Episode 117: A Dairy Tale Ending
A few hours had passed since Sora's victory over Whitney at the Goldenrod City Gym. Sora and Whitney's Pokémon were placed under intensive care after the battle the two trainers have given them. As Heracorss and Hitmonchan were recovering from their injuries and Meltan was happily eating some metal, Nancy had sat Sora down for an interview.
"Alright Sora. Here's how is it's going to go down. As a journalist, I'm going to ask you a series of questions and I need you to answer the questions I ask," Nancy said.
"Okay," Sora said understanding what she meant.
"We'll begin with the first encounter with your Silvally as you call it. How did you come across that Pokémon?" Nancy asked.
"It's like this. It was after I did some training for the tournament when I met Lusamine, the president of the Aether Foundation along with her scientists, Professor Burnet, and Faba at Professor Oak's lab. At the same time, I also met Professor Kukui and a trainer named Moylane, Sophocles's cousin," Sora said. "Faba had created two more Silvally or should I say Type: Null for our encounter with Ultra Beasts. I challenged Moylane to a battle."
"You wanted to test out Type: Null's abilities in battle?" Nancy asked.
"Yes I did. I also used my Pikachu for the battle as well. During the intensity of the battle, Type: Null had evolved into a Silvally," Sora explained. He took out the Memory Disks and shown them to her. "And these Memory Disks turns Silvally into whatever Type I give it."
"I see," Nancy said. "Now about your Poipole. That is an Ultra Beast, isn't it?"
"Yeah. I caught that one during the Indigo Plateau Pokémon League and sent it to Professor Oak's lab and it stayed there until I left all my other Pokémon instead of my Pikachu and Silvally and took Poipole with me to the Alola region along with my friends and girlfriend for a vacation," Sora said. "When we got to the Aether House, I attempted to let Poipole return to the world it came from, but it just refused to go back." Nancy looked at him.
"Could it be possible your Poipole just wanted to stay with you?" Nancy asked.
"We all had that thought. Just after returning home from Alola from our vacation, Professor Oak asked me to make an important delivery to a Pokéball expert by the name of Kurt," Sora said.
"What kind of important delivery is that?" Nancy asked.
"It was a mysterious Pokéball that was delivered to him a week before we all departed for Johto. He figured I would partake in the Johto region's Pokémon League taking place which was the other reason for coming here," Sora said.
"What happened shortly after?" Nancy asked.
"As soon as we all got to the Johto region, my girlfriend, my friends and I came across an amazing Pokémon," Sora said. "Would you believe that it was a legendary Pokémon?" Nancy looked at him and saw he wasn't making it up.
"Go on," Nancy said.
"It was the legendary Pokémon Suicune. I just couldn't believe my eye. None of us did. Suicune looked at us and took off," Sora said. "That was something. A few days after we all arrived in Johto, Lusamine contacted me and informed us about an Ultra Wormhole that opened just three days before arriving into a forest occupied by Heracross. It was an Ultra Beast called Buzzwole that was terrorizing a group of Pinsir making them flee into the Heracross forest because they were scared and hungry. Silvally did have the edge since I gave it the Flying Memory Disk, but Buzzwole was too strong."
"But, how did you manage to capture this Ultra Beast?" Nancy asked.
"We had some unexpected help from a wild Heracross. He did his part to push Buzzwole back. Heracross helped tire Buzzwole out and Silvally moved in for the finishing blow," Sora said.
"And I'm going to guess that the Heracross you used for your Gym battle is the same Heracross who helped you out," Nancy guessed.
"Yeah, that's right," Sora nodded. "Not long after I won my first Johto Gym Badge from Falkner, Lusamine contacted me again about a bunch of Ultra Beasts appearing all at once. It was a bunch of Poipole being led by an Ultra Beast called Naganadel. Knowing I couldn't make all the captures myself, I asked Professor Oak to make an upgrade on my Pokédex just so as my firends can be able to send the captured Ultra Beasts to Professor Oak's lab and he could send them to Aether Paradise. Also, it'll be the same with me when they caught more than six Pokémon. And he went with it."
"And I presume that the caputure of all those Ultra Beasts were successful," Nancy said.
"And you would presume right. And I'm not gonna lie, it wasn't easy," Sora said.
