SZ:Hello all. Today, we are here to bring ya something a bit different. GT? Care to explain?
GT: It'll be not based off an episode, but it will involve some character development for a certain member of the traveling group.
SZ: Eeyup. Should be pretty good, so...no disclaimers since you guys know who we own and don't own. Let us begin. GT? Care to do the honors?
GT: Yep. *to offscreen* Nebby! Sunsteel Strike!
SZ: 0-o…*runs off into the bunker*
Nebby: *offscreen* La-leeeooo! *shoot into the curtains engulfed in flames, creating an explosion*
Entry 011: Kajun reporting once more. While taking a small break by the river to do some training with our Pokemon, Ashton, Noel, and Misty began to fish for Water Types. Things seem to be going well...until a group of Squirtle decided to pull a few pranks on a majority of the group, two of which playing on Noel and Tsubaki's fears. I wonder where they got the Pancham fur, though…*clears throat* Anyway, aside from the Squirtle, we also ended up meeting a gang of female Buizel as well that had the two leaders start fighting one another until they left when Officer Jenny approached. ...This sort of phenomenon of having so many women resemble one another is...is...Gah! Ahem...apologies.
Now then...we find out from Jenny that the two groups were Pokemon that were abandoned by their former trainers...I'm detecting a pattern here with some of the Pokemon we've recently encountered, I.E most of the Pokemon at the Sanctuary Bulbasaur and Cherry once resided, and Charmander when he was left by his former Trainer...ahem. I'm getting off track here. My goodness. It seems that ever since we've come here, I've gone off track more often than not. Now then, apparently, while we were learning of the history of the two gangs, Team Rocket ended up tricking the two gangs into siding with them and believe that WE were the real thieves and not them...next time I see those three...I am going to severely hurt them. They are TRULY testing my patience at this point. Ahem...now then, as we were leaving town, we were ambushed by the two groups and got captured with Pikachu being poisoned by a wild Quilfish and Terra getting frozen by an Ice Beam.
Once we were relocated to a cavern and the Pokemon we had out were in cages aside from Pikachu and Terra due to their ailments, Meowth and the two groups were overlooking us so we don't try anything 'suspicious'. We even tried to tell both the Squirtle Squad and Buizel Band about who Team Rocket truly is, but Meowth kept turning it around, even going as far to say we even go after hatchlings. Why the nerve of that felonious feline! I am truly going to….ahem! I'm getting off track once more. Seeing how bad both Pikachu and Terra's conditions were, Ashton and Mai beg the two Pokemon groups to release them so they can go to the nearest town to get Full Restores, to which they comply with two conditions. One: The leader of the Buizel Band goes with them to keep a closer eye on them. And two: If they didn't come back by sundown, Misty's hair would be dyed purple while Makoto's tail would be cut off. The three went off after agreements were made.
After attempting to cross an old bridge and ending up in a river filled with Carvanah, they finally ended up finding a nearby town with a pharmacy...of course, from what Mai told me, they ended up meeting Ashton's rival, Gary Oak. I must admit that Ash's description did little to tell Mai of how Gary Oak is in real life based on how she fumed for a bit after telling us about their run in with him. It makes me wonder just how he actually does act in person…*clears throat* Moving on from that until a later time. They entered the pharmacy only to learn that Jessie and James had already been there to steal bombs in order to scare off both the Squirtle Squad and Buizel Band. Officer Jenny arrived and, once the situation was explained to her, escorted Ashton, Mai, and the leader of the Buizel Band. However, due to the bridge being destroyed, Ashton and the Buizel Band leader had to take one path while Mai had to traverse...through a sleeping den on Ursaring. Mai...you are a truly brave individual for traversing through a VERY dangerous area.
Back with the rest of us, Pikachu and Terra appeared to be getting worse in their conditions. From what I could see, Terra's condition reminded me of videos made of Jin Kisaragi utilizing the Yukianesa but at a slower pacing than the near-instantaneous effect of the Nox Nyctores he utilized. To imagine that there could exist creatures that could replicate the effects of something like that...A-anyways, by the time Ashton, Mai, and the leader of the Buizel Band returned, Team Rocket already had their plan set into motion, using the bombs they stole to destroy the area in an attempt to scare off the Squirtles and Buizels. They used their Ariados to grab the cages, Pikachu, Terra, and their Meowth that had been frozen by the Buizel Band leader. During the chaos caused by the bombs, the leader of the Squirtle Squad ended up on his back, unable to get up while the leader of the Buizels (who was in hot pursuit of Team Rocket) ended up getting injured by Ariados' Electro Web.
Team Rocket threw a few more bombs and Ashton and Mai protected the two leaders from the explosions. When Team Rocket sent down more bombs, neither Ashton nor Mai could move due to injuries. However, moved by their efforts to protect them, the two bosses of the gangs managed to pick them up and avoid the bombs to get to us and made our way up to higher ground. Utilizing Hikari and Butterfree, we disabled their balloon long enough to let the two gangs extract a little payback for tricking them on Team Rocket while Makoto caught the cage with our Pokemon in it. However, the bombs also caused a forest fire while we were distracted by Team Rocket.
Just as Officer Jenny arrived in the area, Ashton had a rather good idea, asking for the Squirtles and Buizels' help in putting out the forest fire. Once the fire was put out, we were taken to the nearby town. It really amazes me with the medical technology used with Pokemon techniques this world has. The doctor at the town's medical clinic had a Pokemon assistant of his use Recover along with a medicinal cream and Mai's sprained ankle was completely healed. Imagine the expansion of the medical field if we were to take a Pokemon with healing abilities with us…*clears throat*Sorry. Sorry. Due to their efforts, the two gangs became the town's resident firefighters. Why they didn't have one before I will never understand nor wish to try. As we left town, the two gangs stopped us while the leaders made their intentions clear in that they wanted Ashton and Mai to be their Trainers. They of course accepted their offer, and Ashton not only had a Squirtle, but a full team now while Mai had a new Pokemon, to which she named Aqua.
I do wonder what will happen to us today?
"Zzz…" Ash snored a bit as he laid in his sleeping bag, mumbling a bit in his sleep as he tossed and turn, "Mmm...gonna..beat you...Gary…"
"Squirt~!"
*SPLOOSH!*
"BWAAAH!" Ash screamed as he suddenly shot up, his entire face wet as he looked around, "What?! What's going on?! Is Team Rocket attacking again?!"
"Thank you, Squirtle. Your Water Gun was completely accurate on the intended target," Kajun thanked, holding a red and white notebook with the symbol on Ash's hat drawn on the cover.
"Squirtle," Squirtle beamed, puffing his chest up.
"...D'oh…" Ash slumped, "Why'd you wake me up, Kajun? I was having a really great dream..."
