Episode 113: Love Totodile Style
A couple of days later, the group made a stop my a lake where Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine let their Pokémon out to have some fun. Marill squirted water on Davis just to have some fun. Totodile even showed off by using Water Gun to juggle a few Magikarp like they were little balls.
Totodile floated on his back when he heard something coming from behind. He saw what looked like a Marill, but it had floppy ears like a rabbit, and it had white bottom and six white circles in various sizes. She also had a pink ribbon the tail.
Azumarill
Azumarill
Azuma, Azuma, Azumarill
Azumarill
Azumarill
Azuma, Azuma, Azumarill
Hearts formed in Totodile's eyes as he instantly fell in love with the blue Pokémon and rushed over to introduce himself. Totodile Started up with a Water Gun shaped heart to show his affection, but she just wasn't interested and sprayed Water Gun right in the face. Totodile got back up and took her by the hand. The Blue Pokémon ran off and Totodile chased after her.
Back with the group, Kairi along with Matt and Mallow were making some lunch enough for everyone.
"Looking good, Matt," Kairi said.
"Thanks Kairi," Matt said. "Gotta hand it to you, it looks like you know what you're doing."
"Thanks," Kairi said smiling. "I just want Sora to enjoy what I whip up for him."
"The way she cooks for him, it's almost like they're married," Mallow jokingly said.
Kairi started blushing at the thought. Matt started laughing at the joke.
"Just hope that they don't end up like when my folks split up," Matt said. That caught Kairi and Mallow's attention.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Kairi asked.
"I don't think you ever mentioned that," Mallow pointed out.
"Well, it happened when TK was just about three years old. My parents divorced each other and well, I didn't take it so well. It didn't bother TK that much since he wouldn't remember it anyway," Matt explained.
Kairi and Mallow were at a loss for words and they felt sorry for the two brothers. They already did meet their mom, but they hadn't met their dad. They wondered how and why it happened, but they thought it best not to pry into their personal lives.
"Just sorry to hear that," Mallow said. "But at least she's still alive unlike mine and Kairi's."
"What do you mean?" Matt asked.
"Well, my mom died when I was a little girl," Mallow started. "She died from an illness she had. She went in and out of the hospital from time to time. The Tsareena I have was only a Bounsweet at the time, just so I wouldn't be so lonely. It went on until I grew so frustrated with her and I ended up telling her that I hated her." Mallow's eyes filled with tears. "It was the last time we ever spoke to each other." More tears slid down her face.
Matt and Kairi both felt sorry for her and decided not to pry into her personal life because they didn't want to make a risk of saying the wrong thing.
Kairi, Matt, and Mallow went back to cooking lunch not wanting to bring back any painful memories and risk burning the food.
A few minutes later, everyone had gathered to start eating the meal prepared for everyone. Kairi even had the Pokémon food ready for them as well.
Sora called out to his Pokémon, "Okay eveyone! Meal's on!" Almost all of Sora's Pokémon had came to eat up their meal. Pikachu, Gligar, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Marill had started eating along with Kairi's and the Alolan nine's Pokémon when he quickly noticed one was missing. "Wait a minute! Where's Totodile? Totodile! Where are you?"
He looked over to the lake and he didn't see Totodile there at all. Sora was frantically searching for Totodile. Kairi and everyone else quickly noticed it.
"What's wrong, Sora?" Lana asked.
"What are you looking for?" Lillie asked.
"I can't find Totodile anywhere! He was out on the lake the last time I checked and now he's not!" Sora said.
"Where could Totodile go?" Joe asked.
"And what kind of trouble can that little Pokémon cause?" Hapu asked.
"It looks we're going to have to look for Totodile before something happens," Kiawe said.
"Kiawe's right. We might cover more ground when we split up," Acerola said.
"Good idea. Kairi, Tai, TK, Davis, Mimi and I can search that way," Sora pointed one way. "Lillie, Illima, Kari, and Izzy can search that way," he pointed another way. "Sophocles, Acerola, Hapu, Joe, and Cody can search over there," he points to a tree. "Matt, Ken, Kiawe, and Mina can search over there," he points another way. "Sara, Yolei, Mallow, and Lana can search around here just in case he's close by." Everyone understood and began searching.
