Episode 220: Turtonator's Choice
An hour had passed since Sora and Kairi both had added a Ralts to their ever-growing team. Sora figured his Ralts would be a good matchup against Brawly's Pokémon since being a Psychic Type and a Fairy Type. Kairi had a cute idea for presents for their Ralts.
"Sora, I hope you don't mind if I give something to your Ralts, do you?" Kairi asked.
"Not teally," Sora said. Kairi smiled as she gave a small blue bow tie to Sora's Ralts. She tied it right on him.
"There. You're a handsome little Pokémon, aren't you?" Kairi cooed. She turned to her Ralts. "And here's something for you too," Kairi said as she tied pink ribbins in her new Ralts's hair. "There you are. You both look so cute in those." Sora's Ralts could only blush as he fiddles with his new bow tie.
"Those are very pretty ribbins on you." - Sora's Ralts subtitle.
"Thanks. You look very handsome with that bow tie." - Kairi's Ralts subtitle. The Ralts couple blushed as they smiled.
"Now where's a good spot we haven't tried yet?" Kairi asked.
"Let me see," Sora said as he took out his PokéNav to check the island. As he looked on the map, he noticed a cave marked on the map. "Here's a place. According to the PokéNav, the place we haven't tried yet is called Granite Cave."
"Did you say Granite Cave?" Nurse Joy asked. The couple turned to the young nurse.
"Yes. It is one place in the area we haven't checked out yet," Sora said.
"Is there something we should know about the cave?" Kairi asked.
"In a matter of fact, I have heard recent rumors of a strange Pokémon has been occupying there recently," Nurse Joy explained.
"Strange Pokémon?" Kairi asked.
"Yes. I don't know what kind of Pokémon it is, but I have been hearing rumors from trainers and said that it as been sitting at the entrance of the cave for the last few days. No one knows why it's even there to begin with," Nurse Joy said.
"Did they try to catch it?" Sora asked.
"Yes, but none of them came even close. What else I heard is that a Makuhita and an Aron are living in the cave and are friends with it," Nurse Joy said.
"A Makuhita and an Aron?" Sora asked as he stroked his chin. "Could they be the same ones from before?" He remembered seeing an Aron and a Makuhita running off with the Pokémon food Kairi made to use as bait.
"Also, recently, I heard there were some food being taken from trainers by those two exact Pokémon," Nurse Joy said.
"You mean they've been stealing food for that Pokémon?" Kairi asked. "Why?"
"I don't know, but we should get down there and see for ourselves. Besides, we were just heading there anyway," Sora said.
"Right," Kairi agreed.
Sora, Kairi, and Pikachu have headed down to the direction of Granite Cave according to the PokéNav.
Over to Granite Cave, Turtonator is sleeping soundly at the entrance as Sableye and Mawile are continuing to watch the blast turtle Pokémon from afar.
"Well, isn't this a tender thing to see? Still waiting for his return. It's so sad to watch." - Sableye subtitle.
"Only you can get a kick out of watching other Pokémon's despair. I still think we should just tell him the truth and get it over with." - Mawile subtitle.
"Or maybe we can make him dream it." - Sableye subtitle. Mawile looked at him confused.
"What do we mean make him dream it?" - Mawile subtitle.
"You remember that I am a Ghost Type Pokémon, don't you? I can enter into Turtonator's dream and make his happy go-lucky dream into a horrifying nightmare. Afterall, it's a lot more fun that way." - Sableye subtitle. Sableye comes down from the tree and jumps into Turtonator's head.
Iniside of Turtonator's dream, his trainer are back together, like he promised. Just when he was about to give him an embracing hug, the trainer vanishes. Turtonator looked around for any sign of him.
"Who needs you?" Turtonator's trainer asked coldly. "Who needs a weakling like you?" Turtonator couldn't believe what he just said. "When will you get it through that thick skull? I am never coming back to you! I smashed your stupid Pokéball to prove it!" Turtonator's heart just sank. "You can wait here forever and you can stay there until you rot!" Turtonator screamed in anger and fired Flamethrower right at his trainer.
Back outside, Sableye jumps out as Turtonator as Turtonator woke up and fired Flamethrower in the direction he was resting at. What was left was some burns, not enough to cause a forest fire.
"Oh, it was just a dream. That's a relief. For a moment there I thought it was real. But what if he said was true? What if he isn't going to come back? No! He's going to come back! I know he is! I just know it!" - Turtonator subtitle.
Sableye makes it back to the tree and chuckles, but Mawile was sour by what he just did.
