day...
Kukui's house...
"Thanks for the food!" says Ash taking the food bowls to the sink.
Even though the rest of Ashs pokemon looked tired, Poipole happily played with Pikachu, catching both professor's eyes.
"Poipole really likes Pikachu a lot, doesn't it?" wonders professor burnet.
"Alright, i'll join in too1" says Ash kneeling down next to poipole and Pikachu.
"Is this really the time to be relaxed Ash?" wonders professor Kukui.
"Huh?" wonders Ash.
"Today is job experience day." says professor kukui.
"Oh crap, we as a class look for a working place for an assignment right?" wonders Ash.
"Does helping dad with the farm count?" wonders Goten.
"He means a job worthy of this earth not your landscape farm." says Trunks.
"So? I have some job experience." says Goten.
"We were supposed to go see nurse joy today." says Ash in realization.
"The pokemon hospital?" wonders Goten.
"I completely forgot." says Ash.
Soon their walk to the Pokémon Center for their work experience is interrupted by Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp.
"Hold it!" says Tupp.
"What do you want? We're in a hurry." says Ash.
"Yo! You have a pokemon Ive never seen before." says Tupp.
"What of it?" wonders Ash.
"Who do you think you are? Showing off a pokemon like that." says Rapp.
"Youre way to young to be bragging to us!" says Zipp.
"Unless you are able to tell what a persons age is, guessing seems logical for you. Besides, I would know if I was trying to show off to the world as you claim im doing." says Ash annoyed.
"Ash, this isn't the time to be dealing with these guys. You guys are gonna be late." says Rotom dex.
"I know." says Ash looking at rotom dex.
No matter how much the boys and Hazzel tried, the team skull trio wouldn't get out of the way.
"You trying to piss us off?" wonders Trunks.
"Once your eyes meet ours, its time to battle, right?" wonders Rapp.
"Yeah, but we have a place to be and cant battle at the moment." says Ash.
"Fine, ill battle you. Youre almost as painful to be around as team rocket." says Ash unamused.
"That wasn't much of a compliment." says Rapp.
"I don't really care!" says Ash.
"Three vs three should do." says Tupp.
"No! I'll take you all on myself! Ready Pikachu?" says Ash.
Pikachu eagerly went into fighting position. The Team Skull trio call on their Zubat, Garbodor and Salandit against Ash's Pikachu.
"Salandit, use scratch!" says Tupp.
"Zubat, make sure Pikachu loses with leech life!" says Rapp.
Pikachu dodges Salandit's scratch attacks and Zubat's Leech Life.
"Now, Garbodor, venoshock!" says Zipp.
Garbodor attempts to launch a venoshock, but the toxic sludge is somehow blocked in its arm.
"Awww man. Looks like something got stuck in garbodors arm." says Zipp bummed.
"What are you doing!?" wonders Rapp.
"Nows your chance Pikachu! Use thunderbolt!" says Ash.
Pikachu takes advantage of the delay and launches a Thunderbolt. The battle ends prematurely, with Garbodor beginning to emit a strong smell and its blocked arm clearly causing it pain.
"They beat us!" says Rapp.
"Garbodor, whats wrong? What caused you to be unable to use venoshock?" wonders Zipp.
"Ugh...whats with the stench of garbage?" wonders Trunks covering his nose.
"You should take garbodor to see nurse joy!" says Ash coviering his nose.
"Something needs to happen." says Goten with his nose covered.
"Mind your own business." says Zipp returning Garbodor.
"Hey, lets go!" says Tupp getting impatient.
Zipp nodded then the trio got on the motorcycles and fled.
"Will it really be ok?" wonders Ash.
"We need to focus on not getting scolded by the rest of the class." says Goten.
"We need to get going and now!" says Rotom freaking out.
"Oh no!" says Ash taking off.
"Don't leave us behind!" says Goten.
pokemon center...
Trunks, Hazzel, Ash and Goten rush toward the pokemon center where the rest of the class was waiting on their arrival.
