Episode 183: Sours For The Sweet
A few days had passed since Sora had taken part of PokéBrawl and since then, nothing was going on so far.
Except, that a couple of Kartana had shown up after in such a while. Lana spotted them coming right towards them.
"Everyone! Kartana coming our way! Two of them!" Lana shouted. Sora took out Silvally's Premier Ball and threw it.
"Go! Silvally!" Sora shouted. The Premier Ball opened and Silvally roars upon entry. Sora takes out his Fire Memory Disc and threw it over to Silvally, making it a Fire Type Pokémon. "Multi-Attack!" Silvally charges towards them with its signature attack and it quickly takes out both of the Kartana. Acerola and Mina threw the Beast Balls on the weakened Ultra Beasts and Sora had sent them both over to Professor Oak, so he could send them to Lusamine. "And done."
"For now. Good thing you had Silvally sent right over," Hapu said. Sora nodded knowing she was right. The group continued their way over to Blackthorn City.
Eleswhere in a temple, Gary is seen meditating and breathing deeply along with a Slowpoke. Making his entry is a boy wearing a black hood and he sat down next to Gary.
"Doing some deep thinking, are you?" The hooded figure asked. Gary opened his eye and sees the hooded boy sitting next to him.
"Who are you?" gary asked. The hooded figure takes off the hood and it's revealed to be Blue. He was shocked to see someone look exactly like him. "What the?! You look like me?!"
"I don't just look like you, Gary. The thing is, I am you and at the same time, I am not you," Blue said. "I'm just from a different world than this one. The name's Blue by the way."
"If you are from an another world like you say that you are, then why are you here?" Gary asked.
"I thought I would pop into this world and do some exploring. And when I saw you here, I figured something was up. Why the troubled expression?" Blue asked. Gary sighed.
"The thing is, I am not sure I want to be a Pokémon Master anymore. Not after everything that happened since losing to Edgar back at the Indigo Plateau. And the one rival I had been competing with had won it," Gary said.
"You're not sure if you wanna be a Pokémon Master anymore? Not something I would expect from alternate me," Blue said. "You said it was because you lost to some nobody?"
"A nobody who had me in a real sling before I knew what happened. His Blastoise took out my Blastoise because he had Mega Evolution. I wasn't expecting that to happen to me at all," Gary said. "And more." Blue got interested.
"What do you mean more?" Blue asked.
"The thing is, a girl who I used to be in love with had chosen Sora over me," Gary said.
"And what is it this Sora has that you don't?" Blue asked curiously.
"The thing is, Sora told me that I don't know a thing of respect for anyone, unlike him. But, the thing that I'm sure I should admit to you," Gary said.
"What's the other thing? I'm going to keep bugging you until you tell me? Do it, do it, do it," Blue said. Gary sighed.
"Courage," Gary answered. "Sora is just the bravest person I have ever met and I can never admit it to him." Blue could tell how his counterpart felt.
"I know. I actually seen Sora's courage in action," Blue said. Gary looked right at his otherworldy self. "Yeah, that's right. I have been here before. Long story short, he's really something. I even saw you the first time I was here. And just between you and me, I thought of having all those cheerleaders with you was embarrassing. The same for that other Gary in some other world my rival visited before." Blue just laughed. "I just couldn't believe you had such an ego." He laughed again.
"I don't think that's funny," Gary hissed. "Is there a point in what you're saying?"
"So, what else is there about him?" Blue asked. Gary sighed again.
"Well, ever since we were little kids, he had been pretty popular with all of the girls in our class. And he's pretty funny. Many of the jokes he had were pretty bad, but a lot of us would laugh," Gary said.
"Hm. That's it?" Blue asked.
"Yeah. I can guess that's what she would like about Sora. If I truly cared about her, then I wouldn't have shoved her off of me when I was beating him up; and right in front of his Pokémon," Gary explained.
