Episode 24: Beauty and the Beach
Another day has come and gone, and Hana along with her friends, including Gary are at the beach again having some fun. The sun is shining, people are swimming at the beach. Chase, Akira, Alistair, and Gary are now swimming in the water.
Chase says, "The water's cool."
"And the beach is hot," Gary says.
Akira looks to see Alistair swimming with an inner tube.
"You're doing great, Alistair," Akira says with a smile.
"Pika pi," (Yeah. I'm swimming.) Alistair happily says.
Just then, Hana, Diana, and Pikachu walk over.
"There you are," Hana says.
"I thought you were going to wait for us by the snack bar. How's the water?" Diana says.
"The water's great, Chase says.
Gary tries to calm down, "Yeah. Uh, sorry about that."
"That's okay. We're going to go for a swim anyway," Hana happily says.
Then happily turns to Pikachu, "Let's go in, Pikachu."
Then throws her Pokeball, "Come on out, Popplio. Squirtle."
The sea otter Pokemon comes out of the Pokeball and jumps into the water. She really enjoys it.
"Me too. Come on Corsola," Diana says, throwing her Pokeball in the air.
Then her Pokemon comes out.
At a different area, a strange metal made Gyrados rises from the water, and inside that sub is Team Rocket: Jessie, James, and Meowth. They are using pedal power to power up the submarine.
Jessie:
To protect the world from devastation.
James:
To unite all peoples within our nation.
Jessie:
To denounce the evils of truth and love.
James:
To extend our reach to the stars above.
Jessie:
Jessie.
James:
James.
Jessie:
Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light.
James:
Surrender now, or prepare to fight, fight, fight.
Meowth:
Meowth! That is right!
Jessie laughs and says, "Porta Vista's straight ahead and positively packed with wealthy tourists."
"We'll hit the beach with our Gyarados sub, scare the wallets out of those beach bums, and live the lifestyles of the rich and infamous!" James says.
"Champagne wishes and catnip dreams, here we come!" Meowth adds.
Jessie looks through the periscope to see a fast boat heading straight for them. In the boat are Hana and her friends and they are freaked to see how fast the boat is going and they can't stop.
Hana is hugging her knees, "I'm scared! I'm scared!"
"How did we get ourselves into this mess?!" Akira asks.
"It only happened when we saw two thugs trying to steal it and Hana tried to stop them," Gary says.
"But you accidentally broke the acceleration switch and it moves so fast that we can't stop!" Diana screams.
"I think we're in big trouble now!" Chase cries out.
Pikachu and Alistair scream, "Pikachu!" (Up ahead!)
The boat then collides with the fin on Team Rocket's sub, and both vehicles break. Under the sea, Team Rocket's sub is spinning out of control.
"Something broke!" Hana screams.
Chase then shouts, "I think it was the rudder that broke off!"
Gary cries out, "Look out for that dock!"
"Brace yourself!" Akira screams.
The next moment the boat smacks right into the docks and it comes to a halt.
"That was scary," Diana says.
Hana then calls out, "Is everyone alright?"
Everyone agrees that they're fine.
Then calls out, "Is everyone on the dock okay, if you can hear me?"
Suddenly, someone calls out, "I'm fine, but look what you did to my boat and my dock!"
The group leaves the boat and soon meets an elderly man wearing an orange with green leaf hawaiian shirt with blue shorts, sandals, and wears a straw hat, and he is not very pleased. Hana and her friends walk on the dock to meet with the man.
"We're sorry about that. We meant to wreck it.
The old man looks at Hana with a smile and says, "You remind me of my granddaughter.
"We don't have too much money, but maybe we can work to help pay for the damages," Hana says.
"You would?" The old man asks.
Hana nods her head, "Um yes, and we'll uh do our best.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket has dragged themselves onto the beach from the ocean, and are exhausted.
"I wanted to hit the beach, but not like this," Meowth groans.
Then James says, "It's not fair! Every time we come up with a foolproof plan, those twerps mess it up!"
"Now we'll have to figure out how to repair our boat," Jessie says.
Then someone walks over to Team Rocket, "Hey."
They turn their heads to see an old woman wearing a pink dress sock and sandals. She has red hair in pigtails tied by green fuzzy hairbands.
