Episode 43: The Ninja Poke-Showdown

On their journey, Hana and her friends are trying to find the Fuchsia Gym so Hana can earn her sixth badge.

Hana pops her head out of the bushes, "Alright, where's this famous Fuchsia gym we're looking for anyway?"

Diana pops out of the same bushes, "I can't believe that there's a gym out in the middle of nowhere like this."

Pikachu, Chase, Akira with Alistair on his head and Winnie in his arms.

"Pikachu," (Same here, Diana.) Pikachu says.

Akira sighs, "Don't tell me we're lost again?"

"We're lost all over again," Chase says, annoyed.

A little time later, Hana and her friends stop to have some rest and to take care of their Pokemon. Akira is feeding Winnie a bottle of Moo Moo Milk with berries, Alistair and Piakchu are having a snack. Hana is brushing Vulpix's fur and her Psyduck is drinking some water from a nearby waterfall.

Chase stands up and says, "I think we rested well enough. Let's see if we can find the gym.

"Wait a minute. Let's wait for Psyduck," Hana says.

Psyduck continues to drink the water until he is finished. He sighs happily and walks back to Hana

Hana smiles and asks, "Have you got your full?"

"Psy," Psyduck replies blankly.

Hana says, "Hmm, I can't tell if that's a yes or a no, but I think Psyduck is happy."

Hana then finishes brushing Vulpix's fur, "There you're all done. You sure have beautiful fur. Suzie is a very great breeder, and you're a great Pokemon."

"I agree," Diana says.

Hana then says, "Well, we better get going. This gym isn't going to find itself.

Unknown to Hana and her friends, a strange purple furred Pokemon is watching them from the tree

Soon enough, Hana and her friends come across a plant that crosses over a large gorge with a river below. They carefully cross over it.

"Hold on! If we fall, our Pokemon journey's over!" Hana says.

"Pikachu (Really over.) Pikachu replies, on Hana's back

Hana and the others continue to crawl on the plank. Luckily, the group is able to get across the bridge okay without trouble.

Hana looks around and asks, ""Are you sure Fuchsia gym is somewhere around here?"

Soon Alistair notices something and points out, "Pika!" (Looky!).

The group turns their heads to see a large mansion that seems to be a japanese style home.

"Huh? What's that?" Hana says, confused.

"Looks like a kind of mansion," Chase says.

"It kind of reminds me of the buildings at Ecruteak City. Even the gym looks similar to that," Diana says.

Soon, Hana and the others arrive at the mansion.

"Still, what's a huge mansion right in the middle of nowhere?" Akira asks.

"Do you think someone is still living here?" Diana asks.

"We could try. Maybe they can tell us how to get to the gym," Hana says.

The group enters the guard as of hoping they can find someone who can help give them directions. Suddenly, a Pokemon appears on the branch and it's the same one but before. This Pokemon is an insectoid Pokémon with a spherical body covered in purple fur, a pink pincer-like mouth with two teeth, stubby forepaws, and a pair of two-toed feet are visible through its fur. Its limbs are light tan. There is also a pair of white antennae sprouting from the top of its head.

Akira opens the slide door to see if anyone is inside.

Hana calls out, "Hello, is anybody here?"

"Is anyone home?" Diana adds.

"Seems deserted," Chase points out.

"Hello?" Hsana calls out.

"Maybe no one is living here anymore," Akira replies.

Diana leans against the wall and suddenly falls through it. Hana and Pikachu turn their heads to see Diana is gone.

"Huh? Diana?" Hana says, confused.

"Pikachu" (Diana's gone.) Pikachu replies.

"What's wrong?" Chase asks.

Then Akira asks, "Where's Diana?!"

"chu!" (Gone!) Pikachu answers.

"She's gone!" Hana says.

Chase then walks to the wall and knocks on it.

Chase says, "Guys, this is a secret door."

"Secret door?" Hana says, confused.

"I saw something like this before, during an investigation I did once. When you touch this wall," Akira says.

He knocks on the wall and it opens, "It opens."

They look inside to see Diana on the ground.

"Ow. Guys, what kind of crazy place is this?" Diana asks.

"It sure isn't your run of the mill mansion," Akira says.

"Pikachu," (You can say that again.) Alistair says.

