Episode 145: Sparkle the Ampharos
It was later in the same day that Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, and the Alolan nine all arrived in Olivine City and the battle with the Gym Leader was closer than ever. Nurse Joy hands Sora his Pokémon back to him.
"There you go. Your Pokémon are fighting fit," Nurse Joy said.
"Thanks Nurse Joy," Sora said, taking back his Pokémon.
"It was my pleasure. Are you by any chance here to challenge the Gym Leader of the Olivine City Gym?" Nurse Joy asked the young Pokémon trainer.
"Yeah I am. That's why me and my friends all came here," Sora said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
"Well, you should be in luck because the Gym Leader here goes by Jasmine and she specializes with Steel Type Pokémon," Nurse Joy said.
"Jasmine, huh? And she uses Steel Types," Sora said, stroking his chin. He already had his Quilava and Gliscor with him so he figured he'd have to make two more exchanges for the battle. Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee. "I think I already know which ones to use." Sora turned to go to rejoin his friends, but he turns back around. "Thanks for the tip, Nurse Joy." The young nurse smiled and nodded. Sora accessed his Pokédex and exchanged Bayleef and Croconaw for Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee. "There!" Sora rejoined his friends as Kairi had introduced Raichu, Shuckle, and Raticate to her new Abra. Kairi's new Pokémon is already fitting in.
"Looks like Abra is fitting in just nicely," Sora said.
"Sure is," Kairi said. Sora placed his arm around Kairi's shoulder, making Abra jealous in the process. "So, any clue on the new Gym Leader, Sora?"
"Only that her name is Jasmine and she uses Steel Types," Sora explained. He pulls out two Pokéballs. "And I just got Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee sent here since they're both Fighting Types and they both know Fire Punch and Blaze Kick."
"Good thinking. Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan would be a good choice to use. The same for Gliscor and Quilava since being Fire and Ground Types," Kairi said.
"And I think some training would do me some good," Sora said.
"You don't mind if I join you, do you?" Kairi asked.
"As if I leave you behind," Sora said. That made her giggle.
"I thought you would say that," Kairi said.
With that said, Kairi calls back all of her Pokémon and joined her boyfriend to train for his Gym battle.
Once they found a good spot, Sora called out Quilava, Gliscor, Hitmonchan, and Hitmonlee to do some training. Quilava was firing Flamethrower while Gliscor flew up in the air and swiping at Quilava with his claws. Hitmonchan was launching some punches while Hitmonlee was practicing some kicks.
Unknown to the couple or anyone else, a Rockruff exited off a ship and sniffed around for a bit. A Cutiefly buzzed off a different ship and flew around for a bit. Cutiefly flew doing some looking around when she spots something that caught its eye; a girl holding a Togepi. Cutiefly flew over to Kairi and landed on her shoulder. Togepi took notice of the Bug and Fairy Type Pokémon resting on her shoulder.
"Toge, Toge, Toge!" Togepi chirped. Kairi looked at her baby Pokémon.
"Hm? Is something wrong, Togepi?" Kairi asked. "Is there something on my-" she turned to see the little Pokémon on her shoulder. "Oh! Hi there. Where did you come from?" Cutiefly turned to face her. She slowly tapped Sora on his shoulder. He turned around and saw the little Pokémon on his girlfriend's shoulder.
"Is that a Cutiefly?" Sora asked.
"It is. And it's a girl Cutiefly. I don't know who's this is and where she came from," Kairi said.
"Well, wherever it came from, I think this little Cutiefly likes you a lot, Kairi," Sora said.
"Yeah? Well, I think I like her too," Kairi said. She took out a Pokéball, and Cutiefly landed right on the button. The Pokéball opens and the bee fly Pokémon flows inside. Stars swirls around the Pokéball confirming the catch. Sora hands Kairi his Pokédex and it asks her if she wants to keep Cutiefly with her or send her off to Professor Oak. She decides to keep Cutiefly in exchange for Shuckle.
