Last time on Pokemon Super: Black & White, Ash and Cabba set off on their Unova Region journey. On the start of their journey, they met a girl named Iris and her Pokemon Axew. Shortly after meeting Iris, Cabba found a mysterious blue ball with two purple stars, the Saiyan also managed to catch a Deerling. Shortly after Ash caught a Pidove, the three trainers ran into Team Rocket, who tried to take Pikachu, Chimchar, and Axew away. But Team Rocket's plan failed thanks to Cabba's strength and power, as well as a surprise visit from Oshawott. Now that everyone got a nice rest in the Pokemon Center, our heroes are now back on the road to Striaton City!

A Sandile Gusher of Change

The next day, after their encounter with Team Rocket, Ash, Cabba, and Iris were walking down the path to Striaton City for Ash and Cabba's first Unova Region Gym Battles.

As they were walking, Ash turned his head to Iris. "So, why are you coming along with me and Cabba anyway?"

"Excuse me, but it's not me that's coming along with you two, it's that you two are coming along with me. Get it?" Iris began to walk ahead of the two of them.

"Oh please." Ash muttered. Both Cabba and Chimchar blinked and looked at each other. Ash started to walk a little faster to take the lead.

"It's true!" Iris walked a little faster than Ash.

"Uh, Ash? Iris?" Cabba sweat dropped a bit.

"Man!" Ash speed walked ahead of Iris.

"Excuse me!" Iris called, walking faster.

"Excuse me!" Ash took the lead again.

Cabba sighed while he watched his friends get into some sort of speed walking race. He had to walk faster himself so he and Chimchar can keep up with them. The Chimp Pokemon had an annoyed look on his face as the speed walking continued.

Ash and Iris kept trying to walk ahead of one another, but now it looked like they went from walking to running. Cabba had no problem catching up to his friends. "Come on, we don't really need to go through this!" "Char Char Char." Chimchar slowly shook his head.

Iris suddenly stopped them and glared at Ash. "Who said you can walk in front of me!?"

"No one!" Ash glared back at her.

"Look, I figured since the two of you don't know much about the Unova Region, I'd help you out! And what do I get for trying to be nice? Obviously not even a thank you!" Iris explained, folding her arms.

"I don't remember either me or Cabba asking you to come along!" Ash grunted.

"Sure, go ahead and act like a tough guy. You're such a kid." Iris snickered.

That made Ash even more angry. "Oh yeah? Well, you're such a kid, too!" "Pika Pika!" Pikachu took his trainer's side.

Now it was Iris's turn to be angry. "You've got some nerve saying that to me!"

Cabba sweat dropped a little, seeing that Ash and Iris are now glaring at each other. "Guys, stop arguing! Can't we just get back on the road to Striaton City?"

Ash and Iris turned to the Saiyan while pointing at each other. "Hey, this little kid started it!" Hearing each other talk at the same time only made Ash and Iris turn their heads back to each other. "I did not! You did!" After that, the two of them went back to glaring at one another.

Cabba sighed, having trouble finding a way to stop his friends. Suddenly, something caught Chimchar's eye. The Chimp Pokemon saw something between Ash and Iris. "Chimchar?"

Ash and Iris stopped glaring at each other before they and Cabba saw who else was with them. "Oshawott!" Turns out, it was Oshawott that was standing with the three trainers.

"Oshawott! Oshawott!" Oshawott happily walked over to Ash. The Kanto trainer blinked in surprise. "It's you!" He recalled when Oshawott helped them deal with Team Rocket yesterday.

Ash took out his Pokedex to scan Oshawott. "Oshawott, the Sea Otter Pokemon. Oshawott attacks and defends using its scalchop that can be removed from its stomach."

Ash put his Pokedex away and turned his attention back to Oshawott. "Thanks for helping us back there!" Oshawott happily accepted the thanks.

"But, I don't get it. What brings you over here to us this time?" Cabba asked.

Oshawott answered by walking closer to Ash. Pikachu seemed to realize what the Sea Otter Pokemon wants. "Pika. Pika Pi. Pika Pika."

"Wow. So you were following us?" Ash asked in confusion. "I guess so, but why?" Cabba asked.

Iris squealed in happiness at Oshawott's adorableness. "You're so cute! And you were following me! If you were any softer at the cheeks and squishier, I can't stand it!" Oshawott frowned once Iris began to poke his cheeks. "Of course, since it's obvious that you can't live without me, I promise that I'll keep you as my very own Pokemon!" Iris exclaimed.

Cabba laughed a little nervously while sweat dropping a little. "Uh, Iris? I'm not sure if it's only you Oshawott's been following." Iris turned to the Saiyan. "What do you mean?"

Oshawott got out of Iris's grip and shook his head. The Water-Type Pokemon ran over to Ash to praise him. It was perfectly clear to both Cabba and Chimchar and the two of them smiled a little. Oshawott climbed up to Ash's shoulder, pushing Pikachu off as he did. "What's going on...Pikachu!?" Ash gasped.

Pikachu shot back up to his feet and glared at Oshawott. "Pika!"

Oshawott got off Ash's shoulder to explain his reason. Cabba chuckled a little. "Sounds to me that you like Ash." Iris turned her head to the Water-Type Pokemon. "Is that true?" "Wott! Wott! Oshawott!" Oshawott exclaimed happily.

Cabba and Chimchar turned to each other. "I guess Ash has his ways with Pokemon, doesn't he?" Cabba asked. Chimchar smiled and shrugged. "Char Chim."

Pikachu finally had enough of this nonsense and fired a Thunderbolt attack on Oshawott. The Sea Otter Pokemon used his scalchop to defend himself from the attack, so the Electric-Type attack ended up zapping Ash instead. After the attack, Ash fell down. "Hey! Ash, are you okay?" Cabba walked over to help Ash. Iris, Axew, and Chimchar laughed at Ash's reaction.

Ash grunted as Cabba helped him back up. "What was that for?" Oshawott turned to give Ash a sparkly look. "Osha...Oshawott..."

