Episode 134: Spring Fever
After meeting up with their old friend, Todd, the Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine are joined by the young photographer for the search of the legendary bird Pokémon known as Articuno.
They went deeper in the mountains and they come to a cliff facing a tall mountain with its top shrouded in a cloud.
"Look at the size of that mountain," Lillie said.
"I know, it's huge," Kiawe said.
"It has got to be one of the tallest mountain I have ever seen," Hapu said.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Sora?" Todd asked.
"Articuno has to be roosting somewhere on that mountain," Sora said.
"You guys might be right. A picture of an Articuno will be very valuable," Kiawe said.
"Just about anyone would do just about anything to see a picture of an Articuno," Sophocles said.
"Yeah. It'll be my most prized picture yet!" Todd said.
"But, before we go anyfurther, how about we make a stop for some lunch first," Acerola suggested.
"I think you're right, Acerola. This looks like a perfect stop for lunch anyway," Kairi said. That made Sora beam with happiness and delight on having to taste Kairi's cooking once again.
"That's a great idea, Kairi. I'm starting to get hungry, anyway. And I'm going to guess Sophocles is too," Sora said looking at him with his mouth drooling.
For lunch, Kairi had prepared some riceballs for everyone. Todd got a taste of Kairi's riceballs and was amzed by the taste.
"Wow! This is great, Kairi!" Todd said. "I can see why Sora enjoys it so much," Todd said as he took a bite.
"Thanks Todd. Just makes me happy to see others enjoy it so much," Kairi said.
"Anything she makes just tastes great. But, the air up here makes the food taste even better," Sora said taking a bite. "Her hands are hands are magic."
"again with the flatter," Kairi said giggling. Togepi tries to open a canteen.
"Toge, Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped getting Kairi's attention.
"What is it, baby? Are you thirsty," Kairi asked.
"Toge," Togepi nodded. Kairi opened the flask and poured some water in the cap for Togepi to drink out of. Little d they know, a Swinub comes out of the corner of a rock and eyes the riceball Sophocles was about to eat.
"Swinub!" The Swinub shouted, startling Sophocles making him drop the riceball. The swinub starts to eat it. Sora, Kairi, Todd, Pikachu, the Pichu, and the rest of the Alolan nine wall watched the Swinub eat the riceball fast.
"A Swinub," Hapu said.
"Not unusual to see one up in the mountains," Illima said. Two more Swinub had shown up and started to eat the same riceball.
"I guess these little guys likes Kairi's cooking too," Todd said snapping a picture.
"Actually, I think they're girls; all three of them," Kairi corrected the photograper.
"And they must like eating more than Sophocles does," Sora joked.
"Hey! I'm right here!" Sophocles hissed. Sora laughed along with Mallow, Lana, and Kiawe. "That wasn't funny!" Sophocles puffed his cheeks.
"Hey! Quit stealing food from strangers!" A new voice called out. The voice belonged to a little girl with her green hair in little pigtails wearing an orange shirt, blue shorts and red shoes over white socks and violet eyes. "Cut it out right this minute!" The Swinub stops eating and huddled up to her. "That's very rude." She turns to the visitors. "I'm so very sorry about them. I hope they haven't caused you any trouble."
"Don't worry about it. We still have plenty of food with us," Sora said.
"And they're very cute in mu opinion," Kairi said.
"They're very hard to control when they're hungry and smell stuff to eat," the little girl explained. "Where are your manners, Su, Ein, and Ub?"
"I'm going to guess those are they're names, right?" Hapu asked.
"That's right: the girl said. She placed her hand on the Swinub on her left. "This one is Su." She places her hand on the one on her right. "This one is Ein." She picks the one in the middle. "And this one is Ub. And my name is Peggy."
"Good to meet you, Peggy. My name is Sora," Sora introduced himself. "Along with my best friend and partner, Pikachu, and his adoptive little brothers the Pichu."
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
"Pi," thhe Shiny Pichu said.
"Chu," the spiky-eared Pichu said.
"My name is Kairi and this little cutie is Togepi," Kairi introduced herself and Togepi.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
"My name is Todd," he introduced.
"My name is Lillie."
"I am Illima."
"I'm Mallow."
"My name's Kiawe."
"I'm Lana."
"My name's Sophocles."
