Hello one and all to another episode of Pokemon SVTA where today, Ash and the gang leave Cascaraffa and head back to Mesagoza for the next couple of days to prepare to go eastward when they encounter Geeta. Ash, determined to test his strength requests a battle with her once more and Nymble wants to be strong and not as afraid as she was in the past. Meanwhile, TR are interested in Glimmora due to its association with the Terastal phenomenon and seek to take many Glimmora and Geeta's as well.
I don't know why, but throughout their existence, I haven't posted about TR's Pokemon and their movesets so here they are:
Grafaiai (Male, Unburden): Moves: Slash, Metronome, Poison Fang, Poison Jab
Klawf (Male, Shell Armor): Moves: Vise Grip, Mud Slap, Rock Blast, Metal Claw
Lechonk (Female, Gluttony): Moves: Disarming Voice, Mud Shot, Headbutt, Covet
And with that, let's continue our journey.
Cover Story 34: Operation Goh time! 1: The Beast that walks on water (1)
Goh has been focused on the goal of catching every Pokemon so he can find Mew and he still continues to do so after parting ways with Ash. After the Masters 8 (in this canon), he went on a Project Mew mission when the group have believed to have found Mew and they have but despite their best efforts and Goh managing to touch Mew disappears, but it doesn't disappoint Goh or the group. The group disbands and everyone went their separate ways with Goh having caught a Nacli while visiting an island off the coast of Paldea with his family making it his first Paldean Pokemon.
Still, with Project Mew over, he wonders what his plan is for the future, he wants to continue to search for Mew but there must be something else so Goh heads back to school with Chloe in the meantime. After a month passed since Ash's departure, Goh receives a call from Amaranth stating he has a new expedition and one that may intrigue him because it feels unreal which intrigues Goh as Chloe tells him to be careful of the unknown which Goh knows but he's interested anyway. A couple of days later, Amaranth's ship arrives to Vermillion city to pick up Goh and he sees Danika, Quillon, Gary and Horace who also decide to join along.
Amaranth explains that it's going to be a long trip because they're heading to the island close to Galar, the Isle of Armor with Amaranth seeing an old friend of his and Danika and Quillon are particularly embarrassed to be returning there, Goh jokingly assumes they're dating which is why they're embarrassed but Quillon tells him that they aren't dating and it's for a different reason. Amaranth explains that his friend encountered a Suicune and it's not the same Suicune Goh caught but rather the unreal part comes in when Amaranth explains that his friend compared it to a Suicune mixed with Tyrantrum in a way.
This confuses everyone but even Amaranth is aware of how ridiculous and explains that the Pokemon is known as Walking Wake, the beast that walks on the water. Gary is intrigued because he heard about this sort of thing in the Paldea region and Amaranth says it's correct and explains his story. He was part of a group of researchers 26 years ago, he was investigating Area Zero and with him were some scientists, Professor Hawthorn, his assistants Turo and Sada and Amaranth's brother Albus, his wife Rosemary and their daughter Menzie who came with due to them searching for a house at the time were down in Area Zero to investigate what is now known as the Terastal phenomenon in the Paldea Region.
They spent 10 days down there and they learned of the Paradox Pokemon that claimed the land as their own untouched by society after the last expedition by Professor Heath 174 years prior. Naturally, they learned a lot of the ecosystem and how it was infused with Terastal energy but something they were hoping for is to find out if this mysterious Terapagos Pokemon in the books could be found or least some evidence of which could be found down there. On day 10, they found a special layer and what appeared to be Terapagos but when Albus went to touch it with his wife and daughter by his side, the presumed 'Terapagos' got scared and Albus tried to grab only for a flash of light to appear and for both Albus and Amaranth to see visions of the Johto Beasts but they looked different.
Upon the flash clearing, Amaranth was dazed but saw his brother screaming in pain over his lost eye and Amaranth had a scar around his chest area but nothing broke both brothers more than Amaranth finding out his sister-in-law and niece disappearing without a trace only leaving behind their glasses and books leaving Albus broken. They returned to the surface where Albus claims to have seen the Johto Beasts but looked different and claimed Terapagos was responsible for taking his wife and child away and murmured about the beasts and DNA.
Albus went on to be a famous professor but also a different person to what he was before, ditzy but well-meaning to a dark and broken individual who puts up a facade. Horace asks if that's why they're heading to the Isle of Armor to search for Walking Wake before Albus does, Amaranth tells him yes and that he assumes that time passed and somehow, the beasts have somehow got out of the crystal and out to the mainland and he wants to find them and keep them away from Albus before Albus loses himself even further and explains that the I.O.A will serve as their base in the meantime.
They make it to the Isle of Armor where awaiting them was an eccentric old man named Mustard, who is a good friend of Amaranth's and Danika and Quillon's mentor which is why they're embarrassed. Beside Mustard were his young son and young-looking wife Honey which surprised Goh, Horace and Gary when they realized Honey is Mustard's wife and even Honey doesn't blame them, and Mustard laughs it off. Also beside Mustard were his students two in particular looked unique looking students being a mischievous girl named Klara and a smug Psychic named Avery as Goh's adventure was about to get even stranger.
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Cover Story 35: The Cape that went all over the world 1: Everything starts at home
We always focus on Ash and his journey's, but have we ever thought about what his mother, Delia Ketchum is doing most of the time at home? Well, Delia owns a restaurant called 'Hana's' near Pallet Town who she runs with Mr. Mime. She always felt alone with Ash going on his adventure and her husband leaving her when Ash was young but despite the issues, she loves Ash dearly but is sometimes afraid he'll disappear permanently if Ash isn't too careful and wonders about his future following his win in the Masters 8. When Ash won the tournament, the huge prize winning was enough to keep them financially stable.
When she's not working, she's usually at home and sometimes has one of Ash's Pokemon come over to keep her, Mr. Mime and her first caught Pokemon Fidough company weekly and this week it's Snivy as Delia was telling Snivy her stories when she was younger when the door rang. Mr. Mime opens the door and signs a package to show a rather large sized package. Delia opens it to reveal a large cape similar to the one Leon wore and a note addressed to Ash and written by Leon.
The note describes his congrats on making it to Naranja academy, he went to school there prior to becoming a Galar champion (A/N: I'd like to imagine that although not the World Champion, he is a Galarian Champion as Ash never went to Galar) and his adventures there. Leon says he wants to award Ash with a cape of his own so he can be even cooler in a way. Delia looks at the cape to see it was huge but also reversible and was blank unlike Leon's due to Leon's being based on sponsorships. Influenced by this, Delia takes the cape to her room and an hour later, she comes out with the cape on both sides having a stitched 'A' for Ash and Pikachu's tail on top of the 'A'.
Snivy, Fidough and Mr. Mime looked impressed with the cape and Delia, knowing the cape was large enough to fit most of Ash's Pokemon handprints asks if she could have their handprints and they agree with Mr. Mime placing his hand on a piece of paper, Fidough placing her paw on there and Snivy with her tail and Delia nodded and another hour later, she was able to add their design on the one side of the cape which gives her another idea. The next day, she heads over to Oak's to ask if she could get Ash's mons to sign their print on the paper so she can add them to cape.
Oak asks the occasion and Delia says she wants to create a cape befitting a Champion as a cape is more than just some costume but part of their identity and memory and in this case, she wants to have the memories of Ash's Pokemon on one side and the companions and friends he made along the way on the other. Oak understands this and asks for all of Ash's Pokemon to appear. Delia gets each one of their prints except for Tauros due to their amount and only one could be added (Tauros #14) but she made sure to add 1-30 in the hoof print.