"You need to pay attention to the time more guys!" says Mallow.
"I was starting to think you ere skipping out on us." says Sophocles.
"Me miss out on job experience day? No way!" says Ash.
"And you guys?" wonders Sophocles.
"I was hoping we would get some training in. Would be nice if we had pokemon who were stronger rather than just to be around." says Trunks.
"We need more options for jobs we might like." says Goten.
"Hospitals are creepy but this is for pokemon so its a little different." says Hazzel.
Ash introduces Poipole to his classmates' Pokémon.
"Youre already taking it around with you?" wonders Sophocles.
"It didn't have a chance to say hi to everyones pokemon yesterday." says Ash.
Ash turned to face Poipole and point to each person and pokemon.
"These are my friends as well as classmates and their pokemon." says Ash.
Poipole was happy to see all the pokemon around Ashs classmates.
"It was running around causing a ruckus yesterday." says Rotom dex.
"Its already taking a liking to Pikachu and the rest of the pokemon." says Lillie.
"Theyre acting a bit like Harper and Sarah." says Lana.
"How many family members does this make now?" wonders Mallow looking at Ash.
"I lost count. If you counted how many pokemon I have, that's a big family. Including the son family and Hazzel….makes it even bigger. So to guess a number would be pointless." says Ash.
"Does it like electricity?" wonders Sophocles.
While the others were chatting Kiawe couldn't help but look at the door that should've been open with a cheerful nurse joy walking up to the class.
"Shouldn't she be out here by now?" wonders Kiawe to himself.
Nurse Joy arrives on the scene, coughing whilst wearing a protective face mask.
"A..alola every..one. Thank you fo..for com..ing." says Nurse joy.
"Whats wrong nurse joy?" wonders Ash.
"I just caught a cold, that's all. Im as fine as I can be." says nurse Joy.
Nurse Joy's Pokémon, Blissey and Comfey, offer her some relief while the class was in shock and worry upon seeing her.
"You should get some rest right away." says Kiawe.
"No, I cant take time off work. What will become of the pokemon brought in?" says nurse joy.
"We can handle the pokemon center for you!" says Ash eagerly.
"What? You guys would do that for me? But.." says nurse joy.
Blissey agrees with Ash.
"Blissey.." says nurse joy looking back at blissey.
"We did come here to work at the pokemon center, after all. We want to be of use to you!" says Mallow.
"Let us pay you back for all you've done for us!" says Lillie.
"We'll do our best!" says Ash.
"Im confident in my pokemon caretaking skills." says Kiawe.
"This is more than what I signed for..." says Sophocles.
The pokemon happily agreed.
"Alright.." says nurse joy.
"If theres anything you don't understand, theres a job experience manual so make sure you read it." says nurse joy taking out a manual.
"May I copy that?" wonders Rotom dex.
"Of course." says nurse joy.
Rotom dex copies the nurse explanation manual into its system.
"You can leave the manual to me!" says Rotom dex.
"Alright...im counting on you all." says Nurse joy walking away.
"Get well soon!" say the class.
"Will we really be alright?" wonders Sophocles sweat dropping.
"We'll do what we can!" says Lana.
"Yes, if we all work together, it will be fine." says Lillie.
"Then, first things first. We should look for the nurse uniforms to fit the part." says Kiawe.
"Are there male uniforms?" wonders Ash.
"We will just have to find out." says Kiawe.
"Last time I checked there wasn't so I would love it if there were." says Ash unamused.
Ash and his friends get changed into their nursing outfits. Once the girls had their uniforms on, they went to see if the boys had a uniform on, but only saw Ash who was desperately looking for a male uniform mumbling to himself.
"Where are the other boys?" wonders Lillie.
"Looking for male uniforms." says Ash.
"Are there any?" wonders Mallow.
"Oh, uhhh….I doubt there are." says Ash awkwardly.