"Now changing the subject, I have recently heard some rumors about some activity going on not too far from Azalea Town which involved the poaching of Slowpoke. And the poachers have been identified as Team Rocket. Would you know about that?" Nancy asked.
"Yes. I was involved. Along with Kurt, Lyra, Kris, and two Pokémon trainers Riku and Ethan," Sora said. "Among them is a high-ranking Team Rocket member who called himself Proton. We managed to foil their plan and saved the town."
"I have heard a legend about Azalea Town. You mentioned before that Kurt is the expert of Pokéball mechanics, is that right?" Nancy asked.
Sora nodded, "Yeah. None of us knew who he was until he revealed his name to us. We delivered the GS Ball to him and not even he could make heads or tails about it. So after I won my second Gym Badge, his granddaughter delivered the new Pokéballs he was working on. We took the GS Ball to the Illex forest which actually contained the legendary Pokémon Celebi." Nancy's eyes got wide when he mentioned Celebi. "Yeah, that Celebi."
"How did that Celebi even end up inside of this GS Ball?" Nancy asked.
"No idea. We don't know who made and why, but we decided to leave it be," Sora said.
"I already know about Blacephalon and Xurkitree, but shortly after that, you and your friends made a discovery of a new species of Pokémon along with my sons and their friends and my ex-husband. How did you do that?" Nancy asked.
"Well, that was an accident. It was after my second battle with Ethan when I grabbed Meltan from my backpack. Don't ask me how it got in there, because I don't know how," Sora said.
"Who came with the name Meltan, anyway?" Nancy asked.
"I did," Sora simply said.
"You?" Nancy asked. Sora nodded. "Well, you did discover it. And I have to admit, I was pretty surprised when I first saw it."
"We all were when we first found it," Sora said. "Professor Oak is probably trying to figure out if Meltan can evolve or not."
"I think I got everything I needed," Nancy said standing up. "Thank you for the interview."
"No problem," Sora said.
Nancy said her goodbyes to her sons and their friends and headed towards a hotel to stay for the night while everyone else stuck with the Pokémon Center.
"So, how did it go?" Tai asked.
"Went better than I thought," Sora said. He went over to Nurse Joy as she, Chansey, and Blissey came out of the infirmary. "Nurse Joy! Are my Heracross and Hitmonchan okay?"
"Your two Pokémon are doing just fine. They just need a good night's sleep after that battle Whitney gave them. Also, her Pokémon are recovering nicely," Nurse Joy said.
"That'll be good news for Whitney," Sora said.
"Sure is," Kairi said.
Everyone went in the messhall for some dinner celebrating Sora's victory at the Goldenrod City Gym.
"Say Sora. How about you close your eyes and I'll give you a kiss?" Kairi asked.
"And it's going to be on your lips right?" Sora asked. She giggled.
"Of course, you big goof," Kairi playfully teased. Sora did close his eyes and Kairi did give him what she promised. Kari, Sara, Mimi, Yolei, Jun, Lillie, Mallow, Lana, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu smiled warmly as the couple had kissed each other on the lips.
"It's always such a lovely sight to see," Lillie said.
All of the girls nodded in agreement. Jun was pretty jealous having to see such a couple being so close to one another. She imagined herself in their place with Matt.
After everyone got done with their meal, Whitney has shown up to check on her Pokémon.
"Oh! Hi Sora! Good to see you again after our battle," Whitney greeted.
"I can guess you came to check on your Pokémon, right?" Sora guessed.
"Yes. How are they doing?" Whitney asked.
"They're doing fine. Nurse Joy said that they need a good night sleep; the same for Hitmonchan and Heracross," Sora said.
"I'm so glad to hear that. I gotta admit, I had some fun battling you. You really surprised me," Whitney said.
"Me too," Sora said.
"Well anyway, checking up on my Pokémon isn't the reason I came here," Whitney admitted.
"It isn't?" Sora asked.
"The reason I came down here is because I wanted to show you and your friends something very special," Whitney said. "And I know your Pokémon is going to love it."
Sora smiled, "I can take you up on that offer."
"Great! I'll meet you right here tomorrow," Whitney said as she took her leave. After a couple of hours, everyone drifted off to sleep. Sora had exchanged Hitmonchan and Heracross for Chikorita and Cyndaquil. They wondered what could Whitney have planned for everyone; they'd have to wait and see. On the very next morning, Tai, Kari, Matt, TK, Sara, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, Davis, Yolei, Cody, and Jun had taken off after they said their goodbyes to Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine for now. Tai told them they had something to do and promised to catch up with them another time. Hitmonchan and Heracross were fully healed as well are Whitney's Miltank, Clefairy, and Ambipom.
