Episode 185: Whichever Way the Wind Blows
We open up to all four executives standing before Giovanni who is obviously very displeased by their recent failure. He was sitting at his desk, glaring at the four executives.
"My four executives and a handful of my Team Rocket forces thwarted by a bunch of children. And to think, I was led to believe that you would restore the Team Rocket name, only to end in total failure. Well, what do each of you have to say for yourselves?" Giovanni asked. The room was utterly silent for a moment. "Well?"
"Um, if it helps, I would to say it's not our fault," Petrel said.
"THEN WHOSE FAULT IS IT, PETREL?!" Giovanni yelled.
"Certainly not your fault, sir," Ariana said, feeling intimidated by his sudden outburst.
"It has to be the grunts we got working for us! Those petty crooks couldn't do it right, so they screwed up!" Proton said.
"I agree with Proton. Those incompetent idiots are to blame for all this," Ariana said.
"Yeah, they're the ones who blew it," Petrel said.
"If I recall correctly, each of you battled those children, Sora and Kairi, and you failed to defeat them, and not counting Archer, you battled them twice and lost twice! Therefore, you blew it just the same as the rest of them!" Giovanni yelled. He sets his attention to Archer. "And as for you, Archer, I specifically said not to disappoint me again, and you have! What excuse do you have for me?!" Archer was calm and steady. He finally spoke.
"I have no excuse, sir. You are absolutely right. We are as in fault as the rest of them. And we failed to show a good example to the grunts. We failed to live up to our expectations," Archer said.
"I'm glad you understand, Archer. I have coddled failure long enough! So from now on, failure will result in immediate termination! Without mercy! Without exception! And that shall go for you if you fail me again! Is that understood?" Giovanni asked.
"Affirmative, sir," Archer said.
"Crystal clear," Petrel said.
"One hundred percent," Proton said.
"Absolutely," Ariana said.
"I want this to be passed on to the rest of our forces, so now go," Giovanni said. The executives took their leave of the main office as Giovanni sits in his desk and sighed. "Sora, just saying that name is enough to make my blood boil. The next time our paths cross, it will be the end of you."
Meanwhile, Saïx appeared before Xemnas as he stood before his Kingdom Hearts in the Altar of Naught.
"Lord Xemnas. I have received word that Giovanni's Team Rocket has failed to defeat Sora once again," Saïx said.
"It seems the avarice is slowly taking hold of his heart despite Emperor Mateus's warning. Ever since Sora and Kairi has come back from their journey in other worlds, the darkness has slowly been growing.
(See Pokémon: Sora and Kairi's Journey: Journey Through the Worlds for details)
"The closer Giovanni is to the darkness, the closer he is to becoming a Heartless himself," Saïx said.
"Indeed. He is closer to being no longer any useful to us," Xemnas said.
Back in Mahogany Town on the very next morning, Sora, Kairi, Ash, Leaf, Tracey, and the Pokémon stood before Riku, Naminé, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, Eevee, Azurill, and Marill as they got ready to take their leave for Blackthorn City.
"I guess we're going to go our separate ways for now," Sora said.
"Yeah, it looks like it," Riku said.
"But we all agree that we'll meet up with each other in Blackthorn City," Lyra said.
"Okay. When each of us has our eighth Gym Badge, then we'll head on over towards New Bark Town for some training for the Johto Pokémon League," Ethan said.
"Alright. In the meantime, we'll keep our eyes opened for Heartless and Nobodies," Ash said.
"Right," the entire group said.
So with that said, Sora, Kairi, Ash, Leaf, Tracey, Pikachu, Angel, Togepi, and the Pichu have begun their journey towards Blackthorn City.
A few days came and went, and so far there were signs of any Heartless, Nobodies, or even Team Rocket, which as a good thing for them, but Sora thought it was too good. During the days of traveling, Meganium helped with Chikorita into battling. Chikorita has proven to be quite a battler. Chikorita's Tackle and Razor Leaf has proven to be quite strong. The same can be said for his Magical Leaf.
"You did a great job, Chikorita. You now look big enough for a battle," Kairi said.
"Chikori," Chikorita said.
