Poke-ON!
Chapter 37:
Crossroads
"A large birthday cake?"
Kohei Uchimura looked at the chocolate ice cream cake that Nodoka Manabe brought one Wednesday morning. It was Nodoka's off day, and she saved the day. January 15, 2014 was the day Mio Akiyama turned 23 years old, and the cake had a photo of Mio Akiyama's face on it. Kohei wondered why Nodoka would even buy a cake like that.
"Yes, Kohei, it's a large birthday cake dedicated to Mio," Nodoka explained, taking it out of the packaging and cutting it into slices.
"You just want me to run a marathon after this, huh?"
"That's because you want to, not me."
"Touche." He continued to look at the cake that Nodoka was slicing up. She placed one slice each on two plated and moved the rest of the slices to the freezer. "So she's turned how many years old?"
"Mio is now 23."
"Good age, fresh right out of college." He turned on the DVR. "Oh, looks like the show is on."
The next morning, the gang was travelling to Fuchsia City with Celestia's guards pulling the Bandmate 5000 and Luna's guards pulling the new stage coach with Lucy, Helen, Marble and Erza riding inside. Ash, Misty and Brock were getting used to the idea of riding on the backs of talking ponies while Hokago Tea Time was talking about the next gym battle.
"So, let's talk about the Fuchsia City Gym," Reina Thompson said, "It's actually a ninja Mansion according to Ash, Misty and Brock's statements about the place."
"They also said that the Gym Leader is called Koga, a Ninja Master and a Poison Type Pokémon Trainer," Rita Thompson, Reina's twin sister said, "Which means that Ground or Psychic Types would do very well on offense while Steel Type Pokémon are immune to Poison."
"Which means I'm gonna need to ask Oak to rotate my Pokémon Team," Rose Thompson, Reina and Rita Thompson's younger sister said, "I'll need to use Gastly, Haunter and Gengar and teach them some Psychic Type moves to take on Koga and his Poison Type Pokémon."
"As for me, I've got two Pokémon that can easily take on Koga's Poison Type Pokémon without taking damage from Koga's Poison Type moves since both of the Pokémon I'm talking about are Psychic/Steel Types," Sara Thompson, Rose Thompson's twin sister and Reina and Rita Thompson's younger sister said, "Beldum and Bronzor, both of which are good examples of powerful Psychic Type Pokémon yet Bronzor is better on defense and Beldum is better on offense. Fortunately I taught Beldum and Bronzor some Psychic Type moves."
"Well that means four of us are well prepared to take on Koga," Sweetie Drops said, "But what are we going to do about the rest of the band? We're gonna need some Steel Types and some Psychic Types that can use Safeguard."
"No offense, Sweetie Drops but how is that going to help us beat Koga?" Lyra asked, "Koga's sure to have his Pokémon use move like Screech and Toxic."
"This will be a true test of our ninja skills." said Mio.
"You said it Mio," Ritsu Tainaka added.
"I'm ready to prove myself," Tsumugi Kotobuki replied.
"Right!" Azusa Nakano exclaimed.
"Here, hear!" said Ui Hirasawa.
"We'd better best train," said her older sister Yui.
"Then perhaps a Pokémon battle is in order," Sara suggested, "A double battle."
"All right," the vets said as one.
She clapped her hands. "So who wants to face me in a double battle first?"
"Me." said Yui. "Let's go Charger!"
"PIKA!"
"Stardance you too!"
"MEW!"
"Beldum, Bronzor I choose you," Sara said sending them out.
"BEL!"
"BRO!"
"Before you pull out the Pokédexes let me show you one of the new upgrades on Synergy," Drake said, "Please hand me your Pokédexes." The veterans of Hokago Tea Time were reluctant but they trusted Drake as the new members handed him theirs. He then inserted them into the Bandmate 5000 before he handed them back to the group.
"Okay so what did you do?" Ritsu asked.
"Point your Pokedex at Beldum and see what I mean Ritsu," Drake said as Ritsu did just that.
"Beldum, the Iron Ball Pokémon. Beldum floats by emitting magnetic waves from its body to repel the Earth's magnetic field. They launch their claws into cliffs where they sleep." Ritsu's Pokedex said.
"WOW!" said Ritsu.
"I upgraded all of your Pokédexes to record information in Pokémon up to the Unova Region," Drake said.
"Oh!"
"Yeah," Yui said, "Now let's check out Bronzor."
"Bronzor the Bronze Pokémon," Yui's Pokedex said, "There are researchers who believe this Pokémon reflected like a mirror in the distant past."
"Hokey Smoke!"
"The Pokedex isn't kidding, Yui," Sara said, "Now are you gonna make your move or what?"
"Guys, attack plan 132!" said Yui.
Charger tried a Magnet Rise as Stardance used Earthquake to try and shake the two Pokémon up. Sara's Bronzor was unaffected while her Beldum took some damage.
"What the hell was that?" Azusa asked.
"Sara's Bronzor has the Ability of Levitate," Rose said, "That means Ground Type Attacks won't work on it."
"Stardance! Attack plan 28!" said Yui.
Stardance launched a Flamethrower on Bronzor doing some heavy damage but not enough to knock it out.
"Impressive Flamethrower Yui but is that the best you got?" Sara asked, "Beldum, Bronzor and I trained with Rita and her Fire Pokémon for countless hours so they can stand up to Fire Type attacks."
"Attack plan 583!" said Yui.
Stardance used Fire Blast which knocked Bronzor out cold and did heavy damage.
"Ack! Bronzor," Sara said, "Beldum knock out Stardance with an Iron Head attack!"
Right on cue Beldum hit Stardance with a powerful Iron Head attack that knocked Stardance out. Beldum then began glowing white.
"Look Beldum's getting ready to evolve," Mio said.
"But into what?" Fluttershy asked.
"Pika?"
Beldum finished evolving and resembled a flying disk with a pair of strong arms and no legs. The new Pokémon was floating in the air and ready to do battle.
"Metang," the new Pokémon called out.
"Metang?" Sawako asked pulling out her Pokedex.
"Metang, the Iron Claw Pokémon. Metang is the evolved form of Beldum. Its highly developed intellect and strong magnetic force allow it to create powerful psychic energy." Sawako's Pokedex said.
"Hokey Smoke!" said Yui.
"Stop being a broken record!" Mio exclaimed, giving her a headbump.
"Owie!"
"And just wait till you see what Metang can do," Sara said, snapping her fingers then pointing. "Metang, use Zen Headbutt."
"391 quick!" cried Yui.
Charger hit Metang with a Thunderbolt just as Metang countered with a Zen Headbutt causing an explosion. The smoke cleared and both Pokémon ended up being knocked out.
"Mew."
"This match is a draw," Brock said. "You both have raised your Pokémon well."
"Eeyup," Big Macintosh said, chewing on his hayseed.
"Thanks for the compliment," Sara said recalling Beldum and Bronzor, "I'd say they're more than ready to take on Koga."
Yui held up a V sign. "We better get Helen out here and heal up the Pokémon," Twilight suggested.
"Right!"
"Helen we need your help," Trixie said knocking on the Stagecoach as Helen stepped out wearing a Schoolgirl variation of the Nurse's outfit.
"So what did I miss?" Helen asked, "I was checking on Drake, Lucy and Erza's Pokémon and Marble was giving her Electric Type Pokémon some exercise as soon as the stagecoach stopped."
Twilight filled her in.