"So you wouldn't mind wearing a female uniform?" wonders Mallow.
"Me wear a female uniform?" wonders Ash sweat dropping.
Lana grinned deviously at the idea of Ash wearing a female uniform.
"Hey, for always ditching us for the son family and their pals, lets put him in a female uniform and wig so hed look like a cute girl." says Lana.
"Ash as a girl?" wonder Mallow and Lillie.
Mallow and Lillie look at eachother in confusion then imagine what Ash would look like as a girl and begin smiling deviously too.
"What?" wonders Ash confused.
"Ash can you try the female uniform on? We want to see how well a boy looks in a dress." says Lana smirking.
Remembering his past experiences with dresses, Ash backed away waving his hands, sweat dropping as he laughed nervously.
"Id rather not. Im better off going after the others, you know, in search for male uniforms." says Ash backing toward the wall.
"But there are extra female uniforms. Itd be a shame to leave them untouched." says Lana.
"You might look great and never realize it." says Lillie.
"...id much rather find the rest of the class than go through this." says Ash bummed.
The girls began chasing Ash around the room, one holding the dress, another holding the nurse hat and the last attempting to reach him.
"Its just one day! Couldn't hurt to pretend to be a girl!" says Lana.
"I never agreed to such a thing! I merely suggested that if there was no male uniforms, id have to wear my normal clothes." says Ash.
"You need a uniform and the one that's mostly present is the female one so wear it." says Lana smirking.
"Get that attire away from me!" says Ash nearing the door.
"If this is all there is, you have to bear with it!" says Lana.
"No means no! Im not going through it!" says Ash grabbing the doorknob.
"Well too bad." says Lana amused.
Ash was so close to opening the door, run for the other room then lock the door but he was dragged back into the room Lana, Mallow and Lillie were in.
"Looks like I have no choice." says Ash unamused.
Rotom dex followed the girls and Ash to the other room only to have his wig taken.
"Hey! That's my wig!" says Rotom dex annoyed.
Soon Ash was on the ground again, feeling ridiculous having to wear a female uniform and the laki wig Rotom dex was wearing with everyone staring at him.
"The hell?" wonders Trunks.
"Ash is in a dress...?" says Goten.
"I know, I couldn't get out of having the girls doll me up." says Ash awkwardly.
"Ash looks so cute." says Lana.
"If there was ever anything running through my head itd be 'I should've dashed out of the room.' when times like this come up." says Ash unamused.
"Ash has undergone a form change. Ill gladly take pictures." says Rotom dex.
"Just kill me now." mumbles Ash looking away.
Rotom dex begins taking pictures, embarrassing Ash.
"This is to painful! If I have to wear a female uniform then so do the other boys!" says Ash fuming.
"No, they had male uniforms." says Kiawe showing his uniform.
"Didn't have to look that hard." says Sophocles showing his.
Trunks and Goten showed their too, silently staring at Ash unsure of what to say while Hazzel giggled.
"If you got back sooner, you could've grabbed me one. Now I have to go through the rest of the day remembering this moment like it was the worst experience of my life." says Ash annoyed.
Soon Ash was in a male uniform in his size and despite having his eye twitch in annoyance after feeling embarrassed about the awkward predicament he had to endure, smiled, greeting the first person that walked in with Lillie at his side.
"Alola!" says the man.
"Alola!" say the class happily.
"Welcome to the pokemon center!" says Mallow happily.
"Sure is lively here today. Where is nurse joy?" says the man walking up to the desk.
"She uhh….she caught a cold we we are filling in for her today." says Ash awkwardly.
"Shes in the back, laying down with a cold." says Lillie awkwardly.
"So we are her substitute nurses for the day." says Mallow.
"Ask him what he wants Ash." says Rotom dex.
"Nothing is coming to mind." says Ash.
"Say something." says rotom dex.
"Like what?" wonders Ash.
"Ask him if he needs his pokemon healed." whispers Lillie.
