Our heroes continue on their journey. They are now heading for Mitsuki City so that Ichigo can get his hands on the fourth badge. They will have to deal with a little detour.

All of them kept walking until Orihime looked up and noticed something in the sky.

"What is that?" Orihime said. All of them looked up and saw a Solrock floating in the air.

"That's a Solrock. It's a rock-type as well as a psychic-type." Rukia said.

"Wow. It's shaped like the sun." Chad said. All of them watched Solrock fly by until they saw it was being attacked by blasts of water were being shot at it. Solrock was being attacked they needed to do something.

I wanna be the very best

Like no one ever was

To catch them is my real test

To train them is my cause

Pokemon

Gotta catch'em all, it's you and me

Pokemon

I know it's my destiny

Pokemon

Yeah, you're my best friend

In a world we must defend

Pokemon

Gotta catch'em all

Gotta catch'em all

Gotta catch'em all

Pokemon

(Ichigo's voice) Rock Hard Solrock

"Everyone use Water Gun!" A bunch of trainers using water-type pokemon were firing Water Guns at Solrock and it was doing its best to avoid all those attacks. Solrock unleashed a Fire Spin to try and keep them away. Ichigo and his friends followed the attacks and saw what was happening.

"What are they doing?" Rukia said.

"Are they trying to catch that Solrock?" Chad said.

"I'm not sure, but Solrock is outnumbered." Ichigo said.

"Excuse me." They all turned around to see an older girl with brown hair that went to her shoulders with a yellow shirt and red shorts. "You've got to help, Solrock. Please." None of them understood what was going on, but it did seem like Solrock needed help. Solrock spun around and was using Gyro Ball against some of the pokemon, but Solrock got blasted by another Water Gun and was surrounded and were about to attack.

"Absol, help out that Solrock and use Swords Dance." Ichigo said.

"Absol!" Absol jumped between them and used Swords Dance to reflect all the water attacks.

"Stop it!" Ichigo called out to everyone.

"What are you doing to that poor Solrock?" Orihime said.

"Solrock." Solrock was able to get up and floated away.

"No. it got away again." A man said that had brown hair and a beard with an orange shirt and brown pants. He turned around to face the group with the girl. "Monia, what do you think you're doing?"

"Daddy, please just leave that Solrock alone." Monia said.

"Not happening." Her father said. "Tht Solrock has caused nothing, but trouble. It's time someone takes care of that Solrock for good."

"So your solution is to relentlessly attack it?" Ichigo said as he already wasn't liking this.

"You saw that Solrock fight back." Monia's father said.

"Maybe because you were the ones attacking it. Solrock was probably just defending itself." Rukia said.

"I'm not going to waste time with this." Monia's father said and left with everyone else. Monia seemed upset with her father.

"Oh! He never listens. He's so stubborn." Monia said.

"Excuse me, but could you tell us what the heck is going on around here?" Ichigo asked.

"Right. Sorry. My name is Monia. That man that has a stubborn problem is my father, Fred. All those other people were from the small town we live in."

"My name is Ichigo and this is my Absol."

"Absol."

"My name is Orihime."

"I'm Rukia."

"And I'm Chad."

"Monia, why was your father and all those people attacking Solrock?" Orihime asked.

"I'll show you." Monia said. She led them through her small town and arrived at something that was suppose to be a river.

"The river is all dried up!" Rukia said.

"How did this happen?" Ichigo asked.

"My Dad and everyone else believe that this is Solrock's doing." Monia said.

"Why would they think that?" Ichigo asked.

"It all started a few weeks ago." Monia said. "One night this light shoot across the sky and landed somewhere near our village. The next morning after that, the river seemed to have dried up and right around that time was when Solrock first showed up. Without the river, our village doesn't have much water and we're starting to suffer because of it."

"I still don't understand why they attack Solrock." Ichigo said.

"My Dad believes Solrock was the reason for it and convinced practically everyone." Monia said. "He thinks it's too much of a coincidence that the river dried up right when Solrock appeared."

"So Solrock is being accused, but it sounds like there's no actual proof." Rukia said.

"Do you think Solrock actually did this?" Orihime questioned.

"Well, Solrock are able to generate heat like the sun and it is a pokemon that is said to come from space." Rukia said. "I suppose with some cosmic power, it is possible."

"No way." Ichigo said. "There's no way a single Solrock could do this and it seemed harmless earlier."

