Episode 187: Outrageous Fortunes
About a day had passed since the group's experience in the Battle Park and they made a stop at the local Pokémon Center to rest for the night. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine had picked up their Pokémon onve they had healed up. Kairi decided to have an outing with her parents while Sora decided to train for his Gym battle. Since he was going up against Dragon Types, his best bet is to use Ice and Fairy Types.
"Let's see," Sora said, looking over his Pokédex. "I've got Feraligatr and Gyarados since they both know Ice Fang; also Gyarados knows Dragon Pulse, so that's a good go. There's also Lapras, Mamoswine, Azumarill, since they're Ice and Fairy Types. Also there's Primarina, Hitmonchan, and Snorlax, since Ice Punch and Ice Beam are effective. I also have Silvally and I can give it either an Ice Memory or a Fairy Memory. Dragonite and Naganadel would be a good match-up, but the only problem is they're weak against their own Types." Sora was trying his hardest to think. Sora did think about using Silvally just like he did when he battled Morty since he knew his Ghost Types were pretty difficult. And he knew battling Dragon Type Pokémon was no walk in the park, even with Types on his side. Ventus came up to Sora and tapped his shoulder.
"Hey Sora," Ventus greeted. Sora turned to see his cousin.
"Hey Ven. What's up?" Sora asked.
"What are doing?" Ventus asked.
"Trying to figure out which ones I'm going to go with," Sora said.
"Pika, Pi," Pikachu said.
"You have plenty of awesome Pokémon to choose from. Have you thought of which ones?" Ventus asked.
"I have thought about using Ice and Fairy Types. I would also try Dragon Types, but the problem is they're weak against their own Types," Sora said.
"You have Silvally, so it should be an easy since you used it to beat Morty," Ventus said.
"I did think of that. But the thing is, what if those Dragon Types knows Fire Type moves to put out my Ice?" Sora asked.
"Bummer," Ventus said. "But the plus side is you can make Silvally a Fairy Type Pokémon, so Dragon Type attacks won't have any effect on it!" Sora smiled.
"I thought of that too, Ven," Sora said. Sora thought long enough and he chose to send Meganium, Typhlosion, and Heracross over to Professor Oak's lab in exchange for Azumarill, Mamoswine, and Silvally. The cousins stepped out to do some training for the upcoming Gym battle. He let out Feraligatr, Gyarados, Azumarill, Mamoswine, and Silvally to train. "Okay guys. Today we'll be training for our Gym battle against the Blackthorn City Gym. Our opponents are going to be Dragon Type Pokémon. You five have been carefully chosen since some of typings; meaning Ice and Fairy Types are effective agsint Dragon Types. Feraligatr and Gyarados both has Ice Fang and that's a good chance to give them such a frostbite." Sora laughed a bt and his Pokémon weren't amused. Gyarados just gave a face that screams that was a bad joke. Sora could see that wasn't a bit funny.
"Pika," Pikachu facepalmed.
"Okay, putting jokes aside and getting back to business, Azumarill is the only Fairy Type here; for now. Silvally will be given the Fairy Memeory since Dragon Type attacks has zero effect on Fairy Types. Also, there's Mamoswine, being the Ice Type. Is everyone ready?!" Sora's five Pokémon nodded and they got started on their training. They trained hard for a couple of hours for their Gym battle. Terra, Aqua, Togepi, the Pichu, and the Alolan nine all watched the training go on. Sora and his Pokémon stopped between breaks to eat up on the food Kairi and Mirei had provided for them when they get hungry. Once their break was over, they went back to some more training. Kairi and her parents had shown up to witness Sora training hard. Kairi wasn't surprosed to see her boyfriend training for his next Gym battle.
"I thought this is where the excitement was," Yuta said.
"How long has he been going at it?" Mirei asked.
"Ever since you three went on your little outing," Mallow said. "He thought he could keep himself occupied with some training to keep himself busy, so he won't end up being bored."
"He did remember to eat up, didn't he?" Kairi asked.
"He did stop between breaks to enjoy the meal you and your mom made," Sophocles said. "And it was very tasty." Mirei smiled.