Suddenly, the group hears a sound and turns their heads to see the Pokemon from outside.

"Aww. What a cute Pokemon," Diana says.

"It's a Venonat," Chase says.

Hana brings out her Pokedex, and Dexter says, "Venonat, a bug Pokemon. It's eyes function as radar, allowing it to see in the dark."

"I wonder if Venonat belongs to whoever owns the mansion," Chase says.

Hana steps forward, "I'll ask."

Hsana kneels to Venonat, "Excuse me Venonat, we like to know if anyone is living in this mansion? My friends and I are trying to find the Fuchsia Gym, and we like some directions. We really appreciate it.

Then Venonat replies, "Venonat." (Come with me.)

"Venonat wants us to follow it," Hana says.

"Okay," Diana says.

"Let's go see," Chase says.

The group begins to walk down the hall with Venonat taking the lead.

Venonat says, "Venonat," (Watch your step.)

"Our step?" Hana says, confused.

She looks down and quickly says, "Guys wait."

Everyone else comes to a stop.

"Why did we stop?" Diana asks.

Chase notices, "Take a look down there."

The group looks to notice a spherical Pokémon that resembles a Poké Ball with eyes and minus the button. The top half is red, while the bottom half is white. It's hiding on the floor.

"That's a Voltorb!" Akira exclaims.

Diana brings out her Pokedex and Dexter says, "Voltorb, the identity of this creature is unknown. It has an extreme personality, uses electric attacks, and, at times, self-destructs."

"And it's not too happy to see us!" Chase says.

"Good thing Venonat warned us," Hana says.

Venonat points to the stairs, "Venonat," (This way.)

The group continues to walk upstairs as they follow Venonat up the stairs and down the hall.

Diana looks around, "I wonder why there was a Voltorb on the floor?"

"Not sure, but there must be some reason," Hana says.

"Maybe Voltorb is acting as security," Akira says.

They soon turn to Venonat who continues to show them the way.

Venonat shows them to a wall and then. Taps its foot to reveal a secret room.

"Venonat," (My trainer is this way.) Venonat says.

"I guess it's this way," Chase says.

"That's what Venonat said. She said her trainer is over there," Hana says.

The group then enters the room and Venonat closes the door once he enters. Suddenly, multiple objects begin to fly right towards them, especially Hana who is at front. Hana screams in fight, but Pikachu quickly uses his Iron Tail to repel the flying objects. The group looks at the ground to see the objects are sharp metal pointed stars.

Akira says, "Those are Shurikens."

"Where did they come from?" Chase asks.

Suddenly, they hear a female laughter and a figure of a woman descends from the rafters and in front of the gang.

The woman says, "Born in darkness, living in darkness, such is the fate of the ninja. I am Aya, Ninja warrior."

The young woman is a ninja. She has dark green hair in a ponytail with green eyes. She is wearing a pink ninja and red color ninja outfit.

"But don't you think that color is a little bright for a ninja?" Diana asks.

"I don't need your fashion report," The woman Aya says, as she stands up.

"But tell me, didn't you enjoy my little star treatment?"Aya asks, revealing her shurikens.

"You can't just chuck throwing stars around! It's dangerous!" Hana angrily says.

"That's right!" Diana adds.

"This is a training camp! It was your fault you let your guard down," Aya says.

"Our guard down?" Hana says, confused.

"I will not hear of it. I will not let you all leave this mansion without having a Pokemon battle with me, first," Aya says.

Just then, Venonat appears behind Aya's leg.

"Venonat," Hana replies.

"This Venonat informed me that a group of people and a familiar face entered the mansion," Aya says, petting Venonat on the head.

"Hold on, we don't want any trouble. We just want to find the Fuchsia City Gym, and Venonat was just taking us to someone to get directions," Hana says.

Aya calmly says, "Very well, but I like a battle with you young lady."

"Okay. I accept your challenge!" Hana says.

Soon, Hana and Aya stand on different sides of the room, while Diana and the others wait for the battle to begin.

Aya says, "One Pokemon for each of us. Choose yours, now."

"Bulbasaur, I choose you!" Hana says, and throws her Pokeball.

Then Bulbasaur comes out of his Pokeball.

Aya calls out, "I select, Venonat!"

