*I DON'T OWN POKÉMON OR DC SUPERHERO GIRLS!*
Our heroes were attending another eventful day at Metropolis High, and were on lunch break!
Ash: [eating a small pepperoni and mushroom pizza] Mmm. I gotta admit! Your new Lunch-O-Matic invention is the best contraption you, Babs and Karen worked on in the Engineering club, Clemont!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PI!
Clemont: Thank you! After all, the future is now, thanks to science! And the power of technology!
Growlithe: [eating Tamato, Occa and Spelon Berry Pokémon food] GROWLITHE GROWL GROWL!
Jessica: I'm surprised you even gave it a function to make special blends of Pokémon food!
Sam: You'd be surprised of what technology can do, Jess!
Alex: Yeah! We've been using all kinds of contraptions since day one!
Chespin: [eating Pokémon Food] CHESPIN CHE!
Kara: I even like the curry! You can have all kinds of meat in it! And it's so good!
Diana: I particularly like this bowl of noodles! [slurps some noodles with her chopsticks]
Blossom: Boy, if Noodlehead were here, he's be praising you for your "understanding of The Way of the Noodle"!
Kara: [snickers] I'm sorry, NOODLEHEAD?!
Serena: Who's he?
Bubbles: Basically, he's just a walking, talking bowl of noodles, brought to life by Black-Z Rays.
Zee: [blinks in surprise] So we see.
Buttercup: Yeah! You guys weren't around back then! And this was way before we met Ash and Pikachu! He kept going on and on about his "Way of the Noodle"! At first, he and I were all buddy-buddy about it, but then came his evil plot to make everyone understand the "Way of the Noodle" by force! And that basically mucked it all up!
Blossom: It's true!
Karen: How did you stop him if he basically attacked you with food?
Buttercup: Actually, we didn't! His "master" came to our rescue and after that, Noodlehead had a change of heart and he's cooking noodles for everyone and not bragging about his "Way of the Noodle"!
Jessica: Well, that sounds nice!
Zee: Glad to see what made of a villain had become the start of redemption arc for him!
Zee's Sylveon: [agreeing] SYLVEON!
Chespin: [finishes its food] CHE!
Bubbles: Satisfied, Chespin? Or do you want something else?
Squirtle: SQUIRTLE?
Chespin: [thinks about it] CHES... [sees Pancham still eating] CHE? [smiles cheekily] PIN! [goes to reach for Pancham's food] CHE...
Bubbles: [sternly; startling Chespin] Chespin! Don't even think about it! We don't want you fighting in school!
Chespin: [disappointed; pouting] CHESPIN!
Bubbles: But cheer up, Chespin! [kneels down and hands Chespin the bowl of noodles she had] Here! You can have this if you want! It's avocado and lentils! I only had half of the bowl and there are still some noodles left! Go ahead! Try it!
Chespin: [interested] CHES!
When Chespin tried it, it was blown away by the flavor!
Chespin: [awed; stars in eyes] PIN!
Bubbles: Is it good?
Chespin: [nods affirmatively] CHESPIN!
Bubbles: I'm glad! And if you're good, there's some yummy chocolate pudding in it for you!
Chespin: [excited] CHESPIN!
Serena, Bonnie and Chloe were in awe of Zee's Gardevoir!
Bonnie: Wowie! So cool!
Serena: I can't believe you have a Gardevoir now, Zee!
Chloe: Yeah! It's so beautiful!
Gardevoir (Airalin): [smiles; blushes] GARDEVOIR!
Zee: I know! My baby girl is all grown up!
Zee's Sylveon: VEON!
Mallow: She sure has! Isn't that great, Tsareena?
Tsareena: [agreeing] TSAREENA! [shedding tears of joy] REENA!
Bianca: Oh! Is Tsareena okay?
Mallow: Tsareena's just proud of her little sister!
Bianca: Aww! That's so sweet!
Tsareena: [hugs Airalin] TSAREENA!
Gardevoir (Airalin): [hugs her back] GARDEVOIR!
Tsareena: [shedding tears of joy; saying "Oh, my sweet little sister! You look so beautiful!"] TSAREENA TSA TSA! TSAREENA REENA!
Gardevoir (Airalin): [happy] GARDEVOIR! [kisses its forehead] VOIR!
Eevee (Sandy): [happy] EEVEE!
Lana: [giggles]
Bianca: [to Iris and Cilan] I never knew you were here at Metropolis, you guys!
Iris: Well, you know us! We've honestly been everywhere!
Cilan: Indeed! Zee and Kara even won their first Gym Badges after a battle they had with me! Goh as well!
Bianca: Wow! That's impressive!
Goh: Thanks!
Bianca scooped some curry and turned to Ash with a cute smile!
Bianca: Oh, Ashy! Say 'aah'!
Ash: [smiles] Aah!
Then, Bianca fed Ash her curry!
Ash: [chuckles] Thanks, Bianca!
Bianca: You're welcome, hun!
Iris: I'm surprised you're his girlfriend too, Bianca!
Bianca: Of course! [hugs Ash] After all, how can I not resist my new schmoopy? [kisses his cheek; boops his nose] Boop boop!
Ash: [blushes; giggles] Anyway, [while munching on his pepperoni and mushroom pizza] I bet we're gonna have a good lunch with no worries whatsoever!
But he spoke too soon as a worried Garth popped into view!
Garth: Kara, thank goodness I found you!
That made her throw her burger onto the ceiling, causing some debris to fall!
Ash: Whoa! Garth! What's the matter? You seem twitchy!
Pikachu: PIKA?
Lana: Very twitchy!
Kara: There better be a dork-eating monster after you, Garth! 'Cause it's a whole six days until the next Mystery Patty Monday!
Clover: Ugh! That sounds gross! Especially knowing the word "mystery" is in the meat!
Kara: That's the point! Now I'll never know what is was! [groans]
Garth: Sorry, Kara. [reaches in his pocket and pulls out a bottle, covered in ocean debris] I've got a big problem!
Alex: What's the problem?
Babs: Hmm, your parents pack really gross lunches?
Goh: Has that Toyman escaped and is out to get you again?
Ash: I don't think it's neither of those things!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Serena: What's in the bottle?
Serena's Sylveon: SYLVE?
Lana: [eyes sparkle] Wow! A message from the vast ocean!
