Episode 46: The Song of Jigglypuff
A few days have passed since they met the Squirtle Squad and Sora's Squirtle has evolved into a Wartortle, they continued onwards towards Saffron City. Sora exchanged Hitmonlee for Ivysaur.
They were approached by a hiker. The Hiker challenged Sora to a battle to which he accepted. The hiker sent out his first Pokémon.
"Machop! Let's go!" The hiker called out throwing his Pokéball. The Pokéball unleashes a Machop as it flexes its muscles. Sora made his choice too.
"Poliwag! Let's go!" Sora throws his Pokéball letting out his Poliwag. "Okay, Poliwag! Start up with Water Gun!" Poliwag fired Water Gun at the opposing Machop.
"Machop! Dodge it and use Karate Chop!" The hiker called out as Machop moves in to deliver a strong chop.
"Poliwag, you dodge it!" Sora ordered as Poliwag moves out of the way in time. "Smack Machop good with Double Slap!" Poliwag moved and slapped Machop good on the face.
"Machop! Use Thunder Punch!" The hiker ordered as Machop delivered Thunder Punch on Poliwag, dealing heavy damage.
"Shake it off, Poliwag! Use Bubble Beam!" Sora ordered as Poliwag fired Bubble Beam at Machop. Machop manages to dodge the bubbles.
"Good work on the dodges! Now use Thunder Punch again!" The hiker called out. Machop strikes at the tadpole Pokémon good knocking him out. Sora ran up to his Poliwag.
"You okay, Poliwag?" Sora asked.
"Poliwag," Poliwag responded.
"You did great even if you lost. You should rest up for a while," Sora said, calling Poliwag back into his Pokéball. He pulls out a regular Pokéball and throws it. "Okay, Ivysaur! Go for it!" The Pokéball opens letting Ivysaur enter the battle. The hiker calls Machop back and pulls out an Ultra Ball.
"You should try this out for size! Rhydon! Go!" The hiker throws his Ultra Ball letting out his Rhydon.
"So it's the evolved form of Rhyhorn is it?" Sora asked putting his Pokédex away. "Ivysaur can whip your Rhydon good!"
"Ivy, Ivy, Ivysaur!" Ivysaur said.
"Don't bet on that, kid! My Rhydon doesn't scare easily," the Hiker said. "Rhydon! Ice Punch now!" Rhydon moves in to deliever Ice Punch to Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur, dodge!" Sora called out as Ivysaur moved out the way before the attack hit. "Use Razor Leaf!" Ivysaur fired the leaves at Rhydon getting hit good. "Now use Vine Whip!" Ivysaur extened his vines and smacked Rhydon hard. Rhydon was down for the count.
"Not bad, kiddo!" The hiker said, calling Rhydon back. "Now let's see how you handle my next one! Golem! Go!" The hiker sends out his Golem. Sora decided to stick with Ivysaur since Grass-types has an edge over Rock Types. "Golem! Heavy Slam!" Golem jumps in the air and comes down with such ferocity.
"This is bad! Heavy Slam can do heavy damage considered by Golem's weight," Kairi said.
"Dodge it, Ivysaur!" Sora called out as Ivysaur moved out of the way before Golem's attack made a landing. "Now use Solar Beam!" Ivysaur started to build up energy in the flower on his back. The hiker knew what was coming.
"Golem! Heavy Slam again!" The hiker called out. Golem jumped in the air to deliver a devastating hit on Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur!" Ivysaur shouted as he fired Solar Beam right at the megaton Pokémon. Golem rolled into a few trees, breaking them as Golem rolled. Its trainer ran up to Golem.
"You okay, Golem?" The Hiker asked.
"Golem," Golem nodded.
"Don't sweat the small stuff. You'll always be rock-hard to me," The Hiker said making his Golem feel better. He called Golem back to its Pokéball and congratulated Sora on his victory. He shook his hand. "You're a tough cookie to break, kid."
"You're pretty rock-solid yourself," Sora said making the hiker laugh.
"You raised that Ivysaur pretty well. Hell, my Golem is nothing to sneeze at, but your Ivysaur isn't either," the hiker said.
After the hiker had left, they continued on with their journey to reach Saffron City when they spotted something.
"Hey! Look over there!" Sora said as pointed at something. Everyone stopped and spotted a Jigglypuff sitting on a stump.
"Oh my gosh! A Jigglypuff!" Kairi gushed at the sight. "So cute!"