Iris looked back at Oshawott and noticed the sparkly look the Sea Otter Pokemon was giving Ash. "Hey, Ash? I'm starting to get the feeling that this Oshawott would like to be caught by you." She told the Kanto trainer.

"Yeah?" Ash asked. Oshawott gave out a happy cry. "Looks like it to me. But, I thought you guys said that you'd have to weaken a Pokemon in battle in order to catch it." Cabba said in confusion.

Iris shrugged. "Well, I guess some trainers are lucky enough to have Pokemon wanting to go with them without battling." Even Axew and Chimchar shrugged. "Axew Ew./Char Chimchar."

Ash grinned. "Well, what do you know? Since you helped us out with Team Rocket, do you want to come along with us?" Oshawott happily answered yes to that question. Pikachu wasn't quite sure about that idea. "Pika Pika?" Chimchar walked over to Pikachu to assure him. "Char Char. Chimchar Chim. Char Chim Chimchar."

Ash ran over a fair distance away from Oshawott. He turned his hat around and got a Poke Ball out to catch the Water-Type Pokemon. "Okay, Oshawott! Go, Poke Ball!" Ash tossed the ball at Oshawott, but once the ball hit him, the Sea Otter Pokemon didn't get sucked inside. Instead, the Poke Ball just dropped to the ground and Oshawott rubbed the sore spot on his head.

This confused the others. "Hey, what's up with the Poke Ball?" Ash asked in confusion.

"It should've worked, unless..." Cabba began to ponder why the Poke Ball didn't work on Oshawott, but then he thought back to when Professor Juniper was showing Trip the three Unova Starters, including Oshawott. The Saiyan turned to the Sea Otter Pokemon to ask him one question to clear things up. "Say, Oshawott? You wouldn't happen to be the same Pokemon from Professor Juniper's Lab, right?"

Oshawott happily nodded his head to answer Cabba's question. Cabba was surprised by this, as were Ash and Iris.

"Then, I guess it would mean Oshawott's Poke Ball has got to be back in Professor Juniper's Lab." Ash guessed. Both Iris and Cabba nodded in agreement.


They went to the nearest phone booth to give Professor Juniper a call about Oshawott.

"That's where Oshawott went! I was so worried since Oshawott left without letting me know." Professor Juniper sighed in relief.

"Yeah. Looks like Oshawott has been following us." Ash stated. "We think Oshawott left because it really wanted to be with Ash." Cabba added.

Professor Juniper chuckled. "Well, Ash, if it's not too much of a bother, maybe you can take care of Oshawott from now on."

Ash happily grinned at that. "Wow! You don't mind?"

Professor Juniper kept smiling. "No, of course not. I'll send you its Poke Ball right away." The machine next to them brought Oshawott's Poke Ball over to them. Cabba was amazed by the machine. "Wow! I never knew they had this kind of technology on this planet. We never had any sort of teleportation devices back on Sadala." The Saiyan said to himself. He didn't even noticed that Iris looked at him in confusion.

Ash took the Poke Ball from the machine. "Thanks! Got it!"

"And Ash, since Oshawott has a tendency to disappear, keep an eye out." With that, Professor Juniper ended the call.

Chimchar noticed that something was off. "Chim? Chimchar!" He sounded like he was calling out to someone. When Ash, Cabba, and Iris turned, they were shocked to see that Oshawott was not with them. "It's gone!" Ash exclaimed.

The three trainers, Pikachu, and Chimchar ran outside to look for Oshawott. "This is nuts! Where could Oshawott have gone?" Ash looked around for the Water-Type Pokemon.

Iris smirked at Ash. "Well, it looks like Cabba and I will have to help you look around."

Ash just gave her a dirty look. "Cabba and I can do it ourselves, thank you." "I don't know, Ash. Even if I can try to sense out where Oshawott is, we'll still need all the help we can get." Cabba tried to reason with his friend.

Iris smiled at Cabba. "Now, since we're all Pokemon Trainers, you don't have to go around acting like a little kid, you know. Be more mature, like Cabba." She told Ash.

But Ash ignored her, grabbed Cabba's wrist and began to drag him along to search for Oshawott. "Let's go, Pikachu." Cabba yelped a bit by being dragged. Both Pikachu and Chimchar followed after their trainers.

"Hey, wait a minute! Ash, stop being so stubborn!" Iris ran after the two boys. All of a sudden, something in Cabba's armor began to glow. Everyone stopped and turned to the glowing in confusion.

"What in the world...?" Cabba reached into his armor and pulled out what was glowing. Everyone saw that the glowing object was actually the Two-Star Ball that Cabba found.

"What's going on with your ball, Cabba?" Ash never took his eyes off the glowing ball when he asked the question. The ball in Cabba's hand suddenly stopped glowing. "Strange, why was it glowing like that?" Iris couldn't help but ask. Before anyone could answer that, all three trainer suddenly yelped and fell down a trap hole.

They were groaning at the bottom of the pit trap. "Ugh...That hurt..." Ash groaned. "Hey, what's going on?" Iris asked. Axew popped his head out of his trainer's hair to look around. "Looks like a trap." Ash guessed.

"If it is, then who could've done this?" Cabba asked. He still held on to his Two-Star Ball while Chimchar stood up and stretched a bit. Before Ash and Iris could speak, someone else answered Cabba's question. "Sandile."

Ash, Pikachu, Iris, Axew, Cabba, and Chimchar looked up and saw a boy standing next to the hole. Next to the boy was none other than Sandy.

Cabba flew out of the hole with Chimchar on his shoulder while Sandy and the boy helped Ash, Pikachu, Iris, and Axew out of the hole. "Sandile?" Wanting to know more, Ash pulled his Pokedex out. "Sandile, the Desert Croc Pokemon. Its dark membranes can protect its eyes from the sun, and it buries itself in the sand, with its eyes and nose sticking out." the Pokedex showed them an image of a small black and brown crocodile Pokemon.

