(I don't own pokemon or its characters, but I own Denise and Amy)
Pokemon: Friends to the End
Chapter 34: Buizel Your Way Out Of This!
On their way to Eterna City, Brock cuddled with his Egg while speaking to Ash, Dawn and Denise.
"Wow! There is nothing more cuter than a pokemon egg, you know guys?"Brock remarked while nuzzling his face against the egg. "And even before it hatches, I can't help felling in love with these sort of things!"
"Although what will mysteriously hatches into is part of the fun."Dawn added.
"And the most exciting part."Denise agreed kindly.
"Hang in there, Bellsprout!"
A man carrying a fainted Bellsprout passed by Ash and his friends followed by another man that also passed by while carrying a Zigzagoon.
"Excuse me, what happened?"Ash asked.
"We were fishing in the river and then some powerful Buizel came out of no where and attacked us."the Man explained.
"A Buizel?!"Ash, Dawn, Denise and Brock said in unison.
"Yeah, it dragged away my fishing rod and my Zigzagoon got knocked out, it sure was scary."the Man commented sadly.
"It sure sounds like that."Ash admitted.
"Anyway I gotta go, but I wouldn't go fishing if I were you."the Man warned and then ran off.
"I gotta check out that Buizel, come on guys, let's go fishing!"Ash suggested with a smirk.
"Pika Pikachu!"Pikachu agreed.
The four heroes begin fishing in the lake with the Kanto Trainer using Misty's special lure, while at first having no luck in getting a bite.
"Man, I'm not getting any bites."Ash said.
"I've never seen a lure like that."Denise commented.
"This?"Ash asked. "I got this from Misty a long time ago."
"Misty?"Dawn and Denise asked in unison.
"Right, she's a friend of ours and the Cerulean Gym leader."Brock explained with a smile.
"Oh, let me give it a try."Dawn suggested sweetly.
"No way, Dawn!"Ash responded with a frown.
The two then began to fight over the lure causing Denise to sweat drop.
"Oh great."Denise mumbled in disproval.
"You two are as noisy as ever I see."
The four trainers turned around and saw Zoey, who lifted up her glasses showing her eyes.
"Its me."Zoey said.
"Zoey, we haven't seen you since the jubilife contest!"Dawn remarked.
"Man, it's been a while."Denise chucklef.
"Your right, Denise."Zoey agreed.
"I gotta show you something, see number 1!"Dawn said showing her first Contest Ribbon in Floaroma Town.
"You won the Floaroma Contest that's great."Zoey commented.
"I guess word spread around fast."Dawn giggled.
"Besides my Jubilife Ribbon, I won my first gym badge just like Ash."Denise admitted. "So what about you?"
"Well, I won the last contest I was in and I now got two ribbons."Zoey answered.
"Whoa, two ribbons?!"Denise said in surprise. "That's awsome."
"So are you two gonna enter the Hearthome Contest?"Zoey asked.
"Of course, we will, lucky you told us otherwise we wouldn't know when the next one is."Dawn commented sheepishly.
"Yeah, but we'll see who's gonna win that contest."Denise reminded with a smirk.
"Are you here for some fishing, Zoey?"Brock asked.
"Yeah, I thought I would catch myself a water type pokemon."Zoey replied.
"Well, we came because we heard there was a very powerful Buizel here."Dawn stated.
"Really?"Zoey asked. "That's cool."
Denise notice her sister's fishing rod was moving by itself.
"Looks like you got a bite, sis."Denise commented.
"Oh, wow!"Dawn remarked and began to push her fishing rod.
"Be careful, Dawn!"Brock warned. "It sounds like it's huge!"
Then a wild Buizel came out of the river and landed in front of the four heroes and Zoey.
"Hey that's it!"Denise stated in surprise.
Denise then scans the wild pokemon on her pokedex.
"Buizel, the Sea Weasel Pokémon."Denise's Pokedex said. "It stores air in the sacs on its neck and uses them as flotation devices and swims by spinning its two tails like a propeller."
"So that's the strong Buizel!"Ash remarked.
"Awsome!"Zoey complemented.
"And its gonna be all mine!"Dawn stated. "Piplup, let's go!"
