Episode 106: The Illex Forest
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, and the Alolan nine all stood at awe, not believing what they were seeing. It was the legendary Pokémon Celebi.
"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Mallow said.
"I am seeing it, but I don't believe it," Kiawe said.
"It's Celebi," Illima said.
"I have always thought Celebi was just a legend," Lillie said.
"That's what we thought of Mew and looked how well that turned out," Sora said taking out his Pokédex.
Celebi, the Time Travel Pokémon
Type:Grass/Psychic
Legends say Celebi has the power to travel through time. Legend also states it appears into the forests it dwells in only in peaceful times.
"A Pokémon that can travel through time," Sora said putting his Pokédex away. "And it was in the GS Ball this whole time!"
Celebi opened its eyes and looked around at the eleven humans present and became scared. Celebi feared they were after it as well.
"BI!" Celebi yelped and flew off and then vanished through the forest shrubs.
"Hey! Celebi! Wait!" Sora called out heading to the shrubs.
"Pika Pi!" Pikachu said. Sora and Pikachu searched through the shrubs and didn't see any signs of the little Pokémon.
"It's gone," Mallow said.
"For some reason it was afraid of us," Acerola said.
"You don't think it thought we were gonna hurt it, right?" Sophocles guessed.
"That might be it, Sophocles," Lillie said. "I guess it's for the best that we let Celebi stay in the forest where it belongs."
"Lillie's right. Celebi is home and we should leave it be," Kairi said.
With that said, Celebi flew through the forest and froze in its tracks when another human in a trench coat is in the forest as well. He smiled when he saw Celebi for the first time in twenty-five years.
"Hello old friend," the man said taking off the sunglasses and hat. Celebi saw it was the boy who helped it from the Pokémon hunter all those years ago. "It has been twenty-five years since we met right here in the forest. And I haven't forgotten it."
"Bi, Bi," Celebi chirped
"I want you to know how sorry I am for what I did. I only did it because I wanted to keep you safe," the man said.
"Bi."
(Flashback, Twenty-five years ago)
The boy had returned to his home and told his father of what happened while he was in the forest. His father was the one who was the one who created the GS Ball.
"I do not belive it. You used the GS Ball to capture the legendary Pokémon Celebi, which can only mean that it was an overwhelming success!" The boys father said in a cheer.
"It worked too well," the boy said.
"Why is that Edward?" The boy's father asked.
"When I attempted to let Celebi out, it wouldn't open. I don't know what you did to make the Pokémon permanently remain inside this Pokéball, but it's in there good," Edward told his father.
Edward's father was stunned to hear that his creation could not open. He let out a big sigh.
"I have to admit, not even I was expecting this to happen. Perhaps it was such a failure. I would never have attempted this if I knew what would happen," Edward's father said.
(Present day)
"Luckily those kids figured out the way to let you out is through the shrine here in the forest," Edward said. "Unlike me and my father. Now that you're free. I am glad to see that you can freely roam this forest just like before. I thought I could see you again brfore I said goodbye. I will never forget you, Celebi."
Edward turned around and started to walk off, but he turns one last time and waved goodbye to Celebi.
"Bi?" Celebi asked sadly.
"You should thank the kids you returned you home. When you have the chance someday," Edward said sincerely. "And I hope we meet again someday." Edward turned back around and walked back to where he was going.
Celebi didn't go after him, because it knew Edward was right. Celebi also knew Edward was right so iwent off to follow Sora and his friends in the Illex Forest.
Over to Sora and his friends, they wondered through the forest finding the way yo Goldenrod City.
"So, how far is it till we reach Goldenrod City?" Sora asked. Illima took out the map.
"According to the map, just outside these wodds is a town nearby and it's called Marion Town. We should be able to reach there in no time as long as we stay on track," Illima said.
"That's good to hear," Hapu said.
"We should contact Professor Oak as soon as we get to the Pokémon Center," Lillie suggested.
"Do you think he's going to believe that the GS Ball had shattered and let out a real-life Celebi?" Sophocles asked.
"I doubt it, but I did promise to let him know what I find out. And I can bet a million dollars Kurt is letting him know too," Sora said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu nodded in agreement.
"And I bet Kurt would be surprised to hear about Celebi," Acerola said.
"Yeah," Mina said.
"And Ven would be bouncing off the walls if he heard about our run-in with another legendary Pokémon," Lana said. "Just like Harper and Sarah."
Everyone laughed at the very thought of it. Sora especially laughed knowing Lana was right about his cousin being right about being excited.
