Here is the chapter showing the flashback of Fifi La Fume & Pikachu's very first date. And just in time for Valentine's Day.
Chapter 17: Breakfast and Memory Sharing Part 2
Now that Fifi finally scored a date with Pikachu, preparations had to be made on both sides. At the Pokémon Center, Ash and his traveling group had to help Pikachu get ready. Brock was present too. Pikachu was very nervous since this was going to the first time he ever dated a girl in general. "What the matter, Pikachu? You should be happy you're going to have dinner with the girl who saved you from a path of evil," said May. "I know. But I've never been on a date before. I don't know what to do," said Pikachu. "That's why we're here to help you get ready," said Ash. "One thing's for sure, we need to get you all clean," said Verity. "Leave the food for your dinner to me," said Brock.
At their hotel room, Pepé Le Pew was helping Fifi La Fume get ready for the date. "Le sigh. I've been waiteeng fahr a while to finahlly go on a dahte weeth Peekahchu. Ahnd now, ze time ees finahlly here! Le squee!" cried Fifi. "We better get you ready though," said Pepé. "Of course. First sing's first. A showair," said Fifi. So, both Fifi and Pikachu had showers to get themselves cleaned for their date. Brock was busy cooking a fancy French dinner for the two. After getting cleaned, the two needed to pick something nice to wear. Fifi was having a harder time since she had so many dresses to choose from. "Too green . . . too freelly . . . too smahll . . . too gahtheec . . . ," said Fifi as she searched through her dresses. Meanwhile, Ash and co. finally picked an outfit for Pikachu and was now dressed up. It consisted of a dark blue jacket and a red bow tie. Pikachu looked at himself in the mirror. "How do I look?" asked Pikachu. "You look great, Pikachu. Fifi will love your look," said Ash. "Don't forget to give her some flowers," said May, handing Pikachu a bouquet for him to give to Fifi.
At that moment, everybody heard a knock outside of their Pokémon Center room. "Who is it?" asked Ash. "Eet's Fifi, Måahnsieur ketchum. Ees Peekahchu ready?" asked Fifi. "He sure is," said Ash. Pikachu gulped nervously.
(Insert "Hiya, Hot Stuff" from Pokémon)
Ash opened the door and everybody saw the purple skunkette all dressed up. Fifi was wearing a very beautiful pink & red dress. The upper part and skirt was pink with a sweetheart neckline. It had a red belt with a round, gold belt buckle along with red tights for her legs. She also wore a pair of black high heels. For her makeup, she also wore light blue-green eyeshadow instead of her usual purple, blush and bright pink lipstick. Pikachu blushed at the sight of Fifi all dressed up. "You like my dress, Pikachu, mon amore?" asked Fifi sweetly. "You look b-b-beautiful," said Pikachu nervously. "Merci. I ahlways deed look good een peenk ahnd red; ze cahlors of rahmahnce. You look so hahndsahme, ahll dressed up," said Fifi, doing a curtsey. Pikachu blushed even more due to Fifi's compliment.
Fifi then noticed Pikachu with the bouquet of flowers. "Ahre zose flowers fahr me?" asked Fifi. "They sure are," said Pikachu. He handed Fifi the flowers and she smelled them. "Zey're beauteeful," said Fifi. Fifi then began to give Pikachu a big hug. At that moment, Pikachu noticed Fifi's lipstick. "Do you have to wear lipstick?" asked Pikachu. "Eet wouldn't keell you, would eet? Besides, I sink my leepsteeck mahkes my leeps look mahre keessahble een your eyes," said Fifi. She made some kissing noises as a way of flirting. "But can you at least try not to get my face messy?" asked Pikachu. "No prahmises," said Fifi, with a smug, but sultry tone. She let out a giggle. Fifi and Pikachu then began to head outside for dinner.