"Well, let me work my magic," Helen said healing up Sara's Pokémon as well as Stardance and Charger.
"As soon as Comet comes back with the Elements we'll be set to go." said Mio.
Right on cue Comet came back with the Elements and they were charged up. "Here you go." said Comet.
"Thank you but if Kaos does attack we may need something stronger," Marble said coming out of the carriage breast feeding her babies.
"The elements can now melt the Shogunzords out." said Comet.
"True but Kaos blasted the Elements away once," Drake said as Marble put her babies back in the Stagecoach in the seats, "Whose to say he won't do it again?"
"Girls, take your Elements and feel the power for yourselves," said Comet. The Mane Six took their elements and felt a new level of power. "Now use them on the Falcon Zord." The Mane Six did as Comet said and used the new powers to restore the Falcon Zord.
"Well, the Falcon Zord is up and running again," Azusa said, "But something tells me that Kaos probably expected this."
"Which means we should train," Mio replied.
"Which means another round of training with Master Wu is in order," Mugi said.
"THEN LET'S GET STARTED!" said Wu appearing out of thin air. Spike banged a gong. "Please, take that gong away. Wu does not commercialize his precepts." Spike pushed aside the gong, revealing the next scene.
"Focus your energy on the opponent," Wu said with intention to his students, who sat down, eyes closed, meditating so much that they were floating one inch off the ground. "Look into his eyes. See the despair he wants to bring to the world. See the intentions he wants to spread like a disease. Visualize the struggle you will deal with when you face him again. Visualize yourself as a personification of a Kantai Collection ship, with your clothes torn from too much damage, yet immaculate and gorgeous as ever, and even more determined to win."
Ritsu was about to laugh, but Wu channeled out a headbump without hitting her by lifting two of his fingers upward.
"If you lose your concentration, you already lost the war," Wu went on to say. "The opponent knows your every move and will do whatever it takes to win. If you can predict the battle and counter with that great Yamato Nadeshiko spirit that defines you wonderful students, you will win. Never forget who you are, where you come from, how far you've gone, and what you have become." One hour and a few cups of tea later, Wu spoke again. "Now. 500 push ups!" Spike took count. "600 sit ups!" Done. "700 back flips!" Done. "800 punches!" Done. "900 kicks!" Done. "1,000 roundhouses!" Finished. Wu was impressed by the spirit of his students. And they didn't break a sweat. "TRAINING CONCLUDED! WIN ON THREE! WIN ON THREE! 1, 2, 3!"
"WIN!" they all chorused before training finished.
"NOW MAYBE THIS TIME BAD GUYS WON'T MOP FLOOR WITH YOU!" shouted Wu.
"Hopefully this'll mean less tearing of clothes," Reina said.
"And hopefully Wu's students will actually listen," Rita said.
"Either way they're getting stronger," Rose said.
"Not to mention Wu's gotten tougher on them," Sara said.
"But either way we should be careful," Lucy Thompson, Reina, Rita, Rose, Sara and Drake's cousin suggested coming out of the Stagecoach, "There's no telling what we could be facing next nor is there any clue what could happen."
"But on the plus side at least we gained new powers," Erza Thompson, Lucy, Drake, Reina, Rita, Rose and Sara's other cousin said.
"Okay I never saw you before," Ritsu said, "Though you look like somebody I once saw on a TV show."
"Really?" Drake Thompson asked, "Who does my cousin Erza look like or resemble?"
Ritsu handed Erza paper. "So I resemble Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail," Erza said, "Interesting."
"And do I resemble somebody from Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked.
Ritsu handed another paper.
"Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail huh?" Lucy said, "I'm not surprised I do look a lot like her."
"And act a lot like her too," Drake said, "But I don't love you any less." Drake then kissed Lucy to drive that point home.
"Darn tootin!" said Applejack.
"Now if you'll excuse me I've got some business to attend to in Hoenn," Drake said, "The IPD wants me to go see if Team Aqua and Team Magma have been active since I defeated their leaders during my last visit with the help of my cousin."
"Pika," as if to say, "Have a nice trip."
"Don't worry I'll meet you guys at the Fuchsia City Gym," Drake said opening a vortex with symbol power before recalling Pikachu, Raichu, and Jolteon into their Pokeballs and walking through it.
"Guess he'll be busy for a while," Rainbow Dash said, "And on the bright side I don't have to see his Dragonite for a while."
"Well let's fix the rest of the Zords so we can move out." said Yui.
While the others did that Drake had already arrived in Hoenn, he was in Littleroot Town since he knew that a cousin of his was living there.
'First, I'll go visit my cousin and then I'll fly over on Aerodactyl to Rustburo City,' Drake thought as he walked to a house before knocking.
"Pika," as if to say, "right."
"Hello Cousin Cana," Drake said knocking, "I'm here on business."
"What's the action?" asked Cana.
"We're visiting some of the Gym Leaders and we're gonna take on Team Aqua and Team Magma," Drake said, "And we had help the last time."
Drake heard silence for a few moments before the door opened and out stepped Cana Thompson. She had brown eyes and wavy brown hair and she was in a light blue bikini top and a pair of brown capri pants.
"I see some things haven't changed a bit," Drake said, "Just be thankful this isn't Sinnoh. I don't mean to be rude but I'm just trying to help you."
"Get me a good drink and we'll call it even." said Cana.
"Done," Drake said, "Now are you gonna help me or not?" Cana nodded and got her travel gear.
Back in the Kanto Region, the girls had just finished fixing the Ape Zord before they took a break. "Okay, so does anybody else have a feeling that this may be the most difficult Gym Battle yet?" Erza asked as she and Lucy were training.
"It's not just you Erza," Lucy said, "I sense it too and I also sense that things are gonna get a little tougher."
"Well we still got four more Zords to fix so let's just figure it out as we go," said Mio.
"On the flip side I still have this with me," Erza said pulling out a yellow Crystal, "I found it during my solo travel to Kanto."
"That looks like the Crystal that Lucy has," Marble said as she was changing Amara.
"They may be connected," said Ui. "By the way, Lucy have you picked out names for your kids yet?"
"Yes I have," Lucy said, "Raymond and Kayla."
"Did Erika pick out any names for hers? I think we forgot to ask." said Azusa.
"Yeah she did," Rita said, "She said if she ever had kids she'd name them Flora, Thorn and Leaf which she has done."
"The Rev. John Jenkins, the university's president, called it 'the most ambitious building project in the 172-year history of Notre Dame,' saying more space was needed to accommodate Notre Dame's broadening research activity," Pinkie Pie babbled. "'What's exciting about this project is it brings together athletics, faculty and academics, research and a student center, so it's an integrated model,' Jenkins said. The buildings will add about 750,000 square feet and will house a student center, the anthropology and psychology departments, a digital media center and music and sacred music departments. The side of the stadium that faces Touchdown Jesus won't be affected…."
"Here you go Pinkie Pie," Sara said giving Pinkie Pie some cookies laced with some anti-babble potion. "I don't even follow college football…"
"Let's get back to work," said Yui.
"Pika," the Pikachus said.
Over in the Hoenn Region, Drake and Cana were flying over to Rustburo City on the back of Drake's Aerodactyl.
"So tell me this Cana," Drake said, "I can see you've been busy in the Hoenn League since I last left as well as the contests in the Hoenn. Tell me did you and Lucy compete against each other in a contest?" Cana handed him a paper. "Sounds like you've been pushing Lucy hard and she's pushed you hard as well," he said as Aerodactyl landed outside the Gym, "Well this is it. Rustburo City Gym."