"I'm going to guess that might be the problem," Blue said. "The reason it happened is because you got distracted. Try to stay focused on and don't let up. Don't let anyone or anything distract you; not even a girl," Blue said.
"What about everything else?" Gary asked.
"That's going to be up to you. Whatever you decide after that is squarely up to you," Blue said, putting back on his hood. Blue takes his leave by taking out a different version of the device he, Red, Green, Ash, Misty, and Brock had used before. He presses the button and vanished before Gary's eyes.
"Could that other me be right? Was it because I got distracted? Was it the same way I was cocky?" Gary asked himself. He turned to the Slowpoke next to him. "Any ideas, Slowpoke?" The Slowpoke just stared at him blankly.
"Slow," Slowpoke yawned.
"I didn't think so," Gary sighed. Gary than began dwelling on what Sora had said to him just before the Indigo Plateau Pokémon League. He remembered those things Sora said to him, like he took Professor Oak for granted because he was spoiled and snobbish. Also how Kairi would never love him. He even remembered when Kairi told him that she hated him, shattering his heart into a million pieces. Despite Kairi's hatred of Gary, he still loved her, but he didn't know how to let it go. The main reason he came to Johto was mainly to do some soul searching. He wasn't sure what he wanted to do even though he had come so far since he began his Pokémon training. He would have to heed his counterpart's advice about letting Kairi distracting him. But, the problem is he's not sure if he could.
Back over to Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, and the Alolan nine, they came to a town, but it was festive for some sort of reason. As they went through the town, they saw many stands being setup by many of the people, local or not.
"I wonder what's going on here," Lillie said.
"Whatever it is, it sure smells nice," Sophocles said, drooling.
"I can answer that for you," a young woman's voice spoke out. They all turned to see a young teenage creamy pale-skinned and slender girl of average height with shoulder-length dark, straight, brown hair that has a fringe, violet purple eyes, very large breasts; just as big as Cattleya's. She wore a dark blue turtleneck and a pair of blue jeans. With her in her arms is a small, white Pokémon resembling a blob of milk. It has stubby arms with white eyes and drops of liquid splashing from its head. Its whole body is made of cream. "It's just the Bakers Town's annual Bread Making Festival. It just seems to be an appropriate name for the town since the festival is the town's proudest tradition."
"Milcery," the small Pokémon chirped.
"No wonder it's so festive around here," Sora said. He took a glance at the small Pokémon in her arms. "Huh? Wait a minute. Who's that Pokémon?" Sora took out his Pokédex to scan this new Pokémon.
Milcery, the Cream Pokémon
Type: Fairy
This Pokémon was born from sweet-smelling particles in the air. Its body is entirely made out of cream. They say that any patisserie visited by Milcery is guaranteed success and good fortune.
"Milcery, huh?" Sora asked, putting his Pokédex away.
"Judging by your reaction, this is your first time seeing Milcery, right?" The girl asked.
"To be honest, yeah. Never would have imagined a Pokémon with a body made of cream," Sora said.
"Oh, she's just so cute and she smells very sweet," Kairi cooed.
"That's what I thought when I first met her," the girl said. "Are any of you entering any bakeries for the festival?" The group all looked among themselves.
"Not exactly. But, since we now know what's going on, we might as well stick around," Kiawe said.
"I was thinking of the same thing," Sora said. He turned to Sophocles and chuckled. "The same thing can be said for Sophocles since he just wanna to be in it for the treats." Sophocles shifted his eyes.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Sophocles fibbed. Everyone wasn't buying it and they all laughed.
"Oh, sure you weren't," Sora said teasingly. The girl laughed as well.
"I hope all of you enjoy yourselves while you're here," the girl said. She takes her leave of the group.
As they walked through the stands, the group was amazed by how much bakeries were presented there. Among the stands is a teenage boy that has dark green hair and has the same dark skin as Mallow. He wore a chefs outfit and he had a twig sticking out his mouth. He also has a Lickitung at his side. He was setting up when he spots a familiar face and he smiles.
