Poni Grove Battle

Poni Island: Poni Grove

At Poni Grove on Poni Island, the heroes were out exploring.

"Okay, let's meet up here again later. Sounds good?" Aviva said, and everyone agreed before separating.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket were spying on the heroes.

"The twerps are splitting up." Jessie said.

"This is a golden opportunity." James said.

"While they're alone, it's our chance to strike!" Meowth said.

Mallow and her Pokémon went deep into the grove where they encountered many Grass-type Pokémon.

And among those Grass-type Pokémon was a Servine.

Servine leaped into the air and made its tail glow green as Servine came down to strike a rock with Leaf Blade.

However, before Servine could hit the rock, the move failed and Servine ended up hurting itself.

"Oh no, are you okay?" Mallow asked as she ran towards Servine.

Servine stood up while appearing unconcerned for Mallow's worry.

Then, a Gumshoos appeared and it was clear that Gumshoos was challenging Servine to a battle.

"A Gumshoos!" Mallow said.

Servine accepted Gumshoos's challenge and the battle began.

Servine made the first move by using Vine Whip to strike Gumshoos.

Gumshoos then used Sand Attack to kick up sand in Servine's face before hitting it with Take Down.

Servine leaped into the air to use Slam, but due to the Sand Attack from earlier, Servine missed its target.

Gumshoos used Fire Punch, hitting Servine with a fiery punch that left it with a burn.

Servine attempted Leaf Blade, but it failed again, leaving Servine open to a Hyper Beam from Gumshoos.

Servine fainted from the attack and the win went to Gumshoos.

Gumshoos then helped Servine up and left.

"Servine, are you okay?" Mallow asked as she offered Servine a Rawst Berry for its burn.

Servine accepted the Berry and immediately recovered.

"It seems like you can't get that Leaf Blade working right." Mallow said. "But maybe I can help you get it right, what do you say?"

Servine thought about Mallow's offer and accepted.

"Well, I don't have any Pokémon that can use or learn Leaf Blade, but based on what I've seen from Kiawe and Ash, this should work." Mallow said. "Tsareena, Leaf Storm! Tropius, Solar Beam!"

Tsareena and Tropius unleashed their attacks on a nearby rock.

"Now watch how they do it and concentrate on focusing the energy into the move." Mallow said.

Servine did as it was told, and then it attempted Leaf Blade again, and while it didn't succeed, the glow lasted a bit longer.

"You're getting it, one more time!" Mallow said with encouragement.

Servine tried again, and this time, it managed to successfully use Leaf Blade to slash a rock in half.

"Yeah! You did it!" Mallow said.

Then, Gumshoos returned and Servine seemed eager for a rematch.

Soon, another battle began.

Gumshoos made the first move with Take Down, slamming into Servine with great force.

Servine fought back with Slam, hitting Gumshoos with its tail.

Gumshoos used Sand Attack, but Servine used Slam again to flick the sand away with its tail.

Gumshoos tried to use another Take Down, but Servine used Vine Whip to trip it.

Then, Servine leaped into the air to bring down a Leaf Blade on Gumshoos, knocking it back.

"Yeah, Servine! You're doing great!" Mallow cheered.

Then, Servine's body was enveloped by light and it evolved into Serperior.

"Whoa, awesome! You evolved!" Mallow said.

Gumshoos stood back up and fired a Hyper Beam, but Serperior countered with Dragon Pulse.

As Gumshoos was forced to recharge, Serperior planted its tail into the ground, making giant spiky roots grow out of the ground and strike Gumshoos, who fainted from the attack.

"No way, Frenzy Plant." Mallow said in awe.

Gumshoos got up and grinned at Serperior, who returned the gesture.

But then, mechanical arms came out of nowhere and snatched up Tsareena, Tropius, and Gumshoos, however, Serperior managed to slither out of the arms' grasp.

"What the?" Mallow said as she turned to see Team Rocket in their new mecha. "Team Rocket!"

"Ah, the green-haired twerpette." Jessie said. "So sorry to intrude."

"Don't mind us, we'll be taking our leave now." James said and the mecha turned to leave.

"Get back here!" Mallow said as she chased after the mecha.

"Alright, we were playing nice but if you wanna, we'll play rough!" Meowth said as he pressed a button to make the mechanical arms go after Mallow.

Mallow was about to get caught by the mechanical arms when suddenly they were blocked by Serperior.

"Serperior, you saved me." Mallow said, and Serperior grinned. "Okay. Now, let's work together to beat them!"

"Burst!" Mallow's Burst Heart absorbed Serperior and Mallow placed the Burst Heart on her chest, releasing a flash of light.

Mallow's body turned white with her arms turning green, her hair turned mint-green, her eyes became red, and finally, her lower body became like Serperior's, with her legs becoming a Serperior tail.

"Alright, now let's fight." Mallow said.

The mecha fired a rocket fist at Mallow, who dodged and coiled around the fist before launching it back at the mecha with Slam.

"Leaf Blade!" Mallow's tail glowed green as she struck the mecha's legs with it, knocking it off balance.

"Take this! Beam Attack!" The mecha's eyes lit up and it fired a red beam of light.

"Dragon Pulse!" Mallow shot an indigo dragon-shaped beam at the mecha's beam to counter.

"Now to end this, Frenzy Plant!" Mallow planted her tail into the ground, making giant spiky roots grow out of the ground and strike the mecha.

The mecha started falling apart and Tsareena, Tropius, and Gumshoos broke free as Bewear came by to take Team Rocket away.

"We're off with a new blast!" Team Rocket shouted as Bewear leaped away.

"Release!" Mallow defused from Serperior.

"Thanks, Serperior. And it was nice meeting you, but I've gotta get going." Mallow said as she turned to leave, but Serperior coiled itself around Mallow affectionately. "Whoa, take it easy."

Mallow saw Serperior and saw that it had grown fond of her.

"Say, would you like me to catch you, that way you can come with me?" Mallow said as she took out a Poké Ball, and Serperior accepted.

Mallow threw the Poké Ball and after Serperior went in, the Ball shook a few times before stopping, signifying capture.

"I caught… Serperior!" Mallow said as she held up the Poké Ball.

Later, Mallow rejoined her friends at the meeting spot.

"Mallow, did anything interesting happen to you?" Lana asked.

"Sure did." Mallow said as she sent out Serperior.

"A Serperior!" Lillie said.

"There's a great story behind it, and I'm sure you're all dying to hear it." Mallow said.

"Yeah, tell us!" Ash said.

"We all wanna hear it!" Kiawe said.

"Okay, here goes." Mallow said and she recapped the events of her day.

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