Venonat jumps in.

Hana calls out, "Bulbasaur, Tackle, now!"

Bulbasaur charges at Venonat, but it jumps and stomps Bulbasaur on its head.

Aya calls out, "Venonat, Stun Spore!"

Venonat starts to shake, releasing the Stun Spore

Hana calls out, "Bulbasaur, Whirlwind!"

Bulbasaur takes a deep breath and blows the air away.

Then Hana calls out, "Now, Vine Whip!"

Bulbasaur begins to attack Venonat with it's Vine Whip, but dodges the attack.

Aya calls out, "Psybeam, now!"

"Bulbasaur, dodge!" Hana calls out.

Bulbasaur quickly dodges the attack.

"Now Bulbasaur, it's time to give it your Leech Seed!" Hana says.

Bulbasaur dodges the Psybeam again, and launches the Leech Seed from it's bulb. It thinks it lands on Venonat's head and coils vines from it. Soon, Venonat is zapped from the attack and is now unable to battle

"Venonat!" Aya shockly says.

Hana says, "Leech Seed is sucking away your Venonat's power! It's helpless!"

Bulbasaur cries out, "Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur."

Aya brings out her Pokeball, "Return, Venonat!" and returns Venonat to it's Pokeball

Hana pets Bulbasaur on his head and says, "Good work, Bulbasaur! You did a great job!"

Aya is not happy that she lost. Suddenly, the Voltorb from before rolls into the room.

Diana exclaims, "It's that Voltorb!"

Right on cue the Voltorb self destruct and create smoke in the room. Everyone quickly cover their mouths. and in the smoke, a man

Suddenly, a figure of a man appears and says, "You still have a lot to learn, Aya."

The man is wearing a blue body ninja outfit with a red scarf. He has spiky dark blue hair and opens his eyes to see the event.

Aya bows to the man and says, "Honored brother, I have failed!"

Diana whispers to Chase, "That's her brother."

The man says, "None of you will be permitted to leave this venerable mansion, until you do battle with me."

"Who are you?" Hana asks.

"I am Koga, the Pokemon master of the Fuchsia gym," The man says.

Hearing that, Hana and the others realize that this place is the Fuchsia Gym.

"Oh, so this is the Fuchsia gym," Diana says.

"That is correct, miss," The man, Koga says.

"What are the odds, we were looking for the Fuchsia Gym, and we ended up in the right place," Hana says.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket spots the gym through their binoculars

"So that's the famous Ninja Mansion," Meowth says.

"Well, I, for one, am not impressed. It looks like a Japanese restaurant," James says.

Jessie lowers her binoculars, "There are lots of precious poisonous Pokemon in that mansion."

"Then let's figure a way to bust into this ninja joint, snatch the poison Pokemon, and hit the road," Meowth says.

Jessie picks up a rose, "Poisonous Pokemon are positively perfect for perfidious people like us."

"What does that mean?" James asks, confused.

"It means beautiful things can be painful," Jessie says and tosses the rose to James.

When James grabs the rose, he gets pricked by it's thorns, "Ow! That hurt!"

"Let's go!" Jessie says, and tosses the binoculars at James's head. Then falls to the ground.

Back in the mansion that is known as the Fuchsia Gym, Hana decides it is time to battle Koga who is the Gym Leader.

"Well, it's fine by me. My friends and I have been looking for the gym, but ended up getting lost. I like to challenge you to a match to win the Fuchsia Gym's badge," Hana says.

"This Soul badge will be yours, if you defeat me, of course," Koga says, and brings out a scroll.

On the scroll, is the Fuchsia Gym badge, that is in the shape of a fuchsia heart.

"Then let's battle," Hana says.

Soon, Hana and Kogar are ready to battle.

"We shall have a two on two Pokemon battle, young miss," Koga says.

"That's fine with me!" Hana says.

She brings out her Pokeball, "Go Bounsweet!" Then throws her Pokeball.

"Then I shall lead with Venonat!" Koga says, and throws his Pokeball.

Soon, Both Pokemon come out of their Pokeballs.

"Alright Bounsweet, this Venonat, has a lot of battling experience, so we might battle hard," Hana says.

"Bounsweet," (Right,) Bounsweet says.

