Episode 128: It Takes a Pillage
A couple of days had passed and Sora already had half of what he needed to enter the Johto region's Pokémon League and he and his travel companions are currently in route for Olivine City.
"So, how far are we when we reach Olivine City?" Sora asked.
"As longs as we don't get sidetracked, we should be there in a matter of days," Illima said.
"I could only wonder for how long," Kiawe said in a whisper not want to hear the rest hearing him and being told not to jinx it. The group continued on towards the road only to find that it has been completely blocked off by a flashflood.
"What are the odd of this happening?" Mallow asked.
"I have no idea. There hasn't been any rain out here, a dam must have broken open or something," Sophocles said.
"No, it couldn't be that serious," Lillie said.
"We should find a another around," Kairi said.
"I think we should," Hapu agreed.
With no one giving a second opinion, the group turned right around and decided to take a short cut right through the mountains. Along the way, a wild Onix attacked. This Onix gave off a yellowish green color.
"This Onix is good as mine," Hapu said taking out a Pokéball and threw it. "Go for it, Mudsdale!" Mudsdale is let out with a loud whinnie. "High Horsepower!" Mudsdale whinnies again as her body became surrounded by an orange aura and charges towards the Shiny Onix. Onix made an attept to fight back with a Stone Edge attack, but the rocks dosen't even phase the equine Pokémon and she lands a hit on the wild Onix. Once Onix was down, Hapu took out her Heavy Ball and threw making the Shiny Pokémon flow inside. The Heavy Ball swerves around and around until stars swirls around the Heavy Ball confirming the catch. "Yes! I got me an Onix!" Mudsdale whinnies sharing her trainer's joy.
"That was a nice catch, Hapu," Sora said.
"Thanks Sora. That means a lot coming from you," Hapu said.
Just as the group continued through the mountain trail, Sora slips over an ice puddle on the ground.
"Ouch!" Sora yelled. Kairi went up too her boyfriend.
"Are you okay, Sora?" Kairi asked with concern.
"Yeah I'm okay. But, what was that about?" Sora asked as he got up and rubbed his rear end. "I just slipped on an ice puddle and all." Lillie saw the culprit of the ice.
"Look over there!" Lillie said. Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, and the rest of the Alolan nine saw what looks like a tiny tan pig-like Pokémon with brown stripes on its back. "I don't believe it. It's a Swinub!"
"Could that made that ice puddle?" Acerola asked.
"I think so," Lillie said. Sora became curious and he took out his Pokédex and used it to scan the pig-like Pokémon.
Swinub, the Pig Pokémon
Type: Ice/Ground
Swinub roots for food by rubbing its snout against the ground. Its favorite food is a mushroom that grows under the cover of dead grass. This Pokémon occasionally roots out hot springs.
"An Ice Type, huh? And also a Ground Type. Pikachu's electric attack isn't going to hurt it, but I think Cyndaquil is the best way to go," Sora said taking out Cyndaquil's Pokéball. "Okay, Cyndaquil! Go!" Sora threw the Pokéball and let out Cyndaquil as he flares his back flames. Swinub turns and took notice of the Johto Fire Starter. "Okay Cyndaquil! Tackle!" Cyndaquil charges towards Swinub and hits it. Swinub fires Powder Snow at the fire mouse Pokémon.
"He's using Powder Snow!" Kairi exclaimed.
"Pika!" Pikachu said.
"Toge," Togepi chirped.
"Pichu," the two Pichu also chirped.
"Cyndaquil! Dodge and use Flamethrower!" Sora ordered. Cyndaquil ran out of the way before the icy attack could land a hit on Cyndaquil, then he lets out Flamethrower and hits the pig Pokémon causing heavy damage. Sora took out a Pokéball and threw it. Swinub flows inside and the ball wobbles back and forth. Stars swirls around the Pokéball confirming the catch. Sora's Pokédex starts buzzing asking him if he wants to keep Swinub or send him to Professor Oak's lab. Sora chose to send Swinub to Professor Oak's lab. "Just caught myself a Swinub."
"A pretty good catch, Sora," Kairi said giving him a kiss on the cheek. The group kept going as the spotted a Smoochum along the way. Kairi called dibs on this one since her cute appearence has captivated her. She took out her Fast Ball for this one. "Okay Raticate! Go!" Kairi's Fast Ball opens and Raticate enters the battle against Smoochum. Smoochum starts up with a Pound attack on Raticate. "Raticate! Quick Attack!" Raticate smacks into Smoochum with his speed attack. Smoochum charges towards the rat-like Pokémon with an Ice Punch.
"That Smoochum is moving in with Ice Punch!" Mallow gasped.
"Raticate! Flame Wheel!" Kairi ordered. Raticate rolled into a ball of fire and struck the kiss Pokémon making her fall on her tush. Kairi got out a Pokéball and threw it. Smoochum flows inside and the Pokéball wobbles around and around. Stars swirls around the Pokéball confirming the catch. Sora hands Kairi his Pokédex as it starts buzzing. She chose to keep Smoochum in exchange for Miltank. "I just got myself a Smoochum!"
"I'll repeat what you said, a pretty good catch, Kairi," Sora said. Kairi smiled as she gave Sora a kiss on the lips.
