Chapter 13: Overcoming Skunk Smell

Ash, Pikachu, Serena and Bonnie arrived back to the Jones Motel after their errands. Clemont was waiting for them. "Clemont, is your new invention ready?" asked Ash. "Yes," said Clemont. But he didn't seem too happy for some reason. "What's the matter, big brother?" asked Bonnie. "You're on the news," said Clemont. He turned on a TV, which was playing a news report of Bonnie being laughed at. "You just made yourself and me a laughing stock of the entire town, trying to ask a skunkette to be my wife," huffed Clemont. "But Dizzy went out with Mitzi during a prom," said Bonnie. "But that doesn't mean the same results will happen with me," scolded Clemont. Bonnie then hid her face with a pillow in shame.

"But anyway, Ash, I built something, which I theorize should help Pikachu build a resistance to Fifi's smell," said Clemont. He revealed a robot that looked like Fifi La Fume. "So how is this robotic version of Fifi going to help?" asked Serena. "Quite simple, this Fifiroid is programmed to give off the musk of a real skunk. And it's programmed with her mannerisms," said Clemont. "So what am I supposed to do?" asked Pikachu. "Your objective is to try to withstand her smell for more than a minute. Let's see how far you can stand the smell," said Clemont. "The problem is that your inventions always explode. If it explodes when the skunk fumes are in the air, it'll ignite the fumes making a bigger explosion," said Bonnie. "Which is why I have a solution," said Clemont, winking.

Minutes later, Clemont built a large bomb-shelter like building. Both Pikachu and the Fifiroid were in the shelter. There was a window for Ash & co. to see through. "This should contain the explosion in the event of the robot exploding," said Clemont. "But you'll have to pull out Pikachu before it does go kaboom," said Ash. "Of course," said Clemont.

Clemont pressed a button on a remote control and the Fifiroid sparked to life. It then spotted Pikachu and its eyes turned into pink hearts. "Ooh la la! Mahn petite peeka hunk! hahld me!" said the Fifiroid. The Fifiroid then grabbed Pikachu and began to kiss him all over the face, leaving pink kiss marks. It then began to give him a hug. The robot began to let off its stench. The stench fumes were purple just like Fifi's. Clemont certainly got her mannerisms right. Okay, Pikachu. If you want to fun on your date with Fifi, you're going to have to tolerate her skunk fumes, thought Pikachu. Then, the fumes formed a mouth, which bit Pikachu's nose. But Pikachu didn't flinch. The fumes next formed a hammer, which hit Pikachu's nose. Pikachu's eyes were starting to tear up, but he didn't move. The fumes did silly, cartoony stuff to Pikachu's nose such as cut at it with a chainsaw or twist it. But still, he wouldn't cower out.

Five minutes passed since Clemont's test began. "He's holding up quite well," said Ash. But then, the Fifiroid began to shake. Clemont knew what that meant. "Uh-oh! It's on the verge of blowing up!" said Clemont. Reacting quickly, he opened up a round compartment. He used his Aipom arm to pull Pikachu out of the shelter. He then closed the compartment. But then, the Fifiroid stopped shaking and there was no explosion.

"Hey. The robot didn't explode," said Serena. "Huh. My inventions normally always ex . . . ," said Clemont. "KITTY!" cried a voice. Everybody turned and saw it was Elmyra Duff. "You won't get away from me this time!" said Elmyra as she ran toward the shelter. "Wait! That's not a kitty! It's a skunk! But it's not even a real skunk to begin with!" cried Ash. But Elmyra didn't hear him. She went into the shelter. Clemont knew what might happen and closed the door. "You're safe from that mean kitty!" said Elmyra as she began to hug the Fifiroid. "I'm going to hug you and squeeze you and . . . ,"

KA-BOOM! The Fifiroid blew up in Elmyra's face. The explosion also ignited the skunk fumes in the shelter, making a bigger explosion that shook the shelter. Ash, Pikachu, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie shielded their eyes from the explosion's brightness. After the explosion subsided, the sides of the shelter fell down, revealing Elmyra, who was barbecued by the explosion. The Fifiroid was also in pieces. "Kitty go boom boom . . . ," groaned Elmyra. She fell to the ground, unconscious.

Pikachu then burst out laughing hysterically. "She's more stupid than I originally imagined!" cried Pikachu. He then resumed laughing. "That's no way to talk about Clemont's future bride," huffed Bonnie. "But you heard what she said, she liked Monty. So give up on trying to pair that idiot with your brother already," said Serena. "Well, at least Pikachu bravely managed to put up with skunk fumes for five minutes. I think he's ready for his date," said Ash. "Come. Let's get you all cleaned up and ready for tonight," said Serena. "Pika," said Pikachu.

Neither the heroes nor Elmyra know that Plucky had witnessed Elmyra getting fried. He laughed evilly as he looked at a recording of Elmyra getting barbecued on a video camera. "Wait til I post the video of Elmyra's humiliation on LoonTube," said Plucky. And continued laughing.


I hope you enjoyed this new chapter. I was originally going to have Clemont get fried by the Fifiroid when it exploded, but I thought it would be funnier if Elmyra was the victim. Her thinking the robot was the real Fifi would should how really stupid Elmyra is. And Elmyra's humiliation is going to get worse once Plucky posts the video on the internet. Next chapter will be part 2 of Team Rocket's humiliating attempts to steal Pikachu, only for them to backfire the Looney Tunes way . . .