Episode 110: No Big Woop!
A couple of days had passed since Naminé's egg had hatched into an Azurill. With the help of Kairi and the rest, Naminé had taken good care of Azurill. The group took a break for some lunch, Naminé feeds Azurill with a bottle.
"Drink up, Azurill. Don't drink too fast or you'll have a tummy ache," Naminé said feeding Azurill.
Riku smiled at the sight of Naminé and Azurill bonding. He was happy to see his girlfriend with a Pokémon of her own. Eevee was even affected by this. Azurill has shown to like Eevee since day one. Togepi and Azurill has formed a friendship since knowing each other for a short time.
"How does it feel to see your girlfriend with her own Pokémon?" Sora asked.
"It's good to see her happy for one thing. Ever since that little Azurill hatched Naminé had spent lots of time with her. But, I can only say that I'm a little jealous," Riku admitted. "How did you deal with Kairi with her own Pokémon when she first got Togepi?"
Sora thought for a moment to think of an answer to give him.
"I guess you can say that I was just happy to see Kairi with her very first Pokémon. I was worried about how Kairi will ending up loving Togepi more then she would love me, but it kinda sounded silly to being jealous of a Pokémon," Sora explained. "But after a few days of bonding, Togepi had warmed up to me, so you could say that I was worried over nothing."
"It does sound silly to be jealous over a Pokémon," Riku said. "But, I am worried about Azurill not being able to like me after hatching."
"Give it a few days and she'll warm up to you," Sora said. "Trust me. I know from experience."
Riku felt better from that pep talk he had with Sora. The group had finished their lunch and continued onwards. Naminé had placed a pink ribbon on her tail just because it makes her even cuter.
"You are so adorable with that little bow on your tail," Naminé cooed.
"Azu, Azu, Azurill!" Azurill chirped.
The group made their way through the forest when they spotted something just down the hill from them.
"Hey, look at that, guys," Kairi said noticing a small building down from them.
"Wow, that looks like such a cute little place," Mallow said.
"What do you think they use that building for?" Sophocles asked.
"I really don't have a clue," Kiawe said.
"But, it does look interesting," Illima said stroking his chin. Unknown to the group, a Wooper runs up a tree and jumps down to the back of Sora's jumpsuit.
"WHOA!" Sora yelped. "Something just in my jumped my neck! Something cold and wet just jumped on my neck! Get it off! Get it off!" Sora flailed around and slips down the hill with a small blue tail sticking out.
"Sora!" Kairi called out.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu said sliding down after him.
"We better go after him before he gets hurt," Lana suggested.
"Or worse," Mina said. Kairi, Riku, Naminé, Eevee, and the Alolan nine followed him down the hill.
Down the hill a woman with her blue hair in a teacher's uniform is addressing a group of Wooper.
"Okay class. I hope everybody is ready to learn a lot today," the teacher said. Sora's scream is heard. "What was tha-?!" She turned just in time to see Sora laying on the ground in front of her.
"That is a definently a three for style for that landing," Sora groaned as a Wooper pops out of his jumpsuit.
"Wooper!" The Wooper chirped.
The woman gasped at the sight of Sora laying down in pain," Oh my goodness!" She rushed over to the boy taking the Wooper off of him. "That was quite a fall. I hope you're alright!"
"I'm fine. I took worse falls than that," Sora said.
"I'm just glad to hear that. I was worried my Wooper may have gotten you injured. Sometimes he gets a little mischievous and causes all kinds of trouble," the woman said.
"Wooper?" Sora asked as he was getting up and sees the Wooper in her arms. "Oh, so you're what's the fuss is about." Sora laughed as he patted the little amphibious Pokémon on the head. "Anyway, it's really okay. Just about anything could happen when you least expect it."
"I'm so glad to hear that you're not mad," the woman said. Just then, Kairi, Pikachu, Riku, Naminé, Eevee, and the Alolan nine had slid down to see Sora was okay. Azurill enjoyed the ride she had while in Naminé's arms.
"You okay, Sora?" Kairi asked in concern.
"I'm fine. I just found out what caused the fall," Sora said pointing to the Wooper in her arms.
"So it was just a Wooper," Lana said.
"Oh, so cute," Kairi cooed.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
"Are these your friends?" The woman asked.
"Yes they are," Sora said. "And we're travelling together."