"Wow..." Ash was amazed by the Pokemon he saw in the Pokedex. Sandy nodded with a grin. "Yep! Those little guys just love being in the sand. In fact, I even have a Sandile of my own." She held up a Poke Ball in her hand.

"You do?" Ash grinned. "Sure do. See for yourself!" Sandy opened up the Poke Ball and a Sandile appeared next to her.

"Oh, wow! So that's a Sandile?" Cabba asked in amazement.

"Sure is. This is my trusty partner, Jaws." Sandy introduced her Sandile. "Sandile Sand." Jaws greeted with a wave. "Char Chimchar Chim." Chimchar waved back.

"You give your Pokemon nicknames?" Iris asked. Sandy just nodded her head. "Kinda reminds me of someone I know back in Kanto." Ash said to himself.

"I'm Iris, and I can't thank you two enough for helping us. And these two are Ash and Cabba." Iris introduced herself and her friends. Cabba gave them both a small bow. "It's nice to meet you both."

"Back at ya. My name's Sandy, and Jaws and I are traveling the Unova Region together." Sandy introduced herself. "Sandile!" Jaws agreed with his trainer.

"Hi, my name is Dan. And my family and I operate a resort spa hotel that's not far from here." Dan introduced.

Iris squealed and took Dan's hands in her own. "This is so cool, because I happen to adore resort spas!" "Me too!" Ash and Sandy agreed. "I always have a good time when I relax in a resort spa after a mission." Cabba mentioned.

Dan smiled sadly at this. "Well, it makes me happy to hear that, but...It makes me really sad to say that we're closed right now. Because of Sandile." Ash, Pikachu, Iris, Axew, Cabba, Chimchar, Sandy, and Jaws were curious when they heard this.

As he took Ash, Iris, Cabba, and Sandy to his family's hotel, Dan began to explain why they were closed. "Our hot sand spas are our hotel's biggest attraction. In fact, Sandy happens to be our regular hotel guest."

Sandy smiled at that. "It's true. Jaws and I just love coming to their hotel and relaxing with a good hot sand spa treatment." Jaws happily jumped up and down. "Dile Sandile!" Sandy's happy looked turned into a curious look. "Dan, I haven't been to your hotel in a while. Did something bad happen if your family closed it?"

Dan nodded and showed the four trainers and their Pokemon the hot sand spa, which looked like a total mess. "Unfortunately, now it looks like this."

Ash felt sorry. "Whoa, that's too bad."

"What exactly happened here?" Cabba asked Dan.

"It just happened a short time ago..." Dan began.


Flashback:

At the hot sand spas, Dan and his father were helping the guests enjoy themselves in the sand. Two of the guests were next to each other close to Dan and his father.

"Okay, Dad. Is this about right?" Dan asked. Dan's Dad chuckled. "Yes it is, son!" He turned his head to the guests in front of him and Dan. "How is it? Looks like it feels great! Now, you two have a relaxing time, okay?"

Just as the two guests were about to relax, something popped out of the sand between them. It was a Sandile, one that was wearing a pair of dark sunglasses. The two guests stiffed in surprise. "What's that?" the girl asked. "It's a wild Sandile. They sure work a lot, so they enjoy a hot sand bath as well." Dan's dad explained.

Then a bunch more wild Sandile appeared around where the guests were. "Don't worry, these Sandile are gentle. They won't hurt you." Dan's dad assured.

The guests weren't too sure. "I guess it's fine." the man said. Suddenly Sunglasses Sandile began to dig in the sand, kicking sand at the guests who began to panic. The other wild Sandile followed their leader and kicked sand all about. As they were digging, trees began to fall, rocks started to sink...in other words, they were wrecking the hot sand spa! The two guests screamed and ran away from the wild Sandile.

Dan and his dad were shocked at the way the Sandile were acting. "What in the world is going on with them?" Dan's dad asked.

Flashback ends:


"So, for now, I'm afraid we're gonna have to stay closed." Dan finished explaining. Ash, Iris, Cabba, and Sandy didn't understand why a bunch of Sandile would act like that.

"That's impossible! Jaws and I have been surrounded by those Sandile when we were relaxing in the sand before and they've never acted so bad before! If anything, they were so friendly!" Sandy mentioned. Jaws nodded in agreement. "Sand."

Cabba folded his arms. "Still, if a bunch of wild Sandile were so peaceful before, why would they act so violent all of a sudden?" Chimchar shrugged. "Char."

"We don't have any idea though." Dan said.

Then, an idea came to Ash. "So, why don't we help them find out?" He asked Pikachu with a grin. "Pika!" Pikachu agreed. "Come on!" Ash and Pikachu ran off to the hot sand. Cabba blinked in confusion while Iris and Sandy looked at each other. None of them knew what Ash was planning.

They finally figured it out when they saw that Ash, in his swimming trunks, and Pikachu relaxing in the sand. Ash's clothes were next to him in a neat pile. "Man...it doesn't get any better than this." Ash sighed happily. "Pikachu..." Pikachu also sighed happily.

Cabba blinked a couple of times while Sandy sweat dropped with a small smile. Iris, however, was annoyed. All three of them walked over to Ash and Pikachu. "Uh, Ash? What are you doing?" Cabba asked.

"Well, before we figure it out, we need to research first." Ash answered. "Pika..." Pikachu replied.

"All you care about is checking on the hot sand!" Just after Iris said that, Axew suddenly popped his head out of the sand, relaxing with Ash and Pikachu. Iris and Cabba sweat dropped at that. "Not you too." Iris mumbled.

Sandy just giggled at that. "Can't say I really blame them for wanting to relax in the hot sand. Whenever me and Jaws stay in the hotel, we always make a reminder to relax in the sand at least once before we decide to head out." "Sandile Sand." Jaws nodded in agreement.

Dan laughed nervously at what was going on. Chimchar shrugged before he noticed that Cabba was looking around for something. "Chimchar?" the Chimp Pokemon asked.

"I'm trying to sense where the Sandile could be." Cabba answered as if he knew what Chimchar was asking. He was too focused on sensing the Sandile, he didn't even notice that Sandy turned her head to him. "They're not here yet, but a Sandile could pop up at any given moment." the Saiyan added.