It took 3 days to finish but she managed to get everyone of Ash's Pokemon hand/paw/etc prints on aside from Ash's Alolan and Palean Pokemon which she made a mental note of, but she also extended the cape a bit to accommodate for those mons and his friends. She decided on a goal, she tells Oak that she wants to continue designing the cape by getting his friends design inputs which Oak is surprised by, but she notes that Ash's friends mean a lot to them and could add on to the memories of the cape. Tracey understands this as a form of art and so he agrees he can help her out much to Delia's delight.
Tracey and Oak give their prints of their own with Oak writing his name in cursive with a Pokeball symbol while Tracey designs his old Scyther on their with his name in a unique spelling and he agrees to search for Ash's companions in the meantime while Delia designs the cape thus beginning Tracey's adventures (after so long) and another adventure for Delia with Tracey's first goal being to search out Brock and Misty.
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It was another beautiful day in the Paldea region and oh my, we see Ash and his friends partaking in some friendly battles with Ash, his Nymble and Nemona and her Pawmo teaming up against Penny and her Greavard and Arven and his Applin, Appy.
"Some good early morning practice battles is a good way to get our blood pumping so don't go easy on us." Nemona says as Penny and Arven smirk.
"Easy, you and Ash are one of the best battlers here at the moment so going all out is difficult." Arven says as he looks to Appy, "Are you sure you want to battle Appy?" Arven asked the Applin who looks pumped seemingly after Ash and Arven's battle the day prior.
"Judging by his expression, he wants to grow stronger alongside your other mons. Applin does have split evolutions, so Flapple and Appletun are good choices for its growth." Penny says as Arven nods.
"Yeah, but I'll let Appy decide what he wants to evolve into when the time comes or if he wants to evolve or not." Arven says as the battle commences and Nemona went first.
"Alright Pawmo, use Bite on Greavard!" Nemona says as Pawmo's created a glowing pair of jaws and rushed forward.
"Nymble, use Double Kick on Appy!" Ash says as Nymble appeared a bit nervous and almost hesitated, but Ash encouraged her, "Don't worry Nymble, it's just a simple practice battle. Everything will be ok." with that, Nymble nods and rushes towards Appy at quick speed as Penny called on her attack.
"Greavard, aim your Mud Shot towards the ground." Penny says as Greavard jumped in the air and launched a shot of mud towards the ground, when Pawmo and Nymble rushed over the muddy puddle, they start to slip around trying to keep their balance and it seemingly impresses Ash with Penny's strategy. Nymble eventually slides through the mud aiming towards Appy, Arven sees this opportunity for an attack.
"Alright then, Appy, aim your Tera Blast behind you and aim for Pawmo!" Arven says as Appy nodded and turned around to launch a white blast of energy sending him flying towards Pawmo who was staggered back and slipped due to the mud. Ash looked very interested due to their strategy.
"That strategy, I certainly wasn't expecting that." Ash says as Penny and Arven nod.
"We learn from the best, Greavard Headbutt let's go!" Penny says as Greavard nodded and his head glows rushing at Nymble as Ash prepares himself.
"Nymble, Assurance let's go!" Ash says as Nymble's front two legs glowed and she jumped in the air and clashed with Headbutt. "Now jump off!" Ash says as Nymble used her strong legs to jump and push Greavard who staggered over to the mud puddle and slipped around as Penny panics slightly.
"Tried to focus and use Shadow Ball." Penny says as Greavard focused and launched Shadow Ball towards Nymble who falls from the sky but gets up ready to battle once more.
We see Pawmo get back into balance as Pawmo sets his sites on Appy, "Alright Pawmo, use Arm Thrust at Appy!" Nemona says as Pawmo nods and rushes towards Appy as Appy focuses.
"Appy, use Pounce!" Arven says as Appy glows and jumps to collide with Arm Thrust before being sent back with another Arm Thrust. Just as things were heating up, a growling stomach was heard.
"Ash, I know your stomach growls often, but I didn't expect during a battle." Arven says as Nemona nervously blushed.
"Actually, that was me." Nemona said embarrassed.
"Oh." Arven responded.
We see the gang eat breakfast with their Pokemon and Ash looks at a map of Paldea.
"I guess if we're going to do your next activities, it looks like we'll have to go east of Mesagoza, so should we walk back to Mesagoza?" Ash asks as the gang shake their heads.
"Nah, we walked all the way here and so I say we should go by Squawkabilly taxi." Arven says as Ash and Pikachu look shocked by that statement.
"By Squawkabilly!? Aren't they small for that?" Ash says shocked as the gang laugh.
"You'd be surprised to see how strong they are, 4 Squawkabilly can lift a taxi despite their small size. We used to have Corviknight taxis similar to what they have in Galar but a certain pink Pokemon has been terrorizing them so much that we used Squawkabilly." Penny says as Ash is confused as to who this pink Pokemon is until he turns his head to see Tinkatink and looks at her rattle and its materials, Tinkatink smiles warmly as Ash smiles back but has a deep feeling of despair that covers him comedically.
"I guess I shouldn't ask that question." Ash says as Nemona speaks up.
"I have a suggestion; we should stay in Mesagoza for a couple of days. There's the Memorys and Bonds Festival coming up and it could be good to catch up with our teachers and plan our next adventures. Wouldn't you agree?" Nemona says as the gang look to each other and nod.
"That sounds good." Penny says.
"Sounds good with me." Arven says in agreement.
"What's the Memorys and Bonds festival?" Ash asks as the 3 trainers bring out their lockets (A/N: I remembered they were called lockets, pendants are necklaces).
"It's a festival that celebrates the history and bonds of your family and friends including your Pokemon, you mean you still haven't placed a photo in that locket Katy gave you? It has 4 slots you can put in there." Penny says as Ash shook his head.
"I haven't thought about it yet to be honest, but I should sometime soon." Ash says as the gang finish up breakfast and as they were preparing to leave, Ash notices Nymble practicing her moves on a training dummy which intrigues Ash.
"Doing some last-minute training Nymble?" Ash asks the energetic grasshopper Pokemon.
"Nym!" Nymble says with confidence as she tries appearing heroic and brave against the dummy Pokemon and tried to picture Iron Valiant on the dummy but appeared to shiver at the sight of the large figure.
Maybe after earlier and her short battle with Iron Valiant, maybe she's trying to improve herself and be braver, I respect that and maybe I can help. Ash thought to himself as he went behind the dummy.
"I see you're trying to be brave and heroic like your hero Hawluchador and I respect that, you'll need the bravery whenever you're in battle or something major happens. For example-" Ash says as he positions the dummy like they're grabbing Ash. "If I were to be kidnapped and Pikachu or any other individual weren't around to save me, what would you do as the heroic Pokemon you want to be?" Ash says pretending to be kidnapped as Nymble panicked and sweats nervously, she wants to be brave like her heroes but shivered.
Ultimately though, Nymble tried to run and try not to look behind but stopped thinking to herself she's a coward and turned back to run at full speed towards the dummy and using Double Kick to send the dummy flying. Ash looks happy towards Nymble's decision.
"Alright Nymble, you were amaz-" Ash didn't finish as Nymble hid behind Pikachu nearby nervous and shivering.
"Pika, Pika?" Pikachu asked the Nymble as Ash sighs but softly smiles.
"Well, I know Nymble is brave, but I guess that thrill got to her. Don't worry Nymble, we'll work on your bravery together, I promise." Ash says as Nymble walks out from behind Pikachu to looks at Ash nervously yet looked happy.
We see the gang walk out of Cascaraffa finding a good spot to call a Squawkabilly taxi but as they were walking, they admire the view of the hills, desert and faraway coastline in the distance as Ash, Pikachu and Nymble sit on the hill and the gang marvel at its beauty.