"The name's Acerola."
"Mina."
"And I'm Hapu."
"So, do Su, Ein, and Ub belong to you?" Kairi asked.
"No. They belong to my father," Peggy said.
"Your dad?" Kairi asked.
"Uh-huh. I'll even take you to meet my daddy if you want," Peggy offered.
"Sure. Why not?" Sora accepted the offer. Peggy led the group to the site she and her father are staying at while working. "Daddy!" The man has thick black hair and a thick beard. He wore a turquoise shirt under a dark blue vest jacket, gray jeans and brown shoes. He turned to see his daughter bringing back the three missing Swinub.
"Oh, Peggy! It's a good thing you found Su, Ein, and Ub. I was starting to worry,' Peggy's father said. He noticed the twleve other kids with his daughter. "Who are your friends, honey?"
"These are Sora, Kairi, Todd, Lillie, Illima, Mallow, Kiawe, Lana, Sophocles, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu. I met them when Su, Ein, and Ub was eating some of their food," Peggy introduced the group.
"But, we forgave them for it, sir. They didn't cause too much trouble," Sora said. "And besides, it was just one riceball."
"That's good to hear. They get pretty hard to control whenever they smell food. Anyway, my name is Rory and if figured it out, I'm Peggys father," Rory said.
"So, what brings you two up in these mountains?" Kiawe asked.
"My dad is a professional hot springs digger," Peggy answered.
"And we've been working up in these mountains for a month," Rory added.
"A whole month?" Lillie asked.
"That sounds cool," Lana said.
"A big hotel company hired me to find some hot springs. I dig 'em out and they build resorts," Rory said.
"Really?" Sophocles said.
"I travel all around the world and help daddy, Su, Ein, and Ub," Peggy added.
"The company that hired me wants to build a resort up here, but to do that, I have to find for a hot spring just so they can," Rory said.
"I guess you can find a hot spring with all the experince you have," Illima said, making Rory frown.
"Oh, all my experince hasn't helped us much in the last few months, I'm afraid," Rory said sadly.
"We can't seem to find hot springs anymore." Peggy said. The group all shared a frown.
"Too bad. It must be pretty hard for you," Sora said.
"You are right. It is hard for us," Rory said. "But, I won't throw in the towel just yet."
"How do you find a hot spring to begin with?" Kairi asked.
"I'm glad you asked. From my little helpers of course," Rory said making the Swinub jump excitedly. Then it hit Lillie.
"Of course. The Swinub can smell for things. They must be able to smell for steam of hot water," Lillie said.
"That's right, Lillie," Peggy nodded. "How do you know so much?"
"I read in a book that pig Pokémon like Swinub has a keen sense of smell depending on what they're looking for. Chefs at various restrurants often used them to sniff for wild truffles to use," Lillie said. That gave Sora an idea.
"I think I know what you're getting at, Lillie," Sora said taking out a Pokéball. He tosses it letting out Piloswine.
"Why are you letting out Piloswine?" Kiawe asked.
"Lillie did say that pig Pokémon has a keen sense of smell, right?" Sora asked.
"Yes, I did say that," Lillie said.
"I thought maybe my Piloswine can help out since Swinub can evolve into Piloswine and help out by sniffing for the steam of the hot water," Sora said.
"I think you wanted to test out your Piloswine's sense of smell, like when you volunteered your Growlithe to work like a police Pokémon before evolving into Arcanine," Kiawe said.
"A good trainer should get to know what their Pokémon is capable of. How else can a Pokémon Master have a good connection with his Pokémon?" Sora asked.
"He does have a point," Hapu said. "I'm the same way with Mudsdale."
"And Piloswine can be a pretty big help since four heads are better than three; even better than a Dodrio's," Sora said. That made Peggy laugh. "Okay Piloswine. How about you lend a hoof and help Su, Ein, and Ub search for some hot springs?" Piloswine nodded liking that idea. "Thought so. Give a whiff. What you're looking for is a steamy smell. Su, Ein, and Ub will be sniffing around too.
Piloswine, Su, Ein, and Ub sniffs around for the steamy smelling around for the steamy smell. The little pig Pokémon starts circling around making Piloswine starting to get dizzy.