"And it's all thanks to your help, Meganium," Kairi said.
"Megani," Meganium said.
Pikachu's ears perked up.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked.
Sora, Ash, Leaf, and Tracey caught on.
"What's up, Pikachu?" Sora asked.
Pikachu started to run off with the Pichu following him. Angel then started to go after them, knowing something was up.
"Angel, what's wrong?" Kairi asked.
Sora, Kairi, Ash, Leaf, and Tracey followed Pikachu, Angel, and the Pichu until they found three wilted Oddish.
"Pika!" Pikachu called out.
"Look at those Oddish," Tracey said.
"They don't look so good," Sora said.
"Maybe they got hurt or something," Kairi said.
"Eevee," Angel said.
"Poor little guys, Leaf said.
"We should help them out," Ash suggested.
"Good idea," Kairi said, taking out some potions and gave it to the Oddish to heal. She also took out some of her Pokémon food to feed them with. "Here, have some Pokémon food. You three must be really hungry." The Oddish started to happily eat the food. "There you go."
"They certainly have a healthy appetite," Tracey said.
"Yeah, but what could have happened to them in the first place?" Ash asked.
"That's a good question, Ash, because I've been wondering about that, too," Tracey said.
"Pika, Pika, Pika," Pikachu said.
"Oddish," the Oddish said, looking at the hill. Pikachu turned around.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said, pointing to the hill. Everyone turned to look at the hill.
"I think Pikachu's telling us about that hill," Sora said.
"Then, let's have a look," Leaf said.
Sora, Kairi, Ash, Leaf, Tracey, and the Pokémon make their way towards the hill. When they came to its top, they spotted a huge tree.
"Whoa, look at the size of that tree," Sora said.
"These Oddish must live here," Kairi said.
"That has to be the biggest tree I have ever seen in my life," Leaf said.
"Same here. It has to be at least 150 years old," Tracey said.
"Bello!" Voices yelled.
"Vile!" More voices yelled.
They turned to see three Vileplume and three Bellossom glaring at each other, and arguing.
"Bellossom and Vileplume. They look angry about something," Kairi said.
The argument between the Vileplume and Bellossom escalates into a fight.
"I wonder why the Bellossom and Vileplume are fighting," Leaf said.
Pikachu and Angel ran over, attempting to stop the brawl, but they caught in the mix and tossed to the side.
"Pikachu!" Sora gasped.
"Angel!" Kairi cried. The couple tends to their partners. "Are you okay, Angel?"
"Eevee," Angel weakly said.
"Okay, enough is enough," Sora said, taking out a Pokéball and threw it. "Come out, Meganium!" His Pokéball opened and Meganium came out. "Use your Vine Whip to break them up!" Meganium uses Vine Whip to separate the Vileplume and Bellossom before things could even uglier. "Good job in stopping the fight, Meganium."
"Mega," Meganium said.
"Okay, I don't know what this is about, but fighting about it isn't going to solve anything. So start making up right now!" The Vileplume and Bellossom just glared at each other and took off. "Or just go pout somewhere."
"Well, something is definitely up if they're fighting like that," Ash said.
"I'm with you, Ash. I mean, Karen and I used to argue about stuff when we were little, but even we didn't let it go this bad," Sora said.
"Hello!" A man's voice called out. They all turned to see a man wearing a lab coat come running towards them. "I want to thank you all for stopping the Pokémon from fighting with one another. He stops and he bends down to the Oddish "What about you guys? You alright?"
"Oddish, Odd," the Oddish answered.
"That's good. Don't take off like that, you really had me worried this time," the man said. He then noticed how healthy they looked so suddenly. "They seem much better, did you five do something for them?"
"We did. They looked weak and wilted when we found them, so I healed them with some potion, and then fed them," Kairi said.
"Well, I'm thankful that you guys knew exactly what to do. I'm Steven, and I'm here doing research on Grass-type Pokémon," Steven said.
"Good to meet you, Steven. My name's Sora."
"I'm Kairi."
"I'm Leaf."
"My name's Ash."
"And I'm Tracey."
