Pokemon: Friends to the End
Chapter 32: An Angry Combeenation!
They chase after Mothim, which was flying after a Combee, which Dawn scans on her Pokédex.
"Combee, the Tiny Bee Pokémon."Denise's Pokedex said. "When sleeping, Combee stack up on each other like a hive."
The group come across a large Pomeg flower.
"Wow that Pomeg flower is huge."Cheryl commented.
"Pika."Pikachu whispered.
"So where are the Combees?"Brock asked.
When Mothim tries to land on it, a Combee flies away from it.
"Right there!"Dawn replied.
"We better get there quick!"Ash suggested.
The heroes began to chase the Combee, who was flying away too fast.
"You know those Combees are sure fast."Denise admitted.
"Where did it go?"Brock asked.
"Hey Mothim, do you see anything?"Ash asked.
Mothim shook his head in response.
"Something else Grandfather used to say 'if you can still see Pomeg flowers don't give up."Cheryl explained.
"And that means we're in the right track."Ash commented. "So let's move!"
The group then continued walking to look for the Pomeg flowers.
Mothim then spots something causing him to chip.
"Mothim must've found something."Cheryl suggested.
Suddenly a large Combee wall flies out of a bush.
"What a awsome Combee Wall!"Denise stated.
"It's huge, it really is a wall!"Dawn agreed.
"King size."Brock explained. "Of course when there is a Combee Wall, the Amber Castle might be around the corner too."
"Pika!"Pikachu said happily.
The group give chase and they end up near a waterfall with many Combee walls around.
The heroes were stunned of the sight, they were seeing.
"Wow."Dawn said quietly.
"There are so many."Ash said in surprise.
"Yeah, I can't even count to see so many cute walls of them."Denise remarked.
"We're almost there, I can feel it."Brock admitted.
"Sure seems that way, but where do we go now?"Ash asked.
Mothim flies off towards the waterfall and then Pikachu excitedly follows across some rocks.
The group follows the two pokemon and they notice a cave behind the waterfall.
"Down there!"Ash said.
"Alright behind that waterfall!"Cheryl stated happily.
Pikachu and Mothim beckon down one of the cave's passages as the heroes followed them.
"A big cave right here."Dawn said.
"Who would've thought?"Denise asked in surprise.
Pikachu then sniffed something in the air.
"Pikachu, what is it?"Ash asked.
"Pikachu smells it."Brock replied.
"Smells what?"Ash asked.
"Just like Mothim, Pikachu might recognize the scent of the honey."Brock explained.
"Do you smell the honey?"Ash asked.
Pikachu chirped happily and Mothim nodded in agreement.
"Wow, so that means the Amber Castle must be inside this cave."Cheryl suggested.
"Great, come on!"Ash encouraged.
Pikachu and Mothim then race off down the tunnel and the group ended up in the darkest depths of the cave.
"It's so dark and I hardily see."Cheryl said.
"Well, let's watch our steps and make sure we stick together."Denise commented.
"There are so many ways to go."Dawn admitted worriedly.
"Pika!"
"Pikachu!"Ash called out.
The group rushed to Pikachu and Mothim making them come across a large room going down with blue light coming from it.
"Light!"Brock said.
"Could it be the Amber Castle?"Dawn suggested.
"Pikachu, you did it."Ash said with a smile.
"Whoa that's a long way down."Denise stated.
They walk down the spiral path around the edge of the room.
"Its like crystal."Ash said.
"Its beautiful, the way they all shine."Cheryl remarked.
"But which way do we go?"Dawn asked.
"Now I'm starting to get worried now."Denise commented.
"All we have to do is lead it up to Pikachu and Mothim and they will do the finding for us."Brock replied.
Suddenly Mothim flies into a tunnel in the wall and Pikachu worriedly runs after him.
"Mothim!"Ash called out. "Pikachu!"
The group rushed after them, but they lose track of the two pokemon.
"I hope we don't get lost."Cheryl said.
"Now I can't see anything."Dawn admitted.
"Pikachu!"Ash called out.
"Ash hold on."Brock protested. "You can't just be running off."
"His right, we have to stick together, if were gonna find Pikachu and Mothim."Denise reminded.
Ash smiled and nodded. "Your right."
The heroes then pick a path and follow it, only to reach a dead end.
"Its a dead end."Brock said.
"So we gotta go back."Ash suggested.
The heroes go back, where they were and unsure what to do.
"These paths all look the same."Cheryl commented.
Suddenly Mothim and Pikachu appear in front of them and happily greet them.
"Pikachu!"Ash said in relief.
"And Mothim came back too."Dawn added.
"That's great."Cheryl remarked.
"Looks like they weren't gonna abandon us."Denise said kindly.
Pikachu then became worried.
"What is it, Pikachu?"Ash asked.
Then a large group of angry Combee fly past.
"Combees."Denise said.
"Something must be wrong."Brock admitted.
"Lets go have a look."Ash suggested.
They decide to follow and find Team Rocket and their holes.
"You three?"Ash said.
"Classic twerps."James, Jessie and Meowth mumbled.
The Combees glared at the three baddies.