"Oh...right. Would you like your pokemon healed?" says Ash.
"Yes, thank you." says the man taking out his pokeballs.
The man drops off his two Pokémon, and Blissey remains on the watch to help the trainees.
"Once hurt pokemon are given to you, you take them to the back." says Rotom dex.
"Understood! I'll take...your pokemon..right away!" says Lillie stiffening.
"Tell nurse joy to get better soon." says the man.
Lillie nodded then like a robot, went toward the back and tripped.
"Guess im too nerve wrecked to do anything." says Lillie.
Snowy rescues the two Poké Balls from Lillie's clumsiness.
"Thanks a bunch Snowy." say Lillie happily.
Another person, this time a woman with one Pokémon requiring a rest who is also after a room rental.
"Alola!" says the woman.
"Alola! Welcome to the pokemon center!" Would you like to heal your pokemon? says Sophocles happily.
"Will you look after this one?" wonders the woman taking out a pokeball.
"Leave it to us!" says Sophocles going up to the woman.
Blissey walked up to the two and let the woman set the pokeball on the container.
"Thank you." says the woman and walked toward the door.
"No problem!"says Sophocles.
"Oh, that reminds me. Do you have any rooms available?" wonders the woman walking back up to Sophocles.
"A room?" wonders Sophocles.
"Rooms for trainers to stay are on the second floor. Sophocles and Lana will get you one ready." says Rotom dex.
Sophocles and Lana take Tagedemaru and Poplio to search for any available rooms.
"Nurse joy does all this every day?" wonders Ash.
"Yeah, there are all sorts of trainers after all." says Kiawe.
"Ash, Kiawe, you need to get to work too!" says Rotom dex flying over to the duo.
Blissey walks up to them with a bag which rotom dex notices.
"I need you to deliver this." says rotom dex.
team rocket...
Ash and Kiawe are sent out to deliver Pokémon moisturizer to a customer, failing to realize that he's actually James. James instantly recognizes Ash, though the food truck uniform keeps his actual identity a secret from Ash and Kiawe.
"The donut stand is on break. Take your business elsewhere," says James.
"We aren't here to eat. We are here to deliver medicine for someone here." says Kiawe.
"Its from the pokemon center." says Ash.
"Oh, the one I ord-"
James took a good look at Ash and froze.
"Its the brat." mumbles James.
"Twerp?" wonders Ash.
"Its here! You were quick!" says James awkwardly taking the bag.
"You ordered moisturizing cream for water types?" wonders Ash.
"Y...yeah, that's right! Errrr,,,,,I mean, if this doesn't go on my pokemon, its skinn will get all brackish." says James taking it out of the bag.
"You really care about your pokemon, huh?" wonders Ash.
"Yeah, its really cute but a bit brash. Thanks for the cream." says James.
Mareanie notices James and happily jumps on his head, and turns him purple even though he was in the middle of taking to Kiawe and Ash.
"Are you alright?" wonders Ash.
"Im fine! This is how it shows love.' says James.
Ash and Kiawe awkwardly wave goodbye then head back to the pokemon center.
"I feel like ive seen that guy before." says Kiawe.
pokemon center...
"I feel like im starting to understand the pokemon center a bit better." says Ash.
At the moment Sophocles and Lana were making the female trainer's bed. the two arrive back at the Pokémon Center, they notice trunks and goten staring at something from the window.
"Ash, theres that kid again." says Goten.
"Kid? What kid?" wonders Ash.
Ash and Kiawe notice Zipp lingering near it, though he quickly flees upon seeing Ash.
"Could he be...?" wonders Ash.
Inside...
"Time for lunch! You cant work on an empty stomach!" says Rotom dex.
Lunch time comes and goes with Trunks and Goten eating big lunches while the rest of the class ate small lunches.
Soon Anela who runs a fruit stall in the Hau'oli City marketplace arrives at the Pokémon Center with a basket full of berries.