"I had Squirtle wake you up for one thing only; Training for your Gym Match at Vermillion City," Kajun explained, "Brock is almost finished with breakfast, so once everyone eats, we'll start going over strategies that Surge has used based upon videos I requested Brock and Misty to collect during our last stay at a Pokemon Center."
"Hmm?" Ash blinked a bit at that, "Really?
"Yes. From what I saw, the Gym Leader there uses fully evolved electric Pokemon, his most used one being Raichu," Kajun explained further, "I won't say what the other Pokemon he uses are, but we'll have to cover each base, especially considering half your team is weak to Electric attacks, and none of them know a Ground Type move."
"Why not the other ones?"
"Because ninety-five percent of the time, he will only use his Raichu," Kajun replied.
"Breakfast is ready!" Brock called.
"Coming!" Kajun answered back before looking at Ash, "After we're done eating, you'll need to decide which Pokemon you'll use in your match so we can set a strategy."
"Right," Ash nodded before his stomach growled loudly.
"So, uh, what were you making, Noel?" Misty asked, looking over at the Poison Types of the group's Pokemon and Mai eating censored food.
"Oh! I-I was making my own twist on pancakes," Noel replied, "You know how there's so many different flavors? Well I decided to combine them all into one, and added some butter and syrup into it so there's less of a mess."
'That explains what happened to the pancake mix,' Brock thought as Terra slowly approached Mai's plate.
"What's up, Terra?" Mai asked, noticing the pangolin-like Pokemon.
"Sand?" Terra pointed at the 'pancakes.'
"You want to try it?" Mai offered a forkful.
"Shrew," Terra nodded before eating it, "?!"
"Is it good?" Mai asked.
"S-s-s-saaaaa…" Terra stumbled back before he turned and a barrage of purple, glowing needles shot out of his mouth at a rock, "SHREW!"
"Hey, that's Poison Sting," Misty observed before yelping as the rock hissed and started bubbling where the needles had managed to pierce it.
"M...Makoto…" Tsubaki whispered.
"Y-Yeah?"
"H-Have you recently had Needles use Poison Sting?" Tsubaki asked.
"Uh, well, not really. We've mainly practiced the Wrecking Bug," Makoto replied, "Why?"
"J-just checking is all."
"A new move! That's great, Terra!" Mai beamed as Terra ran to the river they were beside and dunked his head into it.
"Shrew…" Terra gave a gurgled groan in response.
Squirtle and Aqua looked at Terra before slowly at the three plates of 'pancakes' that were being scared down by Zubat, Needles, and Mai. The two shared looked before backing away slowly from the trio and behind Onix as he chewed on a uncovered rock from the ground.
"Iwa…?" Onix began before the two Water Types sushed him, Squirtle more frantic than Aqua.
"Um...Noel?" Misty spoke up, "I...know this is a shot in the dark but...do you TASTE your food before you make it?"
"Oh...well no," Noel shook her head, "I make it my own personal rule to never taste it."
'That explains so much...yet makes even more questions,' Misty, Ash, and Brock thought.
"So aside from Hikari and I assisting Ash in training for Vermilion City's Gym, what is on today's agenda with everyone?" Kajun asked.
"Well, I was thinking of going out to look for a new Pokemon," Tsubaki admitted, 'And check for any sign of Team Rocket…'
"I'm probably gonna just chill with Berry and Cherry," Makoto shrugged.
"Pachipa?" Berry pointed at Needles, who was sucking her 'pancakes' through a large straw through her shell where the 'mouth' seemed to be.
"Oh yeah...Maybe we can get Needles to evolve today, too," Makoto grinned, "Good thinking, Berry."
"Chipa!" Berry beamed a bit.
"I'd actually like to do a quick check up on everyone's Pokemon," Brock spoke, "See how they're all doing."
"Me and Misty are gonna find out how Aqua manages to use both Ice Punch and Aqua Jet at the same time," Mai went next.
"I...um...well..." Noel pondered for a bit, "...I'm not sure what to do honestly. M-maybe I'll do something with Yuki."
"Vul!" the Alola Vulpix beamed.
"Guess Yuki's excited for that," Makoto noted.
"Y-yeah," Noel nodded, gently rubbing the ice kit's head.
"Vul~" Yuki purred before a rubber glove covering a robotic extendable arm grabbed Pikachu while another one grabbed Berry.
"Aw come on! We're in the middle of breakfast!" Makoto groaned.
"Listen, is that a twerpish voice I hear?"
"It's speaking to me loud and clear!"
"To protect the world from Devastation!"
"Too early for the motto as well," Kajun's eye twitched.
"To unite all peoples within our nation."
"One day. Just one day! Is that all too much to ask?!" Tsubaki exclaimed into the air.
"To denounce our evils of truth and love."
"To descend our reach to the stars above…"
"J-"
"We know. Jessie, James. Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of blah blah blah, Meowth that's right," Makoto deadpanned.
"HEY! I didn't get ta do my part!" Meowth snapped at the controls of the robotic arms in their balloon.
"What's the point? Your motto is pretty much a running gag at this point, and it's pretty much overstayed its welcome," Makoto countered.
"Hey! We worked hard on making that motto!" James argued.
"And you never considered once that it sounds more like a good guy motto than a bad one?" Makoto countered once more.
"It is NOT a Good guy motto!"
"Oh really? 'To protect the World from Devastation.' How does that sound evil to you?"
"Why you…" Jessie growled.
"Aw who cares?! We got Pikachu and da Pachirisu!" Meowth snapped.
"Koffing, Smog!" James ordered.
"Ko…"
"Cherry, use Acrobatics," Makoto ordered
"Electroweb!" Jessie countered as she sent out Ariados.
"Emol…" Cherry began before she was caught in Ariados' electric web, "Ga?!"
"Ah! Cherry!" Makoto exclaimed before the smog attack reached them.
"Ta ta~" Team Rocket's voices spoke mockingly within the smog.
"Pi-cough!-Pidgeotto! Use-hack!-Gust!" Ash called.
"Pidgeo~!" Pidgeotto cried out as she began to beat her wings fast, clearing away the smog as fast as she could.
"D-don't worry, Yuki. Everything is going to be fine," Noel assured as she tried to look for something to hold onto within the smoke before she bumped into something and grabbed onto it, "Oh! M-maybe this w-"
"Kuna…"
"Eh?" Noel blinked for a moment before she and Yuki were suddenly pulled away, "Kya!"
"Vul?!" Yuki yelped.
"N-now now...maybe we…" Noel began as she looked down...only to pale as she realized that she and Yuki were on top of Needles, the Kakuna's String Shot stretched out as it held onto something, "..."
"Kaku," Needles stated monotonously.