The woman says, "This beach is for my restaurant patrons only. And I don't need no squatters."
James stands up and quickly says, "Maybe you need some waiters."
"Surely you can't be serious, James!" Jessie disagrees.
But Meowth reminds them, "But, Jess, we need dough to fix our Gyarados boat!"
Jessie soon sighs in defeat.
The woman says, "Working for me ain't no picnic. I can be brutal!"
James nervously laughs and says, "We work with Jessie, so we know all about brutal."
Soon, Hana and her friends are working for the old man at his bakery. Turns out the old man name is Mo and he agrees to let them help
Hana calls out, "French fried flounder! Seven layer crab cakes! Get 'em while they're cold!"
"Try our new squid on a stick!" Chase says.
Then Hana says, "And our clam juice snow cones!"
"Pika Pika!" (Come and get it!) Pikachu calls out.
However, no customers will come at all. They are able to ask some if they want to come, but they decide to go to a different restaurant close by.
At the lovely looking restaurant, Jessie calls out, "Welcome to Brutella's Ocean Chateau. Come up to our terrace. Enjoy our seafood and sea views."
"Uh oh, is that who I think it is?" Hana asks.
"You're right. It's Jessie from Team Rocket," Chase says.
That's when Akira, Diana, and the others hurry out.
"Pika Pika," (What's she doing here?) Pikachu angrily asks.
"And in that uniform," Chase says.
Jessie calls out, "A top quality restaurant attracts top quality people!"
On the upper floor are James and Meowth serving drinks.
"And a no quality dive attracts the bottom feeders!" James adds.
"Yeah, you losers!" Meowth adds.
Pinkie becomes angry, "Pika! (Losers?!)
Hearing being called losers is not pleased for the heroes who are working at the restaurant.
"Does the owner even know that you're all wanted criminals?!" Diana calls out.
Hans then holds out her Pokemon, "We'll show them we're not losers!"
"I choose, everybody!" Hana says, calling out the rest of her Pokemon.
Everyone comes out and lands on the beach.
"Great idea. We'll call out our Pokemon to help us out," Akira says.
Soon, Akira, Chase, and Diana call out their Pokemon.
Soon, the trainers and Pokemon get to work. Some of the Pokemon like Pikachu, Alistair, Squirtle, and Popplio pass out fliers. Butterfree and hurricane keep the choral hot, Ember, Little, and Charmander help with the fire. And Alolan Raichu, Little Brother, Little Sister, Bulbasaur, and Diana wait on tables. Soon, lots of people come to the restaurant and are having a good time. Some of the kids also like to see Pokemon. Chase and Akira put up the umbrellas for the shades. Frosty even gives some of the children his Snover Berries, and they love it. And of course, makes Frosty very happy.
"Looks like everybody wants to eat in the only Porta Vista restaurant with Pokemon!" Akira says.
Hana giggles, "I know I would.
At Brutella' restaurant, Team Rocket is seeing the other restaurant become a success.
"Everyone's eating at the "twerp-ateria"!" James says
Then Jessie says, "If all the customers go to their place instead of here, we won't make any more money!"
Then Meowth says, "This calls for some old fashion sabotaging!"
Soon enough, Team Rocket begins to sabotage Moe's restaurant. They blew away the flyers, messed up the cooking and even more to keep customers away. Soon, the customers decide to leave and go to the other restaurant. Hana then turns her head to see Team Rocket laughing, and suspects Team Rocket has something to do with it. Later, everyone is distraught with the accidents that recently happened.
"Moe, we're really sorry with the way we messed things up for you," Chase says.
Moe says, "You all did the best you could, at least things we're going good for a while until those accidents started happening."
"I guess so," Akira says.
Then Diana says, "Something's weird! There's no way those were all just accidents!"
Just then, Hana walks in, "And she's right right! I say Team Rocket sabotages us."
Suddenly, someone says, "Well, well."
Everyone turns their heads to see the old woman and Team Rocket is with them.
"Brutella!" Moe says, angrily.
Hana angrily says, "And Team Rocket!"
Brutella walks over and mocks, "Don't need a reservation to get in here anymore! If things keep up like this, you might have to go out of business, Moe!"
"What do you care?" Gary asks.
I couldn't care less if this dump goes under, but you better find some way to pay me back the dough you owe me, and fast!" Brutella says.