Suddenly, something in Cabba's armor began to glow once again. Everyone turned their attention to the glowing. Ash, Pikachu, and Axew even got out of the sand once the glowing started. "What's that?" Dan asked.

Cabba took out the glowing ball. "What? Again?" Once she saw the ball in Cabba's hand, Sandy's eyes widened and her jaw dropped a little.

"That's the second time today that ball glowed." Iris mentioned.

All of a sudden, Sandy snatched the ball from Cabba's hand. "YES! Just what I was looking for!" She showed the ball to her Sandile. "Look, Jaws! We've found another one!" "SANDILE!" Jaws jumped in excitement.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing!? That's Cabba's ball, he found it first!" Ash snapped. "Pikachu Pika!/Ax Ax Axew!/Chim Chimchar!" Pikachu, Axew, and Chimchar agreed with Ash.

Sandy grinned sheepishly and gave the ball back to Cabba. "Sorry. Guess I got a little too excited once I saw it. I've been looking everywhere for a ball like that."

Iris raised an eyebrow while looking at the Two-Star ball. "Are you saying that there are more balls like the one in Cabba's hand?"

Sandy nodded. "Sure are. Here, let me show you something." She reached into her backpack for something. She held out something for Ash, Pikachu, Iris, Axew, Cabba, Chimchar, Jaws, and Dan to see. In her hand was a ball that looks a lot like Cabba's ball, only this one had five purple stars on it.

They were surprised to see another ball like Cabba's. "They're the same!" Ash noticed. The two balls began to glow once again. "See? The reason your ball's glowing is because it's reacting to mine." Sandy explained just as the glowing stopped.

Iris looked at the balls carefully. "So, what kind of balls are they?"

"These balls are called Dragon Balls. Only two of seven unique balls with a different number of stars on them." Sandy held up her ball. "See? Mine has five stars on it while Cabba's has two stars."

"Dragon Balls?" Cabba asked in confusion. "I've never heard of them." Ash folded his arms. "Chu Pika..." Pikachu didn't know himself.

"I'm not surprised. Not many people in the world knows about the Dragon Balls. I didn't even know myself until I found this ball and took it back home to do some research." Sandy grinned at the others. "Turns out these little babies can do good things to the world." Sandy quickly frowned as she looked at her ball. "However, they can also do bad things as well. If any thieves ever got their hands on these Dragon Balls, it could probably spell trouble for the world."

The others were shocked to hear this. "Uh, so what can they do?" Iris asked. Axew jumped into Iris's hair in fear.

Sandy looked serious. "Well, how can I put this?"


Meanwhile, in a completely different part of the Unova Region, another Dragon Ball was found in some sort of ruins buried in sand.

Nearing it was a trio of thieves, one was a teen girl with dark red hair, one was a teen guy with bright green hair, and the third was some sort of martial arts Pokemon. All three of them saw the Dragon Ball and smirked.

"There it is." The female teen walked over and picked up the ball. "Took a little longer than I thought to retrieve it, but it was worth it."

"At least we were able to knock the Pokemon out of our way. Now let's get out of here, this place called Relic Castle is starting to give me the creeps." the male teen looked around a bit.

The girl turned to the guy with a teasing smirk. "Come on, Roger. You're not scared or anything, are you, little brother?"

Roger blushed in embarrassment. "I just think it's best for us to get our wish granted in another area is all."

The Pokemon with them stepped up. "I hate to burst your bubble, guys, but we're not gonna get a wish with just one Dragon Ball." Like Meowth, this Pokemon is capable of talking like a human.

Roger's sister gave the Pokemon an annoyed look. "What do you mean, Mienfoo?"

Mienfoo turned to Roger's sister. "I mean if we want to get a wish granted, we're gonna need all seven of the Dragon Balls, not just one." Mienfoo smirked as he went on. "Just think, Judy. Once the three of us can get all the balls and summon the Eternal Dragon, our wildest wishes will finally be a reality!"

Roger took Mienfoo's side and added something to Judy. "All of Unova could belong to us."

Judy smirked while looking at the One-Star Dragon Ball in her hand. "Why stop at just the Unova Region? With the Dragon Balls, the entire world can and shall be ours to rule! I guess I can put up with a little more searching. Let's go, boys!"

With that in mind, the thieving trio quickly dashed away from Relic Castle in order to find the other Dragon Balls.


Back at the hotel, Sandy just finished explaining the Dragon Balls to Ash, Cabba, Iris, and Dan.

Cabba looked at his Two-Star ball. "So, these balls are needed to summon a dragon who will grant any wish?"

Sandy nodded. "That's right."

"Man, I wonder what wish any thief could ask for." Ash muttered. He also hoped that Team Rocket never hear about the Dragon Balls.

Iris decided to remind Ash of something else. "Ash. I thought we were searching for Oshawott, remember?"

Ash gasped. "Ah! I forgot!"

Sandy and Cabba put their Dragon Balls away. "What's wrong? You guys missing a Pokemon or something?" Sandy asked.

"Oshawott..." Everyone heard something and turned their heads to where it was coming from. Turns out, it was Oshawott who was relaxing in the hot sand with his scalchop on his forehead.

They ran over to the relaxing Water-Type. "Hold on, have you been lying here this whole time?" Ash asked. "Oshawott...Osha..." Oshawott was clearly enjoying the hot sand. Ash smiled in relief. "That's one happy Pokemon." He chuckled.

Just then, Cabba sensed something from under the sand, but he's not the only one who does. "Brace yourselves, guys!/We've got company!" Both Cabba and Sandy said at the same time, just before they blinked and turned to each other. But before they could question each other, something shot out of the sand.

They saw that it was a familiar Pokemon wearing sunglasses. "You see? That's the leader of the Sandile!" Dan pointed out. "Sandile!" Jaws growled at Sunglasses Sandile.

Before anyone could do anything, Sunglasses Sandile swiftly grabbed Axew using his mouth. Axew yelled in pain, being lifted a bit by Sunglasses Sandile.