"Jigglypuff, huh?" Sora said. He took out a Pokéball and threw it. "Go! Munchlax!" The Big Eater Pokémon emerged from inside the Pokéball and readied to battle Jigglypuff. "Use Tackle!" Munchlax tackled right into Jigglypuff. Jigglypuff was sent flying to a nearby tree and hit it pretty hard. Jigglypuff then started to cry. Sora ran to Jigglypuff. "Hey, don't cry! I didn't mean anything by it."
"Jigglypuff," Jigglupuff sniffled.
"Munchlax," Munchlax apologized.
"How about this. Why don't you sing for us? Just sing a happy little melody for us?"
"Jigglypuff," Jigglypuff shook its head.
"Oh, why not?" Kairi asked.
"Could it be that Jigglypuff can't sing at all?" Kairi asked. Jigglypuff nodded confirming it.
"What? A Jigglypuff that can't sing?" Sora asked in disbelief. "That's a shame!"
"Is that why she didn't attack?" Kairi asked.
"I'm not sure, but I'm leaning that way," Sora said. "How about we help you out. Help you learn to sing? What do you say?"
"Puff?" Jigglypuff asked.
Unknown to the group, they were being watched by Team Rocket who appears to be beaten up for some reason.
"It looks like those kids found a Jigglypuff," James said looking through his binoculars.
"A Jigglypuff?" Meowth questioned.
"I hear people fall asleep whenever a Jigglypuff starts singing," Jessie said.
"And that gives me an idea!" Meowth said making Jessie and James turn to him.
"So Meowth," James started.
"What's your idea?" Jessie said.
"We can get that Jigglypuff to sing for everybody in Neon Town and then we can rob them blind!" Meowth said.
"I love that idea!" Jessie said.
"It'll be payback to those punks in that city!" James said.
"And then they'll learn not to mess with us!" Meowth said.
"Finally! Team Rocket will have the revenge that we richly deserve!" Jessie said.
"Yeah!" James and Meowth cheered as they agreed.
(Flashback, it was last night in Neon Town)
Team Rocket walked down the streets of Neon Town taking a small break from pursuing Sora and his friends.
"I just love all these bright lights!" Meowth said as a random guy bumped into James.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" James hissed at him.
"Oh yeah!" The guy snarled beating James up. "You bump into me and you have the balls to start complaining?!"
"You walked into him!" Jessie snapped at him when an obese woman bumped into Jessie from behind.
"That hurt! I'll make you pay for that, you scrawny bitch!" the obese woman yelled giving Jessie a spanking. Jessie and James were getting beaten bad as Meowth just stood there with his jaw hanging.
"I think we should prepare for trouble!" Meowth said.
(Back to the present)
Jessie and James switched out of their usual uniforms and into what look like sailors.
"Greetings all of you Pokémon pip squeaks!" Jessie greeted through a microphone.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel all turned to see Team Rocket in front of them.
"You have got to be kidding," Sora said in a facepalm. "This has got to be a really, really, really, bad dream."
"Pumping out to the max!" James said, turning up the volume. Music started playing as Team Rocket started singing their song.
(Jessie and James)
You know us as Team Rocket and we fight for what is wrong.
We're tired of our motto so we thought we try a song!
(Jessie)
Jessie!
(James)
James!
(Jessie and James)
The speed of light, prepare to fight!
(Meowth)
Meowth, that's right!
(James)
I am the handsome one!
(Jessie)
I'm the gorgeous one!
(Jessie and James)
Looking good is lots of fun. We get some things wrong, but we keep rolling along!
(All)
We want to capture Pikachu. We hope to do it quick. And when we do we'll be the new stars of this...fanfic!
After the song ended, Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel all looked at them, totally confused.
"What was that?" Sora asked looking at his girlfriend shrugging her shoulders.
"Meowth! Your timing was a little off!" Jessie said.
"My pitch was perfect!" Meowth argued.
"So what's your hair brain scheme this time?" Kairi asked.
"We need Jigglypuff to sing its little lullabyes for us," Jessie answered.
"Her little lullabyes?" Kairi asked.
"Jigglypuff is gonna sing Team Rocket right to the top!" James said speaking through his microphone.
"No way that's gonna happen!" Sora said looking at Munchlax. "Munchlax! Go in there!"
"Munchlax!" Munchlax said, moving in for battle.
"Weezing! Poison Gas attack!" James ordered.
"Munchlax! Use Mega Punch!" Sora called out as Munchlax rushed at Weezing and lands a powerful punch. Weezing goes flying Weezing sends the rest of Team Rocket flying.
"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Team Rocket yelled when they're sent flying through the trees.