"Mallow?! Is that you?!" The boy called out. The group stopped when they heard him.
"Ulu? I don't believe it! It's really you!" Mallow exclaimed cheerfully.
"Mallow Bro!" Lana added. Sora and Kairi were confused when they heard Lana call him that.
"Lana, Lillie, Illima, and everyone else too! You're all here!" Ulu said happily. "I can't believe you're all here! Are Riku and Hau here too?!"
"They are. And so is my brother," Lillie said.
He sets his sights on the couple with Mallow and her friends.
"So, who are they?" Ulu asked.
"Big brother, this is Sora and his girlfriend Kairi. We've been traveling with them for a very long while," Mallow said. She turned to the couple with a smile. "Sora, Kairi, I want you to meet my big brother Ulu and his partner Lickitung."
"It's very nice to meet you, Ulu," Sora said.
"Pika, Pikachu," Pikachu said.
"We heard so much about you from Mallow," Kairi added.
"Same to you," Ulu said. "It's kinda too bad because I thought you would have been Mallow's boyfriend instead." Sora and Mallow winced and Kairi puffed up her cheeks again.
"Ulu!" Mallow shouted in embarrassment. Ulu laughed.
"I'm just kidding, little sis," Ulu said, rubbing her head. "I just wanted to tease you after so long."
"So, putting all jokes aside, we heard that you've been traveling the world to be the a better chef," Sora said.
"That's right," Ulu said.
"I can guess you came here to share your works, hm?" Hapu asked.
"I sure did. And along the way, I met an incredibly sweet and kind girl," Ulu said, lovingly. Mallow sighed as she knew where this was going.
"Here we go again," Mallow groaned.
"Yeah," Mina agreed.
Kairi leans right into Lillie as she got curious about something.
"Is he like this whenever there are pretty girls involved?" Kairi asked as she whispered.
"You do remember Nina back in her pancake restaurant, don't you?" Lillie answered with a question.
"Sure I do. Why?" Kairi asked.
"Ulu used to have such a crush on her," Lillie explained. "Whenever he would see her, then he would start acting funny and think that he and her are getting married."
"What happened to that dream of his?" Kairi asked.
"He found out that she had already been engaged. You and Sora already met her husband when we were in Alola together," Lillie said. Kairi understood that Ulu had waited way longer than he should have to ask for hand in marriage. She had to ask this question.
"How did he take the news at first?" Kairi asked.
"Not too well," Lillie said. "But he got over it quick, and he left to continue to being a better chef."
"So, big bro. How and when did you meet this girl?" Mallow asked curiously.
"It was just after seeing you and dad after so long," Ulu said. "I was going to try harder to be a better chef when I met the beautiful girl in the world; Melody. It was appropriate because her voice sounded like music when she spoke; almost like she was singing." He then had hearts in his eyes. "It was love at first sight! It was like a fairytale! She and I have been traveling together sharing our delicious masterpieces everywhere we went!" Mallow found it amazing she was with him for that long.
"How nice, Ulu. I'm sure she's very nice," Mallow said.
"Oh she is. And I can gurantee that both you and dad will love her!" Ulu said.
"I'm back, Ulu," a familiar female voice said. The group turned around and saw the girl and Milcery from before. She was surprised to see the group again so soon. "Oh! It's you again." Mallow was shocked to see that her brother's special sweetheart is the girl they had just met.
"Wait a minute. Don't tell me that you're..." Mallow trailed on. She giggles.
"That's right. My name is Melody. It's nice to see you again," Melody said.
"So, you met my little sister and her friends earlier?" Ulu asked.
"I have. I just happen to overhear them and they were wondering about the baking festival going on. I never thought to run into your sister," Melody said. She took a look over to Mallow. "And I'm going to guess that you must be Mallow."
"Yes," Mallow admitted.