"Alola! Welcome to the pokemon center!" say Ash and Mallow.
Ash notices the woman from the market come up to the desk and happily greets her.
"Its the lady from the market! Hows it been?" says Ash.
"Its been good. I heard nurse joy was sick so I brought berries for her." says Anela.
"How did you hear it?" wonders Mallow stunned.
"Rumors have been going around." says Anela.
"The berries look delicious regardless." says Mallow.
"Im sure thisll make you feel better!" says Anela.
"Thank you so much!" says Ash happily.
"I'll go give it to her." says Mallow grabbing the basket.
Mallow happily heads to the room nurse joy is in, leaving Ash to talk to Anela alone.
"Theres one for the pokemon too." says Anela setting another basket of berries down.
"Ash, you need to get to work!" says Rotom dex.
"Huh? What the job this time?" wonders Ash.
"Go help Kiawe in the back!" says Rotom dex.
"Ok!" says Ash.
"Trunks, Goten, you help too!" says Rotom dex.
In Ashs place was Lillie and Hazzel, who were available to help trainers with their pokemon.
back room...
"Looking after the pokemon in our care is an important job too." says Rotom dex.
"Alright, leave it to us!" says Ash.
"With bigger pokemon, its tough for the trainer to care for them on their own." says Kiawe scrubbing a tauros.
"Tauros seems to be enjoying itself." says Ash walking up to Kiawe, trunks and tauros with blissey beside him.
Ash looked at the pokeball in the container and grabbed it.
"So, we get whatever this pokemon is." says Ash.
"Its good to have two people tend to both pokemon but wil lthe pokemon like us?" wonders Goten.
"We'll have to find out." says Ash.
Ash sent out the pokemon, having an exeggutor appear.
"Awesome! An exeggutor!" says Ash looking up.
"That's a long neck!" says Goten amazed.
"Yeah, its really huge." says Ash.
Ashs Pikachu agrees.
"Alright, lets do this together!" says Ash.
Pikachu went up to Exeggutors head, Goten flew up to the top of its neck while Ash stuck to the legs and back. In the midst of scrubbing the Pokémon clean, Poipole disturbs Exeggutor's tail leading it to attack Ash in defense, sending him rolling out of the door.
outside...
Ash saw Pikachu and poipole stare at him, one in concern and one amused.
"Ugh...poipole, touching exeggutors tail is dangerous." says Ash sitting up.
Ash notices Zipp constantly pacing toward the door then away from it.
"Hey..." says Ash walking up to Zipp.
Zipp got startled and looked back to see Ash was behind him.
"Whatever youre thinking, Im not interested in the pokemon center." says Zipp freaking out.
"You wouldn't be here if it weren't anything worth needing to be at this place." says Ash putting his hands on his sides.
"Its none of your business. Go back inside." says Zipp stepping back.
"Atleast let us have a look." says Ash.
Instead of allowing him to escape, Ash pushes Zipp into the Pokémon Center to get Garbodor treated.
inside...
"Look who decided to drop by." says Ash.
"It feels weird having you guys take care of my pokemon." says Zipp.
"Just do it1" says Ash annoyed.
"If I must. Ok, Garbodor, time to let you out." says Zipp awkwardly sending garbodor out.
Its stench has intensified since earlier in the day. Everyone except Poipole initially blocks their noses, but Blissey notices the pain appears to be coming from Garbodor's fingers and begins to probe around.
"What is it Blissey? Is something in there?" wonders Ash.
"It seems theres poison stuck in its fingertips." says Rotom dex.
"It might be a poison clog." says Lillie.
"A what?" wonders Hazzel.
"A poison clog. I read it in a book before. Let me think...if I recall, pokemon who attack with sticky poison can have said poison clog up in their veins, though it is a rare occurrence." says Lillie.
"When we were running late, trunks, Hazzel, goten and I came across Zipp and Garbodor wasn't able to use venoshock." says Ash remembering back to that morning.