"Anyway, we're all wondering why were those Vileplume and Bellossom fighting like that? It seemed kinda strange," Sora said.
"Yes. Such hostile behavior is quite unusual. Lots of Grass-type Pokémon live here, not only because of the river that runs nearby, but also because this area gets lots of sunlight. Therefore, Oddish and Gloom's evolved forms, Bellossom and Vileplume, have settled here. And they divided all this area up into different territories," Steven said as he leads them to his house.
"Wow, there has to be a lot of Grass-type Pokémon living here," Kairi said.
"Yes, that's why I decided to do my research here, because there are so many Pokémon to study," Steven explained.
I find it srange that there are both Vileplume and Bellossom here at the same time," Tracey said.
"Strange how?" Ash asked.
"Well, it's common knowledge that Oddish evolves into Gloom after gaining some experience in battle. But in order for Gloom to become a Bellossom, it requires a Sun Stone, while Gloom requires a Leaf Stone to become a Vileplume," Tracey said.
"I get it. It's branched evolution. Kinda like when Eevee evolves into either a Flareon, a Vaporeon, a Jolteon, a Glaceon, an Umbreon, an Espeon, a Sylveon or a Leafeon by using either a Fire Stone, a Water Stone, a Thunder Stone, an Ice Stone, or a Leaf Stone, or in Espeon and Umbreon's case, depending on the time of day, and with Sylveon, while Eevee knows a Fairy-type move," Sora said.
"Or like a Tyrogue evolves into either a Hitmonlee, a Hitmonchan, or a Hitmontop depending on how high are the attack and defense stats," Ash said.
"Or like when a Poliwhirl would need a Water Stone to evolve into a Poliwrath or into a Politoed while holding a King's Rock," Kairi said.
(Well, you get the picture)
"Exactly right," Tracey said.
"But if that's true, then there must be an awful a lot of Sun Stones and Leaf Stones around here, huh, Steven?" Leaf asked.
"Yes, but the stones are in the wind," Steven said.
"The wind?" Sora, Kairi, Ash, Leaf, and Tracey asked.
Hey, maybe I can show you, the wind's picking up," Steven said. He looked at the Pidgeot weathervane pointing to the northeast. "Northeast wind. That means Gloom will evolve into Vileplume."
The group all turned to look to see the northeast wind blowing and it causes two of the Gloom to evolve into Vileplume.
"Those Gloom just evolved into Vileplume, just like Steven said," Ash said.
"How did you know that would happen?" Sora asked.
"And what does the wind have to do with evolving?" Kairi asked.
"There are a number of things I still don't understand, but I know northeastern winds caused Gloom to evolve into Vileplume and northwestern winds caused Gloom to evolve into Bellossom," Steven said.
"They evolve depending where the wind blows?" Tracey asked.
"I know it sounds bizarre, but I have a theory; I think northeastern winds contains traces of Leaf Stones and northwestern winds contains small traces of Sun Stones," Steven concluded.
"Is it possible for wind to carry stone?" Leaf asked.
"Actually, trace amounts of stone would be like dust in the wind, so it could happen. But would it be enough to cause evolution?" Tracey asked.
"Perhaps. Small amounts built up over time act exactly the same way as a whole stone would," Steven said.
"Whoa," Sora said in awe.
"It sounds like a magic wind. It sounds just like a fairytale come to life," Kairi said.
"Eevee!" Angel said.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped. Stephen looked to the ground and frowned.
"Except it's a real problem for the Pokémon. The wind direction is causing an inbalance in power between the Bellossom and Vilplume," Steven said. The Vilplume and Bellossom starts fighting each other each other once again.
"Not again!" Sora groaned.
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.
The Vilplume fired their Stun Spore paralyzing the Bellossom. Everyone covered their mouths, not wanting to breathe in the fumes.
"STUN SPORE!" Sora, Kairi, Ash, Leaf, and Tracey all exclaimed. Quickly thinking, Steven takes out some masks for everyone to wear.
"Quickly! Put these on!" Steven said after putting his mask on. Not wasting any time, the group quickly put on their masks, just so they wouldn't breathe in Stun Spore.