"She is going to be so happy to see you guys are at a hundred percent," Sora said to Whitney's Pokémon. And speak of the devil, Whitney has come with all of her Pokémon waiting for her. "Perfect timing."
"Hey everyone!" She noticed that Tai, Kari, Matt, TK, Sara, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, Davis, Ken, Yolei, Cody, and Jun weren't with them. "What happened to the rest of your friends?"
"They had to take off. But, they'll meet up with us sooner or later," Sora said.
"Well, you're lucky to have some good friends like them," Whitney said as she called back all of her Pokémon into their Pokéballs. "I hope that you're ready for what I have in store for you."
"We're already looking forward to it," Mallow said.
"Great!" Whitney said as she grabs Pikachu and carried him and the group followed.
"Where are you taking us?" Lillie asked.
"Yeah. You have been acting like it was a big surprise, so you might as well tell us," Kairi said.
"Just taking you to my uncle's Miltank diary farm. It's called Moomoo Farm," Whitney said.
"Moomoo Farm?" Sora said almost laughing. "Sorry Whitney. Didn't mean to laugh."
"It's okay, Sora. I laughed too when I first got here when I was a little girl," Whitney said.
"I think I heard of Moomoo Farm. It's pretty much famous for all the Miltank milk, that's if I remember right" Kiawe said.
"You got it exactly right, Kiawe," Whitney said. "I would like to know if you work on a farm yourself."
"I did," Kiawe said.
"Kiawe actually worked and lived there his whole life," Mallow said.
"That's amazing," Whitney said.
"Kiawe would ride on his late grandfather's Charizard to make deliveries all over the Alolan Islands. His family does great work," Lana said.
"I know that right. Kairi and I got a taste of it since meeting his family," Sora said.
"Well, you're going to love it on my uncle Milton's farm. The Moomoo Farm is the best dairy farm in all of Johto," Whitney said as she lead them to their destination. They were at awe at the sight of the dozen Miltank present. There had to be even more Miltank than they can even count.
"Look at all of these Miltank," Hapu said.
"There's even more than on my family's farm," Kiawe said.
"This is the first time that I have ever seen this many Miltank in one place," Mallow said.
"Me too," Lana said as Mina nodded.
"This place is where I first met my Miltank," Whitney said. "We've best friends ever since we first met each other."
"And I can see why," Kairi said. She looked around and saw how happy all of these bovine Pokémon looked. There was one young Miltank that caught her eye. The young Miltank looked back at her and waved at her. Kairi giggled and waved back at her. Sora took notice of it and smiled knowing that Miltank calf already liked his girlfriend.
When the group approached the farm house, a middle-aged man dressed in a farmers getup had stepped out and saw Whitney and what he presumed to be some new friends.
"Howdy there, Whitney," the farmer greeted.
"Hi uncle Milton!" Whitney waved to her uncle.
"And what brings you here today?" Milton asked.
"Just showing some of my new friends around. There were some other kids with them, but they had to take off," Whitney said. "Everyone, this is my uncle Milton. He's the owner of the Moomoo Farm. Uncle Milton, meet my friends; Sora and his girlfriend Kairi. Also, Lillie, Illima, Mallow, Lana, Kiawe, Sophocles, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu," Whitney introduced.
"It's very nice to meet you, sir," Sora said.
"Any friends of my niece is welcome on my farm. Just how do you know my niece so much?" Milton asked. Sora and the rest explained to the farmer about the funny yet painful meeting between her and Pikachu. Whitney facepalmed not believing she did that. Milton just laughed as it didn't surprise him in the slightest. "Some things never change. She had that act ever since she was a little girl."
"You mean when she sees a cute Pokémon, she gets all goofy and rushes right over to it?" Sora guessed.
"Yup," Milton laughed again. "Her approach isn't always subtle, but she has a big heart." He smiled warmly. "But she does have an act to get lost so easily."
"We all seen that happen," Sophocles said chuckling a bit.
"Yeah. But I gotta admit, I was a bit surprised to hear that she's a Gym Leader," Sora said.