Meanwhile, a girl with lavender hair that appears to be almost as spikey as Tai's wearing a pink shirt, yellow pants, white shoes and white long socks was walking by when she heard something coming.
"Azum!" Azumarill cried.
She turned to see what was that about.
"What was that?" The girl asked. She saw the blue rabbit Pokémon being chased by Sora's Totodile.
"Azumarill!" Azumarill cried.
"Totodile! Toto, Toto, Totodile!" Totodile ran after her.
"An Azumarill and a Totodile? What is going on?" The girl asked. She saw the two Pokémon run towards her and she shakes her arms. "Hey! Wait a minute! Don't run into me!" Azumarill bulldozes right through her not even noticing her. The same for Totodile as he bounced off her head chasing Azumarill. "Now I know how a pancake feels." She got up and dusted herself off.
Not too far away, a couple of Pokémon hunters are in the area snatching some wild Pokémon with net guns. One of them had blonde hair and is wearing a white jacket, blue jeans and a black vest while the other is dressed like a Russian soldier topped with a black ushanka-hat.
'Nothing like good ol' Pokémon hunting, huh Boris?" The blonde hunter asked.
"Da Comrade Alex. With really good Pokémon to catch and sell to black market, we be rich as czars," Boris said in a Russian accent.
"I know what you mean, Boris. All we need is something we really can get our mits on. A Pokémon that haven't even come across yet," Alex said.
"Azumarill!" Azumarill cried.
The loud cry caught the attention of the two Pokémon hunters and went over to investigate. They both saw an Azumarill and a Totodile, but the Azumarill is running from the Totodile.
"Comrade! Look! An Azumarill and a Totodile!" Boris said.
"I see them, Boris. An Azumarill is one thing, but a Totodile is worth some big money. We should catch them both," Alex said getting a net gun ready.
"Wait, comrade!" Boris said stopping him. "We should just follow and see where they lead us. There could be more Pokémon for us to catch," Boris said.
Alex smiled as he liked the idea already, "That's a much better idea. There might be even more valuable Pokémon to catch and sell."
The two hunters followed the two Pokémon to see where they lead them.
"Here Totodile, Totodile, Totodile. We're looking for you," Davis said.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, Tai, TK, Davis, and Mimi searched hard for any signs of Totodile.
"Totodile! Come on! I'm not playing around here!" Sora said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
"You make us worry like this then you are grounded, mister," Sora said.
They kept looking for any signs, but so far nothing.
"Any luck?" Sora asked.
Kairi, "No Sora. Sorry."
Tai, "Nothing."
TK, "Nada."
Davis, "Zip."
Mimi, "Sorry."
Sora sighed as he looked at his feet and kicked a little dirt.
"Maybe Mallow, Lana, Sara, and Yolei had better luck than we did," Sora said. They all went back to camp to compare notes.
They all made it back and Sora didn't take long to notice not one of them seen Totodile with any of them.
"So, no one had any luck?" Kairi asked.
"Not one of us," Kari said. The rest had said they found nothing.
Sora sighed, "That's what I thought. But, why would Totodile just run off like that? That's what I don't get."
"None of us don't get it. Totodile has never given you any reason to just run away," Kairi said.
"Kairi is right, Sora," Illima said. "Totodile is rambunctious, but there were no signs of ever running away." That made Sora feel better.
"You're right, Illima. We'll just keep looking," Sora said. Before the group could keep looking, they all saw a girl who was unfamiliar with Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine, but very familiar with the twelve other kids; especially Matt and Davis.
"Hiya Matt," the girl greeted.
"Oh no," Matt groaned. "How in the hell did she find me?"
"Jun? What are you doing here?" Davis asked.
"Why, I just want to spend some time with Matt," Jun answered. Sora leaned to Tai and whispered to him.
"Who is that girl? And how is she familiar with Matt and Davis?" Sora whispered.
"That girl is Davis's older sister. She has an Onix-sized crush on Matt," Tai answered when he whispered back.
"Davis never mentioned anything about a sister," Sora pointed out.
"He doesn't like to talk about her," Tai said.