"...mmm…." Noel let out a rising whimper as her eyes became a blank white, the shy blonde feeling like screaming her lungs out, 'Help me…'
"Great job, Pidgeotto!" Ash congratulated as Pidgeotto landed once the smog finished clearing.
"Ugh...seriously, those g-hack!-Guys are getting more annoying each time we run into-ack! Them…" Makoto muttered.
"What's more is that they managed to get away with Pikachu and Berry," Tsubaki frowned as her Starter frowned at her side while looking around the sky.
"They couldn't have gotten far…" Kajun spoke up, "We just need to u-"
"Um, guys?" Mai spoke up, catching the others' attention, "Where's Noel?"
"Noel?" Makoto looked around, "Hey...Where's Needles, too? She's not using String Shot for a hide and seek prank, is she? Jerk move at the moment, Needles."
"...You don't think…" Misty began in realization.
"That Team Rocket inadvertently took Noel and Needles with them, the latter using String Shot to grab onto their baskets?" Brock finished.
"...eh heh. I'm sorry. It sounds like you two are implying that Team Rocket 'kidnapped' Noel and Needles," Makoto gave a slight...unnerving...chuckle as her eye began to twitch.
"Rio," Luka spoke up.
"Did you find something?" Tsubaki asked as Luka pointed at a faint set of footprints and some strands of webbing, "Mai, please come over here to help me confirm a theory."
"Huh?" Mai blinked twice as she walked over, "What do you ne…" Tsubaki put the string on Mai's tongue, making her tense and spit it out, "Uck. Warn a girl next time…"
"Was it Needles?" Tsubaki asked.
"Well…" Mai frowned in thought for a moment, "Yeah. It is. She got startled and fired String Shot by accident in..." she pointed at a direction in the air, "That direction."
"...Isn't that where Team Rocket was flying off before the smoke…" Ash began.
"Yes, yes it was," Mai replied.
"...so...Team Rocket did 'kidnap' Noellie and Needles…" Makoto whispered, her eye now twitching violently as her tail began to sway in an angry manner.
"Emol?" Cherry held onto the tail tighter.
"Did Makoto teach Cherry to make her tail move around?" Misty quietly asked Kajun, the way Cherry was holding on looking like Cherry was flying and making the tail move.
"You could say that yes," Kajun replied as she noticed Makoto's fist starting to ball up.
"...Dibs."
"Dibs?" Brock repeated.
"Dibs on sending those three no good stalkers blasting off when we find them!" Makoto snapped as she ran off, leaving a trail of dust behind, "YOU HEAR ME, TEAM ROCKET! YOUR BUTTS ARE MINE!"
"EMOLGA~!" Cherry cried out, holding onto Makoto's tail like her life depended on it lest she be sent flying off without her choice in the matter.
"...What just happened?" Misty asked after a moment.
"Well, it's subtle, but out of the four of us, Noel's always been closest to Makoto, even if Makoto doesn't really notice it herself," Kajun noted, "To do a simple comparison for what Team Rocket has done…" she tapped her cheek, "It's akin to a Kangaskhan witnessing another Pokemon bullying her child to the point that there are bruises forming."
'A what?' Mai and Tsubaki pondered as Brock and Misty cringed.
"Well, they're in trouble," Brock stated.
"Huh?"
"Ashton, look it up on Dexter. I believe Mai and Tsubaki will enjoy learning it as well," Kajun replied.
The clink of three metal cans went off. The trio of thieves were currently outside their balloon, weighed down by some ropes made from wounded strands of Ariados' webbing. The trio's Pokemon were all out with Ariados and a Pokemon that was shaped like a yellow bell with large eyes, the mouth being the rim of the 'bell,' and leaves poking out of the underside with a brown vine poking out of the top standing guard by a cage holding Pikachu and Berry, the two trying to shock the thieves only of the bars to soak up the electricity and into a battery that was being used to power the portable mini-stove the trio were currently waiting the meat and vegetables on a pan to cook.
"Ah, it sure is nice dat a plan's finally woiked," Meowth grinned, taking a swig of his canned drink.
"It's not over yet. We still need to take Pikachu and that Pachirisu to one of the standard drop off points in the area," James noted as he patted Koffing's 'head,' "But that can wait until the beef's done cooking."
"That's right! It's a time to celebrate! We finally caught them!" Jessie squealed in delight, scratching the back of Ekans' head.
As the trio celebrated, Noel peeked a little out of the bush she was hiding in nearby, Yuki in her arms and Needles hanging from the tree behind the bush, the shade and natural color of the tree's bark hiding the cocoon in plain sight. She gulped as quietly as she could.
'They have another Pokemon with them now,' Noel thought as she looked at the new member of their team, 'What is that Pokemon? Is it just a Grass Type or also something else like Ash's Bulbasaur being part Poison?' she held Yuki a little closer, 'Oh...What should I do? I don't even know where we are.' she did another quiet gulp, 'C-Calm down, Noel...Remember training. 'If you're in enemy territory and they're unaware you are while allies are nearby, try to wait until they fall asleep if you're unable to sneak away.' But…' she looked over at Pikachu and Berry, 'They have Pikachu and Berry and even using them to power their stove for food…!' her eyes widened, 'C...Could it work?' she looked at the cooking food, and whispered, "It looks like they're making a stir fry. Looks pretty basic, but maybe a bit of something else could make it better?" she looked around before Yuki quietly made a yip and managed to point her head at some mushrooms near them, "Oh. Those looks like they'd be good for a stir fry. But how can I..." before she could finish pondering, a thin strand of silk grabbed one of the mushrooms and pulled it into the bush, unnoticed by any of the members of Team Rocket nor the two electric rodents in the cage, "?"
"Kaku."
"..." Noel gave a small quiet, yet nervous gulp, the shy blonde having a good idea that Needles was in there, evident when more of the mushrooms were taken by the same thin strand of silk and sent to her, '...C-calm down, Noel...y-you just need to focus on the matter at hand…' she looked around from small openings in her hiding spot, "Um...Oh. I need a knife to cut these. Um...maybe a few berries for some sweetness to compliment the bitterness of the mushrooms?"
"Kaku," the toneless voice of Needle's responded before a knife near James' foot was grabbed and brought to Noel before the blond felt something brush by her quickly before brushing by her a few minutes later, a sack of berries made from threads of silk now in her lap.
"...Th-thank you, Needles…" Noel whispered as she looked through the 'sack', 'Oh...there's some Tomato berries in here, along with a few Nanab berries, Pinap berries, Wepear berries, and Kelpsy berries...I need to thank Brock for giving me that book on different types of berries.' "Now I just need…"
"Kaku."
Noel blinked and a bowl that had been near Jessie was in her free hand, "...a bowl." 'I think Needle is more excited for me cooking than Mai would be in this situation…'
"Is da beef done yet?" Meowth asked.