(End Music)
Pikachu and Fifi sat down on the table that Ash & co. and Pepé set up for the couple. The two then sat down. "Your Trainair ahnd hees friends ahre really cahreeng eef zey're doing everytheeng to mahke our night perfect," said Fifi. "Yes. It seems to me that Brock is the one who really wants to help as a way to make amends with Ash," said Pikachu. "Why ees zat?" asked Fifi. "Remember how when I along with Misty and Brock were painted like skunks and chased by you, Pepé and Bimbette?" asked Pikachu. "Wee. Why deed Ahsh do zat?" asked Fifi. "You see, the owner of that perfume shop owner, Erika is also the Celadon City Gym Leader. When Ash said he didn't like perfume, she selfishly banned him from the Gym. Misty, Brock and I did nothing to stop her. Ash and this other Trainer decided to report Erika's bad behavior to the Pokémon League. So they painted us like skunks to teach us a lesson and prevent us from interfering. While you and other skunks were chasing us, Ash and Geki called an inspector and she punished Erika and stripped her of her position as Gym Leader," said Pikachu.
"Well, zat's whaht she gets fahr naht being tahlerahble towahrd othair people's opeenions," said Fifi. "Yes. Even though we apologized to Ash, Brock lied," said Pikachu. "Lied?" asked Fifi. "Yes. His lust for a girl clouded his judgement and he didn't want to admit that Erika was the villain. But his real reason for lying was much more petty. When Bimbette was trying to woo Brock, she did kiss him on the lips, which was Brock's first kiss. But apparently, Brock wanted to save it for Erika and claimed Bimbette stole it. And he blamed Ash for it when he brought it on himself. He was waiting for the right moment to get to try to 'avenge' his stolen first kiss," said Pikachu.
"Whaht deed he do?" asked Fifi. asked Fifi. "We met a circus ringmaster named Stella, who had a Mr. Mine who refused to perform. Brock got the lame idea to dress Ash as one to make Stella's jealous. He hoped to impress Stella and get revenge on Ash. But when Team Rocket kidnapped Ash, thinking he was a real Mr. Mime, Delia was very angry. So angry that she beat up Brock and Stella. After we rescued Ash, Ash beat them up too, making their injuries even worse. Delia then sued Stella and Brock. As punishment, Stella was suspended from being a ringmaster. As for Brock, he was forced to tend to the needs of the Ketchums. This further fueled his hate for my Trainer since he believed he had the responsibility to avenge two girls' humiliations," said Pikachu. He paused.
"What Brock did next was very despicable. After Ash lost in the Indigo League no thanks to Team Rocket causing him to use up most of his Pokémon when they tried to kidnap him and Charizard's disobedience, Brock and Misty chose to berate Ash instead of comfort him. They refused to believe Ash that Team Rocket made him late. Ash angrily stormed off to find Team Rocket and bring them to the authorities to prove to Brock and Misty that he is right and they are wrong. On the way, he disowned Charizard and sent him away in disgrace. Ash also caught an Ariados and used it to subdue Team Rocket and catch them in a net. After capturing Team Rocket, he made them confess to everybody," said Pikachu.
"Whaht hahppened ahftair zat?" asked Fifi. "Even with all the evidence in their faces, Misty and Brock refused to admit Ash was right. Misty did it for two reasons. One, since she won a lot of arguments with Ash, she stupidly thought Ash will always be wrong and she'll always be right. Two; due to her hatred of bugs, she wouldn't let Ash catch a single Bug Pokémon ever since Ash released his Butterfree to be with a girl Butterfree. She claimed Ash disobeyed her. Brock refused due to his grudge against Ash for ruining Erika and Stella's lives when they deserved it. Ash got angry and insulted both of them, which escalated into a fist fight. Misty and Brock weren't giving Ash a chance to fight back. Delia tried to break up the fight, but Misty attacked her too, declaring anybody who defended Ash must be beaten up," said Pikachu. Fifi gasped when she heard this.
"Seeing his mother getting attacked finally gave Ash the strength to fight back. He beat up Misty and Brock for every time they insulted and assaulted him. He ended the fight by breaking their legs & arms and throwing them into a mud puddle. Brock and Misty's Trainer Licenses were suspended and Misty was also put under house arrest for assault. Ash disowned not just Misty and Brock, but friendship as well. He became more aggressive in battles, especially against Team Rocket. It wasn't until he met Lorelei of the Kanto Elite Four did Ash start to become a friendly Trainer again. He made new friends and re-encountered Charizard, which led to him making amends with Ash. And as of now, it looks like he and Brock are going to become friends again," said Pikachu. "Whaht ahbout Meesty?" asked Fifi. "Not yet. But I'm sure one day we'll all be friends again," said Pikachu.
