Episode 149: A Corsola Caper
Several hours have passed since they left the cave and a whole day Marshadow was added to Acerola's team and their journey towards Red Rock Isle continues onward. Lana became more determined than ever to have a Corsola of her own. Along the way, they came across what looks like an island that was occupied by pudgy Pidgey. Professor Oak was quite amazed when he was told about it and found that Pudgy Pidgey Isle is a nature reserve for the obese Pidgey. All, but one Pidgey named Orville belonging to a young man named Wilbur that seems to be smaller than the rest had no interest in knowing what's for dinner , but to fly straight into space to witness the stars, the sun, and the moon. After getting an amount of support from the trainers, Orville had mangaed to make it all the way into space despite being chased by Spearow and a Fearow, but Orville managed to make it all the way, but fell back down to earth due to lack of oxygen.
Luckily for Wilbur and Orville, Sora and Pikachu managed to save his life with Pikachu's electricity. Sophocles manages to keep track of Orville's progress and the rest of the Alolan nine were amazed to see the pudgy Pidgey have been inspired and they have remembered that they are bird Pokémon and they have wings to use. Now hopefully, the other Pidgey would soon start flying and getting into shape.
As the sun was setting, the group started to make their way to Bluefinland and made a stop to the local Pokémon Center to plan before they can take off.
"Good thing we came to Bluefinland to stay for the night. I could rest my feet," Sora said. He took off his shoes and rubbed his sore feet.
"Oh, poor baby," Kairi said. She fills a pail with water and opens a bag of ice into the water to cool his feet. Sora shivers a bit feeling the ice extremly cold.
"Too cold!" Sora shivered. Sora then starts to get used to it and he places his arm around Kairi's shoulder. "It's getting so much better." Sora sighs happily. "Of course, it's always better with you around." Kairi giggled.
"Is there anything I can do to help make it even more better?" Kairi asked. "I mean, ask me anything you want. I don't mind." Sora's stomach growled a bit knowing he was getting pretty hungry.
"I was wondering if you would fetch me a chesseburger with some crispy bacon in it," Sora said. Kairi giggled. "Maybe an orange soda without some ice in it."
"I got you covered," Kairi said. Sora sat down feeling his feet soaking in the ice water, and after a few minutes, Kairi had come back with what Sora had asked for. "The staff were out of bacon, sorry about that," Kairi said handing him his meal. Sora took his meal.
"It's okay. It's better than nothing," Sora said, taking a bite of his burger. His face got smeared with ketchup and musturd. Kairi just shook her head at how big a mess he was making on his face. At the same time, she found it to be pretty cute as one of the baby pictures she saw when Sora was in that highchair of his. She took out a napkin and wiped the sauces off of her boyfriend's face.
"Honestly, Sora. You are such a child sometimes," Kairi said wiping his face clean.
"Why not blow my nose while you're at it?" Sora joked. Kairi giggled while she wiped his face completely.
"There. How are your feet?" Kairi asked.
"Much better thanks to you. Are Lillie and the others finished settling in?" Sora asked.
"Yeah. When Lana saw those Corsola, she wanted to make her move, but Hapu managed to stop her before she got too excited," Kairi said.
Sora laughed as he didn't find that too surprising since Lana wanted to catch a Corsola of her own.
"That Lana," Sora said.
"How about you get up and get settled in for bed yourself?" Kairi said.
"Sure thing," Sora said. Sora took his feet out of the water and dried them off.
"Also, brush your teeth before you head to bed," Kairi told him.
"Okay 'mom,' I'm right on it," Sora said jokingly. Kairi giggled at how much a goofball he can be.
"That Sora. He always has such a sense of humor," Kairi said. She got up and dumped out the water into the ocean below and stepped back inside. She got Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, and hers and Sora's other Pokémon back from Nurse Joy and went into the room she and some of the others were staying in. Sora and Kairi were sharing one with Lillie, Kiawe, Mallow, Lana, and Sophocles, while Illima, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu was sharing another room. Kairi had asked Sora to hand her his Pokédex just so she could exchange her Pokémon. She sent over Shellder, Horsea, and Goldeen for Elekid, Magby, and Cutiefly.
On the very next morning, Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine, and the Pokémon got up and headed towards Yellow Rock Isle in order to reach Red Rock Isle just so they would be on time for the Whirl Cup.
"Wow! Yellow Rock Isle! We made it!" Mallow cheered.
"And I can see why it's called Yellow Rock Isle," Sora said, looking at the rocks he saw how the island got its name. All the rocks were as yellow as Pikachu's fur. "I mean look at the rocks! And look at the streets!"
"Pika!" Pikachu said.
"You're right, Sora. This is really something," Kiawe said.
As the group walked down the streets they came to a small market that has what looked like figures of art resembling that looked like pink crystals.
