The day when Nils, Ren and Firenze would leave for Indigo City for the wedding and the Pokemon League had finally come and the trio were getting ready to leave as fast as they could. Once they were ready, Nils, Ren and Firenze along with Jessie, James, one of the three strong maids and one of the three strong butlers got into a limo and then left for Indigo City which would take two days and they had to travel fast because the wedding was four days away and the Pokemon League Tournament would happen three days later.
After several hours of driving, the driver of the limo accidently ran over a big rock, that was small enough to not be seen, and then lost control and crashed into a tree.
"This isn't good," said Firenze as everyone got out of the limo.
"What do we do now," asked Nils who became worried he wasn't gonna make it to Indigo City in time.
"I remember hearing there is an auto repair shop on the other side of these woods," explained the driver who was pointing to the woods that included the tree the limo crashed into," It's known to fix any kind of vehicle as fast as a Ninjask can fly." "However, these woods are known as the Bone Woods and are known to be dangerous." "You could go around, but I think it may take too long."
"Then we'll go through the woods," said Nils and Ren and Firenze nodded in agreement.
"I think we'll stay and help the driver watch the limo," said James referring to himself and Jessie.
"We'll go with you to the repair shop," said the butler and the maid at the same time.
After it was decided what had to be done, Nils, Ren, Firenze, the butler and the maid all entered the Bone Woods while Jessie, James and the driver stayed at the limo. After twenty minutes of walking, the group encountered six Cubone and they all attacked the group who then started to run away.
"What was that for," asked Ren after they had lost the Cubone.
"I think they thought we were intruding on their territory," answered the butler.
"I bet that's what the driver meant when he said these woods were dangerous," said Firenze.
Just then, two Marowak appeared and started to attack them just like the Cubone.
"I got this," said the maid, "Go Butterfree," and Butterfree was sent out. "Use Solar Beam," and Butterfree used the move of choice which knocked out one of the Marowak.
"Go Abomasnow," said Ren and Abomasnow was sent out. "Blizzard," and Abomasnow used the selected attack which knocked out the other Marowak.
After the two Marowak were defeated, everyone started to run through the woods hoping to avoid more trouble when suddenly, several Cubone and Marowak appeared and started to attack.
"Go Venusaur," said Nils and Venusaur was sent out, "Use Petal Blizzard," and Venusaur used the chosen move on all of the Cubone and Marowak but only a quarter of them were knocked out. "There's too many, what do we do?"
Just then, a man who was wearing dirty brown clothes appeared and sent out a Slowking.
"Slowking use Surf," said the man and the Slowking used the move of choice which knocked out two thirds of the remaining Cubone and Marowak who were weakened by Venusaur's Petal Blizzard. "If you're trying to get to Bone Car Repairs, follow me and quickly," and everyone followed the man out of the woods and to the auto repair shop known as Bone Car Repairs.
Once the group entered the repair shop, they were greeted by a man with purple hair that had a short ponytail and wore dirty grey clothes.
"Hey there," said the man, "My name's Byrne and I'm the owner of Bone Car Repairs." "Since you decided to come here through the Bone Woods, you must need my help with a vehicle."
"We do," said Nils, "We're on our way to Indigo City when my parents' limo crashed into a tree." "Would you please repair our limo as fast as you can?"
"I'd be happy to," answered Byrne, "But the trip back is gonna be hard with all those Cubone and Marowak." "You see, back when Team Rocket was around they invaded the Bone Woods and captured several Cubone and Marowak." "Since then, the Cubone and Marowak have grown suspicious of anyone who enters their domain and attack everybody." "Because of that, most of my customers either get hurt or have their vehicles repaired much later than they should be because they took the long way."
"What can we do," asked Nils," we need to get to Indigo City as soon as possible because I have to enter the Pokemon League."
"Well," said Byrne, "The best way is for five of my workers to get to your limo to repair it while five more of my workers, you guys and myself distract at least most of the Cubone and Marowak." "This might also be the best opportunity for me to finally catch the Marowak who leads the Cubone and the other Marowak to end this problem once and for all."