"I owed you for that one," Kairi said. That made him smile as he kissed Kairi on the lips again. The group made their way off the mountain trail when something caught their eye. It appears to be a brown and white beagle-like Pokémon with a light brown cap on its head and a light brown tail. On its front legs it has two brown stripes on both arms, it has one brown stripe on its hind legs. The tip of its tail happens to be green. This Pokémon is holding its tail as it was a paintbrush. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned the Pokémon they were looking at.
Smeargle, the Painter Pokémon
Type: Normal
Smeargle marks the boundaries of its territory using a body fluid that leaks out from the tip of its tail. Over 5,000 different marks left by this Pokémon have been found.
"That is something," Sora said putting his Pokédex away.
"Smeargle is known to be the master artist in the Pokémon World. I have heard many artists has a Smeargle to help with creating some the greastest artworks of the world," Illima said as he simply threw his Pokéball at the unsupecting Smeargle. Stars swirls around the Pokéball confirming the catch.
"Man. First, Hapu, then Sora, then Kairi, and now Illima. I wonder who is going to be next?" Sophocles asked as a Voltorb rolls by.
"Voltorb!" Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all exclaimed.
"Oh no! It's attacking!" Sophocles exclaimed taking out a Pokéball. "Magnemite! Go!" The Pokéball opens and Magnemite enters the battle. "Sonic Boom!" Magnemite sends out a white shock wave hitting the ball Pokémon. Voltorb fights back with a Gyro Ball hitting the magnet Pokémon. Magnet fires Thunderbolt and it hits the ball Pokémon good and slams into a huge boulder. Sophocles took out a Pokéball and threw it. Voltorb flows inside the Pokéball and wobbles around and around. Stars swirls around the Pokéball confirming the catch. "Problem solved."
"There must be an old power station around here. It's probably where that Voltorb came from," Kiawe said.
"We should get out of here before any more Voltorb or any Electrode show up," Sora suggested. No one argued with that fact since Voltorb and Electrode are a dangerous combination. Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine, and the Pokémon made a break for it unaware of Team Rocket in the area.
"I could of sworn they were here," James said.
"We were so close last time and how the hell did we lose track of them again?" Jessie asked.
"At least that Delibird ain't here to make us hork over what little cash we have left," Meowth said.
"Wobbufett," Wobbufett holding a big red and white ball. Jessie, James, and Meowth winced when they saw what Wobbufett was holding.
"Wobbufett, you idiot! That's an Electrode you're holding!" Meowth exclaimed.
"Wobbu?" Wobbufett asked. Electrode spun around with an angry look on its face. "Fett!" Wobbufett panicked as he dropped the evolved ball Pokémon and a whole bunch of Voltorb and Electrode had shown up. The ball Pokémon started to glow and they all exploded sending Team Rocket flying in the sky again.
"It looks like..." Jessie started.
"Team Rocket's..." James continued.
"Blasting off again..." Meowth finished.
"Wobbufett," Wobbufett wheezed.
Team Rocket went flying in the sky as a star twinkles in the distance.
As the group made it out of the danger zone, they stopped and started panying out of exhaustion.
"That was way too close for comfort," Mallow said panting.
"Way too close," Mina said also panting.
"I agree with both Mallow and Mina. It was a good thing we got away from those Voltorb and Electrode before anything happened," Sora said as he panted.
"Pikachu," Pikachu panted.
"Pichu," the Spiky-eared Pichu panted.
"Pi," The Shiny Pichu panted.
Sora looked over to his girlfriend and walked up to her. Kairi was panting from the running she was doing and Sora took out a handkerchief and wiped off some sweat from her forehead.
"Sora?" Kairi asked.
"Just wiping off some sweat from your beautiful head. All that sweat dosen't suit you one bit," Sora said making Kairi smile. Kairi placed Togepi on the ground and she gave Sora a loving kiss on the lips. Sora returned the kiss wrapping his arms around her.
"You're so very sweet, Sora. You're very considerate," Kairi said very lovingly. The Alolan nine smiled warmly happy to their friends so very close. The two Pichu blushes once more and they cover their eyes and peeked through their fingers.
"Good to see those two in so much love, huh?" Lana asked.
"It feels like it was yesterday when they were denying that they were together," Acerola said.
"But after the talk we had with them seperately, the finally confessed their feelings to each other," Kiawe said.
"Gotta admit, it's a pretty cute sight between them," Mallow said.
"I just wish that we didn't miss their very first kiss," Hapu groaned. Lillie blushed as she remembered their first kiss.
(Flashback, chapter 33)
Lillie and Snowy were going for walk.
"Come along Snowy. We could use some excerise and have a look at the sights before we get to bed," Lillie said
"Vulpix," Snowy chirped.
Both Lillie and Vulpix were going out for their walk when they spotted Sora and Kairi kissing each other on the lips with so much passion. She and Vulpix blushes madly.
"Sora... Kairi..." Lillie said in her thoughts. Lillie's face was getting pretty red witnessing them kiss for the very first time. "They did it. They finally did it. They finally confessed their feelings for each other and they're kissing, kissing, kissing!" She and her Vulpix kept watching unawarw of Pikachu, Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, and Popplio coming and witness the kiss between them. Lillie and Snowy quickly turns away and walks away. "I can't believe it happened. Wait until I tell the others about it. But, what if Sora and Kairi gets mad at me for spying on them? How am I going to let it out?"
The rest of the Alolan nine were unrolling their sleeping bags to get ready for bed. Mallow and Lana took a look at the blonde.
