Poke-ON!
Chapter 10:
Fight For Your Right To Party
15,000 yen. That's how much it cost Nodoka Manabe to purchase a Twilight Sparkle plushie from the Mighty Fine store that just opened a kilometer from her university. The material was world-class, the design was world class...the pony herself was in a class all her own. She was a unicorn, and was adorkable, like her.
With a sign, she stroked Twilight's mane before reentering her house, now equipped with a popcorn popper. She elected to cut down on calories and buy popping corn and the popper. No oil, butter or salt needed. It could also pop rice kernels too, but she had no use for popped rice kernels.
Even better was the fact that the other girls were out of town and getting busy looking for love on the island of Okinawa. That left Nodoka all alone to watch the next episode of Poke-ON! with her new plush, which she propped on the sofa.
Opening the fridge, she drank some iced herbal tea, which was all the rage in Japan. There was iced green tea and the regular iced tea, but now a number of startups (which would be acquired by House Foods) were creating new herbal tea blends that could be consumed like regular iced tea. Some of those blends found their way to way too many bars and izakayas as part of the new wave of cocktails hitting the Land of the Rising Sun like a strange new disease.
The real reason why she suddenly became a Pegasister (a female version of a brony) was due to fact that she saw a number of My Little Pony cosplayers on the streets. Too many Rainbow Dash lookalikes to mention, a few Pinkie Pies and Fluttershys, a Rarity here and there, and an Applejack or two. But very few Twilight Sparkle cosplayers. At least, that's what Nodoka noticed. So, out of sympathy for the lead unicorn, she elected to purchase a big plush of Twilight, the plush which was busy watching some odd news about an 80-year old man being able to sky-surf the clouds with no teeth, since his dentures flew off him. For the record, he did land safely.
Pouring a glass, she flipped on the DVR and tuned in to the next episode of the show, the show her friends were still stuck in.
"Arrrrgh! God damnit people, I'm now bored out of my skull!" complained Ritsu Tainaka with a grunt.
"How come, Ricchan?" asked Tsumugi Kotobuki.
"Look, we've been walking for five fucking hours now and we haven't seen one wild Pokémon! Good Lord, I would like to have SOME type of action before I hit the sack!" said Ritsu before getting a headbump from Mio Akiyama.
"ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY YOU DUMBASS, SO CHILL!" Mio screamed in Ritsu's right ear.
"I'm huuuuuungry!" whined Yui Hirasawa, rolling on the ground.
"Well, it is time for lunch." said her sister Ui, looking at her watch.
"That's my Yui. You can set Big Ben by that tummy." joked Azusa Nakano.
"Tell me about it." said Sawako Yamanaka, bored out of her mind.
"Let's get cooking Synergy!" said Ui.
"Acknowledged." said Synergy before making a kitchen appear from the wagon's left.
"Just hang on for a bit guys." said Ui getting on an apron before she started cooking.
"One of the things about Mrs. Ketchum is that she has a very large cookbook," Ui said to the crew, bringing out three covered trays of food. "For example, she makes some awesome turkey burgers...like this!"
"Oooooh!" they all said, as Ui revealed a plate of turkey burgers with all the fixings. There was enough for everyone.
"And, she can make some killer sweet potato fries...like this!"
"Whoooooooa!" they all said, as Ui revealed a mountain of fried complete with little bowls of ranch, balsamic vinegar and honey dijon dressing for dipping.
"And she can make a large plate of sushi...like this!"
"Holy cow, Ui, you are awesome!" they all chorused, as Ui revealed a sushi platter designed to spell out "HTT."
"Plus, some cupcakes are over there. Uh...guys?" Ui turned around and saw the band grab every remaining cupcake. She sighed. "Didn't even leave any for me?"
"Here you go, Ui," Yui said, handing her a couple.
"Thanks, sis."
"These actually taste like the ones Pinkie Pie makes," said Ritsu to Mio.
"Who's Pinkie Pie?"
"You mean to tell me you never heard of Pinkie Pie? She's that pony from Friendship is Magic that likes to bake cupcakes. And in one fanfic, she even used Rainbow Dash as a cadaver."
At that moment, Mio hid in a corner, terrified.
"What? What did I say?"
"I don't know who Rainbow Dash is, I don't even know what you're talking about, but for fuck's sake please stop talking about cadavers!" Mio wailed.