Right on cue, Drake began knocking on the door. "Coming." a voice said from the other side.
Right on cue the door opened and a girl with brown hair in ponytails wearing a purple dress that came to her thighs with magenta leggings opened the door.
"Long time no see Roxanne," Drake said, "How the heck are you? Cana and I haven't seen you since we defeated you in a battle."
"Yeah and I've been having wet dreams about you," said Roxanne.
"I can see that," Cana said pointing to the spot between Roxanne's feet, "I can also see that you're horny enough to jump my cousin."
"Uh-huh." said Roxanne.
"Then why don't we go inside and unwind for a bit," Drake suggested as Roxanne led them to the back room of the Gym.
"I've been taking on trainers all day." said Roxanne taking off her shoes. "My feet are killing me!"
"And you've been doing a good job of giving them a wake-up call," Cana said as she rubbed Roxanne's feet, "Though my cousin in the Sinnoh region says that Roark is a better wake-up call boss in the Sinnoh Region than you are in the Hoenn region."
"True but you're doing a good job." said Drake rubbing Roxanne's back as they got ready for their date.
On board the Aerodactlyl, Drake, Roxanne and Cana flew to a local bar, where drinks were being served, as well as some fine burgers and fried chicken. It was called the Rust Bar. "This is my favorite spot," Drake said as he and the others got off the Pokemon and he brought it back to his Pokeball. "Great eats and a great hangout."
"I know, right?" Roxanne.
"Yep," Cana added, giggling.
Drake slammed open the doors, eliciting a roar of approval from the locals.
"Hey, it's Drake!" said one barfly.
"And it's Roxanne and Cana!" said another.
"Sergio," said a third patron to the leader of the house band, "go play a Police song."
"I will," Sergio said as the other band members took a water break and tuned their instruments.
"So, what do you ladies want to order?" Drake asked as the two girls looked at each other's menu.
"I'll have the Spinach and Mandarin Chicken Salad," Roxanne said.
"Spicy Chipotle Chicken Linguine for me with extra capers," Cana replied.
"Waiter, you got that?" Drake said to the attendant.
"Got it."
"And I'll have the honey garlic feature, along with a slice of apple pie a la mode."
"Good calls, all. I will have your orders shortly." Off he went.
"So what is this band going to play?" asked Roxanne.
"We'll just have to wait and see," said Drake.
"We want to perform this next song for three wonderful patrons of the Rust Bar that just came in. Especially…Roxanne. This song is for you."
"So that's what it is," Roxanne giggled.
"What a coincidence," Cana added, nodding as the guitaring riffs took place, as well as an accidental piano push and laugh, for added authenticity.
"Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Walk the streets of money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne
I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have you to tell just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)…"
"There," said Yui as the last Ninjazord was fixed. "All done."
"Now that we have that settled let us talk about Lucy's Ranger Powers," Helen said. "They activated because of the org."
"So what are you saying?" Ritsu asked, "We wait for another org to show up to see if Erza's Crystal will activate?"
"As much as I'd like to headbump you for that Ritsu I'm afraid that may be the only way," Mio said.
"Well, let's rid,." said Yui as the zords left for their hiding spots. "Mount up!" On cue, the gang mounted up and headed to the Fuchsia City Gym.
Back in Hoenn, Drake and Cana were flying to Lavaridge Town on the back of Drake's Charizard who Drake had gotten back from Charicific Valley and exchanged Dragonite for.
"You know, perhaps I should consider letting Charizard stay in my party full time," Drake said, "With all the recent events, Cana, we're gonna need all the help we can get." Cana nodded. "So here we are. Lavaridge Town and the Lavaridge Gym should be up ahead." Drake's Charizard landed outside the Gym and allowed Drake and Cana to get off his back.
"If I recall correctly, Mr. Moore should still be running the gym," Cana said, "And if I also recall correctly his granddaughter should be greeting us by now."
"Pika," as if to say, "here he comes."
"Hello," Drake called, "Flannery are you here?"
"Coming!" said Flannery.
Right on cue the Lavaridge Gym doors opened and Flannery stepped out. Flannery had red hair and eyes and wore a black midriff bearing shirt with a flame pattern on the front and blue jeans with a red belt. Flannery was joined by her two Slugma, Mag and Meg, a Torkoal and she was joined by a Flareon. The Flareon on cue saw Drake's Jolteon and had hearts in her eyes before running towards him.
"Guess Flareon missed Jolteon huh, Flannery," Cana said as Flareon and Jolteon were catching up.
"Not as much as I missed him!" said Flannery before glomping Drake.
"Well nothing seems to change aside from this," Drake said as Flannery continued glomping him before he pulled her into a deep kiss.
"You, me, bed!"
"Sorry Flannery, but how about a date instead?" Cana asked. Flannery sighed before she led Drake and Cana to the bedroom in the Lavaridge Gym so they could get ready for their date.
"Two dates in one day?" Drake asked Cana as the three of them flew on Charizard. "I only have so many Pokedollars."
"You're supposed to be the most virile person in the entire fic, and it's part of the contract," she replied, holding up the contract.
Drake grabbed it. "Charizard." He burned it to ashes. "Now then, where do you guys want to go?" He noticed Flannery was pouting. "We can consummate later when we are with the others. Now, where do you want to go?"
"The hot springs, of course," she said. "You know where it is, right?" Charizard landed next to the entrance. "See? He knows."
"I guess he knows. But you're fine with a man in your midst, right?"
"I'll tell the owner we need some privacy and then I'll make it up to both of you."
"Sounds like a plan."
"Mew," as if to say "Are we there yet?"
"Yes, Stardance we're almost there," Fluttershy said as she and the others were going to the Fuchsia City Gym in the Kanto Region.
"How should we go in?" asked Ritsu.
"Considering the Gym itself is located outside the City we can all go in," Sasha said.
"But be careful," Ash said, "The Gym has numerous traps and surprises in there."
"We'll go in as a group. Come on girls," said Yui before the vets went into full ninja mode.
"Come on girls," Reina said as she and her biological sisters all pulled out their spin swords as they entered the building.
Back in the Hoenn Region Cana and Drake were flying on the back of Drake's Salamance to Fortree City going to visit the Gym Leader.
"Does this take you back to our first visit to Fortree City, Cana?" Drake asked his cousin.
"Yep."
"And if I recall correctly, I had to transfer Charizard from the Charicific Valley to help me out," Drake said as they were getting closer to the city."
"Pika," as if to say, "Do you remember?"
"Yes Pikachu I remember," Drake said to his Pikachu as they landed right at the gym, "Now if I recall correctly, Winona should be here by now."
"HELLO!"
"Hello, Winona remember us?" Drake said referring to himself and Cana as they landed outside the gym.
"DRAKE!" squealed Winona before glomping him.
Winona had long lavender hair and eyes and she wore a light blue helmet with a white and sky blue suit.
"It's official, cousin," Cana said, "Winona missed you slightly more than she did me."
"Well I'm not one to hog all the attention," Drake said as Winona continued glomping him.
"Pika pika."
"Well how about we all go on a date together?" Cana suggested.
"I told my other two companions that one of the members of Hokago Tea Time will be celebrating her birthday soon," Drake said as the three of them walked into a restaurant inside Fortree City.