"They say western Paldea is one of the most beautiful spots in the region because you get a view of all this from afar. Eastern Paldea is said to be too rocky and up close to appreciate the view from afar, northern Paldea is too cold and though southern Paldea is gorgeous, it doesn't have all these views." Nemona says as they others agreed with her.
"I agree, Paldea is beautiful from this distance especially as a place to cool off and let your mind relax after a long day." "Glim, Glim." two new voices were heard as Ash turns his head to see a familiar lanky figure along with a mustache and top hat along with her Kingambit and a mysterious floating Pokemon that resembled a flower yet appeared more crystal-like. The gang were surprised to see this figure as they seemingly recognized her.
"Gee-" the gang were shushed by her before looking around and seeing that the coast was clear, she took off the top hat and mustache to reveal herself as Geeta.
"Hey kiddos, having fun on your journey?" Geeta says happily as the gang nod.
"We are La Primera but what are you doing out here?" Nemona asks.
"Just resting after a huge meeting, me and my Pokemon often come out west to rest our minds after a tough day even though the meeting was short. So, how about you? How's your Treasure Hunt's going?" Geeta asks the students.
"Mine is going swimmingly." Arven says happily.
"Mine needs work." Nemona says disappointingly.
"I'm still thinking of my goal." Penny says lying about her intentions.
"I still haven't had the chance to challenge an Elite Four member yet." Ash says as Geeta knowingly nods.
"I've heard that was the case, you've been helping your friends with your goals from what I've heard, and I'll admit, you're a good sport." Geeta says reigning Ash.
"Thanks, Geeta."
"Not a problem. Rika will be doing some battles in a couple of days as part of her photo shoots and while it may not be a full battle, she says she's willing to test you on your skills and Poppy is really excited to battle you if you're ever in Oresville out near Artazon." Geeta says as Ash nods.
"I'll keep that in mind." Ash says as the mysterious flying Pokemon floats over to Pikachu and Nymble surprising them as Ash jumps in surprise over this mysterious Pokemon.
"Woah, who's that Pokemon?!" Ash says grabbing his Pokedex.
Glimmora, the Ore Pokemon, a Rock/Poison type. Glimmora's petals are actually crystalized energy full of poison. For unknown reasons, these petals resemble Tera crystals and research is underway if Glimmora has any connection to the Terastal phenomenon.
"Not to worry, Glimmy is a good pal of mine. He's very friendly." Geeta says as Glimmora, though not having any real facial features, displays his eyes to resemble it being happy interacting with the gang's Pokemon. Ash thinks to himself for a moment and nods.
"Miss Geeta, if you don't mind, could we have a short battle so I can see how much I developed my skills thus far in the region?" Ash asks as the gang is surprised by this but Geeta nods.
"I've thought you never ask- err, I mean. I should have the time, right guys." Geeta asks her two mons who nods.
"Pika, Pika." Pikachu says who looks confidently at Kingambit who smirks.
"Gam, Gam." Kingambit says in response.
"Looks like we have ourselves a deal, a 2 on 2 should be good and I see a flat field down there so we should- woah, woah!" Geeta says as she clumsily moves about until she cartwheels down the hill safely scaring the gang.
"Are you alright La Primera!?" Nemona yelled out as Geeta had a huge smile.
"Never the better!" Geeta says as her Kingambit face palms and the gang walk down to the field. Meanwhile at a nearby bush, we see Team Rocket peak out of the bush with Jessie seemingly smirking at an idea.
"Oh no, Jessie's in her thinking phase again." Meowth says as Meowth, Wobuffet and James prepare to hear her conniving plan of action.
"That Glimmora over there is very pretty, just imagine me having one by my side." Jessie says as the 3 looked shocked.
"That's it?" James says as Jessie glares at him.
"I was getting there, what's the one thing they have, and we don't?" Jessie asks as Meowth blurts out.
"Fashion?"
"...That's not what I was expecting for an answer but no, they all have those Tera orb thingies' that's causing us a lot of trouble. At the same time though, they look so pretty and so does that Glimmora!" Jessie says confusing the group.
"So, you want to steal the twerps Tera orbs?" James says as Jessie's eyes sparkled.
"Even better, we'll take any Glimmora in the area as well as the champion's Glimmora and use them to create our own Tera orb by taking those crystals off of them! Geeta's Glimmora will be tired by then which is perfect for the taking! I'm sure Rotom phone can account for its crystals, right?" Jessie says sounding like a madman which the group are worried about, and their Dex turns on.
"Glimmora, the Ore Pokemon, Rock/Poison type. It looks like a flower but really isn't, don't eat it." Rotom phone says in an uninterested Scottish accent causing a vein to appear on Jessie's head.
"I will break you." Jessie says menacingly.
"Jessie, you're sounding like a madman." Meowth says.
"Wobbu." Wobuffet says in agreement.
"You do know that the Champion is our boss you know." James says worryingly.
"Oh, pipe down. She only knows our disguised selves and we use different hair to deter four eyes who can see through our guises. Trust me, this plan is genius, and we can make millions off of our offbrand Tera orbs and let's capture Pikachu as well as a bonus." Jessie says with an evil laugh as the others sweat nervously.
We see Ash and Geeta across from each other prepared to battle, Geeta looks to her Glimmora who nods and heads onto the battlefield as Ash looks to Pikachu and nods to himself.
"Alright then, Pikachu I choose-" Ash was interrupted when Nymble hops onto the field confidently against Glimmora surprising everyone and leaving Geeta amused. "Nymble, what are you doing?" Ash asked the small Pokemon who looks back at Ash with an attempt at confidence but was secretly sweating nervously as Ash looks to her and nods.
It seems like Nymble wants to be brave like earlier and I want Nymble to be brave like everyone else and if she wants to do so, I'll grant her wish. Ash thought to himself as he nods.
"Very well, Nymble, I choose you!" Ash says shocking the gang and leaving Geeta intrigued.
"Are you sure Ash? Glimmora is a Rock/Poison type, wouldn't Tinkatink or Quaxwell work against Glimmora?" Nemona asks as Ash nods.
"They could but I sense Nymble's determination, she wants to grow as a Pokemon both in strength and in being brave when it comes to the toughest of challenges. To me, even with a Type disadvantage, I don't want that to stop my Pokemon, I know they're capable of overcoming those odds even in the most difficult of scenarios." Ash says intriguing Geeta.
"That's an interesting take. Can I ask you something? I see your question as a sign of a bond between people and Pokemon I presume and how one forms their team?" Geeta says as Ash nods.
"Yes, to me, a trainer has to have trust in their Pokemon even with the disadvantage because even with that issue, I trust in them their abilities to compromise and make it through a battle rather than the advantages and disadvantages they may have. Plus, if you catch a Pokemon simply for the advantages they have against an opponent or rival rather than trusting in their abilities and not bonding with them, I don't consider that a bond and more comparable to a business-relationship and that's not how I roll. I like to bond with my Pokemon and learn about their personal strengths and weaknesses to help them through both in battle and outside of it and in the end despite any flaws or imperfections, they'll always be family to me." Ash says leaving Geeta impressed and Nymble more determined.
"Thank you, Ash, sorry for that question. I'm always curious when it comes to various trainers especially Champions and their way of being a trainer and friend to their Pokemon. Very well, I'll let you have the first move." Geeta says as Ash nods.
"Alright, Nymble, use Agility!" Ash says as Nymble nods and rushes at quick speed as fast as she can towards Glimmora.
"Alright then, use Venoshock!" Geeta says as Glimmora turns around and opens his flower-like body (?) to launch multiple purple sludge attacks towards Nymble who panics a bit.