"Ritsu-sempai, can you give the pony talk a rest?" Azusa said. "And I don't even want to know what you are implying with Rainbow Dash. She is not meant to be violated that way, not by anypony."
"Sorry, you guys," Ritsu said, defeated. "I'll go back to eating now."
"These turkey burgers are good," Sawako said. "As well as the fries and sushi."
"I was able to memorize the entire cookbook in one night," Ui said, handing the crew bottles of water. "Mrs. Ketchum knows how to make good food."
"Definitely," Mugi said. "And these cupcakes are pretty nice. I didn't know this was the exact same recipe Pinkie Pie makes, whoever she is."
"I guess I am the only Pegasister here," said Ritsu. "Ow!" Another headbump. "And with that headbump, Mio is back to normal."
The conversion, much to Azusa's disappointment, involved a lot of ponies. Everyone agreed, however, that Rainbow Dash was the pony of ponies because she was 20 percent cooler, according to the pony herself. Eventually, the conversion returned to Ui and her culinary skills.
"You know Ui, what you should do, is this: you should write some cook books. Heck, maybe you should open a cafe in Pallet Town. Maybe a whole chain." said Sawako, finishing her burger and fries.
"I never thought about that." said Ui blushing. "I've never operated a restaurant chain in my life. Sounds like a lot of work."
"ALERT! ALERT! Wild Pokémon in range!" said Synergy.
"Finally some action!" said Ritsu as the rest of them finished eating and drinking. Ritsu rolled up her sleeves and got her Pokeballs ready.
"What type are we talking about?"" asked Mio to the pursuing group while praying in the back of her mind that it wasn't a ghost type.
"I detect 7 flying types 7 clicks east." said Synergy.
In that case let's go hunt them down!" said Azusa before they packed up and went to the area.
"This getting pretty juicy," said Nodoka, brushing the mane of her Twilight Sparkle plushie after pausing the DVR. "Now they are on the run, and they are hunting some Pokémon. I think they are going to have quite a fun time catching them all isn't that right, Twilie?"
The plush stood still, as if not wanting to answer the question.
"Not going to give me an answer, huh? I see how it is."
A few moments later, she heard a voice. "Isn't that a bit rude of you to say that, Nodoka Manabe?"
Nodoka looked in horror. The plushie was looking at her, with its head tilted to the side, blinking even.
"How can...how can you talk?"
"Relax, relax, I won't bite. I'm more than just a plushie," Twilight Sparkle said, walking towards a backtracking Nodoka. "I'm a pony," she added with a wink.
Nodoka fainted. "15,000 yen, huh..."
"Your room is a bit messy," the plush said. "Let me fix that." She lit up her horn, and cleaned the place up in the span of a minute. "And...done."
"What am I going to do with you," Nodoka groaned.
"Nothing. I've always wanted to see how humans live their lives. Nothing different from what we ponies in Equestria put up with. Different strokes for different species." Twilight levitated the remote. "Do you want me to continue the show?"
"Please?" Nodoka whispered, still in a cold sweat.
"Will do in 3...2..." A press. "1."
"oh, you guys, hey, check it out! Look at how cute they are!" said Yui as they watched the new Pokémon while hiding.
"What are they?" asked Ui.
"There's only one way to find out." said Mio getting out her Pokedex.
"PIDGEY: THE TINY BIRD POKEMON! IT HAS AN EXTREMELY SHARP SENSE OF DIRECTION. IT CAN UNERRINGLY HOME TO ITS NEST, HOWEVER FAR IT MAY BE REMOVED FROM ITS FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS. ALL POKEMON TRAINERS STARTING ON HIS/HER JOURNEY ARE ADVISED TO CATCH IT!" the Pokedex read.
"Well, you heard the computer, let's bag them!" said Ritsu getting ready to leap before getting another headbump.
"Hold it! We need to have a plan if we want to get them!" said Mio.
"Flying type Pokémon are weak against electric types so I advise the best choice of action would be to have Charger knock them out." said Synergy.
"In that case, we're on it. Come on Charger let's get to work." said Yui.
"Pika pika." said Charger, as if to say, "I'm on it," before the duo came out of hiding. Once the Pidgeys saw them, they started to fly off.
"Here they go!" said Azusa.
"Charger! Quick Attack now!" said Yui.
"PIKA!" As if to say, "Let's try this!" Charger used his speed to knock them off balance. The Pidgeys flapped their wings to make some wind.