"Meganium! Use Razor Leaf!" Sora ordered. Meganium fired a Razor Leaf to separate the brawling Vileplume and Bellossom. "Use Vine Whip!" Meganium uses Vine Whip to separate them. They looked at the Herb Pokémon before taking off again.
"Thank you. It sure is nice to have someone around here to help out. I've broken up an awful lot of these fights myself, but the peace never lasts very long before it all starts up again. And most of the Oddish got sick of all the fighting and went away. There are hardly any of them left," Steven said.
"There's gotta be someway we can get Bellossom and Vileplume to live peacefully together," Sora said.
"We have to try cause the Oddish also need our help," Kairi said.
"Pika, Pika," Pikachu said.
"Eevee, vee," Angel said.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
"But before we do that, there's something on my mind," Tracey said.
"What?" Kairi asked.
"Well, since Eevee evolves into a Leafeon with a Leaf Stone, how is it that Angel was unaffected by that last wind?" Tracey asked.
"Oh, I gave her an Everstone. I figured since Pikachu was going to evolve, then I saw no point in forcing Angel to evolve either. Also, she's cute as an Eevee," Kairi said.
"Okay, I understand," Tracey understood.
Over to Team Rocket, they were starting to have themselves a picnic in the meadow since it was such a beautiful day.
"So, what did ya pack for the picnic, Jess?" Meowth asked. Meowth got his answer when she presented them some sandwiches for the each of them.
"I hope it's one of those little pin wheel thingies I love so much!"James said all giddy.
"I ordered them, but for once I think we should just be thankful for what we have now. Dig in, everyone!" Jessie said happily. Just when Team Rocket was about to take a bote of their sandwiches when they heard some angry sounds. "What is that?"
"I dunno, but whatever it is, it's spoiling my ambience," Meowth said.
"Talking about a real mood killer," James added.
They found themselves in the middle of another imminent fight between Bellossom and Vilplume.
"Are they?" Jessie asked.
"Those are Bellossom," Meowth said.
"And those are Vilplume," James added.
The Vilplume and Bellossom charged into each other like soldiers launching the attack in battle. Vileplume and Bellossom fired Stun Spore at each other, paralyzing Jessie and James. Meowth had been knocked to the ground, but he quickly covers his mouth, not breathing in the Stun Spore.
"Crap! Not Stun Spore!" Jessie exclaimed.
"Oh, how I would wish it was Sweet Scent right now!" James exclaimed.
The paralyzing Grass Type attack took their toll on them.
"Too paralyzed to move," Jessie said weakly.
"Need Salveyo weed to get better," James said weakly.
"We don't have any Salveyo weed! There isn't a lake around here for miles! Maybe there's a place tht has one!" Meowth said, looking around. He spots the research house. "Eureka! Maybe that place has some Salveyo weed! It looks like a convient store! How convient!" Meowth raced over to the place and he sees that the window is opened. "This place looks like a Pokémon laboratory." He climbs up to the window. "There should be all sorts of medicines in there. And that should include some medicine made from a Salveyo weed!" The scratch cat Pokémon searches the place for the medicine. "Okay, let's see. Multivitamins, tongue polish, zit remover." He spots a glass jar of Salveyo weed medicine. "Bingo! That's the stuff I was looking for!" Meowth takes the whole thing and races back to Jessie and James. "Hey! Time for your medicine!" Meowth drops one each into Jessie and James and they feel better right away.
"That feels so much better!" Jessie beamed.
"Gotta stretch to avoid stress!" James said, stretching his body. Meowth just stared at his human colleagues with a blank expression.
"Maybe they were less annoying when they were fast asleep," Meowth said to himself. Jessie and James soon changed their mood, thinking about the brawl between the Vileplume and Bellossom.
"Just who do those Vileplume and Bellossom think they are of gasing us in the middle of our picnic?" Jessie hissed.
"I didn't get to have my pin wheel and now I'm even hungrier and very cranky!" James added.
"We could send the boss those Vileplume and Bellossom," Meowth said. Jessie and James looked right at Meowth.
"The boss wouldn't care so much about us sending a couple of Flower Pokémon," Jessie said.