"Back so soon, Lillie?" Lana asked.
"Just thought you would be gone until we were fast aslee-" Mallow said before Lillie quickly cut her off.
"Nothing!" Lillie quickly said. That confused Mallow and Lana and they didn't know how to respond to that. They shrugged their shoulders and went off to bed. Lillie had a little trouble sleeping still thinking about their kiss and she shut her eyes letting her body do the work.
(Flashback ends)
Lillie smiles warmly thinking about their first real kiss, and not counting the one she planted to Sora when he was sleeping the night before.
A little while later as the sun was starting to set, Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Alolan nine, and the two Pichu made it to a small village.
"It's a good thing we found this village before it started to get dark," Mallow said.
"A very good thing, because there might be all kinds of Pokémon out here and I don't think they'll be friendly towards us," Sora said.
"We should find an inn to stay at since it doesn't look like it has a Pokémon Center around here," Kairi suggested.
"I'm down with that. I could go for something to eat," Sophocles said.
"And we can all rest our feet since we all had a very long day," Kiawe said.
"And not to mention, we caught some Pokémon over that mountain; also that one area with that Voltorb from before," Hapu said.
Sora gave off a big sigh and said, "I could use a rest just as the rest of you. And Kairi is right since I'm not seeing a Pokémon Center around here. So, why not? We could use a good long rest since we came all this way." Everyone agreed with him and went down to the village to rest up for the night. As they looked around, they all saw not so many happy faces on both people on some of the Pokémon. The group finally made it to the local inn. When they entered the inn, they found Two girls who appears to be almost identical except one has long hair and the other has short hair. They both had silver hair, almost like Riku. The took notice of the group.
"What do you want?" The girl with the long hair asked.
"Just wondering if the person who runs the place is in," Sora said.
"Well, he and his daughter should be back any minute," the girl with the short hair said. She took a look at the two Pichu with the group. "Oh my. gosh! These two Pichu are very cute!" The short-haired girl gushed as she cuddled them. "I just wanna keep them in a little pin and never, everm ever, let them go!" The two Pichu didn't like that one bit and they give her quite a shock. Both Pichu hurt themselves in the process. The Spiky-eared Pichu hides behind Sora while the Shiny Pichu hides behind Kairi. The girl with the long hair laugh.
"Sorry about that. My sister gets like that when she meets really cute Pokémon," the girl with the long hair said.
"Kairi is kinda the same way, when she meets cute Pokémon," Sora said earning a nudge from Kairi's elbow. "What? You do."
"I can't help myself. And you deserve it for blurting it out like that," Kairi said. She sticks her tongue at her boyfriend. The Alolan nine laughs.
"She's right to say that to you," Mallow said.
"You deserved that," Mina said.
"Some things were best left in your head. I would know from experince," Sophocles said with a chuckle.
"Okay, okay. You guys made your point," Sora said turning to Kairi. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let that slip and keep it in my head like Sophocles said. Forgive me?" Kairi kissed on his cheek giving him her answer. "I can accept that answer."
"Anyway, my name is Ciel and this is my younger twin sister Celine," Ciel introduced herself.
"I'm Sora. And this is my girlfriend Kairi. And these are our friends," he introduced placing his arm around Kairi.
"I'm Lillie."
"My name is Illima."
"I'm Mallow."
"My name's Kiawe."
"I'm Lana."
"The name's Sophocles."
"I'm Acerola."
"Mina."
"The name's Hapu."
"Pikachu."
"Toge, Togepi."
"Pichu."
"Pichu."
"So, what bring you two here?" Sora asked.
"We're Pokémon trainers that have been hired by the mayor of this village to deal with some creeps that have been terrozing the villages in the area," Ciel said.
"And we've been on their trail for the last couple of weeks," Celine said.
"And we figured they'll make their move here, so we thought we get them ahead of time," Ciel explained. "What are you and your friends doing here?"
"We're just passing through," Kairi said.
"And what's this about some creeps terrorizing villages?" Hapu asked.
"They have been using the Pokémon they're training to rob and pillage the villages. They all have Salandit, Slugma, Houndour, and to burn the houses and they have a bunch of Murkrow, Spearow, Zubat, Golbat, and a Honchkrow to take the valuables. They also have some other, Pokémon to smash property," Celine said. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all knew a chance to relax after a long hard day was too good to be true.
"Should have guessed this was going to happen," Sora said.
"Yeah," Mina agreed.
"And I was looking forward for a bath too," Lana groaned.
"Me too," Kairi, Lillie, Mallow, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu said at once.
"And I waas looking forward to some dinner," Sophocles whinned.
"I know, I know," Kiawe said patting him on the back.
"Some things are just beyond our control," Illima said.
"What do you mean by that?" Ciel asked skeptically. Kairi giggled as as she looked at the twins.
"Things tend to happen with us," Kairi said.
The group explained of the adventures they have while on their travels. Ciel and Celine looked at the group and found it hard to belive what sort of crazy adventures they all have.
"When you said things tend to happen, you weren't kidding," Ciel said in bewilderment.
"I don't doubt it either," Celine said.
"Just when did these guys start targeting this village?" Sora asked.
"They made the threat just a couple of days ago. And they're probably making their way over here as we speak," Celine said.