"What are you staring at?"Jessie questioned.
"Its not like we're looking for the Enchanted Honey!"James said angrily.
"Did you three dig that?"Brock asked.
"That explains why the Combees are so bad."Dawn admitted.
"That or they like twerps."Jessie said.
"Besides there are plenty of honey to go around."James commented.
"For the Combees your in for us."Meowth added.
"You don't understand, we don't even know where the honey is."Cheryl responded.
"Yeah and even if we did, we wouldn't give it to you, morons!"Denise stated.
"Give me a break!"Jessie snapped. "Seviper, let's go!"
Her pokeball opened and Seviper came out.
"Seviper!"
"Cacnea, you too!"James said.
Cacnea came out and hugged his trainer.
"Can't you wait there are twerps watching us!"James protested. "Use Pin Missile!"
Cacnea fired Pin Missiles.
"Seviper use Poison Tail!"Jessie ordered.
Seviper charged with Poison Tail.
The silhouette hisses again and the Combee counter with glowing beams of light, which was a move known as Attack Order.
But Team Rocket didn't seem scared of them.
"We just love a fire work display!"Jessie laughed.
"Combees, we didn't come here to hurt anyone!"Ash protested.
"We only came here to find the Amber Castle!"Denise said.
"I don't think they can hear you two."Dawn admitted worriedly.
"We gotta do something to stop all of this madness right now."Cheryl commented. "Quick Mothim use Super Sonic!"
Mothim used Supersonic to stop the attacks.
"The Supersonic confused them!"Ash said with a smile.
"I say we should get going instead of fooling around in this battle."Cheryl suggested.
"You right, Piplup, let's go!"Dawn said.
Her pokeball opened and Piplup came out.
"Piplup!"
"Ralts, you come out as well!"Denise stated.
Her pokeball opened and Ralts came out.
"Ralts."
"Piplup, let's stop Team Rocket with Whirlpool!"Dawn ordered.
"And Ralts use Magical Leaf!"Denise ordered.
Piplup used Whirlpool and Ralts used Magical Leaf to send Team Rocket away causing the heroes to run off.
Denise held Ralts in her arms as they made their escape.
"Wow, your one tough treasure hunter."Dawn remarked.
"Me tough?"Cheryl asked with a smile.
The heroes were following another path when it suddenly gets very dark.
"Its getting dark again, be careful where your stepping."Ash warned.
"I hope we didn't take another dead end."Denise said worriedly.
"Wait look at that!"Brock commented. "Whatever is up ahead, Mothim seems very excited."
Mothim seemed very excited and flew off.
Ash walks into a wall, which seems to be moving.
"There is something strange about this wall."Cheryl said. "Its almost like it was moving."
It was the giant Combee wall and the Combees start attacking them.
"Quick Mothim use Supersonic!"Cheryl ordered.
Mothim uses Supersonic and the wall crumbles revealing the Amber Castle.
"Its the Amber Castle!"Ash said in surprise.
"Unbelievable."Dawn whispered.
"Wow, its so beautiful."Denise remarked sweetly.
"Its just like I imagined."Cheryl said with a smile.
"Its hard to describe it."Brock admitted.
The heroes then notice a figure between the Combees.
"That must be Vesipquen."Cheryl said quietly.
The silhouette is revealed to be a Vespiquen, which Dawn scans on her Pokédex.
"Vespiquen, the Beehive Pokémon."Dawn's Pokedex said. "Its body is a hive and it raises its offspring with the honey gathered by Combee."
Cheryl then began to walk forward.
"Cheryl wait!"Denise protested.
The Combees glared at Cheryl with a frown.
"Vespiquen, forgive us for startling you and your Combees."Cheryl explained. "My Grandfather has dedicated his entire life trying to find out if you and your honey really existed, you must believe me, him and me would never take your precious honey from you, his not like that and neither am I, we treasure hunters only want to share things with the world."
She then takes a small jar and shows it to the Bug Types.
"So please let me have some of that honey, so that my Grandfather's dream can come true."Cheryl said hopefully.
Suddenly Team Rocket break through the roof of the castle.
"Its Show Time!"They replied in unison.
"Team Rocket!"Ash said.
"Don't you creeps ever give up?!"Denise questioned angrily.
Team Rocket then performed their motto.
"Why give it up when its a honey deal?"
"We found the Amber Castle!"
"For the price..."
"Its a steal!"
"Bringing chaos and a brick neck pain!"
"Dashing all hope and putting fear in its place!"
"A rose by any other name is just as sweet!"
"When everything is worse, our work is complete!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Meowth that's name!"
"Putting the do gooders in their place!"
"Its Team Rocket giving chase!"
"We're on your case!"
"In your face!"
The heroes glared at the baddies.
"No way those Combees and their Queen would let you get away with it!"Denise snapped.
"Is that so?"Jessie questioned. "Seviper!"
Her pokeball opened and Seviper came out.
"Seviper!"
"Cacnea!"James said. "Carnivine!"
The two Grass Types came out and hugged their trainer.
"Quit biting my head!"James complained. "Or you'll get a hairball for sure!"
