"On their way out of Turffield, our heroes meet the reporting team, Gillian and Cam. But they also ran afoul of a battle hungry Farfetch'd and anger then usual Team Yell. Fortunately Farfetch'd prove its mettle and evolved to protect Gloria. Afterward, the newly evolved Sirfetch'd joins Gloria's team, as our heroes continue their trek…"
"Scorbunny & Pikachu"
Gillian stands in front of Cam's camera, with her microphone held up, "As part of my report on Gym Challengers, today's Challenger, Victor, is training his Pokémon."
Gillian turns away from the camera to see Victor holding out an arm, "Go, Rookidee, use Peck!"
"Dee!" Rookidee flies pass Victor, before flying past a tree, using its beak to cut a berry hanging from the tree's branch.
"Now, Scorbunny, Tackle!" Victor instructs.
"Scor!" Scorbunny jumps up and towards the berry, but ends up missing the berry and slams into the side of the tree, with the remaining hanging berries shaking. "Scor…" Scorbunny falls onto the ground, with the berry landing next to him.
"It's okay, Scorbunny, you can try again soon," Victor says, before looking back ahead. "Now, again, Rookidee, Peck! Pikachu, Quick Attack!"
"Dee!" Rookidee flies past the tree, cutting another berry from its branch.
"Pika, pika!" Pikachu runs, speedly ahead and then jumps, colliding with the falling berries and knocking it off the side of the tree, as the remaining berries shake. Pikachu lands next to Scorbunny.
"Alright, good job, Pikachu," Victor says.
"Pika pika," Pikachu rubs the back of its head, as an annoyed Scorbunny watches it before looking up to see a hanging berry hanging above Pikachu.
Scorbunny grins, before it kicks the side of the tree, causing the berry to fall onto Pikachu's head.
"Pika pi," Pikachu holds onto the top of its head, as Scorbunny laughs.
Suddenly another berry falls onto Scorbunny' head, causing it to hold onto its head, with Pikachu starting laughing.
"Scor! Scor!" Scorbunny yells at Pikachu.
Pikachu stops laughing and faces Scorbunny, "Pika! Pika! Pi!"
Gloria walks over to Victor, as Rookidee flaps over to them, "Perhaps that enough training for today."
Victor rubs the top of his head, "Yeah, maybe you're right."
"Dee, dee…"
Later that night, four tents were set up. Inside Victor's tent, he is sleeping, with his three Poké Balls sitting on the side next to his backpack. Suddenly one Poké Ball opens up, with red energy shoots out and forms Pikachu.
"Pi… ka," Pikachu comes over to Victor and starts to sleep next to him.
At that moment, another Poké Ball opens, with red energy forming Scorbunny, "Scor…?"
Scorbunny walks over, tugs on Pikachu's tail and starts to pull, but Pikachu, without making a sound, kicks at Scorbunny, making it let go.
"Scor…" Scorbunny grabs Pikachu's tail again and pulls harder, pulling it away from Victor, before taking its spot and starts to sleep next to Victor.
"Pika…" PIkachu gets up, as it angrily looks at Scorbunny, before jumping onto Scorbunny.
Outside the tent, sounds of struggle are heard coming from within the tent.
Suddenly, the tent opens up as Gloria, Gillian, and Cam look in.
"What's going on in here…?" Gloria asks.
The three see Victor is holding back Pikachu and Scorbunny with his arms, with Victor's embarrassed, "Hum, sorry…"
The next day, Victor, Gloria, Gillian, and Cam are seated at a table, with Sirfetch'd standing next to the table like its standing guard, watching Rookidee flies pass, with Sobble and Dottler chasing after it, as they are playing.
Victor is lying his head on the table, and gives a huge sigh, with Cam crossing his arms, "Didn't get enough sleep last night?"
Gillian leans forward, "Has Pikachu and Scorbunny always been like that?"
Victor seats up, "I just caught Pikachu a couple days ago…"
"That right…" Gillian puts a finger to her chin.
"And it didn't have an easy life before we met…" Victor says.
Gillian and Cam look at each other, before looking back at the two young Trainers.
Shortly later, Gillian and Cam continue to look at the Trainers, with Gillian crying as her hands are held up to her head, and Cam crying into one arm.
"That's so sad…" Gillian says.
"Your Pikachu… had a real tragedy…" Cam continues to cry.
Gillian wipes the tears from her eyes, "Although it might explain how it's been acting."
"What's you mean?" Victor asks.
"Well, if Pikachu lost its previous Trainer in such a dramatic matter, then it might want to be close with you," Gillian starts. "As for Scorbunny, being your first Pokémon, it might feel jealous if Pikachu is shown such random special attention."
"It makes sense," Gloria says, looking from Gillian back to Victor.
"Maybe…" Victor sighs, before getting up. "I think I'll go for a walk."
"Okay…" Gloria says, as she walks Victor walks away.