"Wow, you're even cuter than Ulu told me you are," Melody said, giving Ulu's sister a hug. Mallow found herself almost suffocating on her breasts. "You were right, Ulu. I do love her just as you said I would."
"It didn't even take as long as I thought it would," Ulu said.
"Well, since you now know my name, I would like introduce you to the others. This is Sora and his girlfriend Kairi, along with Lillie, Illima, Kiawe, Sophocles, Acerola, Mina, Hapu, and my best friend Lana."
"Hi Mallow Bro's girlfriend," Lana greeted.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu said.
"Toge, Toge!" Togepi chirped.
"Pichu!" The Shiny Pichu chirped.
"Pichu!" The Spiky-eared Pichu chirped.
"So, sis, what are you and your friends doing here in the Johto region?" Ulu asked. Mallow explained to her older brother about their experiences since meeting Sora and Kairi in Cerulean City. She told him about the experince they had and the Pokémon they met along the way. She even showed him her Weepinbell, Jumpluff, Vileplume, and Bellossom along with Tsareena. Ulu wasn't surprised to see her love for Grass Types was still intact. He was surprised to see her Steenee had evolved since the last time. She had left out being in other worlds since she knew he wouldn't believe her if she did. And she also left out the part where she and the rest were kidnapped by Team Rocket, since she didn't want her brother to worry. "You got yourself some good Pokémon here, Mallow. Especially your Tsareena. The last time I saw her is when she was just a Steenee"
"She evolved not too long after seeing you again, big bro. Does dad know about you and her yet?!" Mallow asked, getting giddy.
"He does. When I told him about him, he was very surprised to hear it. He was so excited, he almost had a heart attack," Ulu said.
"Have you introduced her to him yet?" Mallow asked.
"Just over the phone, Mallow," Melody said. "But, there is something he doesn't know just yet." Mallow and all of her friends were curious to what she had to say. "Do you wanna tell them or should I?"
"I think we both should. It's best that she knows right now anyway," Ulu said.
"What?" Mallow asked. Ulu and Melody smiled and held up their hands and both had a ring on each of their hands.
"We're getting married!" Ulu and Melody announced.
There was a silence for a moment since it was announced. Sora, Kairi, and the rest of the Alolan nine looked at Mallow as she looked down at the ground for a moment. She then looked back at the both of them with her eyes filled with tears of joy.
"Really?!" Mallow exclaimed happily. "Congratulations to the both of you! When did you decide that? Who proposed to who?"
"Actually, I proposed to him," Melody admitted. "When I asked him to marry me, he was so excited he almost fainted. It was just the cutest thing." Sora and Kairi smiled as they blushed.
"It must be nice to marry someone most important to you," Sora and Kairi said in their thoughts.
They soon went into fantasy mood as they thought of themselves getting married at Professor Oak's lab with Sora's and Kairi's Pokémon present. There, Delia and Kairi's grandma were crying with Terra, Ventus, Aqua, Lea, Isa, Riku, Naminé, Eevee, Azurill, and the Alolan nine and the other Pokémon were baring witness to the event. Tai, Kari, Matt, TK, Sara, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, Davis, Yolei, Cody, Ken, Jun, Takato, Henry, Rika, Jeri, Kenta, Kazu, Suzie, Guil, Impidimp, Takuya, Aguni, Koji, Koichi, JP, Zoe, Tommy, Mime Jr., Munchlax, Yugi, Zeraora, Téa, Joey, Tristan, Bakura, Duke, Mai, and Serenity were also attending. Just when Sora and Kairi were about to kiss, they were interrupted from their shared fantasy by Lickitung licking them both.
"Licki!" Lickitung said.
"Nice if you to ruin a good daydream!" Sora and Kairi exclaimed in unison.
"What were you two daydreaming about?" Lana asked in a teasing tone. Sora and Kairi both realized what they blurted out and they ended up blushing.
"Nothing," Sora and Kairi lied.