"I'm glad you liked it , Sophocles. I just enjoy seeing the beaming faces of you kids when you enjoy my meals," Mirei said. Hapu leaned over to Mina.
"Sound familiar to anyone?" Hapu asked.
"Totally," Mina said. Yuta was quite impressed with Silvally and he had admit, he has never seen a Pokémon like that before in his life.
Sora's Pokémon continued to train hard, but Sora decided to call it quits.
"Okay, guys. That's enough for today," Sora said. Sora's Pokémon were relived to finally relax and not coutning the times they stopped for breaks. "You guys did great. Couldn't be prouder." He calls them all back. He then hears something in the shrubs. "Huh?" He went to investigate.
"Sora? What's wrong?" Ventus asked.
"I thought I heard something just now," Sora said. He went over to the bushes and he saw it was a Pinsir hiding in the bushes. "Pinsir!" That scared the Pinsir out of hiding. Terra and Aqua went to get Ventus in case the stag beetle Pokémon decided to attack him. Sora wasn't going to let it get away. "No you don't, Pinsir! Pikachu! Thunderbolt!"
"Pika!" Pikachu dashed over to Pinsir and launced a pretty heavy Thunderbolt and gives Pinsir quite a shock. Sora took out a Pokéball and threw it over to the stag beetle Pokémon, making it flow inside. The Pokéball wobbles around for a few seconds before stars swirls around the Pokéball confirming the catch. Sora decides to send the newly caught Pinsir to Professor Oak's lab.
"That was close," Sora said. He turned to Ventus. "You okay, Ven?"
"I'm alright. I was surprised to see that Pinsir just jump out like that," Ventus answered.
"So was I," Illima said. "That Pinsir wasn't interested in battling, but instead, it was interested in running away."
"He must have been sleeping in those bushes and Sora must have scared him. That was why he was running," Kairi said.
"You might be right, Kairi. Afterall, that Pinsir was just an infant," Yuta said. Ventus looked right at him.
"You mean that was a baby Pinsir?" Ventus asked.
"Baby or not, it would have attacked Ven! And Terra and I would have gotten into trouble with his parents," Aqua stated.
"I'm fine, it was no big deal," Ventus said. "I don't even think he saw me."
"Aqua is right, Ven. We don't want to take any chances," Terra said.
"And that's why I caught him," Sora said. "It wasn't just you I was thinking of, but there were some other people that would have been attacked by Pinsir. I wonder what attacks that baby has." Sora checked his Pokédex and went to Pinsir and he saw that his new Pinsir knows only Vicegrip and Focus Energy. "Just two attacks. Not to worry, because with proper training, I'll whip Pinsir into shape."
They hear some commotion going on outside and the group went to see what was going on.
"Hey, what's up?" Kiawe asked.
"There's a battle going on! And I'm going to see for myself!" One trainer told the group.
"We might as well check it out for ourselves," Acerola suggested.
"Good idea. This should be fun to watch," Sora said. The group made it outside and they saw a battle between two Fighting Type Pokémon. One boy has a Poliwrath and another boy has a Hitmontop. The trainer with the Poliwrath wore a blue shirt with orange streaks at the bottom of the shirt and at the sleeves and at the neck. He also wore tan pants, and green shoes with yellow laces. "A Poliwrath and a Hitmontop. This should be a good battle."
"And so awesome," Ventus beamed.
"Hitmontop! Use Triple Kick!" Hitmontop's trainer ordered. Hitmontop spins around like a top to strike at Poliwrath.
"Dodge it, Poliwrath!" Poliwrath's trainer ordered. Poliwrath dodges just by jumping. "Now use Double Slap!" Poliwrath slaps Hitmontop silly thrice.
"That Poliwrath is doing a real number on that Hitmontop," Sophocles said.
"It sure is. That Poliwrath looks so cool the way it moves," Lana said.
"Not surprising that you want your own Poliwrath since I have one," Sora said. Lana stuck out her tongue at Sora.
"Poliwrath! Submission!" Poliwrath's trainer ordered. Poliwrath ran towards Hitmontop and rolls around, holding its opponent tight.