"Her birthday?" asked Winona. "Who's that?"
"Mio Akiyama, a bassist. To put a long story short, me and my sisters have been involved in their adventures and the Mane 6 also joined in, as well as their party."
"I heard of Twilight Sparkle, but not Mio Akiyama. Is she even close to good?"
"Where she lives, Mio's a legend," Cana said as the three of them ordered some sushi and Diet Cokes. "Very talented musician, good singer, a bit shy, but capable of being a solid housewife."
"I suppose that means I should have a good opinion of her."
"I have a question," Drake asked.
"What is it?"
"Why did we end up ordering tempura-battered sushi?"
"That's the only thing they had regarding sushi. Twice fried for an extra crunch. A cross between maki rolls and fries, I think." Winona took a bit. "Fatty tuna. Tasty."
"And we ordered quite a lot," Cana noted.
"A lot of sushi equals a meal," Drake said to the two women. "And you can't win matches without eating good meals."
Back in the Kanto Region Hokago Tea Time was about to take on Koga and his Poison Type Pokémon for the Gym battle.
"Think this battle will go like Ash's gym battle?" Lucy asked Misty and Brock.
"Well…it's tough to say but considering that Ash won with his newly evolved Charmeleon thanks to the training they got from Drake and his Charizard there's a good chance that Ritsu and Skytorch will do very well," Misty said.
"Don't remind me," said Ash.
"Considering Charmeleon was a bit hard for Ash to handle at first but now he trusts him," Brock said as Ash's Charmeleon was nodding in confirmation at that.
"Pika," as if to say, "Yui starts."
"It looks like Yui's first," Sasha said, "This should be interesting."
"So I've taken you on an aerial tour of Hoenn and flown on the back of Salamance to do it," Drake said to Cana as they were still flying on Salamance's back. "I've even had a battle with the Elite Four of the Hoenn Region and the Champion again to sharpen my skills and you got to sharpen yours as well. So what do you think?"
"Sounds good," said Cana.
"And I think we just found some Grunts from Team Magma causing trouble," Drake said as they saw the Team Magma Grunts down below, "Care to give me a hand to defeat them yet again?"
"Gladly!"
As Salamance flew down the grunts were already doing their scheming.
"Hey look!" said a grunt.
"Clues that could lead us to Groudon," A female grunt said.
"Well let's get it!" said the leader.
"I don't think so," Called Drake as he and Cana showed up with Salamance said, "Step away from those artifacts at once or else."
"Oh yeah?" asked the leader. "ATTACK!"
"Houndoom, Numel, Mightyena go," the grunts said sending them out.
"I'll handle this," Drake said before Cana interrupted her cousin.
"No let me," Cana said, "As we're dealing with Dark and Fire Type Pokémon Water and Fighting Types are the best choice to handle this. Politoed Poliwrath go."
"POLI!"
"POLI!"
"Mightyena Houndoom Roar," the grunt said.
"ARF!"
Poliwrath and Politoed returned to their Poke Balls before Swellow and Golem showed up.
"GET THEM!" shouted the leader.
"Mightyena, Houndoom Crunch Attack," The female Magma Grunt said.
"Swellow double team," Cana said, "Golem use Earthquake."
"GOLEM!"
The attack did its job and knocked Mightyena and Houndoom out in one hit.
"Now Swellow use Aerial Ace," Cana said as Swellow damaged Numel heavily.
"SWELL!"
"Now use U-Turn," Cana said.
"SWELL!"
Swellow did some damage on Numel before going back to his Poke Ball.
"Fat a lot of good that's gonna do you," The grunt sneered, "That attack hardly did damage to Numel."
"Actually I wasn't going for damage," Cana said, "I was going for U-Turn's effect. Go Politoed."
"Huh?"
Cana sent out Politoed to do battle with the Grunt's Numel.
"Politoed use Hydro Pump," Cana commanded as Politoed fired a powerful Hydro Pump that knocked out Numel.
"ACK!"
"Now you three are under arrest for loitering and burglary," Drake said as he and Cana handcuffed the Team Magma Grunts.
"Pika!"
"So what should we do now cousin?" Cana asked as the Police took the grunts away.
"Let's go after some team Aqua Grunts first," Drake said as they hopped back on Salamance's back, "And then we'll talk." Drake then kissed Cana passionately before they flew to go after Team Aqua.
Back in the Kanto Region the Veterans of Hokago Tea Time were already chatting about how they beat Koga and now they were watching the rookies do battle.
"Looks like you girls have caught up with me." said Ash.
"That we have but let's see what our newest members are made of," Ritsu said.
"Mew," as if to say, "Yeah."
"So far Reina's doing well out there," Yui said, "Isn't that right Stardance."
"Mew," as if to say, "Right!"
"Reina's figured out how to use Gyarados and Pikachu's abilities to her advantage thanks to her use of Rain Dance," Mio said, "She's good."
"Attack plan 747!" said Reina.
Reina's Pikachu hit Koga's Golbat with a massive Thunder Attack which hit his target due to the effect of Rain Dance and knocked it out winning the match for Reina.
"YAY!"
"Pika Pika!" Reina's Pikachu said jumping right into Reina's arms.
"Aw Reina's Pikachu is affectionate," Mugi said seeing Reina accept her Pikachu's hug.
Koga handed Reina her badge.
"Koga's good but Reina's strong," Ui said, "Now let us see how good Rita is in a Gym Battle."
While Rita stepped up to face Koga Drake and Cana were still in Hoenn going after some Team Aqua Grunts.
"GET THEM!" shouted the grunt leader.
"Cana I'll take this one," Drake said to Cana, "Raichu, Charizard I choose you."
"ROAR!"
"Charizard use Flamethrower," Drake said, "Raichu use Iron Tail."
"Golbat use Wing Attack, Mightyena use Crunch," The lead grunt said.
"ROAR!"
"Charizard, dodge," Drake ordered as Charizard dodged the attack before countering with a powerful Flamethrower which knocked Mightyena out.
"ACK!"
"Raichu dodge and use Iron Tail," Drake said as Raichu dodged and used Iron Tail.
"RAI!"
Raichu's Iron Tail hit the mark and knocked Golbat out cold.
"ACK!"
"Now you're under arrest," Drake said after his Salamance knocked out the other grunts Pokémon, "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney if you cannot afford one an attorney will be provided for you by the state."
"Drake do you have to read them their Miranda rights?" Cana asked as they handcuffed the grunts.
"What did you think I was gonna do?" Drake asked.
Cana handed a paper.
"Very funny Cana now let's get back to Kanto," Drake said recalling Charizard and Salamance.
Back in the Kanto Region, Sasha was now about to do battle with Koga after her other six sisters already defeated him.
"Mew."
"All right Koga, I've seen what your made of and I'm ready to face you," Sasha said.
"Very well young lady I'm sure you know the rules by now," Koga said, "We shall have a two on two Pokémon battle."
"Go Fearow." Sasha said sending out Fearow.
"Venomoth go," Koga said.
"Mew?"
"Don't worry Stardance," Azusa said, "Sasha's got this."
"Venomoth Stun Spore," Koga said.
"VENO!"
"Fearow Gust attack," Sasha called as Fearow fought back with a powerful gust attack.
"FEAROW!"
Fearow's gust attack blew away the Stun Spore attack.
"Now use Drill Peck," Sasha ordered.
"FEAR!"
Fearow flew forward preparing to hit Venomoth with a Drill Peck.