Sora went back to some more training and that was when Riku, Naminé, Eevee, and Azurill came along and caught Sora training for his upcoming Gym battle.
"Doing some training I see," Riku said. The couple and Sora's Pokémon turned to see Riku, Naminé, Eevee, and Azurill come along.
"Riku," Sora said.
"Naminé," Kairi said.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"Toge, Toge!" Togepi chirped excitedly seeing Azurill again.
"Azu! Azu! Azu!" Azurill chirped happily.
"It's been a while," Naminé said.
"It sure has," Kairi agreed. Both Kairi and Naminé placed their baby Pokémon down to the ground just so they can play with each other.
"So, what's new with you?" Riku asked.
"Well, everything was almost the same since we heard you saw that new kind of Pokémon. The kind with the hex nut head," Sora said.
"WAIT A MINUTE! YOU SAW THEM TOO?!" Riku exclaimed.
"I did. Professor Oak also mentioned that you Naminé, Takato, Takuya and the others did too," Sora said. Riku looked over to Sora and he wondered about one thing.
"You didn't get a hold of one of those did you?" Riku asked. Sora looked at him for a moment and he nodded.
"Yeah," Sora responded. "Professor Oak has been doing some research on Meltan for a while now."
"Meltan?" Riku asked.
"That's what we decided to call it," Sora said.
"How did you come across that Pokémon to begin with?" Naminé asked.
"You know it's kinda funny when you think about it," Kairi said with a chuckle. "Sora found it in his backpack on our way to Goldenrod City. I kinda mistook it for a piece of junk until Meltan used Flash Cannon."
"I gotta tell you, that freaked all of us out," Sora said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu nodded.
"And you caught it just like that?" Riku asked.
"Well, as soon as Professor Oak suggested it," Sora said. "You should have seen it in action. Meltan might be small, but he really packs a powerful punch."
Riku already knew how they were all together, but he wondered how Meltan is all by itself. Naminé decided to change the subject.
"So, Kairi. How are things going with you since you started training Pokémon?" Naminé asked.
"Well, things have going smoothly. I even entered an all-girls Pokémon tournament," Kairi said.
"I think I heard something about that," Riku said. He then realized something and took a look at her. "Hey! Wait a minute! You don't mean you at the Poké Maiden tournament a while back were you?!"
"Yes, that's right," Kairi nodded. "I entered that tournament and I won it. And it was Togepi's very first battle."
Riku was at a loss for words and he ran his fingers through his hair.
"Wow. That explains why your face all over those banners when we passed by," Riku said.
"And they were all worshipping you like a princess or a goddess," Naminé added.
"Eevee, Vee," Eevee said.
Riku wondered about something for a moment and then got an idea.
"Say Kairi. How about you and me have ourselves a battle? The two of us uses one Pokémon each. What do you say?" Riku challenged. Riku grinned slyly. "Unless it'll make Sora jealous." Sora gave off a chuckle.
"Gee, I dunno. I'm more worried about making Naminé jealous," Sora joked.
"Pika," Pikachu laughed. Naminé glared at the spiky-haired boy and he stopped laughing.
"I'll shut up now," Sora said.
"Okay Riku. I can take you on that offer," Kairi said. She took out her Pokéball and opened it to let out her Abra. "How about I use Abra for this one?"
"Fine with me," Riku said. "And I'll be going with Eevee."
"Eevee," Eevee said.
"Abra," Abra said.
Both Riku and Kairi stood in position for battle. Sora and Naminé took watch as their significant other get started.
"Wanna make the first move?" Riku asked.
"So, you're being a gentlemen. Let's see if that'll help you out. Abra! Mega Punch!" Kairi ordered. Abra ran towards Eevee to land a powerful punch.
"Eevee! Dodge and use Quick Attack!" Riku ordered. Eevee dodged the punch and darted right into Abra.
"Mega Kick!" Kairi ordered. Abra swung his leg and it landed a kick on the evolution Pokémon. Eevee wasn't going to take that laying down.
"Swift!" Riku ordered.