Primarina: [amazed] PRIMA!
Eevee (Sandy): [amazed] EEVEE!
Bonnie: Wowie! What's it say?
Garth: [opens the bottle] It's a letter from my hero, [takes the message out] Aquaman! He's gonna be in town for a United Council of Nations meeting tomorrow, but wants to stop [shows them the message] here, first! [as the ink begins to run] To visit me!
Lana: [eyes sparkle in amazement] Incredible!
Zee: I'm failing to see the problem angle?
Ash: Yeah! So, you get to meet your idol! What's so bad about that?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Garth: [puts the message away] It's been my dream to one day be Aquaman's sidekick. So… [rubs the back of his head sheepishly] in my letters to him I try to sound as cool as possible! And I sometimes, uh…
Blossom: Let me guess! You told a fib to him, didn't you?
Serena: You mean you lied?!
Garth: [whines] Almost every word!
Buttercup: How many did you even tell?
Diana: What lies have you told him, Garth?
Garth pulled out a long list that stretched across the table!
Bubbles: That many lies?!
Blossom: Garth, you naughty boy! Don't you understand that lying is wrong?
Garth: [looks down with his hands behind his back] Mhm.
Diana: [reads the list, along with Babs] You told him you were the school newspaper editor, student council president, show choir director?
Ash: Since when were you any of those things?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Babs: [reads the list] Homecoming king, varsity letterman, honor roll champion, you know that's not a thing, right?
Zee: [reads the list] Oh, also, Aqualad is the city's #1 hero and he even developed his own crime detection technology!
Clover: Okay! You have some major issues, Garth!
Ash: You never have been any of those things!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Sam: [raises an eyebrow] What did you even call this crime detection invention of yours, Garth?
Garth: [tears in eyes] I called it the… Trouble Alert. [tears flowing from his eyes] What am I gonna do?!
Lucario: [sighs] MRAH.
Buttercup: Would you ease up on the waterworks?!
Jessica: You could come clean. After all, I'm sure you have some real accomplishments that could impress Aquaman.
Ash: Yeah!
Garth: [wipes his eyes] You mean like how I dethroned a level-six Realm King in my favorite online game, "A Pilgrimage of Elves"?
Ash: Well... What I was gonna say was about the time that you exposed Winslow for being a cheating fraud and the time you worked with everyone to take down the evil Kryptonians and send them back to the Phantom Zone! And the time where we all even worked together to kick Scrozzle's robo-butt!
Garth: Aw, [facepalms] dang it! Why didn't I put those in there?!
Jessica: [whispers] What is he gonna do?!
Blossom: [whispers] I don't know! This isn't looking too good!
Ash: [reads the list] HUH?! "I beat the Pokémon Master, Ash Ketchum"?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Zee: I'm sorry, WHAT?!
Serena: [sternly] You never once beaten Ash! You never even challenged him to a battle!
Ash: Yeah! So not cool, Garth! Why would you lie about tarnishing my reputation?!
Pikachu: [angry] PIKACHU!
Garth: I'm sorry, Ash! I just wanted Aquaman to think that was cool that I beat the Pokémon Master!
Zee: [hugs Ash and presses her cheek against his] And did you even consider if he would like this?!
Garth: [sighs] No.
Zee: I thought so! [strokes Ash's cheek] You even hurt his feelings!
Ash: I'm okay, Zee! [pouts] I don't like it when people lie about anything involving my reputation!
Zee: Oh, I know, darling! You've worked so hard to reach your goal! [hugs him] My big handsome sweetie pie has a very important title! [kisses his cheek, leaving a lipstick mark] Mwah!
Serena: [hugs Ash] I agree, honey bunch! [cups his face] Oh, you work so hard! [kisses his forehead] Mwah!
Ash: [blushes; giggles] Anyway, why couldn't you have just told him the truth, Garth? You're only digging yourself a hole that you won't get out of because of the situation you're in!
Bubbles: But... He's not even digging anything!
Ash: No, Bubbles! It's an expression! It means that he's only going to make things worse for him! Especially if he lies about things that aren't true!
Serena: He's right! If anything, your lies always have a way of coming back to you!
Serena's Sylveon: [agreeing] SYLVEON!
Buttercup: True as that may be, but if he fesses up to all those lies, I'm not sure things are gonna look pretty for him!
Chloe: What should we do then?
Kara: [stands up; smirks] Relax! You all act like you never covered for a web of intricate and insanely wild lies before!
Clover: Um. Because we haven't done that!
Alex: But there was a time that we were accused of something we didn't do by Jerry and we had to clear our names!
Goh: Accused?
Grookey: GROOKEY?
Sam: Basically, some evil clones made by one of our archenemies, Macker the Safe-Cracker, were being used to make us, the real Alex, Clover and myself look bad!
Mallow: You were framed!
Clover: In a way, yes!
Alex: So, before Jerry could do what he's doing with Cobblepot right now, planting a Behavioral Modification Chip into his brain, we made a break for it and went on our own mission to clear our names!
Bianca: A chip planted into your brain?! How scary!
Sam: In a way!
Clover: But for Cobblepot, I think he may have had it coming to him due to his track record!
Alex: I agree!
Babs: [nods] Mmhmm!
Kara: Relax! Nothing's gonna go wrong! [pulls Garth to her] Buddy, [presses her cheek against his] you did the right thing by coming to me.
Ash: Kara, are you sure you wanna go through with this situation? Or need I remind you about that Blue Beetle fiasco Sam, Alex and Clover told me about?
Pikachu: PIKA PIKA?
Kara: Totally! And that Blue Beetle fiasco was me trying to help him! I wouldn't mind helping out my best bud, Garth! Let's do this!
Ash: [to Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup; whispers] Somehow, I have a feeling things might go south and/or backfire on them.
Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup: [nods] Mhmm.
Kara: I heard that!
Later on, they were waiting outside the school for Aquaman's arrival!
Diana: I must admit, Kara. I am not sure how I feel about this deception.
Jessica: I'm with Diana on this one.
Alex: Me too! And I'm not the kind of girl to lie to someone I don't even know!
Kara: Come on, you guys! We all know there's [grimly] "deception" and then there's [cutely] "deception"!
Then, Luna, Artemis and Diana came up!
Luna: Hello there, everyone!