Koga says, "You are correct, young one. My Venonat has a great deal of experience."

Suddenly, Venonat changes its shape and is now able to fly. The Pokemon Venonat now is an insectoid Pokémon whose body is varying shades of purple. Its head and thorax are light purple, and it has bulbous, round light blue eyes, a small mandible, and a three-point crest on its head. Tucked close to its thorax are three pairs of tiny, whitish legs. Its abdomen is paler with several black, zigzagging stripes encircling it. It has two pairs of pale purple moth-like wings with thin black venation.

Chase notices, "Venonat evolved."

"It's a Venomoth," Akira adds.

Hana brings out her Pokedex, and Dexter says, "Venomoth, an evolved form of Venonat. Tiny scales on its wings supersede various spores when they are flapped."

Koga calls out, "Venomoth, Stun Spore."

"Bounsweet, you need to dodge," Hana says.

Bounsweet quickly dodges the attack.

Koga calls out, "Venomoth, release your Sleep Powder."

Venomoth then begins to spray Sleep Powder. Before Hana can react, Bousweet is hit with sleep powder and falls asleep.

Hana then calls back her Bounsweet, "Return Bounsweet.

Then bring out her next Pokemon, "Go Charmander!"

"Charmander soon appears.

"Venomoth, Stun Spore!" Koga calls out.

Then Venomoth spreads it's stun spore.

Hana calls out, "Charmander, Flamethrower!"

Charmander is able to present the Stun Spore attack.

"Great job, Charmader!" Hana says.

Suddenly, she hears a strange sound, "Huh?"

Suddenly, the ceiling comes crashing down.

"What's that?!" Akira asks.

The dust disappears to reveal orange, green, and black curtains. The curtains open to reveal two figures covered by umbrellas with a familiar cat Pokemon,

Two voices say, "Welcome to the show."

"Oh no, it's Team Rocket," Hana exclaims.

Suddenly, Jessie's voice says, "Now, let our ancient performance begin."

She steps forward and says, "Prepare for trouble!"

James yells five times and says, "Make! It! Double!" Then yells three more.

Jessie: (reveals she's wearing a kabuki costume)

Jessie removes the umbrella to reveal her wearing a kabuki costume, "To protect the world from devastation."

Then James reveals himself to be wearing one too, "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, prepare to fight!

Meowth:

Meowth! That's right!

Meowth steps forward and says, "Now step aside while we pick up all your pretty little poisonous Pokemon!"

"Forget it, Meowth!" Hana angrily says.

Jessie and James try to step forward, but end up falling down to the ground because of the costume, and on top of Meowth.

"Jessie, it's too hard to move in these costumes!" James complains.

"A ninja mansion calls for a kabuki star. We have to wear these outfits!" Jessie says.

"Yes, but.." Jessie says.

"If you can't move, we'll lose the Pokemon!" Meowth says.

Jessie finally agrees, "You're right, let's change."

Jessie and James change back to their normal attire and bring out their Pokemon.

"We'll have to join forces to vanquish them!" Koga says.

"Right!" Hana agrees.

Then calls out, "Charmander, go!"

Koga calls out, "Go, Venomoth!"

"Go, Venonat!" Aya adds.

The three Pokemon begin to charge towards Team Rocket.

"Step right up! Ha!" James says, and throws a sticky net at the three Pokemon.

Their trainers are in shock to see their Pokemon are trapped.

Hana then calls out, "Pikachu!"

Pikachu then leaps into the battle.

"You're in the way!" Jessie says, and traps Pikachu in the sticky net too.

Pikachu soon lands on the ground and is stuck.

"Pikahu!" Hana cries out.

Arbok slithers to Pikachu and hisses at it.

Pikachu panics, "Pika Pi!" (Someone help!)

Hana turns to her friends, "Guys, be careful with that net!"

Suddenly, Psyduck leaves his Pokeball on his own.

"Psyduck, you want to help battle?" Hana asks.

Psyduck then walks to the battle field.

"Um okay, you can try," Hana says.

Then brings out her Pokedex, "What attacks can Psyduck do?"

She looks at her Pokedex and says, "Psyduck's attacks are: One, Tail Whip."

"Tail Whips isn't going to help," Hana calmly says.