"I guess we'll have to lend a hand if there are a lot of these guys," Sora said. Sophocles and Kiawe both groaned feeling even more tired.
"Why do I have a feeling you were gonna say that?" Kiawe said.
"I know you guys are all tired, but this village isn't going to stand a chance if we don't defend it from the guys coming this way," Sora said.
"Hold on there spiky-head! Who said something about you lending a hand? Are you trying to muscle in and take our reward?!" Ciel exclaimed.
"I don't know anything about a reward, but we should work together, because we have better luck taking them down that way," Sora said. Ciel was about to retort to Sora when Celine spoke up.
"He's right, sis. We don't stand a chance if it's just the two of us. We're talking about an army's worth of bad guys if we just rush in without a plan; which you have a history of doing," Celine said.
"I just have a way of acting! Big deal!" Ciel argued.
"Yes! You act, but you never think! You would already be dead if it weren't for me! I saved your skin more times than you would save mine! And these additional trainers are our best bet in taking them down when we're in greater numbers!" Celine said. Ciel would have argued back, but she knew her younger sister was right because she remembered the number of mistakes she made and she would have ended up dead if Celine didn't save her.
"Okay, okay. You win. I guess I'll have to go along with it. But it's only if they stay out of our way!" Ciel stated. She turns to Sora. "So what's the plan?"
"We'll have our Flying Types attack in thair drawing their Flying Type Pokémon's fire Magnemite can float up and help out... While our other Pokémon deals with the Salandit, Slugma, and Houndour," Sora turns to the twins. "What Flying Type Pokémon do you two have?" Celine took out three Pokéballs.
"Just two of these are Flying Types," Celine said as she threw them in the air letting out her own Togepi. But, she also has a Togetic and a large white avian Pokémon with an ovoid body. While its feet are small and situated closely together, its wings are broad and triangular. Red and blue triangular markings over its underside, and it has a short tail consisting of three feathers. On the back of its head are three spikes: a red-tipped one on the right, a blue-tipped one on the left, and a pure white one in the middle. The Pokémon has a relatively flat face and small, black eyes. "My Togetic and my Togekiss." Sora and Kairi were quite amazed by this new Pokémon. Kairi looked at her own Togepi and looked over to Togetic and Togekiss. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned the Pokémon.
Togekiss, the Jubilee Pokémon
The evolved form of Togetic
Type: Fairy/Flying
As everyone knows, it visits peaceful regions, bringing them gifts of kindness and sweet blessings. When Togekiss senes conflict, hate, and violence, Togekiss will fly away to avoid it.
"I just find it hard to believe Togepi will evolve into something like this," Sora said putting his Pokédex away.
"I take it this is the first time you've ever seen Togekiss," Celine pointed out.
"It is," Sora said.
"The same with us. I heard Togekiss only appears in times of peace," Lillie said.
"That's right," Celine nodded. "But my Togekiss isn't afraid to get her wings dirty defending innocent people and Pokémon." Togekiss nodded in agreement.
"I don't doubt it," Sora said taking out his Pokéballs and threw them letting out Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Noctowl, and Gligar. Kairi handed Sora Togepi just as she took out her four Pokéballs and her Fast Ball letting out Raticate, Ledian, Raichu, Shuckle, and Smoochum.
The inn's staff which consisted of a large muscular man along with his daughter came in the inn. He looked over to the kids and the Pokémon and started to scratch his head.
"I take it that you're Pokémon trainers, right?" The man asked.
After doing some explaination to the inn's owner about taking down some punks, they were provided them a few rooms. They all met in a single room to go over a stragedy to take down the pillagers.
Not too far away from the village, a whole bunch of men came to the village and they were ready to launch their attack.
"This is it, boys. Our very next hit list. What do you say? You guys ready to have a little fun?" The leader asked. All the men shouted with approval as they took out their Pokéballs and held them in the air. The leader laughed evilly. "That's what I wanted to hear! Come on! Let's rock n roll!" The leader took out a Pokéball and threw it. The Pokéball opens and lets out a large black bird Pokémon that more resembles a raven unlike Murkrow. It has red feathers under its wings and at the tip of its tail. Its legs are also black instead of yellow and has white markings around its eyes. It also has a white chest. Its hat is also differently shaped and so is its tail, which is longer and has white on it. "Honchkrow! Go!"
Honchkrow flew ahead just as the rest had thrown their Pokéballs letting out Salandit, Houndour, Slugma, Murkrow, Spearow, Zubat, and Golbat.
Just when everyone was going over their battle plan to take the muraders on, they heard a loud shrill cry outside.
"What was that?" Sora asked. Lillie took a look outside and saw a Honchkrow flying outside.
"It's a Honchkrow! And it's a pretty big one too!" Lillie said. Sora, Kairi, the twins, and the rest of the Alolan nine saw the bird Pokémon flying around. Sora took out his Pokédex.
Honchkrow, the Big Boss Pokémon
The evolved form of Murkrow
Type: Dark/Flying
Honchkrow is known to lead a gang of Murkrow and calls them to come to its aid, earning it the nickname "Summoner of Night." Honchkrow is a merciless Pokémon as it never forgives failure nor betrayals from from its gang.
"That's one of them," Sora said putting his Pokédex away.
"There's usually a flock of Murkrow with it just as the Pokédex says," Celine pointed out.
Just as she predicted, a whole flock of Murkrow had appeared along with some Spearow, Zubat, and Golbat as well.