Ash: Oh, [as Luna jumps onto Ash's right shoulder, Artemis jumps onto Sam's shoulder and Diana jumps onto Bubbles' shoulder] hey, Luna! Artemis! Diana! What are you doing here?
Luna: We were spending some quality family time when we saw you all outside the school! So, we figured we'd come see what was happening!
Artemis: What IS happening anyway?
Ash: Kara plans on having us help Garth lie to his idol, Aquaman!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Luna: You're trying to show deception, Kara?! I'm very ashamed of you!
Kara: Oh, come on furball! Like I said, we all know there's [grimly] "deception" and then there's [cutely] "deception"!
Luna: I fail to see the difference!
Lita: Yeah, same here!
Kara: Anyway, look, how can you turn your back on that adorable, little dweeb in need?
Garth was holding an Atlantic-themed sign that said "WELCOME AQUAMAN!".
Raye: Well, I mean he is excited about meeting his idol!
Goh: I wonder what he looks like!
Buttercup: Beats me!
Rini: Maybe he's half fish!
Mina: I doubt that he would be half fish!
Kara: Besides, i-it's Aquaman. What's he gonna do? [stammers] Ask a seahorsey to splash us?
Ash: Let's just see who this Aquaman guy is first before jumping to any conclusions!
Suddenly, a jeep zoomed past them and onto the front of the school!
Clover: Is that a jeep?
Chloe: It is! And it's covered in seaweed!
And she was right! And that's not all it had! On the back was a license plate that said "ATLANTIS BOAT"! When the door opened, water came pouring out, and the driver revealed to be a muscular man with long golden hair and a luscious golden beard!
Arthur: [grins] Alright.
Raye: So that's Aquaman? Not like the one I've seen in a comic book once, but he seems rather modern!
Lana: Everyone! Clover's frozen!
And she was right! Clover was frozen, but with a blush on her face! In fact, so were Blossom and Bubbles! And so was Zee, who gazed at him with dreamy eyes! Ash noticed this and started growing jealous, but he kept it to himself!
Zee: Zowie.
Clover: [hearts in her eyes] Wow!
Blossom and Bubbles: [hearts in their eyes] What a hunk!
Serena then saw the look on Ash's face!
Serena: Ash? Is everything okay?
Ash: [compose himself] Oh yeah! Couldn't be better!
Pikachu: PIKA?
Then, from the back of the jeep came a certain large Mud Fish Pokémon!
Swampert: SWAMPERT!
Ash: It's a Swampert!
Pikachu: PIKA PIKA!
Karen: It must be his!
Babs: [pulls out her Rotom Phone]
Babs' Rotom Phone: Swampert, the Mud Fish Pokémon. A Water and Ground type, and the final evolved form of Mudkip. If it senses the approach of a storm and a tidal wave, it protects its seaside nest by piling up boulders. It swims as fast as a jet ski.
Babs: Whoa! But I bet it couldn't be as fast as Batman's Batboat!
Then, Kara put on a headset on!
Kara: [gestures them to move] Okay, guys! Let's move! Places!
And everyone went off-screen!
Garth: [coming over with Arthur and Swampert] Aquaman, Swampert, I would like you to meet my bestest bud, Kara Danvers.
Arthur: What up, Kara Danvers?
Swampert: [greeting] SWAMPERT!
Arthur: [whispers to Garth and Swampert] Hey, Garth, Swampert, should we teach Kara our secret [winks, as Garth nods] Atlantean handshake?
Swampert: [nodding] SWAMPERT!
However, the "secret Atlantean handshake" was just a regular handshake!
Incineroar: ROAR?
Swampert: [holds out its hand] SWAMP!
Incineroar: [spits in its paw] ROAR! [takes Swampert's hand]
Garth: Cool, huh?
Kara: Uh, totally!
Arthur: [wraps an arm around him] So, Garth? [walks with him; pumps his fist] Let's do this!
Swampert: [agreeing enthusiastically] SWAMPERT!
Kara: [through the headset] Initiate: Operation Pufferfish.
Karen: [through the headset; holding a clipboard] Copy that, Kara.
She and the others, along with Oliver, were in the storage closet, and Diana's role was to be Garth's "homecoming queen", much to Ash's displeasure!
Karen: Diana, you're up.
Jessica placed a golden tiara with three stars on it on Diana's head!
Ash: [pouts] I am not okay with this one bit!
Babs: Remember, Ash! This is all part of the plan!
Ash: But why does it have to be Diana?! She's my girlfriend!
Pikachu: [ears droop] PIKA.
Jessica: She's only going to be acting, Ash! Play along!
Ash: [grumbles] Fine.
He then felt a gloved hand rest upon his shoulder, and his heart skipped a beat when he saw Diana wearing a while and pale purple dress with long white gloves, as well as the gold tiara!
Ash: [blushes] D-Diana!
Pikachu: [awed] PIKA...
Diana: Do not fret, my love! Nothing will ever change between us!
Ash: [blushes; smiles] I know! That's a really good look for you, Diana! You look so beautiful!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Diana: [blushes] Thank you, my love!
After giving him a quick kiss to the lips, she was pushed out of the closet and facing Kara, Garth and Aquaman, flashing a nervous smile!
Diana: [acting] Oh, Garth! How fortunate! I, the school's homecoming queen, was just looking for you, the homecoming king!
Babs watched from a window while cringing!
Diana: [acting] You have impressive and royal duties to attend to!
Babs: Wow. [to the others] Is it possible Diana could be worse at acting than she is at singing?
Blossom: I would rather forget about Diana singing!
Lana: [eyes sparkle] She looks like an absolute princess right now!
Buttercup: But remember! This all part of the rouge!
Karen: [turns to Zee] Okay, Zee. Showtime.
Clover: [puts on a photographer hat with Blossom, Bubbles and Zee] You said the secret word!
Zee: [wearing a photographer's attire] Relax, Babs. Let the pro [flips her hair] save the show!
Ash: [smiles determinedly] Now this is getting good!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Zee: [takes a picture of Ash] Perfect! A very snazzy photo of my best man!
Ash: [blushes; giggles] [in his head] I'm worrying over nothing! She was probably just impressed by how strong Aquaman looked!
Diana: [places a king's crown on Garth's head; acting] Some photographers for the school newspaper of which you are the editor want to take our picture!