"So you're Pokémon trainers, huh?" The teacher asked. "I do see many trainers pass by here from time to time. My name is Olesia."
"My name is Sora. And the girl with the Togepi is my girlfriend Kairi," Sora introduced.
"Nice to meet you," Kairi said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu greeted.
"Togepi," Togepi also greeted.
"I'm Riku. And the girl with the Azurill is my girlfriend Naminé," Riku introduced.
"Hello Olesia," Naminé greeted.
"Eevee," Eevee chirped.
"Azurill!" Azurill chirped.
"My name is Lillie."
"I am Illima."
"My name's Mallow."
"I'm Lana."
"The name's Kiawe."
"I'm Sophocles."
"My name's Acerola."
"Mina."
"And I'm Hapu."
"I hope you don't mind me asking, but what place is this?" Illima asked.
"Oh, this is a preschool just for Wooper," Olesia said.
"A preschool just for Wooper?" Sora asked.
"That explains why the building looks so cute," Naminé said.
Olesia places the Wooper down and it shows a heart-shaped mark on its torso. He jumps back in the water along with the other Wooper. Some of them had smaller two branches on their purple antenna's on their heads.
"Wooper! Wooper. Wooper. Wooper."
"Why is there a preschool for Wooper?" Riku asked.
"I loved Wooper ever since I was a little girl. When I was a teenager, I used to babysit them all the time. Then one day, I found this pond and figued it to be the perfect place to raise them. Pretty soon, the Wooper just started coming and I ended up building up this preschool," Olesia said.
"Wooper!" The Wooper said.
"They're just so very cute," Kairi cooed again. "They really love it here."
"I would too if I was a Wooper," Lana said.
"I guess all of us would," Kiawe said.
"I just can't explain it, but the Wooper just give me a good feeling," Olesia said.
"I see what you mean," Lana said. "I always loved Water Type Pokémon."
"I would like to see how you teach the Wooper," Lillie said.
"I'll show you right now," Olesia said.
Lilllie smiled a bit. Kairi and Naminé places Togepi and Azurill down to the ground.
"Now pay attention, Togepi and maybe you'll learn something too," Kairi said.
"You too Azurill," Naminé said.
"Toge, Toge, Togepi!"
"Azu, Azu, Azurill!"
"Wooper! Wooper, Woop!" The Wooper chirped.
Olesia takes out a small tambourine, "Okay class! t's time for our recess!" She plays the tambourine and the Wooper starts to chant along with the beat of the music performed by the little instrument.
"Isn't that just adorable?" Mallow gushed.
"Yeah. It's almost like they're singing," Sophocles said.
"The one with the heart-shaped mark is the cutest one," Lillie said.
"It sure is," Acerola said.
Togepi and Azurill moves with the rhythm the same way as they Wooper. Kairi and Naminé just saw how cute it is seeing them enjoy it.
Elsewhere, two hikers are wondering the woods looking for some food growing around. One of the hikers spotted a mushroom next to a tree.
"Hey! A mushroom! And a big one too!" The hiker plucked the mushroom getting ready to eat it.
"Barry! Wait! Don't eat that one!" The second hiker called out.
"Why not?" Barry asked.
"Because that one looks poisonous! I can tell just by looking at the coloring on it," the second hiker said. Barry winced at the thought realizing what he almost did tossing the mushroom.
"Thanks a lot Morton. You just saved my life you did," Barry said. "But why do we have scrounge around for acorns and mushrooms like a hungry Zigzagoon?"
"Because pop said we have to learn the ways of nature if we're going to be real hikers like dad was. And besides, it just makes the experience even more fun," Morton said.
"It'll be even more fun if I had something in my stomach instead of looking for lunch before we actually eat some lunch," Barry said.
"Stop complaining. We'll have to search for non-poisonous mushrooms and some berries," Morton said. "Those mushrooms aren't going to find themselves."
"Yeah, yeah," Barry said as he went back to foraging.
Barry grumbled as the two brothers went back to foraging for food like wild Pokémon.
Back to the preeschool, the group were offered some tea and cookies made my Olesia herself.
"The Wooper already had their snack, so I thought maybe you could all like one too," Olesia said.
"That's very generous of you," Illima said.
"And these cookies do look delicious," Hapu said taking one of them.
"These taste great," Lana said.