At that moment, Brock arrived with Pikachu and Fifi's dinner. He was carrying two platters that were covered with lids. "Your dinner is ready," said Brock. He opened the lids to reveal hot and steaming bowls of ratatouille. "Ooh. Rahtatouille, how nice," said Fifi. "I figured I cook something French fir your dinner," said Brock. Fifi got a spoonful of her dinner and tasted it. "Ziss ees deleecious! Eet tahstes like how my mahthair would cook eet" said Fifi. "Thanks," said Brock. "My mahthair's a fahmous chef bahck een pahrees. You could learn a sing or two frahm hair eef you evair get ze chahnce to meet hair," said Fifi. "I'll take your word on it," said Brock. And he left so that the two could enjoy their dinner.
Pikachu also tried a spoonful of the ratatouille. "This is good, Fifi. I missed Brock's cooking ever since the falling out. It's great I get to eat another of his meals," said Pikachu. "I see," said Fifi. "So who are your other family members besides your mother?" asked Pikachu. "Well, dahddy ees a tv prahducair ahnd lahves hees jahb. I ahlso hahve two seebleengs. First ees my oldair seestair, Breegitte. I ahlso hahve a youngair brahthair nahmed Jean-Claude," said Fifi. "Well, to tell you the truth, Fifi. I met your older sister once," said Pikachu. "You deed? When?" asked Fifi. "It was when Ash, Verity and Sorrel were traveling in the Johto Region. When we arrived in Violet City, there was this boy who wanted to steal me from Ash. He chased me into the forest. To scare him away, I painted myself to look like a skunk. I managed to scare him off, but discovered doing that had an unwanted side effect," said Pikachu.
"Let me guess. My seestair fell een lahve weeth you, sinkeeng you were a real skunk hunk," said Fifi. "Yep. Next thing I knew, I found myself wrapped in her long tail and she started hugging me. After that, she kissed me silly like you usually do to me," said Pikachu. Fifi La Fume giggled. "I guess being rahmahnteec does run een ze fahmeely," said Fifi. And she continued giggling. Pikachu blushed in embarrassment. "Brigette did find out I was just a Pikachu. She was angry at me at first for deceiving her, but I managed to explain to her about why I painted myself. She then helped foil another of Team Rocket's evil plots and returned me to Ash. The boy who tried to steal me was made to apologize to me and Ash. Before she left, Brigette said I should give you a chance," said Pikachu. "Well, she's right. You should give a rahmahnce weeth me a chahnce. You sahved my life years ahgo ahnd I finahlly returned ze fahvahr. We're perfect fahr each othair," said Fifi.
After dinner, Fifi and Pikachu took a walk in the park. At one point, the two sat down near a lake and looked up to the sky. "Ze night ees beauteeful weeth ze stahrs ahnd ze full moon out," said Fifi. "It sure is," said Pikachu. "You know whaht would mahkeeng ziss mahment even mahre rahmahnteec?" asked Fifi. "What?" asked Pikachu. "A keess," said Fifi. Pikachu began to sweat nervously. "Do we have to kiss?" asked Pikachu. "Wee," said Fifi. She took out a book titled, "Buster Bunny's Guide to Dating". She scrolled through the pages until she came to the section about kissing. "Eet says we hahve to keess on ziss pahge een Bustair Bunny's Guide to Dahteeng. Eet ees ze mahst eempahrtahnt pahrt of a dahte," said Fifi.
"He actually wrote a book about that?" asked Pikachu. "Mm-hmm. Ziss keess ees ze first step een helpeeng you get ovair your keessahphobia," said Fifi. "Kisso-what?" asked Pikachu. Keessahphobia. Een othair wahrds, you're ahfraid of keesseeng a geerl or getteeng keessed by a geerl. Zat would explain why you keep runneeng ahway frahm me. But ziss ees one keess you cahn't run ahway frahm. How's ahbout I let you mahke ze first keess? Dahn't be scahred ahnd mahke eet a good one," said Fifi. She puckered her lovely pink lips, with her eyes half closed. Pikachu started to sweat. Ash was watching. "Come on already, Pikachu. Kiss the girl," said Ash. He then gave Pikachu a little push and Pikachu's lips made contact with Fifi's. He gave Fifi a really big kiss on his lips. After the kiss, Fifi's entire head blushed pink, her tail's stripe turned ted like a thermometer and her eyes turned into red hearts. Fifi jumped into the air with her heart pounding with love. She screamed happily before she giggled with love. "ZAT WAHS ZE MAHST RAHMAHNTEEC KEESS A BOY HAHS EVAIR GIVEN TO ME EEN MY ENTIRE LIFE!" screamed Fifi excitedly. She began to do a series of backflips due to how romantic the kiss was. "Wow. That was some kiss," said Ash. Ash then went back to the Pokémon Center. Pikachu let out a sigh of relief. "Glad I that's done and over with," said Pikachu.
