Episode 235: Ralts of Roses, Ralts of Love
A couple of days have passed since Sora has helped his Corphish with his fever after eating a rope and two buoys. Sora and Kairi have continued their daily training. As they kept training, they noticed that Silcoon and Cascoon were showing signs of evolving.
"Look at that, Kairi. Cascoon and Silcoon are getting close to evolving," Sora said.
"They sure are. It must have been that training we've been doing lately," Kairi guessed.
"It's gotta be. There's no doubt about it," Sora said.
"And there's no doubt that there haven't been any sign of any Heartless, Nobodies, Unversed, or anyone from Organization XIII since Xaldin," Kairi said.
"Yeah. Things have been quiet from the last couple of days. At least we have some peace and quiet for right now," Sora said.
"And nothing could poosibly spoil it," Kairi said. Of course, she was wrong. a Razor Leaf attack came shooting out of some nearby bushes. Sora and Kairi jumps out of the way as Pikachu fires Thunderbolt right at the source. Jumping out is a bipedal Pokémon with a single green leaf atop its head. This Pokémon is mostly brown with a beige mask marking on its face. Its bulky thighs are also beige and have thin striations, and there are what appear to be two nipples on its chest. It has thin arms with mitten-like hands, and a pointy nose. This Pokémon is known as a Nuzleaf. Sora went over to Kairi, helping her up.
"Are you okay, Kairi?" Sora asked with concern.
"Yes. Thanks for asking, Sora," Kairi said. They turned to the little Pokémon as it gave a small raspberry.
"What's the idea attacking us like that?" Sora asked in anger. Nuzleaf just taunted them. Sora took out his Rotom Phone and scanned the Pokémon in front of them.
Nuzleaf, the Wily Pokémon
The evolved form of Seedot
Type: Grass/Dark
Nuzleaf live in densely overgrown forests. They occasionally venture out of the forest to startle people. This Pokémon dislikes having its long nose pinched.
"You picked the wrong people to startle, Nuzleaf," Sora said, taking out a Pokéball. He tosses it. "Go! Cascoon!" As soon as Cascoon is let out. Nuzleaf just laughed at the cocoon Pokémon. Nuzleaf fires Razor Leaf right at him. "Cascoon! Harden!" Cascoon hardens his body and Razor Leaf bounces off. "Now fire Poison Sting!" Cascoon fires Poison Sting, but Nuzleaf avoids it. Just then, a couple more Nuzleaf come. One had a much smaller leaf on its head than the others. Both fired Razor Leaf right at Cascoon. Kairi had stepped in.
"Three against one isn't fair!" Kairi stated, holding a Pokéball and threw it. "Go! Silcoon!" The Pokéball opens and Silcoon enters the fray. "Silcoon! Use Poison Sting on those Nuzleaf!" Silcoon fires Poison Sting and it struck the attacking Nuzleaf. "Now fire String Shot!" Silcoon fires String Shot and it tangles up the attacking Nuzleaf.
"Cascoon! You use String Shot too!" Sora said. Cascoon fires String Shot as well and they get tied up. They then start running off. "And that is that."
"We sure showed them," Kairi said.
"Yes we did," Sora said. The couple looked at their Cocoon Pokémon. "You two did great." Silcoon and Cascoon smiled as they began to evolve. Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel were amazed by the sudden evolution. Kairi had gotten herself a Beautifly, while Sora has ended up with a moth-like Pokémon with two pairs of wings. It has a purple, egg-shaped body with a jagged fringe on its rear. Its tattered, green wings are wide and flat, forming a disc-shape around its body. They have red markings in the form of rings and streaks, a darker green line around the edges, and contain toxic dust. This Pokémon has two pairs of red, stubby legs and yellow, stylized compound eyes. There is a pair of fuzzy, yellow antennae on top of its head.
"Wow! I got my Beautifly!" Kairi beamed as the newly evolved Beautifly perched on her arm in the same fashion as Sora's Butterfree. Sora smiled as he looked at his newly evolved Pokémon.
"So you're a Dustox," Sora said. Kairi took out her Rotom Phone and scanned it.