"And here's our flyers," Hapu said.
"Then we should take to the skies!" Kairi said making Sora chuckle.
"Took the words right out of my mouth!" Sora said. Sora, Kairi, Lana, Acerola, Mallow, Sophocles, Acerola, and Celine sent out Noctowl, Gligar, Ledian, Gyarados, Magnemite, Gengar, Mismagius, Skiploom, Togetic, and Togekiss to deal with the Flying Types. "Okay. The rest of the Pokémon can handle the Salandit, Houndour, and Slugma on the ground." Everyone agreed to that. Ciel took out some Pokéballs and they all saw her team were mostly the evolved forms of Eevee; a Jolteon, a Vaporeon, a Flareon, an Glaceon, an Leafeon, and a Sylveon. Sora and Kairi already had the rest of their Pokémon out, so the rest of the Alolan none called out the rest of their Pokémon to deal with them.
And that was their cue because the marauder's Pokémon started to launch their attacks on the houses causing some fires. The people and Pokémon began screaming and running for their lives much to their delight.
"It's even easier than shooting Magikarp in a barrel," one marauder said. The other nodded in agreement. A few Houndour had some families pinned in a corner and they were ready to maul them. Just then, Marowak came and smacked them with his bone. A few Slugma hears the commotion and they come across Bewear and Stantler. Bewear stomps on the ground making the Slugma fall to the side. Stantler uses the scent of his antler affecting the Slugma. The slug Pokémon start thinking their seeing a giant version of a Miltank and they crawl off fearing it'll roll over them. The families were at awe at the Alolan Marowak, Stantler and Bewear who came to save them.
"That sure scared them off," Kiawe said.
"Yes. We still have many to go," Illima said.
"Right," Kiawe agreed. He turned to the families. "You're good to go! Head somewhere safe! Hurry!" They didn't need to be told twice since they started to run for it. One little boy stopped and turned to them.
"Thank you," the boy said. Kiawe smiles and nodded.
Elsewhere in a different part of the village, some Salandit being led by a big Houndour chases some of the Ratatta in an alley only to me met by an icy blow stopping them from chasing the mouse Pokémon. Snowy and Smoochum stand in front of the enemy Pokémon. Knowing of their Types, they weren't worried, but they were met by Ponyta who gave a kick to Houndour. One Salandit got bitten by Raticate, and a few more got washed in water by Totodile, Poliwhirl, Cloyster, and Vaporeon. Seaking strikes one of them with her horn.
Up in the sky, Noctowl used Confusion to deal with the Spearow, Zubat, and Golbat, while Gligar dealt with the Murkrow. Three Spearow dove towards Gligar while Ledian, Togetic, and Skiploom got them. Skiploom sends out Fairy Wind hitting the crow-like Pokémon. Magnemite shocked several Zubat and Golbat.
Honchkrow noticed the trouble the others were having and flew towards them to deal with them. Gyarados roared as it rammed into the raven-like Pokémon. Honchkrow was thrown off course and quickly regained its balance. Togekiss came to the scene and and gave Honchkrow something elese to worry about while Gyarados dealt with the others.
Outside the village just at the same spot Sora and the rest had entered, Gladion has came to the scene. He looked around and saw the melee taking place. He got wide-eyed when he saw his sister and her friends dealing with the marauder's Pokémon, so he decided to help out by sending out his Silvally. Knowing his opponents are mostly Fire Type Pokémon, he took out a Water Memory disk and gave it to his Silvally.
"Come. We have much to do," Gladion said. Silvally nodded in agreement as Gladion had let out Lycanroc, Umbreon, and Crobat to deal with the maraders and their Pokémon. "Let's go."
As the maraders leader laughed with delight to the destruction he and his followers were causing, he heard a loud yell coming from somewhere. He turned to see several Salandit slam into a few of them and saw Tsareena doing a pose while Weepinbell and Chikorita smacked Houndour with Vine Whip.
"What the hell is going on?!" The leader exclaimed. Turned to see several Slugma being shocked by Pikachu, Raichu, Jolteon, Togedemaru, Flaaffy, and Voltorb. He also saw several Houndour leap towards Turtonator and the shell spikes explodes upon contact. "Are these villagers fighting back?!" He saw Sora and Sophocles high-five each other and growls with anger. "Those damn kids!" He was about to rush them when a Houndour slams into him from behind. That came from Onix as it roars dealing with the Fire Type Pokémon.
Gligar managed to take a few Murkrow down when Honchkrow started to dart in from behind. Ledian saw the black bird Pokémon coming towards him.
"Gligar! Look out!" - Ledian subtitle. Gligar turns around, but he gets into Honchkrow's talons. Ledian was about to launch Swift at Honchkrow when Noctowl flew in front of her.
"No! You might hit Gligar instead!" - Noctowl subtitle.
"But, I gotta help him!" - Ledian subtitle. Gladion's Crobat flew and hits Honchkrow with his wings making Honchkrow let go of Gligar as he started to fall. Luckily, Skiploom managed to catch him. Honchkrow turned to some of the Murkrow.
"Tell the others to stay on those Pokémon! That Crobat is mine!" - Honchkrow subtitle. The Murkrow nodded as Honchkrow flew after Crobat.