The Alolan nine weren't buying it one bit, but they decided not to bug the couple about it.
"Anyway, to answer your question, Mallow, Melody popped the question to me just last week. And I thought it would be a good idea to tell you and dad as a surprise," Ulu said.
"And what a surprise," Sora said.
"When do you think you should tell your dad, Ulu?" Acerola asked.
"We were thinking after the festival," Ulu said.
"We just figured he would be too busy since running the family resturant in Alola," Melody said. "We also decided to head down there soon." Mallow smiled and hugged them both.
"I am so very happy for the both of you. Where are you going to get married?" Mallow asked.
"We haven't decided yet. But, enough about the wedding. We have something that we want to share for you," Ulu said.
"What is it? What is it?" Sophocles asked, getting anxious.
"Just come with us and you'll see for yourselves," Ulu said. The young chef and his fiance led the group to a cabin they're renting and he presented the group a squared bread dish with a yellow fruit on the center. "And here you go. There's plenty for everyone."
"Looks tasty," Sophocles drooled.
"No offense to Kairi's cooking, but Mallow's cooking is the best," Lana said.
"No offense taken, Lana," Kairi said.
"It looks delicious," Lillie said.
"It must be good," Kiawe said.
"Then, let's dig right in," Sora stated.
"You don't need to tell me twice, Sora," Hapu said.
"Down the hatch!" Sora, Kairi, and eight of the Alolan nine all said. They all took a bite of the bread pastry. The faces of Sora, Kiawe, and Hapu puckered up when the faces of Kairi, Lillie, Illima, Lana, Sophocles, Acerola, and Mina all had a look of bliss on their faces.
"So sweet," Kairi, Lillie, Illima, Lana, Sophocles, Acerola, and Mina all beamed.
"So sour!" Sora, Kiawe, and Hapu exclaimed with their lips puckered. Pikachu's lips were also puckered while Togepi's face was blissed. The Pichu's faces lit up when they ate some. Kairi was surprised to hear her boyfriend and a couple of her friends say that.
"You think it's sour?" Lillie asked.
"But, it's sweet and yummy," Sophocles said, eating another one.
"Sweet and yummy?! It's completley sour!" Kiawe stated.
"I mean, how can you not taste how sour it is?!" Hapu added. She turned to Sora. "Help me out here, Sora!"
"Sour, sour, sour, sour, sour, sour!" Sora confirmed. She looked over to Pikachu and saw his face all puckered. She turned to her older brother.
"Why did you make bread that tastes like that?!" Mallow exclaimed.
"Well, I thought of using berries that a Pokémon would like," Ulu answered nervously. "And the way to do that is by using these Grepa Berries." He holds one up.
"So, it was Grepa Berries," Lillie said.
"Grepa Berries?" Kairi asked. Lillie turned to Kairi.
"Grepa Berries can either sweet or sour. The problem with them is, yu can't tell just by looking at them," Lillie stated.
"So, the ones we ate are the sweet ones," Kairi started.
"The ones Sora, Kiawem and Hapu ate were the sour ones," Sophocles finished. Sora looked over to the plate.
"I'm going to give this one a try," Sora said, taking one. He took a bite and his face puckered up again and with tears in his eyes. "You've got to be kidding me! How can you tell which is sweet and which is sour?!" Kairi hands her boyfriend some bottled water.
"Here Sora! Have some water!" Kairi said. Sora took the water and he guzzled it down like a a Qwilfish inhaling water.
"Is he entering both sweet and sour bread?" Sophocles asked, tilting his head. Lana stroke her chin.
"How do you know which is which?" Lana asked.
"That's a very good question," Illima said. Ulu chuckled.
"There's no problem with my Lickitung!" Ulu proclaimed.
"Lickitung!" Lickitung said, sending its tongue everywhere. He places a whole bunch of Grepa Berries on the table.