"He might if we send a whole lot of them! Just imagine the boss waking up from a peaceful sleep only to be greeted by Bellossom dancing in front of him and putting a smile on his face. And imagine what he would say," Meowth said. He tried Giovanni's voice, "What a delight to wake to." Jessie and James liked the idea. "His whole bedroom would have many Vileplume decorative and soothing in their plantness. And in his garden would be full of Oddish and Gloom, festive and yet immobile. Sorrounded by these Grass Type Pokémon, the boss will be completely relaxed and he would say." Meowth cleared his throat to use his Giovanni voice. "For having to brought me these Pokémon, Meowth and his friends will be model members of Team Rocket." Jessie and James laughed with joy, having to like how it sounded.
"Yes, and not only making us model members of Team Rocket, but he'll forget about our debt completely!" James said.
"Then what are we standing around here for? Let's get on with our operation!" Jessie said. "Yay!"
"Yay!" James and Meowth cheered.
Over to the group, they were all at the giant tree as Stephen was about to explain his theroy of the fued between the Bellossom and Vileplume.
"From what I was about to piece together, this gigantic tree is the original cause of the fighting between the Vileplume and the Bellossom," Steve said.
"How can a tree cause a fight?" Sora asked.
"Well, you can see how big it is, right? This tree is the only source of shade around here for miles," Steven said. "In the morning, the Bellossom's area doesn't get any sunlight, so they go over to the Vileplume's area and that's when the fighting starts. Then, as the sun moves aross the sky, the Vilplume's area is in the shade and they move over to the Bellossom's area and the fighting starts again."
"That makes a lot of sense. They need sunlight," Ash said.
"And it looks like the fighting is gonna keep lasting forever," Kairi said.
"Oddish, Oddish," the Oddish chirped as their leaves sways in the right in the blowing wind.
Steven gasped, "More wind! But where is it coming from?" He turns to the weathervane on his roof and it points to the northwest.
"Northwest," Ash said.
"And that turns the Gloom into Bellossom," Leaf said. A few of the Gloom evolved into Bellossom and went up to some of the others.
"And now they out number the Vileplume!" Tracey said.
"That can't be good!" Sora said.
"They're gonna rumble," Leaf said.
And just like Leaf said, the Bellossom and Vilplume starts brawling with each other.
"It's usually the new members that start the fight," Steven said.
Some of the Vileplume showers the Bellossom with Stun Spore and the group quickly puts on their masks, not breathing in the fumes.
"Like before! Razor Leaf and then Vine Whip!" Sora ordered. Meganium fires Razor Leaf first and uses Vine Whip to stop them. "Can't you guys just give it a rest already?" The Vileplume and Bellossom glared into each other again before taking off.
"This is hopeless," Ash said.
Kairi then noticed that there are three Vileplume and three Bellossom who aren't fighting with each other at all.
I'm just so glad that there are some of you who aren't interested in fighting. And only the others could get along as well as you do," Kairi said. The Vilplume and Bellossom looked at the girl quite sadly. "Don't be sad. I promise we'll do what we can to stop this."
"Eevee, vee," Angel said, assuring the neutral Vileplume and Bellossom.
Over to Team Rocket, they argue over what kind of giant robot to build.
"We should build a giant Bellossom robot and swipe all of the Bellossom all at once!" Meowth suggested.
"No, it would obviously be better to build a giant Vileplume robot to gather all of the Vileplume all at once!" James argued.
"Why do I have to always be the brilliant one? We build a single giant robot and grab them all at once!" Jessie proclaimed. They heard the sounds of Vileplume and Bellossom approaching and they knew it wasn't a good sign.
"Oh, that doesn't sound good!" Team Rocket all said at once. The Flower Pokémon all charge right each other and they start fighting each other once again. And once again, Team Rocket gets caught in the middle. Somehow, Wobbuffet pops out of his Pokéball.
"Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet said, before one of the Bellossom grabs him and drags him into the brawl.
Back to the house, Sora, Kairi, Ash, Leaf, and Tracey all discuss how they were going to make the Vileplume and Bellossom stop fighting just like the ones from earlier. Togepi and the Pichu were playing with the Oddish while they were talking.