"Hang in there, Hitmontop!" Hitmontop's trainer called out. Poliwrath gave the hand stand Pokémon a toss and lands on the ground, knocked out. "Oh no!"
"Ha! Sorry Mason!" Poliwrath's trainer said. Poliwrath flexed its muscles.
"That guy doesn't mess around. He just mopped the floor with that Hitmontop," Kiawe said.
"Nuh-uh," Mina said.
Lana wanted to battle against Poliwrath with her Poliwhirl, not caring if Poliwrath is stronger than Poliwhirl.
"That was his seventh win in a row!" One of the spectators said.
"Delaney is on fire today!" Another spectatpr added.
"Who else wants a piece of me?! I can take on anyone!" Delaney challenged. Lana had stepped up.
"I want a piece of you," Lana proclaimed
"Cool! And your name is?" Delaney asked.
"The name's Lana and I came from Konikoni City on Akala Island! Now what do you say?" Lana asked, taking out her Net Ball. Delanely grinned.
"I'm game. And you are on," Delanely said. Lana got into position for battle. "The Pokémon I'm going with is my Poliwrath."
"Poliwrath!" Poliwrath said.
"Then, I'm going with my Poliwhirl!" Lana called out as she threw her Net Ball. The Net Ball opens and her Poliwhirl makes a grand entrance. "Poliwhirl! Water Pulse!"
"Poliwrath! Use Water Pulse too!" Delanely ordered. Both Pokémon forms balls of water and sends them right towards each other resulting in a watery explosion.
"Move in with your Ice Punch!" Lana ordered. Poliwhirl moves towards her evolved form to deliever a chilling punch.
"Poliwrath! Dodge and use Double Slap!" Delanely ordered. Poliwrath moves in and gives Poliwhirl a series of slaps. "Now use Submission!" Poliwrath grabs Poliwhirl just like before and rolls around on the battlefield and then gives Poliwhirl a toss. "Yes! That's eight in a row!" He looked around and he spots Sora among the group. "Hey! You're Sora aren't you?"
"Yeah, that's me," Sora admitted.
"Great! I've been wanting to meet you for a while now. And I wanted to battle you when I do meet you. So, what do you say? Wanna battle me?" Delanaley challenged. Sora wasn't sure if he should, but he looked over to Pikachu.
"Pika!" Pikachu nodded.
"If you feel that way, then I'm going with you," Sora said. "You're on, Delanley." Lana and Poliwrath decided to watch the battle closely, since she thought it would be good learning experience for her Poliwhirl.
"Great! I'm going to stick with my Poliwrath!" Delanely stated. "Poliwrath! Begin with your Double Slap!"
"Dodge with Quick Attack!" Sora ordered. Pikachu dashes across the battlefield and lands a blow onto Poliwrath. "Now use Electro Ball!" Sora forms a ball of electricity and hurls it right at the amphibian Pokémon.
"Dodge it, Poliwrath!" Delanely called out and Poliwrath avoids Pikachu's attack.
Unknown to anyone, Team Rocket is watching the battle closely.
"At last, we found the twerps and Pikachu! And after so many days of searching!" Meowth said.
"Now we can finally capture Pikachu and give it to the boss!" James said.
"And make our debts disappear," Meowth added. Jessie sighes.
"You know what? I think I'm getting sick of this," Jessie said.
"Getting sick of what?" James asked.
"I mean, I'm getting sick of trying to capture Pikachu," Jessie stated. James and Meowth gasped.
"What are you saying, Jess?" Meowth asked.
"Capturing Pikachu is all we have been trying to do!" James said.
"I know, but I think we're going about it all wrong," Jessie said.
"What do you mean, Jessie?" James asked.
"Yeah, spill the beans," Meowth said.
"I mean we should capture a Pokémon that appears to be stronger than Pikachu first. Just like that Poliwrath," Jessie proposed.
"Doesn't Pikachu have the advantage since being an Electric Type?" James asked earning him a kick on the side.
"Fool! You are missing the point!" Jessie snarled. "Types has nothing to do with what I am talking about. What I am stating we should capture a bigger and stronger-looking Pokémon before we even consider capturing Pikachu. And we already have the perfect one in mind; that Poliwrath."