"No, Axew!" Iris gasped. "Hang in there! We'll save you!" Cabba called.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt! Let's go!" Ash ordered. Before Pikachu could use his attack, Sandy stopped them. "Hold it! If you let Pikachu use Thunderbolt, you'll only end up hurting Axew! Electric-Type attacks don't have any effect on Ground-Types like Sandile!" Sandy's warning made Pikachu stop.

Iris ran over and grabbed Sunglasses Sandile. "Now, let go of my Axew or else!" Sunglasses Sandile just kept holding on to Axew. Ash, Pikachu, Oshawott, and Chimchar ran over to help as well. "Open your mouth! Come on!" Ash called. The five of them began to pull, though it only made Axew shriek in pain.

Cabba saw that his friends were trying to save Axew, but he ran over to help as well. "Come on! Let Axew go! Don't make me do this!" The Saiyan began to lift the Desert Croc Pokemon's jaws by force, and the Ground/Dark-Type kept trying to resist.

One of Pikachu's ears tickled Sunglasses Sandile's nose, which made Sunglasses Sandile let go of Axew and the others backed away. Sunglasses Sandile didn't look too happy, he lunged at both Pikachu and Oshawott, grabbing the two in his jaw. The two Pokemon gasped while Sunglasses Sandile began to drag them away. "Pikachu! Oshawott!" Ash called to his two Pokemon being dragged away.

"Stop him, Chimchar!" Cabba called. Chimchar nodded and ran off until he was in front of Sunglasses Sandile. "Char Chim!" Chimchar spread his arms out to block Sunglasses Sandile. The Ground/Dark-Type growled before he tried to make a move, but Sandy wasn't gonna let that happen. "Oh no you don't! Jaws, grab Sandile with Bite! Don't let him get away!" Jaws nodded before he rushed over and used Bite to grab Sunglasses Sandile by the tail.

Sunglasses Sandile looked behind him and saw that one of his own kind was holding him by the tail. Then, without warning, both Sunglasses Sandile and Jaws were lifted off the ground. Everyone gasped, they saw that a construction machine with a magnet pulled Jaws and Sunglasses Sandile up, with Pikachu and Oshawott getting dragged along.

"What's all that about!?" Cabba yelled in surprise. Chimchar quickly ran over to stand by his trainer's side. Three familiar faces showed themselves to the trainers. It was Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket!

Jessie started their motto. "Open your ears for the answer indeed!"

James continued. "The answer to come, as we feel the need!"

"We bring...the white light of evil into the future!" Jessie said.

"Hammering...Justice onto the black universe!" James said.

"Carving our names in the Rock of Eternity!" Meowth added.

"The fiery destroyer...Jessie!" Jessie said.

"With thunderous emotion...I am James!" James said.

"Wisest of the wise...Meowth!" Meowth said.

"Now, gather under the name of Team Rocket!" All three Team Rocket members finished their motto together.

The magnet on their machine raised the four Pokemon up even higher. "You guys again?" Cabba asked in anger. "Chim Chimchar Chim!" Chimchar snapped. "Don't you ever learn to give up?" Iris snapped. "Give us back our Pokemon!" Ash demanded.

Jessie scoffed and narrowed her eyes. "There's a huge flaw in your premise, since they're now our Pokemon." Sandy narrowed her eyes. "What did you say?"

"Pika Pika!/Oshawott!" both Pikachu and Oshawott protested. Team Rocket began to make their escape. Ash, Cabba, Chimchar, Iris, Axew, and Sandy ran after the machine, but Meowth thought ahead and threw a smoke bomb at them. Cabba saw this and grabbed Chimchar before the Saiyan jumped up to avoid the bomb. Ash, Iris, and Dan yelled as the smoke surrounded them.

Cabba, with Chimchar in his arms, narrowed his eyes at Team Rocket. "You're not losing me that easily." He said to himself. The Saiyan flew after them. He didn't even notice someone following him in the air.


Team Rocket got further away from the hotel.

"The dream of catching Pikachu comes true!" Jessie sneered. "And there's nothing like Oshawott and two Sandile as a bonus prize!" Meowth added with an evil grin on his face. "So, let's inform the boss right away!" James suggested.

"Team Rocket!" They heard Cabba's voice yell out to them. They looked at the sky behind them, and they were surprised to see Cabba up in the sky holding Chimchar. "Let them go, right now!" Cabba demanded. "Char Chim!" Chimchar added.

Jessie angrily growled. "Doesn't this Saiyan Twerp ever give up!?" Meowth growled as well. "He's already getting on my nerves!" "We're never gonna get anywhere with him following us in the air." James said.

Jessie pulled out her Poke Ball. "Well, I'll just have to knock him right out of the sky! Woobat, use Air Slash!" Right after he was sent out, Woobat fired his Air Slash attack on Cabba and Chimchar.

"Chimchar, counter with Ember!" Cabba called. Chimchar fired his Ember against Woobat's Air Slash.

The two attacks cancelled each other out, but Jessie wasn't gonna give up now. "Woobat, use Gust!" Woobat flapped his wings and blew strong winds at Cabba and Chimchar, forcing them to stop in the air. Seeing this, Team Rocket took the opportunity to get away from the Saiyan and the Chimp Pokemon.

"Team Rocket! Get back here!" Cabba angrily yelled through the wind. "Char Chimchar Chim!" Chimchar angrily yelled.

Meowth laughed. "Great job, Jess! We lost them!" Jessie returned Woobat. "Nothing to it."

Then suddenly, their machine stopped and one side of it was lurching. This surprised the four Pokemon stuck on the magnet as well as Team Rocket. Cabba and Chimchar landed on the ground behind the machine to see what was happening.

"What's happening?" Jessie asked while looking around.

Everyone looked around and saw that they were being surrounded by a bunch of wild Sandile. "It's a group of wild Sandile!" Cabba exclaimed. James looked back and saw the Saiyan and the Chimp Pokemon. "You!? I thought we lost you in the wind from Woobat's Gust!"