As they got deeper in the forest, they became quick to notice that the woods became thicker the further they went.
"Man, is it me or is this forest is getting thicker than peanut butter the further we go?" Sophocles asked.
" I think we're all seeing it," Kiawe said.
"Not only that, but it's getting darker the further we go too," Lillie said.
"I'm trouble seeing where we're going!" Kairi said.
"Here Kairi. You can hold my hand," Sora offered. Kairi does take him by the hand. "It's best you stay close to me because I wouldn't want anything to happen to you." The Alolan girls were swooning at the romantic gesture while Illima just smiled and Sophocles rolled his eyes.
As they went further and further, the forest got thicker and darker the further they went. They managed to get through the thick foliage of the forest, but they ended up being covered in some the forest's debris.
"I do love nature, but not this much," Mallow said.
"At least we made it out," Lana said taking a stick out from her blue hair.
"Lana's right. It would have been a lot worse if we didn't," Sora said.
Just when they were about to keep going, an elderly man saw the group and approached them.
"Excuse me, youngsters. Couldn't help but notice you kids covered up in leaves, sticks and whatnot," the old man said.
"Yeah we are," Sora said.
"There's a Pokémon Center not too far from here. You kids could use a clean up to wash all that off," the old man told them.
"That's great! We could use a bath," Kairi said.
"You think you can tell us which way to go?" Acerola asked.
"I'll just show you the way," the old man said. "Come this way." the old man led the group to the Pokémon Center after it took about twenty minutes later. "And here we are, kids."
"Thanks a lot, sir," Hapu said.
"Think nothing of it. I was just happy to help," the old man said.
"We still would have been lost if you haven't come along," Kiawe said.
Once they entered the Pokémon Center they all had their Pokémon checked in. Whil Nurse Joy had begun to run some check-ups on he Pokémon, Sora decided to make his report on the GS Ball and what was inside. Sora dialed the number to Professor Oak's lab. The professor had answered the picture phone.
"Ah, Sora. It's good to hear from you again. I trust that you have found out more on the GS Ball," Professor Oak assumed.
"Yeah. We kinda did," Sora said.
"What have you found out?" Professor Oak asked.
"Well first, did Kurt tell you anything when we about it himself?" Sora asked.
"Well, sort of. He has told me he suspects something is inside the GS Ball, but he didn't tell me exactly what," Professor Oak said. "Why do you ask?"
"As soon as we left Azalea Town after winning my second Badge, we entered the Illex Forest and we came to a shrine in the forest," Sora said.
"A shrine you say?" Professor Oak asked.
"Yeah. The shrine to a Pokémon called Celebi. And it turns out that was what was inside the GS Ball," Sora said.
"So Kurt was right. There was something inside the GS ball. Not even I would have expected this," Professor Oak said stroking his chin.
"None of us did to be honest," Sora said.
"At least that is one piece of the mystery solved," Professor Oak said. "Perhaps it is best we leave the rest as it is. There is no use looking into mysteries too complex. Also, I would like to point out is you look like you could use a bath." He made note of how dirty Sora looked.
"Yeah. I would have told you about it after I got cleaned up. But, I couldn't wait," Sora said.
"I do appreciate you bringing this to my attention all the same," Professor Oak said. "You should get yourself cleaned up. I could imagine how your mother would react if she saw you like that." The professor laughed.
"I couldn't agree more," Sora also laughed.
"Anyway, keep up the good work and do your best while you're out there. I'll hear from you again soon," Professor Oak said.
"And you too, professor. Goodbye for now," Sora said hanging up. Sora decided to take up Professor Oak's advice about taking a bath. "Man, at least mom isn't here to see the mess I'm in. She'll never get away with being so dirty even now." Sora remembered so well how hard Delia came down on him when he was a little kid whenever he got his clean clothes dirty.
Outside in the forest, a boy waing tradional Japanese clothing with a rack on his back was wondering the forest frantically searching for something.
"Farfetch'd! Farfetch'd! Farfetch'd where are you?!" The boy called out. He recieved no answer. He looked every inch of the area and so far, he has found nothing. He didn't find a brown plume. "I better check the Pokémon Center and see if Nurse Joy has seen it."
Back in the Pokémon Center, Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine came out feeling refreshed from the shower they had and recieved their Pokémon from Nurse Joy.
"All of your Pokémon are fighting fit," Nurse Joy said with a smile.
"Thanks Nurse Joy," Sora said. "It was a good thing the old man here led us here or we would have still be in the woods with no idea where to go."