"Try not to be scared and dodge it with Agility!" Ash says as Nymble nods and jumps multiple times to avoid the attacks, "Alright, now jump in the air and use Double Kick!" Ash says as Nymble jumps high in the air and her legs glowed prepared to kick at Glimmora. Geeta softly smiled but the smile contained a hint of mischievousness.
"Glimmora, spin around fastly to block the hits." Geeta said calmly as Glimmora spun rather fast blocking the hits. Unbeknowest to Ash and Nymble, Toxic Spikes popped out of Glimmora and scattered on the ground which Ash notices.
"What the- Nymble, avoid the spikes!" Ash says as Nymble prepares herself, but she can't see a safe spot to land on worrying her causing her to think of a plan. She decides to open up the 3rd set of legs allowing her to land on the ground safely, she jumps to a safe part of the ground on her front and back two legs and folds up her 3rd pair of legs leaving her surrounded by Toxic Spikes.
"What just happened?" Ash says as Geeta smiles.
"That my good fellow is Glimmora's Ability Toxic Debris, when hit by a physical attack, Glimmora will scatter it's spikes onto the ground to poison anyone who touches them." Geeta explained as Nymble struggled not to touch the spikes at all costs. The gang were hopeful for As and Nymble but were still worried.
"It seems like Geeta knew that was going to happen, does she adapt like Ash?" Nemona says as Penny shakes her head.
"I would say she's more preceptive and a strategist. She's able to adapt accordingly depending on the user's Pokemon in an instant, remember when she faced Ash? She was able to adapt to Pikachu's style of battle quickly from Teratsallizing into a Ghost type as soon as Pikachu used Quick Attack or when she distracted Pikachu from using Electro Web via Metal Sound and attacked instantly. I would say it takes one or two moves for her to know what her opponent is going to do." Penny says as Ash looked conflicted.
"You're in a pretty toxic predicament my friend, what is your plan now my friend?" Geeta asks as Ash thinks for a moment.
Nymble could jump out, but it will leave her open an attack. She could rush through the spikes at the risk of poisoning. If I try to attack Glimora head on, he'll just release more spikes. Think Ash, don't just stand there. Ash thought to himself as Geeta calmly called her next move.
"Power Gem."
Glimmora complied and launched 4 gems towards Nymble who panicked.
"Nymble jump away and careful of the spikes!" Ash says as Nymble nods and hops away carefully hopping to not touch the spikes as the gems hit the ground scattering the spikes a bit but still leaving Nymble in a predicament of avoiding the spikes and avoiding not to be hit.
Think again, Ash. What should I do? Wait, when Nymble landed down, the spikes seemed to bounce a bit. Maybe a strong attack to the ground could- Ash had no time to finish that thought as Geeta called on her next move.
"Power Gem." Geeta says as Glimmora launched 4 gems once more towards Nymble as Ash smirks.
"Use your two legs for a Double Kick on the ground!" Ash says as Nymble nods and her two back legs start to glow, she slammed them in the ground causing the spikes to bounce around her. The first Power Gem clashed with a spike causing a puff of smoke to appear and Ash sees an opportunity.
"Use Agility through that smoke!" Ash says as Nymble jumps through the smoke as the gems missed Nymble and leaving Geeta impressed.
Using the strong force of your attack to make the spikes bounce and using that to allow the gem to hit and using that as cover. Your one interesting Champion, I can tell you that. Geeta thought to herself as she called on her next action.
"Power Gem again." Geeta says as Glimmora created 4 more gems to launch at launching the first two as Ash sees another opportunity remembering the events of yesterday.
"Use Agility to hop across the gems!" Ash says surprising the group except Arven who smirks.
"Using the rocks to climb on, is he crazy!?" Nemona says as Arven shakes his head.
"This is Ash we're talking about, of course he is and that's the way I like it." Arven says as Nymble quickly jumps onto the first rock then quickly jumps to another rock before jumping high in the air. Glimmora launches the other 2 rocks as Nymble panics as to what to do next.
"Nym Nym!" Nymble says appearing to be scared.
"Use your Double Kick to kick the two gems towards Glimmora!" Ash says as Nymble straightens up and nods before she proceeds to kick the first gem and then the second catching both Geeta and Glimmora off guard as the two gems land on Glimmora sending him to the ground as Ash sees an opportunity.
"Quick, Glimmora get up!" Geeta says.
"Too late, Pounce, let's go!" Ash says as Nymble nods and rushes down to Glimmora with her body glowing and strikes Glimmora before hopping away as Geeta and the gang look impressed with Ash and Nymble's actions.
Kicking the ground to cause vibrations for it to jump and using that as a means to get through the spikes was something I wasn't expecting on my wishlist but here we are. I can tell by Nymble's scaly eyes that she has Tinted Lens making her normally not very effective hit, hit even harder compared to most regular not-strong moves. Very well, I'll play dirty too. Geeta thought to herself as her face went back to her calmer self.
"I'll commend you on your strategy, but don't expect me to play soft on this next attack." Geeta says calmly as Ash smirks.
"I was hoping you wouldn't." Ash says as Geeta nods.
"Guess we'll have to go for something more textureless, use Tera Blast." Geeta says catching both Ash and Nymble off guard as Glimmora launches a white blast of energy toward Nymble as she panics.
"Hop away!" Ash yelled out and while she did, she was still caught in the blast and sent flying by the blast sending her towards Glimmora.
"Mortal Spin." Geeta said calmly as Glimmora spun in a fast, clockwise motion covered with purple energy as he goes down to hit Nymble sending her flying. Nymble gets back up but appears hindered by the poison affecting her.
"Nymble! What's wrong?!" Ash says as Penny recognizes this move.
"Mortal Spin." Penny says.
"What's up?" Arven says.
"It's a move similar to Rapid Spin that clears anything in its path and poisons the target, poor Nymble couldn't get out of the way in time and was thus poisoned. Hopefully, Nymble can make it through this." Penny says as Nemona and Arven nod in agreement. Nymble is damaged by the poison as Ash looked worried.
"Nymble, use Agility!" Ash says encouragingly as Nymble attempts to hop fastly but the poisoned hindered her movements as Geeta still keeps her smile though a bit more unnerving in a way.
"Power Gem, my dear." Geeta says as Glimmora launches a single Power Gem towards Nymble sending her back by a margin shocking Ash and the gang.
"NYMBLE!" Ash yelled out as Nymble appeared defeated and shook, Ash looked defeated, but he softly smiled. "You've done your best Nymble, return." Ash says as the word springs throughout a heavily breathing Nymble who didn't want to give up and thought about Ash's heroism, his Hawlucha's heroism and Hawluchador. Nymble's eyes reignited her goal of being a hero and got back up, though heavily injured, prepared to fight for what's right surprising Ash.
"Nymble, you can fight?" Ash asks as Nymble nods in pain, but it didn't want to stop her as Ash looks at her surprised and nodded while Geeta looked on intrigued. "Well, if you aren't going to give up, I won't give up either. So, let's both do our best!" Ash says encouragingly.
"Nym!"
"Nymble, use Agility!" Ash says as Nymble nods and rushes quickly towards the field as Geeta and Glimmora payed close attention to the small grasshopper Pokemon.
"Venoshock if you please." Geeta says as Glimmora nods and launches poisonous sludge towards Nymble.
"Dodge with Agility!" Ash says as Nymble nods and rushes out of the way of the 4 Venoshock attacks, Nymble displays a hand motion of going clockwise towards Ash who nods.
"Use Agility to surround Glimmora!" Ash says as Nymble rushes around Glimmora confusing him, but Geeta stayed calm.
"Follow that Nymble and use Mortal Spin!" Geeta says as Glimmora spun around and rushed towards Nymble who panicked slightly but swallowed up that feared and hopped back avoiding the attack. Nymble kept doing this a couple of times until she led Glimmora into the spikes allowing for Glimmora to clear them surprising everyone, Nymble then jumped high in the air with Glimmora close as Ash and Nymble see another plan.