"That was a gust attack!" said Ui. The Pidgeys then tried to blind them with sand.
"That was a sand attack!" said Mio.
"Charger, aim 40 degrees to the left, then use Thunderbolt!" said Yui.
"PIKA-CHUUUUUUUU!" As if to say, "Here we GOOOOO!" Charger's attack made contact on all 7 of the wild Pidgeys knocking them out.
"Now's our chance guys!" said Yui getting out an empty Pokeball. The rest followed suit.
"POKEBALL GO!" the gang shouted, throwing empty Pokeballs at them. The objects opened up once they made contact before shooting a red beam to turn them into energy before sucking them in and closing.
"All right guys, remember our notes. While the button is flashing, that means the Pokémon is trying to get out. If the light's out, we got the Pokémon." said Mio. the others nodded and waited.
Soon the lights on all 7 Pokeballs went out, showing the successful capture. One down, three to go.
"ALL RIGHT!" said Yui picking up 1 of the Pokeballs. "OUR FIRST CAPTURE! WE EACH CAUGHT A PIDGEY!" With that she raised the Pokeball proudly in the air.
"Pi-pikachu!" said Charger while the others each pick up 1 of the other Pokeballs.
"ALERT! ALERT! Team Rocket within range!" said Synergy.
"Hell yeah, double the action! Let's go clean their clocks!" said Ritsu getting ready to run off till she got another headbump.
"Not so fast! We need to know what they doing first!" said Mio.
"It's a ninja mission, that it is." said Sawako.
"We must join with the shadows. NIN NIN!" said Yui with a nod.
"Pika pika!" said Charger, as if to say, "I'm with her!"
"Let's go before I get confused for the day." said Azusa before the gang headed over to where Team Rocket was. Soon they found them. Six grunts and a squad leader. Four of them were carrying a small cage.
"That new knockout gas worked like a charm." said the first grunt.
"Yeah I know, right? The boss might give us a raise." said the second grunt, elbowing the first.
"Maybe a promotion." said the third grunt.
"Oy! Stop your yapping and let's get that wild Pokémon to base. The boss can use the gas to hit every Pokémon Center in Kanto and our mission might be closer to being done." said the leader.
"That's enough for me!" fumed Ui as she and the gang saw the whole thing while hiding.
"We need a roadblock Synergy." said Mio.
"On it!" said Synergy using her hologram powers to make it look like there's fallen trees on the road.
"What the?" asked the leader.
"Do you clowns think you could get away with your plans?" asked Mio as she and the girls and their starter Pokémon stepped in front of them.
"Not on our watch." said Ritsu.
"You have a rude boss." said Mugi.
"Who's nothing but a bully!" said Yui.
"A big one!" said Ui.
"All of you are under citizen's arrest!" said Azusa making the grunts laugh at them.
"What are you gonna do? Tell your mama?" joked the leader making their blood boil.
"Oh my God, aaaahhhh! It's Hokago Tea Time!" cried the forth grunt.
"Who?" asked the leader.
"Only the hottest new band in the music world sir!" said the fourth grunt.
"Big deal! You girls get out of our way!" said the leader.
"How about you give up now so we don't have to kick your sorry cans to space?" asked Ritsu.
"I HATE SMART ALECS! GET THEM, BOYS!" shouted the leader. The grunts charged at them with their Pokémon.
"Radar, Water Gun!" said Mio.
"Mudkip!" said Radar taking out the first wave, as if to say, "On it!"
"Gensing, Vine Whip now!" said Mugi.
"Bulbasaur!" Gensing took out the 2nd wave, as if to say, "Time to teach you punks a lesson!"
"Charger, Thunderbolt now!" said Yui.
"PIKA-CHUUUUUUUU!" Charger took out the rest of them, as if to say, "Game's over, boys."
"I DON'T CARE IF YOU DOLTS HAVE TO DO IT BY HAND! JUST GET THEM!" yelled the leader making the grunts try to rush them.
"You boys think you can take me? Sorry!" Yui took out 1 grunt with a roundhouse kick. "Besides, you're not my type."
Ritsu dodged a punch. "Way too slow!" another dodge. "Boring!" she took out the next grunt with a left jab reminiscent of Manny Pacquiao. Or Floyd Mayweather.
"Hello, which tree would you like?" asked Mio while swinging away from a grunt. "I think this one." with that, she made sure the grunt rammed his head on a tree.