"You must be talking about Mr. Winslow. He's very nice to everyone he meets and he delights in helping others in need. You were lucky to run into him," Nurse Joy said.
"After helping out like that, I'd believe it," Sora said.
Sora went off to rejoin his friends when the boy ran into the Pokémon Center in a frantic fit.
"Nurse Joy! Nurse Joy!" The boy called out getting the attention of Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine.
"Hello Sylvester. What can I do for you?" Nurse Joy asked.
"Have you seen Farfetch'd? Has it come here at all?" Sylvester asked.
"No. I haven't, not since you came here last week looking for it," Nurse Joy asked.
"Oh no! My dad is going to kill me if I come home without Farfetch'd again," Sylvester goraned.
Sora, Kairi and the Alolan nine went over to the troubled boy wanting to help him out.
"Excuse me," Sora called out. "Couldn't help overhear you're looking for your Farfetch'd."
"Actually, it's my dad's Farfetch'd. And I come here checking to see if Nurse Joy has seen it," Sylvester said.
"What happened to make your Farfetch'd run away in the first place?" Mallow asked.
"Well, I was trying to tell Farfetch'd to do a Cutting attack on some wood, but I managed to mess up the commands and because of that, it ran away from me," Sylvester.
"Why do you have your Farfetch'd cutting wood?" Kairi asked.
"Sylvester's family are known for their charcoal. They have been providing charcoal for this Pokémon Center, to the people wh live in the forest and to travelers for many years now," Nurse Joy explained. "Sylvester's father is very strict, so Farfetch'd would be too afraid to make him angry, so I think you should check at home."
"I already did," Sylvester admitted. "When I told him what happened, he got mad at me. He kept telling me that I have to work with my Pokémon if I'm going to make charcoal the same why he does."
"How does your dad do it?" Kiawe asked.
"Your Farfetch'd does the cutting, so what kind of Pokémon does the fire?" Illima asked.
"He has a Magmar to do it," Sylvester said. "Farfetch'd is never gonna obey a loser like me."
"You shouldn't give up so easily," Lillie said.
"Lillie's right. We can help you search for your father's Farfetch'd," Illima offered.
"You would do that?" Sylvester asked.
"Of course," Illima nodded.
"Thank you guys so much. My name is Sylvester," he introduced himself.
"I'm Sora and this is my partner Pikachu," Sora introduced.
"My name is Kairi and this little guy is Togepi. Also I'm Sora's girlfriend," Kairi introduced.
"My name's Lillie."
"I am Illima."
"My name is Mallow."
"I'm Kiawe."
"I'm Lana."
"The name's Sophocles."
"My name's Acerola."
"Mina."
"I'm Hapu."
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, and the Alolan nine all left as they started looking for Farfetch'd.
"How about you lead us to where you last saw Farfetch'd," Hapu suggested.
"Sure," Sylvester nodded. "I'll show you."
Sylvester led the group to the spot to where he last saw Farfetch'd. Not to far off, a young man carrying a net is walking through the forest searching for some Pokémon to catch.
"Nothing in this forest but, bird and bug Pokémon. What I'm looking for something rare. Something that not just anybody can normally find. A catch that is challenging," the boy said. His luck was struck as he spotted a Farfetch'd. "Well, hot damn! A Farfetch'd! You don't see one of those every now and then!" He took out a Pokéball. "I'm going to catch you!" He threw his Pokéball. "Okay Graveler! Go!" The Pokéball opens and lets out a huge Graveler. "Use Rock Tomb!" Graveler stomps the ground as pillars of rocks come up from below. Farfetch'd jumps out of the way of the rocks and runs off from the boy and his Graveler. "You're not going to get away from me! Graveler, go get it!" Graveler does do after the running Farfetch'd. The rock Pokémon manages to catch up with the wild duck Pokémon only to be assaulted by its leak.
"Farfetch'd, Far, Far, Farfetch'd!"
"You can't do that and get away with it!" The boy shouted running after the duck Pokémon.
Sylvester led the group to the spot which is a huge tree.
"This is the last spot where I last saw Farfetch'd before it ran off," Sylvester said.
"What exactly were trying to do when your Farfetch'd to run off? Just as a refresher," Hapu said.
"Well, I tried to get Farfetch'd to perform Cutting and it didn't do anything I said and then it ran off as usual," Sylvester explained.
"I see what you did wrong," Sora said confusing Sylvester.
"What did I do wrong?" Sylvester asked.
"Well, the way to train Pokémon is get the name of the move right," Sora said. "The name of the attack isn't Cutting; it's just Cut."