"Show them what you can do!" Ulu said. Lickitung uses its tongue and sends the berries flying. He catches some of them with the basket he's holding. "Way to go! That's it!" He then washes the berries in a bowl filled with water. He takes one and throws it to Sora. He catches it. "Here, Sora! Give it a try!"
"I don't know. Are you sure it's safe?" Sora asked.
"Just give it a bite and you'll see. It'll be great, I promise," Ulu assured him. Sora was skeptical, but Ulu did promise him it was going to be alright. He reluctantly took a bite of the berry and his face lit up.
"It is sweet!" Sora beamed.
"How did you do that?" Kairi asked.
"Lickitung has such a keen sense of taste, that he can detect if a berry is either sweet or sour even with the skin on," Ulu said.
"Lickitung!" Lickitung said, swaying his tongue in the air.
"So, you couldn't just right from the start?" Sora asked. Ulu winced when Sora asked him that. "Could you?" Sora glared at him with a stern face.
"I could," Ulu admitted. "Sorry about that, Sora. I only meant it to be a demonstration." He held his hands up.
"Demonstration?" Mallow shook her head.
"Go easy on him, Mallow. He didn't any harm. It's not like he was trying to poison anyone," Melody said. Mallow sighed because she knew her future sister-in-law was right. Ulu does try hard.
On the very next day, it was the day of the bakery festival and the smell of pastries filled the air. The townspeople and Pokémon living there were enjoying the festival and the couple decided to have some alone time along with Pikachu, Togepi, and the Pichu accompanying them.
"Having a good time, Kairi?" Sora asked.
"As long it's with you, I'm always having a good time," Kairi said. Sora smiled as he placed his arm around Kairi's shoulder.
"Then, that's all that makes the difference," Sora said.
Over to eight of the Alolan nine, they were wondering around the festival and they were amazed by how many bakeries there were.
"Just look at how many places there are," Acerola said.
"Melody wasn't kidding. This place is packed," Kiawe said.
"Totally," Mina said.
"We should meet up with Mallow's stand. I'm sure Sora and Kairi are with them right now," Hapu suggested.
"Good idea. I'm sure they'll be waiting for us right now," Lillie said.
Over to the couple, they came across a tall man and he has two squirrel-like Pokémon with him. One is gray and has round cheeks. The Pokémon's fur is mostly tan, but the tip of its tail and ears are dark brown. It also has yellow markings at the base of its ears, and the areas around its eyes and its belly are white. Finally, it has short limbs and a yellow nose. The other one is red and obese. It tan and brown fur, black eyes, and round cheeks with yellow "freckles" on them. It also has a yellow nose, a buck tooth, stubby limbs, and a huge tail. He took a look at the couple and smiled.
"It must be nice to be out with your own special sweetheart partaking in a festival like this one," the man said. Sora and Kairi stopped and looked right him and the two Pokémon with him. "I'm sorry. I was just talking to myself."
"It's okay," Sora said, accepting his apology.
"We're just happy to be together, that's all," Kairi added.
"From the looks of you two, I don't doubt it for a second," the man said. Sora took a look over to the two squirrel Pokémon quite curiously. He noticed his expression. "I take it that you're interested in my Skwovet and Greedent, I presume?"
"Skwovet and Greedent?" Sora asked. He took out his Pokédex and scanned them.
Skwovet, the Cheeky Pokémon
Type: Normal
Skwovet are commonly found all around the Galar region. Skwovet is known to stuff its face with berries and does so, nonstop. It does so, to make its cheeks puff up. Skwovet even comes to farms to search for berries and is uneasy when its cheeks are empty.
Greedent, the Greedy Pokémon
The evolved form of Skwovert
Type: Normal
Like Skowvet, it is common throughout the Galar region. Greedent has teeth that are strong enough to chew through the toughest of berry shells. It usually stashes so many berries in its tail, they fall out constantly. Greedent is so slow-witted, it doesn't even notice the loss.