"So, anyone has any ideas about how we're gonna put a stop to this?" Sora asked.
"We could gather them them all up and have them sing about friendship," Leaf suggested.
"I don't think it'll work. Some of the Vileplume and Bellossom might accuse one another of stealing some lines," Ash said.
"You're right. That woukd be Kris's area of expertise, and a song wouldn't solve anything anyway," Leaf said.
"We could just have them apologize to each other," Kairi suggested.
"We would have to teach the Bellossom and Vileplume about not fighting each other, and I don't think it'll end so well," Tracey said.
"It seems almost hopeless," Sora said.
"Everyone! I have terrible news! A big storm is heading this way!" Steven exclaimed.
"How big of a storm?" Sora asked.
"I think it'll be best if all of you came in and see for yourselves!" Steven said. The group went inside as Togepi, the Pichu, and the Oddish stopped playing. Steven shows them the weather pattern on his computer. "The good news is, there won't be much rain, but the bad news is there will be very high winds."
"I just had to ask," Sora groaned.
"Which direction will the wind be blowing from?" Kairi asked.
"From the northeast," Steven said.
"That means most of the Gloom will evolve into Vileplume and outnumber the Bellossom," Sora said.
"And when they fight, the Vileplume will win?" Leaf asked.
"That's seems to be the way it's going," Kairi said. Steven turns to the group.
"You know, that wouldn't necessarily be the worse thing," Steven said.
"How could say such a thing? Do you honestly want the Bellossom to lose?" Kairi asked.
"All I'm saying is when Bellossom's habitat shrinks, it's not the end of the world. It certainly be worth it to put an end to all of the fighting," Steven said.
"I guess," Kairi said.
"And if the fighting stops, these Oddish will finally have a safe place to live and to grow too," Steven said, holding one of the Oddish.
"Oddish," the Oddish held by Steven chirped.
"I'm going to agree with Kairi, because it doesn't seem to be fair to see which side wins and the other side lose when neither one of them is better than the other," Leaf said.
"I understand your concern, girls, but I'm afraid there is nothing else we can do," Steven said. Meganium turns to Sora.
"Meganium," Meganium said getting worried. Sora knew what she was worried about.
"I know, Meganium, I'm worried about the Bellossom, too," Sora said.
Outside, the storm clouds blacken the skies and heavy winds starts blowing from the northeast. Some of the remaining Oddish seeked shelter from under a rock. Over to a small band of Gloom, some of the Gloom evolved into Vileplume. Back inside, the group stares out the window, knowing what will happen.
"The Vileplume are evolving with more to come," Steven said. His monitor starts beeping, getting the young researcher's attention. "Oh no! The wind just changed direction!" Everyone all turned to Stephen as they gasped.
"Now where is it blowing from?" Leaf asked.
"Now it's from the northwest!" Steven answered.
"So much for the Vileplume winning," Sora said.
"Now we're going to have more Bellossom on our hands," Tracey said.
The winds blows fiercely and lasts for a a little while before the sky had cleared. Many of the Vileplume and Bellossom gather in front of the giant tree for their final showdown. The Vileplume and Bellossom who are neutral to the fighting could only watch having to see their friends hurt each other.
"Vileplume! Bellossom! Stop this insanity! Fighting won't get you anywhere!" Steven called out, trying to stop them from fighting. It was no use, the Bellossom and Vileplume were about to begin their battle.
"Pikachu, Angel, you two get the Oddish out of here. Take them somewhere safe," Sora said.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"Vee," Angel said. They took the Oddish and the Pichu somewhere safe since they didn't want them to be caught in the crossfire.
"Now that the little ones are out of the danger zone, let's try to stop this," Sora said. Just before Meganium could do anything, a bomb with a lit fuse comes falling from the sky. The bomb explodes when it makes contact with the ground. A few more drop from the sky, catching everyone off guard. "Now what?!" Sora ecxclaimed.
"Prepare for trouble, funny you should ask," Jessie started.