"I will give you guys a battle!"Ash said angrily.
"Pikachu!"Pikachu agreed.
"Wait, if you battle them, the Amber Castle will collapse!"Brock protested.
"Great now what do we do?"Denise asked.
"Seviper use Poison Tail!"Jessie ordered.
"Cacnea, Pin Missile!"James ordered. "Carnivine use Bullet Seed!"
The three pokemon attack causing the Combees to use Attack Order and the attacks stop as the castle starts to crack.
"No it can't be!"Cheryl said.
"The honey is going to go everywhere!"Dawn commented.
The honey starts to leak, so Team Rocket start loading buckets with honey.
"We need to act quick, Buneary use Ice Beam!"Dawn stated.
Buneary came out and used Ice Beam to seal the cracks in the walls.
"Good job, sis!"Denise said with a smile.
"Now the Castle won't break!"Ash remarked.
"I wouldn't be so sure once that ice melts then that's it."Brock admitted.
"Your right Brock."Dawn said worriedly."So now what do we do?"
The Combees fly down until they are just above the honey.
"They're getting more mad."Denise stated.
"Ash, we gotta fix those walls before the ice melts."Brock suggested.
"Okay, let's get busy."Ash said.
"Right!"Cheryl, Dawn and Denise replied in unison.
The group decide to fix the walls and Brock sends out Sudowoodo and Croagunk to help.
"I need you two to bring some rocks so that the honey won't fell down."Brock said.
Sudowoodo and Croagunk nodded in agreement and began to help.
They begin to pile up rocks to cover the cracks.
"Now go Pachirisu!"Dawn said.
Pachirisu came out of its pokeball.
"Use Sweet Kiss!"Dawn ordered.
Pachirisu uses Sweet Kiss to confuse Team Rocket's Pokémon.
"Okay Ralts use Psychic!"Denise ordered.
Ralts uses Psychic to lift up the three bad pokemon and then dropping them down to make them faint.
"This is no time to be sleeping!"Jessie complained.
The ice then started to melt.
"The ice is breaking!"Cheryl said.
"Let's hurry!"Brock commented.
The heroes continued focusing on the rocks while Team Rocket decide to leave, but are stopped by Mothim's Supersonic surrounded by Combee and attacked with Attack Order.
"I won't let a little storm bother me!"Meowth said angrily.
Meowth quickly pills out an umbrella, which Team Rocket hide behind.
However Vespiquen uses Power Gem sending Team Rocket blasting off through several floors of the cave.
"Another embarrassing moment, we didn't have for a long time."Jessie said.
"But at least no one will know its us."James commented.
"Let's make a deal, you don't tell them and we won't either!"Meowth stated.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!"Team Rocket screamed as they disappeared in the sky.
The Combee have calmed down and they start using the honey to seal the cracks in the walls.
"That's great using the stickiness of the honey to repair the castle is a good idea."Brock said.
"Even if the ice melts the castle will still be fine."Ash agreed.
"Pika."Pikachu admitted with a nod.
"Thanks you too, you both did an excellent job."Brock commented.
Sudowoodo smiled. "Sudowoodo!"
Croagunk just croaked in response.
Vespiquen then flies up and hands Cheryl a jar of enchanted honey.
"Oh Vespiquen, thanks."Cheryl said with a smile and walked up to the heroes. "Have a taste."
The heroes and their pokemon taste the honey.
"Wow!"Ash, Dawn and Denise said in unison.
"Now I know how sweetness taste like!"Brock admitted lovingly.
Their pokemon nodded in agreement, while Croagunk takes his tongue in disgust making the heroes laugh.
Later that Evening...
That evening the group walk to a clearing in the forest.
"I really should thank you all for helping me find the Enchanted Honey."Cheryl said.
"No problem, Cheryl its the best we can do."Denise remarked with a smile.
"I got it, we can be treasure hunters together, you and me on the hunt searching for treasure!"Brock flirted.
Ash, Dawn and Denise sweat dropped at his compliment.
"Look a Beedrill."Cheryl said. "My Grandfather always said if you see a Beedrill that means you have to travel alone, good bye everyone and take her!"
She ran off while Brock put his head down in shame.
"Farewell, my sweetest of the sweet."Brock mumbled.
The twin sisters waved good bye to their treasure hunter friend.
"Bye, you take care too!"Dawn said happily.
Pikachu smiled. "Pika pika!"
"We hope to see you again!"Denise agreed while waving.
"You know hearing Cheryl finding her dreams makes me psyched about finding mine."Ash admitted.
Denise smiled in agreement as the four of them head off for Eterna City.
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Denise's Team:
Grotle (Male): Solar Beam, Absorb, Razor Leaf and Bite
Eevee (Female): Water Gun, Shadow Ball, Attract and Thunder
Luxio (Male): Spark, Night Slash, Wild Charge and Ice Fang
Ralts (Female): Psychic, Double Team, Magical Leaf and Confusion
Hoot Hoot (Male): Peck, Reflect, Aerial Ace and Hypnosis
Drifloon (Female): Ominous Wind, Thunderbolt, Will-O-Wisp and Astonish