Sora couldn't help but wonder why, but he decided not to ask why he didn't, but he remembered about the relationship Misty has with her older sisters.
"So Matt, are we on for our date?" Jun asked in a flirting tone.
"I'm... going to have to take a rain check about that," Matt said not wanting to hurt her feelings.
"I can wait just as long as you can, Matty boy," Jun said giggling lovingly. She then noticed the eleven other kids and two Pokémon with them. "So, who are they?"
"I think I'll introduce you to them," Davis spoke up. "The kid with the Pikachu is Sora and the girl with the Togepi is his girlfriend Kairi. The blonde girl in the white dress and hat is Lillie. The guy with the pink hair is Illima. The girl with the green hair is Mallow. The shirtless guy with the fire hair is Kiawe. The girl with the blue hair is Lana. The chubby kid is Sophocles. The girl with the purple hair is Acerola. The girl with the paint on her face is Mina. And the short girl with the bonnet is Hapu."
"Watch it with the short-crack, goggle-head!" Hapu snapped at him.
"So, how did you meet them?" Jun asked.
"Tai battled him and lost," Davis said. "His Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle really put up a fight even they were on the ropes."
"Not to mention, they all evolved at once," Tai said. "But, there's no shame to losing to Ketchum here."
"Thanks Tai," Sora smiled. Jun was caught off guard when she heard Tai mention his last name.
"Wait a minute. Ketchum? As in Sora Ketchum? The champion of the Indigo Plateau Pokémon League?" Jun asked. Sora have a loud gulp.
"Um, yeah," Sora admitted.
"I thought you looked familiar. I never expected my brother Davis to be friends with a Pokémon League champion. I watched all of your battles and your skills are really something! The whole neighborhood all became fans of yours," Jun said.
Sora didn't know how to respond to that statement. Only he scratched the back of his head and chuckled nervously knowing her had even more fans than he already knew he had.
"Is that so?" Sora finally responded.
Jun nodded, "Mm-hmm." She took out a marker and the magazine featuring his picture. "I was wondering if I could have an autograph. Please?"
Sora had thought about for a moment, but then he shook it off because he just remembered about his missing Totodile.
"I would like to give you one, but we're in a middle of a crisis right now," Sora said.
"What kind of crisis?" Jun asked.
"We're looking for his Totodile. We were just about to go back to looking for him when you shown up," Davis said.
"Totodile?" Jun asked. That's when it hit that the Totodile she saw was Sora's. Then she remembered a Totodile chasing after an Azumarill for reasons she didn't know. Just before she could tell him that she had seen his Totodile, Lana spotted something.
"Guys! Look!" Lana said pointing at something.
A Golduck comes out of the shrubs looking around. Lana's eyes lit up with stars at the sight of the duck Pokémon that suddenly appeared.
"Do you guys see what I see?" Acerola asked.
"A Golduck," Izzy said.
"Not unusual to see one around lakes," Illima said. Lana took out her Lure Ball hoping to land a catch.
"A good catch like this doesn't come along everyday. Now's my chance to catch it before it gets away," Lana said. Sora stops her.
"Wait a minute, Lana. We should see why it's here in the first place," Sora said.
"Sora's right. We shouldn't be going around and catching every Pokémon we see," Kairi said.
"Maybe it's looking around for something," Sara said.
"Maybe it's just looking for something to eat," Cody guessed.
"That might be possible. But Golduck do most of their hunting in the water," Lillie said.
"Golduck!" A new feminine voice called. The voice belonged to a young woman with blue eyes red hair with a blue ribbon tied on it. She is also wearing a blue midriff shirt and tan pants. She also had a green wristband on her left wrist. She has a Pidgey perched on her shoulder. "Have you any luck yet?"
"Golduck," the Golduck answered shaking its head.
"Oh dear. Where can she be? She has never been gone this long," the young woman said.
Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine, Tai, Kari, and the rest all knew she was having the same kind of problem they were having. Sora and Tai both went up to her.
"Excuse us," Tai spoke up.
"We couldn't help but notice that you're looking for something," Sora said.
"Yes. My Golduck and I are looking for my Azumarill. So far we had no such luck," the young woman said.
"Your Azumarill?" Tai asked.