Kara and Incineroar facepalmed from this, just as Zee and Clover came out of the storage closets with big smiles on their faces, holding cameras!
Diana: [acting] Look! Here they come now!
Zee: [places Garth next to Diana] Hi-de-ho, Chief! [as she takes pictures of them] Boy howdy, ain't you sick as stones of gettin' yer pic clicked!
Clover: [taking pictures] This is going on every newspaper!
Zee: You've got that right, sister! What with all your activities, and…
However, their attention diverted towards Aquaman!
Zee: [gazes at Arthur dreamingly] Seashell jewelry… flowing hair and… [blushes] [smiles dreamingly; as hearts appear] zowie.
Clover: [hearts in eyes] What a dreamboat!
Blossom and Bubbles: [hearts in eyes] Hunk-a-lish!
Ash: What's going on? [peeks out the window and sees Zee making the goo-goo eyes again; urks]
That made his jealousy burn more!
Ash: [growls]
Serena saw what Zee was doing and gasped in shock!
Serena: [in her head] Hold on! Is Zee making Ash jealous?! How could she?!
Kara: [through the headset] We have lost Zee, Clover, Blossom and Bubbles, people! Send in Chapin!
"Chapin" was actually Oliver wearing glasses and a wig, similar to Mr. Chapin's look.
Jessica: [through the headset] Chapin's not ready yet!
Buttercup: He doesn't have the suit!
Oliver: [holds up a finger] Fear not. To a true thespian the costume does not a performance make.
Lita: Blah blah blah! Whatever! [while shoving Chapin out the door] Now, get there, you Sherlock Holmes wannabe! [sees Ash chewing and tugging on a rag in his mouth] Ash? Are you okay?
Ash: [with the rag in his mouth] I'm fine!
Pikachu: [concerned] PIKACHU.
In the hallway, Zee was levitating off the ground while they were walking, staring dreamingly at Aquaman's look!
Zee's Sylveon: [concerned] VEON.
Oliver: [leaps over] Alas! [tosses Zee aside]
[CRASH!]
Incineroar: ROAR?!
Swampert: SWAMPERT?
Zee's Sylveon: [shocked] VEON! [runs over to her mother] SYLVE!
Clover: What's the big idea?! [runs over to Zee]
Oliver: I am Principal Chapin! Headmaster of this institution.
Arthur: [chuckles; holds out his hand] All pleasure, my man. I'm Aquaman.
Oliver: [slaps his hand away] It matters NOT who you are, but rather what you know. [hugs Garth close] So know this! Never has a finer scholar than young Gartholomew grace these hallowed halls. NEVER!
Incineroar: [rolls its eyes] ROAR.
Swampert: [rubs its head in confusion] SWAMPERT.
Oliver: And [bows] scene! [gets up close to Aquaman, making him uncomfortable; eyes twinkle] I promised I wouldn't ask, but I've got to know, did you believe the moment just now?
Swampert: PERT?
Kara: [chuckles] Thank you for your time, [pushes him away, making him gasp] Principal Chapin.
Incineroar: [saying "Show's over, Shakespeare!"] CINEROAR ROAR, INCINEROAR!
Garth: [speaks up] Speaking of time, it's "time" for your meeting! I sure hope this brief tour proves that all the many achievements I wrote to you about were 100% true. [winks at Kara, who gives him a smirk]
Arthur: Aw, come on, man, you kidding? It totally proves it! [pulls out his phone] In fact, it's why I'm bailing on the United Council of Nations.
Swampert: SWAMPERT?
Ash, Serena, Goh, Chloe, Mallow, and Lana: HUH?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Serena's Sylveon: VEON?!
Grookey: GROOKEY?
Eevee: EEVEE?
Tsareena: REENA?!
Eevee (Sandy): EEVEE?!
Garth: [smiles nervously] Uh, whaddya mean?
Arthur: Well, after reading all about the great [pulls out a big stack of papers] things you were doing, I was starting to think you were feeding me a bucket of chum. But now I can see just how much your life I've been missing, little man. So I wanna see... [throws the papers into the air, scattering them] everything. [wraps an arm around Swampert] Ain't that right, Swampert?
Swampert, who knew that it wasn't like its trainer to bail on something important on the very last second, wanted to object, but it didn't want to disappoint the King of the Sea either!
Swampert: [agreeing] SWAMPERT!
Incineroar: [sighs and shakes his head] CIN…
Kara: [through the headset] So… who's up for an encore?
Everyone: [groans and facepalms]
Raye: Oh, come on!
Buttercup: [hits a switch in frustration] Dang it!
This caused a sandbag to be released, which nailed Ash square in the face!
Ash: OOF! [falls backwards] [groans] [swirls in eyes] Ouch…
Buttercup: Whoops! Sorry about that, Ash!
Diana: [gasps; kneels down] Are you alright, my love?
Ash: [dazed; singing] London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down…
Sam: Maybe we should just let him rest a bit!
Diana: [caresses Ash's cheek with a gloved hand; kisses his forehead]
Ash: [groans] It's not over yet, is it?
Jessica: [sighs] Afraid so.
Ash: [groans]
["Who's That Pokémon?" time]
[as a silhouette shows a bulky fish Pokémon]
Ash, Serena, Goh, Chloe, Zee, Kara, Garth, Arthur, Mallow, and Lana: Who's that Pokémon?
Ash, Serena, Goh, Chloe, Zee, Kara, Garth, Arthur, Mallow, and Lana: It's Swampert!
[as the silhouette reveals Swampert]
Swampert: SWAMPERT!
[End]
In the auditorium, Garth had hosted a musical about the coral reef!
Babs, Kara, Jessica, Karen, Diana, and Zee: [singing] Coral Reef, Coral Reef! The beauty to behold is beyond belief! Coral Reef, Coral Reef! Underwater creatures are the chief motif!