"Hop off of Glimmora!" Ash says as Nymble nods and quickly lands and hops off of Glimmora, changing his direction towards the ground and rushing to the ground as the dust appears. When the dust settles, we see Glimmora has been knocked out with eyes swirling around him as Geeta and Kingambit looked on impressed and Ash and the gang looked happy towards Nymble's win.
Nymble was very happy and teared up slightly before she realized she was still in the air and fell from the sky.
"Nymmmmm!" Nymble yelled out as Ash caught her.
"I gotcha you. I'm proud of your Nymble." Ash says as Nymble teared up happily before turning and hopping towards Glimmora out of worry, Glimmora floats back up and nods congratulating Nymble in his own way due to a lack of facial expressions. Geeta looked impressed and so she and Kingambit head towards Nymble and Ash with her holding a Pecha Berry handing it to Nymble and gives a Sitrus berry to her Glimmora.
"Thank you Glimmora, you were extraordinary. And Ash, your Nymble certainly impressed me, I can tell Nymble wanted to be brave for you and certainly showed it. Nymble is a little yet strong Rani (Hindi to Eng: Queen). I knew I made the right decision in having you in our academy." Geeta says sincerely.
"Thanks. It means a lot." Ash says as Nymble eats the Pecha berry and is restored from her poisoning causing her to hop happily.
"Nym! Nym!" Nymble says happily as Ash smiles and the gang look impressed.
"Every minute that Ash is around, he somehow always manages to impress us." Arven says as the others nod.
"Well, shall we get back to the battle?" Geeta asks as Ash nods before facing Nymble.
"Nymble, are you able to-" Ash didn't finish that question as Nymble hopped happily signaling that she's able to go on and Ash nods in approval. "Alright, let the show go on!" Ash says as Geeta nods.
"Very well, Kingambit, show your might." Geeta says as Kingambit slides onto the field as both are ready to fight but Kingambit displays a darkly aura that surrounds her that was so immense, it causes everyone but Geeta and Glimmora to flinch.
"What is that dark aura of Kingambit's? It's so immense that it's almost pushing me back." Nemona says as Penny turns to her.
"That's Kingambit's Supreme Overlord Ability. When it enters battle, it boosts its attacking power whenever an ally has fallen. The more allies have fallen, the more it's power increases and the stronger it gets." Penny says as Kingambit pushes away it's dark aura and prepares to fight. Nymble looks afraid but prepared to fight.
"You can do this Nymble, use Double Kick!" Ash says but before anything could happen, a net was launched from the distance and caught Glimmora in its grasps. Due to Glimmora's exhaustion, it was unable to fight back and was dragged away causing everyone to be shocked.
"Glimmora!" Geeta yelled out as another net was launched towards Pikachu but before he could be caught, Nymble jumps and pushes Pikachu out of the way causing Nymble to be caught and dragged away which shocked the gang again.
"Nymble!" "Pika!" both Ash and Pikachu say in shock as Ash gets up angerly. "Alright, I know who you are. Come on out Dirt Rocket!" Ash says as Team Rocket appear in their hot air balloon and underneath the balloon was a net filled with various Glimmora.
"You monsters!" Nemona says angerily.
"Prepare for trouble if you're ready for some Terastallizing good butt kicking."
"To unite all-" James was interrupted by an angry Meowth.
"Hey, Dirt Rocket!? How dare you call us that you twerps!" Meowth says surprising Geeta.
"Duniya mein kya?! (Hindi: What in the world?!) A talking Meowth? Why don't you come along with me so we can check you out at the doctors." Geeta suggests as Meowth nudges her away.
"I'm off limits and don't you have other things to be worrying about!" Meowth says.
"Oh right, let go of the Pokemon now, they're not your especially my Glimmora and Ash's Nymble or I'll blast you away again!" Geeta says as Penny looked surprised.
"You've encountered them before?" Penny asks.
"Caught them eavesdropping on Ash, Arven and Jacq. I sent them flying personally." Geeta responded but Jessie shakes her head.
"Nice try, but we need these Glimmora here to create our very own Tera Orb and we can sell them to make millions!" Jessie says as Arven angrily pointed out.
"Do you even know how to make Tera Orbs, that's-" Penny nudges him before he could speak further as Penny whispered in his ear.
"Probably best you tell them how to make Tera Orbs and that your parents make them before they catch on." Penny says as Arven nods but TR didn't hear that last part.
"Well then, see ya!" James says but Ash wasn't going to let that slide.
"Pikachu use Thunder-"
"Wait Ash! You'll hurt the Glimmora and Nymble trying to use Thunderbolt. Try cutting down those ropes instead." Geeta suggested as Ash nods.
"Very well, Pikachu, Iron Tail!" Ash says as Pikachu nods and metalizes his tail with Geeta and Nemona joining in the fight.
"Teddiursa use Slash!" Nemona said sending out Teddiursa who nods and her claws glow.
"Kingambit, Shadow Claw." Geeta says as Kingambit nods and her blades glow but before the gang could rush at TR, Jessie grabbed her Friend Ball and threw it in the air sending out Lechonk.
"Not so fast, I got a special delivery. Bullet Seed sweetheart!" Jessie says as Lechonk jumps in the air and launches multiples seeds towards the group stopping the trainers in their tracks. "Like that, we got it through our special training!" Jessie says as James, Meowth and Wobuffet look at her suspiciously.
"Training?" Meowth and James say in a deadpan tone.
A day prior.
We see Jessie, Wobuffet and Lechonk eating Melo berries (Watermelon) peacefully.
"These Melo berries are delicious aren't they Lechonk, Wobuffet?" Jessie says as her two Pokemon nod, but Lechonk starts to cough getting Jessie's attention as she tries to help her Lechonk.
"Don't worry Lechonk, I'm here." Jessie says patting her back and just as she was coughing, she launched several seeds out of her mouth as James, his Pokemon and Meowth were returning from their jog.
"We're back! There was an avalanche of rocks that blocked our path. I think we saw a large-" Meowth didn't finish as they were sent flying from the Bullet Seed.
"We're blasting off in an untraditional way!" Meowth and James say.
"Graf/Lawf!" both Grafaiai and Klawf say in unison as Jessie looks surprised, but Lechonk looks happy that she learned a new move.
"How can Lechonk choke without a neck of its own?" Penny points out as even TR were stumbled by that question and even Jessie nods in agreement.
"You know what, fair point. See ya!" Jessie says as she throws down a smoke bomb to get away. The gang cough as the smoke clears as TR are gone.
"Nymble!" Ash yells out in worry.
"Glimmora!" Geeta said in unison with Ash also worried.
"That dang Team Rocket and their schemes. Don't worry Geeta, we'll find Glimmora and Nymble. Staraptor, come on out!" Ash says as he throws his Pokeball in the air releasing Staraptor.
"Star!"
"Staraptor, could you search for Team Rocket's balloon around here?" Ash says as Staraptor nods and flies off before turning to Geeta. "Geeta, do you have anything that Glimmora might've touched?" Ash asks as Kingambit grabs Geeta's bag and Geeta looks in there to grab Glimmora's crystal.
"Once a month, Glimmora sheds their crystals for them to grow anew so I have some of his crystals here, why?" Geeta asks as Ash sends out Cyclizar and Penny and Nemona send out Greavard and Crocalor as well.
"We can trace their scent with our Pokemon's sense of smell. All we need is something of Nymble's and we can track both down." Ash says as Nemona notices something on the ground.
"I notice a black spec on the ground, maybe it's Nymble?" Nemona suggests as Greavard sniffs the black spec and Cyclizar and Crocalor sniffs the crystal until Greavard barks getting the gang's attention.