Jun remembered being ran over by an Azumarill just a little while ago. She was about to let out that she saw both of those Pokémon when they all heard something coming fast.
"Azu, Azu, Azumarill, Azumarill, Azu, Azu, Azumarill, Azu, Azu!" Auzmarill cried.
"Azumarill!" She said her lighting up. Azumrill ran behind the young woman's legs. "Azumarill, what's wrong?"
"Better check this out," Sora said taking out his Pokédex for some information.
Azumarill, the Aqua Rabbit Pokémon
The evolved form of Marill
Type: Water/Fairy
Azumarill can make balloons out of air. It makes these air balloons if it spots a drowning Pokémon. The air balloons enable the Pokémon in trouble to breathe.
Rustling in the bushes are heard when Azumarill flinched. Everyone turned to see it was Totodile who came out of the bushes and finally found Azumarill.
"Totodile!" Sora said seeing the Johto Water starter. Totodile runs to embrace Azumarill only to trip. "Hey, Totodile! You okay?" Sora picked up Totodille "You had me worried about you, little mister." Totodile got loose from Sora's hands and made his way to Azumarill. He blew some kisses her way.
"I see what's going on," Mallow said.
"That little Totodile has a big crush on Azumarill," Sara said.
"Yeah. But, I don't think Azumarill is interested," Lana pointed out.
"Is that why you ran off like that?" Sora asked. He turns to the young woman. "I'm so very sorry about what happened. My Totodile just has an act of being rambunctious."
"It's quite alright. My name is Trixie by the way," she introduced herself.
"I'm Sora. And this is my girlfriend Kairi," Sora introduced.
"Hi," Kairi greeted.
"Pikachu."
"Togepi."
"My name's Lillie."
"I am Illima."
"My name's Mallow."
"I'm Kiawe."
"I'm Lana."
"The name's Sophocles."
"I'm Acerola."
"Mina."
"The name's Hapu."
"I'm Tai and this is my little sister Kari."
"Nice to meet you," Kari greeted.
"I'm Matt and this is my little brother TK."
"Hi there," TK said.
"I'm Sara."
"My name is Izzy."
"I'm Mimi."
"My name's Joe."
"I'm Davis."
"I'm Jun; Davis's older sister," Jun said.
"My name's Yolei."
"I'm Ken."
"And my name is Cody," he bowed his head.
"Nice to meet you all. You should all come to my tent and stay for the night," Trixie said.
"Your tent?" Kiawe asked.
"Where is your camp staying, exactly?" Illima asked.
"Not too far. Now come along," Trixie said. Everyone went with her since they didn't want to be rude. Unknown to anyone, Alex and Boris were following the two Water Type Pokémon.
"Did you see that? A Pikachu and a Togepi," Alex said.
"Da, comrade! But what other treasures are there?" Boris asked.
"Only one way to find out," Alex said.
The two poachers followed their potential targets wanting to see what else could be there. Trixie and the rest had arrived and they were surprised to see it was actually a circus tent.
"This is your tent?" Kairi asked.
"Actually, it's my circus tent. A Pokémon circus," Trixie said.
"A Pokémon circus? Now that's something," Sora asked.
"Uh-huh. When I was little, I loved both the circus and Pokémon, so I put together this circus. We've been traveling around and caught different Pokémon and taught them certain tricks that suited their abilities," Trixie explained. Everyone all looked around and saw different kind of Pokémon around. Among them were a bunch of Machoke, Ponyta, Rapidash, Mudbray, and a bird Pokémon that looked like Natu, but larger. It almost looked like a totem pole. It has large, white wings that is placed in front of it, almost covering their entire front. When it opened its chest, there is a patch of green with a pattern in it that resembles two eyes. It had two yellow stripes on its lower part of its body. There were a few Mr. Mime doing some juggling. And a Jynx doing some hula dancing in a grass skirt.
"Man, you weren't kidding, Trixie," Davis said.
"All these Pokémon look like natural performers," Matt said.
"Only because Trixie did an excellent job at training everyone of them," Illima said.
"Absolutely. Both you and Matt have a point," Izzy said.
"Some of them could do some solo acts if they wanted to," TK said.