As the song played, the scene changed to the football field where Garth was about to toss the football to Hal, but just as he was about to flop, Karen, as Bumblebee came to the rescue and carried the ball all the way to Hal, making their team score a touchdown! The others watched with high spirits, but Zee was too focused on Aquaman which made Ash glare in jealousy! Next, Garth was creating an experimental volcano in the science lab, with some help from Clemont, while Aquaman was watching with great interest! When Garth poured in some chemicals, Kara used her heat vision on it to make it erupt causing it to become a great success! Babs and Barry, disguised as science scholars wearing beards, presented him with a trophy and medal wreath! Clemont just blinked in confusion! But he'll be filled in later! Next, at the pole vaulting, Garth was about to make the jump and was about to fail when Zee couldn't help but gaze at Aquaman's rugged beard and muscular body, causing Garth to float around endlessly and Ash to grow even more jealous! Serena grew more worried by the second! As the song finished the scene changes to back into the auditorium where the girls were coming to the big finish!
Babs, Kara, Jessica, Karen, Diana, and Zee: Tsunami!
But then, they toppled over in a big heap! But Aquaman was moved by the song!
Arthur: [chokes up; wipes a tear] Alright.
Swampert: [impressed] SWAMPERT!
Later, as Aquaman was heading to his jeep with Garth and Kara following behind him, Ash was watching Aquaman from one side of the building and he was really jealous about him and the fact that Zee was making goo-goo eyes at him!
Ash: That overgrown tuna fish thinks he can use his rugged look and muscular body to steal my girl away from me, does he? Well, if I want Zee to stay with me 'til death due us part, I need to make myself more attractive than scale bait could ever be! I need to grow me a beard and get myself some muscles! [runs off]
Pikachu: PI?! [runs after him] PIKA PI!
Serena: [sees her soulmate running off] Ash, where are you going?!
Ash: [while running] To outshine that overgrown tuna fish and make Zee like me more!
Mina: Ash! [to the others] What's going on with him?
Lita: I don't know!
Luna: Perhaps I might know!
Serena/Usagi: Go ahead, Luna!
While she was explaning, Aquaman was singing the Coral Reef song! Swampert too!
Arthur: [singing] Coral Reef, Coral Reef, the beauty to behold is beyond belief…
Swampert: [singing] SWAMPERT SWAMP!
Garth: Well, you've pretty much seen everything.
Arthur: [scoffs] I am so proud of you, little man.
That made Garth flash a huge smile with rosy dimples!
Incineroar: [rolls its eyes] ROAR.
Aquaman got into his jeep with Swampert getting in the back!
Kara: [places a hand on Garth's shoulder] I mean, would this kid make a great sidekick or what?
Arthur: Oh hey, that reminds me, "Aqualad"! You forgot to show me your famous "Trouble Alert" crime detection system in action, man.
That made Garth and Kara's eyes widen!
Incineroar: ROAR?!
Kara: Uh… can we have a minute? [begins to push Garth along] A-Man?
Kara and Garth went to talk in private, while Luna was explaining Ash's jealousy!
Luna: So basically, since Aquaman has a beard and muscular body and Ash doesn't, he can't help but feel jealous about that! And what's more, since Zee was making goo-goo eyes because of it, he thinks Zee may have a type and that's why he wants to outshine Aquaman!
Amy: [gasps]
Raye: Is he out of his mind?!
Serena: Ash is perfect the way he is!
Luna: Well, true as that may be, but it's not us who should tell him that! It's the one girl who's been making the goo-goo eyes at Aquaman ever since the guy came here!
Mina: You're right!
Babs, Jessica, Diana, Karen, and Zee were coming out of the school!
Babs: Phew! I'm glad that's over!
Karen: Me too!
Diana: Indeed!
Zee: Now, it's time to find my darling Ashykins and head down for some tasty treats! Yoohoo! Darling!
But Ash was nowhere to be seen!
Zee: Ash? Ash?! Where are you?! [approaches the other girls] Girls, have you seen Ash anywhere?
Serena: Oh, now you care about Ash, don't you, Zee?!
Zee: Serena, what are you talking about? Where is he?
Lita: [sweetly; sarcastically] Oh, you didn't know? [angry] He left because you had completely forgotten about him!
Zee: [offended] What?! I did no such thing!
Lita: [angry] You did too! You've been too busy making goo-goo eyes at Aquaman to notice that Ash was feeling jealous because of Aquaman's rugged beard and his muscular body and the fact that you were making goo-goo eyes at him because of those features!
Rini: [tears in her eyes] How could you, Auntie Zee?! You cheated on Ash!
Zee: What?! That's not true! I would never cheat on him! Sure, Aquaman is rugged and muscly, but Ash is much better than that! He's got brains and brawn! Plus, Aquaman's an adult! I could never have eyes for an adult!
Raye: Well, if what you're saying is true, which completely is, then why would you even gaze at him?! Did you ever consider how Ash felt?!
Zee: I didn't even know Ash had gotten jealous! I just couldn't stop admiring at how strong he looked! I mean, you have to admit, it is pretty impressive!
Serena: No! We won't admit it! Ash is way more stronger than he is!
Zee: I know! And you're right! Oh, how can I be so insensitive?! [breaks down crying]
Zee's Sylveon: [concerned] SYLVEON!
Gardevoir (Airalin): [concerned] GARDEVOIR!
Luna: Well, it's not too late to apologize! But not just to us, but to Ash as well!
Artemis: And you might wanna do it fast! Ash plans on wanting to change himself to outshine Aquaman so he can keep you forever!
Zee: [wipes the tears away] Change himself? What do you mean?
Luna: He plans on growing himself a beard and mustache and try and gain some muscles so he can look better than Aquaman in order to win you back!
Serena: No! Ash is perfect the way he is! I don't want him to change!
Zee: Neither do I! We have to find him!
Clover: But how?
Alex: [stomach growls] Sorry! Guess my stomach is in the mood for a little tasty treat!
Mina: Now?!
Amy: Wait a second! Alex might be on to something!
Sam: That's it! I think I may know where he is!
Everyone minus Kara: Sweet Justice!
Babs: Oh! Maybe he's at the base!
Luna: Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!
And off they went to find Ash!
With Kara and Garth, they were secretly discussing the new problem at hand!
Kara: Okay, we may have hit a snag here.
Incineroar: [agreeing] INCINEROAR!
Garth: We can't stop now! Once he sees Aqualad in action, he'll have to make me his sidekick!
Kara: Well, what are we supposed to do? Ask some random supervillain to take a dive?
Garth: No. Not a random supervillain. [smiles nervously]
Kara: [furrows her eyebrows] What do you mean?