"And the tea is just as good," Kairi said taking a sip.
"Thank you. That's very nice of you," Olesia said. She hears her phone ringing. She answeres the phone, "Hello." Sora imagined how good the cookies Kairi baked for him will taste. He imagined her holding out a bagful of cookies and Sora was scarfing them down like a Munchlax. She smiles in delight seeing her boyfriend enjoying them so much.
"Man, those cookies will hit the spot," Sora said in his thoughts.
"Oh no!" Olesia gasped grabbing the attention of the group. "That is just terrible! What did the doctor say?" She listened. "That's good. Do you need me to come over there and take care of anything for you?" She listened again. "Well, if you don't want me to, I could come over later. Take care of yourself." She hanged up the phone.
"What was that about?" Mallow asked.
"That was my mom. She lives in the next town and she fell down the stairs and broke her leg," Olesia explained.
Sora, Kairi, Riku, Naminé, and the Alolan nine all gasped.
"How is your mom? Is she doing okay?" Hapu asked concerned.
"She says she's just fine and her leg's mending, but I know my mother, she's acting like everything is okay just so I wouldn't worry," Olesia said. "But I am." She had a worried look on her face. "There is no one I can call who lives in her neighborhood, so I should go and see how she's doing for myself. But, I can't just leave the Wooper here all by themselves."
The group all knew it was quite a predicament. Sora looked among his friends and they all nodded in agreement to take care of the Wooper while she's gone.
"We can keep an eye on them until you get back," Sora volunteered.
"Oh, I don't know," Olesia said.
"It's the least we can do," Sora said.
"Sora's right. You have been so hospitable towards us, so it wouldn't be right if we just take off and leave them here alone," Kairi said.
"These little ones will be in our good hands until you come back from your mom's," Mallow said.
"Thank you so very much," Olesia said with gratitude. "I won't be gone for very long." She hopped on her motorcycle to ride off to see her mother. She hands Riku a handbook on Wooper care. "Everything you need to know about taking care of the Wooper is right there in that little book."
"No problem," Riku said.
"Thank you very much," Olesia said. "Bye you guys! I'll be back as soon as I can!" She rode off.
The group waves goodbye to Olesia as she rode off.
"It's not like they're going to be any trouble, right?" Lana asked.
"What could be possibly be hard about taking care of Wooper? I mean it's not like they're going to any trouble or anything," Hapu said.
"Hapu's right. Everything we need to know is this little book," Riku said.
Everyone was going over the schedule about how to deal with Wooper, but as soon as they came back to the pond, they had found that all of the Wooper were gone.
"Oh no! Where did they go?!" Mallow exclaimed.
"Everybody relax. I'm sure they haven't gone too far," Kiawe said.
"Kiawe's right. If we just keep our cool, we can find them," Sora said.
"Yeah," Mina said.
"But the question is where could they have gone?" Naminé asked.
"Azurill," Azurill chirped.
Everyone was starting to look into it, when Pikachu and Eevee spotted some water coming out of the pond and they knew they had to come out and walk somewhere.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu called out.
"Eevee, Vee!" Eevee also called out.
"What is it, Pikachu?" Sora asked.
"What did you find, Eevee?" Riku asked.
Pikachu and Eevee pointed to the water coming out the pond.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"It must be a trail," Sophocles said.
"Okay, we're in luck," Lillie said. "The Wooper must have left these tracks." The saw the trail was leading them inside the building.
"And it's leading to the preschool," Illima said.
"Then let's follow it," Acerola said.
"Right," Kairi said.
Everyone headed to the preschool building and all saw the Wooper inside the kitchen making bit of a mess, a couple of them were fighting over a bag of cookies.
"We gotta get them out before they wreck the place," Lana said. Riku opened the book and read.
"Wooper will likely behave if you show them affection and food," Riku read.
"Food! Right!" Sora said taking out a piece of Pokémon food and holding it out to the Wooper. "Kairi's Pokémon food to the rescue!" Sora dangled the food around. "Hey Wooper! Over here!" That grabbed the Wooper's attention. "That's right, little guys and girls. Come and get the yummy food from uncle Sora." The Wooper walked over to the Pokémon trainer. "That's right. Come on here and have the yummy food." The one with the heart-shaped mark starts to lick his face. Sora chuckled as the tongue starts to tickle his face. "That tickles. That's right. Come this way." Before he knew it, the Wooper all dog piled on him and he struggles to get out.