Moe says, "You'll get your money!"
"Yeah? Well, I want it tomorrow! And if you don't pay me back every penny, I'll just take that boat of yours instead," Brutella says.
Moe panics, "No, please! Take anything you want, but not that boat!"
"See ya tomorrow!" Brutella and then chuckles as she walks away.
"The clock's ticking!" James mocks.
Jessie says, "Hope you don't get the money!"
"Cause that boat of yours is our honey!" Meowth says.
Then Team Rocket leaves with Brutella.
James adds, "We'll pick it up tomorrow!"
Hana clutches her fist and says, "I knew it was them."
Soon, Moe is beside himself about possibly losing his boat.
"The deadline's tomorrow, but there's no way I can earn that money in less than a day! I guess I'll have to hand my boat over to Brutella," Moe says.
Hana says, "Wait, Moe! That boat's real important to you, isn't it?"
Moe nods his head, "For years I've been dreaming about taking it on a cruise around the world. I wanted to see the world before it's too late, but I guess it wasn't meant to be."
"Don't say that, Moe! You can't give up on your dream! You have to follow your dream, no matter what!" Hana says.
"Hana's right, You have to follow your dreams. My dream is to be a Top Coordinator and even though it's not easy, I'm going to do whatever it takes to make it come true. Please, Moe. Please don't give up. You can't give up! Not when your dream is so close to coming true!" Diana says.
"We can get the money somehow!" Akira says.
"We'll work together!" Chase says.
All of the Pokemon agree with smiles.
Moe asks, "You think it's possible?"
"Anything's possible, Moe! We're gonna make it happen!" Hana says.
"But how? In one day?" Moe asks.
Soon, everyone begins to think of an idea.
Suddenly someone says, "Mind if I make a suggestion?"
Everyone turns their heads to see Professor Oak and he is wearing sandals, teal shorts, and a yellow shirt with pineapples on it.
"I think it's a good one," Professor Oak says.
"Professor Oak!" Hana happily says.
"Grandpa," Gary says.
Just then, a young grown woman walks in and she has long brown hair, and wears a blue swimsuit with a white short sleeve jacket.
"Hi Gary. Hana," The woman happily says.
"Hi mom," Gary says.
"Hi Daisy, when did you get here," Hana says.
"We'll explain later. Look at this," Professor Oak says, handing Hana a magazine.
Soon, they see an ad for an event, "The annual Beach Beauty and Pokemon Costume Contest."
"It's happening today!" Diana says, reading the ad.
"A beach beauty contest sounds excellent!" Chase says.
Akira asks, "But how is this gonna help us, Professor?"
"The contest draws thousands of people each year, and most of those people get hungry. They'll all be looking for a place to eat, so why not advertise this place? You'll clean up, and you'll have the money you need by the end of tomorrow," Professor Oak says.
"And Hana and I can sign up for the Beauty and have our Pokemon in the Costume Contest," Diana says.
"You should. There are cash prizes for both the beauty and the costume contests," Professor Oak says.
"Well, our money worries are over!" Hana happily says.
Soon everyone begins to cheer for the idea, and begin to work, the flying Pokemon showers the poster for the contest to the people below. Seeing the contest catch their interest.
Soon, Chase speaks through the speaker, "Ladies and gentlemen, we're happy to announce that the Porta Vista Beach Beauty and Pokemon Costume Contest will soon begin! There's a thousand dollar prize for the winner of each category! It's not too late to sign up, so hurry and enter!"
Hana cheers, "Yay! Professor Oak was right! The place is packed!"
"This is perfect!" Diana says.
In tears Moe happily says, "And I'll be able to pay Brutella her money!"
Meanwhile Brutella is furious to see how much success they're doing, and needs to come up with a better plan.
Daisy asks, "So how are you and Hana been doing on your journey, Gary?"
"Doing fine, but I do have to ask why you both decided to come?" Gary replies.
"Professor Oak and I are with our tour group, the Pallet Town volunteer patrol," Daisy says.
"That's great, mom. I'm sure glad you showed up," Gary says.
Professor Oak says, "Your mother's been worried about you, Gary. She says she still thinks of you as her little pumpkin."
"Mom! I'm not a baby!" Gary says, blushing.
Daisy happily says, "You'll always be my baby, won't you?"