Her pokeball opened and Piplup came out.
"A battle against two water types, this gotta be an interesting show."Denise responded.
"But we'll see who has the strongest moves yet."Brock reminded.
Buizel then gestures it's paw forward with a confident smirk on its face.
"Now that's strength, Buizel is telling you to bring it on."Zoey admitted.
"It will be my pleasure."Dawn replied with a smile. "Now Piplup use Peck!"
Piplup used Peck and Buizel dodged the flying attack.
Ash gasped. "That's fast!"
"Use Bubble Beam, go!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup used Bubble Beam and Buizel used Water Gun sending Piplup into the air but it lands on its feet.
"Use Bubble Beam, once more!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup fires Bubble Beam again and Buizel counters with Aqua Jet a few times.
"What was that move?"Denise asked.
"That was Aqua Jet."Brock replied.
"Well, I'm impressed."Zoey admitted with a smile.
"Piplup, snap out of it quick!"Dawn said worriedly.
However Piplup was very dizzy, while Buizel jumps up into the air and uses one more Aqua Jet which knocks the Penguin Pokemon out.
"Piplup take a good rest."Dawn suggested with a sad smile and returned her starter back in his pokeball.
Buizel gestured Zoey to come forward.
"Buizel, what's to take me on, its a deal!"Zoey remarked with a smirk. "All right, Glameow, Curtains!"
Glameow comes out of her pokeball.
"Glameow jump into the air and use Shadow Claw!"Zoey ordered.
Glameow jumps into the air and uses Shadow Claw, while Buizel dodges and uses Sonic Boom.
"That looks like Sonic Boom!"Ash said.
"Pika."Pikachu whispered in surprise.
"Glameow use Fury Swipes, go!"Zoey ordered.
Glameow uses its Fury Swipes to knock away the Sonic Boom attack waves.
"Whoa, Glameow's Fury Swipes sure is tough!"Denise admitted kindly.
Buizel fires Water Gun at the Normal Type.
"Quick Jump, Glameow!"Zoey ordered.
Glameow jumped into the air followed by Buizel.
"Wow, Buizel can really jump too!"Brock stated.
"Now use Shadow Claw!"Zoey ordered.
Glameow used Shadow Claw as Buizel countered with Aqua Jet.
Aqua Jet and Shadow Claw attacks collide creating a spark with each other.
"Whoa, the moves are really colliding!"Ash remarked.
"Pikachu."Pikachu responded quietly.
But then the Aqua Jet sends Glameow into the ground.
Buizel uses another Aqua Jet to knock Glameow out.
"Oh no!"Zoey said in shock and picked up her Normal Type.
Buizel then gestures Ash to bring it on.
"Okay, its our turn, let's go!"Ash suggested.
"Pikachu!"Pikachu agreed ready to fight.
"Make sure you guys be careful even though you have the advantage."Denise warned worriedly.
"Don't worry, Dennie, we'll be fine."Ash assured and then focused back on the battle. "Now Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, while Buizel dodges.
Buizel uses its tails to send Sonic Boom towards the Electric Type.
"Pikachu use Quick Attack!"Ash ordered.
Pikachu uses Quick Attack to dodge the Sonic Boom while Buizel dodges the Quick Attack and jumps into the air.
"What a jumping dodge!"Dawn commented in surprise.
"All right, Pikachu use Iron Tail!"Ash ordered with a smile.
Pikachu lands a hit with Iron Tail, knocking Buizel to the ground but he gets right back up.
Buizel uses Sonic Boom on Pikachu as he takes the hit causing him to get a little bit weak.
"Come on, Pikachu use Volt Tackle!"Ash ordered.
Pikachu uses Volt Tackle, while Buizel counters with Water Gun, but the electric type move was stronger.
"Wow, here we go!"Denise remarked.
"That hit is gonna be huge!"Brock added.
The Volt Tackle goes through to knock out Buizel.
"All right, pokeball go!"Ash stated.
He throws a Poké Ball to try to catch Buizel, but Buizel escapes.
"It won't give up!"Ash said in shock.
The Water Type then charged at Pikachu with Aqua Jet.