"Venomoth Double Team," Koga said as Venomoth evaded by making copies of itself.
"Fearow use Aerial Ace," Sasha said as Fearow flew through the copies and hit the real Venomoth knocking it out.
"YAY!"
"Venomoth return," Koga said recalling Venomoth, "Golbat I choose you."
"GOLBAT!"
"Fearow use Wing Attack," Sasha said.
"FEAR!"
"Golbat Screech," Koga said as Golbat made a loud screeching noise.
Yui covered her ears.
"Fearow use Aerial Ace," Sasha shouted over the Screech while holding her ears.
"FEAR!"
Fearow fought through the screech and hit Golbat with a powerful Aerial Ace.
"Now end this with Wing Attack," Sasha said.
"FEAR!"
Fearow's Wing Attack hit the mark and damaged Golbat knocking it out.
"YAY!"
"You have beaten me in battle," Koga said handing Sasha a Soul Badge, "This Soul Badge rightfully shows that you're a good Pokémon Trainer."
"Thank you," said Sasha.
"So now that that's over all we need to do is wait for Drake to return," Shining Armor said as the roar of a Charizard rang out and Drake's Charizard flew in with Drake and Cana on his back.
"Someone call?" asked Drake.
"Drake you're back," Lucy said, "Where have you been?"
"Taking care of business in Hoenn," Drake said, "And I brought Cana along with me."
"Hi there." said Cana.
"Hello cousin Cana," Rita said, "I haven't seen you around these parts since you came to Pallet Town for our big family reunion."
"Pretty much." said Cana.
"So would you like to meet our new traveling partners?" Reina asked.
"Sure," Cana said, "So where are they?"
"Right here!" Yui Hirasawa said, arriving with the girls. "I'm Yui Hirasawa, and I play guitar and lead vocal for Hokago Tea Time. Mio Akiyama plays bass, Tsumugi Kotobuki plays keyboard, Azusa Nakano and my sister Ui also play guitar, and Ritsu Tainaka plays drums."
"Hello," said the other members of the band.
"Well, I knew my cousins were traveling with some interesting partners but I never expected them to be a musical band," Cana said.
"First lesson in battle," Drake said, "Expect the unexpected."
"You got that right, cousin," Lucy spoke.
"It's how we became great trainers or in Lucy's case a top coordinator," Erza added.
"I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle, the leader of the Mane 6 and the primary ambassador from Equestria to the Pokemon universe and the universe of Hokago Tea Time," Twilight said. "Allow me to introduce the other members of the party. Accompanying me as Mane 6 members are Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy. My sister-in-law is Cadence, my brother is Shining Armor, and our special envoy is Comet. Plus we also have a few other tagalongs who joined with us: Trixie, Applejack's brother Big Macintosh, Sweetie Drops and Lyra Heartstrings. Finally, I have my dragon friend and personal page, Spike."
"Greetings," the other ponies said.
"Pleasure to meet you," Spike added.
"Okay that explains who and what you are," Cana said to each of the ponies present.
"It's great to meet new people!" Pinkie exclaimed. "It used to be the case that when moving to a new city your new neighbours would come round and introduce themselves with freshly baked muffins, you'd bump into people on your street and get chatting…or maybe share intros over a beer at your local and discover you also share a love of first vinyl pressings and Hitchcock films. Job done, you have a bunch of new friends and a packed social life. Times have changed. People are less likely to frequent the same places. Short business lifespans, abundance of choice and, the relatively new phenomenon of pop-ups – is there such thing as a "local" anymore? This, added to the fact that we all seem to be rushing around so much. It's not unheard of to live in the same building as someone for three years and never exchange more than a nod on the stairs. How do you meet new people when you're moving to a new city? Using the internet, of course!" She eventually received a cookie.
"My word I'm getting a headache listening to Pinkie Pie babble," Isis said, "I still say we should go with the muzzling plan."
Mugi drew her sword.
"What is Mugi's problem with Isis?" Cana asked.
"You have a lot to learn about the bond between pony and rider," said Mio.
"Please tell us," Erza said, "Cause this is starting to turn into Tom and Jerry."
"They have that in this world?" asked Ritsu as Mugi started chasing Isis.
"Actually yes," Lucy said handing Ritsu a note.
"Pika pika," as if to say, "Mess with Tsumugi and you mess with trouble."
Over on the Egg Carrier, Kaos was holding a meeting with Doctor Eggman and Ayumi.
"We need a way to rule this world for the Nighlok," Kaos said, "And now that they've got the Ninja Zords back they'll be expecting me to show up."
"Perhaps we should send down one of my creations to do battle," Eggman said, "That should do the trick."
"No we need to hold off on your creations," Ayumi said, "We could have Kaos heal up Master Xandred and have him attack the Nature Force Rangers."
"Oh Ah Oh! I have a new Nighlok to try out!" said Octoroo.
"You do?" Kaos asked.
"Presenting…Madimot."
"Madimot huh?" Ayumi said, "What the hell can he do?" Kaos got a paper. "I'm convinced."
"As am I," Eggman said.
"No argument from me," Kaos said.
"I am ready." said Madimot.
"Go and bring terror and fear to Fuchsia City," Ayumi ordered.
Back with Hokago Tea Time they were traveling to Fuchsia City Itself since they wanted to perform there.
"Set up the stage Synergy." said Mio.
"We're not in Fuchsia City yet," Ritsu said giving Mio a headbump. "So we need to wait."
"Owie!"
"You were just waiting a long time to do that huh Ritsu?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"A very long time," Ritsu said. "Since it's my first head bump."
"BROHOOF!"
"Ritsu and Rainbow Dash are getting along pretty quickly," Rose said on the back of Sweetie Drops.
"Mio!" cried Fluttershy. "Hang on while I find an icepack!" with that she flew to the coach.
"Yes Fluttershy?" Helen asked as Fluttershy knocked on the coach.
"Is there an icepack? Mio has a headbump!" cried Fluttershy.
"Try this," Helen said handing Fluttershy an icepack.
"Thank you!" said Fluttershy before rushing to treat Mio.
"What was that about?" Marble asked from in the stage coach.
"Are you all right," Fluttershy said to her, treating her rider.
"Yeah," she said. "It's not too bad, but it will be healed soon. She tends to do that as well because I do that to her a lot. I had it coming."
"Well, you need to feel better because we need you out there."
"I know."
"Well I guess this is the first time we saw Ritsu headbump Mio," Azusa said, "I never thought she'd actually do something like that."
"Neither did I," Yui said.
"So this is the bond between pony and rider," said Cana.
"Exactly. This is a very strong bond," Erza added.
"Reminds me of how Drake and Shining Armor get along like brothers from different mothers," Lucy said. "Considering they're dealing with kids already."
"Yeah." said Cana before touching a spot that opened up. "Huh?"
"What is that?" Drake asked examining the open slot before finding a case inside. "Could this be where the missing zords that Wu told us about were hidden?"
"Let's see," said Lucy.
As Drake opened the case the yellow crystal Erza had begun glowing until it showed an eagle in the crystal.
"Wow!" said Erza.
"You have a crystal too?" Lucy asked pulling out her crystal.
"NO WAY!" screamed Erza.
"Yes way," Lucy said, "And here's something else. I'm the mother of Drake's first two children."
"No way really Lucy?" Cana asked, "How did you pull that off?"
Lucy handed Cana a note.