But Pikachu spoke too soon. Suddenly, and without warning, Fifi pounced Pikachu, pinning him to the ground. "Dahne?! We've only begun to keess, my generahtahr of lahve! Eet's naht ovair unteel your fahce ees cahvered een my leepsteeck!" said Fifi excitedly. Fifi then lifted Pikachu up into the air and began to kiss Pikachu all over the face. Each kiss left a pink lipstick mark on the parts of Pikachu's face that Fifi kissed him on. Pikachu was actually starting to enjoy the kisses, until he started smelling Fifi's horrid odor. "Umm . . . Fifi. Your odor . . . it's . . . Fifi . . . Fi . . . ," said Pikachu. But he was cut short when Fifi started to kiss Pikachu on the lips. Fifi made sure the kiss lasted for a long time. The more deeper she was into the kiss, the stronger her musk was growing. Pikachu's face started to turn green due to Fifi's stink. Fifi finally ended the kiss when her lips came off of Pikachu's with a loud POP! The combination of Fifi's kisses filling him with love and her odor was too much for Pikachu. His eyes turned into swirls and he collapsed in Fifi's arms, unconscious. Fifi giggled a girly giggle. "Leettle boys ahre such cheeldren," giggled Fifi. The purple skunkette then embraced the unconscious Pikachu.
Fifi arrived back to the Pokémon Center, carrying the unconscious Pikachu in her arms. His face was still covered in her lipstick. Ash was waiting for them. "I can tell by the amount of kiss marks on Pikachu's face that you enjoyed the date, Fifi?" asked Ash. "Wee. Ahnd eet seems my keesses hahs overwhelmed weeth my lahve," said Fifi. I think that skunk smell had to something about it too, thought Ash. Fifi gently put Pikachu down. "Ziss wahs ze best dahte I evair hahd weeth a boy. Bettair zan my failed dahte weeth Jahhnny Pew. I certainly earned ziss chahnce to dahte Peekahchu due to how I sahved heem," said Fifi. "You sure did," said Ash.
But then, Ash noticed Fifi was looking sad. "What's the matter, Fifi? Aren't you happy that you finally got to date my Pikachu?" asked Ash. "I know I should. But eet's just zat tahmorrow, I hahve to go bahck to Ahcme Ahcres seence school will stahrt ahgain. Ahnd I'm ahfraid I wahn't see Peekahchu ahgain teel ahftair I grahduate. Ahnd you may naht be een Hoenn ahnymahre by zen," said Fifi sadly. She wiped a tear from her eye.
At that moment, Ash got an idea. "Fifi, I might have a solution for your problem. How would you like to travel with us for the rest of your summer?" asked Ash. "You mean eet?" asked Fifi. "Yes. Pepé did say your summer wasn't that fun or romantic up to this point until now. So, traveling with us is the best way you spend the rest of it. That way, you can spend more time with Pikachu. And after you graduate, and if you don't have a boyfriend by then, you can travel with me and Pikachu. That is a promise I intend to keep. Just don't force Pikachu to love you. Take it nice and slow, okay?" asked Ash. Suddenly, Fifi jumped into Ash's arms and started rubbing cheeks with him. "Bless you, Måahnsieur Ketchum! You ahre so kind!" said Fifi. She then began to plant kisses on Ash's cheek. "Hey! Cut it out! Save the kissing for Pikachu!" cried Ash. "Oh. Pahrdahn moi," said Fifi. Fifi then smiled. It was the happiest she had ever been in her entire life.