Dustox, the Poison Moth Pokémon
The evolved form of Cascoon
Type: Bug/Poison
Dustox is instinctively drawn to light. Swarms of this Pokémon are attracted by the bright lights of cities, where they wreak havoc by stripping the leaves off roadside trees for food.
"I gotta say, I do know Venomoth is going to get along with you since you two are moth Pokémon," Sora said as his newly evolved Dustox lands on his spiky head.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu said.
With that said, they called back their newly evolved Pokémon and went back to camp. Elsewhere, a Ralts is strolling down the woods, carrying a small pink flower. As it is walking, its cheeks are flushed with a hint of pink. It spotted another Ralts as it is happily dancing in a field of flowers. Judging by sexes, the Ralts with holding the flower is male while the other one is female. He has been in love with this Ralts and he keeps trying to win her affection, but much to no avail.
"There she is. She is very cute. Happily frolicking in the field of flowers. Just seeing her smiling face is enough to make my heaart race." - Male Ralts subtitle. He took a deep breath and held his head up high and holding the flower firmly in his hands and started to head up to her. As he approached her, she stops and notices him. The female Ralts is annoyed to see him.
"Oh, it's you again. How many times do I have to tell you that the answer is no! When will you ever take a hint?" - Female Ralts subtitle.
"I have come barring a gift for you. Please accept my love and my adoration." - Male Ralts subtitle. The female Ralts just slaps him across the face.
"If I told you once, I have told you a million times, the answer is no! Just go away!" - Female Ralts subtitle. The female Ralts stormed off, leaving the male Ralts to sulk. He sadly sighs.
"I won't give up that easily. I'll get her to love me just as I love her. I know I'll do it." - Male Ralts subtitle.
The female Ralts came to a different spot in the forest and she made sure she was alone and sighed.
"I know that you love me and all. The truth is, I love you too, but I don't know how to epress it for you." - Female Ralts subtitle.
Over to Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel, the couple rejoined Brendan, May, and Max and ate their breakfast after doing some training as the Pokémon had foraged for some food. They managed to gather some berries and ate them happily. They were surprised to see Beautifly and Dustox for the first time, but they knew they both came from Wurmple.
"So glad we didn't have a fight among us since we used so much of that Pokémon food when going after Corphish," Sora said.
"Me too. It would have been really ugly," May said.
"I'll try to make some later after we get done eating, just so we can something for them," Kairi said.
"Good plan," Sora said.
After they ate, Kairi did the best with what she had and made some Pokémon food for their next meals. They decided to find another spot to set up camp. Just before they had a chance to do so, the group continued their training when they came across a wild Ralts.
"Look at that," Brendan said.
"A Ralts. So cute," Kairi said.
"Totally reminds me of the one Wally has," Sora said.
"I'm thinking the same thing. Kairi's right, it's really cute," May said.
"What do you think he's got planned?" Kairi asked.
"Maybe we should follow him and see," Sora said.
"Yeah, let's go," Max said.
With that said, they followed him. They followed the male Ralts and they found that they had found that he is smittened with a female Ralts. Sora turned to his girlfriend.
"You got a feeling that there is love in the air, Kairi?" Sora asked.
"I think I do, Sora," Kairi said.
The male Ralts took her by the hand and slaps him again and runs off. The group were confused by what they had seen.
"So much for that theory," Brendan said.
"I would be lying if I told you I wasn't wrong before," Sora said.
"What could that be about?" Kairi asked.
"You got me," Sora said. He saw how determined he is to win her over. "But I don't think he's ready to throw in the towel just yet."
"I'm with him. That Ralts is determined to win the heart of that other Ralts no matter what," May said.
The male Ratls continued to follow her as group also followed him to see how it'll turn out.
Elsewhere, the Nuzleaf from before stood before a bipedal Pokémon that bipedal, portly Pokémon that appears to be made of wood. A shaggy white mane covers most of its face and trails down its back. Long pointed ears poke out the top of its mane, and it has a long, pointed nose and a large mouth with teeth that are usually bared. Its eyes are yellow with black sclerae. This Pokémon's feet resemble Japanese tengu-geta, and three leaves on each hand. This Pokémon is known as a Shiftry.