"Teleport!" Kairi ordered. Abra teleported out of the way of the stars, but they pursued the Psi Pokémon. Abra kept teleporting from one place to another until the stars landed a hit on Abra. "Don't worry about it, Abra! Use Psychic!" Abra's eyes glowed blue and he lifted Eevee in the air.
Riku wasn't too worried about Eevee in the air in a psychic lock. Abra gave the evolution Pokémon a twirl around in the air for a while until Riku knew what to do.
"Eevee! Shadow Ball!" Riku ordered. Once Eevee had Abra where he wanted him, he fired Shadow Ball right into Abra and he dropped Eevee. "Dig!" Eevee burrowed underground as Abra was regaining his footing. Abra looked around and knew Eevee would come out of the ground at any moment. Eevee came up from behind.
"Abra! Behind you!" Kairi called out. Abra turned to look to see Eevee right behind him.
"Shadow Ball!" Riku ordered. Eevee fired Shadow Ball pretty fast, not giving the psi Pokémon enough time to react or teleport in time. Abra had fallen on the ground beaten. Eevee returned to Riku while Kairi had helped Abra up.
"Are you okay, Abra?" Kairi asked her Pokémon.
"Abra," Abra said sadly for losing. He was worried about his trainer being so angry at him for losing.
"Don't feel bad for losing. You did your best and that's all that matters to me. You'll do better next time," Kairi said. That made Abra feel better about losing. Riku walked up to her.
"That wasn't bad, Kairi. I guess watching Sora battle has rubbed off on you," Riku said.
"Thanks Riku. I now know how Sora feels when he first battled you and lost," Kairi said. Sora's cheeks puffed up. Kairi turned around and giggled a bit. "But, it's okay, because you did your best too." That made Sora smile.
"That's true. I did do my best," Sora said. Sora looked over to Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee. "And it looks like those two agrees with us." Kairi turned and patted the Psychic Type Pokémon on the back for that punch and kick Abra performed. Hitmonchan didn't even care if Abra's Mega Punch didn't even land a punch.
Sora and Kairi called back their Pokémon and headed back to the Pokémon Center with Riku, Naminé, Eevee, and Azurill joining them for some lunch and there they met up with the Alolan nine and the two Pichu. Azurill started to play with Pikachu's adobtive little brothers as soon as they met. Naminé smiled warmly seeing her Azurill playing with the Pichu.
"Do you like your new friends, Azurill?" Naminé asked.
"Azu, Azu!" Azurill chirped. The blonde giggled.
"Okay. Just don't wonder off too far like last time," Naminé said. Azurill nodded and continued to play with her new friends. Eevee remembered that one tie when he accidentally let Azurill out of his sight, but luckily he managed to come to her aid when a territorial Scizor came and tried to attack her and bested the red bug Pokémon. The good news is, Azurill wasn't hurt. The bad news is, Eevee got an earful for his carelessness; but luckily, it wasn't too severe. The little Pokémon kept playing until it was time to eat.
Riku looked at the two Pichu and saw how unique they were compared to the Pichu Hau had before evolving. When he asked how they come across them, Illima, Kiawe, and Sophocles explained it was when they met at an apple orchard when Sora was sick with a fever.
"Wow. Didn't think that you end up with a flu, Sora," Riku poked fun at him. Riku laughed a bit and Naminé jabbed him on the arm with her elbow. "Ow! I was kidding."
"I know. I just felt like jabbing you because I love you," Naminé said. Sora, Kairi, and Riku's old classmates laughed.
"Gotta hand it to you, Naminé. You really know how to put Riku in line like that," Mallow said.
"Well, I actually got that from my mother. She always how to put daddy in line whenever it came to me," Naminé said.
Sora wanted to know how the meeting with her parets went, but decided not to touch that issue.
"So, Riku, any encounters with some Ultra Beasts?" Sora asked changing the subject.
"There were some Nihilego, and a Buzzwole, and a Xurkitree, but that was just recently," Riku said. "What about you?"