"What do you know, a pair of Pokémon that loves to eat as much as a Munchlax and a Snorlax," Sora said, putting his Pokédex away.
"I take it, this is the first time you two have seen Skwovet and Greedent, yes?" The man asked. Sora and Kairi nodded. "I shouldn't be surprised, since they're common in the Galar region just as your Pokédex said."
"You're from there, too?" Sora asked.
"Yes I am, my boy. I have been traveling the world for many years now and it looks like I came just in time for the festival. Out of all the places have been to in all my travels, this town is my favorite place to travel by," the man said. "By the way, my name is Jonathan. And of course you already know Skwovet and Greedent."
"I'm Sora," he introduced himself.
"And I'm Kairi," she introduced.
"Pika, Pika," Pikachu said.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
"Pichu," the Shiny Pichu chirped.
"Pichu," the Spiky-eared Pichu chirped.
"A pleasure to meet you," Jonathan said. "I apologize for interuppting the both of you."
"It's no big deal," Sora assured him.
After spending some time speaking with Jonathan, the couple met up with their friends and they found it odd that there weren't any Grepa Bread ready.
"Hey, what's up?" Sora asked.
"I don't see any bread," Lana said.
"Maybe it's still baking in the oven," Kiawe guessed.
"That could be it," Sora said. Mallow walked by with Tsareena and she looked stressed. "Hey, Mallow." She turned to her friends.
"Oh, hi Sora," Mallow greeted.
"Is your bread still baking?" Sora asked.
"We've got a problem," Mallow said.
"You do?" Sora asked.
"What happened?" Kairi asked.
"The way things are going now, we might not be able to bake any bread," Mallow said. Kairi and the Alolan nine were shocked to hear it and Sora just had a bad feeling something bad happened.
"Tell me that there was a problem with the oven," Sora pleaded in his thoughts. She led her friends to her brother and saw how pale he looked. Melody sat beside him and did her best to comfort him.
"There, there, Ulu. It wasn't your fault," Melody assured him.
"What happened to him?" Lana asked.
"He looks so pale," Kiawe said.
"You see, when we were bringing all of the ingredients," Mallow explained. It turns Ulu and Melody got so worked up about their wedding plans, Ulu didn't pay attention to the rolling pin and he tripped and pulls down the cart, accidentally sending the sweet Grepa Berries flying straight into the mouth of a sleeping Snorlax as it was yawning. All three of them blanced when that happened. Mallow finished, "And so there went our sweet Grepa Berries."
"It's all my fault," Ulu said. Mallow turned to her brother. "This only happened because I let my guard down."
"That doesn't sound good," Acerola said.
"You don't have any more sweet Greppa Berries left, do you?" Sora asked.
"No we don't. The only ones we have left are sour and not one of them is going to save us now," Melody said.
"You mean you don't have any sweet berries back at the cabin?" Sophocles asked.
"Not one," Ulu simply said. "And just the leftover sour berries, Melody said."
"Man, sounds like such a waste. I mean, it's not like we can just make them sweet," Sora said. An idea popped up in Mallow's head.
"Wait a minute! That's it!" Mallow proclaimed. Everyone including Ulu all looked right at her.
"What's it?" Ulu asked.
"We can make some jelly using those sour Grepa Berries! And we can sweeten the jelly!" Mallow explained.
"Sweeten the jelly?" Kairi asked.
"That's right! I can go and get them," Mallow said.
"How about you let me and Charizard go get them instead?" Kiawe suggested.
"And the rest of us can help you out," Sora stated.
"If there's anything we can do, please tell us," Lillie said.
"Now don't be shy," Lana said.
"And don't forget we wanna sample some of that yummy bread too, you know," Sophocles said.
"You took the words right out of my mouth, Sophocles," hapu said.
"It'll be the first time that I'll be making bread and it'll be such a fun learning experience," Kairi said.