Sora got out from under the Wooper covered with their saliva panting as he got some air back in his lungs.
"For a minute there, those Wooper looked like they were going to eat you, Sora," Riku said.
"For a few seconds that would have been ugly," Sora said. Kairi looked over to the small book and found something.
"Here's something," Kairi said reading the book. "Wooper will obey your instructions more easily if you use a tambourine."
"Just like when Olesia played it earlier," Sophocles pointed out.
"The tambourine is one of my favorite instruments. I used to play with it all the time when I was little," Kairi said. She took the the little intrument and starts playing it. Togepi waves his little arms along with the beat. "Jingle, jangle, jingle, jangle, jingle, jangle." The Wooper used their antennas to block out the sound. Kairi was confused by this.
"They must not like the way you're playing it, Kairi," Acerola said.
"I don't get why," Kairi said dropping the tambourine. Togepi picks it up in his little hands. "I must be out of practice." Togepi starts playing it getting the Wooper's attention.
"Tog, Toge, Toge, Toge, Tog, Toge, Tog, Toge, Toge, Toge, Toge, Toge, Tog," Togepi said playing the tambourine.
"Woop, Wooper, Woop, Wooper, Per, Woop! Wooper, Woop, Wooper, Woop, Wooper, Woop!" The Wooper chanted along with the baby Pokémon. Togepi led the Wooper back to the pond like the pied piper.
"Toge is way better than I am," Kairi said.
"Pokémon must have a much better sense of Pokémon rhythm, Kairi," Kiawe said.
Kairi hung her head in defeat. Sora placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Don't feel bad, Kairi. I thought you played good," Sora said in comforting matter. She turns her head to glare at him. "I'm saying it because it's true, not because you know it's what you wanna hear." Sora starts letting off sweat.
Togepi managed to lead all the Wooper back to the pond, but Lillie quickly noticed something was a tad off.
"Togepi did it. They're back in the pond," Riku said.
"Eevee, Vee!" Eevee chirped.
"Wait a minute, guys. I think we're missing one," Lillie said.
The rest of the group saw that Lillie was right when they noticed the Wooper with the heart-shaped mark is missing.
"Lillie's right! That one Wooper is still gone!" Haou said.
"Where did he go?" Lana asked.
"He must have snuck out when Kairi was playing the tambourine," Illima guessed.
"He couldn't gone far. He might be still be inside the preschool building," Naminé guessed.
"That's the first place we should check," Mallow said.
"Right. Let's get started," Kiawe said. The Alolan nine and Naminé went inside while Riku was busy entertaining the Wooper. Eevee stayed with his trainer to keep an eye on Togepi and Azurill.
The Alolan nine went looking in different places of the building while Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Naminé checked the kitchen. They heard a sound of something falling in the kitchen and they went to the source. It was that one Wooper.
"There you are," Sora said.
"Pikachu."
"Wooper."
"Now just stay right there like a good Wooper," Kairi said.
"We can get you back in the nice pond with all your friends. Won't that be neat?" Naminé asked. Wooper bounced out the sink while the three humans and Pikachu chased Wooper all over the kitchen. Wooper went by a flower pot, knocking it over. Sora manages to catch it before it could hit the ground. Wooper hopped over to some stacked plates making them wobble around. Kairi manages to keep the stack from falling over.
Two plates fall from the top, but Naminé dives in to catch the plates keeping them from shattering. Wooper hops over to some glass cups and knocks a couple of them over. Sora rushes over and catches the glass cups before they shattered. Sora gave a sigh of relief.
"Pikachu! Follow that Wooper!" Sora called out. Pikachu chased oafter Wooper not wanting him to cause anymore trouble. Wooper knocks over some knives and forks. Pikachu skidded to a stop since he didn't want to be sliced into ribbons. Pikachu manages to faint since it was a close shave. "You okay?"
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Naminé came outside to look for the little Wooper.
"Wooper! Wooper! Where are you?" Kairi called out.
"Where did he go?" Naminé asked.
"He should be around here some-AAH!" Sora screamed as he pointed at the sight of Wooper hopping up the cliff.
"How did he get all the way up there" Kairi asked.