"And make it double, in a groovy gasmask," James added in a rhyme. Floating in their balloon, Team Rocket all wore gasmasks to protect themselves from Vileplume and Bellossom's Stun Spore.
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!"
"Wobbuffet!"
"Mime, Mime!"
"Team Rocket!" Sora, Kairi, Ash, Leaf, and Tracey all exclaimed.
"What do you morons want now?!" Sora hissed. Team Rocket jumps from their balloon and stands before the group.
"Isn't it obvious? We're here to gather up every one of these Pokémon! To cut the grass as you might say," Jessie proclaimed.
"Ask a dumb question and what do you get?" Sora groaned.
"Just how do you plan to gather them all up?" Kairi asked.
"I'll tell you how! With an incredible Vileplume of Doom Robot!" James proclaimed.
"Vileplume of Doom?" Sora, Kairi, Ash, Leaf, and Tracey all asked.
"Not really," James sighed and frowned.
"With a nuclear-powered Bellossom Wrangler Robot!" Meowth proclaimed.
"Bellossom Wrangler Robot?" Sora, Kairi, Ash, Leaf, and Tracey all asked.
"I wish," Meowth sighed sadly.
Team Rocket just takes out a huge burlap sack, big enough for all of the Vileplume and Bellossom.
"Actually, it's a multi-flexible digital analog recovery device!" Jessie stated.
"You have got to be kidding! Do you think we're dumb enough to buy all that? It's just a burlap sack you just knitted together!" Sora said.
"Okay, so it's not exactly high tech!" Jessie stated.
"What do you want from us? We used up all of our Stun Spore protection!" Meowth added.
"And we didn't have any money to build our giant robot!" James concluded.
The rumble between the Bellossom and Vileplume started again as they began charging into each other. Jessie and James gets caught in the rumble and Meowth goes flying in the air and lands out of range of the fighting.
"Here they come!" Sora said.
"It's finally started," Steven said.
"Perfect! Climb on in!" Jessie said, holding the sack open. None of the Vileplume and Bellossom went in and they fought each other. They sprinkled Stun Spore all around. "Have we caught any yet?"
"Don't think so," James said.
The brawl escalates as the group all watched the battle go on.
"What are going to do? We can't just stand here and watch this happen!" Kairi said.
"I hate to say this, but I'm afraid that's what we're going to do," Ash said.
"Ash is right. We need to let them see for themselves that no matter how hard they fight, in the end it won't get them anywhere," Steven said.
The fighting goes on and Jessie and James chases after the Vileplume and Bellossom as they sprinkled Stun Spore all around.
"Use all the Stun Spore you want, it doesn't affect us!" Jessie taunted.
"We've got ourselves an Anti-Stun Spore defense!" James also taunted when he saw his gaskmask wasn't connected to the oxygen tank. Jessie saw hers wasn't connected either.
"Oh shit! They're not plugged in!" Jessie and James gasped realizing their mistake. They faint as Stun Spore took their toll. The fighting lasted for a few minutes before they eventually wiped themselves out. Meowth struggles to get back up.
"Next time we use the robot; damn the expense," Meowth said. The group walked up to the fallen Pokémon.
"Do all of you understand now? All of you can fight all you want and it'll just the same thing; you just hurt each other and it won't solve a thing. I mean look at those guys over there," Sora said, pointing to the Vileplume and Bellossom who are neutral to the fighting.
"He's right. They are also Vileplume and Bellossom just like you are. But, they chose not to fight. They're only interested in getting along with each other," Kairi said.
"That's not exactly true," Meowth corrected her. The group turned to the Scratch Cat Pokémon, confused by what he meant. "Those Bellossom are staying out of the fight because they wanted to be Vileplume and those Vilplume are staying out of the fight because they wanted to be Bellossom." The neutral Vileplume and Bellossom all nodded to what Meowth just said.
"You sure about that?" Sora asked.
"It was thanks to the wind that they evolved into the opposite of what they wanted to be. They just couldn't bring themselves to fight the Pokémon they wanted to become; so they were just having themselves an identity crisis," Meowth said. The neutral Vileplume and Bellossom nodded to confirm Meowth is right.