"That's actually a great idea, Jessie. That Poliwrath does look stronger than Pikachu, so it'll be a good gift for the boss with Pikachu, giving him a double-pack!" Meowth stated.
"That's using your head, Meowth!" Jessie said.
"Now we have planning to do!" Jessie said. "And we can swipe that Poliwrath, even if it loses to Pikachu." Team Rocket got work on their plan to steal Poliwrath.
Back down to Sora and Delanely, Sora saw how tired Poliwrath was getting.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt now!" Sora ordered.
"Dodge it, Poliwrath!" Delanely ordered.Poliwrath tried to dodge, but it was too slow to move and got struck hard by Pikachu's Thunderbolt, earning a knock out. "No! Poliwrath!" He ran up to Poliwrath. "You okay?"
"Poli," Poliwrath responded.
"Don't sweat it. You did your best," Delanely said. He calls his Poliwrath back inside its Pokéball. He walked up to Sora. "Hey, congrats on your win, Sora. You really are something."
"No sweat. You were pretty awesome. You did a great job training your Poliwrath," Sora said.
The group went up to the Pokémon Center to rest up Pikachu and the other and Lana decided to rest up Poliwhirl after that battle. A Chansey is seen mopping the floor as the group made their way to Nurse Joy's counter.
"You must be tired from that battle, Poliwhirl. Let's get you fixed up," Lana said.
"Pikachu and the other should have themselves a little rest after that battle too," Sora said. Not paying attention to the wet floor, Sora slips and he fell onto the floor, causing the contents of his backpack to fall out, including his King's Rock. "Ouch!" Kairi and her parents went up to Sora.
"On no! Sora!" Kairi gasped.
"Are you okay?" Mirei asked.
"That was a pretty nasty fall," Yuta said.
"I'm okay. Someone should have put up a sign here," Sora said.
"Chansey, Chansey!" The Chansey went up to Sora with concern.
"It's okay, Chansey," Sora said, standing back up. "Accidents happen." Sora began picking up his stuff and Poliwhirl picks up the King's Rock and holds it in her hands. Once everything was picked up, Lana went to her Poliwhirl.
"Now let's get you that rest, Poliwhirl," Lana said, calling back Poliwhirl, unaware of her holding the King's Rock. Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, Yuta, Mirei, Terra, Ventus, Ventus, Aqua, and the Alolan nine went up to the counter.
"Here Nurse Joy, my Pokémon are ready to be checked up," Sora said.
"And I'll be glad to take good care of them," Nurse Joy said.
Outside, Delanley is walking outside with his Pokéball containing Poliwrath.
"I guess I was just pushing you too hard, maybe that's why I lost to Sora," Delanely said. "I promise, I'll think more of you the next time we battle." Jessie is in place, disguised as a fortune teller. She wore a veil to hide he face.
"Greetings, young traveling stranger," Jessie greeted, diguising her voice. Delanely stopped.
"Who? Me?" Delanely asked.
"Of course. I am a humble fortune teller, and you caused my crystal ball to come to life to tell you of a fabulous future," Jessie said. Delanely just looked at her confused.
"What kind of fortune teller would set up shop in a forest?" Delanely asked in his thoughts. James and Meowth came along carrying a crate of oranges.
"Well, it looks like today is your lucky day," James said.
"This lady is famous for predicting things right," Meowth said.
"Well, talk is cheap, so let's see a little proof," Delanely said.
"Course. She predicted the price of orange juice and we jumped into the orange band wagon," James said.
"We crawled up a crop of these babies and now we're rolling in dough," Meowth said.
"We returned to say thanks, because we thought she deserved to know," James said.
"We made millions in a minute, when she told us what to throw," Meowth said.
"Now, now, I can't take all of the credit when it was my trusty crystal ball that told me so," Jessie said. She gave a little chuckle.
"On top of all that, she's humble too," James said. "Our gratitude is boundless!"
"Please accept our fruits of our labor as a token of our sincere appreciation," Meowth said. Jessie rolled her eyes.
"That has got to be worse acting that I have ever endured. You're selling oranges, not ham," Jessie said in her thoughts.