"Look! They found something! This could be the spring we're looking for!" Rory said taking out a Pokéball. "Go Graveler!" Once Graveler is let out, the rock Pokémon starts digging. "Whenever there are hot springs, my graveler will find them."
"So, Graveler does all the digging," Acerola said.
"Now that's clever," Hapu said.
"I've gotta shoot a picture of this!" Todd said taking a picture.
While Graveler dug for hot springs, they were being watched by two men in their late twenties. One had long blonde hair while the other had short hair of the same color.
"What do you think, Stan? You think there might be some hot springs up here?" The blonde man with the short hair asked.
"I think it does, Dan. Otherwise, we wouldn't be up here looking for it," Stan answered. "But, what I didn't count on while being up here, that it was a lot harder than I thought it would be."
"Yeah. We didn't have a plan before we got started up here," Dan said.
"That's true, little brother. But, our problems are over. We have three little Swinub and a pretty big Piloswine. Pig Pokémon like those can sniff them out and we can do some digging," Stan said.
"That's a good idea, but how about we help them out instead," Dan suggested. Stan looked at his brother for a moment.
"Help them?" Stan asked.
"Hear me out, hear me out. How about we stick around and help that guy and those kids find the hot springs and then just steal it right under their noses?" Dan asked.
"No! That won't work!" Stan stated. "We'll just stick with my plan," Stan said. He anazyled the Swinub. "We'll have to scratch the Piloswine, since it looks too heavy to carry, but those Swinub will do much better." Dan nodded with agreement. "Let's get to work." The two brothers put on some brown jumpsuits and yellow hardhaats and carrying pickaxes.
Graveler came out the hole it was digging and waited for some hot water to come gushing out, but so far, nothing.
"I knew it was too good to be true. Nothing again," Rory said in a sigh. "I guess I was wrong again. Sora hung hung his head in defeat. Kairi patted her boyfriend's back for comfort.
"I thought for sure, Piloswine would be able to find some hot springs," Sora sighed.
"It's okay, Sora. You did your best. You always do your best. And you always come out a winner to the end," Kairi comforted him. Sora smiled.
"Thanks Kairi. You always know what to say," Sora said. Sora was very proud to have a girlfriend like her.
"Are they boyfriend and girlfriend?" Peggy asked.
"Yeah," Mina said.
"I thought they were, because they've been standing next to each other so much," Peggy said.
"Hate to change the subject, I'm thinking this dosen't surprise you one bit, right?" Hapu asked.
"No. Daddy hasn't been able to find any good springs for months. He had to quit his last two jobs because of the hard time they've been having," Peggy said.
"Well, finding hot springs isn't easy. Even for Swinub and Piloswine," Lillie said.
"She's right. We all had the right idea," Illima said.
"Yeah. But, we're starting to run out of food and other supplies. I hope we find a hot spring pretty soon," Peggy said.
"I hope so too, Peggy," Kairi said. Everyone turned to see Rory laughing and playing with the Swinub.
"Hey you little rascals. Don't worry, we'll find those hot springs soon," Rory said laughing.
"Daddy plays with the Swinub almost as much as I do," Peggy said. Rory took out some Pokémon food for the Swinub to eat.
"Now don't these look yummy? Here, have one, Pikachu," Rory offered.
"Pika!" Pikachu said eating the piece offered to him.
"And here's some for the two of you," Rory offered to the Pichu. The two tiny mouse Pokémon ate the pieces offered to them.
"Pikachu, Pika," Pikachu said to the Pichu. Both Pichu knew it was just to tahnk him.
"Pichu, Pi!" Both Pichu said happily.
"Glad that yu two little guys enjoy them," Rory said. The two Pichu started to play with Su, Ein, and Ub already becoming fast friends.
"Look at that, it's so cute. They're friends already," Kairi cooed.
"They obviously like those Swinub. And they like the Pichu back," Sora said.
The two Pichu and the three Swinub continued playing with Rory when they two men spying on them comes down from their hiding place wearing a pair of sunglasses each.
"You ready?" Stan asked.
"Only when you are," Dan asnwered.
"Good man," Stan said. Let's do this." He and Dan headed down to Rory to put their plan into motion. "Oh, there you are. We've been looking everywhere for you."
"Who are you?" Rory asked.
"The company that hired you has sent us to assist you since you haven't been having too much luck lately," Dan said.
"They decided that three is better than two," Stan said.