"We can figure that out later. We have to get Wooper down from there before he hurts himself!" Sora said.
"Sora's right. Olesia trusted us to take care of them," Naminé said.
The Alolan nine stepped outside and they saw Riku is doing a much better job at keeping the Wooper in the pond than expected. Togepi and Azurill danced along the Wooper to the beat of Riku's playing.
Sora, Kairi, Naminé, and Pikachu climbed up after the little Wooper. Naminé slips before she Sora grabbed her by the hand.
"Naminé! Hang on!" Sora called out.
"Pikachu, Pi!" Pikachu also called out.
"Are you okay, Naminé?" Kairi asked concerned.
"I'm fine," Naminé said climbing back up. Wooper manges to clmb to the top. "That little Wooper isn't so cute anymore."
"What was that about Hapu saying that what kind of trouble they could get into?" Sora asked sarcastically. Wooper runs into the woods as Pikachu manages to climb up first and pursue the little Wooper.
"Pika! Pika, Pika!" Pikachu said running after the water fish Pokémon.
"Come on! He's getting away!" Sora said.
"Wooper! Don't run away!" Kairi called out running along Sora. Naminé climbs up and chases him as well. Wooper hops over to an old plank bridge with the three kids and Pikachu catching up to them.
"Look! There's Wooper!" Naminé said.
"Better be careful with this bridge, because it might collapse at any moment," Sora said. The girls nodded in agreement as they all got on the rickety old bridge being careful not cause any of the planks to break. Once of the planks falls making Sora shake.
"Be careful, Sora," Kairi said. The Wooper hops over the group. "Hey, Wooper. I have a good idea. How about we go back to the pond. What do you say?" Wooper hops over to Kairi thinking she had won over the Wooper, but he just hops on the planks thinking it was a game. "No Wooper stop! That's dangerous!" The rope started to break apart.
"Pikachu! Catch that Wooper before he gets away!" Sora said as the bridge is shaking.
Pikachu tries to stop Wooper from bouncing further, but the little Pokémon slips out Pikachu's hold and ran across the rope.
"Woop, Woop, Wooper, Per, Per, Per," Wooper said.
"Wooper! Get down from there!" Sora called out.
"You're going to fall!" Naminé said. Wooper made it to the end of the bridge and ran into the woods.
"At least Wooper made it out okay," Sora said.
"But that little Wooper doesn't care what happens to us," Kairi said.
"We have to catch him before he gets away," Sora said.
"But the bridge will fall apart if we run for it," Naminé argued.
"It's falling apart anyway!" Sora argued back.
"Right. Point taken," Naminé said.
Kairi and Pikachu ran ahead while Sora and Naminé ran behind them making the bridge collapse. Sora and Naminé manages to grab the rope still hanging on.
"Sora! Naminé! Are you two okay?" Kairi asked in concern.
"We're fine," Sora said. "Don't worry about us. You and Pikachu just run ahead and catch that Wooper!"
"Okay!" Kairi nodded.
"Pika!" Pikachu also nodded. Kairi and Pikachu ran ahead while Sora and Naminé climbed up the rope to catch up with them.
"Just hold on, Naminé," Sora said.
"I'm holding on as best as I can," Naminé said. "Just you do the same." Sora nods as continued to climb.
Sora manages to climb up first and he grabs hold of Naminé just as soon she was within reach.
"You doing okay?" Sora asked.
"Yes I am," Naminé said. "How about you?"
"Doing just fine. I just wouldn't be able to show my face around Riku if something happened to you," Sora said. Both Sora and Naminé went off to join Kairi to search for the missing Wooper.
Over to the hikers, Barry manages to get the water needed to make a mushroom soup to boil.
"This mushroom soup isn't going to have that much flavor without some mushrooms," Barry said. "I just hope there aren't that much poison mushrooms around here." He turns to his right and saw Wooper thinking it was a mushroom. "Wow! That is an incredible mushroom! A blue mushroom is going to make a fine soup!" Barry ran towards Wooper and he slips out of the hiker's hold. "What the? Where did it go?"
"Where did what go?" Morton asked coming back with a hanful of mushrooms.
"I just saw a huge blue mushroom right here," Barry said. "And when I went over to grab it, it was gone."