"Almost," James answered, "You need to sear the beef just right, otherwise it'll come out wrong and ruin the stir fry entirely."
'Well, I can see who the cook of the three is,' Noel thought, 'Oh, I hope the others are doing okay…'
"Did you find the balloon, Butterfree?" Ash asked as his butterfly-like Pokemon flew down to the group.
"Free…" Butterfree sadly shook his head.
"So we can rule out them turning course to the east," Kajun scribbled in a white notebook with a red 'R' on the cover, "So Pidgeotto will most likely have good news. Excellent, Buterfree. Thank you for helping us try to find them."
"Free," Butterfree nodded a bit.
"Did you happen to see Makoto in the direction you went?" Tsubaki asked.
"Ree…" Butterfree managed to give her a deadpan look as his antennae pointed at a large rock poking out from the trees nearby sudden go up a few more inches for a moment before making a loud 'thump' on being dropped back down.
"...Okay. Seriously, does she have a little Machamp in her blood or something?" Misty asked.
'A little squirrel, actually,' Kajun thought, "Or something."
"Think you can tell her and Cherry that we think they're in the direction Pidgeotto's checking?" Ash asked.
Butterfree gave a nod before flying off to where the large rock had been picked up.
"Meow...Is the beef ready yet?!" Meowth asked.
"A few more seconds and it will be," James answered, "We just need to get the dishes ready a….huh?"
"What's wrong?" Meowth asked.
"...Jessie, did you misplace the silverware again?"
"What?" Jessie blinked twice.
"Did you or did you not misplace the silverware?!" James snapped before he noticed something else, "And the bowl is missing too!"
"...Hold on! Are you insisting that this is my fault?!" Jessie argued as she shot up.
"Well if the boot fits!"
"HOW DARE YOU! IT COULD'VE BEEN THAT NEW POKEMON OF YOURS!"
"YOU LEAVE WEEPINBELL OUT OF THIS!"
"At least she ain't blamin' me-owth…" Meowth rolled his eyes as he took a moment to look over at Pikachu and Berry, "Ya ain't gettin' outta dere, ya two."
As the two humans argued and Meowth was distracted, none of them saw a thin String Shot connect to a tree on the other side of the clearing before a brown blur went by, dropping something into the stir fry before doing it again, dropping the bowl and knife by Ekans, who was taking a nap.
"And another thing, you…!" James began before his, Jessie, and Meowth's stomachs growled, "...Argue later. For now we eat. Luckily, I packed some extra silverware just in case."
"Then let's dig in!" Jessie cheered, none of them aware of the purple fumes coming from the food nor how it had become partially censored.
"Dis is gonna be good!" Meowth beamed before shooting a mocking grin at Pikachu and Berry, "Too bad neither of yous ain't gettin' any~"
"Pik…" Pikachu began to seem to snark when Berry's tail was shoved into his mouth.
"Chipa~" Berry blew a raspberry while pulling her eyelid down.
"...Okay just fer dat, I'm eating a piece right in front of yous," Meowth frowned as he used one of his claws to pick up a piece of beef, unaware of its odd coloring before popping it in his mouth, "Mmm...dat was s-gh?!"
"What's up, Meowth? You caught your tongue?" Jessie asked.
"Probably did," James noted before both took a bite of their own stir fry.
"?!" the trio's eyes widened as they collapsed, gurgling.
The wind picked up a little, blowing the fumes over to the four remaining Pokemon of Team Rocket's. Ekans flicked his tongue out and blinked twice, getting up from his nap.
"(Hey. What's the nice smell?)" Ekans asked.
"(Smell...good…)" Koffing noted as he floated up.
"(It seems yummy…)" Ariados agreed as he looked around.
"(It's coming from there)" Weepinbell spoke up, a vine coming under one of the leaves and pointed at the food.
Ekans slithered over to the censored food before looking at it, blinking once or twice before he took a small taste of it, "?!"
"(You...okay?)" Koffing asked.
"(It...It delicious~!)" Ekans exclaimed.
"?" the other three poison types blinked at that as they approached the food and took a small taste of it, "?!"
"(...GOOD~!)" Koffing beamed.
"(So sweet and bitter...so foul yet delectable...Oh, I'm heaven!)" Weepinbell felt tears well in its eyes.
"(Better than any bugs back in the Viridian Forest!)" Ariados cheered.
"(Humans and a Meowth down...Poison Types loving the stuff…)" Pikachu muttered as he looked.
"(Are you thinking what I'm thinking?)" Berry asked as the two started looking around.
"(Yup...a certain shy yet terrible cook is nearby…)" Pikachu replied quietly.
"(Greetings)," both jumped and looked to see Needles connected to the cage.
"(Needles!)" Berry exclaimed in surprise, "(Does that mean Makoto's near here?)"
"(Unknown. Startled in smog and stuck to balloon's basket. Took Cooking Master with me by mistake.)"
"(Oh...and I take she's nearby?)"
"(Correct, along with the Vulpix Hatchling designated as 'Yuki')"
"(We really need to get you evolved)," Berry deadpanned, "(Now how are we going to get out of here?)"
"(Initiating Poison Sting)"
With that, Needles fired a few shots of its attack at the wires connected to the cage. The spots where the needles had hit began to hiss before the cables dissolved from the acidic poison. Before either could speak, Needles used String Shot and pulled the cage into the bushes with Noel.
"Kaku."
"Th-thank you, Needles…" Noel whispered as she looked at Pikachu and Berry, "Don't worry. You're both safe now."
"Pi-chu!" Pikachu beamed.
"Pa-su!" Berry cheered before both Electric Types covered the other's mouth as Noel peeked through one of the holes in the bush and saw the Poison Types were all distracted by the food still.
"...They'll be busy for a while, so let's hurry back to the others…" Noel whispered to the two, "Y-yuki, stay close."
"Vul…" the kit nodded as they quietly left the area, Needles in tow as Team Rocket's Pokemon continued to chow down on the food while Team Rocket themselves….well...let's just say they might be out for a while.
"See anything, Cherry?!" Makoto asked as she looked under an uprooted tree.
"Emolga," Cherry shook her head, poking her head out of the uprooted tree's top.
"Darn…" Makoto frowned as she put the tree back down, "They have to be somewhere…"
"Grr…" Makoto looked over to see a pair of Ursaring glaring down at her.
"...trust me when I say this, you two do NOT want to mess with me right now," Makoto warned the two.
"Ursa!" the two bear Pokemon roared right in her face.
"...fine. You want to roar in my face…" Makoto began as she took a deep breath.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGH!"
"Ahh! Wh-what was that?!" Noel yelped.
"Um...you guys hear that?" Ash asked.