Pikachu watches Rookidee flying happily around Sobble and Dottler, before noticing Victor walking away, "Pika…?" Pikachu starts to follow after Victor.
Scorbunny is on a tree branch, reaching for a berry, when it notices Victor is walking past, "Scor…?" Scorbunny then turns and jumps from the branch, in the same direction as Victor.
Pikachu comes to a stop near a clearing, looking to Victor standing at the edge of a lake, looking out at it, while Scorbunny lands on a nearby tree branch, also watching its Trainer.
Victor sighs, "What kind of a Trainer am I…"
"Pika…?" Pikachu whispers.
"I… I can't get two of my Pokémon to stop fighting among themselves…" Victor continues. "Maybe I shouldn't be on this journey… if I can't help my Pokémon…"
"Scor…" Scorbunny says, before it looks down to see Pikachu looking down, before quickly turning around and running off. Scorbunny looks back at Victor, then jumps off the tree branch, in the same direction as Pikachu.
Pikachu is running toward the end of the route, when Scorbunny runs out in front of it and holds out its arms to stop it, "Scor! Scor!"
Pikachu stops, but remains on its four legs, "Pika! Pika!"
Scorbunny shakes its head, "Scor, scor!"
Pikachu stands up and holds out its arms, "Pika, pi, pika, pika…" Pikachu pictures it standing on its original Traner's shoulder, smiles, before imaging the two running together. "Pika pika, pi, pika, chu, chu…" The Trainer disappears from the image, leaving Pikachu alone and saddened.
Pikachu shakes its head, fighting back some tears, with Scorbunny watching, concerned.
"Pika, pi, pi, pika," Pikachu continues, as it pictures its original Trainer, before the image of the Trainer is replaced with Victor. "Pika, pika, pi, pi, pika…"
Pikachu happily pictures itself on Victor's shoulder, as they both smile and laugh, "Pika, pika, pi, pika!"
Pikachu looks down, saddened, as it pictures see Victor standing at the side of the lake, "Pika, pi… chu, chu…"
"Scor…" Scorbunny says, softly, before starting to reach out to Pikachu. "Scor…"
Suddenly, the sound of Victor screaming causes the two Pokémon to look to the side.
Back at the lake, Victor is seated on the ground, as a Crawdaunt stands a couple feet away from him.
"Craw! Craw!" Crawdaunt raises one arm.
Victor's Rotom Phone flies up and floats in front of him, "Crawdaunt, the Rogue Pokémon, A brutish Pokémon that loves to battle. It will crash itself into any foe that approaches its nest."
"Now you tell me," Victor says.
"Victor!" Gloria calls out, as she, Gillian, Cam, Rookidee, Sirfetch'd, Sobble, and Dottler are coming. Cam immediately holds up his camera.
"Dee! Dee!" Rookidee flies past everyone else.
"Craw!" Crawdaunt jumps back and holds out a claw. "Craw!"
Crawdaunt shoots a series of stars from its claw.
"Dee! Dee!" Rookidee tries to flies around the stars, but they circle back around and hits Rookidee in the back.
"Rookidee!" Victor starts to get up. "Quick, counter with Fury Attack!"
"Craw!" Crawdaunt holds out its claw again, before a series of bubbles shoot out.
"Dee!" Rookidee is hit repeatedly by the bubbles.
"Craw! Craw!" Crawdaunt jumps ahead, hitting Rookidee with its claw twice.
"Dee!" Rookidee is knocked back to Victor.
"Rookidee, are you okay?" Victor picks up his Pokémon.
"Dee…" Rookidee has whirling eyes, before it is turned into red energy and flies into a Poké Ball in Victor's hand.
"It knows Swift, Bubble Beam, and Double Hit…" Gillian holds a hand to her chin. "This could be a difficult Pokémon to beat…"
"Sir, fetch!" Sirfetch'd holds up its leek, as Scorbunny and Pikachu arrive.
"Scor!" Scorbunny then runs off, causing Sirfetch'd to watch with a sweat drop.
Scorbunny slides in front of Victor, "Scorbunny?!"
"Craw! Craw!" Crawdaunt swings its arm back and forth.
"Right, Scorbunny, start with Growl!" Victor instructs.
"Scor… Scor!" Scorbunny yells.
"Craw!" Crawdaunt holds out its claw, shooting a series of bubbles, all of which hits Scorbunny.
"Scorbunny, get back!" Victor calls out.
"Craw!" Crawdaunt jumps ahead, and hits Scorbunny twice with its claw. "Craw!"
Crawdaunt shoots a series of bubbles from its claw, blasting Scorbunny back toward Victor, who catches it.
"Scorbunny…" Victor looks at the Pokémon in his arms.
"Scor…" Scorbunny weakly looks up at its Trainer.
"Victor, watch out!" Gloria yells.
Victor and Scorbunny look ahead to see Crawdaunt is jumping toward them with its claw raises.
Suddenly Pikachu jumps out between them, slamming against Crawdaunt's claw, before knocking back Crawdaunt.