"You mean it's not cutting?" Sylvester asked. He groaned in frustration. "OH! I am so stupid! I always get those two mixed up!"
"Don't feel bad," Kairi said. "Everyone makes mistakes."
"Toge, Toge."
"Kairi's right. Making a mistake is how we learn," Lana said.
"Yeah," Mina said nodding.
"You just need to practice and you'll do better," Illima assured.
"You think so?" Sylvester asked.
"Illima's right, Sylvester," Sora said. "Training Pokémon can be hard at first, but it gets easier the more practice you get. Take it from me, I know."
"I guess you're right. Thanks Sora," Sylvester said.
"We could cover more ground when we split up," Lana suggested.
"Right. Good idea," Sora said. "Half of us can search one way and the other half can search the other way. Kairi, Lillie, Sophocles, Mallow, Lana, and I can go this way," Sora pointed to his left, "and Kiawe, Illima, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu can go with Sylvester down there," Sora pointed to his right.
"Okay, let's go!" Kiawe said.
The group split up in two to search for Farfetch'd. Sora, Pikachu, Kairi, Togepi, Lillie, Mallow, Lana, and Sophocles started their search for Farfetch'd.
"Here Farfetch'd," Mallow said.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are," Lillie said. "Please?"
They searched around for a few seconds before they took a break.
"Anything?" Sora asked.
"Sorry Sora," Kairi apologized.
"Togepi."
"No luck," Sophocles said.
"Didn't find a thing," Lillie said.
"Not even a feather," Mallow said.
"Not even its leak," Lana said.
"I guess, Farfetch'd isn't around here then. We'll have to check some other spots before we rejoin the others," Sora said. He and the started to head to another spot.
Over to Sylvester, Illima, Kiawe, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu they looked around for any signs of Farfetch'd.
"It feels like searching for a needle in a haystack," Hapu said.
"Don't remind me. I have real experience with moving some around," Kiawe said.
"Only because you spent your life on a farm," Acerola said.
"Try to imagine Mina not painting anything at all," Hapu said.
"I try to do that, but that would be impossible," Illima said.
"Okay, no time for jokes. We have to find Farfetch'd," Kiawe said.
"And as soon as possible!" Sylvester added.
"Agreed. We should keep searching," Illima said. They all heard rustling in the bushes and turned to see what it was. It turns out to be Farfetch'd running by.
"My dad's Farfetch'd!" Sylvester said. "Am I glad to see..." Farfetch'd ignored him and ran by, "...you?"
Illima, Kiawe, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu weren't surprised to see Farfetch'd running away from Sylvester. Just then a Graveler came out of the bushes chasing after Farfetch'd. Its trainer came out of the bushes with it.
"Don't let it get away!" The boy shouted. He ran agter with Graveler to catch Farfetch'd, but he was stopped by Kiawe. "Hey! What are you doing?!"
"I should be asking you the same thing!" Kiawe said holding his arm. "That Farfetch'd actually belongs to someone else!" The boy looked at the fire trainer not buying it.
"Yeah? To who?" The boy snarled.
"To my dad," Sylvester said. "And I need it to cut some wood to make purified charcoal."
"Yeah right! You just want that Farfetch'd for yourself!" The boy said breaking away from Kiawe's hold.
"He's telling the truth," Acerola said.
"It does belong to his dad," Mina said.
"And I'm going to be in so much trouble if I don't come home without it," Sylvester said.
"Stop pulling my leg and don't tell me what I can catch and can't catch!" The boy said. "I'm getting that Farfetch'd and I don't care what lies you tell me to make me stop!"
"Are you even listening!?" Hapu yelled. "He said it belongs to his father, you moron!"
"Just stay out of my way!" The boy said. He went after Farfetch'd to catch it.
"Get back here you!" Hapu yelled.
"Hapu wait!" Kiawe called out.
"Too late," Mina said.
"Mina's right. She can't hear us. And we all know how stubborn she can get," Acerola said.
"We should let Sora and the others know about this immediately," Illima said. Sylvester, Kiawe, Acerola, and Mina nodded in agreement. They went off to where they started to tell their friends what they found.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, Lillie, Mallow, Lana, and Sophocles were all at the tree waiting for Illima, Kiawe, Acerola, Mina, Hapu, and Sylvester to come back with or without Farfetch'd. They did come back, but they quickly noticed one of them was missing.
"Where's Hapu?" Kairi asked.
"Before we answer that we would like to say we have good news and bads news," Acerola said.