"We feel that…" Mai cringed.
"Seems someone got between Makoto and finding Noel," Kajun noted, "...It's Prom night all over again."
"Prom night?" Misty repeated.
"We promised to never talk about that!" Tsubaki and Mai quickly barked, their faces lit up in blushes and trying to avoid eye contact with one another.
"...Huh?" Ash blinked.
"Trust me. You don't want to know…" Kajun answered.
"YEAH YOU BETTER RUN!" Makoto snapped at the fleeing Ursaring, who were whimpering and limping away, littered in bruises and welts, "Freakin' bears…" she took a slow calming breath, 'Alrighty, time to resume searching. Come on, Cherry!"
"E-e-e-e-emolga!" Cherry nodded before grabbing Berry and whispering, "(Why did we go with the crazy squirrel girl?!)"
"(Chestnuts)," Berry replied.
"(...Darn you, delicious gifts from Arce…)" Cherry began before she realized who she was talking to, "(...wait. Weren't you…?)"
"(The shy one with Giratina's cooking got us out. I heard the roar and thought to myself 'Oh, that might be something we can use if those three come after us.' So I used Agility to get here though…)" she looked around, "(I think I forgot which direction I came from)"
"(Ahh...shoot...then I suggest holding on,)" Cherry advised.
"(Why? Wh-AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!)" Berry screamed as Makoto shot off as fast as she could, causing both squirrel Pokemon to grab onto Makoto's tail as tight as they could.
"Pika pi-pika…" Pikachu noted as he, Noel, and Yuki looked at the direction Berry had run off in.
"Um...Do you think she's coming back?" Noel asked.
"Pika...Pikachu…" Pikachu slightly shrugged.
"...st-still, I hope she's alr-" Noel began before a Poison Sting nearly hit her, "Ahh!"
"There you..urp! Are Pika….oh~" Noel slowly turned to see Team Rocket behind her, the two humans and Meowth still looking green in the face.
"Should have kn-oh lord…" Jessie groaned as she nearly kept her lunch down, "Known one of the t-oh my stomach…twerps would follow...urp! Us…"
"Dey musta-URP!-musta made da food go-urggggh-go bad…" Meowth groaned.
"Regardless, we...ooh~" James groaned, "Won't rest until...Uggh...until we get back what's rightfully...ours…"
"...What's rightfully yours?" Noel repeated, a frown soon growing on her face, "How dare you… What gives you the right to steal people's Pokemon and claim they're rightfully yours?!"
"Because all rare and powerful Pokemon belong to Team Rocket!" Jessie managed to get out.
"With them...we will conquer the world…" James added.
"Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola…" Meowth listed off.
"All of the Pokemon in the world belong to Team Rocket!" Team Rocket declared in unison….until they all groaned and held their stomachs, resisting the urge to release the contents of their stomachs.
"Pikachu pipika…" Pikachu sweatdropped.
"Da twoipette p-GUH!-poisoned us...you try b-urp-bein' evil when sick…" Meowth grumbled.
"...You're incorrigible…" Noel frowned, "How can one small group be so selfish as to think Pokemon belong to them and only them?"
"Heh...you think...it's just-hoo boy…" Meowth groaned, nearly tossing his cookies, "It's just us, you shy twoipette?"
"We're part..of an...orginiza….oh I can't hold it any longer!" James screamed as he ran into a nearby bush.
Jessie and Meowth followed almost immediately after him. Pikachu tugged at Noel's sock before pointing in the opposite direction with his tail.
"Eh? What...oh! R-right," Noel nodded as she and Pikachu ran off, the shy blond holding Yuki tightly in her arms as Needles followed them via String shot.
"A...Ariados, Ekans..don't-urp! Let them get away…" Jessie groaned.
"Koffing, Weepinbell...ugoogh...stop...them…" James moaned.
The four called Pokemon gave out cries of understanding before chasing after the shy girl.
"Noel! Berry! Needles! Where are you girls?!" Makoto shouted as she landed near the river before spotting something poking over a nearby tree, "Hm? Wait a second…" she ran over and her eyes widened, "That's Team Rocket's balloon!"
"(Is it over…?)" Berry groaned, her fur and dress a complete mess from how fast Makoto went.
"(Make the world stop spinning...I wanna get off…)" Cherry moaned as she fell out of Makoto's tail, her sunglasses askew on her face.
"Sorry, Cherry. I'll make it up to ya later with a chestnut parfait once we get to town," Makoto said as she hurried over to the campsite...before skidding to a halt and covering her nose, "Ugh...Smells like Noel's co…" she looked at the burned out campfire with censored food in what must have once been a stir fry with three plates of it, "...They ate Noellie's cooking...Now I'm starting to feel a bit bad about wanting to beat them up to an inch of their lives."
"Chi~" Berry groaned, covering her nose with her tail to block the smell.
"...I'll make it up to both you and Cherry, Berry, once w-" Makoto began before blinking, "...Berry?!"
"(About time she noticed…)" Cherry mumbled as Makoto scooped Berry out of her tail and hugged her.
"Oh! I am so glad you're safe!" Makoto beamed, "But...where are Noel, Needles, and Pikachu?"
"Chipa, pachiri…" Berry stated, pointing her tail to the cage that held her and Pikachu before pointing to the poisoned stir fry.
"...Ooh. So she must've let you two out after secretly cooking Team Rocket's meal," Makoto noted, "But...where did they go?"
"...Pachi..." Berry slumped.
"Lost them when you found me, huh?" Makoto frowned, "Should've paid better attention on my end. Sorry about that, Berry. Cherry, you up for a little flying?"
"Emol," Cherry saluted.
"So what do you think Makoto will do to Team Rocket when she finds them before us?" Misty asked.
"Most likely? Make them regret the day they ever became bad guys before punting them across the entire planet, or uppercutting them into a moon-sized meteor while leaving an imprint of her fist on it before it shatters," Kajun guessed.
"...Is it wrong that I feel more sorry for the moon-sized meteor than Team Rocket?" Mai sweatdropped.
"That's what you're asking?" Brock asked before a snapping noise went off.
"What was that?" Ash asked before the ground below them gave way, "WAGH!"
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me!" Misty snapped.
"Ahh...I think I landed on my head," Brock groaned.
"I thought that they wouldn't make these kinds of traps if they had Pikachu and Berry…" Kajun grumbled, writing down something in her Team Rocket notebook.
"Yeah...unless Pikachu managed to get away from them," Tsubaki guessed, "...No no. Just Pikachu alone wouldn't make the pitfall trap go off...maybe Noel managed to get him and Berry out, which might explain the traps then."
"Ah ha! Got-urp! You ya t-" Jessie began as she, James, and Meowth poked their heads into the hole, "...Oh, come on!"