Ash turned his head to look at Zipp angry at how poorly he took care of his pokemon.
"How much do you care about garbodor?" wonders Ash.
"Huh? I had to do something." says Zipp hesitantly.
"A trainer has to look after their pokemon carefully." says Kiawe annoyed.
"But who has time to look for a pokemon center?" wonders Zipp looking away.
"What would nurse joy do in this situation?" wonders Ash looking at Garbodor.
"Leave it to me!" says a voice.
The class turn their heads to see a nurse joy ready to help garbodor with its clogged hands.
"Somebody get me a ear cleaner for large pokemon! Quickly!" says nurse joy.
"Nurse joy!" say everyone happily.
"Youre all better!" says mallow happily.
"Im unsure if there are large ear cleaners for pokemon at the shop. I'll go look to be sure!" says Sophocles.
"Plenty of garbodors get poison clogs. They tend to live in unsanitary environments after all. Its clogged up really badly." says nurse joy.
After time on deciding how many to bring to nurse joy, Sophocles chooses two large ear cleaners and quickly takes them to nurse joy and hands them to her.
"Thank you." says nurse joy.
Soon buckets are used to cart the excess poison away, while a hand massage eases the pain and releases the clog.
night...
"Sophocles, get more buckets!" says Kiawe.
"There are none left! How about a washbin? Will it work?" says Sophocles running over with a washbin.
"This wont quite come out." says Ash using an ear cleaner to unclog garbdor.
"If we can get that out, then im sure..." says nurse joy.
After a hefty pull from Ash, its had was finally unclogged with everyone sighing in relief.
"Poplio, bubble beam!" says Lana covering her nose.
Poplio aimed bubble beam at Ash, taking the stench out of the air.
"Thanks poplio." says Ash.
"It seems to be alright now." says nurse joy.
"Alright! Looks like its all over!" says Mallow happily.
Garbodor is happy to no longer be congested, and Zipp quickly returns the Pokémon to its Poké Ball.
"What a stubborn guy." says Kiawe.
Zipp picks up an ear cleaner to avoid any future problems. The change in attitude is a welcome sight to Ash and his friends, who had scolded Zipp for his lack of responsibility and compassion.
"I got it so ill be leaving!" says Zipp showing the class he bought a ear cleaner.
"Im so glad Gardodor is healthy again." says Lillie happily.
Lana nodded.
"You can always trust nurse joy!" says Mallow.
"Good work everyone." says nurse joy coming out of the room.
It took everyone a moment to look between the two nurses then get shocked by there being another nurse joy helping them.
"Whats going on?" wonders Ash.
"Oh? You never noticed?" wonders nurse joy 2.
"How would we beable to tell?" wonders Sophocles.
"Clones are strange." says Trunks.
"Stop calling them clones." says Ash unamused.
"Either way our brains shouldnve clicked when a nurse joy came in." says Hazzel.
"Ehhh...true." says Ash bowing his head.
"My big sister called saying she was in trouble, so I cam e as quickly as possible from akala island." says nurse joy 2.
"We should've realized there was no certain way of knowing if nurse joy was better." says Ash.
"It looks like youre doing better now." says nurse joy 2.
"You really helped out." says nurse joy 1 happily.
"Comfey, thank you for looking after me. You too Blissey." says nurse joy 1.
Comfey and Blissey were happy to help.
"So, how was everyones day at the pokemon center?" wonders nurse joy 1 looking at the class.
"It was tough but fun." says Ash raising his head up cheerfully.
Pikachu jumped onto Ashs shoulder agreeing happily.
"This ends job experience day. But I wish I could have seen you all hard at work." says nurse joy 1 happily.
"Its alright! I recorded it flawlessly! I recommend this one the most!" says Rotom dex going up to the nurse joys and show the pictures.
"ROTOM! DELETE THOSE PICTURES NOW!" yells Ash freaking out.
The Pokémon Center job experience day ends with a smiling group photo.