"I never pegged you as the type to do that," Erza said, "I think I'll ask Drake to take me on a date as Ash takes Rita on a date."
"Pika pika pika!"
"Charger and the other Pikachus are all for that idea," Lucy said, "If you hurry now then you should be able to ask. Drake and his Charizard are busy training with Ash and his Charmeleon."
"Well let's check and see what's in the case." said Cana.
Lucy, Cana and Erza opened the case to see three secret disks, two more spin swords and five origami like items.
"I don't believe it," Erza said, "It's the folding zords."
"Let's tell Drake!" said Cana.
"Don't forget his sisters," Lucy reminded.
Over with Drake he and his Charizard were busy training Ash and his Charmeleon to work on the Dragon Claw Technique. So far the training was going well and they were making some progress.
"Okay so the training is coming along nicely," Drake said to Ash, "And Charmeleon finds Charizard to be a good coach."
"I hope so." said Ash.
"Having a bit of trouble with him ever since Donald gave him away to you when he was still a Charmander?" Drake asked. "Look at least Donald tried his best but he admitted he wasn't up to it. At least Donald didn't leave him out in heavy rain."
"Yeah." said Ash.
"Don't take too long with him before my date!" called Rita.
"Speaking of dates you're not the only one looking for a date Rita," Reina said as Cana Lucy and Erza came by. "I think Erza's looking for a date too."
"LOOK WHAT WE FOUND!" called the trio.
"What is it?" Drake asked as the trio set the box before him, "I don't believe it it's the folding Zords Master Wu told me and my sisters about."
"LET US SEE!" cried his sisters.
"Here you go girls," Lucy said showing the box to the girls.
"DIBS ON BLUE!" cried Reina.
"I CALL GREEN!" Rita said.
"Mew?" as if to say, "What's going on?"
"I'll take yellow and Sara gets Pink," Rose said.
"Good for me," Sara said, "Hey look it's a red disk."
Sara could also see that there were several disks each of which was in a different color.
"I guess this disk must be for me," Drake said pulling it out.
"I can't wait to try these out!" said Sara.
"You can try them out later," Rose said, "Drake and Ash have to take Erza and Lucy on a double date now."
"Drake's taking two girls?" asked Yui.
"Actually Rose meant to say that Erza and Rita are going on a double date with Drake and Ash," Sara said, "It was a slip of the tongue."
"Oh." said Yui.
"Yeah sorry," Rose said, "Either way the double date is waiting."
"Why exactly are we double-dating in the middle of nowhere?" Ash asked Drake as the four of them walked.
"Beats me," Drake said. "I have no clue why we're here, either."
"Allow me to explain," said the show's producer, stepping in.
"Producer?"
"One of the scriptwriters, who is a contributor to this show, made a grave error in the scripting. Double-dating requires a venue in a city. You four are heading to Fuchsia City, right?"
"Yes, we are," Rita said.
"Arriving in 3…2…1." He snapped his fingers, and the four of them were at a pub in downtown Fuchsia City, complete with billiards tables.
"I always fancied a game of pool," Erza said, grabbing a cue stick. "Shall we before we eat."
"Of course," Drake said, and the four of them took to billiards to pass the time away.
"2 down, 2 to go. Then we get our shot," said Ritsu.
"I hope Ash doesn't think any less of me after the last two humiliating battles," Mio said.
'I better talk to him.' thought Fluttershy.
Before Fluttershy could however Synergy picked up something on her sensors.
"Alert, Alert, Nighlok is in range," Synergy said.
"Let's move out!" said Yui.
"I'm going with you," Cana said grabbing a Spin Sword and a disk as they charged to find the Nighlok.
"Hahaha! Welcome to my web said the spider to the flies," Madimot sneered.
"We may be flies, but we're gonna untie your web!" said Mio as she and the rest of the vets got ready.
"SUPER CHARGE: NATURE FLASH!"
"Moogers, Attack," Madimot said.
"NINJA SHADOW BATTLE!" called Yui.
The nature force did battle with the Moogers in a shadow battle and easily kicked their asses.
"WILD ACCESS!" Lucy called morphing into the White Wild Force Ranger and going after Madimot with her White Tiger Baton.
"Let's join this hoot nanny!" said Applejack before charging.
"You said it Applejack," Rainbow Dash added taking flight as well.
Twilight casted some spells to destroy 300 of the Moogers, Applejack took down 100 through some fine lassoing, Pinkie's party cannon sent 150 to the great below, Rainbow Dash leveled 100 with some quick punches and kicks, and both Rarity and Fluttershy teamed up to dismember another 80 more.
"Easy as you like," Twilight said.
Big Mac bucked 60 himself. "Eeyup."
"I like a good beat-em-up every now and then," said Shining, who slashed 70 down. "Allows me to work on my alertness." Trixie could only take down one, and she had to expend a lot to do it. The others took down 10, respectively.
"This Nighlok is weak," Cana said slicing up Moogers with her Spin Sword, "Something's up."
"Synergy scan!" said Mio.
"Scanning," Synergy said scanning the Nighlok, "This one has the ability to put anybody or anything under a spell allowing him to control them."
"EVERYONE BACK!" barked Yui.
Right on cue everyone dodged as Madimot tried activating his spell to put one of the rangers under his control.
Twilight gasped.
The Spell had hit Rarity and Sawako putting them under his control and to make matters worse he even summoned the Tiger Zord to battle.
"Well I'd say that shit just hit the fan," Rose said.
'So,' thought Deker watching from afar. 'Let's see if my ultimate duel is here at last.'
Back on the back on the battlefield the team was shocked to see that Madimot had Rarity and Sawako under his control.
"Well this can't get any worse," Azusa said.
"Oh but it does," Madimot said, "Meet the Tiger Folding Zord."
Right on cue a white tiger showed up only with drills for legs and moved via giant wheel.
"Azunyan why did you have to say that?" whined Yui.
"Because it just got real."
"Never mind that," Rose said, "We gotta stop it from running buck wild."
"I'll take the Beetle Zord," Drake said, "Reina take the Sword fish, I have an idea."
"These 2 are mine!" said Yui going to Sawako and Rarity.
"I'm coming with you Yui," Twilight said giving Yui some back up.
"I can't look!" cried Ritsu.
"Neither can I," Mio cried.
"I wouldn't be so sure." said Deker as he appeared in human mode.
"And who are you supposed to be bub?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Just a wanderer." said Deker. "The white ninja seems to be showing great skill."
"Okay that's a compliment right?" Sasha asked.
A nod.
"No offense but the white Ninja is going up against somebody with more skill and experience," Rose said, "How is she going to defeat somebody like that?"
"The pony princess has placed a spell on her sword." said Deker. "No doubt to snap the ones they're facing out of it. All it takes is 1 clear shot."
"Hopefully she can get the shot," Sara said, "Now tell us what the heck is going on up there."
Sara then pointed to the battle going on between the Tiger Zord and the Beetle and Swordfish Zords with the latter two being piloted by Drake and Reina respectively.
"Pika."
"Guys tell me you're ready to snap the Tiger Zord out of Madimot's influence," Rita called to Drake and Reina.
"Mew," as if to say, "Close?"
"We're nearly there," Reina said, "Drake only has one shot to do this and he's going for it."
Right on cue Drake jumped from the Beetle Zord and into the Cockpit of the Tiger Zord and broke Madimot's influence on the Zord.
"Rita, take the Beetle Zord now," Drake called as Rita did just that.