The same couldn't be said about Jessie, James and Meowth. They were were locked away in a high security prison. Jessie and James were pathetically sobbing over their defeat. "It's not fair! It's not fair at all! This was supposed to be our day of victory!" wept Jessie. "It was supposed to be the day when we finally win! But it was taken away from us . . . again," sobbed James. And the two continued crying. Meowth on the other hand, was in the middle of a rant, which was annoying the other prisoners, including the traitorous Team Rocket agent known as the Iron Masked Marauder. "It's impossible, I tell you, impossible! Our plan was perfect! HOW DID SHE DO IT? I have to know! Somebody tell me! It's not fair! There was no way, I tell you! No way she could've restored Pikachu's memories with a kiss! Somebody tell me! DO YOU HEAR ME? SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW SHE DID IT! I HAVE TO KNOW! I HAVE TO KNO-O-O-O-OW!" screamed Meowth.
The next morning, Ash and his friends along with Fifi and Pepé woke up. Pikachu wasn't awake yet. Fifi simply walked up to Pikachu and kissed him awake. When Pikachu opened his eyes, he saw Fifi was staring at him, lovingly. "Wahkey wahkey, my preence," said Fifi. Pikachu let out a yelp and jumped back a few feet away from her. "What are you still doing here, Fifi?" asked Pikachu. "Oh, zat's right. Ahsh deedn't tell you cause you were uncahnscious. Ahsh says zat fahr ze rest of my summair, I cahn trahvel weeth you guys. Zat way, I cahn spend time weeth you. Eesn't ziss great?" asked Fifi. She fluttered her eyelashes at Pikachu.
Pikachu's eyes widened in horror when he heard those words. He turned to Ash. "Ash, how could you?!" asked Pikachu. "It's like what Pepé said, she hasn't had a good summer so far. So, this is the best way for her to make up for it," said Ash. Fifi then wrapped her tail around Pikachu. "Look's like eet's just you ahnd me, my leettle spahrk plug," said Fifi sweetly. She giggled as she gentle rubbed cheeks with Pikachu. Pikachu shot Ash a death glare. "I hate you, Ash," grumbled Pikachu.
Present Time . . .
"Fifi and Pepé traveled with us until after May entered the Hoenn Grand Festival of Pokémon Contests. The promise I made to Fifi to let her travel with us after she graduates is a promise I intend to fulfill after the graduation dance. Ever since the Battle of Lilycove City, the international police doubled their efforts to bring down Team Rocket since Jessie, James and Meowth proved how dangerous the organization was. Very soon, key members of the organization were being arrested, one by one. The police even had help from both the Justice League and the Avengers. Jessie, James and Meowth were fired by Giovanni as a result of their blunder. But instead of blaming themselves for their lives going downhill, they blamed me instead," said Ash. "That's the thing with villains, they always blame the hero instead of themselves when something bad happens to them," said Clemont.
"So, whaht evair hahppened to ze rest of ze orgahneezahtion?" asked Fleur. "We had a final battle with Giovanni at an undersea temple. Also present were certain members of the disbanded Teams Magma, Aqua and Galactic. 'Cause you see, in order to try to get back into the organization, Jessie, James & Meowth had crooks scattered all over the criminal underworld spread lies that they destroyed the other organizations. But the remaining members didn't take kindly to those rumors. During the battle, the temple collapsed and Giovanni was last seen getting crushed by rubble. The organization fell into disarray and the majority of them were arrested, leaving Jessie, James and Meowth left," said Ash. "In other words, Team Rocket is on the endangered species list," said Pikachu.
Very soon, everybody was finished with breakfast. "Thanks for the breakfast, Mrs. La Fume. It was delicious," said Ash. "Merci. I'm glahd you liked eet," said Fleur. "Ahnyway, mahthair. I'm going to show Peekahchu, Ahsh ahnd ze others ahround town. But first, I'm going to show zem my room," said Fifi. "Sure," said Pikachu. Fifi and her Spritzees began to lead Ash, Pikachu and Serena upstairs. They soon arrived to Fifi's room. The wallpaper was pink with hearts decorating them. In her bedroom, was Fifi's bed, a cabinet and closet to store her clothes & costumes, her vanity and her harp. "Wow. Your room looks pretty," said Serena. "Merci, Serena," said Fifi.