"You found something boy!?" Penny asks as Greavard nods as Cyclizar and Crocalor also pick up on a scent.
"Looks like they've picked up something, lead the way you three!" Nemona says as Geeta returns Kingambit and follows the gang.
"I hope your Nymble, my Glimmora and the other Glimmora are ok." Geeta says worryingly as Ash nods reassuringly.
"Don't worry, they'll be alright. Glimmora means a lot to you?" Ash asks as Geeta smiles and nods.
"Glimmora was my first Pokemon I caught on my own, Kingambit was my first Pokemon but I had help from my sensei when we first met but I felt a connection to Glimmora after saving him. And now, I won't let some crooks take not only my Pokemon but also yours, I won't let that happen."
16 years prior
In the land of Kitakami, we see a disgruntled 11-year-old Geeta with her Pawniard who wore oven mitts and a vest due to its sharpness as they walk a mountain path tirelessly.
"As soon as I arrive in Kitakami, the first lesson is to walk around Oni Mountain to experience the sights and get a sense of your surroundings. How is that supposed to teach me anything!? I barely know this place other than some supposed ogre; he could've just taught me back in Galar." Geeta says with a tired voice as Pawniard shook her head.
"Pawn, Pawn." Pawniard says as Geeta sighed.
"I know, I know. Master Herschel is about to prepare for his daughter's birth and he's now a Geography teacher at Momolocoton, he's already taught me some basics back in Galar 3 years ago and he wants me to feel adjusted both to school and the region so we could train but it's just hard to adapt." Geeta says as Pawniard patted her on the leg as Geeta smiles.
"I know, I'll adapt to it." Geeta says but she and Pawniard noticed something in the distance and they both hide behind a rock. Geeta grabs her binoculars to notice a group of Pokemon hunters in the distance rounding up some Glimmet's and Glimmora which made her blood boil.
"With these babies, we can make ourselves some good dough." the burly hunter said as a lanky hunter asked.
"We're making bread?" the lanky hunter says.
"No, dumbass, it's a figure of speech. Now get back to work!" the burly hunter says as the lanky hunter nodded as Geeta gritted her teeth but the burly hunter notices one particular Glimmlet that tries to fight by launching Rock Throw, but the hunter dodges and Geeta looks interested and grabs her Dex.
"Glimmlet, the Ore Pokemon, a Rock/Poison type. Glimmlet's toxic crystals resemble flower petals in a way, it uses these 'petals' to spread poisonous-like pollen to protect itself."
"Well, you're a particularly feisty Glimmlet aren't you, guess we'll have to take you by force. Mightyena, use Dark Pulse!" the burly hunter says throwing out his Pokeball sending out Mightyena who launches dark energy from his mouth, Glimmlet avoids the attack and uses Sludge Bomb to damage the Mightyena and poisoning it.
"Facade." the hunter says as Mightyena rushes towards Glimmlet but before he could dodge, Mightyena hits Glimmlet towards the ground with Facade heavily damaging him as the hunter laughs and hands Mightyena a Pecha berry before grabbing Glimmlet almost choking him.
"You gave one good fight for one measly minute; I'll give you that, but it wasn't enough." the burly hunter says laughing as Geeta looked angry and stood up.
"They think they can just steal Pokemon for profit and make fun of someone who gave it their all? Not on my watch!" Geeta says stubbornly as Pawniard tries to stop her. "I know, he told us not to get into any conflict but I'm not just going to stand by and watch as those Pokemon are taken away. If that Glimmlet was brave enough to take on those crooks, then so will I. Are you with me?" Geeta asks her starting mon who sighs and nods causing Geeta to smile.
"That's my little Gulab (Hindi to English: Rose). Alright, cut those nets and cages with Night Slash!" Geeta says as Pawniard nods and takes off her mitts and vest before she rushes towards the cages and nets and slashed them down with Night Slash, letting the Glimmlet and Glimmora free and impressing the brave Glimmlet as the hunter let it go.
"Alright, who did this!?" the burly hunter says.
"Hey stinky! Over here!" Geeta says as she stretches her eye and sticks out her tongue to make fun of them.
"You'll regret this, Mightyena, use Thunder Fang on Pawniard!" the hunter says as Mightyena rushes towards Pawniard.
"Use Protect!" Geeta says as Pawniard nods and creates a green shield protecting her as Geeta sees another opportunity, "Use Low Sweep!" Geeta says as Pawniard's legs glowed and trip up Mightyena.
The burly hunter was slightly worried, so he looks to the other two hunters.
"Well, what am I paying for? Do something won't you!" the burly hunter says as the two others panicked and nodded with the lanky hunter sending out Victreebell and the tall hunter sends out Yanmega.
"Mightyena, use Fire Fang!" the burly hunter says as Mightyena rushes at Pawniard
"Quick Victreebell, use Lunge!" the lanky hunter says as Victreebell glows but before it could attack, Glimmlet launches a Mud Shot towards Victreebell blinding it before using Sludge Bomb to knock it towards the ground.
"Yanmega use Lunge towards Pawniard!" the tall hunter says as Yanmega nods and rushes towards Pawniard who blocks the hit with protect and gets help from Glimmlet who uses Rock Throw as Pawniard and Geeta see an opportunity.
"Pawniard, use Metal Claw!" Geeta says as Pawniard slashes at Yanmega knocking it down. "Alright, that's the spir- woah!" Geeta yelled out as the tall hunter grabbed her as she struggled to get out of the grasps of the man.
"Let me go you Gadaha!" Geeta says as the tall hunter smirks.
"Your wish is my command." the tall hunter says throwing her off the cliff causing Pawniard and Glimmlet to look on shocked as Glimmlet rushes off the cliff to try to rescue her. Meanwhile, Pawniard looks on shocked and even tear stricken as the Pokemon and hunters surrounded Pawniard.
"Finish them off." the burly hunter says as Mightyena's jaws glowed with fire and out of anger, Pawniard snaps.
"PAWNIARD!" Pawniard yells out as she glows in a blue energy and grows taller with the blades becoming sharper evolving into Bisharp.
"Bisharp." It growled angerly as her legs glowed to use Low Sweep on everyone before jumping back, the Mightyena attempts to strike with Thunder Fang, but Bisharp protects itself with Protect and uses her newly learned Brick Break to finish things. The hunters looked afraid.
Meanwhile, Glimmlet with Geeta's hand around Glimmlet's body is trying to use all of his strength to pull Geeta up but to no avail.
"You've done your best, just let go." Geeta says calmly but Glimmlet shook his head as Geeta softly smiles, "You're truly one extraordinary Pokemon." Geeta says as Glimmlet's body gives out and both begin to fall as Geeta hugged him tightly. As she was about to land on the ground, an Arcanine managed to catch her with their mouth and brought them up back to the cliff as Geeta opened her eyes to see a differently colored Arcanine and a man on the Arcanine.
"What the- Master Herschel! You saved me and your Arcanine looks different compared to a regular one." Geeta says as Ribes nods.
"It's a long story, I apologize for leaving you to do the adult's work, you, Glimmlet and Bisharp but allow me to take over the work." Ribes says as Bisharp hopped out of the way and Ribes gets down from his H Arcanine.
"We won't go down without a fight, use Dark Pulse!" the burly hunter says as Mightyena launches dark energy.
"Sludge Bomb!" the lanky hunter says as his Victreebell launches a bomb of sludge.
"Bug Buzz!" the tall hunter says as Yanmega launches green vibration waves towards H Arcanine who stays calm.
"Use Raging Fury!" Ribes says as H Arcanine covers herself in flames and launches itself towards the Pokemon ignoring the moves and knocking them out as H Arcanine's flames go away and the hunters panic returning their Pokemon.