"I would really have my fortune told here, if I were you," James said.
"Just look at what happened to us," Meowth said.
"Toodaloo!" James said. Meowth chuckled.
Jessie had to set the next phase of her plan into motion.
"Now shall we see what the future has in store for you?" Jessie asked. "Hm... I can see that you are in possession of a Pokémon; a powerful one. A Poliwrath!"
"How do you know that?" Delanely asked.
"Your Poliwrath is a fine specimen of fine strength," Jessie stated. Delanely was surprised to hear her say that.
"What? You can see how strong my Poliwrath really is?" Delanely asked.
"Darling, I can see what your Poliwrath had for breakfast yesterday," Jessie said.
"That is awesome. So, please tell me. What do you see in my future?" Delanely asked.
"Yes, your future. Let's see. I can see bright and happy future with riches beyond belief, and..." Jessie stated before she gasped. "What's this?"
"What? What do you see in there?" Delanely asked.
"A dark and angry cloud hangs over your future. It's your Poliwrath," Jessie said. "It is possessed with evil and hate."
"What should I do about it?" Deanely asked.
"Not to worry, my little friend. My mass powers can remove the evils that haunts your Poliwrath," Jessie said.
"Yeah? Please do!" Delanely said.
"As you wish. If you would please place your Poliwrath before me," Jessie said. He does exactly that. Jessie stands up. "I will remove every evil spirit that plagues your Poliwrath." She takes out a yellow clothe and place it over the Pokéball. "First I place my bad-be-gone-clothe, like so. Now close your eyes and slowly count to thirty while thinking of your Poliwrath. And so, begin counting slowly and loudly!" Delanely then starts couting to thirty.
"Oh, right!" Delaney said, closing his eyes. He begins counting. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten." James and Meowth came back and they attempt to take off with Poliwrath. He opens his eyes. "Will this really-" his sentence was cut when he saw Jessie trying to sneak off.
"Oh crap!" Jessie gasped. Delanely realized that they were frauds, trying to steal his Poliwrath.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing with my Pokéball?!" Delanely exclaimed.
"Running!" Team Rocket answered as they ran off.
"You were all in on it!" Delanely shouted. "Thieves!" Sora, Kairi, the Pokémon, Terra, Ventus, Aqua, Yuta, Mirei, and the Alolan nine were taking off for Blackthorn City after having their Pokémon healed up, when they heard his voice.
"Was that Delanely?" Kairi asked.
"It sounded like him," Sora said. The group saw Delaney chasing after the thieves, holding his Pokéball.
"Gimmie back my Poliwrath you crooks!" Delanely shouted after them.
"Delanely! What's going on?!" Sora called out.
"Those three guys stole my Poliwrath!" Delanely called back to them.
"And I can bet who those three are," Sora said.
"Prepare for trouble and start predicting the worse!"
"Make it double, because you heard it here first!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Team Rocket removed their disguises.
"Jessie!"
"James!"
They jumped into their hot air balloon.
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!"
"Wobbufett!"
"Team Rocket!" Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine exclaimed.
"Pika!" Pikachu added.
"Did that Meowth just talk?" Mirei questioned.
"What did ya expect to do, lady, to go moo?" Meowth joked.
"And what were expecting, some fortune teller?" Jessie taunted.
"I'll tell you your fortune, we steal all your Pokémon!" James added.
"Next greeting at five o'clock!" Meowth said.
"You are not going to get away with this!" Sora called out.
"Come back with my Poliwrath!" Delaney barked at them.
"The terror cloud say," Jessie said.
"We will get away," James added with a rhyme.
"So, have a nice day!" Meowth finished.
"Get back here!" Sora called out to them.
"I have got to save my Poliwrath!" Delanely said.
"Then, let's do that," Hapu said. They all raced and followed Team Rocket's balloon. They followed them as they went over a mountain. "They went over that mountain!"
"And that's where we're going to go!" Sora said.
"How do you know these people?" Yuta asked.
"Those guys are from Team Rocket! They go around and stealing Pokémon from their trainers! Those three have been causing trouble for us whenever we face off against them," Lillie exlplained.