Meowth swung his suitcase at the approaching Sandile. "Stay away from us! All of you!" "Those other Sandile are gonna make our load too heavy if this doesn't change soon!" James said.

"Then allow me to lighten your load!" Another voice yelled out. Jessie, James, Meowth, Cabba, and Chimchar turned their heads to the direction of the voice. It was Sandy and she was standing on top of the magnet holding Pikachu, Oshawott, and the two Sandile. "Sandy?" Cabba sounded surprised as he asked that.

Jessie growled angrily. "Hey, what do you think you're doing!?"

Sandy narrowed her eyes at Team Rocket. "Getting my partner and those other three Pokemon back!" She took another Poke Ball out. "Driller, use Fury Swipes on the rope!" Out of the ball came a mole looking Pokemon with sharp claws. "Drilbur!" Driller began to slash the metal rope with her Fury Swipes attack. Sandy was helping her Pokemon by pulling on two separate ends of the rope away from each other.

"Chimchar?" Chimchar blinked in surprise. Wanting to know more about Sandy's other Pokemon, Cabba took his Pokedex out for some answers. "Drilbur, the Mole Pokemon. It makes its way swiftly through the soil by putting both claws together and rotating at high speed." Just after the Pokedex explained what a Drilbur is, Sandy gave out a fierce yell. To mostly everyone's surprise, a fierce red aura suddenly surrounded Sandy's body. With Driller's help, Sandy managed to easily snap the rope in half, freeing Pikachu, Oshawott, Jaws, and Sunglasses Sandile. Sandy shocked Cabba, Chimchar, and Team Rocket even further by floating away from the machine with Driller on her shoulder.

With the strange red aura still surrounding her, Sandy tossed the useless magnet as far away as possible. "What!? How did she do something like that!?" Team Rocket exclaimed in shock. Cabba realized why Sandy was able to do that. "She must be a martial artist. Iris did say there are a lot of them in the Unova Region." Chimchar nodded in agreement. "Chim Char."

Sunglasses Sandile saw that both Cabba and Sandy were trying to help, so he ran over to the Saiyan with Jaws right behind him. Once he was next to the Saiyan, Sunglasses Sandile called out to the group of wild Sandile. The group began to dig underground, preparing for a surprise attack.

Jessie gritted her teeth. "Alright, what are they trying to do!? James, get us out of here, right away!" James nodded. "Right!" But before James could even touch the controls, the machine lurched again, this time from another side. Sandy and Driller landed next to Cabba and the Pokemon and watched as the machine began to sink.

Before the machine sank completely, Team Rocket jumped out and landed on the ground. Once she realized that she was reunited with her Sandile. Sandy picked Jaws up and gave him a hug. "Jaws! Oh, thank goodness you're all right!" "Sand Sandile!" Jaws happily replied. Even Driller was relieved. "Bur Drilbur!"

Sunglasses Sandile began to walk away, still carrying Pikachu and Oshawott. Cabba, Sandy, and their Pokemon saw this and tried to stop him. "Sandile, wait!" Cabba called.

Sunglasses Sandile stopped and turned his head to look at Cabba and Sandy for a moment, then he motioned for the two of them, Chimchar, Jaws, and Driller to follow him. Then he walked away with the wild Sandile following him.

"Wonder what he wants?" Cabba asked in confusion. Chimchar just shrugged. Sandy and her two Pokemon seemed to have gotten Sunglasses Sandile's message. "I think he wants us to follow him. This might have to do with why he took Pikachu and Oshawott away." Sandy told Cabba.

"Are you sure?" Cabba asked. Sandy nodded with a smile and a wink. "Trust me, I know my Ground-Types!" Both Jaws and Driller nodded in agreement. "Sandile./Drilbur." Both Cabba and Chimchar decided to go with what Sandy said. The five of them followed after the group of Sandile.

Team Rocket watched Cabba and Sandy walk away with the Pokemon. "Team, I'm afraid we have no choice but to retreat." James told his teammates. Both Jessie and Meowth agreed. The three of them used their jet-packs to flee from the area.


Later, at a fair distance, Sunglasses Sandile finally released Pikachu and Oshawott from his grip. The two Pokemon ran over to Cabba and Sandy.

"Pikachu, Oshawott, are you okay?" Cabba asked two of Ash's Pokemon. "Pika./Osha." Pikachu and Oshawott were both relieved to be out of Sunglasses Sandile's grip at last.

Jaws walked over to Sunglasses Sandile all of a sudden. "Sandile Sandile?" Jaws asked the leader. "Sandile!" Sunglasses Sandile just called to Jaws, Cabba, Sandy, Pikachu, Chimchar, Oshawott, and Driller. The Sandile leader jerked his head to the right, as if to show them what was happening. Cabba, Sandy, and the five Pokemon with them looked to see that there was a group of wild Pokemon nearby.

"Those wild Pokemon? Patrat, Pidove, and Deerling? But, what are they doing here?" Cabba asked in confusion. "Maybe this has something to do with why Sandile took Pikachu and Oshawott." Sandy guessed.

Sunglasses Sandile walked up to a rock to make some sort of an announcement. "Sandile Sandile! Sandile. Sandile Sandile!" The announcement just confused Cabba and Sandy.

"What do you think Sandile's trying to say?" Cabba asked. Sandy just shrugged. "I don't really know. I'm as lost as you are."

Suddenly, a burst of hot water came bursting from the ground, surprising everyone in the area. "What the...!? A geyser?" Cabba asked. He remembered seeing a couple of geysers on Sadala as a child.

"This must be what Sandile was talking about!" Sandy said. The geyser burst closer to them and steam began to surround the area.

"Sandile Sand!" Sunglasses Sandile called out. That got the other Pokemon to move out.

Cabba took another look at the geyser. "Hmm...If I had to guess, the Sandile that attacked the hotel sand spa only did that to get the guests to safety from the geysers! And that must be why Sandile grabbed Pikachu and Oshawott and dragged them away, and why he tried to get to Axew! The Sandile were just trying to warn everyone who came to Dan's family's hotel about the geysers and take the wild Pokemon to a safe place!"

