On their way to Celadon City, the gang arrived at a high cliff staring at the horizon. They soon noticed a large group of Butterfree pass over their heads and into the horizon.

"Why's there a lot of Butterfree here?" Misty asked.

Brock smiled, "The Butterfree are celebrating their season of love."

Misty blinked, "Love?"

"The season of love is when the Butterfree lay their eggs," Ember explained, "The Butterfree finds a mate, and then they lay their eggs a cross the sea."

"It sounds so romantic!" Misty said, dreamily.

Ember smiled at the thought of her Butterfree finding a mate. She had a feeling that he would meet the Pink Butterfree. But she would also have to be prepare to let Butterfree go with his new mate.

"Why don't we just get a hot-air balloon and see what the Butterfree are doing?" Ember suggested.

Brock had led them off to rent a air balloon. They were all standing inside as Misty looked at Brock, "I'm surprised there's a hot air balloon for rent out here."

"We'll probably see a lot of other air balloon, once we'll get up into the air," Brock said.

"What are we waiting for?" Ember asked in excitement, "Let's hit it!"

Brock chuckled, "Hold on tight."

Brock turned on the fire, making the balloon lift up. As they got higher and higher into the air, Ember smiled in amazement as she watched the sparking water and the green forest.

Ember chuckled, "What a view!"

"(So cool!)" Lucario said.

"Rai-chu!" Tesla called and they followed their gazes to see the Butterfree flying around.

"Look, there they are!" Misty amazed.

"Let's go." Brock said before he lowered the air balloon behind the Butterfree so they won't interrupt any of them as they were finding a mate.

"Look at that." Ember smiled.

"Okay Ember." Brock said.

"Right." Ember pulled out Butterfree's Pokéball and threw it, "Butterfree, go!"

Ember smiled, "Hey there buddy, I called you out here so you could look for a mate."

Butterfree tilted his head and looked behind him. He saw a lot of Butterfree and flew over to the group to see if there was one that caught his eye. But each time, Butterfree appeared next to one, they just turn they heads away, and so Butterfree continued on.

"Huh?" Ember asked.

"Maybe none of those Butterfree are it's type." Brock guessed.

"What do you mean by it type, Brock? The Butterfree are all look exactly the same to me." Misty commented.

"Some must fly better then other, or maybe they have a slightly different patterns, I guess." Brock theorized.

They suddenly all heard Pokéballs opening from behind them and looked over to see more hot air balloons were flying behind them.

"Look at all the balloons." Misty said as trainers released their own Butterfree.

"They all Butterfree trainers," Brock explained, "They come this time, every year to release their Butterfree."

They saw a pretty girl not far from them, holding a Pokéball and then she released her Butterfree. Brock stared at her as he blushed.

"Oh, no, not this again." Misty sighed.

"Oh, brother." Ember muttered with a chuckle. Then she looked over as her Butterfree flew back toward them.

"Butterfree?" Ember asked. "You didn't find someone for you?" She asked sadly and it shook it's head.

Brock pushed himself beside Ember, making Misty and the Pokémon both jump, "Listen up, Butterfree, see that Butterfree the girl just released?" He pointed to the Butterfree the pretty girl released, "That one right over there! Pick that one!"

Ember's Butterfree looked at the same Butterfree before looking at Brock as he tilted his head.

"Don't you get it?" Brock asked, "If two Butterfree fall in love, their trainers will meet, and they will fall in love, too!"

Ember raised an eyebrow before she knew it, Misty hit him hard in the head, making him groan in pain as he held his head.

"Don't meddle in Pokémon's love affairs!" She snapped.

"(I fully agree with Misty.)" Lucario agreed and Tesla nodded.

"How about you socialize for a while? Who knows you might find a suitable partner while you're at it." Ember suggested.

Butterfree nodded, "Butterfree Free. Free Butterfree Free (Sounds good. See you in a little while)."

"Wait," Ember went into her backpack and took out a yellow ribbon and tied it around Butterfree's neck into a bow, "There."

Butterfree smiled and nudged his cheek against Ember's as she rubbed his head. Then he flew off. Ember watched as her Butterfree went back to the other Butterfree's. She now had a good feeling that Butterfree would make a good impression on the Pink Butterfree.

Then she soon spotted him next to the Pink Butterfree who seemed to be very interested in him.

"Looks like Butterfree found the one!" Misty smiled.

"Love at first sight." Brock sighed.

"It's a Pink one too." Ember smiled.

Then the two Butterfree flew over to the gang.

"Welcome back," Ember smiled, "Did you have fun talking with the other Butterfree?" she asked, her friend landing on her other shoulder.

Butterfree nodded, "Butterfree free, free free Butterfree (As a matter of fact I did, even brought a friend)."

Ember looked at the Pink Butterfree with interest, "So I see. She's really pretty isn't she?" she said knowingly.

Butterfree looked away but you could see a small blush on his face, "...Butterfree (...I suppose)."

"Rai raichu (She really is pretty)." Tesla commented.

"(Very pretty.)" Lucario added.

The Pink Butterfree blushed and looked down making it clear that she was embarrassed. Ember smiled. She knew her Pokémon friend would find a mate sooner than later; it was just a matter of time. The group began talking with the Pink Butterfree.

Then they heard a loud noise and looked behind them to see a Team Rocket helicopter flying close by, and through the speakers of the helicopter, they heard the same familiar and annoying voices.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"Make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation."

"To unite all people's within our nation."