Down at the ground, several Slugma fired Ember at Shuckle whom withdrew into her shell taking the damage. But, Shuckle was using it to build up some energy. After building enough, Shuckle fired a white beam hitting the Slugma hard. They started retreated when Umbreon and Lycanroc had shown up and smacked them. Shuckle stuck her head out and saw them.
"Don't know who you two guys are, but thanks for showing up." - Shuckle subtitle. Lycanroc and Umbreon nodded as they joined the other Pokémon in the battle. Cyndaquil and Flareon fired Flamethrower making the Salandit retreat. Smeargle grabs its tail and waves it around, causing the image of a pencil to circle around Cyndaquil while leaving behind a trail of pink sparkles. Smeargle then learns to use Flamethrower. Smeargle joins in on Flamethrower.
Sora and Kairi smiled as the maraders and their Pokémon were getting what they deserve out of it. The twins were amazed by how good trainers they were. Several Houndour and Salandit came to attack them when Silvally came and used Multi-Attack on the Fire Type Pokémon causing heavy damage due to it being a Water Type. Sora turned to the direction Silvally came from and saw a familiar blonde boy.
"Gladion?! What are you doing here?" Sora asked.
"I was passing by when I saw Lillie and figured you would be here," Gladion said. Sora smiled.
"Good thing you showed up. The job can get done even faster with even less damage," Sora said.
"We can catch up later. Right now, we have to get what's left of the people somewhere safe," Kairi suggested.
"Agreed. Harming innocent people is unforgivable," Gladion said. The three trainers nodded as they set off with the twins joining them.
The Pokémon continued to battle the offending Pokémon and the maraders causing many of them to retreat. Their numbers were quickly going down. Their leader was not taking it so well.
"What the hell is going on here?! Those brats are becoming a such a gigantic Wailord-sized pain in the ass! I am going to put a stop to it!" The leading marader said taking out five other Pokéballs. "Tyranitar! Kommo-o! Golisopod! Houndoom! Rhyperior! Go!" The Pokéballs opens and lets out his five other Pokémon. "What do you say, everyone? Wanna teach some kids a lesson about staying out of the affairs of grownups?" All the Pokémon nodded with agreement and followed their trainer. Honchkrow had chased after Crobat for a few minutes before the bat Pokémon struck Honchkrow with a Cross Poison attack.
Honchkrow started to fall to the ground, but quickly regained its balance. Crobat returned to Gladion as he joined his sister and her friends. Honchkrow flew back to its trainer and perched on Rhyperior.
"So, how is everything so far?" Sora asked.
"Those guys have fled. They just couldn't handle us very well," Kiawe said.
"Then we won!" Mallow cheered.
"Not yet you didn't," the marader said.
"Who the hell are you?" Kiawe asked.
"The leader of the men you drove away," the marader leader answered. "Me and my Pokémon has a huge problem with that." Sora growled at that statement.
"Why attack a village? What did these people do to you?" Sora questioned.
"I just want to show them that the strong has the right to live in this world and the weak does not," the marader Leader said. Sora didn't like that response; neither did Gladion.
"If you think that way, then you are weak yourself," Gladion stated. The marader leader glared at the blonde Pokémon trainer.
"What did you say to me?!" He snarled.
"Those who think that the strong who believes they shall rule over the weak is a coward in my eyes. I find it unforgivable to attack innocent people without reason and without cause," Gladion said. The marader glared at Gladion with rage grinding his teeth
"I didn't come here to be lectured by some kid who dosen't know a thing about life! I'll say it again, in life the strong is to rule over the weak and this village is full of weaklings and we were spreading our message to the world and you kids are making everyone forget the message!" The marader leader said.
"Wow. I find your words to be amazing. And how do you ask? I'm very amazed by the fact that every word that came out of your mouth is absolutely wrong," Sora said. The marader didn't like Sora's tone either. "Your idea to spread the word of strong people being in charge is by destroying towns and hurting people who didn't do a thing to deserve it. That isn't for you to decide!"
The marader leader shouted, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT FOR ME TO DECIDE?! WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!"
Sora took a deep breath and replied, "People and Pokémon can get stronger when time passes. You can't just expect to have great strength and use it on whoever you want. Also, Pokémon aren't meant to be used for that either. You said he didn't know a thing about life, when he does know a thing about hardships and regrets. He didn't make the right decision growing up either, but at least he knows when to use power and where and how to use it." Gladion smiled and closed his eyes.
"Riku would say the same thing," Gladion said in his thoughts. "And so would Hau."
Ciel and Celine were amazed by how mature it came from him, but they both knew he was right. The strong shouldn't abuse their strength against those weaker than themselves. The marader didn't seem to take that to heart.
"You really are a dumb kid. You don't know that the survival of the human race depends on strength and strength alone. I don't belive the fact weak people gets stronger and stronger. Once a weakling, always a weakling. That's the policy I live by and that's a policy I'm always going to stand by," the marader said. Sora shook his head.
"I guess there's no point in trying to help someone who dosen't want to be helped. I guess I'll have to battle you and show you my strength," Sora said. Gladion stepped up.
"Wrong! We both will," Gladion said. Sora smiled and he accepted his help. The marader laughed.
"Two against one? That sounds like an unfair fifht! And that's how I like it!" The marader said looking at his Tyranitar. "You ready to rumble, Tyranitar!" The large Pokémon nodded as it enters the battle. He turns to Golisopod and it joins in too. Sora took his Pokédex and scanned the Tyranitar in front of him.