Incineroar: [raises an eyebrow] ROAR?
Garth: I… kind of made up an [makes a cute face] archnemesis.
Kara: [rolls her eyes; sighs]
Incineroar: [facepalms] CINEROAR!
Meanwhile, at the base, Ash was going through some of the stuff on first lower level of the base in Sam, Clover and Alex's part of the base!
Ash: I'm sure they may have something that Jerry made that can help me get a beard, a mustache and some muscles! But if he did, where did they put it?
Pikachu: [tries to stop him] PIKA PI! PIKACHU!
Ash: If I wanna outshine that overgrown tuna fish and win Zee back, I have to find something I can use to make me grow a beard, a mustache and some muscles!
Growlithe: [pulling on his shirt] GROWLITHE GROWL!
Ash: Growlithe, let go! What are you doing?
Growlithe: [saying that he should stop] GROWLITHE GROWL GROWL GROWL GROWLITHE!
Ash: Don't you understand, you guys?! I'm trying to win Zee back!
Pikachu: [asking him how the girls would feel about this] PIKA PI! PIKA PIKACHU PIKA!
Ash: I'm sure they won't mind! Besides, some girls like a rugged face and a muscular body!
Growlithe: [saying "No! You don't understand, Ash! They think you're perfect just the way you are!"] GROWLITHE! GROWLITHE, GROWL GROWL! GROWLITHE GROWLITHE GROWL GROWLITHE!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Ash: Well, tell that to the magical girl that was making goo-goo eyes at Manfish the Fishman! If I don't do this, Zee will forget about me and start going to Aquaman [starts to tear up] and I'll never see her again!
Pikachu and Growlithe comforted their Trainer, but what they didn't know was that they were being spied on by the new holder of the Peacock Miraculous, Félix, who was outside the base, using an x-ray vision monocle!
Félix: [smirks] Well well! Never thought I'd see him again! I really don't know what my cousin ever saw in him, but knowing he's got strong jealousy issues, this could be promising!
He then plucked a feather from his fan and closed it within his hand, turning it blue!
Félix: [blows on it] Go, my Amok! And bring his vengeful creation to life!
The Amok made its way through the air vents! And into the base!
Ash: [wipes the tears away] What am I gonna do?! I don't wanna lose Zee and I don't wanna upset the others!
Pikachu: [concerned] PIKA.
But before the Amok can close in on Ash...
Zee: Ash!
Ash: Huh? [looks over at the others]
Zee: There you are, Ash! What are you playing at?!
Sam: And what are you doing going through mine, Alex and Clover's stuff?!
Ash: I-I was looking for an invention to give me muscles and a beard! I swear!
Zee: Absolutely not! There's no way I'm gonna let my man change himself and get away with it!
Ash: [sits down with his hands hugging his knees; pouts] You were staring at Aquaman all day, Zee! You clearly find him more attractive than me!
Zee: No, I don't! I was being clueless and I didn't know you were jealous about the fact that I was staring at Aquaman because of his beard, mustache and muscles!
Ash: Huh?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Zee: Ash! I wanted to apologize to you for making you jealous! And I still want to be your girlfriend! Now and forever! [kneels to him] And to prove it... [takes Ash's face and turns it to face her and she kisses Ash on the lips]
That sparked Ash's heart and made him kiss back! Unknown to them, the Amok floated away from them when Ash's sadness and frustration ceased! Félix was not happy at all!
Félix: What?! That's impossible! [growls] Now I know how my uncle felt in this kind of situation!
With a snap of his fingers, the Amok turned back into a normal feather! And it floated away! Back with Ash and the girls, Ash and Zee released from their kiss!
Ash: [smiles] Thank you, Zee! I love you!
Zee: I love you too, Ashykins!
Ash: I guess after all that, I owe Aquaman an apology too for becoming jealous of him and for jumping to conclusions about him trying to steal you away from me! [sighs] I get jealous pretty easily.
Zee: I know! And I don't blame you! Come on! We'll go together!
And off they went to do just that!
Sam: I think they're heading for the boardwalk! I overheard Kara and Garth talk about it!
Goh: And apparently, Kara's gonna pretend to be Garth's "archnemesis"!
Ash: Archnemesis? [to Zee] This we have to see!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Zee: I agree!
Kara (Dr. Mephisocrates): [laughs evilly] That's right.
"Dr. Mephisocrates" turned out to be Kara wearing a female devil costume, including a pitchfork.
Kara (Dr. Mephisocrates): [jumps off of the carousel] It is I. Dr. Methistar… [stammers] Mephisoscers…
Aqualad: Mephisocrates.
Kara (Dr. Mephisocrates): [stammers]
Incineroar: [groans] ROAR...
Arthur: No, Mephisocrates!
Kara (Dr. Mephisocrates): [acting; grins evilly] Yes, that's right! [points her pitchfork at Aqualad] You're doomed, Aqualad!
Incineroar: [groans] ROAR...
Kara (Dr. Mephisocrates): [through her teeth] Play along!
Incineroar: [tries to act threatening] CINEROAR!
The two of them began to fight, including Gyarados and Incineroar!
Arthur: Woohoo! Alright!
Swampert: SWAMP?
However, Aqualad only seemed to be holding onto Kara's pitchfork and throwing weak hits.
Aqualad: Uh, Gyarados, douse their flames of evil with Hydro Pump!
Gyarados: [Hydro Pump move] GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!
Incineroar: [hit] ROAR!
Kara (Dr. Mephisocrates): Unleash the flames of vengeance upon them, Incineroar! Flamethrower!
Incineroar: [Flamethrower move] ROAR!
Gyarados: [hit] GYARA!
Aqualad: Oh no!
However, Aqualad only seemed to be holding onto Kara's pitchfork and throwing weak hits.
Aqualad: [falls; grunts]
Kara (Dr. Mephisocrates): [laughs evilly]
Arthur: Oh! Watch out, little bro!
Swampert: SWAMPERT!
Aqualad: [smiles confidently] Don't worry, Aquaman! Like any great sidekick, I know my enemy's one weakness!
Kara (Dr. Mephisocrates): One weakness, what are you–
Incineroar: [hit] ROAR! [pretends to be in pain] INCINEROAR... [pretends to faint]
Aqualad and Gyarados posed triumphantly!
