As they wandered through an unfamiliar forest in the middle of the afternoon, Jessie, James and Meowth were arguing.
"Why did we go along with your idea of going into this forest, James?" Jessie complained. "Now we're lost in it and it's all your fault!"
"But it wasn't my idea to enter it!" James retorted. "I just followed Meowth's suggestion."
"It's not my fault for getting lost in this damn forest if we don't have a map to guide us." Meowth replied. "Besides, I'm really hungry"
"Me too." Said Jessie and James at the same time.
"Woobbuffet!" Said Wobbuffet, getting out of his Poké Ball.
"Look!" Jessie said, pointing to a tree. "An apple tree full of fruit!"
"How lucky for us!" James stated.
"Okay... But how are we going to reach the apples? They're too high for us to catch." Asked Meowth.
"True... What bad luck." Said James.
"We can use our Pokémon to catch the apples." Jessie said.
"Right." Said James, while picking up his Poké Balls. "Victreebel and Weezing, I choose you!"
After coming out of their Poké Balls, Victreebel went towards James' head and bit it, in order to show his affection for his trainer.
"Why always my head?" James asked, distressed.
"Oh, this will never end!" Meowth stated.
"Weezing, try to knock the apples off the apple tree with your body! Victreebel, use Razor Leaves to cut the branches that connect the apples!" Asked James.
Both Pokémon managed to knock all the apples off the tree. From all of them, the group counted seven that were mature, more than enough for them.
"Thank you for your help. Please accept these apples as a token of gratitude." Said James while handing an apple to the two Pokémon.
"Weeze, Weeze!" Weezing said before starting to eat his.
Victreebel gave James a grateful look before eating his apple.
As James and Meowth each ate their apples, they watched Jessie.
"Arbok, get out!" She said.
"Charbok!" Arbok said as he got out of his Poké Ball.
"You both must be hungry too, Arbok and Wobbuffet. Here, take your apples." Jessie said as she handed an apple to each one.
"Woobuffet!" Wobbuffet said with a grateful look.
"Charbok!" Arbok said, also with a grateful look.
They had barely finished eating their apples when they heard a noise. It sounded like the sound of a Pikachu screaming. Everyone suddenly became tense, including their Pokémon.
"What was that?" Jessie asked.
"I don't know for sure. I think we should investigate the noise we just heard." James replied.
"Well, it doesn't hurt to try... Let's go!" Said Meowth.
All of their Pokémon have returned to their Poké Balls. Then the group began to walk towards the sound.
When they arrived somewhere near the source of the screams, they couldn't believe what they saw.
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Ash and his companions were looking for the town closest to which they were. Right now, they were in a forest that didn't appear on Brock's maps.
"How strange this forest has not been mapped until today." Brock stated.
"Indeed, Brock." Ash said. "How did they not explore this region until today?"
"Pika-Pika" Pikachu said.
"I think we should get out of here." Said Misty. "I'm having an impression that the forest is not very friendly..."
She had barely finished her sentence when they heard the unmistakable sound of footsteps. As the sound indicated, they were not alone in the forest; there was someone around.
"Hello! Is anyone here?!" Ash shouted.
Suddenly, they spotted a Pokémon, that appeared to be a Machamp.
Quickly, Ash took out his PokéAgenda, which immediately revealed some information about the Pokémon.
"Machamp, a fighting type Pokémon. He uses his four powerful arms to trap his enemy's limbs, then throws him over the horizon." Said the PokéAgenda.
"Looks like this Machamp is furious." Brock stated. "We better be careful, folks."
Upon noticing their presence, Machamp quickly went towards the group, with the look of who wants to fight.
"Well, if he wants to challenge me, I accept." Ash said. "Pikachu I choose you!"
"Pika-Pika!" Said Pikachu.
Machamp went towards Pikachu, ready to deliver a punch.
"Pikachu, dodge!" Ash said.
Although Machamp was agile, its agility was no match for Pikachu, who easily dodged the attack.
"Pikachu, thunder shock! - Ash said."
However, as he finished the sentence, he felt someone gagging and tying him. He tried to stir himself, tried to scream, but his attempts were to no avail. He was forcibly taken deep into the forest.
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"Pi-ka-chuu!" Pikachu said, while applying the thunder shock attack.
The attack immediately immobilized Machamp.
That was another battle won!
When Pikachu turned to celebrate with its trainer, however, he wasn't in sight. To make matters worse, his friends were also gone!
Desperate, Pikachu went looking for them, although he couldn't find them anywhere.
However, as he searched for them, he heard a low noise of people talking.
He went after the source of the sound, hoping to find his friends and what had happened to them.