"And good riddance to those three," Sora said. Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel all worked together on trying to get Jigglypuff to sing a song. They tried with different songs, but nothing they tried worked. Sora made a phone call to Professor Oak on his smartphone.
"Sora, good to see your face. How may I be of assistance for you?" Professor Oak asked.
"Professor, Kairi and I just came across a Jigglypuff and the thing is, she can't sing at all," Sora said. Professor Oak stroke his chin.
"Hm, a Jigglypuff that cannot sing. This is unheard-of. Yet, it's rather interesting," Professor Oak said.
"Yeah, I'm sure there is, but we tried to help out with the singing, but nothing we did helped," Sora said.
"I think I have an idea on the subject, Sora. Why don't you try some healer fruit?" Professor Oak suggested.
"Healer fruit?" Sora asked.
"Yes. The juice in the fruit is to heal thr throat of anything that eats it, Pokémon or human," Professor Oak said.
"Yeah, that might do the trick," Sora said.
"Yes, it would," Kairi agreed.
"Is there anything else I can help you out with?" Professor Oak asked.
"Not really, but you sure helped out," Sora said.
"I'm glad to be of assistance," Professor Oak said as they broke contact with each other.
With that done, the couples went to get find the fruit they were told about. They found the fruit tree.
"That's gotta be it," Sora said. He went over to the tree and picked the fruit from it. He held it front of Jigglypuff "Give it a try, Jigglypuff!"
"Puff!" Jigglypuff beamed as she took a bite of the fruit. Jigglypuff swallowed the piece of fruit and sang a harmonious tune.
"Jigglypuff, Jiggly-y-y-ypuff!" Jigglypuff sang.
"That did it!" Sora said.
"You're right!" Kairi also said. "Now how about that song, Jigglypuff?"
"Jiggly!" Jigglypuff beamed.
Jigglypuff took a deep breath and started singing. As Jigglypuff was singing Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel all fell asleep to the melody. Team Rocket sneaks in with a radio and a microphone.
"Good thinking, Jessie. Why go through the trouble of capturing Jigglypuff..." Meowth stated.
"...when we really want its voice?" Jessie finished.
"We'll just record it and use it ourselves!" James said.
"We've got it made!" Meowth said as Team Rocket were getting closer.
"It's over there!" James said.
"Time to record!" Jessie said as James moved the microphone through the grass to get Jigglypuff's voice on radio. Jigglypuff stopped singing and saw everyone asleep. Jigglypuff tried to wake everyone up, but no one budged.
"Puff!" Jigglypuff puffed up and pulled out a marker out of Sora's backpack and started to scribble on their faces. Jigglypuff giggled at the silly doodles on their faces as she heard snoring from the grass. Jigglypuff went over to see Team Rocket fast asleep as well. Jigglypuff tried to wake them up by slapping them silly. The balloon Pokémon then started to scribble on their faces as well.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel woke up with pretty big yawns.
"That was some nap," Sora said, sleepily.
"It sure was," Kairi agreed.
The couple looked at each other and started laughing at the doodles.
"What happened to your face?" Sora asked, laughing.
"That was some nap," Sora said sleepily.
"It sure was," Kairi agreed.
The couple looked at each other and started laughing at the doodles.
"What happened to your face?" Sora asked laughing.
"What happened to your face?" Kairi also asked laughing. They kept on laughing right until they saw Jigglypuff PO'd. "What's the matter, Jigglypuff?"
"Puff!" Jigglypuff said hotly.
"You don't think it's because we fell asleep while Jigglypuff was singing, right?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, that could be it. I wouldn't like it if someone took a nap while I was singing?" Sora asked.
"Sorry about falling asleep like that, Jigglypuff," Kairi said.
"Puff!" Jigglypuff spat.
"Maybe we should have our Pokémon and have her sing for them," Kairi suggested.
"Good thinking, Kairi," Sora said.
Sora and Kairi took out their Pokémon and let Jigglypuff sing for them. But unfortunately, the results were all the same when they all were asleep.
"So much for that idea," Sora said, looking at the sleeping Pokémon.
"Wait! Why not your Psyduck, Sora?" Kairi suggested.
"Psyduck? He's at Professor Oak's lab, remember?" Sora reminded him.
"But you can make exchange your Pokémon by using your Pokémon Box, remember?" Kairi pointed out. Sora smacked the side of his own head.
"Duh! Of course!" Sora called back his sleeping Munchlax and exchanged him for Psyduck. Sora called out Psyduck. "Okay, Psyduck. Jigglypuff will sing a song for you so you have to stay awake, okay?"
"Psyduck," Psyduck said.