"Oh, look at that!" Kairi said. She ran up along with Sora and the Alolan nine. Pikachu and the Pichu even were affected by the sight. "So very pretty."
"They sure are," Lillie agreed.
"I would love to have one of those," Mallow said.
"So would I," Lana added.
"These look they were nicely carved," Illima said. A young man at the booth chuckled a bit.
"That's because they are. These are carved from the discarded Corsola horns since they shed their horns and regrow new ones," the young man said.
"Corsola horns?" Kiawe asked.
"I heard of that Corsola sheds their horns and grows new ones in their place. And they discarded horns are crafted into works of art and sold to art collectors and enthusiasts," Lana said. Sora and Kairi all looked at the Water Type Pokémon trainer.
"Just how do you know that, exactly?" Sora asked.
"My dad told me all about it when I was Sarah and Harper's age," Lana answered.
"You got that right exactly," the shop attendant said smiling. He looks right at the Pikachu on Sora's shoulder and Pichu riding on Kairi's shoulder. Sora looked right at the shop attendant.
"Um, something I can help you with?" Sora asked.
"I'm sorry to stare. I just wanted to say that I like your Pikachu. And those little Pichu too," the shop attendant said.
"Thanks, I guess," Sora said.
"It's just, everyone who lives here on Yellow Rock Isle are extremely fond of yellow Pokémon. And your Pikachu is it," the shop attendant said. Sora looked at Pikachu and patted his partner on the head.
"Thanks," Sora said. Kairi realized she has yellow Pokémon of her own, so she hands Togepi to Mallow and takes out three Pokéballs.
"I have yellow Pokémon of my own," Kairi admitted. She lets out Abra, Cutiefly, and Elekid. "What do you think of my Abra, Elekid, and Cutiefly?" The shop attendant smiled.
"Those are pretty neat Pokémon you've got there. An Abra and an Elekid are one thing. And this is my first time seeing a Cutiefly," the shop attendant said. Abra smiled having to be complemented.
"Thank you. All of them are very cute," Kairi said making her Abra blush.
"Just where did you find all those Corsola horns to make this stuff?" Hapu asked.
"I found those on the beach just in that direction," the shop attendant said pointing straight ahead. "When you get there, you'll be amazed by what you can find there."
"Yeah? What would we find there?" Sora asked interested.
"Just a bunch of Corsola nests and more," the shop attendant said. Lana's eyes lit up hearing about Corsola nests being straight ahead.
"Corsola nests?! Corsola nests mean actual Corsola! I want one! I really, really, really want one!" Lana shouted out and started to pull Mallow just like her younger sisters.
"Hey! Don't pull me so hard! Take it easy, Lana!" Mallow pleaded. Watching this, Sora, Kairi, and the rest of the Alolan nine all chuckled a bit to what they were seeing.
"And I thought Acerola was like this whenever she meets a Ghost Type Pokémon," Sora joked.
"Yeah. So did I. You are so rig- Hey!" Acerola exclaimed. Sora laughed along with Sophocles and Kiawe. Kairi elbows her boyfriend making Lillie, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu laugh. Sora wheezes as he stops laughing. "Served you right, wise guy."
"Worth it," Sora wheezed. "We better go after those two before Lana gets too excited. Kairi and the rest of the group agreed and went in the direction Mallow and Lana went. They reached the beach and looked around for the two girls. "Mallow! Lana! Where are you? And don't tell me that you're hiding!"
"GUYS!" Mallow and Lana screamed. They both came running right up to their friends and they frantically point to the sea. "LOOK OUT TO SEA! LOOK OUT TO SEE! LOOK OUT TO SEA!"
"Okay, okay! Don't shout!" Sora, Kairi, the Pokémon, and the rest of the Alolan nine all looked out to sea to witness a house floating out to sea. "A floating house?" A Corsola and a little girl with long reddish-brown hair and blue eyes wearing a yellow dress and has her hair tied in pigtails by orange bands wearing a pair of sandals along with a Corsola on the front porch.
"CORSOLA! CORSOLA! CORSOLA!" The Corsola cried out.
"HELP US PLEASE!" The little girl cried. The group gasped upon seeing the little girl and Corsola in trouble.
"I see what you're trying to tell me," Sora said.
"Pika," Pikachu added.
"Look where's that house is heading towards!" Kairi said pointing to a whirlpool. The little girl cried so much. "We got to help that girl!"
"Yeah, but how?" Hapu asked.
"We might get our Pokémon to get to the house before the house reaches the whirlpool," Sora suggested.
"No! Our Pokémon might end getting sucked in as well. Even Lana's Gyarados won't make it there," Kairi said.
"Kairi's right. It's too risky," Lillie said.
"But, how are we gonna get to the house?" Kiawe asked.