Sandy suddenly grinned happily. "HA! I knew it! I had a feeling there was a good reason why they would come to the hotel and cause havoc! They were just trying to help the people and Pokemon!" That just made Cabba, Chimchar, Pikachu, and Oshawott sweat drop a bit. The four of them even took a step away from Sandy.

Both Jaws and Driller groaned in embarrassment by their trainer's outburst.

"Uh...maybe we should...follow the Sandile now." Cabba said, a bit uneasily. Sandy snapped out of her super happiness. "Oh, right! The geysers, of course."

Just as they were about to follow the group of Pokemon, they heard a voice behind them. "Hey, Pikachu!" They turned around and saw that Ash was running over to them. Not only that, but they also saw Iris and Dan as well. Cabba smiled. "Ash! Guys, you made it!" Both Pikachu and Oshawott ran over to their trainer.

Sunglasses Sandile also noticed the Kanto Trainer. "Sandile." The leader began to walk over to the five Pokemon again.

Suddenly, the area began to shake. "That sounds huge!" Dan called. Pikachu and Oshawott got back to Ash just as another geyser shot boiling water into the air. The barrier that protected them from the geysers broke.

The boiling water splashed and turned into a boiling river. Iris and Dan over to see what was happening. The five of them widened their eyes to see the boiling river surrounding the Patrat, the Pidove, and the Deerling. The group of trapped wild Pokemon began to shiver in fright.

Some parts of the land they were standing on began to break apart, scaring them even more. "They're surrounded by boiling water! Now what do we do?" Iris asked.

"It's gonna be trouble if another big one blows!" Dan said. Just after he said that, there was another rumble. "Like right now!" Iris shrieked.

Ash began to run over to the boiling water. "Ash, what are you doing?" Cabba ran after Ash. Pikachu and Chimchar were about to follow, but Oshawott knocked them both down to prevent them from doing so. Ash was about to step into the water, but Cabba quickly pulled him back. "You can't walk through that water! You'll burn yourself!" "But I've gotta do something to save them!" Ash grunted.

"Sandile!" Sunglasses Sandile called. Everyone turned their heads to the right and saw that Sunglasses Sandile was giving an order to the other Sandile who nodded in response. Sunglasses Sandile and Jaws suddenly turned to each other and nodded after a couple of seconds. The two of them walked over to the wild Sandile.

"Jaws, where are you going?" Sandy asked in confusion. Sunglasses Sandile bit on a rock, then Jaws bit on Sunglasses Sandile's tail, then the Sandile began to bite on each other's tails. Thus forming a Sandile bridge.

"What are they trying to do?" Iris asked. Ash knew what the Sandile were doing. "I know! The Sandile are making a bridge!" Everyone saw that the Sandile bridge was complete. "Wow! Way to go, Jaws!" Sandy cheered. "Drilbur Dril!" Driller cheered for her fellow Ground-Type Pokemon. "Good luck, Sandile!" Dan called. "You can do it!" Iris cheered.

The Sandile bridge lowered down to the wild Pokemon, so they can cross it to safety. "Yeah, awesome! Everyone, cross over the bridge!" Ash called to the wild Pokemon. To everyone's surprise, the Wild Pokemon were hesitating, not crossing the bridge at all. "What's the matter?" Iris asked. "They're scared! The boiling water surrounding them is frightening them!" Sandy answered. "Hey! You've got to hurry and cross!" Ash called to the wild Pokemon again, but they wouldn't budge.

Seeing that the Pokemon weren't moving, Cabba decided to step in. "That's it! I'm going over there!" The Saiyan surprised the others by flying next to the bridge. "In that case, I'll help too!" Ash ran across the bridge with Pikachu behind him. Soon, they met up with Cabba and the wild Pokemon on the other side.

"Come on! Let's all get on the Sandile bridge and cross over together!" Ash called. "Pika Pika!" Pikachu called as well. "Everything will be fine! We'll be right by your side!" Cabba called. With that, one Deerling began to cross the Sandile bridge, it felt more at ease when Cabba floated next to it and placed a gentle hand on its back.

"Okay! Hurry!" Ash called. The other Pokemon began to cross as well, the Pidove flew above the bridge. "Keep it up!" Iris called. "You can do it!" Sandy cheered. "Not much time!" Dan warned.

Cabba kept flying back and forth to give the wild Pokemon some comfort as they crossed the Sandile bridge. After a few minutes, all of the wild Pokemon were on the safe side. "Pikachu, why don't you go on ahead?" Ash asked. Pikachu nodded and began to cross the bridge. But then, some more rocks began to break from under a Sandile's feet! Seeing this made Ash and Cabba gasp. Ash held on to Sandile while Cabba landed next to Ash to pull him closer to the small island.

"Oh no! Ash! Cabba!" Iris gasped. "Pika Pi!/Chimchar Char!" Both Pikachu and Chimchar called for their trainers.

"Okay! Hang on a little longer!" Ash called out. Sunglasses Sandile's grip on the rock was beginning to slip. "You can do it, Sandile! Just a little more!" Ash grunted.

Then another burst of geysers came. Both Ash and Cabba yelped once they saw that boiling water began to fall towards them. Suddenly, Oshawott ran across the bridge, jumped off and fired a Water Gun attack to stop the boiling water. "Osha!" Oshawott started to cheer, but he soon realized he was about to fall into the water below.

Thinking ahead, Ash pulled out Oshawott's Poke Ball. "Oshawott, return!" Ash quickly returned Oshawott to his Poke Ball before he could hit the water. "You were great, Oshawott!" Ash praised.

Just then, another geyser burst caused more boiling water to fall towards Ash and Cabba. "Look out, guys!" Iris called.

Cabba quickly got in front of Ash and cupped his hands to his left. The Saiyan was charging up for an attack of his own. Purple energy gathered around his hands. By now, everyone was curious to see what the Saiyan was about to do. "Take This! GALICK CANNON!" Cabba fired a wave of purple energy at the boiling water, getting it out of the way until the geyser stopped. Everyone was surprised to see what the Saiyan just did, Sandy even smiled and nodded a little.