"Where?" Morton asked placing the mushrooms down. Wooper went over to the mushrooms and scarffed them down fast. Once Wooper had finished the last mushroom, he took off into the woods. "Are you sure it was a mushroom?"
"I was certain it was," Barry said.
"Well, mushrooms don't grow any legs and walk off," Morton said. "Oh, nuts to this. Let's just settle with what we got and make some- AAH!"
"Make some-Aah?" Barry asked confused.
"The mushrooms! They're gone!" Morton exclaimed.
"What do you mean gone?" Barry asked.
"I placed them down, right here and now they are gone," Morton said. Kairi and Pikachu had shown up and spotted the two hikers.
"Excuse me," Kairi said getting the attention of the hikers. "I'm sorry to bother you two, but have you seen a Wooper come by here?"
"A Wooper?" Morton asked.
"Yes. It's a boy Wooper. It has four brances on their antennae and it has a heart-shaped mark on its torso," Kairi discribed.
"No we haven't, Morton said. Barry saw some footprints.
"Morton! Footprints!" Barry called out. "They head into the woods down there." He points in the direction.
"That's Wooper's trail!" Kairi said. She and Pikachu went to follow the footprints.
"Wait girl! Come back!" Morton called out.
"Some Raichu live down there!" Barry called out, but she was too far for her to hear them.
A wild Raichu has picked a lot of berries for its dinner. It had the berries in a big pile, unaware of Wooper hopping in the Raichu's nest. Wooper started to chow down on the berries. Raichu had turned and saw the Wooper greedily eating the berries it had picked.
"Rai, Rai!" Raichu ran towards the Wooper with an angry look on its face. Raichu used a Thunderbolt attack on the little Pokémon, but had no effect since being a Ground Type. Wooper laughed and grabbed Raichu by the tail. Raichu tries to shake Wooper off just in time for Kairi and Pikachu to come to the scene. Kairi gasped at the sight.
"Hey you Raichu! You leave that little Wooper alone right now!" Kairi called out.
"Pika, Pika, Pikachu!" Pikachu barked at his evolved form with his cheeks sparkling.
"Rai!" Raichu glares at Pikachu with its cheeks also sparkling. Raichu swings Wooper off the tail and starts up with Thunder Punch while Pikachu dodges the attack. Kairi takes out Sunkern's Pokéball and threw it.
"Sunkern! Go!" Kairi said letting out her Sunkern.
"Sun, Sunkern, Sun!" Sunkern said spinning the leaves on her head.
"Sunkern! Use Seed Bomb!" Kairi ordered. Sunkern fired Seed Bomb right at Raichu. "Now use Razor Leaf!" Sunkern fires Razor Leaf hitting Raichu. Raichu became irrate and charged at the seed Pokémon. Raichu lets out Thunderbolt and gives Sunkern a good shock. Kairi gasped when Sunkern was taken down like it was nothing. Kairi calls back Sunkern. Raichu headed towards Kairi, but Pikachu smacks it with Iron Tail before his evolved form could even reach her. "Thanks Pikachu."
"Pika, Pi!" Pikachu said doing a thumbs up. Sora and Naminé came just in time to witness the battle underway.
"A Raichu!" Sora said.
"Just like those two hikers warned us about," Naminé said.
They heard a motorcycle engine and saw Olesia and Riku ride in.
"Riku! Olesia! Good timing!" Sora said.
"We got here as soon as I heard Wooper got loose," Olesia said.
"So what's going on?" Riku asked.
"Pikachu is battling that Raichu!" Naminé said pointing at the mouse Pokémon battling each other.
"I heard the Raichu around here are very territorial, so no one around here bothers to mess with them. Especially when they don't want to get shocked," Olesia said.
"But your Wooper is in big trouble, Olesia," Sora said.
"Actually that Raichu is the one who is in trouble," Olesia said. "Wooper! You use your Water Gun!"
"Per!" Wooper got into the battle spryaing Water Gun on Raichu's face. Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Naminé were amazed by what they saw.
"Wow. That's a real super Wooper," Sora said.
"Now use Slam!" Olesia ordered. Wooper grabs Raichu by the leg use his tail and slams Raichu on the ground. Kairi drew out another Pokéball and threw it.
"Jigglypuff! Go!" Kairi said letting out her Jigglypuff.
"Jiggly!" Jigglypuff said making an entry.