"You mean to tell me that you were beaten by some humans with a Silcoon and a Cascoon and then you ran away!" - Shiftry subtitle. The first Nuzleaf who attacked them stepped up.
"It wasn't our fault, boss! They overpowered us when they used their String Shot combo on us! We had no choice but to run!" - Nuzleaf 1 subtitle.
"Excuses are for the weak! You three have screwed up enough for one day! I'm going to find them myself and I'm going to make them regret ever coming here!" - Shiftry subtitle. With that said, Shiftry had set off to find the Nuzleaf's attackers and make them pay for it.
Back to Sora, Kairi, Brendan, May, Max, Pikachu, and Angel, they followed the male Ralts right towards a small patch next to a tree. They figured it had to be his home. The male Ralts takes out a book that appears to be filled with all sorts of fairytales. The male Ralts opened the book and looks at the picture of a knight slaying a dragon. He pictured himself as that knight, and the female Ralts as a princess.
"What do you guys think?" Brendan asked.
"I think he's taking advice from fairytales," Kairi said. Sora just shook his head.
"And judging by how that went, it's not going well," Sora said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
"Eevee," Angel said.
The male Ralts turned to the page and got to the page with the knight riding with the princess by horseback and right into the sunset. The male Ralts went into fantasy mode and imagined himself as that knight, carrying his beloved while riding on the back of a Ponyta. As the sun had set, they gaze at each other in the eyes. The two Ralts moved in for a kiss, only for the fantasy to be interrupted by a sneeze. The male Ralts yelped as he fell backwards. And saw the five humans, Pikachu, and Eevee looking at them. Pikachu was rubbing his nose from the sneeze.
"Pika," Pikachu said, rubbing his nose.
"Gesundheit," Sora said to his partner.
The male Ralts hide behind the bushes, shivering in fright of the humans.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"Looks like Pikachu's sneeze had just scared him," Max said.
"And us too," Kairi added.
"Eevee," Angel said.
"I think you're right, Kairi. I'll go and tell him that it's okay," Sora said. He slowly gets to the bush Ralts is hiding in. "It's okay, little guy. You don't have to be scared of us. We're not going to hurt you. So, don't be scared." The male Ralts was skeptical, but he heard some sincerity in Sora's voice. Sora held out his hand. "It's okay." The male Ralts takes Sora by the hand and came out. Kairi Brendan, May, Max, Pikachu, and Angel came to the male Ralts slowly, not wanting to scare him. "See? You're with friends." Kairi gave a wave as did Brendan, May, Max, Pikachu, and Angel.
"Hi there," Max greeted.
"Hello," May also greeted.
"Nice to meet you, Ralts," Brendan said.
"Eevee," Angel said.
"My name's Kairi and that's Sora." The male Ralts looked up to Sora and he smiled.
"Ralts, Ralts, Ralts?" The male Ralts asked.
"Um, you're probably asking if we were following you, right?" Sora asked. The male Ralts nodded. "Well, we were pretty curious about you and we kinda saw you with that girl Ralts. And we saw how she slapped you. Sorry for following you."
"It's true," Kairi said.
"Also, all that fairytale stuff isn't gonna work on her," Sora said. Ralts blushed. "They're just made up stories. You're not going to win her heart over with all that stuff."
"Ralts?" The male Ralts asked.
"He's right, Ralts. The way you're going at it is all wrong. All you have to be is yourself. My boyfriend here didn't need to go through all that just to win me over," Kairi said.
The male Ralts became curious how they were such a great couple.
"Why don't you try to confess to her and just try your very best. Trust me. I know from experience," Sora said. The male Ralts nodded and he went off to find the female Ralts.
Speaking of which, the female Ralts was sitting by the same flower field and she plucked the petals off of it, wondering if she should tell him or not. The last petal stated that she should tell him. She sets out to find him.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and the male Ralts ventured through the woods to find the female Ralts to give it his best shot, unaware of Shiftry in the area, looking for them.