"The last one was a Stakataka. It didn't do much; except scaring the daylights out of Kiawe," Sora said.
Everyone laughed except for Kiawe, since he was still shivering from the memory of that experience. He was just happy that he doesn't have to go through that again.
"Anyway, Sora. I can bet that you're on your way to the gym, right?" Riku asked.
"Yeah. We're heading down there as soon as we're finished eating," Sora stated.
"Figured, that's what you'd be doing," Riku said. "I guess we'll be joining you for this." As the human kids ate, the two Pichu were pestering Eevee for a while.
"How come you have your fur like his?" - Shiny Pichu subtitle.
"Yeah. How come?" - Spiky-eared Pichu subtitle.Eevee stopped eating and looked the tiny mouse Pokémon.
"Is there a special reason?" - Shiny Pichu subtitle.
"No reason. I just like it." - Eevee subtitle. Eevee went back to eating.
"Oh, come on! Tell us more!" - Shiny Pichu subtitle.
"Yeah, tell us more!" - Spiky-eared Pichu subtitle.
"Guys! Stop pestering Eevee! It's impolite to ask too many questions!" - Pikachu subtitle.
"Don't worry about me, Pikachu. They were only curious. And it wasn't that many questions." - Eevee subtitle.
"Yeah, but still." - Pikachu subtitle. Eevee laughed.
"But, after meeting your little brothers, I can imagine you were like them once." - Eevee subtitle. Eevee patted the Pichu on their heads.
Once everyone was done eating, the group joined by Riku and Naminé head on down to the Olivine City Gym only to find Silver standing at the outside the gym doors.
"Silver?" Sora asked. Silver turned around and he gave them a hateful glare.
"Oh, it's you again," Silver said disgusted. Riku took an immediate dislike for him.
"Do you know him?" Riku asked.
"Unfortunately, we do," Lana said.
"He's a very rude and disrespectful Pokémon trainer we met back in Azalea Town," Kairi said. "He said that he hates anyone weaker than he is." Riku knew another bully when he saw one. "He abuses his own Pokémon. He even called Togepi weak." That made his blood boil. Having to tease girls just to make them cry was one thing, but making fun of a baby, either a human or a Pokémon was crossing the line.
"Why are you here?" Sora asked.
"I only came here to challenge the Gym Leader into a battle and found that she isn't here. Something about a sick Pokémon at the lighthouse," Silver said.
"A sick Pokémon?" Sora asked. Kairi was starting to worry. The Alolan nine all shred her concern.
"Yeah, but who really cares? Just let sick Pokémon die because Pokémon that can't battle are useless," Silver stated.
"THAT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY!" Naminé exclaimed. Silver glared at her.
"What do you know, blondie? I don't need to be what to say from a weakling like you!" Silver spat. That infuriated Riku.
"HEY!" Riku yelled. He walked up to him and held him by the shirt against the wall. Sora, Kairi, Naminé, and the Alolan nine were shocked by what they were seeing. "DON'T YOU DARE CALL MY GIRLFRIEND A WEAKLING!"
"What are you going to do if I don't?" Silver asked.
"Just keep running your mouth and find out!" Riku yelled. Naminé handed Azurill to Lillie and ran up to her boyfriend.
"Riku stop! Let him go! He's not worth it!" Naminé said. Riku turned to look at her and saw she didn't like how Riku was acting. He let go of Silver.
"Just get lost," Riku said.
"Anything to get away from all the wimps," Silver said. He took off.
The group just watched him walk off and they were thankful for seeing go since not one of the group can forgive the way he raises his Pokémon. Just then, a little girl wearing a yellow dress with orange stripes at the skirt and wearing pink shoes. She wore pink shoes and a pink single pearl necklace and a lavender single pearl necklace.
"Excuse me, are you looking for Jasmine?" The little girl asked.
"Yeah, we are," Sora said. "We were just told that she was down at the lighthouse tending to a sick Pokémon. Is that true?"