"Now let's check on how Yui and Twilight are doing with battling Sawako and Rarity," Rita said gaining full control of the Beetle.
"YIPE!" yelped Yui dodging another strike.
"Yui get in there," Azusa shouted.
"The white ninja has a good stance." noted Deker seeing Yui hold her sword on her shoulder. "It reduces muscle stiffness."
"I'll remember that," Cana said paying attention. "Anything else you can tell us?"
Yui took her shot.
She struck hard and fast freeing Rarity and Sawako of Madimot's spell before moving to disable the Nighlok himself.
"The Nighlok's down let's end this," Yui said.
"NATURE SWORDS: 6 WAY SLASH!"
The six Nature Force Rangers sliced Madimot with their signature attacks.
"Spin Swords: Triple slash," Cana, Rose, and Sara called.
"I came, I saw, I got cut into pieces! OHHHH HAVE MERCY!" Madimot roared before exploding into one big hot mess of…nothing.
"Alright the Nighlok's history," Cana cheered.
"We rock," Lucy said. "We're good."
"We kick ass," Erza said.
"Don't get cocky you three," Rose said, "The Nighlok have two lives. What you just fought right now was the first life."
"The Second Life is coming," Sara said as Madimot returned as a giant 30 story monster.
"WE NEED NINJAZORD POWER NOW!"
"Drake, Reina, Rita, I'm sure you already know this but the Beetle, Tiger, and Swordfish Zords can combine to form the Samurai Battlewing," Twilight said reading one of the books that was also in the case as the Ninja Zords came together.
"NINJA MEGA FALCONZORD ONLINE!"
"I'm not afraid of you," Madimot said firing blasts from his shield at the Megazord.
"Samurai Artillery," Drake called as the Beetle, Tiger, and Swordfish Zords came together and formed into a bird.
"SAMURAI BATTLEWING WE ARE UNITED!" Reina, Rita, and Drake called out. "TAKE THIS!"
Madimot continued firing blasts at the Battlewing but the battlewing dodged while creating an opening for the Ninja Mega Falconzord to deal the finishing blow.
"Let's do it!" said Yui. "POWER PUNCH SKYDIVE!"
The Megazord flew up into the air before diving down with both of its fists charged up on Madimot.
"This really bites!" Madimot shouted before exploding.
"All right Rangers, victory is ours," Rita said.
Yui grumbled.
"Yui's used to saying that isn't she?" Erza asked. Twilight nodded.
"Well another one bites the dust," Ayumi said on the Egg Carrier, "Perhaps we should've sent in one of Eggman's robots. It's a good thing we had them lure Sonic and his group back to their home universe so that's a couple less pests to deal with."
"True and that'll keep Sonic out of my way for now," Eggman said, "So what's your next plan?"
"I'm gonna go in human form and attend Hokago Tea Time's next concert," Ayumi said, "Perhaps I can even charm one of the few guys who's with them."
"Provided you can get past the relatives," Kaos said, "Cassidy tried that and had to endure wise cracks."
"Best of luck," said Dayu.
"Well I don't see you coming up with a plan genius," Octoroo taunted Dayu.
"You're one to talk. You don't even contribute much to this storyline, so touche, hombre!"
"Well, you don't even add much to this whole thing, either. I hope you join Madimot in going under as well!"
"Shut it!" Xandred yelled smacking both of them upside the head with a pot.
"Yes Master!" they both said.
"Now that we have that settled shall I go locate an org spirit or should I locate any other missing duke orgs?" Kaos asked.
"Good thinking," said Xandred.
Back with the band they were busy discussing the Samurai Battlewing.
"That is one souped up jet!" said Ritsu.
"The Samurai Battlewing is not a toy," Drake said, "It is meant to be a battle vehicle for aerial attacks."
"Eeyup," said Big Mac.
"But in the meantime somebody owes me a date," Aphrodite said as she and Drake went on their date.
"Not another one," Drake said as Aphrodite grabbed him by the arm.
"Oh, you don't want one?"
"Let's just make it dinner this time around. I've already had enough dates in this damn chapter. I came back from a double-date in Fuchsia City with Ash, only to be told that I owe another date with someone. Producer, are you there to take us somewhere?"
The Producer appeared again. "Symbol Power, Vortex!" The vortex took Drake and Aphrodite away to Fuchsia City, leaving the Producer by himself, speaking to a camera. "What's going to happen to those two is that Drake and Aphrodite will have a rousing conversation over steak dinner at a restaurant in Fuchsia City. Now today is Mio Akiyama's birthday, but no one has remembered that it's her birthday and she needs to have it celebrated. So we'll keep it a secret until the time comes where we plan to reveal it. On to the next scene!"
"Come on gang, we have a concert to set up," said Mio.
"We're a mile outside Fuchsia City," Ritsu said headbumping Mio, "We can't set up yet."
"Owie!"
"OH YEAH! 2 for 2!" said Rainbow Dash.
"If we hurry we can make it there before nightfall," Sasha said, "And we should be able to get there without drawing attention."
"Provided nobody does anything stupid," Isis said.
Once in the city Pinkie stepped on a twig.
Nobody made a sound out of fear that they'd draw attention to themselves and the group as they continued walking to the Pokémon Center.
"That was close," Rarity said quietly as they walked inside, "For once we didn't run into a fan mob."
"AH-CHOOO!" Fluttershy sneezed.
"GAH! IT'S HOKAGO TEA TIME!" said a fan.
"Well at least we're already in the Pokémon Center," Rainbow Dash, "This would've gone smoother if Fluttershy didn't sneeze."
"RUN!"
"Where to?!"
"Our bedrooms! And lock the doors!"
Right on cue the band dashed towards their rooms and bolted the doors though in their haste they ended up with two or more people to a room. Fortunately each of the couples ended up together so it wasn't entirely bad. In addition, security was brought in to escort the fans and make immediate arrests.
"That was close!" panted Yui grabbing on Rose while Azusa grabbed Sara.
"Talk about a near miss," Sara panted, "I never thought we'd run into a fanmob IN the Pokémon Center!"
"Neither did I." said Azusa. "I thought this would be the safest place from Fan Mobs."
"At least we all made it," Rose said.
"The price of fame!" panted Ritsu in her room with Mio, Misty and Reina.
"You're telling me, I'm still breathing heavily and I'm not the one who did the running." panted Mio.
"Talk about life at the top," Reina panted.
"How did this all get started anyway?" panted Misty.
Ritsu laid back. "It's a very long story, and it's important that it's condensed into just the highlights. We signed a record contract, we performed in Equestria, we performed in a number of other cities in the Pokemon Universe while developing our trainer skills. Then we defeated bad guys after bad guys. At heart of it all, we're a rock band that plays music. Everything else we do is only a hobby. Professionally, we're paid to record music and sell out concerts. It's been a busy several months. I could go into details, but I don't intend to bore you with them."
"Now you know the whole story Misty," Reina said. "So what should we do now?"
"You know I used to play the tambourine when I was little," said Misty.
"Do you still play?" Ritsu asked.
"Do you have one of those?" asked Misty.
"We do but it's at the Bandmate 5000 and that's at the front desk," Mio said.
"Guess we should wait till it's clear," said Ritsu.
"Okay, how did the fan mob know to ambush us at the Pokémon Center?" Rita asked, "They're getting smarter."
"Well, some do spend time here," said Ui.
"Yeah," said Mugi.