"This is wonderful! Just what we need!" Rory smiled.
"Now let's get cracking because that hot spring isn't going to find itself," Stan said.
Sora Kairi, Todd, and the Alolan nine were relieved to see someone lending a hand for Rory and his daughter.
"I think we should lend a hand too, since the work can go much faster," Hapu said.
"That's a good idea, Hapu. We should all pitch in," Sora said. He turned to his Piloswine. "Wanna try again, Piloswine?" Piloswine nodded and helped his pre-evolved forms search for the hot spring.
Everyone dug for the hot spring and they didn't even feel even the slightest warmest steam shoot out. Sophocles wiped off some sweat.
"This one is much dryer than a Cubone's bone," Sophocles said.
"No hot spring," Lana pouted.
Over to Stan and Dan, they stopped digging and they made sudden realization about their plan.
"I don't think we can find any hot springs around here, Stan," Dan said.
"I think you're right. We'll have to accelerate our goal," Stan said.
"Who's gonna get the Swinub?" Dan asked his brother.
"You are. And I'll be meeting you over to that way," Stan said pointing to his right.
"Right," Dan said. Stan went the one way while Dan grabbed a burlap sack to bag the Swinub inside. Once he was certain no one was around, he whistled to the little pig Pokémon. "Here, Swinub, Swinub, Swinub. Some yummy treats inside this sack." The Swinub got excited and and he bagged them. "Gotcha, you little piggies!" The Swinub then started to stuggle inside. He laughed to himself. "Like taking candy from a baby." One of the Swinub tried to get out, but he kept her inside the bag. "Oh, no you don't! Stay in there!"
Not too far, Peggy were looking for the little Swinub.
"Su, Ein, Ub, where did you all go?" Peggy called out to the Swinub.
"Swinub!" Onee of the Swinub called out. Peggy saw what was going on while Dan was keeping the Swinub from getting out. He tied the sack with a small rope.
"There! That should keep you contained!" Dan said. Peggy gasped at the sight.
"Everyone! Come quickly!" Peggy called oout to everyone getting their attention. "Su, Ein, and Ub are being taken away!"
"What?! Kiawe exclaimed.
"That cannot stand!" Illima said.
"You got that right! Which way, Peggy?" Hapu asked.
"That way!" She said, pointing to the direction she came from. The group saw the Swinub being carried in the sack. "One of the resort people are taking Su, Ein, and Ub away!"
"Hey you! Come back here with my Swinub!" Rory called out. Dan turned to see the group coming.
"Crap! Gotta get going!" Dan panicked. He took out a Pokéball and tossed it in the air. "Gumshoos! Go!" The Pokéball opens and lets out a Gumshoos. "Use your Hidden Power!" Gumshoos forms a a light green orb of energy in its mouth. It then fires the orb at the group, making them stop in their tracks. The attack crates a dust cloud and everyone shileded their eyes. Dan and his Gumshoos made a run for it while carrying the sack.
"Get back here!" Sora shouted.
"Sora wait!" Illima stops him.
"What do you mean wait? He's getting away!" Sora stated.
"We can't rush in without a plan. Pikachu and Piloswine can sniff their scent and we can follow them," Illima said. Sora nodded and took a deep breath.
"You're right, Illima. We'll have to be smart about this," Sora said. He turns to Pikachu and Piloswine. "Guys. Pick up the scent."
"Piikachu!" Pikachu said.
"Pilo!" Piloswine also said. Taking a whiff.
"One more thing," Sora said accessing his Pokédex. He exchanged Bayleef and Quilava for Noctowl and Gligar for sky support. Once the switch was done, Sora put his Pokédex away and he and the rest followed the two Pokémon.
Dan and his Gumshoos ran as fast as they could despite carrying the sack containing the three Swinub.
"You goth them?" Stan asked his brother.
"Yeah. But, now we have a problem. That guy and all those kids caught me in the act," Dan said.
"We'll have to make a break for it now; it won't be long until they catch up with us," Stan said.
"You mean like right now?" Sora called out to them. The brothers turns to see the group had finally caught up with them. "Give back those Swinub! Now!"
"And what are you going to do if we don't?" Stan taunted.
"Try us and find out!" Kiawe countered.