"And I'll tell you this, they're not exactly the brightest bulbs in the cupboard," Acerola added.
"No," Mina agreed.
"Not like the rest of them," Mallow said.
"Sounds like you had some experience with them," Mirei said.
The group raced through the woods to find Team Rocket, hoping they haven't gone far.
Over to Team Rocket, they laugh as they celebrate their success.
"What went better than expected," Jessie said as she laughed.
"Yes, it's great that we have low expectations," James said.
"Now, it's time to inspect the spoils!" Meowth beamed. Jessie threw the Pokéball.
"Alright Poliwrath! Come out!" Jessie called out. Poliwrath emerged from its Pokéball and it didn't see Delanely anywhere.
"Alright! Part one of our plan is complete!" James praised.
"And part two is catching Pikachu," Meowth said. Jessie went up to Poliwrath.
"Now here, Poliwrath. From here on, you will refer to me as your master," Jessie said, earning her a Double Slap in the face. Jessie's face ends up being red. "The nerve. How dare you lay a Double Slap on your master."
"Very fiesty, aren't you?" James asked.
"But not very smart," Meowth said. Jessie takes out a Pokéball and tosses it.
"Arbok! Go!" Jessie called out as Arbok emrges from his Pokéball. "It's about to teach our slap happy friend some manners!" Arbok was about to attack Poliwrath when Poliwrath gives the cobra Pokémon a Double Slap, knocking him out. Jessie gasped at the sight. "Arbok." James went up next.
"Now, perhaps we have just started off on the wrong foot," James stated. He starts rubbing Poliwrath's skin. "Dear, sweet, strong Poliwrath. And that earned him a Submission from Poliwrath. The tadpole Pokémon lets go of him and tosses him to the ground. "Why you big brute." And it was Meowth's turn up at bat.
"You guys just don't know how to communicate with Pokémon, not like I do," Meowth said. "So, what do you say, big guy? Wanna be friends with me?" Poliwrath gave Meowth a Water Pulse in the face. "May I take that for a no?"
"This isn't how I pictured part one to go," James said.
"No, but I have a way to control that Poliwrath, and control it we shall!" Jessie stated.
Back over to the group, they kept going down into the woods searching for any signs of Team Rocket and Poliwrath.
"You don't think we've lost them, do you?" Kiawe asked.
"I hope not," Illima said.
"Where could they be?" Aqua asked.
"They have to be here somewhere," Sora said.
"Sora's right. We might cover more ground when we split up," Yuta suggested.
"Good idea, honey," Mirei said.
"How is it going to go down?" Sophocles asked.
"The boys will come with me, while the girls go with you," Yuta said.
"I like that plan," Mirei said.
"Okay," Sora seconded it. Sora, Pikachu, the Pichu, Ventus, Terra, Illima, Kiawe, Sophocles. and Delanely went with Yuta while Kairi, Aqua, Lillie, Mallow, Lana, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu went with Mirei to find some clues. "Come on, boys. Let's get cracking."
"Yes sir," Sora said.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
The boys went one way while the girls went the other searching for them. As they kept looking, they couldn't see a thing. Ventus is unaware of a twig laying among the forest debris and he steps on it. This drew the attention of a Houndour sleeping and it jumps out and attacks the boys.
"A Houndour!" Sophocles gasped.
"And it looks angry," Terra said. Houndour growls right at them. Houndour sets its sights on Pikachu and comes right at the mouse Pokémon.
"We don't have time for this!" Sora said. "Gotta make this quick. Pikachu! Quick Attack!" Pikachu lands a lightning fast speed attack onto Houndour and it takes the hit. It comes at Pikachu with a Fire Fang and he dodges the attack. "Thunderbolt!" Pikachu gives Houndour quite a shock and falls to the ground, beaten. He takes out a Pokéball and tosses to Houndour, making it flow inside it. The Pokéball wobbles around for a bit before stars swirls around it, confirming the catch. His Pokédex starts buzzing, asking him if he wants to keep Houndour with him, but he chose to send it to Professor Oak's lab. "That takes care of that."
"That was a pretty good catch, Sora," Yuta praised, rubbing his head. Sora chuckled.