"We don't have to. We can make the house come to us," Kairi said. Sora and the Alolan nine all wondered what she meant when she gestured to Abra. "Abra can use Psychic to move the entire house since he can move a whole bunch of Grimer and Muk."
"It's worth a shot. Try it," Sora said. Kairi nodded. She turns the psi Pokémon.
"Abra, use your Psychic to move the house and bring it right to us. Can you do that?" Kairi asked.
"Abra," Abra nodded.
"Great! Use your Psychic to lift the whole house!" Kairi ordered. Abra happily obeyed his trainer/crush and lifted the entire house. The little girl had stopped crying and saw she was levitating in the air. The house levitated right to the shore and Abra gently placed the house down. Kairi gave Abra a hug causing the Psychic Type Pokémon to blush. "You did great, Abra! I knew you could do it!" Abra smiled warmly and blushed into a deeper shade of red having to been complemented by Kairi.
"Are you okay, sweetie?" Lillie asked concerned.
"Yes I am, thanks to all of you," the little girl said.
"Corsola! Corsola Corsola!" The Corsola chirped.
"That's good to know. What's your name, kid?" Kiawe asked.
Before the little girl could introduce herself, a man with black hair wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans with black shoes along with a teenage girl identical to the little girl and has hair tied in a ponytail wearing a light blue dress and wore white sandals.
"Mika!" The man's voice called out with a happy tone.
"Mika!" The teenage girl also called out.
"Daddy! Andrea!" Mika called back to the two people. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine had to assume those two were her father and her sister. The two people hugged the little girl tightly.
"Oh my baby! I'm just so happy to see that you're okay!" Mika's father cried.
"You gave us quite a scare when you floated out to sea in our house," Andrea said.
"I'm sorry for scaring you," Mika apologized.
"Don't apologize, Mika. What matters is you're safe," Andrea said.
"It was these people here you saved me from that whirlpool," Mika said pointing to Sora and the rest. They looked right over to the group and they smiled warmly.
"We're so very grateful" the man said gratefully.
"You saved my little sister," Andrea said.
"You don't have to thank us. It was my Abra who saved the day," Kairi said. That made Abra blush again.
"Thank you for saving my little sister," Andrea thanked the group. "How can we ever thank you?"
"You don't have to do that. It was just a good thing we were around when it happened," Sora said. "My name's Sora."
"I'm Kairi."
"Pikachu."
"Toge, Togepi."
"Pichu," The Shiny Pichu chirped.
"Pichu, Pi," Spiky-eared Pichu chirped.
"My name's Lillie."
"I am Illima."
"My name's Mallow."
"I'm Kiawe."
"I'm Lana."
"The name's Sophocles."
"I'm Acerola."
"Mina"
"And I'm Hapu."
"Good to meet all of you. My name is Andrew and this is my oldest daughter Andrea and my youngest daughter Mika," he introduced himself and his family.
"You too. But, how did your house end up like that in the first place?" Sora asked.
"Well, it's because we live on top of a pile of Corsola," Andrea said.
"On top of Corsola?" Acerola asked.
"What do you mean by that?" Mallow asked.
"What I mean is we actually live on top of a Corsola nest," Andrea summarized.
"On top of a Corsola nest? Lucky!" Lana said.
"I'm with her. That does sound cool," Sophocles said.
"Why do you live on top of a Corsola nest, anyway?" Kairi asked.
"It's been a tradition on Yellow Rock Isle to build our homes on top of Corsola nests," Andrea explained.
"Now that you mention it, I do remember reading about it in the guidebook. That is quite interesting," Illima said.
"Daddy is an artist who works with Corsola horns and since Corsola sheds and regrows them all the time, living on top of a Corsola nest makes them very easy to collect," Andrea said.
"I get it," Sora said understanding.
"Corsola! Corsola! Corsola!" The coral Pokémon chirped.
"This one seems to be booming with energy," Kairi said.
"This one Corsola had just appeaared on our doorstep," Andrea said.
"Appeared on your doorstep?" Mallow asked.
"This Corsola came around just recently, and its personality isn't like any of the others around here. It just started to tackle all of the other Cosrola and it went on until they all just had enough and left," Andrea said.
"Corsola!" Corsola chirped.
"Daddy and I were shocked to see that all of the Corsola were just gone. And without any of the Corsola left, the foundation just broke apart from the shore and our house just slid out to sea," Andrea said.
"That explains that. But, how did this Corsola end up in that situation too?" Sora asked.
"Corsola just swam out and bravely tried to pull our house back to shore, but it just wasn't strong enough," Andrea said.
"And that's where we came in," Mallow said. Mallow and Lana understood the situation when Mallow and Lana went looking for some Corsola when the two girls saw the drifting house with Mika on it. Corsola looks right over to Pikachu. Pikachu wasn't sure about how to resond since he felt a bit weirded out. Corsola happily dove right at Pikachu, but he moves out of the way only to hit Abra instead.