"You heard him, bro. Let's find out," Stan said, taking out a Pokéball. He tosses it. Magcargo! Go!" The Pokéball opens and lets out a snail-like Pokémon, with its body made out of molten lava and a rocky shell with an ember spouting out. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned the Pokémon in front of him.
Magcargo, the Lava Pokémon
The evolved form of Slugma
Type: Fire/Rock
Magcargo's shell is actually its skin that hardened as a result of cooling. Its shell is very brittle and fragile—just touching it causes it to crumble apart. Its body temperature is approximately 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Water is vaporized on contact. If this Pokémon is caught in the rain, the raindrops instantly turn into steam, cloaking the area in a thick fog.
"Not too hot for me to handle!" Sora said pulling out Totodile's Pokéball. "Totodile! Go!" Sora threw the Pokéball and Totodile dances upon entry. "Water Gun!" Totodile fires Water Gun right at the magma snail Pokémon.
"Magcargo! Overheat!" Stan ordered. Magcargo fires a huge stream of fire and it overpowers Totodile's Water Gun and lands a hit. "Now use Smokescreen!" Magcargo lets out a black cloud of smoke. "Now let's get going!" Dan didn't need to be told twice, so he and his brother started running for it.
Acerola took out Mimikyu's Pokéball and tossed it.
"Okay Mimikyu! Come on out!" Acerola said letting out her Mimikyu. "Suck up that smoke. Mimikyu inhaled all of the black smoke and once that was done, Mimikyu let out a small burp. "Great job, Mimikyu." Mimikyu did a thumbs up with her shadowy claws.
"Su, Ein, Ub!" Peggy called out.
"Gone. They couldn't have gone far," Kairi said.
"But, where could they have gone?" Mallow asked.
"It's a good thing I made a switch for such an emergency," Sora said taking out two of his Pokéballs. "Noctwol! Gligar! Go!" The Pokéballs lets out both of his Flying Type Pokémon. Stars swirls around Noctowl while Gligar stauck out his tongue on the side. "Guys, I need you to find a couple of guys carrying a burlap sack. They have three Swinub with them. Report back to us once you're done."
Noctwol and Gligar obeyed their trainer and flew to find the two guys Sora was telling them about.
"Good thinking on switching Pokémon, Sora," Todd said.
"I figured they can help us search from the sky and we can get to them on the ground," Sora said.
"Then, we don't have time to lose," Lillie said.
Over to the two brothers, they let the swinub out of the sack and they laugh.
"This is great! Not only we got clean away, but we have our own Swinub to dig us our own hot spring!" Stan said laughing.
"Yeah! I'm getting warm just thinking about it!" Dan said smiling. "We just have to get them to start smelling for it."
"How right you are, bro. Okay Swinub, start sniffing for the hot springs," Stan told them. The Swinub starts smelling around, but they were sad about being seperated from Rory and Peggy. They circle around. "Hot damn! They already found something!"
"Start digging!" Dan said as they starting digging. As they dug into the ground, they didn't find any hot wter shooting out.
"What the hell gives?! There's no water gushing out!" Stan groaned.
"We should try some place else," Dan suggested.
"It's worth a look, I guess," Stan said. The Swinub did the same thing again, and the brothers did the same thing again, only to find nothing again. Stan groans in frustration. "There's nothing! Not even gold!" He rammed his showvel into something hard and oil comes gushing out.
"Oil!" The brothers exclaimed.
"Who needs a hot spring! We've got oil instead!" Dan shouted with excitement! Stan wasn't too sure and he checked and his suspicions were confirmed.
"We didn't strike an oil well, Dan," Stan said.
"What do you mean we didn't strike an oil well?" Dan asked.
"We only struck an oil pipe. We should get going before someone from an oil company finds us and throws us in jail," Stan said. They took off with their Swinub captive Swinub unaware of Noctowl and Gligar watching them from the sky.
"There they are. We should report back to Sora right now." - Noctwol subtitle. Gligar nodded in agreement and followed the owl Pokémon back to Sora and the rest.
Sora, Kairi, Todd, Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, the Alolan nine, Rory, and Peggy continued their pursuit of the brothers and to rescue the Swinub. As they kept going, Todd stopped as he saw a blue figure fly by.
"Articuno," Todd said in his thoughts. Mallow made a stop and turned around.
