Now that Orihime has won her first star medal, our heroes are heading to Chrolie City for Ichigo to win his third gym badge. Of course, they might hit a few stops.

They all kept walking through a forest until a blast of water came out of nowhere and blasted near them.

"What was that?!" Ichigo said.

"That looked like Water Pulse. Where did it come from?" Rukia said.

"Frill!" They all looked up and saw a male Frillish floating down to them.

"What is that?" Orihime questioned.

"A Frillish, but what's it doing?" Rukia questioned. Frillish attacked them again with Water Pulse, but they all moved out of the way. Frillish was going to attack them again, but Frillish fell right out of the air and passed out. This looked rather concerning.

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(Ichigo's voice) Frills and Chills

When they saw Frillish collapse, they cautiously approached it. When they got close enough, they could see Frillish has been in some battles and had taken some serious injuries.

"Looks like this Frillish is suffering from a head injury." Rukia said.

"Can we help it?" Ichigo asked.

"I think so." Rukia said as she got to work on helping Frillish's injuries. Rukia got to work and was able to put some bandages around Frillish. "That should do it. I even made the bandages waterproof. However, there's something I don't quite understand. What's a Frillish doing here?"

"What do you mean?" Orihime asked.

"Frillish are water-types, as well as ghost-types. They live in the ocean." Rukia said. "What's this one doing in the woods?"

"The ocean isn't that far from here. Maybe we should take it back there and see what's going on." Chad said. All of them agreed to that idea. This did look rather suspicious. Ichigo grabbed a hold of Frillish and carried it towards the ocean. What they didn't see what was flying in the air. The same Gliscore from before flew by. Gliscore spotted Ichigo and Absol from down below.

"Gliscore!" Gliscore flew after them. Ichigo and the others hurried to the ocean. They made it through some cliffs and ended up on the beach.

"Here we are." Ichigo said as he tried to get Frillish to wake up. "Hey, get up. We're back where you belong." Ichigo shook Frillish around and managed to wake Frillish up.

"Frillish!" Frillish jumped right on Ichigo and tried to constrict them.

"Hey! Let go!" Ichigo said as he tried to pull Frillish off. "What's the deal with you? Get off!"

"Wait. Look." Chad said as he pointed down the beach. They all looked further down and saw there more Frillish by the cliffs.

"More Frillish!" Rukia said.

"Frillish!" The one holding Ichigo released him and floated over to them. All of them followed and got a closer look at all the Frillish. They all looked miserable.

"They all look adorable." Orihime said. "How come some of these Frillish are pink?"

"That's an indication of their gender." Rukia said. "Pink is for girls and blue is for boys. There is something I don't get it. I've never seen so many Frillish in one place like this. Why are they here when the ocean is right there?"

"This does seem rather weird." Ichigo said. None of them understood why there was Frillish was there. Then, they heard a boat sailing by. They all looked and saw a boat coming their way with a man in a blue wetsuit and had sandy brown hair waving over to them.

"Ahoy there!" The man called out. He docked the boat and made his way over to them. "Look at all these Frillish. This is rather strange that they're all here."

"That's what I said." Rukia said. "Who are you by the way?"

"My name is Mores. I'm here to study the Frillish. I am a rather confused at the moment. I was told that you could find some Frillish near a coral reef. What are all these Frillish doing here?"

"That's what we wanted to figure that out ourselves." Ichigo said. "By the way, my name is Ichigo. This is my partner Absol."

"Absol."

"I'm Orihime."

"My name is Rukia."

"And my name is Chad."

"It's nice to meet all of you." Mores said. "Seeing all these Frillish here are rather strange, and none of them really look happy here. I'm going to have to check this out. The reef where they're suppose to live is not that far. I have a submarine I can use to investigate."

"Mores, is there anyway you can take us with you?" Ichigo questioned. "We want to know what's going on?"

"I suppose I could use a little help... Okay." Mores said. They were all glad to hear that.

"Hey, Frillish." Ichigo said as he got the attention of the one that attacked them. "Try not to lose it until we get back." He was saying "try not to go crazy while we're gone", but Frillish was a bit offended. All of them climbed on Mores' boat and sailed off, but the Frillish that attacked them was going to be ditched. It jumped in the water and went after them. As for Gliscore, it followed Ichigo, but it had to turn around in annoyance since they went out in the ocean. Water and Gliscore was not a good mix.

"Gliscore..." Gliscore was a little disappointed it didn't follow.

...

The Ocean

Mores took all of them out to sea to learn more about the Frillish situation.