"Abra!" Kairi called out in concern. She ran up to her Pokémon, helping him up. "Are you okay, sweetie?" Abra happily smiled hearing her call him that. Abra drifted off into fantasy mode and Kairi picked him up and gave him all sorts of affection.
"Did that mean ol' Corsola hurt you badly?" The fantasy Kairi asked. Abra nodded to confirm it. Kairi showered Abra with all sorts of affections with Abra's face giving an even happier smile.
Back in reality, Kairi was just relieved to see Abra wasn't too hurt.
"Just glad that you're doing okay," Kairi said. She took out Abra's Pokéball. "You should rest up for a while." Abra flows back inside the Pokéball to rest up.
"Corsola, Corsola, Corsola!" Corsola chirped happily, jumping up and down.
"Is it safe to assume that this Corsola is a wild Corsola?" Lana asked.
"Yes it is," Andrea said.
"This is great! Now it's time to move right in," Lana said. Sora took her by the ear.
"No, it's time to move right out," Sora said.
"Oh?" Lana groaned.
"Somehow we have to find a way of getting our Corsola back," Andrew said.
"Oh?" Lana groaned.
"It's very important that the Corsola back as soon as possible," Andrew said.
"Because our future dedends on them," Andrea said. Sora looked right at the other houses and the other Corsola nests and he knew for certain that it would be a problem, not only for the other Corsola living on the island, but for all of the other houses if that wild Corsola keeps going at it.
"Then we'll have to help out to find all of those Corsola," Sora said.
"I'm with Sora. It'll be a bigger problem for everyone else if this keeps up," Kiawe said.
"Also, we need to keep Lana focused on the task at hand," Hapu said, looking at Lana. She chuckles nervously knowing what the Ground Type Pokémon trainer was talking about.
With that settled, the group and the family got started searching for the missing Corsola. The wild Corsola tagged along for the search.
Meanwhile at the shop from earlier, Team Rocket had gotten over their illness and dropped in through the ceiling.
"It's such a miracle that we got over our colds pretty fast," Jessie said happily.
"That chicken soup and that medicine really did the trick," James said in a chipper mood.
"Hate to cut this short, but we have some stealing to do! And we have to make double time to make up for it," Meowth said.
"How right you are, Meowth. Let's see what all sorts of treasures you have!" James said when he took a box and exaimed it. His eyes popped out of his head. "Jessie! Meowth! Look at this! Corsola artwork!"
"What?! Corsola artwork?!" Jessie exclaimed. James shushed her.
"Shut up, Jessie! Do you want someone to hear us?" James chided her in a whisper. Jessie took the box he was holding and her eyes sparkled seeing all the pink aircrafts. Among them was a pink crown engraved with emeralds and rubies all around.
"Such beauty! Worthy for a queen!" Jessie beamed, putting the crown on her head. "A perfect fit!" Jessie began to lose herself in fantasy.
"What a widespread of goodies here! When we sell these, the money we make can take care of our debts in a blink of an eye," James said.
"And when we keep it up, our Corsola art will sell faster than hotcakes!" Meowth said.
Of course Jessie wasn't listening and she got lost into her fantasies.
"Ah, to live the good life! To live the bounty of beauty!" Jessie said. Jessie snapped back to reality. "I just an epiphany! Why should we spent our lives following twerps when our true calling is living in a life of luxury. Jessie imagined herself as a queen wearing an elegant white gown. "Living large and commanding my own kingdom where even servants have servants! All thanks to you, my loyal subjects!" Jessie bows her head. We switch back to reality with James and Meowth filling their bags with Corsola artwork. "Thank you, my subjects! Say hello to your lovely queen." Jessie laughed happily.
"Either she's still delirious from her cold or she's has that crown on too tight, I'd believe both," Meowth said.
"At least Attila and Hun are more modest. I even hate to say this, but even Cassidy and Butch are more settle. I mean, talk about a legend in her own mind," James said.
"I'm starting to mind!" Meowth said. He turns to the day dreaming Jessie. "Hey, your highness! How about getting with the freaking program!" Jessie scowled at the scratch cat Pokémon.
"Oh alright! I'm helping!" Jessie grumbled. She places some Corsola artwork in a bag of her own.
"Shake a leg, Jessie!" James yelled. Just outside, the shopkeeper hears the voices inside.
"What's going on in there?!" The shopkeeper exclaimed. He opens the door and sees Team Rocket in the storage room. "Hey! How did you three get in here?!" Team Rocket winced when they were spotted.
"Uh, we were just leaving!" Meowth said. "Bye-bye!
"Run Jessie!" James told her. Team Rocket dashed towards the other door when the crown Jessie was wearing starts spinning in the air.