Arthur: [coming over] Aqualad. Garth, [places his hands on his shoulders] you've done Atlantis proud. [rubs his head] And you've done me proud.
That made Aqualad very happy!
Arthur: You've done good too, Gyarados. Garth's got a radical partner.
Gyarados: [pleased] GYAAAAR!
However, Aquaman hoisted Kara over his shoulder, with Swampert doing the same with Incineroar.
Incineroar: ROAR?
Aqualad: [sweats nervously] Uh, Aquaman? [chuckles nervously] Whatcha doin'?
Arthur: Ah, this clown assaulted an Atlantean, and now, thanks to your fearless and frankly astounding heroics, she's gotta face an Atlantean tribunal for a dose of rash, harsh, deeply biased Atlantean justice. Oh, and the pussycat, too! He assaulted an Atlantean's partner!
Incineroar: ROAR?!
Kara (Dr. Mephisocrates): Whoa! Whoa, whoa, Aqualad? Uh, is there anything you'd like to TELL Aquaman? Huh?
Aqualad only sweated nervously and looked up at Aquaman, who gave him a wink, smile and a thumbs up!
Swampert: [gives a thumbs up] SWAMP!
Kara and Incineroar were glaring at Aqualad!
Incineroar: [saying "I don't even know how to swim!"] ROAR ROAR INCINEROAR ROAR ROAR! ["Garth, I'm warning you! Don't. You. DARE!"] INCINEROAR ROAR! IN. CINE. ROAR!
Aqualad: [smiles nervously; rubs the back of his head] Um, well, the truth is, [as Aquaman begins to leave with Kara and Incineroar in tow] that… uh…
Gyarados: [concerned] GYAR…
Arthur: That these scoundrels should spend the next century in an Atlantean jail? Couldn't agree with you more, little guy.
Incineroar: [angry] ROAR! [grabs Swampert by reaching his arms from behind and under it] ROAR!
Swampert: [surprised] SWAMPERT?!
Incineroar: [flips itself onto its feet] ROAR! [does its own Circle Throw on Swampert] CINEROAR!
Kara: Yeah. Yeah, I'm out!
Kara and Incineroar threw Aquaman and Swampert into the ocean!
Arthur: [screaming]
Swampert: [screaming] SWAMP!
[distant splash]
Soon, Aura Guardian and Zatanna arrived at the boardwalk! Luckily, they were able to take the hit-block warp pipe, much to Zatanna's hesitancy of thinking it was a pipe leading to the sewers!
Aura Guardian: See, Zee Zee? Told ya it wouldn't lead to the sewers!
Zatanna: And you were right!
Aura Guardian: [takes her hand; smiles] Allow me!
Zatanna: Ooh. Such a gentleman!
Ash helped his girl out of the pipe as she laced her arm around his!
Zatanna: [giggles]
However, that's when they saw Aqualad shaking and panicking in fear!
Aura Guardian: What's going on over there?
Zatanna: Let's investigate from a distance!
Aqualad: You really shouldn't've done that!
Kara: Well, YOU should've told him the truth, okay?! I'm not going to some sea jail!
Incineroar: [agreeing] CINEROAR!
Aura Guardian: [whispers] Sea jail?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Zatanna: [whispers] What's that about?
Sylveon: VEON?
Aqualad: No, I meant you shouldn't've thrown him into water! Water makes him kinda–
That was when Aquaman reappeared from the water and punched Kara into one of the game booths and Swampert unleashed a mighty High Horsepower on Incineroar!
Aqualad: Strong.
Aura Guardian and Zatanna: Whoa!
Supergirl: [flies in and punches Aquaman in the face] Well ticking me off makes ME strong!
Incineroar: [Darkest Lariat move] CINEROAR!
Swampert: [hit] SWAMP!
Aura Guardian: [whispers] Do you reckon we should help too?
Zatanna: [whispers] Let's just see how this plays out first. Besides, we don't wanna give us away.
Aquaman: [gets up; cracks his knuckles] Oh, alrighty then! [laughs] Let's do this!
Swampert: SWAMPERT!
Supergirl and Aquaman began to fight! And so did Incineroar and Swampert!
Swampert: [Hydro Pump move] SWAMP!
Incineroar: [dodges] ROAR!
Aquaman and Supergirl were throwing hard punches and kicks at each other! All Aqualad could do was watch and grow more worried by the minute! That was when Gyarados nudged him indicating that it was trying to tell his partner to tell the truth!
Gyarados: GYARA!
Aqualad knew Gyarados was right!
Aqualad: STOP!
That made them stop just when Aquaman and Supergirl were about to land more hits to each other and Incineroar and Swampert about to launch a Darkest Lariat and Hammer Arm!
Aqualad: [tears up] Aquaman! Swampert! It's all [tears flowing from the eyes] lies!
Swampert: [gasps] SWAMP!
Aqualad: I'm not the star quarterback or homecoming king and I don't have an archnemesis! That's just my friend, Supergirl.
Supergirl just patted Aquaman's head awkwardly and backed away!
Aqualad: I'm sorry I lied. I just wanna be your sidekick so bad.
Then...
Aura Guardian: [coming over with Zatanna] He's not the only one who's sorry!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Aqualad: Ash? What are you doing here?
Aura Guardian: I'm here to see Aquaman! Listen, I wanted to apologize to you for getting jealous over you earlier! It was because of your rugged beard and mustache and your muscular body that I kinda felt like I wanted to have what you have! And with my Zee Zee making those goo-goo eyes at you, it made me feel like she had a type and that she would forget me and start eyeballing you more! And it got to point where I was going to change my appearance so I can outshine you and win Zee back and... I guess what I'm trying to say is that it was wrong for me to get jealous and I hope you can forgive me!
Pikachu: PIKACHU.
Aquaman: [smiles] Huh. Well, it sounds like a couple of bros need a heart [kneels down to Aqualad's level and places a hand on his shoulder] to heart.
Swampert: [agreeing] SWAMPERT!
Supergirl: [floating above them] Ah, heart to heart! [chuckles; floats up] Quite a left hook you've got there, A-Man.
Aquaman: Yeah! Yours wasn't too shabby either there, champ!
Incineroar: [praising Swampert] INCINEROAR!
Swampert: [praising Incineroar] SWAMPERT!