Pikachu lands in front of Victor and Scorbunny, with its cheeks sparking, "Pika! Pika!"
"Scor…" Scorbunny watches Pikachu.
"Craw!" Crawdaunt aims its claw, before firing a series of stars.
"Pikachu, dodge using Quick Attack!" Victor calls out.
"Pika! Pika!" Pikachu runs ahead, speedly, jumping left to right, as the stars fly past it, but then the stars turn around in midair and start to chase after Pikachu.
Gloria holds out two hands, "Victor, that's Swift, you can't dodge it. It always hit!"
Victor stands up, with Scorbunny in his arms, "We might not be able to dodge it, but we might be able to redirect it. Pikachu, keep on using Quick Attack!"
"Pika! Pika!" Pikachu continues to speed ahead, as the stars are chasing after it, as it approaches Crawdaunt.
"Now, Pikachu, jump over Crawdaunt!" Victor calls out.
"Craw…?" Crawdaunt tilts its head slightly, before it looks ahead, panickingly. "Craw! Craw!"
"Pika!" Pikachu jumps over Crawdaunt, before the stars hit Crawdaunt.
"Pikachu, Thunder Shock!" Victor instructs.
"Pika! Chu!" Pikachu's cheeks spark before it shoots a blast of electricity.
"Craw!" Crawdaunt jumps up, as the electric attack hits the ground. In midair, Crawdaunt spins around and holds out its claw, shooting a series of bubbles. "Craw!"
The bubbles hit Pikachu, "Pika!"
"Crawdaunt is still so fast…" Victor says.
"Scor! Scor!" Scorbunny jumps out of Victor's arms, surprising him.
"Scorbunny, you want to help, too?" Victor asks.
"Scor!" Scorbunny nods its head.
"Okay, then use Tackle!" Victor instructs.
"Scor!" Scorbunny jumps and slams its body into the side of Crawdaunt, before spinning around and kicks Crawdaunt in the side.
"Wait, was that…?" Cam says to himself.
"This is our chance, Pikachu, use Electro Ball!" Victor calls out.
"Pika!" a ball of electric forms on Pikachu's tail. "Pika pika pika pika pika…" Pikachu then whips its attack, launching the ball of electricity. "Pika-chu!"
Crawdaunt is falling backward through the air, when the Electro Ball hits it, causing an explosion of electricity, "Craw!"
Crawdaunt lands on the ground, "Craw! Craw!" It then turns around and jumps into the lake.
"Alright!" Victor jumps up slightly. "You guys did it!"
"Scor!"
"Pika!"
Scorbunny and Pikachu jump into Victor's arms, causing him to fall down, with Victor laughing slightly.
"Scor, Scor," Scorbunny happily says to Pikachu.
"Pika, Pika," Pikachu happily responds.
Scorbunny then jumps off Victor and holds up its arms toward Victor, "Scor, Scor!"
"Pika, Pika," Pikachu then jumps onto Victor's shoulder. "Pika, pi!"
The rest of the group walk over, with Gloria saying, "It looks like Scorbunny and Pikachu might be taking turns riding on your shoulder."
"You think so?" Victor asks, before looking at his two Pokémon. "Is that it? Are you taking turns?"
Both Pokémon look at each other, before they look at their Trainer, happily.
"Scor!"
"Pika!"
Later, Victor, Gloria, and Scorbunny stand in front of Gillian and Cam, with Pikachu on Victor's shoulder.
"I'm so sorry about the trouble we were having," Victor rubs the back of his head.
"No need to apologize," Gillian waves a hand for a moment, before holding out her hands. "Besides I found a wonderful new angle for my story: the bonds between Trainer and Pokémon."
Victor, Pikachu, and Scorbunny each rub the back of their heads, as they blush with small smiles.
Cam holds up his camera, "Oh, I almost forgot. Victor, check this out." Cam pulls out the screen on the side of his camera and shows the footage of Scorbunny slamming into the side of Crawdaunt, before spins around and kicks it. "Earlier, it looked like Scorbunny was trying to use Double Kick."
"Double Kick…?" Victor responds.
"You know, some Pokémon have more trouble learning some attacks than others," Gillian starts. "In fact, Scorbunny normally learns Double Kick by now."
"Double Kick, huh?" Victor looks down at Scorbunny, who tilts its head at him. Victor then looks ahead with a smile. "Well, then I will work with Scorbunny to learn and master Double Kick."
"Scor!" Scorbunny happily bumps its fist.
"I have no doubt," Gillian says, as Cam nods his head, and they both smile.
Shortly Victor, Gloria, and Scorbunny, with Pikachu on Victor's shoulder, walk away as they wave at Gillian and Cam, both who are returning the waves.
"Scorbunny and Pikachu were at odds but bonds over their shared love for Victor. At the same time, Scorbunny is trying to learn a new attack. Will Victor be able to help Scorbunny reach its full potential?"
"Find out, as the journey continues…"