"Oops! One more thing!" Jessie said taking the crown.
"STOP! THIEVES!" The shopkeeper shouted. Outside, Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, and the Alolan nine helps Andrew, his two daughters, and the wild Corsola search for the missing Corsola from their home when they heard someone shouting. "HELP! POLICE! ANYONE! ROBBERS!" They stopped in their tracks when they spotted Team Rocket running from the shopkeeper.
"Not them again," Sora groaned.
"Let's face it, Sora, it's too good a thing to be rid of them," Kairi said. Sora sighs and he knew his girlfriend was right.
"You have a good point there. But, still," Sora said, "There's no way that we're going to let them get away with this!" Kairi and the Alolan nine all agreed. They blocked Team Rocket's escape. "I don't know why you're here and I really don't care, but you're not going anywhere with those."
"You shall pre~pare for trouble!" Jessie sang doing a pirouette.
"This ain't time for spouting out the motto!" Meowth snapped at her. Andrew saw the crown sitting on top of her head.
"I made that crown! It's invaluable!" Andrew exclaimed. The shopkeeper caught up to the thieves.
"They stole every piece of Corsola artwork from my shop!" The shopkeeper exclaimed.
"Give those back!" Kairi said.
"A queen and her beautiful crown are never parted! Never!" Jessie refused. The wild Corsola tackled right into Jessie, causing her to fall right on the ground. "WHY YOU INSOLENT PUNY PINK PUNK!"
"Looks like Queen Jessie had just been overthrown," Sora joked.
"Not so fast!" James said, holding a Pokéball. "Victreebel! Go!" James threw the Pokéball. Upon being let out, Victreebel munches on James's head once again. "NOT ME YOU PUTRID PLANT! THEM!" His legs wiggles around. Sora and Kairi stepped in to deal with Team Rocket. Both took out a Pokéball each.
"Gor for it, Kabutops!" Sora called out.
"Cutiefly! Go!" Kairi also called out.
The couple's Pokémon entered the battle. Jessie took out a Pokéball and threw it.
"Arbok! Defend the honor of your queen!" Jessie yelled. "Arbok! Use your Crunch now!" Arbok moved in to deliver a hard bite.
"Victreebel! Use your Leaf Blade!" James ordered. Victreebel charges towards Sora and Kairi's Pokémon to land an attack.
"Kabutops! Use Slash on Victreebel!" Sora ordered. Kabutops swipes his claws on the fly catcher Pokémon.
"Cutiefly! Bug Buzz on Arbok!" Kairi ordered. Cutiefly flapped her wings and the soundwaves coming from her little wings increased in size as Cutiefly flapped harder and harder and Arbok starts to get a gigantic headache.
"Arbok! Poison Sting on that puny bug!" Jessie ordered. Arbok fired Poison Stong right at Cutiefly.
"Kabutops! Block it with Bubble Beam!" Sora ordered. Kabutops fired Bubble Beam, blocking Arbok's Poison Sting.
"Victreebel! Hit Kabutops with Vine Whip!" James ordered. Victreebel swung its vine to strike at Kabutops. Kairi was going to counter that.
"Cutiefly! Silver Wind!" Kairi ordered. Cutiefly flapped her wings to blow Silver Wind right at the fly catcher Pokémon. Victreebel lands right on Arbok.
"Thanks for the save, Kairi," Sora thanked his girlfriend and smiled.
"You saved Cutiefly with Kabutops's Bubble Beam. So, fair's fair," Kairi said. Kairi also smiled.
"Arbok! Wrap attack now!" Jessie ordered. Arbok charges towards the two Pokémon to wrap his body around them.
"No you don't, you witch!" Kairi shouted. "Cutiefly! Stun Spore!" Cutiefly sprinkles both Arbok and Victreebel with yellow powder and they both end up being paralyzed.
"Nice one, Kairi!" Sora praised her.
"Thanks Sora! Wanna do the honors?" Kairi asked.
"With pleasure," Sora said, taking out another Pokéball. "Go Blastoise!" Sora threw his Pokéball to let out Blastoise.
"Blastoise!" Blastoise said getting his cannons ready.
"Okay Blastoise! Hydro Pump!" Sora ordered. Blastoise fired highly pressurized water from his water cannons and washes Team Rocket and knocking the Corsola artwork off of Jessie.
"No! All of my royal finery!" Jessie cried.
"IT LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Team Rocket cried being washed away with Blastoise's Hydro Pump attack.
"Good riddance to those three losers," Kairi said. Sora laughed and wrapped his arm around Kairi's shoulder.
"You've been reading my mind," Sora said. Kairi giggled at that. Blastoise, Kabutops, and Cutiefly were in full agreement having to beat Team Rocket once again and get back the stolen art pieces. The shopkeeper was now picking up his property.