"That was just plain cruel. Even for you." - Mawile subtitle.
"What's the matter, Mawile? No sense of humor?" - Sableye subtitle. Her face turned sour as she turned and used her jw-like horn to snap at him. Sableye jumped out of the way before she got to him. He blows a raspberry at her way. "Get back here and take your medicine!" - Mawile subtitle.
"If you wanna have a bite at me, then catch me if you can!" - Sableye subtitle. Mawile began to chase after Sableye through the woods. Just then, Makuhita and Aron stepped out of the cave and they noticed their friend is distressed. Concerned, they went to his side.
"What's the matter, Turtonator?" - Makuhita subtitle.
"Why so down?" - Aron subtitle. Turtonator looked at his two friends. He didn't want to burden them with his problems and smiled.
"It's nothing. Just a litte nightmare I had. Nothing you need to worry over." - Turtonator subtitle.
"Are you sure?" - Aron subtitle.
"I am." - Turtonator subtitle.
"If you say you're okay then we believe you. Anyway, we're heading out to forage some food for you. We passed by an apple tree yesterday full of some juicy red apples. So, we figured you would like some." - Makuhita subtitle. Turtonator smiled.
"I appreciate that, fellas." - Turtonator subtitle. With that settled, Makuhita and Aron set off to find the tree with the red delicious apples.
Over to Sableye and Mawile, she continued to chase after him when they unintentionally bumped into Sora, Kairi, and Pikachu.
"What the?" Sora asked.
"They're Pokémon?" Kairi asked.
"They sure look like Pokémon," Sora said. "Better see what Dexdette has to say about them. He took out his Pokédex and scanned the both of them.
Sableye, the Darkness Pokémon
Type: Dark/Ghost
Sableye digs the ground with sharpened claws to find rocks that it eats. Substances in the eaten rocks crystallize and rise up to the Pokémon's body surface.
Mawile, the Deceiver Pokémon
Type: Steel/Fairy
Mawile's huge jaws are actually steel horns that have been transformed. Its docile-looking face serves to lull its foe into letting down its guard. When the foe least expects it, Mawile chomps it with its gaping jaws.
"Don't they live at Granite Cave, Kairi?" Sora asked.
"Most likely. The cave is probably not too far from here," Kairi said.
"Which one do you want?" Sora asked.
"I'll take Mawile," Kairi said.
"Sableye's fine with me," Sora said. He looked over to Pikachu. "You ready, Pikachu?"
"Pika," Pikachu nodded. Kairi takes out her Pokéball and tosses it.
"Go! Plusle!" Kairi called out. Plusle comes out of her Pokéball as Pikachu stood beside her. Sableye and Mawile stopped and saw the two Electric Type Pokémon.
"Pikachu! Electro Ball!" Sora ordered. Pikachu forms a ball of electricity and hurls it right at Sableye. The darkness Pokémon counters by using Shadow Ball. Mawile comes at Plusle with her horn jaws snapping at her.
"Plusle! Dodge and use Nuzzle on her!" Kairi ordered. Plusle dodges Mawile's jaw horn and nuzzles at the deceiver Pokémon. Mawile yelped as she is now paralyzed. "Now use Discharge!" Plusle sends out Discharge and it shocks Mawile good. Sableye attacks Pikachu with Night Shade, but he dodges using Quick Attack.
"Use Iron Tail!" Sora ordered. Pikachu swings his tail, while it's glowing metallically. Pikachu lands a hit on the ghostly Pokémon. "Now use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu fires Thunderbolt and it shocks Sableye on the spot. Mawile blows Fairy Wind right at Plusle, but she uses Quick Attack to avoid the attack. Mawile tried to move, but she had a hard time because of her paralysis.
"Plusle! Discharge!" Kairi ordered. Plusle fires Discharge and shocks Mawile severely.
"Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered. Pikachu gives Sableye the same severe shock. Both Sableye and Mawile were too weak to keep going. The couple each took out a Pokéball and threw them at the weakened Pokémon. Sableye and Mawile flows inside them and they began to wobble around. They anxiously waited for a moment. Stars swirls around the both of them, confirming the catch. Sora's Pokédex starts buzzing asking them if they wanna keep them with them. Sora chose to send Sableye to Professor Oak's lab. Kairi did the same with her newly caught Mawile. "Nice one, Kairi."
"Thank you, Sora," Kairi said. The couple shared a loving kiss to celebrate their successful capture. They parted lips and held each other so lovingly.
"Shall we continue to the cave?" Sora asked his girlfriend.