"Yes. The sick Pokémon is her Ampharos Sparkle. She's not accepting any challenges until Sparkle is much better. Anyway, my name is Janina," she introduced herself.
"I'm Sora."
"My name's Kairi."
"The name's Riku."
"My name is Namine."
"Pikachu."
"Togepi."
"Eevee."
"Azu, Azurill!"
"Pichu!" Both Pichu chirped.
"My name's Lillie."
"I am Illima."
"I'm Mallow."
"The name's Kiawe."
"I'm Lana."
"The name's Sophocles."
"I'm Acerola."
"Mina."
"And I'm Hapu."
"Nice to meet all of you," Janina said.
"Say Janina. Do you by any chance know where the lighthouse is?" Sora asked.
"Hm-hm," Janina nodded. "I can show you the way if you want."
"You're thinking of challenging Jasmine in the lighthouse?" Hapu asked.
"I am, but, I'm just concerned about the sick Pokémon right now. And I'm wondering how sick her Ampharos is," Sora said.
"He's right. The least we can do is be considerate," Illima agreed.
Everyone all agreed and Janina led the group to the lighthouse.
"Here it is, everyone. The Shiny Lighthouse," Janina said. Everyone looked at the lighthouse at awe.
"This kinda reminds me of the lighthouse we once visited just before we got to Vermilion City that one time. Remember Kairi?" Sora asked.
"I do," Kairi said. "That was something."
"What lighthouse would that be?" Mallow asked.
"The lighthouse that belongs to a Pokémon researcher named Bill. I can never forget that one time," Kairi said.
(Flashback, before Chapter 13)
It was a rainy night and Sora, Kairi, and Pikachu were desperate to get out of the storm. They made across a lighthouse along the way.
"A lighthouse! Maybe we can sleep there for the night," Sora suggested.
"I think you're right, Sora. We might end up catching a cold if we stay out in this weather," Kairi said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
Sora, Kairi, and Pikachu raced towards the lighthouse and knocked on the door.
"Hello? Hello! Is anybody home?!" Sora asked.
"Yes? What can I do to help you?" A voice asked through the speaker.
"Yes, my friend and I have been traveling together for a while and we were wondering if we can stay here for the night?" Sora asked.
"I don't mind at all. By the way, you wouldn't know how to cook do you?" The voice asked. Kairi spoke in the speaker.
"I can. I might make a some soup for the two of us, but you're welcome to have a bowl of you like," Kairi offered.
"That's awfully kind of you. Can you make it without any tofu?" The voice asked.
"I can make just about anything without using tofu," Kairi said.
"That's good, because I have been eating nothing but tofu ever since my cook left for a vacation. Let me let you in, just so you can get out that weather," the voice said. The doors of the lighthouse opens and the kids and mouse Pokémon walks in. Pikachu shakes himself dry.
"Hey Pikachu! Watch it! I don't want to get wetter than I already am," Sora said.
"Welcome you two. May I ask what are your names?" The voice asked.
"My name is Sora Ketchum. And I came from Pallet Town," Sora introduced.
"And my name is Kairi. I came from Viridian City," Kairi said.
" Nice to meet you. My name is Bill, by the way. Sora right?" Bill asked.
"Yeah," Sora answered.
"May I presume that you know Professor Samuel Oak?" Bill asked.
"Yes I do. Why?" Sora asked.
"Because I have been inspired to be a Pokémon researcher ever since I first saw him give a lecture on human and Pokémon bondings," Bill said.
"Where are you? We can hear you, but we can't see you," Kairi said.
"Oh yes. I'm sorry. How rude of me. Let me get the lights," Bill said. The lights comes on and a giant Kabuto comes down the stairway. Sora and Kairi jumped in shock.
"A Kabuto?! No way!" Sora exclaimed.
"Kabuto is an extinct Pokémon! What is a Kabuto doing here?!" Kairi asked.
"Wait! I'm not a Kabuto! I'm really Bill! A Pokémon researcher!" Bill said through the Kabuto.