"Thanks," Sora said.
"Is it me, or does Yuta sees Sora as a son to him?" Kiawe asked.
"I think that's how he sees all of us. And I don't doubt Mirei does the same thing with Lillie and the other girls," Illima said.
"Why did that Houndour just attack Pikachu like that?" Sophocles asked.
"I think I stepped on a twig and it must have thought it was Pikachu who did that," Ventus said.
"And it was probably sleeping around here, so anyone would be mad for a rude awakening," Terra said.
"Now, let's back to looking for Team Rocket, before they get too far," Delanely said.
"Right," Ventus, Terra, Illima, Sophocles, and Kiawe agreed. They kept searching around for Team Rocket.
Over to the girls, they did some searching of their own and they saw a Stantler injured in the woods.
"A Stantler, and he's hurt," Kairi said.
"Oh, the poor thing," Mirei said.
"How could this have happened?" Mallow asked.
"I'll tell you how!" A new voice called out. It belonged to an old man wearing a white shirt and a pair of overalls. "Some hoodlums with a Meowth did that."
"Hoodlums with a Meowth?" Lillie asked.
"Team Rocket!" Hapu snarled.
"Were they respsonible for this?" Mallow asked.
"Fraid so. They were just here not too long ago and they had a Poliwrath strapped to some contraption attack this Stantler," the old man said.
"Which way did they go?" Acerola asked.
"They went down that way!" The old man said pointing down. "And even now, they're having it fighting some Ursaring!"
"That's helpful. And thanks," Kairi said.
The girls went down the direction they were given and they saw exactly what was going on.
"This is awful," Mirei said.
The Ursaring roars right at Poliwrath and at Team Rocket. Jessie laughs. Jessie was holding what appears to be the remote control.
"Save your bad breath for someone else. Now that our Poliwrath had been pacified by our Mark Three Manner Minder, you'll be next!" Jessie said. Jessie pushes some buttons on the remote. "Now Poliwrath, show me a Double Slap!" Poliwrath moves towards Ursaring, against its will and slaps Ursaring hard. Angered by the attack, Ursaring rams into Poliwrath. "No! That's wrong! Get on your feet!" Jessie uses it to get Poliwrath back up. Kairi takes out Abra's Pokéball and lets out Abra.
"I need you to do a favor for me, Abra," Kairi said. Abra nods. "I need you to Teleport your way to Sora, my dad, and the rest of the boys and teleport them here." Abra nodded and teleports to get them. Abra teleports them back.
"Find them?" Sora asked. He got his answer when Poliwrath tries to struggle to get loose. Delaney was devastated to see his Poliwrath in such a bind.
"Obedient Submission!" Jessie said. Poliwrath grabs the bear Pokémon and tosses Ursaring right into the woods.
"Wow! You're even better than I thought!" James said, impressed.
"Now we're ready to get Pikachu," Meowth said.
"Or maybe, we can save you the trouble and come right to you," Sora called out. Team Rocket turns around and sees the group.
"Ta-da," Ventus said.
"That's my Poliwrath!" Delanely demanded.
"I'm afraid your ownership days are over, young man," Jessie said. "Isn't that right, dear?" She forces Poliwrath to nod. "There, see? I told you. Poliwrath is a part of Team Rocket now."
"Not for long, you witch!" Kairi stated. That pissed Jessie off.
"W-W-W-W-Witch? How dare you! Poliwrath! Water Pulse!" Jessie ordered as she made Poliwrath use Water Pulse.
"Abra! Block it with Psychic!" Kairi ordered. Abra blocks the attack with Psychic and sends it into the air. "Aim for that machine with Mega Punch!" Abra launches a punch onto the machine and the force of the punch forces the Mark Three Manner Minder off of Poliwrath and onto Jessie. She drops the remote control.
"What's going on?" Jessie asked. Meowth catches the remote.
"This is great! Jessie is now under my control!" Meowth said.
"Meowth, get me out of here this minute!" Jessie demanded. Meowth pushed some buttons, making Jessie dance around. She was getting irrated from the movements she was being forced to do. "Okay! Jessie, you try an obedience Tackle!" Jessie goes flying.
