia shouted, confused why Magnemite ran off like that.
"Do you smell that?" Brock asked, sounding disgusted as if he smelt something horrible. The others smelt it too and held their noses in disgust.
"What is that smell?" Kyuubei whined. The gang then heard footsteps behind them and turned to see a group of Moemon. They wore violet dresses that reached the ground, with long sleeves and messy violet hair down to their necks, and black eyes. They were also dripping with sludge.
"A group of Grimer." Es said, recognizing the Moemon. "They must be why Magnemite left in a hurry."
Ash was disgusted by the smell of the Grimer, but he knew one of the importants rules of Moemon. When encountering a Grimer, Muk or any Moemon that emits a horrible smell, NEVER say anything, as they take pride in their stench and will kill anyone who insults them about it. Everyone knew about that rule, especially trainer who would want to catch one of those Moemon.
Unfortunately, not everyone is wise enough to follow it.
"YOU ALL STINK! HONESTLY, YOU SMELL ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!" Misty yelled.
'God damnit, Misty!" Everyone cursed in their minds, with Es telepathically saying hers to Misty as they glared at the redhead, making her flinch.
As expected, the Grimer were all very mad at Misty insulting their smell, and then another Moemon suddenly appeared between the Grimer, looking very cross. She wore a dark violet dress that reached the ground, with long sleeves and messy dark violet hair down her back, black eyes and like the Grimer, she was dripping with sludge. She was a Muk, the evolved form of Grimer. "It's bad enough that you humans invade our new territory, but one of you also insults our smell." Muk spoke, glaring at the gang. "I was gonna give you a warning to leave, but you can forget it after that. Grimer, ATTACK!"
"RUN!" Ash yelled, and the group ran from the charging Grimer. As they ran, Kyuubei used Fire Spin to create a wall to try and slow the Grimer down, but knew that they could just swim through the polluted water to get past.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Asked one of the men they ran into around the corner.
"Getting away from the Grimer!" Misty shouted. The two men saw the Grimer, who had gotten past Kyuubei's fire wall, and led the group into the main power room.
"Why is there a blackout?" Ash asked as Brock locked the door. "It's causing trouble at the Moemon Center. The Moemon there will die without power to run the incubators."
"It's because of the Grimer." One of the men replied. "They've plugged up our water intake, and our generator won't work without water."
"The Muk did say that they were making this their new territory." Kyuubei frowned. "Looks like we're gonna have to drive them out." She then noticed the know on the door turning a bit a few times and then stop, but banging soon replaced it.
"You know you're in there, humans!" One of the Grimer shouted from the other side.
"Crap! The Grimer!" One of the men exclaimed. "You kids are Moemon Trainers, right? Use your Moemon to fight them!"
"If you do that, the Grimer may run away and the generator would work again." The other man said.
"Alright." Ash nodded, with Pia and Es taking positions, but then Ash noticed an air vent opening from above them and out came the Magnemite from earlier. "Magnemite, are you here to help us?" He asked.
"Correct." Magnemite nodded. "I brought my friends to help as well." As she said that more Magnemite came in from the vent along with a bigger Moemon. The Moemon wore a grey leotard with U-magnets on her shoulders, and had gray hair down to her shoulders tied into two ponytails by magnets, and had U-magnets on her wrists, a small skirt of outward-poking screws, and black eyes. She was Magnemite's evolved form, Magneton.
"Alright, everyone, attack as soon as the Grimer come in." Ash told Pia, Es, the Magnemite and Magneton. All the Moemon nodded, and then as soon as the Grimer came in. "Now!"
"Thundershock!" The Magnemites exclaimed.
"Thunderbolt!" The Mangemite that Ash knew, Magneton and Pia exclaimed.
"Psybeam!" Es exclaimed.
The attacks hit all the Grimer, both the ones in the main room and the ones blocking the water intake, and forced them to leave in a hurry. As soon as the Grimer blocking the water intake left, water flowed through the generator and the power came back on.
"It's working! The powers back on!" One of the men said, delighted.
"Alright! Time for us to get to work!" The other said.
"Glad that that's over with." Ash smiled, with everyone else nodding in agreement. Except...
"Hey, bitches!" An angry voice got their attention as they noticed Muk.
"Oh, we almost forgot about you." Es said.
"It looked to me like you did." Muk growled.
Ash stared at Muk. "You know, I think I'm gonna catch her." He said, surprising his friends.
"WHY!?" Misty yelled.
"If I don't, she could cause more trouble for Gringy City." Ash replied. "Besides, if you get past the smell, Muk are pretty good Moemon."
"I guess that my cue." Es said. Since she was a Psychic type, she had the advantage against Muk.
"Wait." Magnemite stopped Es. "Let me battle Muk."
"Are you sure?" Ash asked in surprise. After seeing Magnemite nod, he nodded back. "Alright. Let's do this! Use Thunderbolt!" He commanded. Magnemite fired a bolt of electricity at Muk, damaging her.
"You little..." Muk growled. "Flamethrower!" Muk breathed out a stream of flame at Magnemite, but the Magnet Moemon created a psychic barrier that blocked the attack.
"That was Magnemite's Light Screen." Brock called out the move, and then Magnemite fired a beam of metallic light at Muk. "That's Flash Cannon! Magnemite knows some strong moves."
"Damn..." Muk panted, feeling hurt.
"One more, Magnemite. Use Shock Wave!" Ash commanded. Magnemite fired three stream of electricity. That was enough to bring Muk down and allow Ash to successfully catch her. "Got her!" Ash cheered, holding up the Moe Ball that contained his newest Moemon.