And yet, Psyduck is wagging his tail

Hana looks at her Pokedex and Dexter says, "Psyduck attacks. Number 2, Scratch."

Hana then calls out, "Alright, Psyduck! Scratch attack, now!"

Psyduck charges and begins to use his Scratch attack. Suddenly Psyduck looks up to notice Arbok is biting him on the head. Psyduck begins to scream and panic as it holds his head.

Hana worriedly says, "Poor Psyduck, I think his headache is starting to get worse."

Then Koga says, "I think I have a way out of this!"

Koga pulls a rope and multiple Voltorbs come down from secret doors of the ceiling. They all land in front of Team Rocket and ready to attack.

"What are they?" Meowth asks.

"I don't know what they are, but they're in the way!" Jessie answers. Then fires the sticky web at the Voltorbs.

Soon, Jessie reels them in and says, "This is a nice little catch."

Meowth holds one of them up and says, "I don't know what these things are, but I can use them to practice my bowling game!"

Terrified, James screams, "That's a Voltorb!"

"A Voltorb?" Meowth says, confused.

The Voltorb Meowth is holding soon self-destruct, creating a large amount of smoke in the room. That gives everyone a chance to escape and get their Pokemon to safety. When they arrive at a room on the next floor, Hana and the others notice the room is tilted.

"Hey, guys. Do any of you notice anything weird about this room?" Daian asks.

The group notices that the whole room is tilted.

"The walls, the beams, the ceiling! They're all in a slant!" Akira says.

Koga says, "This is a slanted room, to confuse our enemies."

Soon, Hana and the others try to get the sticky web off of the Pokemon, but it's impossible.

"No good, I can't get it off," Hana says.

Then asks, "How about your electric attack, Pikachu?"

Pikachu tries to use his electric attack, but can't.

"This gunk isn't affected by electricity!" Hana says.

Soon, Team Rocket enters the room, by blasting a hole through the wall and capturing the Voltorbs.

"There you are!" Meowth says.

"For some reason, I seem to be losing my "liquiebrium"," James says.

Soon Jessie and James begin to slide down, due to the slant.

They built this place like a fun house! The floor is slanted!" Meowth says, looking around the room.

He picks up the Voltrob and says, "Maybe they'll have some fun with this Voltorb."

Meowth rolls the Voltorb to the gang and it self-destructs.

Hana calls out, "Everyone stay close."

Pikachu and Charmander agree. Alastor and Winnie stay close to Akira. Of course, Winnie is still in his arms. They soon see Psyduck running around in a panic.

Meowth notices him and asks, "What's with this loser Pokemon?"

"Psyduck, you're going to get yourself hurt! Return!" Hana says holding out her Pokeball.

She tries to return Psyduck, but he keeps moving around too much. Meowth soon becomes irritated.

Meowth then kicks Psyduck out of the way, "Out of the way!" and lands at James' feet.

James kneels to Psyduck, "Let's snatch this Pokemon, too!"

"We don't need Pokemon like that!" Meowth says, and knocks it away with a hockey stick. Psyduck soon begins to run around panicking again.

"Poor Psyduck," Diana says.

"I think its headache is getting worse," Chase says.

Hana approaches Psyduck and takes him in her arms, "It's okay Psyudck. I'm here. Please calm down."

Soon, Psyduck begins limp.

Confused, Hana asks, "Psyduck?"

And then, Psyduck begins to unleash a powerful attack that freezes Team Rocket.

Jessie panics, "What's happening?"

"I.. I'm frozen! I can't move!" James panics.

"What's going on?" Diana asks.

"This must be one of Psyduck's attacks!" Chase suspects.

Hana brings out her Pokedex and Dexter says, "Psyduck's attacks. Number 3: Disable."

Psyduch then uses another attack that lifts Team Rocket in the air, making James let go of the Voltrob.

Dexter says, "Psyduck's attacks. Number 4: Confusion."

Psyduck then uses its Confusion attack to bounce Team Rocket at the walls.

"Psyduck's attacks are pretty good!" Hana says.

"Yeah!" Diana says.

"You're right!" Chase adds.

"You can say that again," Akira says.

Hana then says, "Psyduck, use Confusion, now! It's time to send Team Rocket flying!"