"...You had Noel's cooking, didn't you?" Tsubaki asked, recognizing the signs.
"That was not cooking! That was poison!" James snapped, "No...even worse than that! It was...was...I don't even know what to call it!"
"...Now I'm starting to pity them if Makoto isn't aware of that they ate Noel's cooking," Kajun admitted, feeling their pain.
"I call it delicious and so do our Poison Types," Mai noted.
Team Rocket stared at Mai for a few moments. They looked over at Kajun and Tsubaki for confirmation. The two nodded before the trio looked at Mai.
"Oh, the poor girl…" Jessie mumbled.
"How you are alive is amazing…" James added.
"Maybe she grew up around Poison-type Pokemon…" Meowth pondered.
"...Whatever. While it isn't the shy twerpette, we can still snatch the rest of their Pokemon," Jessie stated before her stomach grumbled, "...right after we expel that Arceus forsaken food from our stomachs!"
"And that is why humans should never eat Noel's cooking," Tsubaki awkwardly forced out a chuckle as Team Rocket dashed off.
'I wonder if a Steel-type Pokemon could resist Noel's cooking's...effects…' Kajun thought.
'Who keeps talking about me?' Noel pondered as Pikachu kept his tail below her nose to stop her sneezes, the girl, electric mouse, ice fox, and cocoon trying to stay still behind a tree and a few bushes as Team Rocket's Pokemon were looking around for them.
They stayed in their position until Noel's stiff form relaxed a bit. Pikachu gave a silent sigh of relief as he took his tail off her nose...before sneezing loudly himself. The tree behind them exploded from a Sludge Bomb a second later. Needles' body glowed briefly, letting her hardened form block some of the scattered bits of tree and sludge from hitting Noel.
"Ariados…" Ariados hissed as he crawled down from a nearby tree.
"Ekans!" Ekans hissed as he shot out of a bush.
"Ahh! Y-Yuki, use Powder Snow!"
"Koffing!" Koffing shouted, shooting out of Ekans' bush before firing a small Sludge attack that hit Yuki in the eyes, causing her to yelp as it blinded her.
"Ahh! Y-yuki!" Noel gasped out before Weepinbell jumped out, firing a set of vines at her, "?! P-pikachu, use Thunderbolt please!"
"Pika-CHUUU!" Pikachu cried out as he sent out a blast of lightning down the vines and zapped Weepinbell.
"Bell…" Weepinbell groaned as he laid there, twitching a bit as sparks came off him.
"Run!" Noel cried as she ran off.
"Ariados!" Ariados shouted as he ran after her.
"Kaku."
"Ari~!" Ariados jumped back from a flurry of poison-made needles fired by the Kakuna connected to Noel's back before flinching as the ground that was pierced started hissing and bubbling from the potent poison.
"G...good job, Needles," Noel whispered...while mentally telling herself to not freak out at the fact she had a bug on her back.
"Kaku."
"Koffing/Aria!" Koffing and Ariados shouted as they both fired a Sludge and Sludge bomb attack at the small group.
"Kaku."
Needles shot a String Shot out and grabbed a tree branch. The string connecting her to Noel's back broke and she used the String Shot to slingshot at the attacks. A few Hardens let her smash through the attacks and crash into Koffing, sending him flying into the distance. A series of String Shots came from Needles and she was soon back on Noel's back.
"Pika pi-pikachu," Pikachu patted Needles on the head in thanks.
"Kakuna," Needles responded monotonously.
"Vul~" Yuki whined as she tried to get the sludge off her eyes.
"I think we're near the river," Noel noted, "Are they still chasing us?"
"Pi…" Pikachu began as he looked over his shoulder, seeing none of Team Rocket's Pokemon in sight, "Pikachu Pi."
"Oh, th-thank goodness," Noel sighed in relief, "Don't worry, Yuki, we'll get that out of your eyes."
"Vulpix…" Yuki whined a bit.
"Pika-pika," Pikachu patted her head reassuringly, knowing how it felt to get sludge in the eyes.
"Okay...where are they…?" Makoto whispered as she looked around.
"Chipa…"
"Oh, it's okay, Berry," Makoto assured, petting the Pachirisu's head, "I've forgotten where I've been when I get too excited at times, too."
"..." Cherry looked around, flying over the two before seeing something, "Ga?"
"What'd you find?" Makoto asked as Cherry flew over to a tree branch and plucked a string of webbing from it before looking around and flew to another tree, plucking a string of webbing from it.
"Em-em-em…" Cherry sniffed the two strings before holding them both up, "Emolga!"
"...Hey. That looks like Needles' silk," Makoto noted, "...the other one must be Jessie's Ariados...which means Noel's not too far from here! Great job, Cherry!"
"Emol~!" Cherry beamed, flicking her sunglasses down over her eyes as she grinned.
"...Did you just make a pun on strings?" Makoto asked, earning a nod, "...Oh, I really wish I could understand you two fully so we can trade puns." she shook her head, "Gah! Puns later! Noel first!"
"Emol/Chipa!" Cherry and Berry saluted as the former hopped back into Makoto's tail just as the squirrel girl ran off.
"Ugh...We are going to triple check our food before we eat it from now on…" Jessie grumbled as the trio walked out of the bushes.
"At least da twoips are still in da h…" Meowth began before a shadow came over them, "Uh…"
"Iwark…" Onix growled, his tail in the hole while Brock was helping pull Ash out of the hole.
"Oh, come on!" Team Rocket complained.
"Thank you, Onix," Brock nodded before looking at Team Rocket, "Now use Slam."
"IWAAARK!" Onix roared as he swung his tail, sending the trio flying off into the air with it.
"We have got to remember having you send him out more often when they show up," Misty noted to Brock as she watched Team Rocket go lying over to the other side of the forest.
"Agreed," Tsubaki nodded.
"Come on! Let's keep go-waah!" Ash yelped.
"Did they really litter the area with pit traps?" Kajun questioned.
"...Looks like," Tsubaki sighed, "...Mai, think you could use Terra to determine where the pit traps are?"
"...Oh! I get it," Kajun spoke up in realization, "If Terra digs underground, he can find the parts of the ground that were dug up, and reveal where the traps are."
"Exactly," Tsubaki nodded as Onix put his tail in the hole Ash had fallen in.
"Eh heh...thanks," Ash said with a sheepish chuckle.
"Better?" Noel asked as the last of the sludge was washed off by the river.
"Vul!" Yuki beamed as she turned around and began to lick her Trainer's cheek.
"Hmm hmm. Good girl," Noel giggled as she gently rubbed the young kit's head.
"Pika…" Pikachu smiled before his ear twitched, "Pi?"
"What is it, Pikachu?" Noel asked.
"Noelie!"