"Or maybe have their own talk shows," Sophocles said.
"Not sure if I could go that way," Joe said.
"Have to go with Joe here," Hapu said.
"Yeah," Mina said.
"It must be lots of fun," Kari said.
"It is," Trixie said. "But we've been having a little problem with our little star."
"What kind of problem is it?" Yolei asked.
"Well, lately my Azumarill has been acting different," Trixie said looking at Azumarill sitting in her chair drinking a fruit juice from a straw and wearing sunglasses.
"Just how different?" Acerola asked.
"And how long has Azumarill been acting like this?" Cody asked.
"I'm not sure. Azumarill has been acting temperamental. Sometimes she just disappears just before showtime," Trixie said.
"And today's no exception," Lillie pointed out.
"And to answer your question, Cody, it was right after I had added Golduck to the show just a few weeks ago," Trixie said. "I never had this kind of problem before Golduck came around."
"I don't doubt that," Sora said stroking his chin.
"Pika," Pikachu also said stroking his chin like Sora.
"That explains why Golduck was out looking for her," Lana said.
"But it doesn't explain what she was doing out there in the first place," Jun pointed out.
"Any idea why she's been acting so strange lately?" Kairi asked.
"Trust me, I wish I knew," Trixie said. "Azumarill was so happy and she wouldn't dream of causing any trouble for anyone. And now we have been spending time chasing after Azumarill than training for our show."
Sara looked over to Golduck and saw the duck Pokémon take a glance to the aqua rabbit Pokémon and saw them blush and that was she put two and two together. She looks over to Kairi and the rest of the girls who also noticed it.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Sara asked while whispering.
"Azumarill has a thing for Trixie's new Golduck," Mimi whispered back.
"It looks like Totodile dosen't stand a chance," Kairi whispered.
"There's nothing like a love triangle between those Water Types," Mallow said.
"No," Mina whispered.
"But it does seem rather familiar though," Acerola whispered. Kairi blushed as she knew what the Ghost Type trainer was talking about.
"I think she knows what we mean," Lana whispered before she chuckled.
Totodile came in with a kiddie pool and used Water Gun to fill it up.
"Totodile, what are you doing?" Sora asked.
"Maybe your Totodile wants to help out with the show," Trixie guessed.
"Totodile," Totodile nodded.
"That's a good boy," Sora said.
"Oh, that's wonderful. Thank you," Trixie said as Totodile rushes over to Azumarill and picked up. He places her in the kiddie pool Azumarill wasn't happy about being forcefully put in the kiddie pool and fired Water Gun in the face. Azumarill then jumps out of the kiddie pool.
"Call me crazy, but I don't think Azumarill likes Totodile all that much," Sora said.
"You can also call me crazy, because I'm thinking the same thing," Tai said.
"Is that why Totodile is acting really goofy?" Davis asked.
"Like you don't get all goofy with Kari?" Jun teased her brother.
"You have no room to talk. I mean, how are things between you and Matt?" Davis asked. Jun stuck her tongue at her brother making Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine, Tai, Kari, TK, Sara, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, Ken, Yolei, and Cody laugh. Matt was the only one who didn't find it funny.
"Man. Who would have thought having charmingly good looks can have some consequences," Matt said in his thoughts.
A few hours later, the show was officially underway as Trixie got changed into a magician's outfit. Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Alolan nine, Tai, Kari, Matt, TK, Sara, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, Davis, Ken, Yolei, Cody, and Jun took their seats.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Feast your eyes on Trixie and her fascinating Marill!" The announcer announced.
Trixie held her top hat in front of her Marill making it jump inside. She taps the hat twice.
"One, two, three!" Trixie counted as several Pidgey flew out. The Pidgey flew around in the air until they all flew back in the hat. Trixie taps the hat three times and Marill is placed on her head.
"Now that's a trick," Kairi said.
"It sure is. Trixie is pretty talented," Sora agreed.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu cheered.
"Totodile!" Totodile also cheered.
"And now the moment you've been waiting for! Get ready for the Amazing Azumarill Spashtacular Water Extravaganza!" The announcer announced. The curtain raises as Azumarill is holding nine balls; three each color, red, yellow, and green. Azumarill threw the balls in the air used her Water Gun to form a heart shape making the balls flow along them. She turns it to a whirlpool, and changes itbto a star and then swirls around like a river.