"Wait a minute! You're a human being?" Sora asked.
"Yes! This is just a costume and I'm trapped inside it!" Bill said. Sora walked up to him.
"How can I get you out of there?" Sora asked.
"Just push that button. It's a red button on the right," Bill instructed.
"This one here?" Sora asked.
"Yes! I've been trying to reach for that button, but these stubby arms are too short to reach the button!" Bill said. Sora pressed the button and underneath is a young man with brown hair and blue eyes wearing a lavender shirt and blue jean pants. He aslo wore white socks with a gray tip. "Whew! That's much better. I've stuck in that costume for hours."
"Why were you wearing that costume in the first place? Was it for a party or something?" Kairi asked.
"No, it wasn't for a party," Bill corrected her. "I was doing some research by getting into a Pokémon's skin when I got trapped inside." Bill took a look at the costume. "It's a good thing I saved the recite for it though."
"So, how do you know that much about Pokémon, Bill? Could you know more than Professor Oak?" Sora asked.
"I wouldn't go that far, Sora," Bill said. "But, I would like to say that I know about Pokémon more than anyone else I know." He presses the button to show images of several Pokémon all in a certain order.
"Just how many kinds of Pokémon are there?" Kairi asked.
"There are many kinds. So far there are at least 800 or possibly 900 kinds of Pokémon currently known," Bill said.
"900?!" Sora exclaimed.
"Yes. Pokémon that are in certain Types and sme that can evolve and some that cannot. There certain regions that they are only indegious to also some that gain a new appearence depending greatly on what enviroment they're exposed to. And there are some that have yet to be discovered. The possibilities are boundless."
(Back to the present)
The group were going up the stairs right to the top of the lighthouse to meet with Jasmine.
"I used to think that it's find hard to believe that there many kinds of Pokémon out there and I still do," Sophocles said.
"Bill was right that the possiblities being boundless. We made a new discovery ourselves," Illima said.
Upon reaching the top of the lighthouse There was a teenage girl with milky chocolate brown eyes. She has long brown hair that reaches her waist with two orange beads that tie two locks of her hair in pigtails. She wore a teal sundress with a bridal hem that reaches her knees and an orange puffy bow on her chest with a snow white coat that reaches her waist and sleeves that go over her elbows. She also wore white sandals which have two teal decorations.
She was tending to a tall, yellow sheep Pokémon who has black stripes on its ears, neck and tail. The Pokémon also has a red orb on its forehead and at the end of its tail. It also has a white belly underneath it that ends at the bottom. They all figured it the Ampharos Sparkle. It didn't look all too well.
"Jasmine," Janina said. The group then knew it had to be Jasmine the Gym Leader of the Olivine City Gym. "We have some visitors."
"Oh. Hi there. Did you come here for a Gym battle?" Jasmine asked.
"Well, I did, but at the same time, we came to see how your Ampharos is doing," Sora said. "Just how bad is it?" She took a look on her Ampharos.
"To be honest, I don't even want to think about it, but I can't stop worrying about it. I do appreciate that you came to share your concerns for Sparkle," Jasmine said. Sora took a look at Sparkle and too out his Pokédex and scanned the Pokémon.
Ampharos, the Light Pokémon
The evolved form of Flaaffy
Type: Electric
Ampharos gives off so much light that it can be seen even from space. People in the old days used the light of this Pokémon to send signals back and forth with others far away.
"Wow. That is something," Sora said putting his Pokédex away. "Hard to to believe Ampharos can used to light up a lighthouse."
"That's right," Jasmine said. "Since the old days, people would use the light glowing from Ampharos's tail to light the way for ships out in sea." Sparkle's tail orb glowed a bit, but it was weak due to her sickness.
"How long ago did Sparkle get sick?" Lillie asked.
"Just a few days ago, I first noticed when her light was getting dim," Jasmine said. She turned to the group. "I hope you don't mind me asking, but how did you hear about Sparkle being sick?"