"Teleport!" Kairi ordered. Abra teleports out of the way as Jessie goes flying towards a tree, knocking off some sticks and leaves. Delanely runs up to his Poliwrath who is now unconscious.
"Hey, wake up," Delanely pleaded. Poliwrath opens its eyes and sees him. Poliwrath gets back on its feet. "Poliwrath! Double Slap!" Poliwrath slaps Jessie sensless as she tried to get out of her restraints.
"Thank you!" Jessie snarled. James stepped up. He takes out a Pokéball and threw it.
"Victreebel! I choose you!" James called out as the Pokéball opens and Victreebel chomps on his head again. "This is getting freaking old!" Yuta and Mirei were confused by the sight of Victreebel chomping on its own trainer like that.
"I just had a thought, the Mark Three Manner Minder would have worked better on Victreebel thatn on a human," Meowth said. Jessie takes out a Pokéball and threw it.
"Arbok! Go!" Jessie called out and out comes her Arbok. Lana steps up onto the plate.
"It's my turn now!" Lana said, taking out her Net Ball. "Go! Poliwhirl!" Lana tosses her Net Ball and it lets out her Poliwhirl, wearing Sora's King's Rock. Sora winced when he saw it.
"My King's Rock!" Sora gasped. Poliwhirl then started to evolve. Everyonewere astounded to witness the sudden evolution.
"Poliwhirl is evolving," Mirei said.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"Pichu," the Pichu chirped.
Lana's Poliwhirl had evolved into a Politoed. Lana's newly evolved Politoed has smaller spots on her cheeks. Politoed started clapping her hands.
"Politoed, Politoed, Politoed, Politoed," Politoed said, clapping.
"Look at that, Lana, your Poliwhirl just evolved into a Politoed," Mallow said.
"And that happened with the King's Rock I won from the Pokémon Sumo Conference," Sora said. Politoed shook the hands of Poliwrath and Abra.
"Friendly, isn't she?" Sopcholes asked.
"And very cute," Lillie said.
"Victreebel! Leaf Blade!" James ordered.
"Politoed! Ice Punch on Victreebel!" Lana ordered.
Victreebel started to come at Politoed with his leaves ready to strike at the frog Pokémon and glowing green, but Politoed lands an icy punch onto the fly catcher Pokémon.
"Abra! Psychic!" Kairi ordered. Abra uses his telepathic attack to lift up both Arbok and Victreebel and send them both at Jessie, James, and Meowth. Jessie accidentally tosses Poliwrath's Pokéball and Delanely catches it.
"Hey, this is my Pokéball!" Delanely cheered.
"Great! Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered. Pikachu fired a Thunderbolt, shocking Team Rocket and their Pokémon, resulting in an explosion. Team Rocket and their Pokémon go flying in the air.
"So much for your cath a Poliwrath first, then capure Pikachu plan," James said.
"The problem is, we should have caught a Pokémon more powerful than a Poliwrath," Jessie said.
"But in order to do that," Meowth said.
"We would have to capture an even more powerful Pokémon," James said.
"But firsat we need one more powerful than that," Jessie said.
"And so on," Meowth said.
"And for now," Jessie said.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Team Rocket shouted as they went flying. A star twinkles in the distance.
"And don't come back!" Ventus called out and blew a raspberry.
The group made their way back to the Pokémon Center to have Poliwrath healed up.
"Thanks so much, you guys! I owe so much for getting back my Poliwrath!" Delanely said.
"Anytime," Sora said.
"Just don't you go and take in anymore hogwash about fortune telling again, alright?" Yuta asked.
"Don't worry, sir. That is not a problem. I already learned my lesson," Delanely assured.
"That's good to know," Sora said.
"And Sora, best of luck for your Gym battle," Delanely said.
"Thanks," Sora said.
The group took their leave as they started to head down to the Ice Path, leading into Blackthorn City and for Sora to challenge the Blackthorn City Gym Leader. Yuta and Mirei were proud that their daughter, her boyfriend, and their friends were able to help someone in need, with Lana's Poliwhirl evolving into a Politoed as a result. Now they have new memories to forge futher on.