"They have got to be around here somewhere!" - Shiftry subtitle. He continued to search for them and he had no luck, until he spotted them. "It has got to be them!" - Shiftry subtitle. He jumps right down from the tree.
"What the?!" Sora exclaimed.
"Is that a forest monster?" May asked.
"No, it's a Shiftry!" Max exclaimed. Sora took out his Rotom Phone and scanned this new Pokémon.
Shiftry, the Wicked Pokémon
The evolved form of Nuzleaf
Type: Grass/Dark
Shiftry's large fans generate awesome gusts of wind at a speed close to 100 feet per second. The whipped-up wind blows anything away. This Pokémon chooses to live quietly deep in forests.
"I'm going to guess those Nuzeaf has told Shiftry about us," Sora said.
"Or maybe one of them evolved," Kairi guessed.
"Or maybe they just a big and mean older brother," Brendan said.
"Either way, that Shiftry looks mad," May said.
"Not gonna stand in our way, Shiftry." Sora said as he and Kairi both took out a Pokéball. "Go! Dustox!"
"Go! Beautifly!" Kairi also called out. Dustox and Beautifly both came out to battle against the wild Shiftry. "Beautifly! Use Gust!"
"Dustox! You use Gust, too!" Sora ordered. Both Dustox and Beautifly flapped their wings to create a powerful wind attack, but Shiftry wasn't phased one bit. Shiftry blows the wind attack away by waving his fans. "No way!"
"That Shiftry is too strong! He used those fans to blow away our Gust!" Kairi said. Shiftry fires Bullet Seed right at the Bug-type Pokémon and they tried to dodge it. Sora turned to his partner.
"Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered. Pikachu sends Thunderbolt to shock Shiftry. The Electric-type attack strikes Shiftry, but it did little damage due to his resistance to electric attacks. "Now use Quick Attack!" Pikachu dashes towards Shiftry, but the Wicked Pokémon trips over the Mouse Pokémon. "Pikachu!"
"Angel! Use Swift!" Kairi ordered. Angel fired Swift right at Shiftry, but the Wicked Pokémon uses Bullet Seed to block the stars coming at it. Shiftry fired another Bullet Seed, hitting her. "Angel! Beautifly! Poison Sting!" Beautifly fires Poison Sting, but Shiftry easily dodges the attack. Shiftry comes in with a Leaf Blade.
"Pikachu! Dodge it!" Sora called out. Pikachu dodges Shiftry's attack. Shiftry moves in to deliever another swipe wth Leaf Blade, but Dustox swoops in to save Pikachu. Sora turned to Kairi. "How about we send in Taillow, Torchic, Makuhita, Budew, Mawile, and Swablu since they all have the advantage in type against Shiftry?"
"Okay," Kairi nodded. Sora and Kairi both took out three Pokéballs each and they threw them.
"Taillow, Torchic, Makuhita! Go!" Sora called out.
"Go! Budew, Mawile, Swablu!" Kairi called out. The four Pokémon came out to battle against the Wicked Pokémon, knowing Fire, Flying, Bug, and Poison-type attacks were effective against Grass-types as Fairy, Fighting, and Bug-type attacks are effective against Dark-types. "Swablu! Use Disarming Voice!" Swablu sends out her Disarming Voice to hit Shiftry, but it dodges it. "Mawile! Fairy Wind! Budew! Stun Spore!" Mawile blew Fairy Wind from her other mouth as Budew sends Stun Spore towards Shiftry and dodges those, too.
"Taillow! Go after Shiftry with Wing Attack!" Sora ordered. Taillow flies towards Shiftry with his wings out to strike Shiftry, but he was too fast for the Tiny Swallow Pokémon. "Torchic! Ember!" Torchic fires Ember right at Shiftry. Shiftry dodges it, but one of the tiny flames hits Shiftry, making him fall from the tree. "Gotcha! Makuhita! Use Arm Thrust! Makuhita rushes at Shiftry and gave the Wicked Pokémon some thrusts with his hands." Shiftry roars with anger, having to be attacked repeatedly.