Supergirl: Incineroar, [returns Incineroar] return! Later! [flies away]
Aquaman: [wraps an arm around Aqualad] You know, kid, when we first met, I knew you were gonna be my sidekick one day.
Aqualad: Really?
Aquaman: Well, at least the Garth I met that day anyway! The real Garth, man!
Aqualad: But, Aquaman... I don't even know who the real Garth is yet.
Aura Guardian: That's not entirely true! You've done some pretty good things in the past to show that you're a hero even before Aquaman showed up! Like that time you, me, Zatanna and the rest of the heroes worked together to take down Zod, Ursa and Non and send them back into the Phantom Zone and that time you exposed Winslow for being a cheating fraud and that time where we all worked together to kick Scrozzle's robo-butt!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PI!
Zatanna: It's true!
Sylveon: [agreeing] VEON!
Aquaman: See, man? Your friends do. I mean look how far they went to help you. That says more to me than being a homecoming king. I mean, besides, the rest of who you are will come out eventually. I mean, I didn't have these pecs [shakes them] until I was ten, man!
Aura Guardian: You mean to tell me you were only a kid when you got pecs?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Aquaman: Yep!
Aura Guardian: Sheesh! Talk about a muscle kid! No offense!
Aquaman: None taken at all, champ! I take it as a compliment! [to Aqualad] I mean, how old are you? What seven? Eight?
Aqualad: I'm fifteen!
Aquaman: Yikes! [places a hand on his shoulder] Look, I guess my point is we can reach our potential at any age, you know? I mean I just became a level 6 Realm King in Pilgrimage of Elves, or [scowls; clenches his fist] at least I did 'til that genius MAMX Hunk knocked me down a court jester.
Aura Guardian: Huh. That kinda rings a bell for you, doesn't it, Garth?
Aqualad: Yeah, it does… wait… are you Shark Gut 41?
Aquaman: What?! [stammers] Come on… YOU'RE MAMX Hunk?
Aura Guardian: He sure is!
Gyarados: [shocked] GYARA!
Swampert: [shocked] SWAMPERT!
They were both surprised and smiled awkwardly!
Aquaman: Whoa, [bows] I'm so not worthy! Aw, man. Hey hey, [places a hand on his shoulder] alright, w-whaddya say I buy you dinner and you can tell me how to defeat the Ice Ogre, alright?
Aqualad: It's easy! It's all about the heat!
Aquaman: Oh, heat! Of course, man!
Aquaman: [turns to Ash] And... Ash was it?
Aura Guardian: [nods] Mhm.
Aquaman: Don't worry about what happened, man. I respect a guy who's looking out for his girl! Besides, looks don't matter! It's what you do that counts! And I've heard all about what you've done!
Aura Guardian: I hope it's the good things you heard about me!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Aquaman: Oh, totally! You got your girl one of those Z-Rings!
Aura Guardian: And the Fairium Z! It was my present for her birthday!
Pikachu: PIKA PIKA!
Aquaman: And you're the Pokémon Master! And you even have more than one girlfriend!
Aura Guardian: True!
Aquaman: And you know, I've been meaning to wanna give you something since I first arrived!
Aura Guardian: Really? What is it?
Aquaman: It's in my jeep!
When they got to Aquaman's jeep, he pulled out an incubator holding what looked like fish eggs!
Aquaman: I heard you guys had some eggs that hatched, so I figured I'd give you these! They're eggs as well, but I honestly don't know what kind of critter is in those shells!
Aura Guardian: Wow!
Aquaman: I don't suppose you wouldn't mind looking after them, would you?
Aura Guardian: Not at all! We've recently had six Pokémon Eggs hatch! We can definitely look after these as well!
Aquaman: Alright! And who knows, whatever's in those shells might be a new species that you'll discover!
Aura Guardian: [eyes sparkle in amazement] Awesome!
Pikachu: [eyes sparkle in amazement] PIKACHU!
Zatanna used her magic to teleport the eggs to the base!
Zatanna: There! Now, they'll be safe and sound at the base!
Aura Guardian: Cool! Oh, and Aquaman! Whaddya say you and I have a battle some time?
Aquaman: I'm cool with that! I wanna see just how strong the Pokémon Master is!
Aura Guardian: Awesome!
Aquaman: [walks away with Aqualad; singing] Coral Reef, Coral Reef!
Aquaman and Aqualad: [singing together] The beauty to behold is beyond belief!
Gyarados: [singing] GYAAAAAAR!
Swampert: [singing] SWAMPERT!
Aura Guardian: Well, now that that's taken care of! [pulls out the hit-block] Let's head back to the base and explain to the others about the eggs Aquaman gave us! [hits the hit-block, making a warp pipe appear, but it slanted down to look like a slide] Shall we, milady?
Zatanna smiled and kissed his cheek!
Zatanna: We shall! [takes his hand] But let's go down together!
Aura Guardian: You got it! [climbs up with Zee and they sit on the ledge] On the count of three! One, two, three, down we go! [they slide down the warp pipe together]
[warp zone sounds]
[Recap Time]
Zee: It's recap time!
Ash: Hey, girls! Who'd'ya meet today?
[as a Pokémon card was placed in a binder]
Kara: Swampert!
[as the screen shows Swampert]
Ash: Swampert is a Water and Ground type originating from the Hoenn Region!
Goh: And it's the final evolved form of Mudkip!
Ash: And they're capable of Mega Evolution!
Kara: Sweet!
Ash: They can gain enough power to reduce a boulder to tiny pebbles! And sometimes, they can be very territorial and can become quite aggressive!
Karen: [gulps nervously] Aggressive?
Ash: But that's only if you enter its territory!
Babs: [steps into a mud bank] Then we've got nothing to worry about!
Goh: Yeah! They make their territory in lots of different places!
Ash: Like in the sewers for one!
Goh: And in lakes where there are mud banks!
Babs: [stops cold in her tracks] Mud banks?
That was when a wild Swampert appeared! And it wasn't too thrilled about unwanted guests in the mud bank!
Swampert: [angry] SWAMPERT!
Babs: Uh oh! [dashes off] Eek!
Swampert: [saying "You kids stay off my lawn!"] SWAMPERT SWAMP SWAMP SWAMPERT!
[End]
And that's the end of this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it! And there's more to come! So until then, see you all next time!