"Well, you're not the only one. She may lack common sense, but she's a skilled Gym Leader," Milton said.
"You can say that again," Mallow said.
"She gave it everything she had and Sora still whooped her," Acerola said. That surprised Milton. He turned to his niece.
"He beat you?" Milton asked.
"He sure did. I almost had him too," Whitney said. "But, there was no shame in losing to him." That made Milton laugh again. "What's so funny?"
"Sorry, dearie. I didn't mean to laugh. It's just, you usually start crying whenever someone would beat you," Milton said making Whitney blush in embarrassment.
"I don't do that anymore," Whitney stated.
"You were quite a crybaby when you were little. You cried when you scrape your knee. You would cry when came home with bad grades on your report card. And you even cry when you have a hard time with your homework," Milton said. Sophocles laughed under his breath and Hapu kicked him on the leg shutting him up.
"I don't think our guests needs to know that," Whitney said with her face still red in embarrassment.
"It's okay, Whitney. I'm not gonna poke some fun into you," Sora said. "Lots of us did some embarrassing things when we were younger."
That made Whitney feel better hearing Sora say that to her.
"I suppose all of you would like to sample some of our Moomoo Milk since you came all this way," Milton said.
"Thank you, Milton!" Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all said at once.
"Pikachu!"
"Togepi!"
"Come on in and I'll get it ready for you," Milton said. Everyone entered the house awaiting the Moomoo Milk coming their way.
Meanwhile, a wild Hitmonlee starts kicking the air. This Hitmonlee had been terrorizing the whole community just by attacking people and Pokémon he met.
A flock of Spearow had shown up to attack the wild Hitmonlee, but it wasn't intimidated so Hitmonlee jumps forward at the flock with his leg extended. As he reaches the leading Spearow, he bends his leg and slams his knee into the bird Pokémon. It wasn't enough to keep the Spearow alpha down when it evolved into a Fearow. The newly evolved Fearow flew towards Hitmonlee and spun its body around delivering a Drill Peck attack. One of Hitmonlee's legs emitted fire and gave the Fearow sending it back. Fearow and the whole Spearow flock had retreated from the rampaging Hitmonlee.
Hitmonlee nodded knowing that he made his point. Hitmonlee takes off looking for a challenge. Hitmonlee saw some sets of footprints and followed them to where they are.
After waiting for a few minutes, Milton and Whitney came out with plenty of Moomoo Milk.
"Hope you're ready for some Moomoo Milk, because there's plenty to go around!" Milton said. With that said, Sora and Kairi decided to let their Pokémon have some of the delicious Miltank milk. Pikachu, Gligar, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile had a taste of it as did Togepi, Ledyba, Sunkern, Raticate, Raichu, and Jigglypuff; they all loved it instantly. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all drank the Moomoo Milk and their tastebuds started go into overdrive. Whitney wondered why Sora hadn't called out Meltan for the Moomoo Milk, but he explained to the Gym Leader that Meltan only eats anything that's made of metal.
"Whoa," Sora said.
"This is great," Kairi said
"So good," Mallow, Lana, Acerola, and Mina all beamed.
"It's almost like the Moomoo Milk my family produces. What's your secret?" Kiawe asked.
"The key is keeping happy and healthy Miltank," Milton said.
"That's his way of saying, he's not telling," Whitney said. Kiawe just shrugged his shoulders and went with it.
"I have to admit, I never had Moomoo Milk like this before," Lillie said.
"Me neither. I can imagine how great is the ice cream made from this," Sophocles said.
"I was thinking the same thing," Hapu said.
"That can come later, you guys. How about I show you around the place," Whitney offered.
"That'll be great," Mallow said.
"It sounds like fun," Sora said.
"Yeah," Mina agreed.
Once everyone had finished with their refreshing taste of the Moomoo Farm, Whitney shown everyone around the farm.
"Here at the Moomoo Farm, we have all the Miltank in certain places to make certain dairy products," Whitney said.
"I see," Illima said amazed.
"Gotta admit, it's pretty clever," Kairi said. The Militank calf from earlier comes up to Kairi and nuzzles the girl. "Hello again." Whitney smiles.
"That Miltank calf must really like you, Kairi," Whitney said.
"Well, I like you too," Kairi said petting the young Miltank on the head. "I think you're very cute." The little Miltank moos in appreciation. Sora smiled knowing Kairi had won over a young Miltank.