"Look at that!" Sophocles said.
"That Azumarill is very talented," Ken said.
"No wonder she's the star of the show," Sora said as Totodile got out of his arms. "Hey! Totodile! Come back!" Totodile got on stage and did a Water Gun show along with her. Some of the other kids threw some streamers and fruit at Totodile's Water Gun making them float along. Azumarill didn't like it when Totodile tries to upstage her and stormed off. "Come on, Totodile! Get down here!" Sora and Pikachu went on the stage and makes an attempt to grab Totodile only to catch an apple instead. Sora managed to catch the other fruit. Pikachu got one more apple before it could hit him on the head. The crowd loved it as they all applauded. He chuckled nervously. "Thanks everyone." He chuckled nervously again.
"How about that. Sora just saved the show after Totodile ruined it," Kairi said.
"It doesn't look like Totodile is going to call it quits," Lillie said.
"No," Mina agreed.
As the crowd continued to cheer and applaud, Alex and Boris are outside watching the show.
"It reminds of circus back home, eh comrade?" Boris asked.
"Yeah. It's almost too bad we have to swipe that Azumarill from the show. And sell it to the highest bidder," Alex said as the two hunters chuckled evilly getting into positions to steal the star of the show.
A little while after the show, Sora rubs the back of his head feeling pretty bad about Totodile getting on the stage like that.
"Trixie, I am so very sorry about what my Totodile did. I never meant to ruin the show," Sora said.
"Don't worry about it, Sora. Totodile didn't really ruin the show. The crowd really loved it. I just wish Azumarill could learn that she has to share the spotlight," Trixie said.
Sora felt better to hear that Trixie isn't angry at all at him. But, it didn't excuse Totodile for disobeying him like he did during the show.
"Well, that takes a load off of my mind," Sora said.
Just outside, Azumarill is sitting up against a tree just when Totodile took out a can of Pokémon food. Kairi had made earlier. Totodile tries to offer some to her, but there was no luck. The crocodile Pokémon tries again, but once again no luck. Azumarill ran off trying to get away from Totodile, but he runs after her.
Sora steps outside the tent to look for Totodile to keep going, but suddenly, without warning a net gets caught onto Azumarill and Totodile. Sora runs to the scene.
"Hey! Totodile!" Sora yelled. The yell caught the attention of the others and ran to the Pokémon trainer.
"Sora!" Kairi called out.
"What's wrong?" Kari asked.
"Look there!" Sora said as the net is being pulled on by a rope. "It's gotta be Team Rocket again!"
"Wrong!" A new voice called out. The voice belonged to Alex. "It was we who did the deed."
"Now that we have Azumarill and Totodile, Pikachu and Togepi are coming with us," Boris said.
"No way!" Sora said defyingly.
"Never in a million years!" Kairi said.
"Then we'll take them by force," Boris said taking out a Pokéball. He then threw it. "Ursaring! Go!" The Pokéball opens and lets out a huge Ursaring. The large Ursaring lets out a loud roar.
"You go in too, Golbat!" Alex said letting out his Golbat. "Golbat! Use Crunch now!" Golbat dove down to land a bite attack.
"Pikachu! Go in and use Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered as he jumped off of his shoulder. Pikachu sends out Thunderbolt and shocks Golbat.
"Ursaring! Use Slash!" Boris ordered. Ursaring moved in to deliever Slash on the yellow mouse Pokémon, but Pikachu dodged the attack. Kairi took out her Fast Ball and decided to join in too.
"Go Rattata!" Kairi said throwing her Fast Ball. The Fast Ball lets out her Rattata as it growls at the large bear Pokémon. "Rattata! Flame Wheel!" Rattata rolled into a huge fireball and rolled into Ursaring. "Now use Hyper Fang!" Rattata's front teeth starts glowing and they land a bite on Ursaring. It manages to knock the mouse Pokémon off, but Rattata manages to get back up. Rattata starts to evolve.
"Are you seeing this?" Hapu asked.
"Rattata is evolving!" Illima said.