Tyranitar, the Armor Pokémon
The evolved form of Pupitar
Type: Rock/Dark
Tyranitar is so overwhelmingly powerful, it can bring down a whole mountain to make its nest. This Pokémon wanders about in mountains seeking new opponents to fight.
"You got two opponents ready to go!" Sora said turning to Chikorita. "You're up, Chikorita!" The leaf Pokémon nodded and entered the battle. Gladion kept the Water Memory Disc in because of Tyranitar's Typings. The marader grinned. Tyranitar's ability, Sand Stream activates after entering the battle.
"Golisopod! First Impression!" The marader leader ordered. As the battle starts, Golisopod quickly dashes right in front of Chikorita so fast it seems to disappear for a second. It then strikes the Johto Grass starter with one of its claws. "Tyranitar! Use Rock Slide!" Tyranitar forms rocks around itself and fires rocks at both Pokémon.
"Silvally! Multi-Attack! Grind those rocks into powder!" Gladion ordered. Silvally uses its signature attack to turn the stones to dust.
"How about I make things gloomy for you. Golisopod! Rain Dance!" The marader ordered. Golisopod raises its claws in the air and summoms a dark rain cloud making it rain. Kairi, the Alolan nine, and the twins wondered he had Golisopod use Rain Dance to cancel out Sand Stream. Even Sora and Gladion were caught off guard by his decision.
"What do you think, Gladion? You think he's leading us on to something?" Sora asked.
"I think so, otherwise he wouldn't pull this off," Gladion.
"Tyranitar! Thunder!" The marader leader ordered. Tyranitar roared as its body became surrounded by yellow electrical energy and sends it out to both Pokémon shocking them both. Silvally was caused heavy damage due to the Water Memory Disc.
"Chikorita!" Sora called out.
"Silvally!" Gladion called out.
Both Pokémon were down, but not out. They slowly got back on their feet, refusing to stay down. The marader leader just smirked at the sight.
"I guess your Pokémon are just gluttons for punishment. Better wrap this up. Golisopod! Razor Shell! Tyranitar! Ice Fang!" Golisopod's claws starts clowing light blue and headed towards Chikorita. Tyranitar headed towards Silvally with its fangs emitting ice. Just as Golisopod was about to strike at Chikorita, she used her Vine Whip to stop it and fired Razor Leaf in the face. Didn't stop Golisopod and it struck Chikorita hard with Razor Shell. Chikorita refused to stay down and she started to evolve. Chikorita's evolution took everyone by surprise. Sora's Chikorita is now a Bayleef. Sora especially couldn't believe it.
"Bayleef," Sora said in awe. The newly evolved Bayleef looked at her trainer and he smiled at her. "Let's do this thing!" Bayleef nodded in agreement. "Bayleef! Razor Leaf!" Bayleef swung her leaves and they fire leaves hitting the both water bug and armor Pokémon . It was much stronger than as a Chikorita. "Now use Vine Whip!" Bayleef stuck them both with her vines. He turned to Gladion.
"Okay Gladion! Your turn!" Sora said.
"With pleasure! Silvally! Multi-Attack!" Gladion ordered. Silvally used its signature attack and dealt damage on both opposing Pokémon. Tyranitar and Golisopod was still standing. Golisopod flows back inside its Pokéball on its own.
"What was that?" Ciel asked.
"That was Golisopod's ability, Emergency Exit," Celine answered. "Golisopod retreats when it senses danger. It happens when it feels close to losing a battle."
"Golisopd made the right choice to get out of there. The next Pokémon I'll be sending out is going to be Honchkrow," the marader leader said.
Honchkrow flew in Golisopod's place. Sora looked over to his Bayleef and noticed how tired she got from the battle. Sora calls Bayleef back just so she can rest. He looked over to Pikachu, but Gligar stepped in.
"You want to battle, Gligar?" Sora asked. Gligar nodded. "Okay. Go for it." Gigar enters the battle while Gladion calls back Silvally and sends out Crobat.
"This should be fun! Honchkrow! Tyranitar! Get them both!" The marader leader told his Pokémon. They both headed towards the Flying Types hoping to take them out quick. Sora turns to Gladion.
"Which one do you want?" Sora asked. Gladion looked at the raven Pokémon.
"Honchkrow is mine," Gladion said.
"Great! I have no problem taking out Tyranitar," Sora said. "Gligar! Fly circles around Tyranitar!" Gligar did fly around the armor Pokémon trying to catch it off gurad.
"Ice Fang!" The marader leader ordered. Tyranitar tried to land an icy bite on the fly scorpion Pokémon, but it's having a hard time due to Gligar's speed.
"Steel Wing!" Sora called out. Gligar swiped at Tyranitar with Steel Wing the results ends up being the same. "X-Scissor!" Gligar gave Tyranitar an X-Scissor on the chest dealing heavy damage. Tyranitar falls to the ground beaten. As for Crobat, Honchkrow was softened up from their last enounter, so the bat Pokémon quickly disposed the raven Pokémon. Crobat gave Honchkrow a Cross Poison on the side making Honchkrow fall to the ground.
The marader leader didn't expect to be losing the battle, but he really had enough taking abuse from these two young Pokémon trainers.