"That sounds like…" Noel gasped as she got up and turned to see Makoto jumping along the low hanging branches near the river towards her, "Makoto!"
"Noelie!" Makoto gasped, jumping down from the branch before rushing over and pulling the shy blonde into a hug, "Oh I'm so glad you're alright! Team Rocket didn't try anything funny with you, did they?!"
"N-No. They never knew Needles and I were there," Noel replied, "She r-really helped me a lot in getting Pikachu and Berry out of there…"
"Chipa!" Berry beamed, nodding in agreement.
"Oh thank goodness…" Makoto sighed in relief, "...But seriously, if they harmed you...forget about feeling sorry for them. I will hurt them."
"Eh-heh-heh-heh…" Noel laughed softly, sweatdropping a bit.
"WEEP!"
"Huh?" Makoto turned just in time to see a glowing purple vine shooting right at her, "?!"
"Kaku."
*CRACK*
"?! N-Needles!" Makoto gasped as the cocoon Pokemon was caught by the squirrel Beastkin, a large crack on its chest.
"They found us!" Noel gasped, seeing the four Poison Types erupt from the bushes.
"Chipa!" Berry gasped as she, Cherry, and Piakchu stood in front of the two, their cheeks sparking.
"Needles...c-come on...say something…" Makoto whispered as she held her Kakuna, "Come on...you're tougher than this...you can't let this end...not now…"
A light erupted from the crack, earning everyone's attention. The crack expanded as something began to emerge from Needles' damaged form. Insectoid wings twitched before buzzing as Needles took flight.
"Beedrill!" Needles cried out, clashing her stingers together.
"...n...Needles...you...evolved…" Makoto whispered with wide eyes, a large grin growing on her face, "Heh...hah hah...hahahaha! You evolved!"
"She looks different from the other B-Beedrill we saw…" Noel noted.
Makoto blinked twice at the statement before looking at Needles. She was actually bigger than the ones they had seen in the Viridian Forest, possibly tall enough to be equal to her waist if she stood by Needles on the ground. The stripes on her abdomen had a fire-like pattern to them while a few barbs were on her stinger. Her wings also sported random purple parts to them, giving them an unusual pattern.
"So cool," Makoto grinned as Needles flew between the two girls and the four Rocket Pokemon, "Okay, Needles, let's try out your new form!"
"Drillbee!" Needles nodded as she flew towards Weepinbell.
"Bell?!" Weepinbell freaked as he tried to hop away.
"Bee…" a purple energy erupted around her stingers before she rapidly stabbed Weepinbell with them, sending him crashing into Ekans.
"Ari!" Ariados cried out as it fired an Electro Web.
"Dodge and go for Poison Sting!" Makoto called.
"Drill!" Needles flew over the electric web before firing a rain of poison-made needles at Ariados, knocking it back.
"Alright!" Makoto cheered before seeing Ariados stumble as purple marks began to form under its eyes, "Huh? It's been poisoned? ..." she grinned, "Hehheheheheheh. Needles is so badass, she can poison Poison-types."
"Drillbee," if she could, Needles would smirk at that before looking over at Koffing.
"Fing~" Koffing whimpered as he steadily floated back, not wanting to face the same fate as its fellow Poison Types.
"Hmm...what other moves haven't we tried yet…?" Makoto muttered to herself, "...oh I know...Needles, let's try and use X-Scissor!"
"Bedrill-drill-drill!" Needles swung her needles before her, forming an 'X' with them.
"Kof!" Koffing turned around and began to try to flee.
"Beeeee…" Needles' stringers erupted with white energy before she shot out and slammed them into Koffing's back, sending him crashing into Ariados, Ekans, and Weepinbell, sending them over the trees and into the distance, "DRILL!"
"Whoo! Alright, Needles!" Makoto cheered as Needles landed, letting her hug the large bee, "You are so awesome!"
"Beedrill," Needles gave an eye-smile at the compliment.
"Hey~!" the two girls and the Pokemon looked to see the others running over.
"Oh hey guys! What took ya?!" Makoto smiled as she waved to them, "You just missed the action!"
"Is...Is that Needles?" Mai gawked as Misty froze up at seeing the Beedrill.
"Oh yeah," Makoto nodded, "She was so cool! She even poisoned one of Team Rocket's Pokemon."
"Really?" Kajun asked as Ash took out Dexter.
=This Beedrill knows the Ability Corrosion= Dexter informed =Corrosion is an ability that is considered exclusive to the Pokemon Salandit and Salazzle. Corrosion allows the user to inflict poison on any Pokémon regardless of type, allowing them to poison Poison and Steel-type Pokémon=
"Seriously?! Oh, that is hardcore!" Makoto beamed in excitement, "Needles can even poison Steel types! I have the most awesome Beedrill in the world!"
"Amazing...Was this because she mainly ate Noel's cooking as a Kakuna?" Tsubaki pondered.
"Beedrill bee…" Needles sheepishly rubbed the back of her head.
"Um...N-Needles?"
"Beedrill?" Needles turned before her eyes widened when Noel actually hugged her.
"Th-Thank you," Noel thanked.
"Sh...She's actually hugging a bug!" Mai gawked.
"Well, she was with Needles this entire time," Kajun noted, "Perhaps long term exposure to a single bug is needed to deal with her fears…"
"W-well...I am still a bit afraid of bugs to be honest," Noel spoke as she ended the hug, "But I know most of them aren't bad, like Needles and Ash's Butterfree."
"Bee!" Needles nodded before her stomach growled.
"...Don't worry, Needles. I'll make you an extra big plate for what you did today," Noel assured the bee pokemon, "I'll even make you a combo platter."
"Bee?! Drillbee!" Needles beamed.
"Aw, lucky…" Mai whispered.
'I still don't get how she can eat that stuff…' Misty sweatdropped.
"Oh...I swear those twerps are getting on my nerves…" Jessie muttered, a few bandages on her as she was patching up her Pokemon, "Seriously, they just don't know when to quit."
"No kiddin'" Meowth muttered, "Seriously, who goes poisonin' other people's food?! In fact, how da heck did it get censored?! Dat doesnt' make any sense!"
"I'm shocked that Ariados is actually poisoned. I mean, how can a Poison-type be poisoned?" James pondered as he tended to his Koffing and Weepinbell.
"How should I know?!" Jessie snapped.
"Ari…" Ariados began to speak between bites of a pink berry.
"He says dat it was a strange lookin' Beedrill dat came outta da squirrel twoipette's Kakuna dat poisoned him," Meowth translated.
"Hmm? Strange looking Beedrill?" Jessie and James repeated.
Koffing began to speak up and Meowth translated, "Koffing says dat it was a lot bigger, da stingers had barbs on dem, da rings on da tail stinger looked like flames, and dere were purple markings of da wings. It's Poison-type attacks were especially strong, way stronger den normal ones."