"The good news is we found Farfetch'd," Mina said.
Sora, Kairi, Lillie, Mallow, Lana, and Sophocles knew they would have brought Farfetch'd with them if they did, unless it ran away.
"What's the bad news?" Lillie asked.
"The bad news is there's a trainer after it thinking it's a wild Farfetch'd," Kiawe said.
"We tried to tell him that it was Sylvester's father's Farfetch'd, but he wouldn't listen," Acerola said.
"I'm going to be in even bigger trouble if it ends up being stolen," Sylvester said worriedly.
"Don't worry, Sylvester. We're going to get Farfetch'd back," Sophocles said.
"And we better do it before Hapu does a number on him. You guys remember how Lillie's brother went out of his way to get her Pokémon back for her right?" Sora asked. The Alolan nine, Lillie especially remembered how brutal that was.
Over to Hapu and the boy, by that time she had called out Mudsdale and rode after him.
"You better stop if you know what's good for you!" Hapu called out.
"Why should I?" The boy hissed.
"Because I'll knock your teeth out if you don't!" Hapu stated.
"Ooh, I'm so scared," the boy said with sarcasm. He turned to his Graveler. "Graveler, you use Headbutt to stop it!" Gravelerturned and ran towards the horse Pokémon to stop Hapu.
"High Horsepower!" Hapu ordered. Mudsdale stands on her hind legs as her body becomes surrounded in an orange aura. She then charges at Graveler and slams into it with great force. Graveler goes rolling and slams into a tree. The impact knocks some pears from the tree and a rotten one slams onto Graveler's head.
"My Graveler!" The boy ran up to the rock Pokémon. He wipes off the rotten fruit and glares at her. "You can't do that to my Graveler and get away with it!"
"You were the one who started it," Hapu pointed out. "And you deserved it too." The boy calls back his Graveler. He turns to her scowling.
"I'm going to remember this! And I'm going to get you back after I get that Farfetch'd!" He said running off. Hapu shook her head in disbelief.
"How dumb is this kid?" Hapu asked.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, Sylvester, and the rest of the Alolan nine have managed to catch up with her by following the hoof prints on the soil.
"Hapu!" Sora called out making her turn. "Did you find him yet?"
"Yeah I did. He's still after Farfetch'd though," Hapu said. "And he's not too far."
"The more reason to hurry," Illima said.
The boy managed to catch up with Farfetch'd and he grins.
"Aha! I found you at last you little pest!" THe boy said taking out a Great Ball. "Now I have you where I want you." He threw his Great Ball. Licktung! Go!" He threw the Great Ball letting out his Lickitung.
"Lickitung!"
"Okay, Lickitung! Move in with Ice Punch!" The boy ordred. Lickitung ran towards Farfetch'd with its fist emitting ice. Licktung attempted to land a punch when the duck Pokémon just dodged out of the way and gave Lickitung a Fury Attack on the pink Pokémon.
"Farfetch'd Far, Far!" Farfetch'd taunted twirling its leak.
"Lickitung! Get that leak!" The boy ordered. Lickitung used its tongue to grab the leak. Farfetch's tries to fight back by keeping it close to it, but Lickitung's tongue was too strong and the leak gets taken out from its wing. "Now use Body Slam!" Lickitung moved in and slams its body on the duck Pokémon. "Now I got ya where I want ya!" He took out a Pokéball and threw it. When the Pokéball hit Farfetch'd the catch method had failed to take effect. "WHAT?! it didn't work! Why no?!"
"Because Farfetch'd belongs to someone else!" Sora called out from behind. He turned to face the group. Half of the group looked familiar to him.
"Just like we were trying to tell you!" Hapu said grtting her teeth.
"AH shoot! And I thought it was a wild Farfetch'd. So much for catching a rare Pokémon. I just thought you were competing against me for it," the boy said. He calls back his Licktung. He walks over to Sylvester and sighs. "Sorry about that. I really didn't know this Farfetch'd belonged to anyone. I guess you shouldn't believe anything you see."
"It's okay. I'm just glad Farfetch'd is okay; I hope," Sylvester said. He noticed how injured it is after getting a Body Slam from Lickitung. Kairi took out some Super Potion and sprayed some on Farfetch'd to heal up.
"That should do it," Kairi said.
"Thanks for healing Farfetch'd for me," Sylvester said.
"You're welcome Sylvester," Kairi said kindly.
"But, Farfetch'd will just run away from again if I just mess up giving some commands.," Sylvester said.