"Thanks so much for getting them back for me," the shopkeeper said, gratefully.
"It was just a good thing we were nearby when you were chasing them," Sora said.
"It sure was," the shopkeeper said picking up all of his stolen property. "I honestly don't know what those troublemakers were thinking."
"I do. That girl was thinking she was queen in her own mind," Sora said making Kairi, Sophocles, Lana, Mallow, and Acerola laugh.
"There, that's all of them," the shopkeeper said.
"We should get these back inside," Andrew said.
"You didn't see any Corsola around here by chance have you?" Lillie asked.
"No, I haven't. Why?" The shopkeeper asked.
"Somehow, all of our Corsola from home are gone," Andrea answered.
"What?! You mean all of your Corsola are gone?! That's terrible!" The shopkeeper said in shock.
"But, we're helping out to find them," Lana said.
"Hm. I'm sure you will," the shopkeeper said.
The group went into the nearby woods and continued their search for the missing Corsola. It turns out that the Corsola were all given names.
"Annie! Danny!" Mika called out. "Kenny! Denny!
"Ronnie! Vonnie!" Andrew also called out.
"Question: do they all have names?" Sophocles asked.
"Yeah. All the Corsola are part of the family," Mika answered the Electric Type trainer.
"Keep looking. You'll never know when one of them shows up," Sora said. The wild Corsola proves its point when it found one of the other Corsola.
"Corsola?" The wild Corsola asked. "Corsola! Corsola! Corsola!"
The frightened Corsola winced to been found by the wild Corsola and retreated. Andrea heard the Corsola call out and ran up to it. She recognized the Corsola.
"Annie! Oh, Annie, I'm so very happy that we finally found you. Where are the others?" Andrea asked.
"Corsola, Corsola," Annie shook her head.
"What? You don't know?" Andrea asked.
"Corsol," Annie answered sadly.
"That's one of them," Sora said. "Now let's keep looking for the rest and keep our focus on finding them, LANA!" Sora looked right at Lana who was chuckling nervously and scratched the back of her head.
"I don't know why you would think that," Lana said, laughing nervously. Kairi poured some Pokémon food on the forest floor in piles, hoping it'll get some of their attention knowing they would find it and eat it when hungry.
The group set off for the shore and figured they would be hiding somewhere around the beach.
"How could so many Corsola be so hard to find?" Mallow asked. The wild Corsola found another Corsola and got scared. It hopped to get away from that Corsola and jumped right into Mika's arms.
"Look! It's Bonnie!" Mika cheered.
"Corsola, Corsola, Corsola!" The wild Corsola said happily. Kairi looked at the Corsola and figured something out.
"I think I know why this Corsola is happy," Kairi said.
"Why's that, Kairi?" Kiawe asked.
"I don't think she was challenging the other Corsola into a fight. She was just lonely and she just tackled into other Corsola as a sign of affection," Kairi said.
"That does explain why she tried to tackle into Pikachu earlier. She just wanted to be his friend," Mallow said.
"Pika," Pikachu deadpanned. He knew how Abra must have felt after getting tackled by Corsola when he dodged. Pikachu thought the same thing at first.
"But, the other Corsola didn't like it and just left," Illima added.
"And they thought she was challenging them in a fight," Acerola said.
"No wonder they left. The reason they left is only because they didn't want to be tackled again," Hapu said.
"I guess no one had ever told this Corsola that's not how you make friends," Sora said. "How about we head back where Kairi had dumped that Pokémon food for some of the Corsola. I can think they have already gotten to it by now."
"Good idea. That's what we'll do," Andrea agreed. The group did go back to the spot Kairi had left the food bait and found two Corsola eating the Pokémon food.
"Look. Two more Corsola," Sophocles said in a whisper.
"And which ones are those?" Kiawe asked in a whisper.
"That's got to be Benny and Kenny," Andrea said.
"Corsola! Corsola! Corsola!" The wild Corsola shouted with excitement. Benny and Kenny turned to hear her just in time for Mallow and Lana to pick them up.
"Don't be scared," Lana said.
"We're your friends," Mallow said.
"Corsola! Corsola!" The two Corsola chirped.
Not too far, Team Rocket have been blasted off in a tree spies on the group gathering the Corsola.
"Hm. They're gathering together all those Corsola for something," Meowth said. He lowers the binoculars.
"That means there might be even more Corsola right around here," James said.
"There will be once they're done," Jessie said.
"And the boss is going to be so happy when we bring back all of those Corsola for him. I mean so very happy, he will give that promotion we've been dreaming of and he'll completely forget about our debts," Meowth stated. Jessie and James liked that idea. "But, not only that, but he'll have all of Corsola, instead of the Corsola horns. And when he sees all of those Corsola in the backyard of his estate, he's going to be thinking of us! The boss will freaking love us!"