"Here we go." Mores said as he pulled the boat over. "We should be right near the reef the Frillish are suppose to live." Mores took all of them to his submarine. He opened the hatch and climbed inside. "We can use this submarine to investigate. The problem is there's only room for two more."

"I'll go." Ichigo said.

"If Ichigo's going, I want to go too." Orihime said.

"Fine, but maybe Dewgong should go with you if there's some sort of trouble." Rukia said.

"Good idea. Azumarill and Poliwhirl can come as well." Orihime said. All of them let out their water types. With their help, they'll be able to handle whatever problem that might be down there. Orihime, Mores, and Ichigo made their way in the sub, but Absol seemed a little concerned.

"Don't worry, Absol. We'll be okay." Ichigo said as he climbed inside. Once all three of them got inside, they detached from the boat and went down into the ocean with the pokemon following them.

"This is rather exciting." Orihime said as she loved seeing what was down there.

"We should be coming up on the reef." Mores said. They all had a look and it was...beautiful. There were shining lights and colors around the reef. It was like something in another world. As their pokemon swam around the reef, they all watched and were amazed at what they were seeing.

"It's amazing." Ichgio said.

"Beautiful..." Orihime claimed.

"It is nice. That's why I don't understand why the Frillish wouldn't want to live here." Mores said as more to the mystery was added. Orihime looked around the window, but she saw some sort of shadow move through the reefs. Seeing something scary made her yelp a little.

"What's wrong?" Ichigo asked.

"I saw something down there." Orihime said. When she said that, it made Ichigo thought of something.

"Wait. What if that's the reason the Frillish are living up on land? What if something drove them out of here?" Ichigo questioned. It seemed like a good theory, and it seems he was right as they felt the sub shaking and heard a horrible noise. "What the heck is going on?!"

"Look!" Orihime said as she pointed up front. They all looked and saw a whole bunch of pokemon with chattering teeth.

"What are those things?" Ichigo said.

"They're Bruxish! This is bad. They're trying to break the ship apart." Mores said. The Bruxish were using their powers on the ship and it wasn't looking good.

"Dew! Dewgong!" Dewgong alerted the other pokemon about the situation and got moving. "Dewgong!" Dewgong used Ice Shard and blasted some of the Bruxish.

"Azu!" Azumarill used Bubble Beam and blasted those pokemon as well.

"Poli!" Poliwhirl helped by using Hypnosis and putting some of them to sleep. They tried to fight them off, but the Bruxish were vicious as they attacked back and were still trying to break the submarine apart.

"We can't take much more. Water will start seeping in if we don't do something." Mores said. Just as it was about to look like the Bruxish were going to sink them, Ichigo noticed Frillish swimming by.

"Frillish?" Ichigo questioned.

"Frillish!" Frillish helped out by unleashing Water Pulse and blasting the Bruxish. It allowed them to release the sub out of the psychic hold they had on it.

"We're free! We're out of here!" Mores said as he turned the ship around and headed straight for the surface. The pokemon followed, but they noticed one Bruxish was standing in the way.

"Yikes! That one is bigger than the rest!" Ichigo said.

"That one must be the leader!" Mores said. Bruxish went at the ship to attack, but Frillish stood in the way. Bruxish didn't stop as it tackled Frillish took a bite out of it.

"Oh no! Frillish!" Ichigo said as it looked like a loosing battle for Frillish. "Get it out of there!" The other pokemon understood. When they separated, Dewgong got a hold of Frillish and they all swam out of there. At least now they know what's going on.

...

The Surface

"Did you say Bruxish?" Rukia said. Once they all made it back to the surface, they filled in the others about what's going on down there.

"Yeah. Bruxish are vicious pokemon." Mores said. "They must have chased the Frillish out of there and claimed the reef as their territory. That must be why the Frillish are living the way they are."

"But I thought Frillish were ghost-types and Bruxish are psychic-types. In a battle, wouldn't Frillish have the advantage?" Chad questioned.

"Normally, but those Bruxish might know some good attacks that work against them." Mores said. "Besides, Bruxish using their psychic powers in the water could be dangerous."

"Well, we know what we've got to do." Ichigo said. "We've got to get those Bruxish out of there. They're more crooked than those teeth they have if they think they can just do this." Ichigo looked down at the water and looked in Frillish's eyes. "That's how you got all beaten around like that, isn't it, Frillish? You were trying to battle them out of there, but you weren't strong enough. That's also why you attacked us. You were hoping to get stronger."

"Frillish..."

"Ichigo, I understand what you're saying, but Bruxish can be tricky and dangerous. How do we get them out of that reef?" Rukia said. "We only have four pokemon that can really go underwater."

"There's got to be something we can do." Ichigo said.