"Uhh, we got to take a rain check." the tall hunter says but Ribes gives a calm smile before calling out his next attack.
"Surround them with Fire Spin, please." Ribes says as H Arcanine jumps in the air and launches a swirl of fire that surrounds the hunters as they give up and went on their knees.
A little while later near the town of Mossui, we see Kitakami's Officer Jenny (who wears a ponytail in the region) and her Midnight Lycanroc putting the criminals into the back of the police truck before sending them off to jail. We also see Geeta and Bisharp at a bench with Ribes tending to their injuries.
"I'm glad both of you are alright. When I heard there were Pokemon Hunters in the mountain, I realized I sent you up there. I'm so sorry for my actions." Ribes says bowing as Geeta shakes her head.
"No, your fine Mr. Herschel. I needed time to adjust to the region, so it was a good opportunity to clear my head a bit before school starts." Geeta says as Ribes sighed and softly smiled.
"Very well, first thing tomorrow morning, I promised your parents to help set up your classes and dorm at Momolocoton so I'm going to help set up things up at school and afterwards we can train. Let's head back home, Harumi made some mochi."
"Harumi?"
"My wife, she's due in a month. I bet you were busy eating some of that strawberry mochi haha." Ribes says as Geeta puffed her cheeks and punched Ribes slightly who laughs.
"Was not." Geeta says but as she was walking, she encounters Glimmlet who stood in their way. "Oh hey, Glimmlet, I'm glad you're ok. Those hunters won't bother you anymore and you can live in peace." Geeta says as Glimmlet rested on top of Geeta's head surprising her.
"Glimmlet, what are you doing?" Geeta says as Ribes thinks for a moment.
"It seems after what happened earlier, Glimmlet wants to come with." Ribes says as Geeta's eyes sparkled.
"You want to come with me?" Geeta says as Glimmlet nods before Geeta looks to Bisharp, "What do you say Bisharp?" Geeta asks her starting mon who nods in approval.
"Alright then, welcome aboard." Geeta says as she holds out a Pokeball and Glimmlet touches it, Glimmlet dissipates into red energy and into the ball and shakes, stars appear from the Pokeball signaling Glimmlet's capture.
"Welcome aboard." Geeta says calmly again as she sends out Glimmlet and all 4 walk back home.
Present day.
Upon remembering her times with Glimmora, she nods to herself and keeps going.
Meanwhile, near an open field. We see Nymble stuck within the net struggling to get out and Glimmora in some sort of large gumball machine as TR celebrate with their Pokemon.
"Hazah! In 30 minutes, this machine can get flying to Kanto pronto!" Jessie says as Meowth and James questions the machine's questionable design.
"So why does it look like a gumball machine?" Meowth says as Jessie looks at them with a vein on her head.
"It was the only blueprint they had in that Cascaraffa shop and that's what we're going with, got that!" Jessie says angerly as Meowth and James nod. "Good, let's samba!" Jessie says as the 4 party away while Nymble tries to break free of the restraints.
"Don't bother escaping, little twerp. The net is so elastic and tough that cutting through is practically pointless. Some hero you are." Jessie says as Nymble curls up and starts to tear up right about ready to give up. That's until she sees remembers how she met Hawluchador, she was trying to save the smaller Pokemon from malicious Persians and despite her best efforts, she was defeated but Hawluchador and Spector drove them off.
That act of heroism inspired Nymble that day and vowed to grow stronger, so she followed Hawluchador home and begun to train with him. Two months later, Nymble encountered Ash and his Hawlucha and was inspired by their heroism and courage to learn from them allowing her to learn Pounce and joining Ash's team. Remembering her influences, she swiped away her tears and proceeded to use Agility to run forward but was sent back and due to the elasticity, she was bouncing back and forth unable to get anywhere but looked to the Glimmora who were stuck and Geeta's Glimmora (who was a bit darker shade than the others) looked defeated.
Nymble was determined not to give up and used Agility again but this time using the elasticity to her advantage and was sent back but used Agility to keep herself going which caught the attention of TR.
"What do you think Nymble's up to?" James says as Jessie shrugs.
"Probably having fun on our elasticity nets, they're so bouncy, they'll ware her out in no time." Jessie says as Nymble kept going hoping they would break with enough force until eventually, her legs glowed with green energy and after one last push back, she was sent forward and used her new move to break through the nets surprising TR.
"What was that move!?" Jessie says surprised as James grabs Rotom phone who scans it.
"That was Trailblaze, no fire involved mate." Rotom phone said with an Australian accent.
"Obviously!" James, Jessie and Meowth said as Nymble turns to TR who's about ready to capture Nymble with their nets.
"Stay still, you!" James says as Nymble dodges the first net, the 2nd and the 3rd before proceeding to hop from the machine, the balloon and a nearby rock to confuse the 3 using Trailblaze confusing them as they think they see multiple Nymble but in actuality, it was Nymble going really fast.
"What in the- is Nymble there or over there?" Meowth says.
"I'm not sure." James says as the 4 fall to the ground and look up in the sky to see a Pokemon soaring around them in a slow circle. Nymble meanwhile focused her attention on the Glimmora and Geeta's Glimmora is looking at Nymble with inspiration as he ushers the other Glimmora to fight and break out of the glass. Nymble's legs glowed and she prepared to use Double Kick.
"Oh, hey look, a Staraptor." Jessie says as their eyes close before opening them wide open in shock.
"A Staraptor!" TR say in shock as they get up to see Ash and the gang running towards them angrily causing James and Jessie to grab their Pokeballs.
"The twerps!" TR say as they send out their Pokemon who were prepared to fight.
"Team Rocket! Let the Glimmora go now!" Ash yelled out as TR smirked.
"You won't get through us that easily, Disarming Voice!" Jessie says as Lechonk launched a pink vibration wave towards the group.
"Poison Jab Grafaiai, Vice Grip Klawf!" James says as Grafaiai nods and his hand glows rushing towards the group while Klawf grabs onto James. "Not me, them!" James says as Klawf puts down his trainer and rushes towards the gang.
"Your right, you'll have to get through us. Crocalor use Flamthrower against Disarming Voice!" Nemona says as Crocalor launches his Flamethrower breaking the Disarming Voice as Arven and Penny followed suit.
"Morada, Brick Break against Grafaiai!" Arven says throwing his Pokeball and sending out Morada who rushes towards Grafaiai and sent him flying.
"Sprigatito, Greavard, Leafage and Shadow Ball towards Klawf!" Penny says as Sprigatito hops out of Penny's jacket and launches several leaves towards Klawf while Greavard launches Shadow Ball towards the legs sending Klawf down.
"We'll handle TR, you help Nymble and free the Glimmora." Nemona says as Ash and Geeta nod.
"Thanks, we owe you one." Geeta says as both trainer's rush to the machine and Staraptor flies down to Ash as Ash returns him. He notices Nymble tirelessly kicking the glass to no avail along with the Glimmora but Nymble appears not to be giving up.
"Nymble!" Ash yells out getting Nymble's attention as she happily jumps down to Ash's arms. "I'm glad you're alright." Ash says as Nymble nuzzles Ash, Cyclizar and Pikachu happily before they all focus on the machine in question.
"Looks like the glass seems hard to break open through normal methods. Maybe a powerful critical hit could help loosen the glass's strength a bit." Geeta suggested as Ash nods and looks to his Pokemon before Geeta grabs her Pokeball.
"And I know of a Pokemon who's move has a guaranteed, concentrated, powerful attack. Meowscarada, come on out and use Flower Trick!" Geeta says throwing her Pokeball in the air releasing Meowscarada, Meowscarada snaps her fingers causing a bulb to appear and launch down attack the machine dealing enough damage to show a noticable crack. Nymble notices this and thinks of an idea.