"I think he's angry now," Kairi said.
"I think you're right," Sora said. Shiftry kicks a gust of wind and increases in size and leaves are seen inside it. "Watch out! Shiftry is using Leaf Tornado!" Sora, Kairi, Brendan, May, and Max rushes out of the way as did Pikachu, Angel and the other Pokémon. Pikachu grabs the male Ralts.
Over to the female Ralts, she rushes to find the male Ralts only to hear a commotion. She peeks through the shrubs and she sees Shitry battling some Pokémon. She spots the male Ralts with a Pikachu and gasped when Shiftry approaches them.
"You and your girlfriend are going to regret ever crossing me, rodent." - Shiftry subtitle.
"We had nothing to do with that battle. It was their own fault for attacking us like that." - Pikachu subtitle.
"They were the ones who started it!" - Angel subtitle.
"Doesn't matter; you're still paying for it." - Shiftry subtitle. Shiftry attempts to make another Leaf Blade when the female Ralts had let out a beam of purple hearts in a loud shrieking voice, hitting the Wicked Pokémon on the back. He turned to see the female Ralts.
"Leave them alone, you brute!" - Female Ralts subtitle.
"You're going to pay for that!" - Shiftry subtitle. Shiftry forms another Leaf Blade and swings it down at her. The female Ralts could only watch, but the male Ralts jumps in front of Shiftry and takes the hit for her. The female Ralts was devastated and she ran towards him.
"NO!" - Female Ralts subtitle. She lifted his head up and began crying. Shiftry attempts to stomp the both of them when Pikachu and Angel lands an Iron Tail on Shiftry's legs. Shiftry growls in anger.
"You're really getting under my bark, you little pests!" - Shiftry subtitle.
"We both have an act for that!" - Pikachu subtitle. Shiftry attempts to smack Pikachu only to dodge him with ease. Pikachu figured that last attack must be what's slowing him down. Shiftry fires Bullet Seed only to miss as Pikachu and Angel gave an Iron Tail on the face. Torchic rushes in and fires Ember as Dustox and Beautifly fires Poison Sting. Shiftry stumbles and trips over Makuhita as he got in his path. Swablu jumps onto Shiftry and begins to peck at his face. Taillow pecks on Shiftry's arms. Shiftry, taking enough abuse, began to run off as the couple and Pokémon watched him run off.
"I guess his bark was worse than his bite," Sora joked. He looked right at his team. "Good work, guys. Take five." Sora calls back Taillow, Torchic, Makuhita, and Dustox after that battle to rest up. Kairi does the same for Budew, Swablu, Mawile, and Beautifly. She looked over to the two Ralts and went right towards them. It reminded her of how Sora sacrificed himself to save her when they were in Hollow Bastion for the first time.
"He took that Leaf Blade from that Shiftry for her," Kairi said.
"That was a very brave thing on his part," Sora said.
"Brave or just crazy," May said.
"Well, have to take him back to camp with us," Kairi suggested.
"Good idea! Let's get started," Sora said. He makes an attempt to grab the male Ralts, but the female holds out her arms in defiance. "I know you're only trying protect him, but we need to get him into a Pokémon Center and have him healed up." The Ralts shook her head. "Come on." Kairi stepped up.
"Let me give it a try," Kairi said. He nodded and obliged her. She bent down. "I know you don't want anything to happen to him, but we can take him to camp to help him. And I promise you he'll be alright. You have my word." The female Ralts looked at the male Ralts and she looked right at Kairi and obliged. "Thank you for understanding." She picked up the male Ralts and she went with Sora, Kairi, Brendan, May, Max, Pikachu, and Angel to camp.
Once they made it back to camp Sora came in the tent and laid the male Ralts down on his sleeping bag to rest. The female Ralts stayed by his side. Sora took out some potion and used it to heal the male Ralts of his injuries. It stung him at first, but it was helping him. Sora then stepped out of the tent.