"Yeah," Gary says, embarrassed.
Then mutters, "Glad Hana is not here so I won't be more embarrassed."
Just then the beauty contest starts and Chase is the announcer for it.
Chase announces, "Welcome, everybody, the Porta Vista Beach Beauty and Pokemon Costume Contest is about to begin! Now, here's our first contestant!"
The curtains open and everyone begins to cheer to see Diana is on the stage wearing her swimsuit.
Diana waves as she walks on the stage and says, "This is totally embarrassing and degrading, but we need the money."
Chase then announces, "This is Diana of Ecruteak City. She's a talented Pokemon Coordinator who with her Pokemon looks the best they can from bringing their inside personality out. Now let's look at the costume she and her Pokemon have created!"
Right on cue, Clefairy, Eevee, Smoochum, and Butterfree are dancing on the stage and are wearing tutus and small tiaras. Soon, people are beginning to go crazy to see the cute and pretty Pokemon dancing.
"Well, these are very imaginative costumes and very cute. Butterfree, Clefairy, Smoochum, and Eevee are dressed as ballerinas and are dancing on the stage," Chase announces.
All the Pokemon jump in the air and twirl around with grace, beauty, and cuteness. Then land on the ground with ease. That makes the whole crowd cheer.
"Great job, Diana!" Chase says.
Then Diana leaves the stage along with her dancing Pokemon.
Just then, Jessie comes on to the stage, and she's wearing a blue bikini
"And here is Jessie from the Rocket Boosters?" Chase says.
Jessie laughs as she waves, and she says, "I'll be the one taking this victory."
Back stage, Hana and Diana groan with annoyed looks on their faces.
"Should have known you'll do something like this," Hana says.
"At least it's just Jessie on stage," Diana replies.
On the announcement, Chase says, "And now we'll be seeing Pokemon of the Rocket Booster dressed as a Legendary Pokemon."
The curtains open to reveal Ekans coiled on Koffing and have seaweed on it.
Confused and dumbfounded, "Chase says, "Uh, I believe it is a costume of an Omanyte or an Omastar, and the Pokemon are Ekans and Koffing."
Everyone calmly claps with confused looks on their faces.
Gary says, "That has to be the lamest costume I have ever seen."
Chase then announces, "And here is our next contestant."
The contestant is Hana who is now walking on the stage. She waves with a smile on her face.
"Hana is a Pokemon Trainer of Pallet Town and is very skillful for a trainer of her age. She also helps Pokemon wherever they're in any kind of trouble. And let's see what costume her Pokemon come up with," Chase says.
Just then, Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Little Brother come out with Pirate outfit while Popplio and Little Sister are dressed as mermaids. The crowd are amazed to see the Pokemon dressed as pirates and mermaids, and some are interested in the twins and Popplio.
"Isn't this fun. Pikachu, Charmander Squirtle, Bulbasaur and one of the Kirlias are dressed as pirates. While the second Kirlia and Popplio of the Alola Region are dressed as mermaids. A good outfit to wear while going to the beach and at sea," Chase says.
Everyone is getting excited to see Hana's Pokemon, even Gary Professor Oak, and Daisy are impressed. Unfortunately for them, Lucaria has seen Team Rocket and Brutella running to the beach. So, he decides to follow them. Meanwhile, Brutella is having a word with Team Rocket.
"I knew all along that you three were really from Team Rocket," Brutella says.
Soon, Team Rocket begins to panic.
Brutella says, "I got your Gyarados submarine all fixed. But if you don't do exactly as I tell you, you'll have to pay plenty for it."
"Okay," Team Rocket says, nervously.
Brutella leads Team Rocket to the submarine that is in shallow water.
Brutella says, "Now go wreck that beauty contest and destroy Moe's restaurant!"
"You can count on us! Destroying things is our specialty!" James says.
"We're so good, we destroy things without even trying!" Jessie says.
Meowth says, "We'll give it our worst shot!"
Then they all run off and say, "Let's go!"
Then Team Rocket hop inside the submarine.
Once inside, Jessie says, "Alright, let's go!"
She then quickly covers her mouth, "Oop! She's rubbing off on me!"
The submarine lowers and heads out to sea. Brutella smirks to see Team Rocket leaving. Unknown to her and Team Rocket, Lucario is secretly spying on them from the top of a palm tree.