Rattata was now a Raticate. The newly evolved Raticate is much bigger than a normal-sized Raticate and snarls.
"Pika," Pikachu said bewildered.
"Your Rattata evolved," Sora said.
"Looks like Ursaring is going to find this twice as hard," Kairi said.
"Toge, Toge, Togepi!" Togepi chirped.
"Don't think so, little girl! Ursaring! Use Focus Punch!" Boris ordered. Ursaring moved in to deliever a punch on Raticate.
"Raticate! Flame Wheel!" Kairi ordered. Raticate rolled into a huge fireball and rolls into Ursaring causing huge damage.
"Pikachu! Use Electro Ball on Golbat!" Sora ordered. Pikachu formed Electro Ball and sends it to Golbat, landing a hit. Alex saw it wasn't going to be easy after all.
"Golbat! Use Haze!" Alex ordered. Purplish-black smoke comes out of Golbat's mouth. Everyone covered their mouths not wanting to inhale the smoke. Once it had been cleared, they saw that the hunters and their Pokémon were gone along with Azumarill and Totodile.
"Dammit! They're gone!" Sora exclaimed.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"They're not going to get away with this!' Kiawe said.
"Kiawe's right! We should find those guys and teach them a lesson they're not going to forget!" Davis said.
Trixie then came out of the circus tent hearing the commotion and became worried.
"What happened? Trixie asked.
"A couple of Pokémon poachers came and stole your Azumarill and my Totodile," Sora said. "And they took off in the middle of our battle."
"That's awful! I can't believe somebody would do something this horrible!" Trixie said.
"But, don't worry. We'll get them before they get too far," Hapu said.
"But where should we start looking for those guys?" Jun asked.
"They're probably in the woods somewhere," TK said.
"TK's right. And if we don't act now, we'll never see Totodile and Azumarill again," Kari said.
Pikachu and Raticate found tire tracks on the forest's soil.
"Pika!" Pikachu called out getting everyone's attention.
"What did you just find?" Sora asked his partner. Pikachu points to the tracks. "That's probably from the vehicle they came in."
"We should follow it while the trail is still good," Acerola said.
"Agreed," Izzy said.
"Right," Sora said turning to Pikachu. "You go on ahead and see if you can find those guys before they get too far. Be careful not to be seen."
"You go with him, Raticate," Kairi said. Pikachu and Raticate nodded and set off ahead before the rest of the humans followed them. Further ahead, Pikachu and Raticate followed the tracks and sniffed the ground knowing they were getting close to the hunters.
Over to a cabin not too far from the circus, Alex and Boris had just arrived with their latest catch.
"I can't believe we let Pikachu and Togepi slip by us. Why did you use Haze and make us retreat?" Boris asked.
"That Pikachu is much tougher than we thought," Alex said. "So, we have to settle with what we've got. Also, we'll have to start getting whatever we've got and set off before the cops find us. And those kids too!"
Unknown to them, Pikachu and Raticate had managed to catch up to the hunter's hideout. They saw that there were several other Pokémon in cages. Pikachu and Raticate turned back to report to their trainers.
Further back, Sora and the rest have managed to make it halfway through the woods when they came across Pikachu and Raticate.
"Pikachu," Sora said.
"Raticate," Kairi also said.
"Did you find anything?" Sora asked.
"Pikachu," Pikachu nodded.
"Raticate," Raticate also nodded.
The two mouse Pokémon led them to the hunters hideout. Boris and Alex along with Boris's Ursaring were loading their captive Pokémon into a huge truck to take the Pokémon they poached. Everyone had caught up to them.
"There they are," Tai said.
"This must be their hideout," Matt said.
"And those poor Pokémon are all very sad in those cages," Kari said.
"But, I don't see Totodile and Azumarill anywhere," Sora said.
"Pika," Pikachu said pointing to the left. Sora saw Totodile in a cage right next to Azumarill's.