"I honestly had no idea you Pokémon had your own opinions about what you wanted to evolve into," Steven said.
"And I had no idea Meowth knew what an identity crisis was," Sora added.
"But wait. It wasn't because of the wind you Vileplume became Vilepume; it was because you were meant to be Vileplume. And the same can be said about you Bellossom. You evolved into what you meant to evolve into," Kairi said. "There's always a good reason to become what you were meant to be." She turns to Meowth. "Translate it, Meowth." Meowth translated what Kairi said to them. "No matter which one you evolved into, you shouldn't take that gift for granted, because it's up to all of us to make the most of our gift, no matter whoever and whatever we become."
"Kairi is right, because you all started out as Oddish and Gloom before evolving," Sora added.
"Come on, you little lawn ornaments! In you go!" Jessie said.
"No time to argue," James said.
Meowth ran up to his human colleagues.
"I thought you guys were out cold," Meowth said.
"It was thanks to the Stun Spore antidote you brought back for us!" James said, holding up the antidote.
"No, you don't! Meganium! Vine Whip!" Sora ordered.
Meganium used Vine Whip and smacked Team Rocket on the mark. One of the Vileplume and Bellossom joined in the battle against Team Rocket and they fired Stun Spore right at them.
"It won't work, because we have our Stun Spore protection!" Jessie said.
"And this time, we no hiccups!" James said. Jessie and James were about to swipe them, when Sora stepped in.
"I don't think so! Meganium! Razor Leaf!" Sora ordered. Meganium fired Razor Leaf, cutting the sack. Jessie growls in anger.
'You're going to pay for that!" Jessie hissed, taking out her Pokéball. "Arbok! Go!"
"Go in there, Victreebel!" James shouted, throwing his Pokéball. Oncce Victreebel was out, he chomps on James's head one more. "Not me, you numbskull!" James manges to get Vctreebel off and his mask comes off. "Crap! My mask!" James quickly puts it back on.
"Arbok! Crunch!" Jessie ordered.
"Victreebel! You use Leaf Blade!" James ordered.
Arbok and Victreebel came at Meganium to deliever their attacks.
"Meganium! Vine Whip!" Sora ordered. Meganiun whips both Arbok and Victreebel. "Use Razor Leaf!" Meganium fires Razor Leaf and it strikes both Arbok and Victreebel. The leaves also cuts the tubes on Team Rocket's gasmasks.
"We lost our protection!" James gasped.
"And we also lost our pride!" Meowth said.
"Use Petal Blizzard to finish them off!" Sora ordered. Meganium summons a flurry of flower petals and it blew them away.
"I just hate it when we lose," Jessie goraned.
"I just hate these changes, because this didn't happen in the anime," James added.
"At least it went better than the last time," Meowth said.
"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Team Rocket shouted as they went flying into the disntance.
The Vileplume and the Bellossom celebrated having to get rid of Team Rocket and how they were moved by what Mallow said about being true to who they are.
"I'm just so happy to see them getting along again," Kairi said.
"Yes. They can finally see how special each one them is. And they all owe it to you," Steven said. The Vilplume and Bellossom all continued to celebrate.
"That's good," Sora said.
Pikachu, Angel, the Pichu, the Oddish came back as soon as they noticed the brawl was over.
"Pikachu?" Pikachu asked.
"If you're asking what you missed, you didn't miss much, because it was the morons trying and failing as usual," Sora said.
"Pika," Pikachu said, almost laughing.
"Now that we're all together again, let's continue our way towards Blackthorn City," Ash said.
"You're right. Let's go," Sora said.
"Thank you very much for your help, everyone. And I am grateful to your help. If you haven't come along, then I still would have had a brawl on my hands," Steven said.
"We're just glad everything worked out in the end," Kairi said. She bends down to the Oddish. "Now you three be good, okay?"
"Oddish!" The Oddish all said.
"Well, we'll be off," Sora said.
"Good luck in your journey," Steven said.
As they say, all's well that ends well. The Vileplume and the Bellossom can now see that there is no difference between the two Pokémon, because they start out the same at first. Now the journey continues.