"Let's," Kairi said, calling Plusle back. As they approached the cave, they came across a smashed Pokéball. They inspect it. "Is this what it looks like, Sora?"
"A smashed Pokéball. There has got to be an abandoned Pokémon somewhere around here," Sora said.
"Abandoned?" Kairi asked sadly. "Who could do such a cruel thing?" Sora picks up the scattered pieces.
"I don't know who, but it couldn't be too far from here," Sora said. "Let's keep going." Kairi nodded as they continued on. As they had arrived, they spotted a Turtonator sitting by the cave. "Turtonator? The strange Pokémon sitting by the cave was just a Turtonator?"
"I thought for sure it was an Ultra Beast; good thing that it wasn't," Kairi said.
"Come to think of it, we haven't come across any since we dealt with that same Guzzlord when we were on Mount Silver. But what is a Turtonator doing here?" Sora asked.
"What is he waiting for?" Kairi asked.
"More likely, who is he waiting for?" Sora asked. Kairi looked at her boyfriend quite confused.
"What do you mean?" Kairi asked.
"I think the shattered Pokéball belonged to that Turtonator. And I'm gonna guess it was that Turtonator I battled against when we came here for some training and met Steven. But there's a chance I could be wrong," Sora said.
"I don't think you're wrong, Sora. He's the only Turtonator we've seen since Kiawe's Turtonator," Kairi said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
"You're right. Turtonator aren't found in the Kanto, Johto, or Hoenn regions. Also, Turtonator make their homes on volcanoes like Magby, Magmar, and Magmortar do. And there isn't a volcano around here for miles," Sora said.
"That's true," Kairi said.
Sora and Kairi approached the Turtonator and he noticed the two of them. He recognized the both of them.
"Don't mind us. Just passing by," Sora said.
"Yes. Just passing by," Kairi added.
"They didn't want to get Turtonator riled up. But the blast turtle Pokémon stepped right in front of them.
"Uh," Sora said. Turtonator glared right at Sora, knowing that he was the trainer who had the Mudkip he battled with. Just then, Makuhita, and Aron came back with the apples and they saw the two humans and Pikachu from before. They ran twards them and stood in front of Turtonator. "It's you two again!"
"The same Makuhita and Aron from the beach," Kairi recognized.
"Yeah. They're probably the same thieves stealing food from trainers. Probably to feed Turtonator," Sora said.
"They probably don't realize Turtonator had been abandoned," Kairi said. Turtonator's heart sank when he heard her say that. He wondered how she could say that. There was no evidence that it could be true. Sora took out the shattered Pokéball and Turtonator couldn't believe it was his Pokéball, but he didn't want to believe it. Makuhita and Aron were infuritaed now. They were gonna get started, but Turtonator stepped in. "They're all challenging you at once?"
"It looks like it," Sora took out two Pokéballs and then threw them. "Taillow! Ralts! Go!" The Pokéballs opens as Taillow and Ralts both came out to battle. He turned to Pikachu. "You're in, Pikachu!"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu said. Pikachu joins in the battle with Ralts and Taillow. Sora knew Pikachu's Electric Type attacks won't do much damage since Turtonator is a Dragon Type Pokémon, but he would have to do the best he could. Ralts and Taillow are a good matchup against Makuhita since Flying, Psychic, and Fairy Type Pokémon are effective against Fighting Types; but the biggest problem is Ralts is at a disadvantage against Aron since he's a Steel Type Pokémon.
"Let's do this thing!" Sora said. Pikachu, Taillow, and Ralts all nodded. Turtonator turned to Aron as he gets the first move, coming at Pikachu with a Take Down. "Pikachu! Dodge it with Quick Attack!" Pikachu avoids Aron's attack. Makuhita comes at Pikachu with the full force of his body. "Ralts! Disarming Voice!" Ralts let's out a loud cry and it struck Makuhita on the spot. Turtonator moved in to flatten Ralts with Body Slam, but Taillow swoops in and saves Ralts before Turtonator's attack could hit. Turtonator gets back up. "Taillow! Swoop in with Wing Attack!" Taillow dives down and smacks Turtonator with his wings. Aron moved in to attack Taillow and Ralts, but Pikachu comes right in. "Pikachu! Iron Tail!" Pikachu gives Aron a smack with Iron Tail and he goes flying right towards Makuhita, landing right on him. Turtonator picks them both up and places them down. Aron and Makuhita resume their battle positions. "They don't give up, do they?"