"Okay Jigglypuff! Do your thing!" Sora gave the word. Jigglypuff sang again. Psyduck stares at Jigglypuff while Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel fell asleep again. Jigglypuff stopped singing. They woke up and saw Psyduck still standing. "Hey! Psyduck is still awake! You did good, buddy!"
"Puff!" Jigglypuff huffed in anger.
"What's the matter now?" Sora asked. "Psyduck stayed awake and listened to the whole thing!" Jigglypuff looked away. Sora tapped Psyduck on the head only to to fall on his side. "You have got to be kidding me! Psyduck is just asleep with his eyes opened?!" He sighed again. "So much for that idea."
Team Rocket woke up and screamed at what they saw. They had doodles on their faces like Sora and his friends did earlier. They started to rub the ink off their faces.
"Who did this?!" James asked rubbing the markwr ink of his face.
"How dare they!" Jessie exclaimed rubbing the ink off of her face.
"We should check and see if we got it on tape!" Meowth said.
"Good idea," Jessie and James said, turning on the recorder.
Turns out to be a recording them snoring along with smacking sounds.
"It's just us snoring!" Jessie exclaimed.
"What the hell are we gonna do with that?!" Meowth exclaimed.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel all looked at Jigglypuff as she just pouted.
"What else can we do for her?" Sora asked.
"It must be frustrating to have a beautiful voice and have no one listen to the whole song," Kairi said.
"Eevee," Angel said.
"Wait a minute! There should be a town just close from here!" Sora realized pulling out the map. "And here it is! Neon Town!"
"It's not too far from here! Now you can have a whole town who will listen to you sing!" Kairi beamed.
"Jiggly!" Jigglypuff also beamed.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel set off for Neon Town, unawre that Team Rocket was listening to the whole thing.
"Did you hear that?" Meowth asked.
"Those fools are going to do what we had in mind for that sleepless town!" Jessie said.
"With enemies like that, who needs friends?" James smirked.
They got started asking around only find everyone was just plain rude.
"Man, this place is full of nothing but jerks," Sora said, disgusted. "Worse than jerks."
"Makes me glad we didn't stop by here before," Kairi added.
"Eevee," Angel nodded.
"Pikachu," Pikachu also nodded.
Just as they were about to keep going a truck pulls up with Jessie and James disguised as 1980's rockers.
"Hi, we heared you're looking for an outdoor stage," Jessie said in a cockney accent.
"Yeah, that's right. We are," Kairi said.
"Then you can go ahead and use ours if you want to," James said disguising his voice.
Team Rocket opened the back of the truck to reveal an outdoor stage.
"This is perfect! You sure this is okay?" Sora asked.
"Sure thing, luv. We love to showcase for new talent," Jessie said.
"Crank this thing up to eleven," James said.
"Finally, someone here who's nice," Sora said. Jessie and James were snickering. Everyone got the lights on and the stage set. "Now that everything is good to go, we can put on the main attraction!"
"This is your moment to shine," Kairi said, smiling.
"Jigglypuff, Jigglypuff!" Jigglypuff said in glee, getting all excited.
"How sweet! Now everyone in town will hear," Jessie said.
"And afterwards, the town is ours for the taking!" James added.
"Hey! Don't forget the earplugs!" Meowth said, plugging his ears.
"Oh, our earplugs, of course!" Jessie said as she and James plugged their ears as well.
Jigglypuff got on stage and started to sing for the whole town. The whole town started to hear Jigglypuff's voice then started get drowsy from listening to the song.
"It worked, everyone is hearing Jigglypuff's song," Sora yawned and fell asleep. Sora slept alongside Kairi and she started clinging to Sora.
"I don't think our ears are quite plugged up enough," Jessie said drowsy.
Jigglypuff's song put the entire town asleep and snoring soundly.
"Puff? PUFF!" Jigglypuff was really pissed now as Jigglypuff started to doodle on the faces of everyone in town. Jigglypuff doodled as fast as she leapt to each person she met. But in the next morning, Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel woke up. Sora gave a big yawn.
"Man that was a great nap," Sora said, stretching his arms. "Huh?" Sora looked around and saw everyone waking up as well, and everyone all had doodles on their faces. "Oh no! Everyone fell asleep!"
"Jigglypuff's song is more powerful than I thought," Kairi said.
The townspeople started to apologize to one another. Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel didn't know how to make this out. Last night everyone was rude to one another; yelling and fighting, and then suddenly their nicer to each other.
"Did I miss something here?" Sora asked.
"It would seem a lack of sleep may have been the cause of it," Kairi pointed out.