"Nym, Nym!" Nymble says getting Ash's attention as Nymble points to herself and all the other Pokemon and although Ash can't tell what's going on, Geeta might have a glue as to what's going on.
"I think what Nymble is trying to say is that we should all attack at once to have a better chance at breaking the glass, is that right?" Geeta asks as Nymble nods and Ash nods in approval.
"You're always impressing me. Alright then, Pikachu use Iron Tail! Cyclizar use Wild Charge and Nymble use Pounce!" Ash says as Geeta follows suit.
"Meowscarada, use Flower Trick." Geeta says as Meowscarada nods and creates another flower bomb, all the Pokemon rush towards the machine and unleash their attacks the same time causing the glass to break apart slowly before breaking entirely letting the Glimmora free.
"Glimmora!" Geeta says happily as Glimmora goes to her and Geeta hugs him tightly. TR were pushed back by Ash's friends as the Pokemon were knocked out causing Jessie and James to return their Pokemon except for Grafaiai who was able to stay back up and they all look on shocked as their machine was broken.
"What! No way!" Jessie says disappointingly as Meowth looked to have hearts in his eyes towards the Meowscarada, he walks over there holding a flower for Meowscarada.
"Your mighty cute, Meowscarada! Please go out with me!" Meowth says but Meowscarada looked the other direction not noticing Meowth was there and causing Meowth to disappointly walk back towards TR.
"Really, in the middle of our defeat." Jessie says.
"I get distracted by cute Pokemon!"
"You'll find love next time." James says patting Meowth's back as the gang and the 50 Glimmora (not including Geeta's) looked at TR angrily.
"Pikachu use-" Ash was interrupted however by Geeta who walks forward.
"Let me handle this one, I want to uphold my promise of paying you back." Geeta says as she looks at TR coldly causing TR to shiver.
"I won't let you, use Metronome!" James says to Grafaiai who waggles their glowing finger to create... Present which it launches at Glimmora healing it causing Grafaiai's mouth to go agape and comedically curls up.
"You'll get it one day." James says encouragingly as Geeta grabs her Tera orb and throws it at Glimmora whose Tera hat resembles a Parthenon signaling it's a Rock Tera.
"Glimmora, Tera Blast let's go as Geeta's Glimmora launches a rocky blast of energy towards TR and the other Glimmora launch Power Gem towards TR as TR panics and are sent flying in the air defeated.
"So, it looks like you might not get refund after all for this plan." Meowth says as Jessie looks angry and starts to chase Meowth around as James sighs before they all disappear with a twinkle in the sky.
We see the gang and Geeta near a Squawkabilly taxi appearing exhausted but energized.
"I have to admit, your Nymble has certainly made an impression on me through her heroics." Geeta says as Nymble tiressly blushes and looks happy before napping on top of Ash's head.
"Thank you." Ash says as Geeta nods.
"Sorry we had to cut our battle short, duty calls when you're the chairman. I'm sure my Kingambit would've really loved the fight." Geeta says as Ash shakes his head.
"It's alright, I have a while to train my Paldea team. I promise you the next time you'll see me, I'll have faced an Elite Four member, and we can have a rematch." Ash says as Geeta nods and smiles.
"Then work hard towards your goal and I can't wait to see the end result. Say, you guys are heading back towards Mesagoza right? Want to ride along with me to make things faster?" Geeta asks as Ash looks to the gang and they nod.
"Alright, come along then." Geeta says as the gang head along to the Squawkabilly taxi, but Nemona looks out towards Cascaraffa nervously but nods to herself and her face shifts from saddened to determined and looks to her Pawmo who has the same expression and walks into the taxi.
I promise you Kofu, the next time you'll see me, I won't be that same person as I was before but someone who has learned from her mistakes and grown stronger. See you soon Cascaraffa. Nemona thought to herself as the taxi flies away.
END
And with that another chapter done and the Cascaraffa arc is finished as we move on to the east. The next couple of chapters will be the gang resting and preparing their next adventure and even the next Titan battle with Ash and Arven soon. For the next chapter, we'll focus on Ash and the gang celebrating a festival that celebrates the history of bonds between people and Pokemon but a mysterious Pokemon seems to be taking everyone's lockets, but it seems they have a connection to Nemona and her family's history as she seeks to find out the Pokemon's reasoning for taking the lockets.
Also, the random Hindi sayings throughout the story, I'm not sure why but I headcanon Geeta of being of Indian descent (the Pokemon equivalent) and being raised around her family culture, she's picked up on a few sayings. I also wanted to develop Geeta's character some more like last time, so she doesn't appear as bland as her game counterpart.
Nymble's current movepool: Trailblaze, Pounce, Assurance, Double Kick
Character bio:
Geeta Chakrabarti ('Geeta' from the Sagittaria flower and 'Chakrabarti', meaning Emperor in Bengali but also means 'wheels rolling' which in turn could also refer to 'a ruler whose chariot could roll anywhere without any obstructions')
Age: 27 (birthday: March 13th)
Home: Stow-on-Side, Galar
Description: Born to average, good parents in Galar. She has some history with the former sensei and former chairman Ribes Herschel who helped her catch her first Pokemon when she was 8 and that being Pawniard but I'll keep some of their history a secret for now. She decided to become a history teacher in her native Galar influenced by her sensei but after the Starry Skies incident, Ribes chose her to take his place due to her strength and intelligence as he saw Geeta's potential in leading a region and their people. Though stressful, she wants to do her best to make those around her happy even if she can be a bit clumsy at times.
Despite her intelligence being second to none, she can be a bit clumsy and get lost most of the time but make no mistake, mess with her students and prepare to be defeated. She has connections with the main gang aside from Ash as Geeta in her teenage years watched Penny as her babysitter and became a good family friend due to Penny's mother working at the Cortondo gym, she knows Arven's parents when she was curious about the Tera phenomenon two years after Arven was born. And she knows Nemona's father due to him sponsoring several championships within her time as chairman and was influenced by Nemona's late mother when it came to being a Champion trainer.
She once had a Raichu on her team but let him go so he could be with another Raichu he fell for and both had an emotional goodbye and while she rarely ever expresses it, she does tear up whenever Raichu is mentioned. When she saw the bond between Ash and Pikachu, she was happy to see the bond between Ash and Pikachu and how strong they can be together reminding her of her bond with Raichu.
Pokemon thus far:
*Kingambit (Female, Tera type: Ghost, Ability: Supreme Overlord): The ace of Geeta's team and her first Pokemon, she's a relatively calm Pokemon who helps out younger Pokemon. She's also rather sly often tricking some folks with her expressions but she's well-meaning.
Moves: Metal Sound, Kowtow Cleave, Iron Head, Shadow Claw
*Glimmora (Male, TT: Rock, Ability: Toxic Debris): Geeta's first Pokemon she caught by herself, he's shy but is willing to be brave for the sake of his trainer and despite the lack of facial expressions, he gets along well with others.
Moves: Venoshock, Tera Blast, Mortal Spin, Power Gem.
*Baxcalibur (Male, TT: Dragon, Ability: Thermal Exchange): A Pokemon who's noted to be a powerhouse on Geeta's team. Though we don't know much right now, he's actually pretty kind and not one to be scary.
Moves (so far): Dragon Breath
*Meowscarada (Female, TT: Dark, Ability: Overgrow): A Starter Pokemon she received from Ribes when she started Momolocoton having recieved them from a good friend from Paldea, she's a very mischevious Pokemon who uses that to her advantage in battle.
Known moves: Flower Trick.
Until next time, Hasta la Vistar!