"Well, that's nice, but..." Kyuubei said, holding her nose in disgust. "I can still smell her from her Moe Ball."
"Huh. Her ability must be Stench, then." He mused. "Thanks for the help, Magne-" He was about to thank Magnemite, but she suddenly glowed a bright light and evolved into Magneton. "Wow! You evolved!"
"Correct." The newly-evolved Magneton nodded.
"So, that's why you wanted to battle Muk." Pia mused.
"That was one of the reasons. The other being that I wanted to join you."
"Sure, you can." Ash smiled, tapping another Moe Ball onto Magneton and catching her as well, and then she sent her back out.
"Welcome to the team." Pia welcomed, smiling.
"Good to be aboard." Magneton said. "What will my name be?"
"How about Maga?" Ash suggested.
"Acceptable." Magneton, now named Maga, accepted.
"Hey! What about me!?" Muk asked, emerging from her Moe Ball.
"I haven't about you." Ash assured. "I was thinking of calling you Kumo."
"Kumo." Muk repeated the name before smiling. "I like it." She then noticed Ash's friends covering their noses. "What's wrong?"
"YOU'RE WHAT'S WRONG!" Misty yelled rudely. "SERIOUSLY, YOU STINK!"
"Well, you could just ask me to turn off my Stench ability." Kumo said, frowning.
Misty blinked. "You can do that?"
"Of course I can." Kumo nodded, pausing to concentrate for a bit. "All Moemon with Stench for their ability can control their smell. This is most common for Grimer and Muk."
Kyuubei sniffed the air. "Huh. That's actually pretty cool."
"I agree." Ash nodded, and then pulled out his Moedex.
Moemon: Muk
Name: Kumo
Species: Sludge Moemon
Type: Poison
Current Level: 44
Scarcity: Rare
Diet: Muk consume spoilt foods.
Ability: Stench
Height: 5'07"
Weight: 98.5lbs
Cup Size: C
Weaknesses: Psychic, Ground
Resistances: Poison, Grass, Fighting, Bug, Fairy
Immunities: None
Known Moves: Sludge Bomb, Toxic, Gunk Shot, Minimize, Fire Punch, Flamethrower, Disable, Venom Drench, Shadow Sneak, Shadow Punch, Ice Punch, Shock Wave, Thunderbolt, Dark Pulse, Venoshock, Giga Drain
Evolves Into: None
Evolves From: Grimer
Info: Muk are one of the most disgusting Moemon. Their stench is capable of driving out intruders from their territory, and their eating habits make them undesirable by many trainers. However, despite all this, they are loyal Moemon and will use their stench to drive away their trainers' enemies. They also possess some skill in the bed department.
Moemon: Magneton
Name: Maga
Species: Magnet Moemon
Type: Electric/Steel
Current Level: 35
Scarcity: Rare
Diet: Magneton are mostly omnivorous.
Ability: Sturdy
Height: 5'03"
Weight: 97.3lbs
Cup Size: B
Weaknesses: Ground, Fighting, Fire
Resistances: Steel, Flying, Electric, Grass, Normal, Bug, Psychic, Rock, Dragon, Ice, Fairy
Immunities: Poison
Known Moves: Thunderbolt, Flash Cannon, Light Screen, Shock Wave, Tri Attack, Signal Beam, Magnet Rise, Metal Sound, Thunder Wave, Sonic Boom, Supersonic
Evolves Into: Magnezone (Areas with high electricity)
Evolves From: Magnemite
Info: Magneton are very loyal Moemon, and are well liked by workers due to their magnetic and electrical abilities. They are often caught to gather electricity from thunderstorms to deliver to towns in need of power. While their faces are usually stoic, they can still show emotion, especially during sex, where they are surprisingly passionate for Steel types.
After Ash sent Nine and Silver to Oak's lab to make room for his two newest Moemon, the gang exited the power plant. As soon as they did, though, they felt a strong, refreshing wind blow in from the north.
"Wow, that felt so refreshing." Giselle said, then everyone saw a Moemon running across the water, turning it clean with each step. The Moemon wore a blue and white leotard with blue and white tights and blue gloves. She had long clear ribbons wrapped around her body, a blue hexagonal crown holding back her long, flowing violet hair, and red eyes.
"Suicune." Ash breathed out in awe.
"The Legendary Beast of the North Wind." Misty said, amazed by the Legendary's beauty. Suicune glanced over to the group, however, Ash could tell that she was setting her gaze on him. She gave him a smile and a wave, before running off to who-knows-where, leaving the water completely clean as it should be.
"...If this doesn't encourage humans to clean this place and keep it clean, I don't know what will." Maga declared after a while.
The gang then went back to the Moemon Center for some deserved rest, although Ash had to have pacts with Maga and Kumo before he could sleep. When morning came, Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny thanked them for their help and bid them farewell.
Chapter 9 Done!
Hop Hop Hop Town was a skip, but I gave a brief summary of what happened, since Serena actually got a new party member in Gem. I know it was originally Misty who caught Psyduck, but she will get one
For Kyuubei, since she will be returned later in the future, I will instead have her as her own Moemon while with Ash and the group. She will mostly be hanging around Brock, but she is not his Moemon.
And lastly, Gringy City. You may have noticed a bit of foreshadowing with Suicune seemingly taking interest in Ash, but I won't spoil anything until the comes.
Now that that's all settled, see you guys next chapter!