"So that's how it is. She was never intended to let Moe pay what he owed at all. I'll put a stop to it," Lucario says. Then jumps off the tree.
Before Burtella can leave, Lucaria lands in front of her making her scream and fall down. Then he glares at her with his red eyes.
Back at the stage Hana looks around and is very concerned.
Diana walks over, "What's wrong Hana?"
"Have you seen Lucario? I can't find him," Hana says.
"That's weird. He was with us before the show started," Diana says.
"I hope he hasn't wandered off somewhere," Hana says.
Soon, Team Rocket's Gyarados sub reaches the surface and Jessie sees the view through the periscope.
Jessie laughs and says, "Target sighted! Fifteen degrees right! Now we'll teach those tourists!"
"We'll scare the tans off them!" James adds.
Meowth says, "I can't wait till we crash their beach bash!"
"For once, I think we've really got a foolproof plan, don't you?" Jessie says.
Then James says, " There's no stopping us this time!"
Underneath the sub, treads appear and the submarine rises to the surface. Soon, everyone hears the screaming and panics saying a Gyarados is coming this way.
In the sub, Jessie laughs, "Our plan is working!"
"They're running scared!" Meowth says.
James adds, "It doesn't get better than this!"
The sub comes up to the surface and begins to chase everyone away, screaming and panicking.
Hana grabs the microphone and calls out, "Just stay calm, everybody! That thing's not a real Gyarados, it's a fake! It's a phony! It's just a phony Gyarados!"
Soon, everyone begins to stop and look to see that it is a fake.
Hana then says, "Team Rocket is trying to ruin the contest and scare everybody away! We're not gonna let 'em!"
Gary smirks and thinks, "Hana, at it again."
"That's Hana for you," Professor Oak says.
In the sub, Team Rocket is not happy to see what Hana is doing.
"That twerp's ruining everything again! She sees right through our little smokescreen!" Jessie says.
"Where there's smoke, there's..fire!" James says, and presses a button.
Then a missile flies out of the sub's mouth and right towards them.
Diana screams, "Incoming missile.
"It's heading this way!" Chase calls out.
Akira turns to Hana, "Hana, I think that looks like one of those heat-seeking missiles."
"No sweat! Charmander! Raichu!" Hana calls out.
Alolan Raichu and Charmander jump on the stage. Raichu picks Charmander and they fly in the air.
Hana then calls out, "Okay, Charmander! Use Flamethrower!"
Soon Charmnader fires the flamethrower at the missile and it burns it. Then the missile begins to aim at Team Rocket. Team Rocket sees it and panics.
Jessie:
Prepare for trouble!
James:
From the way things look, I think you can make that double!
Meowth:
Meowth, that's right.
The sub begins to zip away from the missile.
Jessie screams, "Pedal harder! We can outrun it!"
"Hurry up!" Meowth panics.
Team Rocket continues to pedal faster and faster as the missile is getting close to them. Without seeing where they're going, Team Rocket smacks into Brutella's restaurant and the missile attacks them. Soon, they are sent flying.
Team Rocket:
We're blasting off again!
Another day has passed and the contest has come and gone. Turns out Diana wins the Beauty part of the contest while Hana's Pokemon wins the Costume Contest. And thanks for the advertisement, they help Moe earn more than enough money to pay the repairs, and for him to live his life long dream. Also thanks to Lucario's help, Brutella is put behind bars for her crimes against Moe on trying to destroy his restaurant with Team Rocket's help, so Moe will have no worries.
That next day, Moe is sailing off on his boat.
Hana waves goodbye, "See ya, Moe!"
"Goodbye!" Diana says.
Akira says, "Bon voyage!"
"Thanks for everything!" Chase says.
Moe waves goodbye and says, "So long, everyone! Goodbye, Pikachu and Alistair! And thanks for helping make my dream come true! I'll never forget you! Good luck on your Pokemon journey!
Hana calls out, "Thanks, Moe! And good luck to you, too!"
Everyone waves goodbye as they call out to Moe to see him off to explore the world. Soon, Hana and Gary go their separate ways and hope to see each other again soon. Hana and her friends continue to walk along the beach to continue more of your Pokemon Journey. As the Journey continues.