"That explains why Farfetch'd was wondering around," the boy figured out. "No wonder I mistook it for a wild one."
"Not if you don't work with your Pokémon," Sora said putting his hand on his shoulder. "I mean giving commands to a Pokémon when battling is one thing, but you gotta work with them if you want to succeed. How about you let me demonstrate with you, okay?"
"Um, sure," Sylvester said. Sora turned to the boy.
"You! What's your name?" Sora asked.
"It's Richter," the boy answered.
"How about we teach Sylvester here how a trainer and their Pokémon work together by having a battle? One-on-one," Sora suggested.
"Okay. You're on," Richter accepted.
Both Sora and Richter got into postions to start their Pokémon battle. Both Sora and Richter grabbed one Pokéball each.
"Okay Chikorita! Go!" Sora threw his Pokéball letting out Chikorita. She rushes to Sora and nuzzles his leg. "Save that for later, okay?"
"And my Pokémon is gonna be Dunsparce!" Ricther threw his Pokéball letting out a yellow serpentine Pokémon.It has blue stripes and underbelly. Its eyes appear dull, and it has two blue prongs on its blue chin. It has two small white wings on its back. Its tail is shaped like a drill. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned this Pokémon.
Dunsparce, the Land Snake Pokémon
Type: Normal
Dunsparce has a drill for its tail. It uses this tail to burrow into the ground backward. This Pokémon is known to make its nest in complex shapes deep under the ground.
Sora put his Pokédex away and made the first move, "Chikorita! Start off with Tackle!" Chikorita charges at Dunsparce with a full force of her body.
"Dunsparce! Headbutt!" Ricther ordered. Dunsparce charged head first towrads the Johto Grass starter. Both attacks met their mark.
"Chikorita! Vine Whip!" Sora ordered. Chikorita sends out Vine Whip to smack Dunsparce.
"Dunsparce! Dodge it!" Ricther ordred. Dunsparce flapped its wings and flew in the air to avoid the vines. "Use Headbutt again!" Dunsparce charges towards Chikorita wth its head forward.
"Razor Leaf!" Sora ordered. Chikorita fired Razor Leaf and it hits Dunsparce good. Sylvester watched the battle with awe and he finally saw what his dad was trying to tell him.
"You're not bad. And your Chikorita is nothing to sneeze at either. But this battle's not over yet!" Ricther said. "Dunsparce! Flamethrower!" Dunsparce fired Flamethrower at the Grass Type.
"Chikorita! Dodge it!" Sora called out. "Stop Flamethrower with Vine Whip. Chikorita sends out Vine Whip to stop Dunsparce's Flamethrower by wrapping the vines around its mouth. "Give it a good slam!" Chikorita slams Dunsparce onto the ground. The land snake Pokémon was knocked out. Ricther was shocked to see that he lost.
"You really are good. Gotta admit, I thought I had you," Ricther said.
"You did your best, man," Sora said. "Also in the future, think before you act."
"That won't be problem with me," Ricther promised taking his leave. "Thanks for the battle though."
Once Ricther had left, Sylvester was amazed by what he saw so he turns to his father's Farfetch'd. It looked at Sylvester and knew something in him had changed.
"Let's give it a try now," Sylvester said.
"Fetch'd, Far, Far," Farfetch'd said.
"Okay Farfetch'd! Cut!" Sylvester ordered. Farfetch'd obeyed by cutting some tree gathering some wood. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine were all amazed by how well Farfetch'd has cut the wood.
"That was a good clean cut," Mallow said.
"Sure is," Kairi said.
"And I wouldn't have done it without your help," Sylvester admitted. "After that battle Sora and Ricther had, I am finally working with my Pokémon. I really didn't get what my dad meant at all, but now I do."
"That's good to hear," Sora said.
Sylvester gathered the wood and led them back to his house. Though his father was scary looking, but when he told his father he had Farfetch'd finally listen to him he smiled.
"I'm so proud of you, Sylvester,' his father said. " Now you won't have any problems with training Pokémon."
"Well, I wouldn't have done it , if weren't for them," Sylvester gestured to his friends.
"Thank you kids for teaching my son to be one with his Pokémon," Sylvester's father said.
"It's really no problem, sir," Sora said.
"So show you my appreciation, I'm going to give you some our charcoal free of charge," Sylvester's father said. "Just my way of saying thank you."
With that done, the group accepted the charcoal and said their goodbyes to Sylvester as they took their leave. The road to Goldenrod City is hard up ahead, but the stop to Marion Town is just up ahead. And now we close for now. Until then.