"To denounce the evils of truth and love."

"To extended our reaches to the stars above."

"Jessie."

"James."

The bottom of the helicopter opened and a bigger size Pokéball lowered down.

"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light."

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

Meowth appeared above the Pokéball, "Meowth! That's right!"

Jessie laughed, "Look at all the Butterfree." She said.

"All ours for the taking." James said and the Pokéball disappeared, revealing a huge net instead.

"Let's do some net working." Meowth said with a laugh and the Butterfree started to get trapped inside the net as the helicopter flew in the herd.

"They stealing all the Butterfree!" Misty said.

"Hey! Knock it off!" Ember yelled. "Stop it!"

"Stop or you'll disrupt their all egg lay season!" Brock yelled.

"Can't you see those Butterfree are in love?!" Misty shouted.

Jessie laughed, "We're in love, too, little girl. With all the pretty little Pokémon." She taunted.

"Those Butterfree are free no more." James joked.

Ember growled, "We got to stop them."

They started to shout at them as they continued to trap more Butterfree inside their net. Brock started to turn the pilot the air balloon again, flying them after Team Rocket.

"Can't we speed up and catch them?" Ember asked.

"I'm trying, but their chopper is a lot faster." Brock pointed out.

Ember's Butterfree turned to the Pink Butterfree.

"Butterfree free free free Butterfree (Please stay here with Ember. I'll go save them)." Butterfree said. The Pink Butterfree nodded and settled onto Ember's shoulder. Then he flew off towards Team Rocket's helicopter.

"Ha!" Jessie taunted, "What can a little bug like you do?!"

Butterfree begins to flap his wings and a wind with silver crescents are released heading right for the wings of the helicopter doing some damage because one of the wings broke and they lost altitude falling down from the sky.

Ember's eyes widened, "Was that move what I think it was?"

Brock who stood next to her was just as surprised, "I think so, but check your phone just to be sure."

Ember brought out her phone:

[Butterfree has learned the move Silver Wind]

"So I wasn't seeing things, that really was Silver Wind." Ember said impressed that her Butterfree knew the move Silver Wind.

"Looks like it. And that was a pretty impressive one too." Brock commented.

Misty nodded, "I'll say! It knocked Team Rocket right out of the sky!"

"Rai (Cool)." Tesla said.

Ember looked down, "I think I saw them land over there. Let's go!"

They landed the host-air balloon knowing that Team Rocket was still in the area and they were right. They spotted them just now getting out of the helicopter. Ember was fuming at them for interrupting Butterfree's chance of finding a mate. She turned to the bug type,

"Let's show them no mercy, Butterfree." Ember decided.

"Butterfree (Indeed)" her friend nodded.

"Use, Whirlwind." Butterfree flapped his wings sending a strong gust of wind at Team Rocket causing them to blast off into the air.

"Talk about a temperamental Butterfree!" Jessie growled.

"Well it's mating season. They tend to be more aggressive." James explained.

"Man," Meowth sighed, "Remind me to never find a mate."

"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" They shouted before they disappeared into the sky.

Tesla stuck her tongue out at the flying rockets, "Raichu! (Serves you right!)"

Lucario chuckled, "(Indeed)."

The pink Butterfree flew over to Ember's Butterfree doing a dance. Understanding what she was trying to do Butterfree did a dance right along with her making Ember smile at her friend happy that the two of them confessed their feelings to each other in their own way.

"You see," she said to no one in particular, "I told you that you'd find a mate sooner than later."

The others couldn't help but smile because she was right. Butterfree did indeed find his mate and he couldn't be happier.

When nighttime hit everyone went to the Pokémon center to get some sleep, but before Ember could even think about sleep she had to send Butterfree and his mate to the coral. After Butterfree found his mate, Ember was prepared to leave him so he could start a family of his own, but Butterfree would hear nothing of it!

Butterfree and his mate talked it over and decided to start their new family at the coral. That way Butterfree can still be with Ember and his mate with no problems. Ember couldn't help but smile and hugged his big type and his mate, who she named Momo, who had no problem with the arrangement.

So before she could go to the room where she and Misty were staying she decided to head to one of the transfer systems and call Prof. Oak to let him know of the situation, which he found to be interesting having not seen a pink Butterfree before. Then she sent Butterfree and Momo to the corral, where they were going to spend the rest of their happy days there. She also decided to send Bulbasaur to the corral and bring Scorbunny, Fennekin, and Krabby to her team.

Ember almost couldn't believe that Butterfree still wanted to stay with her. She really was prepared to let Butterfree go and start a family with his mate. But he decided to stay with her along with his mate. She was surprised and happy of the outcome.

Pokémon on hand: Raichu (Tesla)(F), Lucario (M), Pidgeot (F), Shiny Suicune (Azure)(F), Shiny Charmander (Natsu)(M), Squirtle (M), Pokémon Egg, Scorbunny (M), Fennekin (F), Krabby (M)

Prof. Oak's Lab:

Boltund (M), Scyther (F), Nidoran (M), Nidoran (F), Mienfoo (F), Glaceon (F), Leafeon (F), Shiny Rapidash (Comet)(M), Jolteon (F), Flareon (M), Vaporeon (F), Sylveon (F), Shiny Umbreon (Mani)(M), Espeon (F), Clefable (F), Sandslash (M), Rockfuff (M), Shiny Gyarados (Rory)(M), Gengar (M), Butterfree (M), Pink Butterfree (Momo)(F), Bulbasaur (M)