"Todd?" Mallow asked. Todd turned to the Grass Type trainer. "You okay?"
"Y-yeah. Just thought I saw something," Todd said.
"What?" Mallow asked.
"I thought I saw Articuno fly by in the sky," Todd said.
You did? Sora and the others would be excited to know," Mallow said.
"I know you're right. But, that's going have to wait until we get Su, Ein, and Ub back," Todd said.
"And you're right about that," Mallow said.
"Kepp up, you two!" Hapu called out to them Mallow and TOdd caught up with the group.
"My poor Swinub," Rory said sadly.
"Don't worry, Rory," Lana said.
"We'll get them back for you," Kairi said. Noctwol and Gligar come flying back to the group. "There's Noctwol and Gligar!"
"I think they found something!" Acerola said.
"Noctowl, Gligar, did you guys find those guys?" Sora asked.Both of Sora's Flying Types nodded and pointed to their right. "That way, huh? Come on!" The group followed the two Pokémon to the snatchers.
The two brothers tried again with the Swinub, but before they could carry on, the group had found them at last.
"Got you now!" Sora called out getting their attention.
"You again!" Stan exclaimed.
"Give back those Swinub right now!" Kairi called out.
"You want them, then come and get them!" Stan said.
"Figured you were gonna go the hard way. And that is how we'll do it too!" Sora said taking out a Pokéball. "Go Totodile!" Sora threw it letting Totodile back out. Kairi and Rory took out their own Pokéballs as well.
"I choose you Smoochum!" Kairi said.
"Graveler, come on out!" Rory said letting his Graveler out to battle. The thieves threw their Pokéballs as well.
"Get in there, Magcargo!" Stan called out.
"Go Gumshoos!" Dan called out.
Magcargo and Gumshoos were let out to battle against Sora, Kairi, and Rory. None of the three Pokémon were intimidated by them.
"Don't think you're going to best my Totodile again just like last time!" Sora said. "Totodile! Water Gun on that Magcargo!" Totodile fired Water Gun right at Magcargo.
"Okay Magcargo! Use Overheat!" Stan ordered. Magcargo fired a stream of fire right towards Totodile again.
"Don't think so! Smoochum! Stop Overheat with your Confusion!" Kairi ordered. Smoochum's eyes glows blue and it controls Overheat, sending it back to its owner. Magcargo gets hit by its own attack and Totodile's Water Gun as well, dealing twice the damage.
"Gumshoos! Crunch on that Smoochum!" Dan ordered. Gumshoos ran towards Smoochum to deliver a strong bite on the kiss Pokémon, but Rory stepped in.
"Graveler! Stop that Gumshoos with your Dpuble-Edge!" Rory ordered. Graveler's body glows silver and lands a tackle on Gumshoos.
"Thanks Rory!" Kairi said thanking him.
"Anytime Kairi!" Rory said.
"You're going to pay for that! Magcargo! Earth Power!" Stan ordered. Magcargo's body glows in an orange aura and the ground cracks underneath and the cracks moves further towards Graveler.
"Dodge and use Heavy Slam!" Rory ordered. Graveler jumps and heads down towards the snail Pokémon to land heavy damage to it.
"Dodge and use Smokescreen!" Stan ordered. Magcargo sends out a black of smoke once again.
"I don't think so!" Kiawe said taking out a Pokéball and throws it. "Marowak! Go!" The Pokéball opens and lets out Marowak. "Blow that smoke away with Shadow Bone!" Marowak's bone emits a shadowy aura and cuts through the smoke. "Great! Get to the Swinub!" Marowak does so, but the brothers tries to stop him.
"Oh no you don't!" Stan said, both him and his brother holding up shovels to smack him. "You're not going through us!"
"Iron Head!" Kiawe ordered. Marowak's head glows metallicly and rams into the brothers. Marowak lets out the Swinub and they run back to their trainer.
"Su, Ein, Ub! I'm so happy that you're okay!" Rory said.
"Me too!" Peggy added.
The Swinub then turns to the men who stole them from their trainer.
"What's the matter?" Rory asked.
The Swinub growls and glares at them and that's when it struck Rory. Todd gets his camera ready.
"I have got to get a shot of this," Todd said, snapping a picture.
"What's the deal with them?" Stan asked.