"Thanks so much, everyone!" Mallow beamed. Ulu and Melody were mighty proud that Mallow had such good friends. Kiawe and his Charizard came back after a couple of minutes to get the sour Grepa Berries while Lillie, Lana, and Mina helped by washing the berries in the local fountain. Ulu, Sora, Kairi, Mallow, Sophocles, and Illima helped with the dough. Melody got the bread ready and Sora had Typhlosion use Flamethrower to bake the bread. Mallow sampled the Grepa Berry jelly while Sopholces had some on his face. "You know what? I think there's something missing."
"Really? I think it's good now," Sophocles said. Kairi had Steenee had shook her head as she was sprinkling some Sweet Scent. The Pichu became enchanted by the sweet-smelling aroma and went up to the fruit Pokémon. Kairi giggled at the sight.
"Looks like you two like Steenee's Sweet Scent," Kairi said. Mallow then got an idea.
"That's it! Kairi, you don't mind if I have your Steenee use her Sweet Scent?" Mallow asked.
"I don't have a problem, Mallow," Kairi said. Steenee sprinkled Sweet Scent into the Grepa Jelly, making it sparkle and glitter.
"Now for the final test," Mallow said, taking a taste. "It's perfect!"
"And these are perfect as well!" Ullu stated. Mallow covered the freshly baked bread with the jelly and set them on the trays. The smell of Steenee's Sweet Scent filled the air and it started to draw in a crowd. It didn't take long before a crowd started to come to have some. Even Jonathan along with Skwovet and Greedent to have a taste. It wasn't long before it was sold out completley. "I'm sorry, everyone. We are completley sold out. Thanks for your business." Ulu turned to the group with a bif smile. "Thank you so very much, everyone. We couldn't have done this without you."
"I'm glad that it sold out, but I'm bummed that I didn't get to sample any," Sophocles said, drooling.
"It's such a shame. I would have liked to have a taste of that too," Sora said. Mallow came out holding a tray with some of the Grepa Jelly bread.
"Surprise everyone! I saved you some!" Mallow said.
"Sweet!" Sophocles cheered.
Everyone took one each and they all liked the taste of the bread they had made. Kairi even fed a piece to Togepi.
"Does that taste good, Togepi?" Kairi asked.
"Toge," Togepi beamed. Mallow brought some more of the bread.
"Here are some for you too!" Mallow said.
Pikachu, the Pichu, Steenee, Tsareena, Weepinbell, Jumpluff, Vileplume, and Bellossom enjoyed the bread as well.
The judges had called all those taking part of the festival to announce the winner.
"The winner for this year's Bakers Town Festival are Ulu and Melody for their delicious jelly bread!" The judge announced. Everyone applauded for the engaged couple for their treat. Ulu and Melody came onto the platform and accepted their trophy. "The exquisite harmony between the Grepa Berry Jelly and the use of Sweet Scenet was the dediding factor that contributed in the brilliant moment in the culinary arts."
"Thank you so very much!" Melody said.
"We didn't do it alone. It was also thanks to my sister and her friends who made this possible," Ulu stated.
Shortly after the festival had concluded, Mallow gave her brother and his fiance one last hug.
"It was wonderful to see you again," Mallow said. And she turns to Melody. "And it was very nice to meet you."
"You too, Mallow. I'm hoping that you would be attending the wedding," Melody said.
"That's a promise," Mallow said. "Just promise that you'll take care of him."
"I will," Melody vowed.
"And don't you forget to let dad know about your engagement, Ulu," she reminded her brother."
"Don't worry, Mallow. I won't," Ulu said. "It was nice seeing all of you again. And it was nice meeting you, Sora and Kairi."
"It was nice meeting you too, Ulu," Sora said.
"I hope we get to see you again," Kairi said.
"Same here," Ulu said.
With that said, the group said their goodbyes to Mallows brother and her future sister-in-law and continued on their way to Blackthorn City. Who knows what other adventures awaits them.