"How does catching the leader solve the problem," asked Ren.
"The leader is the only one that can convince anything to the Cubone and Marowak," explained Byrne, "If I could catch that Marowak and earn its trust, then it would convince the others that not everyone is like Team Rocket.
"Ok then," said Nils let's go," and everyone plus Byrne and ten of his workers went back into the Bone Woods.
Once they were all in, five of the workers as well as the maid and butler who decided to help them just in case went for the limo while Nils, Ren, Firenze, Byrne and the remaining five workers, including the one from earlier, went for the center of the woods where the leader lived. As they were walking, Nils, Ren and Firenze sent out Grumpig, Tyranitar and Darmanitan while the five workers all sent out their Slowking, Cherubi, Hoothoot, Sneasel and Kricketune. As they got deeper into the woods, several Cubone and Marowak appeared and started to attack but were repelled by the group's Pokemon. After battling so many Cubone and Marowak, they made it to a clearing and saw a Marowak sitting on a rock.
"There it is," said Byrne.
"How do you know it's the leader," asked Ren.
"Well first of all," explained Byrne, "It's bigger than the other Marowak." "Second, while all of the of other Marowak as well as the Cubone held their bones with their right hands, this one holds it with the left hand." "Finally, the rock it's sitting on is shaped like a throne so it must be sitting there to act as the king of the Bone Woods."
"That makes sense," said Nils.
Byrne then went closer to the Marowak leader and when Marowak noticed, it got off the rock throne and looked at Byrne with a serious face.
"Marowak," said Byrne, "I am here to show you that you don't need to fear the Marowak and Cubone being harmed anymore." "Team Rocket and Team Bomb are both finished, and it happened because there were those that stopped them." "If you want proof, let me try to catch you and show you what's outside of these woods, go Vigoroth," and a Vigoroth appeared. "Use Power-Up Punch," and Vigoroth hit Marowak with the move of choice which raised its attack.
"Marowak then used Brick Break which knocked Vigoroth away and did super effective damage.
"Use Play Rough," said Byrne and Vigoroth used the chosen move which missed Marowak because it used Dig which then damaged Vigoroth. "Try Slash," and Vigoroth used the move of choice while Marowak was still close and damaged Marowak severely.
After recovering from Slash, Marowak used Bone Rush which gave some more damage to Vigoroth.
"Power-Up Punch again," said Byrne and Vigoroth started to use another Power-Up Punch.
Before getting hit by Vigoroth's attack, Marowak used Giga Impact which crashed into Power-Up Punch and Vigoroth was sent flying while Marowak only took a little bit of damage.
"Now use Flail," said Byrne and Vigoroth who had low health and high attack used Flail which gave Marowak tons of damage. "Use Slash," and Vigoroth used Slash which gave Marowak even more damage. "Go Pokeball," and Byrne threw a Pokeball at Marowak which successfully caught it.
After Byrne caught Marowak, a huge amount of Cubone and Marowak who were all watching the battle surrounded Byrne and tried to attack him for taking their leader. Just then, the caught Marowak came out of its Pokeball by itself and stopped all of its friends from attacking by telling them it learned to trust Byrne from the battle.
"Thanks for understanding Marowak," thanked Byrne as the Cubone and Marowak all left.
"Marowak," said Marowak in a way that meant you're welcome.
"Does this mean the Bone Woods are safe," asked Firenze as she and the others went to Byrne.
"It does," answered Byrne, "Now let's get to your limo.
By the time they all went back to the limo, the group all saw that the limo was completely fixed and was ready to be used again.
"Thank you for fixing our limo," thanked Jessie.
"No problem," said Byrne, "Also, you don't have to pay me because helping me with my biggest problem was enough payment. "Good luck at the Pokemon League Nils."
"Thanks Byrne," thanked Nils and he, Ren, Firenze, Jessie, James, the butler, the maid and the driver all resumed their travel to Indigo City while Byrne and his workers all waved goodbye.