"Next time we should have Maria, Sasha, and Yukie scout around the Pokémon Centers as well," Rita suggested.
"Right." said Ui.
"This job has it's ups and downs I guess." said Helen before Erza and Cana darted to the bathroom to throw up.
"Hey what's with you two?" Marble asked.
"New kids coming I'll bet." said Helen.
"Which is no surprise considering I did dump a load of cum in each of them," Drake said.
"Fuck! If it's anything like ours we'd better get ready fast!" said Lucy.
"Allow me," Drake said, "Symbol Power Bath Tubs."
Drake conjured some bathtubs that would allow Erza and Cana to give birth with some sturrups to help keep their legs open in the process.
Soon the labor started.
"And here comes the Labor," Lucy said as Erza and Cana were already threatening Drake.
"DRAKE I'M GONNA SLICE YOU TO RIBBONS!" screamed Erza.
"AND I'LL USE YOUR BLOOD FOR A NEW BEER!" screamed Cana.
"Ease up girls, just focus on delivering the kids," Helen sad.
"Just push," Marble said. Both girls started pushing.
"Cana Erza congratulations," Lucy said, "You both gave birth to beautiful baby boys."
"Clean them up we're not out of the woods yet." said Drake.
Right on cue both girls began pushing again until they delivered their second kids.
"They did it!" cheered Helen.
"So what will you name the kids?" Lucy asked Cana and Erza.
"Pika?" as if to say, "Let's hear it?"
"I'll name my son Charles and my daughter Kathy," Erza said.
"Cute!" said Helen.
"And I'll name my son Luke and my daughter Olivia," Cana said.
"Double cute!" said Marble.
"Oh the babies are hungry," Lucy said already breast feeding her own babies. "You might want to feed them." Both girls did just that.
"You two dated Comet right?" asked Trixie.
"Yes we did," Lyra said.
"Why do you ask?" Sweetie Drops asked.
"I think it's going to be Ariel's turn next. I'm gonna see if I can get a date with Big Mac," said Trixie.
"Provided Applejack will let you near him," Sweetie Drops added.
"True."
"Darling, don't worry it could have happen to anypony," said Rarity.
"I can't believe I brought a fanmob," Fluttershy sobbed, "This is so humiliating."
"Oh darling." said Rarity nuzzling her marefriend. "Mio won't think any less of you!"
"Do you really mean that?" Fluttershy asked.
"Of course. You two are just as tight as Sawako and I back during the Xena days." said Rarity before telling some stories.
"WOAH!" gasped Rainbow Dash reading a Daring Doo book.
"Who would've thought Fluttershy of all Ponies would've drawn a fanmob to the center," Applejack said.
"Who would've thought I would be reading. Anything can happen!" said Rainbow Dash. "I even got a turtle for a pet!"
"And I have a human female for a sister," Applejack said, "The universe is full of surprises."
"Totally. And we're on the verge of being co-wives to the best Stallion that has ever lived!" said Rainbow Dash.
"More like the best Stallion ever born," Applejack said.
"A grand day for a warrior's pride," said Ariel.
"Considering that you figured out how to teleport people with symbol power," Spike said.
"Lesson One, kiddo," Comet told Ash. "When there's something you think a girl can't do, don't say they can't cause they always find a way to do it just to prove you wrong."
"I'll remember that."
"It's my first time being with girls, but raising two sisters by yourself makes a guy pick up things."
"How did you do it?" Spike asked. A note. "You want me to read this? Lazy…"
"So shouldn't we tell Celestia what's happened so far?" Misty asked.
"Good thinking." said Comet. "Spike?"
"I'm on it," Spike said getting out a quill and some paper.
"Dear Princess Celestia,
We're giving you a video of what happened this episode. Essentially, Drake visited some friends and went on a number of dates, We also defeated some more bad guys and Master Wu did some training of our riders. We also have attached some specifications on some new stuff we discovered. Keep it for your personal records, and we'll keep you updated next go-around.
Signed,
Prince Comet."
"And done," Spike said sending it to Celestia, "Now all we need to do is ask Master Wu about training the ponies."
"AIYA!" cried Wu as he appeared. "Wu has been training your boss and her 5 friends! HOW CAN LITTLE DRAGON FORGET THAT?" With that he bopped Spike on the head.
"Sorry I forgot my bad," Spike said rubbing his head.
"If you'll excuse us Ash and I need to go get Drake so the three of us can take Ariel, Rose, and Cana on a triple date," Comet said.
"Sure thing." said Ash.
"You know, this had better be the last date I have in this chapter because…actually, let's call this another dinner," Drake said. "This dating and lemons thing is total nonsense and adds nothing to the plot of the story."
"Well," Comet said, "I think you do have a point."
"That's a radical way of thinking, brother," Rose said hesitantly. "Are you sure your head's on straight?"
"It is. Instead of a date or a dinner, let's do something different."
"What should we do?" asked Ariel.
"I think we need to prepare for a late-night party celebrating Mio's birthday. She turns 23 and I noticed that the reason people were mobbing is because they wanted to wish Mio a happy birthday. But everyone was oblivious to this."
"What do you mean?" asked Cana as the six of them went to a shopping mall to buy gifts.
"Before we left the Pokemon Center, we notices that there were a number of gifts meant for Mio. So I was thinking, we should go ahead and buy some gifts for Mio, too. She's going to get a ton."
"What are you planning to give her?"
"A new sweater."
"I'll go for perfume."
"A box of chocolates for me," Ash added.
"A 24-pack of cider," said Comet.
"Fancy blue high heels," said Rose.
"All right," said Drake. "We know what we're going to buy for her. After we make the purchase, Ash, where do you want us to eat?"
"Pizza place up the road. They serve some specialty beverages, too," Ash replied.
"Good scouting. Okay, let's do it."
"Well looks like it's a good book for tonight then." said Spike. "Care to join me while we're waiting Misty?"
"Sure Spike," Misty said, "I'd love to read it."
"Okay, then." said Spike getting the book out. But before he could read, he was interrupted by a door opening.
"Hey, you guys, we're back," Drake said, returning from the date. "We need everybody to report to the living room for a special ceremony. Mio's the only one that doesn't need to show up for this one."
"Huh? What's going on?" Mio asked as the others went to the front. Yawning, she went back to sleep. Twenty minutes later, Fluttershy returned to Mio.
"Hey Mio, wake up," her ride said.
"What?"
"Come downstairs. Let's go, hurry."
"Huh? What is it?" Mio went down, wearing just her pajamas. She couldn't believe her eyes and was in tears.
"Surprise! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIO!" they all said, applauding.
"I set everything up, too!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Happy birthday, Mio Akiyama-llama-llama-llama!"
"Thanks, everyone," Mio said. "So that's why the mob was here. They wanted to wish me a happy birthday."
"We brought you some cake as well," Cana added, offering a triple-chocolate ice cream cake slice.
"Mmmm," she said. "This is great. Let's eat and enjoy. I love you guys." The applause could be heard all over as Nurse Joy tended to herself, watching the festivities.
"How will the concert hold up? What will happen to Hokago Tea Time? What will happen to the demons of the Sanzu River?" asked the Producer, stepping in, slightly surprising Nurse Joy. "Tune in next time for the next exciting episode of…Poke-ON!"
"Hey, that's my job!" exclaimed the Narrator off camera.
"You're fired."
"NOOOOOOOOOO!"
END CHAPTER 37