Just when Whitney was about to continue with the tour, a loud yell is heard.
"What was that?" Hapu asked.
"I'm not sure," Whitney said. Everyone went over to where the yell came from only to see the Hitmonlee attacking some of the Miltank.
"What is that Hitmonlee doing?" Kiawe asked.
"Why is he attacking all those Miltank?" Kairi asked.
"I think I've heard about that Hitmonlee," Whitney said.
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
"I heard there's a rogue Hitmonlee going around and attacking everyone and everything it sees," Whitney explained. Sora didn't like what he heard.
"We have to stop him," Sora said taking out his Pokéball and was about to throw it when Whitney spoke up.
"Wait Sora! Leave it to me," Whitney said. "That Hitmonlee can't just attack anyone and get away with it." Sora looked at her and nodded in acceptance.
"It's your family's farm. You should battle for it," Sora said.
"Thanks, Sora," Whitney said as she turned to her Miltank. "Miltank! Rollout!" Miltank rolled into a ball and headed towards the kicking Pokémon. Hitmonlee turns to the rolling Miltank and jumped into the air. Hitmonlee comes down and strikes Miltank by the foot stopping Rollout. "Miltank!"
"That was Hitmonlee's Jump Kick!" Lillie said. Hitmonlee's leg emitted fire and landed a kick on Miltank.
"That was Blaze Kick," Kiawe said.
Hitmonlee gave Miltank a Mega Kick and finished Miltank off.
"Miltank!" Whitney gasped. Sora had enough and turned to Pikachu.
"Okay, Pikachu. Go for it!" Sora said.
"Pika," Pikachu nodded. Pikachu ran towards Hitmonlee.
"Use Quick Attack!" Sora ordered. Pikachu ran across Hitmonlee, hitting him in the process. Hitmonlee moved in with a Rolling Kick, but Pilachu manages to dodge the attack. "Now use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu sends out Thunderbolt and moved in with Blaze Kick. "Dodge it!" Pikachu manages to dodge the attack. Hitmonlee jumped in the air and moved in to deliver Jump Kick. Pikachu dodged the attack and Hitmonlee got hurt in the process. Sora thought of catching Hitmonlee since he saw how his kicks can be useful as Hitmonchan's punches, so he took out a Pokéball and threw it. Hitmonlee flows inside and it wobbles around and around for a bit and Hitmonlee pops out of the Pokéball. "It's still got a nasty kick. We'll have to try again."
The Miltank calf ran towards the Hitmonlee.
"Come back, Miltank!" Kairi called out. The Miltank calf moves in with a Tackle and hits Hitmonlee on the mark. Hitmonlee was about to give the Miltank calf another kick when Sora saved the day.
"Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered. Pikachu sends out Thunderbolt and it shocks Hitmonlee. Sora took out another Pokéball and threw it at the Hitmonlee and flows inside. The Pokéball wobbles around and around until stars swirls around the Pokéball confirming the catch. Sora's Pokédex starts buzzing asking him if he wants to keep Hitmonlee or send him to Professor Oak's lab. He chose to send Hitmonlee to Professor Oak's lab. "Got me a Hitmonlee." He turned to the Miltank calf. "Brave of you to help out, but that was very dangerous. You could have been hurt."
"Miltank," The Miltank calf said.
"But, what matters is you're safe," Kairi said. The Miltank calf gave Kairi a hug and she hugs her back. Whitney smiles.
"Say, Kairi. I was wondering if you would like to be this little one's trainer," Whitney said.
"Really? You sure?" Kairi asked.
"It's obvious she likes you a lot and she'll be sad if you went away, so it's only right if you let her come," Whitney said. Kairi looked at the Miltank calf and she smiled.
"You're right, Whitney. I promise to take care of Miltank," Kairi said taking out a Pokéball and threw it. Miltank flows inside and stars swirls around the Pokéball confirming the catch. Sora hands Kairi his Pokédex and it asks if she wants to keep Miltank or send her to Professor Oak's lab. Kairi chose to keep Miltank in exchange for Raticate.
"The Gym you wanna go is in Ecruteak City. And I wish you luck for your next Gym battle," Whitney said.
"Thanks Whitney. And bye," Sora said.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, and Alolan nine all continued on to their journey and to the next gym in Ecruteak City. Two new Pokémon had been caught and the adventure continues.