"Then let's go! Let's collect those Corsola and collect our reward and get the hell out of our debt!" James said happily.
"Hold on, you two," Jessie said. "I'm thinking there might be an even better way." Jessie chuckles.
Kairi had let out Cutiefly to search the sky for the renaming Corsola. Cutiefly flies back to Kairi to give the report.
"Did you find the Corsola, Cutiefly?" Kairi asked. The fly bee Pokémon nods to confirm it. She leads the group to where they are. Two Corsola stand on the beach and they looked at a tiny Pokémon they never seen before. "There they are!" The Corsola turns to see where the voice came from.
"Ronnie! Vonnie!" Andrea said happily. The two Corsola saw the wild Corsola and attempted to run away, only for Marowak and Kiawe to catch up with them.
"Don't run away you two! You're perfectly safe," Kiawe said assuringly.
"Marowak," Marowak said.
Kairi smiled warmly at her Cutiefly.
"You did a great job, Cutiefly. You've been such a big help," Kairi said. Cutiefly buzzed happily.
They all went to the house and Andrea does a count to make sure they didn't miss any of the Corsola.
"Let's see here, Annie, Danny, Connie, Bonnie, Johnny, Donny, Ronnie, Lonnie, Vonnie, Benny, Kenny, and Denny. This is all of them," Andrea said.
"We sure have couldn't have done it with out your help, Sora," Andrew said.
"We were just glad to help out," Sora said. He scratched the back of his head. Lana had to make her move to catch the wild Corsola. Just then, a whole bunch of ropes comes shooting down only for Marowak to use Bonermerang and cuts all the rope. The bone returns to Marowak. He throws his bone again and it hits the rope wrangling machine and damaging it. Sora looked at all the cut ropes as did Kairi, the Alolan nine, and the family. "Nice try Team Rocket!"
"Why can't you ever let us take whatever we want?! I mean we are supposed to win!" Jessie scowled at the group.
"You're joking right? I mean, the bad guys don't win at all! Just ask Mad Ivan. I mean, he's more competent than you three jokers!" Sora taunted. That made Jessie growl at the mere mention of Mad Ivan and his insult towards Team Rocket.
"DON'T YOU DARE MENTION THAT FRUITCAKE! I SWEAR IF I EVER MEET THAT SCIENTIST AGAIN, I'LL MAKE HIM REGRET THAT HE HAS EVER MADE FUN OF TEAM ROCKET!" Jessie scowled.
"Jessie! We have some Corsola to swipe! Steal now! Vendetta later!" James told his colleague. Jessie groaned.
"Fine," Jessie hissed. She then sets her attention to the group. "Now hand over all of those Corsola and Pikachu too!"
"You wanna get them, then get down here and get them yourself!" Sora dared Team Rocket.
"Yeah!" Kairi and the Alolan nine all agreed.
"Pika!" Pikachu chipped in.
"Pichu!" The Shiny Pichu also chipped in.
"Pichu!" The Spiky-eared Pichu added.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
"Then, that's what we're gonna do!" Jessie said taking out Arbok's Pokéball. Team Rocket comes out of their balloon to battle Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine. "Arbok! Go!" The Pokéball opens and Arbok hisses upon entry.
"Go Victreebel!" James shouted when he threw Victreebel's Pokéball. When Victreebel is let out, he immediatley starts munching on James once again. "YOU JUST DON'T GET IT, DO YOU?!" James exclaimed being munched on. Sora takes out Kabutops's Pokéball to battle again.
"Go for it, Kabutops!" Sora shouted when Kabutops is let out of his Pokéball. Lana didn't want to be left out this time.
"Go for it, Cloyster!" Lana shouted. Cloyster is let out to battle with Team Rocket. All of the Corsola joined in battling Team Rocket along with Cutiefly. Kairi takes out Abra's Pokéball to enter the battle.
"Go for it, Abra!" Kairi shouted when Abra is let out.
"Victreebel! Razor Leaf!" James ordered. Victreebel fires Razor Leaf to strike his targets.
"Watch out! They're sharp!" Andrea gasped.
"Abra! Block it with Psychic!" Kairi ordered. Abra blocks Victreebel's attack with Psychic and sends it back to its owner.
"Arbok! Use Wrap on Abra!" Jessie ordered. Arbok charges towards Abra to wrap around Abra.
"Kabutops! Slash now!" Sora ordered. Kabutops slashes at the cobra Pokémon and he is sent falling to the ground. Arbok gets back up only to be tackled by the Corsola again.
"Thanks for the save, Sora!" Kairi thanked her boyfriend, making Abra jealous.
"Anytime, Kairi!" Sora said.