"Enough is enough! I'm not losing to you two punks! Houndoom! Kommo-o! Rhyperior! Get those kids!" The marader leader ordered. The three reamaining Pokémon charges towards the group to get to them. Ciel and Celine saw this coming.
"No you don't!" Ciel said.
"You're not getting away with this! Togepi! Togetic! Togekiss! Use Dazzling Gleam!" Celine ordered. All three of the Togepi line releases a sparkling rainbow light from their bodies and sends it out to the opposing Pokémon.
"Jolteon! Vaporoeon! Flareon! Thunderbolt, Hydro Pump, and Flamethrower on Houndoom! Leafeon! Glaceon! Sylveon! Razor Leaf, Ice Beam, and Fairy Wind on Rhyperior and Kommo-o!" Ciel ordered. The remaining Pokémon were all brought down as fast as a whip; even more so after taking Dazzling Gleam. The marader leader calls back all of his Pokémon in an attempt to flee.
"I'm out of here!" The marader leader said, but he quickly found himself by some of the townspeople. It turns out, they noticed how quiet it was and heard and watched the battle. He looked at the people and saw they weren't afraid of him anymore. The people had hog-tied him and threw him in a local jailhouse to await judgement.
On the very next morning, the group were treated as heroes for thwarting the maraders and saving their village.
"We are mighty grateful to you. We simply cannot thank you enough for saving our village from those scoundrels and taking down their leader," the mayor said. Sora scratched the back of his head.
"We only did what anyone would have done in this kind of situation," Sora said.
"And that selfless act you and your friends have displayed saving the people and the Pokémon in the village had its courage rub onto us. As we watched you battle their ruthless leader, we have gained the courage we lacked and now our village will be safe since we will not be seeing them again," the mayor said. That was good news for everyone to hear. They all hoped those other guys will probably get what is coming to them.
Meanwhile not too far away, they did get what they deserve. They were all arrested for their anarchy by the international police and one of them was made to tell them where their leader is.
As the day went on, the village threw a party in honor of Sora and his friends along with the twins. Gladion showed no interest in the festivities and left. Looker came to the village and took the leading marader into custody and vowed that he'll get what was coming.
As the day came to a close, Sora and Kairi looked out the window. Sora held Kairi by the shoulder.
"Loads of fun, huh?" Sora asked his girlfriend.
"Sure us. This town is actually a nice if you look pass the destruction," Kairi said.
"Gotta admit, I wasn't expecting to bump into Gladion like that. But, it was nice to see him, though," Sora said.
"And if he's here, then Hau isn't far behind," Kairi said.
"Yeah. Haven't seen him since the party back home. And I'm not going to be surprised to bump into him again. He his Decidueye and his Raichu are probably having a blast down here in Johto," Sora said. Kairi giggles.
"Nope. And I think he'd be surprised to see how good a trainer I got since I caught Jigglypuff," Kairi said.
"Yeah. Just don't expect him to go easy on you just because he's our friend," Sora said. He and Kairi both shared a laugh.
"You don't need to worry. I only got so good just by watching you," Kairi said. "You gave me strength the same way I gave you strength."
"If that guy was a lot like us, then I guess he wouldn't believe that talk about strong people ruling over weak people," Sora said.
"Yeah. But I just can't say the same thing about Silver," Kairi said.
"I'm not sure why he is the way he is, but I know he'll see how wrong he is," Sora said. Kairi blinked twice.
"Why's that?" Kairi asked.
"Something had to happen to make Silver lash out like that. I don't know if Gladion met him yet, but I doubt he found it easy against him. Gladion is a bit on the serious side, but Gladion is a nice guy because he has a sister like Lillie," Sora said.
Kairi understood what he meant. She remembered when a thief with a Farfetch'd stole Snowy and Ponyta from her and Gladion went out of his way to get them back for her. Kairi kinda wished she had a brother like Gladion. But she had to count herself lucky, because she has a great boyfriend like Sora. Kairi wrapped her arms around Sora's neck.
"Oh Sora," Kairi said in a playful tone. Sora was about to respond when she planted a kiss on his lips.
"What was that for?" Sora asked.
"Just wanted to kiss you again," Kairi said giggled.
"We kissed several times at the festival. And all those village boys were having their eyes on you," Sora said.
"Just not enough," Kairi said. "And having all those village girls eyeing you didn't help so much either; especially when I had my eyes on you first." Sora chuckled.
"My eyes are on you and only you," Sora said kissing Kairi on the forehead. "And it's not going to change." Kairi smiled as she knew he meant it. Sora and Kairi kissed each other on the lips ever so passionately. Ciel and Celine were watching through the crack on the door and were watching and listening to the whole thing. Celine was more of a romance enthusiast, but her sister not so much. But she was happy to see them in such a loving relationship.
"It's must be so nice to be in such a loving relationship," Celine said.
"Yeah. It sure is. Not much into romance, but I'll admit, it's pretty nice," Ciel said.
"I guess it won't be long before someone has his eye on you," Celine teased.
"Celine, don't tease me like that. You know I don't like that," Ciel hissed.
"Sorry. Just couldn't help it," Celine said.
The twins entered the room they're staying at, sharing it with Lillie, Lana, and Mallow.
On the very next morning, the travelers said their goodbyes to the villagers and continued on towards Olivine City while the twins went their own way. Despite a long day and a fierce battle, they managed to have some fun the day before. Also, their courage had been passed down to its inhabitants.