"Whoa! Cabba, what was that?" Ash asked in both amazement and shock. "That's one of my attacks, it's called the Galick Cannon." Cabba answered, but he gasped once he saw that Ash was losing his grip on Sandile. "Ash, you're slipping!"

Ash saw this and gasped. He tried to hold on, but it was too late. All of a sudden, Iris grabbed Ash's hand just in time. Both Ash and Cabba saw that Iris was on the end of the Sandile bridge, smiling at them with relief. "That was pretty crazy, you guys." Iris sighed. "Nah! That was nothing." Ash grinned. "Nothing at all." Cabba agreed with a smile. The Saiyan turned his head to Sunglasses Sandile. "Sandile, give it just one more push!"

Sunglasses Sandile nodded before he and the other Sandile raised themselves up high with Ash and Iris hanging on. Cabba flew next to them. "Awesome!" Iris exclaimed. Then the Sandile bridge fell apart, and everyone began to fall to the ground. As Ash fell, he unknowingly grabbed Cabba by his tail, making him grunt before they hit the ground.

After they hit the ground, Ash groaned a little. "Chimchar!?" Hearing the concerned cry from Chimchar, Ash looked over and saw that Cabba was twitching a little next to him. "Cabba? You all right?" Ash unknowingly let the Saiyan's tail go.

Iris looked over at the two of them. "Hey, what happened?" She asked in confusion. Cabba sat up and rubbed the back of his head with one hand, the other arm was holding Chimchar. "Ash grabbed my tail as we were falling down. A Saiyan loses their power whenever that happens, that is unless a Saiyan works that weakness out."

Ash laughed sheepishly after he heard that. "Sorry, Cabba. I didn't know." Iris and Axew blinked in confusion and Sandy had no idea what all this talk about these so-called Saiyans was about. But still, in the end, everyone smiled and laughed.


Back at the hotel, Ash, Cabba, Iris, and Sandy were all relaxing in the hot springs. Pikachu, Axew, Oshawott, and even Deerling were relaxing with them. Chimchar, Jaws, and Driller stood next to Dan and his dad, mainly because Chimchar's a Fire-Type and Jaws and Driller are both Ground-Types, even if Jaws is also a Dark-Type. Either way, those three don't like being in the water.

"Well, son? What do you think of our new hot spring?" Dan's dad asked.

"I'm sorry the geysers caused us to lose the sand spa, but this is incredible!" Dan exclaimed.

Ash sighed in relaxation. "Hot water feels awesome!" "Pikachu." Pikachu agreed.

Iris giggled. "Yeah! Five stars without a doubt!" "Axew!" Axew agreed with a happy nod.

Cabba sighed and gently ran a hand through Deerling's head. "This really does feel nice. I remember visiting some of the local hot springs back on Planet Sadala...before it got destroyed." Deerling didn't know what Cabba meant, but he just sighed and let his trainer keep petting him. "Deer Deerling."

"I don't know what you mean by Sadala, but you're right. This is so soothing." Sandy put her hands behind her had as she relaxed.

"Wow, thanks!" Dan said with a smile. Dan's dad chuckled. "We now have a new attraction!"

Ash grinned. "Yeah! There's nothing more relaxing than a hot spring!"

"You're right, this is great!" Cabba agreed.

Iris noticed the sad look on Jaws's face. The Sandile was sad because now his favorite attraction to the hotel was gone forever. "Although, I think Jaws prefers the hot sand more." Iris mentioned.

"Sandile!" Jaws moaned, a little too dramatically. Chimchar just smiled sadly and patted the Sandile on the back. Driller, on the other hand, just sighed and shook her head in annoyance.

"Give it time, Jaws will feel better before you know it." Sandy assured.

Ash turned his head to Sandy to ask her something. "Hey, Sandy? What are you gonna do now?"

Sandy turned to the other three trainers in the springs with her. "Well, I'll probably get back on my journey to find the Dragon Balls. But, you know, I've been thinking..."

Iris blinked. "About what?"

Sandy grinned. "Well, since Cabba found the Two-Star ball first, and it really isn't my place to take it from him and run off...I was thinking I should go with you guys and continue the search." Ash, Iris, and Cabba were surprised.

"You want to come with us, Sandy?" Cabba asked. Sandy nodded her head. "Sure I do. You guys seem to be a lot of fun to be around. My Pokemon and I could use some company while travelling through the Unova Region." Sand turned her head and gave Ash and teasing smirk. "And be honest. You want to see the Eternal Dragon yourself, don't you, Ash?"

Ash stiffed a little and laughed sheepishly. "Okay, I'll admit, I do. I never saw an Eternal Dragon in my past journeys before." "Pikachu Pika!" Pikachu said.

Iris giggled a bit. "He really can be like a little kid. Still, I'd like to see this dragon myself. So, I have no problem with you tagging along, Sandy." "Axew Axew!" Axew happily cheered.

Cabba smiled and nodded. "The more the merrier. And, if you want, you and I can have a couple of sparring matches to train ourselves." Sandy grinned. "I'm in!" Before they got in the water, Sandy mentioned to Ash and Iris that she's a martial artist as well. So the two of them just smiled at their martial arts friends.

In a distance away from the hotel, something emerged from the sand. It was the same Sandile with sunglasses on, and he was suddenly laughing to himself.


Not only did Ash, Iris, and Cabba met Dan and Sandy, but now Ash has a new Pokemon friend in Oshawott as well as a new travelling companion in Sandy. And as soon as they finish relaxing in the new hot springs of Dan's family's hotel, our heroes will be back on the road to Striaton City. They'll also keep en eye out for the mystical Dragon Balls as the journey continues next time on Pokemon Super: Black & White!


Cabba's Pokemon Team (So far):

1. Chimchar (M) (Scratch, Leer, Ember)

2. Deerling (M) (Tackle, Growl, Double Kick)