"The deal is, they're very angry at you for stealing them from me and my daughter, and they want to pay you back! And so do I!" Rory stated. "Su, Ein, Ub! Go!" The Swinub obeys and heads off into battle.
"Don't think those little pip squeaks are going to scare off my Magcargo so easily! Overheat!" Stan ordered. Magcargo sends out Overheat, but it's a tad weaker than the last time it was used.
"Gumshoos! Hidden Power!" Dan ordered. Gumshoos forms a light green from its mouth and sends out to one of the Swinub.
"Su! Dodge it!" Rory called out. Su avoids the attack. "Okay Ein! Use your Take Down on Gumshoos!" Ein rams into the mongoose Pokémon. "Ub! Use Mud Shot on Magcargo!" Ub sends out a huge ball of mud and it hits Magcargo dead-on.
Sora, Kairi, Todd, and the Alolan nine were all impressed by how well those Swinub were battling. Even Peggy was impressed, but it didn't surprise her to see how skilled her dad is in a battle. Todd snaps some pictures for the occasion.
"What great snapshots these will make!" Todd said snapping pictures.
"Su, Ein, Ub! All of you use Powder Snow!" Rory ordered. The three Swinub fires Powder Snow hitting both Pokémon at once and freezing their trainers in the process. "That is what you get for stealing my Swinub from me!
"And now you're going to be sent flying!" Sora stated, turning to his girlfriend. "Wanna do the honors, Kairi?"
"My pleasure," Kairi accepted. "Smoochum! Confusion!" Smoochum's eyes glows blue and she levitated both trainers and Pokémon in the air. Smoochum sends them flying in the air, making them scream.
Not too far, Mad Ivan is seen surveying the area for any signs of Articuno, but so far he didn't even find a blue plume. He turns his head when he heard some screams going over him.
"Articuno?" Mad Ivan asked looking around. "Perhaps not. I'll have to keep looking." And he did exactly that as he continued hus search for the legendary Pokémon.
"Thank you very much! It's thanks to you we have all of our Swinub back safe and sound!" Peggy thanked the older kids.
"Those Swinub are a lot tougher than I thought," Sora said.
"They may not be able to find hot springs like they used to, but they put up one heck of a battle," Rory said. The Swinub leaves Rory's arms and they sniff around, but for some reason, they are even more full of energy than usual. "Look! They found something!"
"Could it be it?" Lana asked.
"Only one to find out," Rory said. He turned to the rock Pokémon. "Graveler, start digging!" Graveler starts digging after the Swinub moves out of the way.
"Is it a hot spring, this time?" Peggy asked.
"Let's wait and see," Rory said. They waited for a few moments as Graveler kept digging. After waiting a few moments, Graveler came rushing out and hot water erpupts out of the ground. Everyone were at awe and happiness that the Swinub had finally found a hot spring. "They did it! They finally found a hot spring! Yeah baby, yeah!"
"Isn't it great, guys? They finally found a hot spring," Acerola said.
"I think battling has made them stronger and improved their sense of smell," Illima said.
"Sure looks like it," Sophocles said.
"Yeah," Mina said.
"Su, Ein, Ub, you were great," Peggy said proudly.
"It's times like this that I'm glad I'm always carrying a camera," Todd said snapping a picture.
Everyone returned to the spot Rory and Peggy were staying at, as everyone were preparing to depart.
"You sure you have to take off? It was loads of fun," Peggy said.
"We'd like to, but we have a mission to go back to," Sora said.
"I'm sure all of you will drop by once the resort is finished and try out the hot spring," Rory said.
"And that we will love very much," Sora said.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu chirped.
"Thanks guys!" Peggy called out to the group when they started to take their leave. "Bye!"
"Best of luck on your journey!" Rory called out to the group.
"Thanks! And take care of yourselves and the Swinub!" Kairi called out. Todd turned and faced the mountain they were looking at earlier.
"Now I know Articuno is somewhere on that mountain! Nothing is going to stop me from getting it's picture!" Todd said.
"Then let's get the show on the road, guys!" Sora said.
Kairi and the Alolan nine all agreed and they proceeded on with their journey to find Articuno. But as for Mad Ivan, he was determined to find the legendary bird of ice and weaponize it for world domination. How will Sora and his friends stop him from doing so? Just wait and find out.