"...Strange. I've never heard of a Beedrill looking like that before," James admitted.
"...Which means…" Jessie began with a grin, "That Beedrill is a one of a kind extremely rare Pokemon!"
"Another one we can steal from those twerps!" James beamed.
"Sweet!" Meowth grinned, "Oh da boss is gonna be happy when we show him all dose Pokemon!"
"Ariados."
"He says he's hopin' we get a Steel-type before running into the twoips again to deal with da Beedrill," Meowth informed.
"Good idea," James agreed, "Having one to handle that Beedrill would be perfect if it can poison other Poison-types. Perhaps it has a hidden Ability that lets it do that."
"Maybe, but I say that's impossible. You can't poison Poison types," Jessie argued, "Still...we can't be too careful around those twerps now."
"Agreed," James nodded before a beeping noise went off in his boot, "!"
"Da Boss is callin'!" Meowth exclaimed as James reached into his boot and pulled out a disc-like device with a black gem in the center, the gem flashing in time with the beeping.
=About time you answered= a voice came from the device =Report=
"Sir, we are currently heading to the north of Cerulean City," Jessie informed, "We have also obtained a Weepinbell in our arsenal and will be attempting to obtain a Leaf Stone at our earliest opportunity."
=Very well= the voice noted =You are the closest team to the Cerulean Cape at this moment in time. With your recent successes in the last two months, I trust that you will handle this next assignment=
"Of course, sir!" Team Rocket saluted.
=Good...once you reach Vermillion, you're to meet your fellow operatives at the SS Ann= the voice ordered =And to make sure you don't mess this up...I'll be sending my daughters out to assist you=
"?! Y-Your daughters, sir?" James paled.
=Did I stutter? Of course my daughters. At this moment in time, you will be meeting Aoiro near a lighthouse on the Cerulean Cape. There have been rumors of a Pokemon known as Dragonite showing up there in recent months. Further orders will be given by her when you arrive at the location=
"Y...yes sir. Understood sir," Team Rocket nodded.
=Good...do not fail me= the voice stated before the device shut off.
"Oh sweet Arceus...of all da people da boss had t' send out, why did it have t' be his daughters?!" Meowth freaked.
"(Are you getting any of this on why they're freaking out?)" Ariados whispered to Weepinbell.
"(Not really)," Weepinbell replied before seeing Ekans and Koffing had collapsed, shivering with haunted looks in their eyes, "(Though our fellow partners to the Masters may have a good idea)"
"(Not the big scary fire-breathing doombringer...Why the big scary fire-breathing doombringer…)" Ekans mumbled.
"(So much black fire...so many explosions…)" Koffing whimpered, "(I don't wanna blow up again…)"
"C-calm down…" Jessie spoke up, a nervous tone in her voice, "As long as we do our job, we won't have to anger the boss' daughters."
"I hope so…" James gulped, "If it's not Aoiro and her crazy fast Sceptile, it's Karai and that nightmare fuel inducing Charizard of hers."
"Don't remind me of the latter…" Jessie shuddered, hugging herself tightly.
"Ahh!" a few men and women in black outfits with a stylized R on them cried out as they were sent flying, along with a few Zubat and Rattata.
"Pfft! Seriously? These are today's new recruits?" a shaded figure scoffed as they stood next to a large, dragon like figure, "I'm very disappointed. Pops should've looked into their profiles better, sis."
"What can you expect? Considering you're using her on the new recruits who have to start out with Zubat and Rattata, it shouldn't be a surprise," another shaded figure replied as a dragon-like figure by them laid at their side, a hand on their head.
"Heh...true," the first figure smirked, "Besides, not like I was gonna leave Blackfire out of the fun of beating in some new rookies. Ain't that right, partner?" a loud roar was her response, followed by a pillar of crimson/black flames, "See? She gets it."
"..I suppose you're right. Still…" the second figure began as they looked at the dragon figure next to them, removing their hand from the figure's head, "It was a waste of Evergreen's time."
=Aoiro, Karai= a voice spoke from the intercom =Are you two free by any chance?=
"...We are now, father," the second figure nodded, "We just finished training the new recruits."
"If by recruits, you mean punching bags," the first figure snarked, "Seriously, it was like they never even been in a Pokemon Battle before."
=I do wish you'd stop using Blackfire and Evergreen on the new recruits and go with something more...humble= the voice sighed before clearing his throat =Karai, you are to report to Vermillion City to prepare for the operation aboard the SS Anne. Aoiro, report to the safehouse near the Cerulean Cove lighthouse. When you arrive, you will be given your orders=
"Hmm...Isn't that where the creator of the Kanto/Johto Storage System is currently residing?" the second figure asked.
=That is correct. There have been sightings of a Dragonite near that location= the voice answered =If possible, you are to assist in capturing it, Aoiro=
"..Of course, father. I will not fail you," the second figure bowed as they walked into the light, revealing them to be a woman around 19 with long silver-white hair, her eyes a cold, deep azure-blue. She wore a metallic green blazer with gold trimming over a scarlet blouse that was unbuttoned at the top three buttons and a metallic green skirt with gold trimming with a pair of scarlet heeled shoes on her feet. An unusual stone was embedded in a scarlet collar on her neck, a symbol resembling a leaf combined with a DNA strand inside of the stone.
=I know you won't...my eldest daughter=
SZ:...Hoo boy. This can't be good.
GT: Not good one bit.
SZ: Nope...just hope the group can handle their own should they encounter them. Also...apologies for no Omake this time around. GT? Care to explain?
GT: Well, no new Pokemon showed up that needed explanations for this chapter.
SZ: Correct. So hopefully expect it to return next chapter, and we hope you enjoyed this chapter. Before we end things off, GT? Any parting words?
GT: Yes. Nuzlockes are harder than one assumes them to be.
SZ: Oh yeah. TFS knows that all too well, wouldn't you agree?
GT: Especially in their Emerald Nuzlocke.
SZ: Yup...ahem. So until next time, I am Seanzilla115, he is Gammatron…
GT: So please read and review.
Ash Ketchum: Pikachu [Starter], Butterfree, Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle
Misty: Goldeen, Staryu, Starmie [Starter]
Brock: Geodude, Onix [Starter], Zubat
Makoto Nanaya: Berry(Pachirisu) [Starter], Needles(Beedrill), Cherry(Emolga)
Noel Vermillion: Yuki(Alolan Vulpix) [Starter]
Tsubaki Yayoi: Luka(Riolu) [Starter]
Mai Natsume: Terra(Sandshrew) [Starter], Aqua(Buizel)
Kajun Faycott: Hikari(Ralts) [Starter]