At that moment, Pikachu saw what appeared to be a basketball in a display case. But on the baseball was an autograph by the famous basketball star, Michael Jordon. "Where did you get a basketball signed by Michael Jordon?" asked Pikachu. "Zat bahsketbahll ees a souveneer frahm when ze Looney Tunes, Teeny Toons & Ahneemahniacs teamed up weeth Meechael Jahrdon een a bahsketbahll gahme ahgainst sahme ahliens cahlled Nerdlucks zat tried to mahke us toons ahs pahrt of zeir dying zeme pahrk, Mahron Mountain. Ze Nerdlucks stahle ze tahlents of five bahsketbahll players ahnd used zem to trahnsfahrm eento mahnstrous versions of ze players cahlled ze Mahnstahrs. I wahs ze one who gaht ze idea to recruit Meechael. Despite zeir deerty tahcteecs, we were ahble to beat ze Mahnstahrs ahnd us toons wahn our freedahm ahnd ze five players gaht zeir tahlents bahck," explained Fifi.
But then, Pikachu saw something that disturbed him. It was a shrine in honor of him. There were photos that were taken from the tunnel of love and photo booth on the wall. On a shelf, were some candles and a life-sized plush Pikachu toy covered in pink lipstick marks. At the center of the shrine was the painting Fifi made of Pikachu zapping Elmyra, with her watching and blushing. Ash and Serena saw the shrine. "Fifi, what is that?" asked Ash. Fifi began to blush in embarrassment. "Oh zat. Zat's a shrine I mahde to hahnor Peekahchu," said Fifi. "Fifi, really?" asked Pikachu. "Whaht? I couldn't stahp sinkeeng ahbout you evair seence you sahved my life," said Fifi. "Those are the photos from that Celadon City Department Store photo booth," said Pikachu. "Wee. Zat painteeng you see een ze centair, I mahde zat een ahrt clahss ze day ahftair you sahved me frahm Elmyra," said Fifi. "I got to admit, this painting's really good," said Ash. "I love how you see Elmyra's skeleton as Pikachu's zapping her," said Serena. She giggled. "That Pikachu plush toy covered in lipstick, it's just disturbing. You actually kept one for the purpose of kissing it?" asked Pikachu. Fifi's blushing went nuclear. "Eef eet'll mahke you mahre cahmfortahble, I'll get reed of zat when I mahve out," said Fifi. She giggled an embarrassed giggle and hid her face with her tail. "Yes. Please do," said Pikachu.
Very soon, Fifi and the others went down the stairs and began to head outside. "My friends ahnd I ahre going to sahme sight seeing now, mahthair," said Fifi. "Be cahreful, Fifi," said Fleur. "I will, mahthair," said Fifi. Fleur then gave her daughter French kisses and Fifi and the others then left to explore the city.
As you can, I decide to reveal some details of what happened during the Kanto Saga, which will be further explored in flashbacks in later details. I never liked how Delia didn't react more worrisome in "Mr. Mime Time" after Ash was kidnapped. So, as mentioned by Pikachu, she vented her anger toward Brock and Stella. Ash also gets a chance at payback too after Team Rocket's defeat. Even though I never saw the episode after "Friend & Foe Alike", I never liked how Misty and Brock acted toward Ash after his lost at Indigo League. So, Ash not just gets revenge on Team Rocket for their part in causing his loss, he disowns Misty and Brock to punish them. A full flashback of that scene as well as Lorelei's involvement in un-hardening his heart toward friendship will be shown in later stories. Meowth's ranting while he and his partners are in prison was inspired by the Riddler's meltdown at the end of the Batman the Animated Series episode, "Riddler's Reform". I will write a fanfiction series titled, "Fifi's Hoenn Vacation", showing her involvement in certain Pokémon Hoenn Saga episodes, with the first episode being a full version of this fanfic series' version of "A Scare to Remember", which will reveal why Misty didn't show up as one of the calvary. The shrine that Fifi made in honor of Pikachu was inspired by Fifi's Furrball Shrine in the fanfiction story, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Fume-mous." Next chapter, will not just show more of Team Rocket's Wile E. Coyote-ish bad luck, but will show a flashback of when they were fired. Until next time, Happy Valentine's Day.