"You might be right, Kairi," Sora said. "Jigglypuff's song must have made everyone nicer to each other."
"That could be it," Sora agreed. "But where did Jigglypuff go?"
"Probably mad for everyone falling asleep through the song," Kairi said.
"I guess," Sora said as he hung his head. "And I wanted to catch it, too!" Kairi put her arms around her boyfriend and kissed him on the cheek.
"Does that feel better?" Kairi asked.
"Only if it's from you, Kairi," Sora smiled.
Even Team Rocket seems nicer for a reason; but it won't last. They were happily marching out of Neon City.
"We've failed again," Jessie said smiling. "The earplugs didn't even work."
"But the sky is blue and the air is so fresh!" James added.
"Isn't life great?" Meowth asked in a chipper mood. Team Rocket laughed happily as they marched out of town despite their plan failing again.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel made it outside of Neon Town and continued on to Saffron City for Sora's sixth Gym battle. Just then, the group was approached by a tall bulky boy wearing overalls.
"Hey there. The guy with the Pikachu! You any good in a battle?" The bulky boy asked.
"Yeah. Why?" Sora asked.
"Let's you and me have ourselves a battle," he proposed. "I'm gonna need the excercise!"
"Same here!" Sora said, taking out a Pokéball.
"Alright Machoke! Get in there!" He threw his Pokéball letting out his Machoke.
"Charmeleon! Go for it!" Sora said letting out his Charmeleon. "Start up with Slash!"
"Charmeleon!" Charmeleon charged towards Machoke getting ready to swipe.
"You move in with Focus Punch!" The bulky boy ordered as Machoke charged towards Charmeleon. Machoke focused its energy in its fist and let one out to hit Charmeleon. Both attacks hit. Charmeleon and Machoke were sent back. "Bulk Up! Then follow with Cross Chop!" The bulky boy ordered as Machoke moved in crossing his arms and heads towards Charmeleon. Charmeleon tried to dodge, but he got hit bad. Sora wasn't going to call it quits yet.
"Charmeleon! Use Fire Fang!" Sora ordered as Charmeleon leapt towards Machoke and gave it a fiery bite on its right arm. "Finish it with Flamethrower!" Charmeleon fired Flamethrower right at Machoke.
"Machoke, return!" The bulky boy said calling Machoke back. "Not bad there. But I ain't gonna throw in the towel yet!" He pulls out another Pokéball and threw it. "Hitmonchan! Go!" His Pokéball lets out a Hitmonchan and started to punch the air. Sora shook off the cinges and pulled out Charmeleon's Pokéball.
"Okay, Charmeleon, return!" Sora said, calling Charmeleon back. He pulled out another Pokéball and threw it. "Poliwag! It's your turn!" Sora's Poliwag enters the battle. "Poliwag! Bubble Beam!" Poliwag fires a barrage of bubbles at the punching Pokémon.
"Hitmonchan, dodge it! Use Mega Punch!" The bulky boy ordered as Hitmonchan landed a powerful punch.
"Poliwag! Use Double Slap!" Sora ordered as Poliwag slapped Hitmonchan hard on the face. "Now use Water Gun!" Poliwag fired Water Gun sending Hitmonchan back to its Trainer. Poliwag started to evolve much to Sora's surprise. Poliwag has evolved right into a Poliwhirl. He called Hitmonchan back and took another one.
"Okay, Hitmonlee! Go for it!" The bulky boy threw his third Pokéball and lets out his Hitmonlee as it starts to kick the air.
"Okay, Poliwag! Come on back! Sora said calling Poliwag back. He took put another Pokéball and threw it. "Ivysaur! Go for it!" The Pokéball opens and lets Ivysaur out. "Tackle!" Ivysaur charges at Hitmonlee.
"Use Double Kick!" The Bulky Boy ordered as Hitmonlee swung its legs at Ivysaur. Hitmonlee's kicks misses their target. "Okay then, try Jump Kick!" Hitmonlee jumps in the air and heads towards Ivysaur.
"Razor Leaf!" Sora called out as Ivysaur fires Razor Leaf right at Hitmonlee obstructing its focus and crashes into a nearby tree. Hitmonlee falls on its back totally beaten.
The bulky boy calls Hitmonlee back and walks up to Sora shaking his hand.
"You did great," he said, shaking Sora's hand.
"Thanks," Sora said.
The bulky boy left and thanked him for the great battle.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel continued on with their journey, unaware of Jigglypuff following the couple. I just hope that they just watch out for her because they will never know when Jigglypuff will just show up. Only one way to find out, though.