The two Ralts were left alone and the female was overflowing with emotions of regret as she slept right beside him. The male Ralts opened his eyes and saw his love interest laying next to her. He smiled and shut his eyes as he went back to sleep. The sun has risen and the female Ralts had woken up to see the male Ralts smiling and looking right at her.
"I knew you cared." - Male Ralts subtitle.
"You're okay!" - Female Ralts subtitle. She cried happily as she hugged him hard. The male Ralts winced in pain.
"Ow, ow, ow! Not too hard! I'm still tender from earlier!" - Male Ralts subtitle. She realized she may be hurting him and let's go of her.
"I'm sorry. I'm just so happy to see you're alright." - Female Ralts subtitle.
"Me too. I wouldn't know what I would do if that Shiftry landed that Leaf Blade on you." - Male Ralts subtitle.
"And that was all my fault! It's all my fault that you ended up getting hurt! It only happened because you were trying to protect me!" - Female Ralts subtitle.
"I did it for you. I did it because I love you. I didn't care how many times you would turn me down, I still loved you and I always will. I took that Leaf Blade for you because I wanted to keep you safe. And besides, it's okay." - Male Ralts subtitle.
"No, it's not okay! It only happened to you because I was so mean to you. I only ended up hurting your feelings. I don't deserve to be loved by a Pokémon like you." - Female Ralts subtitle.
"Don't say that. You deserved to be loved; even me." - Male Ralts subtitle.
"There is a reason why I was mean to you. The reason I was so mean to you was because I was dating a Drowzee. He evolved into a Hypno and he cheated on me with a Jynx. Ever since then, I was too afraid to fall in love. I was only trying to forget about my first failed love and keep myself from getting hurt again. But I only ended up hurting you. I am so very sorry." - Female Ralts subtitle. The male Ralts absorbed everything she had said to him. She was expecting to recieve an earful from him, but instead, he placed his hand on hers.
"I don't care about who you were seeing before. And I don't know what exactly happened between the two of you, but I promise I won't do what he did. I would never cheat on you. Love should always be about trust. I saw it when Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel met me. I'm sure you saw it, too." - Male Ralts subtitle.
"I kinda did. I was out looking for you when that awful Shiftry attacked. I wanted to tell you the truth." - Female Ralts subtitle.
"I know now; but that doesn't answer it." - Male Ralts subtitle.
"Answer what?" - Female Ralts subtitle.
"You know." - Male Ralts subtitle. She knew what he was talking about.
"I suppose I do. Here it goes. I love you too. I have always loved you. I'm just sorry that I didn't just say that." - Female Ralts subtitle.
"Better late than never." - Male Ralts subtitle. The two Ralts gave each other a kiss on the lips, completely lost in their own world.
"Better see how the patient is doing," Sora said. He opened the door and a light gasp came from Kairi's mouth as Sora was mildy surprised and Pikachu grinned cheekily.
"Isn't that cute?" Kairi cooed. The two Ralts parted lips as they realized they had a small audience.
"Glad you're doing well, buddy," Sora said. The male Ralts smiled. "It kinda takes me back to our first kiss, huh, Kairi?"
"It does," Kairi remembered. The two Ralts looked right at the couple and then right at each other.
"Ralts, Ralts, Ralts, Ralts, Ralts," the Ralts couple stated. Sora and Kairi looked at each other and right back at them.
"Are you saying you wanna be with us?" Sora asked. They nodded. He looked right at his girlfriend.
"Should we do it?" Sora asked.
"They made up their minds. We might as well, right?" Kairi asked. Sora nodded as they both took out a Pokéball.
"Come on, lovebirds," Sora said.
"Welcome to the team," Kairi said.
The male Ralts tapped the Pokéball Sora is holding and flows inside as the female Ralts did the same and flows inside of Kairi's Pokéball. Stars swirls around the Pokéballs, confirming the catch. Sora's Pokémon Box goes off asking him if he wants to keep his new Ralts with him. He chose to keep his Ralts in exchange for Lotad.
"We both..." Sora started.
"...got a Ralts!" Kairi finished.
All's well that ends well. Sora and Kairi both had each obtained a Ralts. More adventures shall come very soon.