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"Better try to end this fast. Taillow! Fly around to get their attention!" Sora called out. Taillow flew around and around, making Turtonator, Makuhita, and Aron follow his movements. Turtonator fires FLamethrower, but the tiny swallow Pokémon misses. This was Sora's chance to end this. "Pikachu! Thunderbolt! Ralts! Disarming Voice!" Pikachu and Ralts both fired their attacks at the three Pokémon. The one who was feeling the most was Makuhita due to his weakness to Fairy Type attacks. Aron and Makuhita both fell to the ground beaten while Turtonator was down, but not out. Sora took out two Pokéballs and threw them at Makuhita and Aron. When they struck them both, they flow right inside. The Pokéballs wobbles around for a few moments before stars swirls around the Pokéballs, confirming the catch. Sora's Pokédex starts buzzing asking him if he wants to keep Makuhita and Aron with him. He chose to send the both of them to Professor Oak's lab. "Two down, one to go." Turtonator got back up and he was infuritated. Sora calls back Taillow and Ralts, leaving only Pikachu to deal with the blast turtle Pokémon. Turtonator starts things up with a Body Slam attack.
"Pikachu! Quick Attack!" Sora ordered. Pikachu dashes around as Turtonator had missed. Turtonator fires Flamethrower, but Pikachu jumps out of the path of the fire attack. "Now use Electro Ball!" Pikachu forms a ball of electricity and hurls it right at Turtonator. Turtonator simply steps aside and sends out Dragon Pulse. Pikachu avoids Turtonator's atack by jumping again. "Now use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu fires it right at Turtonator, gving him a good shock and fell to the ground. Turtonator was down and out. Sora walked over to Turtonator. "You put up a pretty good fight, Turtonator. I am impressed by your fighting skills." Turtonator didn't want his praise. Turtonator got up and began to run off. "Wait! Turtonator! Wait a minute!"
"Let him go, Sora," Kairi said. "I think Turtonator wants to be by himself right now." Sora knew she was right, but he didn't know. He decided to leave Turtonator alone for a while.
Turtonator was at the edge of a cliff and he sat down, sulking. Just then, a purple, bipedal Pokémon with a square build. It has a large mouth with yellow lips and peg-like teeth in each corner. Above its prominent mouth is a stubby nose. On top of its head are two short stalks that support its circular ears. The inside of its ears have alternating black and purple rings, but there is only a single black ring on the back. There are yellow stripes on its back in a pattern that resembles sound waves. It has arms with three fingers and short legs with two peg-like toes. On the sole of each foot is a yellow circle. This Pokémon is known as a Loudred. The Loudred noticed Turtonator by himself and went up to him.
"Why so glum, chum?" - Loudred subtitle.
"I don't want to talk about it." - Turtonator subtitle.
"Why not?" - Loudred subtitle.
"Because it's something I don't even want to think about." - Turtonator subtitle.
"You know, you'll feel better if you just let it off your chest. But only if you want to talk about it, buddy." - Loudred subtitle. Turtonator sighed.
"I just found out that I was abandoned by my trainer. My trainer told me to wait by a cave and he'll come right back." - Turtonator subtitle.
"And he didn't, right?" - Loudred subtitle. Turtonator nodded. "I don't know why Pokémon always have to fall of that lie. It's really sad. It really is." - Loudred subtitle.
"You don't know the half of it. I've been waiting there for him for days to come back and he has not. I feel like such an idiot, believeing a word of it!" - Turtonator subtitle.
"Just how do you know you were abandoned? I'm not calling you a liar; I just want to understand better." - Loudred subtitle.
"There were two human kids with a Pikachu that found my Pokéball. It was shattered into a million pieces. I just don't know how anyone could miss it." - Turtonator subtitle.
"Don't feel bad. It's better to realize it late than never." - Loudred subtitle.
"Also, that Pikachu belonged to the last trainer I battled with him. He found my Pokéball." - Turtonator subtitle.
"If your Pokéball is shattered, that means you're a free Pokémon; no one telling you what to do. I wouldn't know a thing abut it, but I think the choice is now up to you. Either go with a new trainer or stay a wild Pokémon. The choice is yours either way." - Loudred subtitle. Loudred takes its leave, leaving Turtonator to think. Could Sora treat Turtonator better than his old trainer ever did? He had to determine that for himself.
Inside the cave, Taillow and Ralts were working out in the cave. Both had made some real progress. Ralts praticed using his Confusion while Taillow worked hard with Wing Attack and Peck.
"You guys are doing great. You shouldn't overdo it since you battled against Makuhita and Aron earlier; rest up," Sora said, calling Taillow and Ralts back. He turned to Kairi with a smile on his face. "How am I doing so far?"