Hearing Hana, Psyduck uses Confusion and sends Team Rocket blasting through the roof and into the sky.

James screams, "This place looks a lot nicer from the air!"

"It also looks like.." Meowth screams.

Then Team Rocket screams, "Team Rocket's blasting off again!"

Back in the mansion, Psyduck then uses his Psychic attacks to free the Pokemon from the sticky webs.

Pikachu cheers, "Pika!" (Alright!)

"Char Char! (We're free!) Charmander says.

Psyduck then sighs in exhaustion.

"Wow Psyduck, I have no idea you had that kind of power," Hana says.

She then looks at her Pokedex and Dexter says, "When Psyduck's headache becomes severe, it uses amazing power."

Psyduck holds his head again and says, "Psy y y duck," (Man, that really hurt).

"That kind of talent's a real pain," Chase says.

Oh yeah," Diana says.

Koga and Aya walk up to Hana, "Magnificent! That was quite an impressive display."

"I was very impressed by your performance," Aya says.

"Thanks," Hana says.

She then picks up Psyduck, "Psyduck, you really saved the day. I promise to help you get better control of your Psychic powers."

"Psy," (Yes,) Psyduck happily says.

"A Pokemon like that, would certainly merit one of our Soul badges," Koga says.

"I suppose so, but we still have our battle to finish," Hana says.

Soon, the group takes the match outside of the mansion.

Charmander is still standing and Hana says, "The Pokemon I choose for this battle is Charmander!"

"Then I will choose, Golbat!" Koga says, and throws his Pokeball.

What comes out of the Pokeball is a blue bat-like Pokémon with purple wing membranes. It has small, slit-pupiled eyes, tiny triangular ears with purple insides, and a massive mouth with two fangs in each jaw. While its mouth seems to be otherwise empty, and displays a long, purple tongue. It has short legs with long feet.

"A Golbat," Hana says, and brings out her Pokedex.

Dexter says, "Golbat, attacking with its sharp fangs, this Pokemon can drain three-hundred cubic centimetres of blood per bite."

Hana calls out, "Be careful, Charmander!"

Koga makes the first move, "Golbat, Wing Attack!"

Golbat dives in, but Charmander continues to dodge the attack.

Hana calls out, "Charmander, Ember attack!"

Charmander swings his tail around to prevent Golbat from attacking. Soon, Charmander spins around like a top to create more flames.

"Alright! Good job, Charmander!" Hana calls out.

Then Koga says, "Golbat, use your Screech attack!"

Golbat begins the attack,creating a loud screeching sound. Excluding Koga, everyone else, including the Pokemon cover their ears.

"I can't stand that noise!" Diana screams.

Chase wraps his arms around himself, "I'm getting goosebumps!"

Akria covers his ears with one arm while holding Winnie. Winnie howls in pain and covers her ears.

Hana calls out, "Charmander, Flamethrower!"

Charmander begins to perform his attack. Everyone ducks their heads before the fire can hot them. Cobalt tries to get away, but ends up getting hit at one of its wings.

Hana calls out, "Okay, finish it off with Fire Spin!"

Charmander then breathes out Fire Spin that consumes Golbat inside creating powerful damage. Soon, Golbats have burn marks all over its body and his eyes have swirled. Soon, Golbat falls to the ground in defeat.

Hana runs to Charmander and happily says, "We did it."

"Char Char," (We sure did.) Charmander says.

Koga walks over and says, "You have beaten me. And your Psyduck saved my Voltorb from being stolen by those thieves."

Koga then presents the scroll and unrolls it to reveal the Soul badge, "This Soul badge rightfully belongs to you."

"Thanks Koga," Hana says.

Koga turns to Aya and says, ""We both have got a lot to learn about battle. We will now train even harder, Aya."

"Yes, brother," Aya agrees.

After earning a Soul Badge and saying goodbye to Aya and Koga, Hana and the others continue to go on their journey. Next stop is Sunnytown for Diana's Pokemon Contest, the Wallace Cup.

Hana who is holding Psyduck looks at it and says, "You know, you did a really great job back there, Psyduck. I hope success doesn't go to your head."

"Psyduck?" (To my head?) Psyduck replies.

Hana giggles and says, "Oh Psyduck."