"Put that Raichu to sleep with Sing!" Kairi ordered. Jigglypuff sang her song as multicolored music notes surrounds Raichu and puts the mouse Pokémon to sleep. Kairi takes out a Pokéball and threw it at the sleeping Raichu making it flow inside. The Pokéball wobbles around and around for a bit. Stars swirls around the Pokéball confirming the catch. Sora's Pokédex starts buzzing and Sora hands it over to Kairi. It asks here if she wants to keep Raichu or send it to Professor's Oak's lab. She chose to keep Raichu in exchange for Omanyte. "Now I have a Raichu!"
"That was a great catch, Kairi!" Sora said.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu added.
"Thanks Sora," Kairi said blushing.
The five kids look over to Olesia and her Wooper, they had no idea how tough one little Wooper can be. And that one Wooper Sora battled was something.
Once they returned to the preschool, they saw the Alolan nine, Eevee, Togepi, and Azurill still with the Wooper. Togepi played the tambourine and the Wooper dancing along with the rhythm. Naminé went over to her Azurill.
"Did you have a good time dancing along with your new friends?" Naminé asked.
"Azurill, Azurill, Azu!" Azurill nodded.
"I think Togepi had a great time too," Kairi said.
"We're glad to hear your mom is out of that cast and walking about again," Sora said.
"Me too. I'm just sorry that the Wooper became a handful while I was away," Olesia apologized.
Sora sratched the back of his head, "Oh, don't worry about it. It turned out into a fun experience." At least he hopes not counting the part with the bridge.
"Not to mention, I got a new Pokémon in the process," Kairi said taking out her Pokéball containing her new Raichu.
"We were just happy to help you out," Lillie said.
"Well, I am very grateful to all of you," Olesia said. "I cannot thank you enough."
"You don't have to thank us," Riku said.
"Just like Lillie said, we're just happy to help out," Naminé said.
The group said their goodbyes to Olesia and continued on. Riku, Naminé, Eevee, and Azurill went a different way. She promised that she and Togepi will be able to play again the next time they see each other.
A little while later, Kairi decided to test out her new Raichu's strength by challenging Sophocles into a battle.
"What do you say, Sophocles? One-on-one work for you?" Kairi asked.
"Sure thing," Sophocles said accepting the challenge. He took out a Pokéball and threw it. "Mareep! Go!" Sophocles had chosen Mareep.
"Raichu! Go!" Kairi threw her Pokéball letting her latest catch.
"Raichu!" Raichu said flexing his muscles.
"No way! A Raichu?!" Sophocles exclaimed.
"My new Raichu looked like a heavy contender, so I wanna test him out. You ready to go?" Kairi asked.
"Rai!" Raichu answered.
"Great! Start up with Thunder Punch!" Kairi called out as Raichu threw Thunder Punch at the sheep Pokémon.
"Mareep! Dodge it!" Sophocles said. Mareep manges to avoid Raichu's Thunder Punch attack. "Now move in with Tackle!"
Mareep charges at Raichu to land a hit, but Raichu grabs Mareep and gives her a toss.
"Okay Raichu! Give her another Thunder Punch!" Kairi ordered. Raichu gave Mareep another Thunder Punch and this time the attack landed. "Now use Seismic Toss!" Raichu grabs Mareep and jumps in the air doing a spin. Raichu tosses Mareep downward and lands on the ground. Mareep struggles to get back up and then started to evolve.
Sophocles was amazed as Mareep was now a Flaaffy.
"Yes! Flaaffy! Okay Flaaffy! Use Thunderbolt!" Sophocles ordered. Flaffy fires Thunderbolt right at the mouse Pokémon.
"Raichu! Dodge and use Quick Attack!" Kairi called out. Raichu ran towards Flaaffy knocking her out. Kairi had won that battle.
"No way! I just lost!" Sophocles exclaimed.
"Way to go, Raichu!" Kairi beamed. "You did great in your first match!"
"Rai, Raichu, Rai!" Raichu ran towards his new trainer and hugged her.
Sora and Pikachu were pretty proud. Pikachu ran up to Raichu to congratulate him, but Raichu just looks at him skeptically at first. But he took Pikachu by the paw and shook.
Kairi now has another new Pokémon on her team. Not only that, Sophocles's Mareep has evolved into a Flaaffy. What other adventures awaits them? Only one way to find out.