"You're doing great, Sora. With the training you're giving Taillow and Ralts, you're going to give Brawly a run for his money," Kairi said.
"Yeah. I didn't have Ralts for so long, but he's already improving. Speaking of which, how is your Ralts improving?" Sora asked. Kairi giggled.
"She's also doing good. She might be ready for a contest one day," Kairi said.
"It looks like that way to me," Sora said. "My Ralts and I will cheer you on all the way."
"And I'll cheer for you, Sora," Kairi said. Sora and Kairi both shared a loving hug as Pikachu smiled at the sight once more. The couple stepped outside of Granite Cave and they saw Turtonator.
"It's you again. What is it we can do for you?" Sora asked.
"Turtonator," Turtonator said.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked.
"Could Turtonator want to be your Pokémon, Sora?" Kairi asked.
"Is that why you came back here?" Sora asked. Turtonator nodded. "Are you sure you wanna do that?" Turtonator nodded. Sora wasn't sure if he should, but he clearly see that the blast turtle Pokémon had made up his mind. He already have caught Sableye, Makuhita, and Aron earlier. He turned to Kairi and she nodded in approval. He takes out a Pokéball and hurls it over to Turtonator. When the Pokéball struck him, he flows inside of it. The Pokéball wobbles around for a moment before stars swirls around it to confirm the catch. Sora had captured his own Turtonator. Sora's Pokédex starts buzzing asking him if he wants to keepTurtonator with him. He chose to keep Turtonator in exchange for Torchic. He picked up the Pokéball containing his latest catch. "Welcome to the team, Turtonator." Sora threw the Pokéball and his new Turtonator comes out of it. "Now that you're a part of the team, you'll go far and be the best Pokémon you can be." Turtonator gave his new trainer a heartfelt hug. Sora wheezed as he felt himself being squeezed. "Turtonator! Can't breathe!" Kairi giggled at the sight.
"Turtonator, I think you're hurting him," Kairi said. Turtonator lets Sora go and sets him back on the ground. Sora started to breathe in the precious air in his lungs. Kairi went over to her boyfriend's side. "Are you okay, Sora?"
"I'm fine, Kairi. I'm going to guess my new Turtonator doesn't know his own strength; unlike Kiawe's Turtonator," Sora said. She smiled as she helped him up. He turned to his newest Pokémon and laughed. "Your last trainer really didn't know your strength, but with proper training, you'll get even stronger." Turtonator beamed.
Sora and Kairi have worked together to make their meal as Turtonator got to know his new teammates. Turtonator was amazed to hear about another Turtonator he knew before. The couple presented their Pokémon their meal.
"Here you go, everyone. Eat up," Kairi said, placing the food down. Turtonator took a bite of the food and knew it was the same kind Makuhita and Aron brought him before. Turtonator enjoyed it to his heart's contents. Kairi beamed at the sight. "Have as much as you want, Turtonator." And Turtonator did have as much as he wanted.
Later, Turtonator fell right to sleep right with his new friends. Speaking of which, Turtonator couldn't help but wonder how his other friends Makuhita and Aron were doing. Over in Professor Oak's lab in Pallet Town, Makuhita and Aron didn't have any hard time fitting in. Makuhita became quick friends with Tyrogue and Machop as Aron got to know Tyranitar. Sableye mostly hung out with Gengar and became his partner in crime, pulling all sorts of pranks. Mawile quickly got to know the female Pokémon there. As it turns out, Mirei came to visit the lab, feeding them. She loved all of Sora and Kairi's Pokémon and in turn they loved her. She watched them happily sleep and smiled at the sight.
"It's always nice to see them sleeping so peacefully," Mirei said. "I wonder how Kairi and her boyfriend are doing. Did Kairi's boyfriend win his badge yet?"
Back on Dewford Island, Turtonator sleeps happily with his new friends as Sora and Kairi beamed at the sight.
"Look at that. They became friends so fast," Kairi said.
'They sure did. Turtonator must be easy to get along with," Sora said. Kairi smiled.
"Just like you are, Sora," Kairi said. Sora smiled as he wraps his arm around Kairi's shoulder.
"Thanks for that, Kairi," Sora said.
"You're welcome, Sora. Let's get some sleep, Sora," Kairi said.
"Good idea," Sora said in a yawn. "How about a goodnight kiss, huh?" Kairi smiled and she obliged him. The couple kissed each other goodnight before they drifted off to sleep.
Sora felt himself getting closer for that Gym battle with Brawly. Will the training he's been doing pay off, or will it go down the drain? Just you wait and see!