"Cloyster! Spike Cannon!" Lana ordered. Cloyster fired Spike Cannon right towards the opposing Pokémon. The Corsola all moved out of the way, letting it hit Arbok and Victreebel. James takes out another Pokéball and throws it.
"Go Weezing!" James called out letting out Weezing. "Weezing! Double Hit!" Weezing moved in and delievered Double Hit on Kabutops and Cutiefly. Kabutops is sent back, and also Cutiefly. "Now use Sludge Wave!" Weezing sends out a wave of Sludge right at his opponents.
"Cutiefly! Bug Buzz!" Kairi ordered. Cutiefly flapped her wings and created a huge soundwave to cancel out Sludge Wave and strikes Weezing hard.
"Arbok! Headbutt and that puny bug!" Jessie ordered. Arbok headbutted into Cutiefly. She starts spiraling out of control and then, Cutiefly started to evolve. Everyone stared in awestruck.
"Cutiefly's evolving!" Lillie beamed. Cutiefly then evolved right into a Ribombee. Kairi was mighty proud to see her newly evolved Ribombee right in front of her.
"This is great! Cutiefly evolved into a Ribombee!" Kairi beamed. "Okay Ribombee! Pollen Puff on Arbok!" Ribombee forms a ball of purple pollen and sends it towards Arbok. Once it makes contact, the ball of purple pollen explodes.
"Now Victreebel! Vine Whip!" James ordered. Victreebel grabs the wild Corsola by the horn and slams her to the ground. Corsola's body glows a yellow aura.
"Corsola is using Recover," Lillie said.
The wild Corsola and the family's Corsola all join forces and gather to give Team Rocket what they have coming. They all aim their horns right at Team Rocket.
"Oh crap..." James winced.
"I think they want..." Jessie started.
"...target practice," Meowth finished.
The Corsola fires Spike Cannon and Team Rocket starts running as they were getting pelted with the attack as well. They make it back to their ballon, but one of the spikes hits the lighter in the hot air balloon, causing it to explode. Team goes flying in the air once again.
"My dream of royalty up in smoke!" Jessie cried in disdain.
"How many times did we blast off in the last twenty-something years?" Meowth asked.
"I don't know. I lost count," James said.
"THIS IS TOO MANY!" Team Rocket shouted when they went flying in the sky.
With Team Rocket thwarted again, Lana and the wild Corsola got into position to battle.
"I have been waiting for this for a while and it was worth the wait. Now I'm going to have a Corsola of my very own," Lana said. She took out her Net Ball to battle the coral Pokémon. "Are you ready, Corsola?"
"Corsola," the wild Corsola nodded. Lana threw the Net Ball.
"Go Poliwhirl!" Lana called out, letting Poliwhirl enter the battle. "Once this battle is over with, not only I get a new Pokémon, but you get a new friend." Poliwhirl got fired up hearing it. "Poliwhirl! Bubble Beam!" Poliwhirl fired Bubble Beam, hitting Corsola on the spot. Corsola charges in with a Tackle and strikes the tadpole Pokémon. "Use Ice Punch!" Poliwhirl launches an icy punch on Corsola and the attack hits her hard. "Great! Now use Double Slap!" Poliwhirl slaps Corsola in the face five times and lands in the sand. Corsola uses Recover to heal herself of her injuries. "She used Recover to heal. Poliwhirl! Bubble Beam!" Poliwhirl fires Bubble Beam and it gets reflected back when Corsola's body glows a blue aura and sends it back to Poliwhirl.
"Corsola just fought back with Mirror Coat!" Mallow exclaimed.
"Better play this smart. Gotta give Corsola a hard time just so she won't use Recover," Lana said to herself. "Poliwhirl! Ice Punch!" Poliwhirl gave Corsola another icy punch on the side. "Now use Double Slap!" Poliwhirl slaps Corsola silly again, doing it four times. "Now use Body Slam!" Poliwhirl slams her whole body into Corsola, knocking her out. Lana got a Lure Ball ready and threw it at the coral Pokémon. Once Corsola is struck with the apricorn Pokéball, Corsola flows inside. The Lure Ball wobbles around and around for a bit, hoping Corsola would stay inside. Stars around the Lure Ball confirming the catch is successful. Lana's face lit up and she went over to the Lure Ball and picked it up. "Hip hip hooray! I have my very own Corsola!" Mallow felt proud of her best friend and went up to her and hugged her.
"Way to go, Lana! It was sure worth the wait!" Mallow cheered.
"Thanks Mallow! I couldn't be happier!" Lana cheered. Sora and Kairi were both proud of Lana since she now has a Corsola of her own.
After that was settled, the house was placed on the Corsola nest it once occupied and the family and the Corsola said their goodbyes to Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine and the Pokémon as they continued onward to Red Rock Isle and to compete in the Whirl Cup competition.