"I don't think you need to beat all the Bruxish. Remember that there was one that was much bigger than the others." Mores said. "We know that one is the leader. I think if we can just beat that one, the rest of the Bruxish might fall. We just need to keep the rest of them away."

"Poliwhirl's Hypnosis could do the trick while the other pokemon keep the rest of those Bruxish away." Ichigo said.

"Good idea. Poliwhirl, it's up to you." Chad said.

"Poli!" Poliwhirl was all set to go.

"Don't worry, Frillish. You'll be back home soon." Ichigo promised Frillish and Frillish loved that Ichigo was helping it out like this.

...

The Reef

The Bruxish stayed by the reef. It wasn't until they heard a sound that they became alerted. They looked up and saw the sub coming back down with the water pokemon. Dewgong, Azumarill, and Frillish fought off all the other Bruxish. That just left the leader.

"It looks like it's working." Mores said.

"That just leaves Poliwhirl with the leader." Ichigo said.

"I do hope they'll all be okay." Orihime said. Poliwhirl spotted the leader and swam down to it. Bruxish spotted it's challenger and went to battle it.

"Poli!" Poliwhirl swam to Bruxish and used Double Slap against it. It hurt, but it also irritated Bruxish. Bruxish bit Poliwhirl's hand and caused some damage, but Poliwhirl was able to smack it off. Poliwhirl tried Water Gun, but Bruxish swam around and avoided it. It was a pretty fast swimmer as well. Bruxish blasted Poliwhirl with Psywave and pushed it back. Bruxish didn't stop there as it bashed itself against Poliwhirl multiple times.

"It's not looking good." Orihime said.

"Poliwhirl can't get a clear hit with Hypnosis." Ichigo said. Bruxish kept bashing against Poliwhirl. Frillish saw it was in trouble and helped out by launching water Pulse and blasting Bruxish with it. That gave Poliwhirl the opening needed as it used Hypnosis and put Bruxish to sleep. "Yes! Thanks a lot Frillish!"

"It's working! Look!" Mores said. They saw the other Bruxish getting anxious with their leader beaten. The pokemon told them to swim out of there and that's just what they did. "It all worked. Let's head to the surface." All of them head back up with the pokemon following. However, Bruxish was able to wake up already and saw them heading up. It was really mad now. They all head for the surface with Ichigo and the others climbing out.

"It worked?" Rukia asked.

"It worked. The Bruxish are gone." Ichigo said. All of them were glad to hear that. "Isn't that great, Frillish? You got your home back."

"Frill!" Frillish was really happy about this. That was until Bruxish jumped right out of the sea. It bit Frillish and was dragging it down.

"Frillish!" Ichigo called. He didn't want to see Frillish keep getting hurt. He dived in the water to try and help it.

"Ichigo!" Orihime called as she was afraid of what might happen to him. Bruxish tried dragging Frillish down, but Ichigo swam down to them and grabbed Bruxish to try and free Frillish. He squeezed Bruxish and got it to let go, but Bruxish tried to attack him instead. When the two of them separated, Frillish used Water Pulse again and blasted Bruxish and knocked it out. Frillish grabbed Ichigo and swam back to the surface. They came up with Ichigo taking deep breaths.

"You okay, Frillish?" Ichigo asked.

"Frill!" Frillish was better than ever thanks to Ichigo.

...

Later

With the Bruxish gone, the Frillish were able to return to their home. They were much happier there. Once everything seemed well, Ichigo and his friends hit the road.

"I'm so glad the Frillish got their homes back." Orihime said.

"Now Mores can study them in their natural habitat." Rukia said. This ended up being an exciting day, but it wasn't quite over yet.

"I don't think one wants to stay." Chad said as they saw something in the water. They saw it was the same Frillish that's been helping them out. "What's it doing here?"

"You know, I think it wants to go with Ichigo." Orihime said. "You did a lot to help that Frillish, Ichigo."

"You want to come along, Frillish?" Ichigo asked. Frillish seemed excited to come along with the ride as it floated out of the water. Ichigo took out a pokeball and tossed it over. Frillish went inside it and the ball shook around until it dinged. Frillish was now Ichigo's and he was happy to have Frillish with him. "I just know we're going to make a great team."

After having a fun underwater adventure, Ichigo has made a new friend with Frillish. With Frillish joining the family, Chrolie City is just up ahead. Ichigo's next gym battle is coming up.

To Be Continued...

Pokemon Question: Okay, trainers. The answer to the last question was...Vivillon! Vivillon is a bug-type that comes in various colors because of all the wing patterns. Here's the next question. What pokemon can feed off electricity from other pokemon?