"Better get the show on the road," Sora said. Everyone nodded in agreement as they were about to put the rescue plan into motion. Sora took out Chikorita's, Cyndaquil's, and Gligar's Pokéballs ready to launch a surprise sneak attack. Trixie, Kairi, and the Alolan nine did the same thing. Jigglypuff, Ledyba, Sunkern, Raichu, Marowak, Mimikyu, Clefairy, Togedemaru, Hoppip, Poliwag, Stantler, Snowy, and Mudsdale were all let out. Tai wasn't going to be left out since he had Flame and his two Dragonite for this. Everyone got ready for the word. "Now!"
All of the Pokémon came out and launched their assault on the hunters and the Ursaring.
"What the?!" Alex exclaimed.
"It's those snot-nosed little welps!" Boris also exclaimed.
"We'll take care of them," Alex said taking out his Pokéball. "Golbat! Go!" The Pokéball opens and lets out his Golbat. "Golbat! Use Crunch now!" Golbat moved in to deliever Crunch.
"Ledyba! Use Swift!" Kairi ordered. Ledyba fired Swift hitting the bat Pokémon.
"Poliwag! Use Double Slap!" Lana ordered. Poliwag slapped Golbat five times on the face.
"Mimikyu! Use Play Rough!" Acerola ordered. Mimikyu headed towards Ursaring and gave the large bear Pokémon some smack and whacks.
"Togedemaru! Zing Zap!" Sophocles ordered. Togedemaru used her signature attack hitting both Golbat and Ursaring. The Alolan nine and the Pokémon all had the hunters and their Pokémon distracted, so Sora, Kairi, Trixie, Tai, Kari, Matt, TK, Sara, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, Jun, Davis, Ken, Yolei, and Cody went to the cages and let out the Pokémon they had caught allowing them to escape.
Golduck glared at the hunters quite angrily and didn't waste any time attacking them. Golduck fired Hydro Pump on Golbat and Ursaring sending them back to their trainers. Sora turned to his girlfriend.
"Wanna make it double?" Sora asked.
"Sure, those two are in trouble," Kairi finished with a rhyme.
"Pikachu!" Sora called out.
"Raichu!" Kairi also called out.
"Thunderbolt!" Sora and Kairi ordered at once.
Pikachu and Raichu fired Thunderbolt and shocking the hunters and their Pokémon causing extra damage due to all of them being wet.
Once that was done, they placed the hunters and their Pokémon in two vacant cages and left them only for Officer Jenny to come along and arrest them both.
"Glad that's over," Sora said.
"Sure is," Davis agreed. "We gave those jerks exactly what they deserved."
"I agree with Davis. Now Officer Jenny should be putting them behind bars," Illima said.
"But, we never figured out why Azumarill was ditching rehearsal," Jun pointed out.
"No," Mina said.
Totodile was about to go up to Azumarill and froze in his tracks when he saw something. He saw his crush hugging Golduck. Sora shook his head and chuckled.
"Too bad, Totodile. It's better to love and lost than to never love at all, right?" Sora asked.
"Sure is," Sara agreed. "Gotta admit, those two are pretty happy together." That caught Sora right off guard when she said that.
"Wait a minute! You knew about it?!" Sora asked.
"I did. And the other girls did too," Sara said. Sora turned to all the girls who seem to be playing innocent; especially Kairi.
"So that's why Azumarill kept disappearing. She has been in love with Golduck the whole time," Trixie said. Everyone got ready to depart, but Trixie along with Azumarill and Golduck holding hands. "Thanks so much for helping to save Azumarill. It was nice meeting all of you. And thanks to you, Azumarill's secret is out, and she's happy again."
"No problem, Trixie," Sora said. He looked over to his Totodile looking onto the lake. "But at least Totodile got over it quick." He went up to the Johto Water Starter and found it wasn't the lake he was looking at. It was a Quagsire with a red ribbon. The back fins are much smaller. Sora gave a loud groan and knew what was coming. "Oh no. Totodile, we don't have time for this!"
Totodile just ignored his trainer and tried to woo the female Quagsire, but like Azumarill, she wasn't interested. Sora chased after Totodile who was running after Quagsire. Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Alolan nine, Tai, Kari, Matt, TK, Sara, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, Jun, Davis, Ken, Yolei, and Cody all watched both Sora and Totodile running aroun and around knowing that it'll be a while. But, nonetheless, Jun had decided to join the group for the time being. And the adventure continues.