"That's what I think too, but no one will believe me." Monia said. "I want to prove Solrock's innocence, but I don't know what to do to help it."

"There's nothing you can do because it's guilty." All of them turned around and was met with Fred.

"Dad, you can't just blame that Solrock. What if it's innocent?" Monia said.

"Monia, I've heard enough. Solrock is guilty and that is that." Fred said.

"I'm with your daughter. There must be some other reason and I'm going to prove it." Ichigo said and he ran up the river.

"Ichigo, wait." Orihime said as she and the others went after him.

"Ichigo, what are you planning on doing?" Rukia asked.

"There must be something that's blocking the water from flowing through here." Ichigo said. "We either find it or maybe catching Solrock will show they're wrong."

"I get it. By capturing Solrock and the river doesn't return, that might prove that Solrock is not responsible." Monia said.

"Exactly." Ichigo said. All of them kept running down the river until they saw Solrock appear in front of them.

"There it is!" Chad said.

"Solrock!" Ichigo called out and got its attention. The reason Solrock didn't run off was because it recognized Absol and Ichigo were the ones that saved it earlier. "Solrock, a lot of people believe you're the reason for the river all dried up. We want to prove that you're innocent."

"Solrock, if you know something, you have to tell us." Rukia said.

"Poliwhirl use Bubble Beam!"

"Poliwhirl!"

"Solrock?" Solrock was blasted by a barrage of bubbles. All of them saw Fred caught up with his Poliwhirl.

"Dad, stop it." Monia said.

"It's a no brainer. We get rid of Solrock, we get our river back." Fred said.

"You don't even know if Solrock is really the reason. Just leave it alone already." Ichigo said. "It isn't right for you to just accuse it."

"I don't care. There's no other option. Poliwhirl use Hydro Pump." Fred said. Poliwhirl shot out a blast of high volume water at Solrock.

"No!" Ichigo stepped in and pushed Solrock out of the way, but he got blasted instead and shot into the dry river.

"Ichigo!" Orihime shouted as she was concerned he was hurt. Absol stepped forward and looked ready to battle and get payback. Solrock went down to Ichigo and made sure he wasn't hurt.

"I'm okay." Ichigo said. While he was down there, he saw a thin string of water running through. Ichigo looked further down the river and he thought he saw something. "Guys, it looks like there's something in the river just up ahead." All of them went to investigate and found the real source of the river's drought. The river was blocked.

"Look at this mess." Rukia said.

"How did this happen?" Monia asked.

"Look over here." Chad said. He found a crater and saw there was a rock at the bottom.

"A rock?" Orihime said.

"Not just any rock. It's a meteorite." Rukia said. "Monia, didn't you say something crashed down near your village a while back? I think it was this meteorite."

"The impact must have caused a wall of rocks and fallen trees to be built." Ichigo said. "That's what caused the water to stop flowing."

"I was wrong. Solrock, I'm so sorry I blamed you." Fred said and Solrock seemed to have forgiven it.

"At least now we know what to do." Ichigo said. "We just need to clear this stuff away." All of them got to work and had their pokemon help out as they tried to clear the trees away. Solcok helped out by using Confusion. They managed to get most of the stuff out of the way. "Almost there. We just need to clear out those rocks and dirt."

"Solrock." Solrock was building up power on its top stone.

"What's it doing?" Orihime asked.

"Looks like it's powering up a Solar Beam." Rukia said. Solrock fired the beam and blasted away the last of the blockade and water started flowing and people were so happy to have their river back.

"That's more like it." Ichigo said and Solrock was starting to act chummy near him. Solrock took a liking to Ichigo when he defended it from accusations and that Hydro Pump.

"Solrock really seems to like you." Orihime said.

"Yeah. Just what I want." Ichigo said as he took out a pokeball and tapped it against Solrock. Solrock went inside and the ball moved around until it dinged. Solrock now belong to Ichigo. With the capture, Ichigo and the others were on the road again.

"Bye!" Monia said.

"Take care!" Fred said as they all waved goodbye. Ichigo held Solrock's pokeball and was already admiring it.

"You really think a Solrock is a good pokemon for you?" Rukia asked.

"I've got to get new pokemon for my next gym and I have a feeling Solrock and I are going to be great friends." Ichigo said.

Clearing up Solrock's name and earning it's trust and respect, Ichigo takes his new pokemon and new friend with him on their journey. I wonder how Solrock will do in gym battles. We'll just have to stay tune to find out.

To Be Continued…