"Got you now catface!" said a grunt to Azusa.
"Hate to break it to you." said Azusa before taking the grunt out by throwing him into another tree. "But this cat has claws, son."
"This reminds me of a poem." said Ui. "Roses are red violets are blue. With a few punches." another grunt was knocked out with jaw-shattering uppercut. "I made bad guy stew."
"I got you now Goldilocks!" said the last grunt as he had Mugi trapped.
"Don't think so!" said Mugi before she lashes out a series of fast roundhouse kicks knocking him out.
"Let's see how tough you are once you smell my knockout gas!" said the leader before reaching for the gas bombs in his belt not feeling anything. "HUH?"
"Looking for these, Sonny Jim?" asked Sawako holding up the leader's belt with the gas bombs and the notes on how to make them.
"GIVE THAT BACK!" shouted the leader only to get kicked to the pile of grunts who was moved next to a moving gadget.
"YOU'LL ALL PAY FOR THIS! NO ONE WILL GET IN THE WAY OF TEAM ROCKET!" shout the leader before he ranted how great the team is.
"Yui please shut him up." said Sawako.
"Charger! Thunderbolt!" said Yui.
"PIKA-CHUUU!" Charger zapped them while blowing up the gadget sending them flying, as if to say, "I said, the game is OVER! You hear me? Go home!"
"LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" the leader shouted while he and his men flew out to parts unknown with a zing.
"Well that takes care of them." said Ritsu, dusting her hands off. "Not even a scratch. We were born to rock, born to fight, and we live for this every day and night. That's the HTT Way."
"Now let's see to this Pokémon they grabbed using that gas." said Azusa opening the cage showing a Pokémon that looks like a fox.
"What is it?" asked Mugi.
"Let's see." said Ritsu taking out her Pokedex.
"VULPIX: THE FOX POKEMON! IT CAN FREELY CONTROL FIRE, MAKING FIERY ORBS FLY LIKE WILL-O-WISPS! JUST BEFORE EVOUTION, ITS 6 TAILS GROW HOT AS IF ON FIRE!" announced her Pokedex.
"IT'S SO CUTE!" squealed Yui. The Vulpix tried to run but Charger stopped it before knocking it out. Once that was done Yui took an empty Pokeball and caught it.
"Oh man, my sis is on a roll!" said Ui.
"ALRIGHT! I GOT A VULPIX!" said Yui.
"Pi-pikachu!" said Charger, as if to say, "She got a Vulpix!"
"The chase is on for more Pokémon to catch! Will our heroes succeed in their catch or will they need to punch and kick their way to the big time? Find out on the next episode of...Poke-ON!" exclaimed the narrator.
"That isn't anything me, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash or Rarity can't do," Twilight Sparkle said, turning off the television before levitating a book to read. "Anytime there are bad guys messing around Equestria, we are there to buck them to a fitting demise. Adds to what you call mojo."
"I see, and what are you reading?" Nodoka said, already coming to terms with the fact that her plushie could do more than just sit around doing nothing. She took a deeper look. "Ahhhhhh!"
"What? What did I do?"
"You're peeping into my yuri doujin collection, aren't you?" Nodoka said, pointing at Twilight nervously.
"So? I'm also into fiction involving clopping and filly-fooling, and I don't have any problems with it."
"Twilie. Put the book away." The pony blinked. "Put the book away, NOW." Twilight Sparkle immediately put it back with the rest of the smut.
"I'm not sure what's the issue here...ahhhh!" Twilight moaned with delight as her horn was stroked.
"Twilight Sparkle, I thought you were just going to be another plushie to me," Nodoka said, picking her up. "But, seeing that you can talk and move and use magic to help me around the house, I am going to make you my pet. And I'm going to teach you some...manners."
"I don't like the sound of that," the pony said. "Ahhhhh!" She felt Nodoka stroke her horn again. "That's...that is...!"
"We're going to have so much fun being with each other," Nodoka said with a sadistic laugh, a laugh even she admitted was out of character but was only done because she was inspired by horror flicks. "I'm going to have so much fun loving—no, WANTING you!" That preceded an even stronger laugh.
"Oh somepony save me, saaaaave meeee!" Twilight wailed. And then, a change in character. "Or...maybe I could get used to this." With that, Nodoka called it a night.
END CHAPTER 10