"We heard about it from a Pokémon trainer named Silver. He told us that you would be here at the lighthouse," Sora said.
"And it was Janina who led all of you here?" Jasmine asked. She turned to the little girl.
"I did. I heard about them coming to the Gym to challenge you, so I brought them here," Janina said.
"I appreciate that, Janina. Anyway, I hope you can forgive me, but I'm afraid I'm not accepting any challenges at the moment; that is until Sparkle gets better," Jasmine said.
"Not a problem for me," Sora said. He rubbed Sparkle on the head. "It wouldn't be right to make you battle when a Pokémon is sick like this. And being sick is no fun." Kairi smiled seeing how Sora can be mature at a time like this and she remembered taking care of him when he had his fever.
"Couldn't you just go buy some medicine to help your Ampharos?" Riku asked.
"I did think of that. There isn't a pharmacy in town that has the medicine I need to cure Sparkle; but there is a pharmacy in Cianwood City that does have it. But, I can't leave Sparkle unattendented and I can't find anyone reliable to help me out," Jasmine said. Janina got an idea to help out Sparkle.
"How about I go and get it for you, Jasmine?" Janina suggested. "I can take a ship and sail there to get it!" Jasmine looked at the young girl with a disapproving look.
"I can't let you do that. You might end up getting on the wrong ship and end up getting lost on the way over," Jasmine said.
"But, I know this place like the back of my hand. And I been to Cianwood City before," Janina argued.
"That was because I was with you before. I would go with you and get it, but what if something happened to you? Your mother won't forgive me if something does happen," Jasmine said.
"I only wanted to help Sparkle; and now you're not letting me help," Janina said.
"Actually, Janina. Jasmine's right. You can't go there by yourself. Because we're going with you," Sora said. Janina looked up to the Pokémon trainer.
"That's a good idea. We wouldn't want you getting lost on your way there and on your way back," Lana said. Jasmine smiled nodded.
"I suppose that's okay as long as you're accompanied by some older kids," Jasmine said. She looked over to Sora. "But, before you go, I would like to tell you something since you're collecting Gym Badges." Sora looked at the young Gym Leader.
"Yeah? What?" Sora asked.
"Cianwood City just happens to have a Gym there and the Gym Leader of the Cianwood City Gym is named Chuck. He specializes with Fighting Type Pokémon," Jasmine said.
"Chuck? Fighting Type Pokémon? You didn't meet him by chance, did you?" Sora asked.
"I did whenever I went down there. He's nothing to sneeze at and he takes his training very seriously," Jasmine said. "And his wife is a very good cook."
Riku, Naminé, and the Alolan nine all looked at Sora and Kairi along with the Pokémon did the same thing. The couple both noticed the looks they were getting and blushed heavily. Janina even made a grin, knowing something was up. Sora looked at all of his friends.
"Why don't you just take a picture? It'll last much, much longer," Sora said sarcastically.
"So, it's okay to immortalize your expressions just so you can see them again and again, right?" Riku asked. Riku's old classmates all laughed, but Sora did not find that funny.
"Why did I promise not to make fun of his love life I will never figure out," Sora said under his breath.
"There's a ferry that heads there and you can get there if you leave now," Jasmine said.
"Then let's get the show on the road," Sophocles said.
The group made their way to the port and she found the ship that heads down to Cianwood City. Once they boarded the ship, Sora made the switch on his team. He exchanged for Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan for Noctowl and Azumarill. He figured Flying and Fairy Type Pokémon had a good chance since he's going to be up against Fighting Types.
Sora had to be ready for anything and his battle with Chuck was getting closer he could almost taste it. They went by the Whirl Islands, which got its name due to the whirlpools around the islands.
"I figured Jasmine is a pretty hard opponent, but I how tough is this Chuck guy is," Sora said in his thoughts. "I'll have to wait and see when I see him."
Sora is now on his way to Cianwood City to challenge the Gym Leader Chuck. How will Sora be able to beat a tough opponent? Will he earn his next badge or will he lose bigtime? Just wait and find out.