"It's Aqua Jet!"Denise called out.
"Pikachu, watch out!"Brock shouted.
Buizel uses Aqua Jet on Pikachu, while sending him into the water.
"Pikachu!"Ash screamed.
"Buizel could be any where and Pikachu knows it."Dawn said worriedly.
"Ash, Pikachu is an disadvantage on water."Brock reminded.
"Quick Pikachu go to the shore!"Ash stated.
Pikachu begins to try and swim to shore, but Buizel jumps into the air and comes down to push him further into the water with his leg.
The Mouse Pokemon tried to use Thunderbolt, but Buizel used Sonic Boom showing sparks out of the water and sending Pikachu flying.
Pikachu lands on Ash's head and was knocked out as they hit the ground.
"Wow...even Pikachu got beaten."Denise said nervously.
"That Buizel is something else."Zoey admitted.
Buizel then steals everyone's fishing rods and swims away with them.
"Hey that's my rod!"Dawn protested and sweat dropped.
"Yikes that Buizel is a thief too."Denise mumbled.
"Your fishing rod is prove that Buizel beat a trainer."Zoey commented.
"Well, I'm not giving up!"Ash stated while holding Pikachu. "I'll get that Buizel!"
"Us too!"Dawn and Denise agreed in unison.
"Same for me."Zoey added.
"Let's do it."Brock suggested.
Everyone decides that they will all never give up as they run after Buizel.
The heroes then arrived in front of a waterfall.
"Buizel was heading down this way."Ash said.
"Hey look at that."Brock commented eyeing something.
Ash and his friends notice that their fishing rods are lying on the ground by some rocks.
Their fishing rods were not broken and the Misty fishing lure was in one piece.
"Look at all the fishing rods."Denise admitted in surprise.
"At least Mini Misty is in one piece."Ash remarked with a relieved smile.
"Pikachu."Pikachu agreed with a nod.
"I wonder if Buizel is close by..."Dawn said nervously.
They see Buizel smashing rocks with his Water Gun attack.
"I guess so."Denise agreed.
"And its busy too."Zoey added.
"But what's Buizel doing?"Dawn asked quietly.
"Looks like Buizel is practising its moves on their own."Brock replied.
Buizel spots them causing the heroes to look at him nervously.
The Wild Pokemon uses Water Gun towards Ash, but instead was aimed at a Oran Berry in a tree.
Buizel picks up the Oran Berry and eats it.
"Oran Berries?"Denise said in surprise.
"That makes sense."Brock explained. "Oran Berries are great for recovering strength."
"You and I are gonna have another battle you know."Ash stated confidently.
"Pika pika."Pikachu agreed.
Buizel uses Aqua Jet on Ash and Pikachu and dives into the water.
The Weasel Pokemon uses Water Gun from underwater and Aqua Jet again to get out of the water.
"That Buizel is crazy."Ash said with a frown.
"I think its Special Training that's all."Brock suggested.
"Well, we can special train too!"Ash stated. "Pikachu, Iron Tail, let's go!"
Ash kicks the wall behind the waterfall, and Pikachu uses Iron Tail on it as well causing them to fall into the water.
Brock, Zoey, Dawn and Denise sweat dropped of what they just saw.
"Well that's just great."Denise muttered.
"You've gotta wonder who's the one being trained."Zoey said.
"Ash is a hand on guy all right."Brock agreed.
"I'm a hands on girl!"Dawn admitted confidently. "Piplup, let's go!"
Her pokeball opened and Piplup came out.
"Piplup!"
"Aim on the Waterfall with Peck!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup aims to use Peck but fails causing it to fell on the water.
Dawn sweat dropped in shame.
Buizel climbs up some rocks to get to the top of the waterfall.
"Looks like Buizel is working on its legs now."Brock commented.
"Okay, we're on next."Ash said.
"Pika pika."Pikachu agreed.
Ash and Pikachu try to do the same but Ash falls to the ground.
Everyone looks on with completely puzzled and awkward looks on their faces.
"Geez, Dawn, Denise, your friends are really colourful."Zoey admitted.
Denise sighed. "You have no idea..."
Piplup climbs up the rocks as well, almost falls, but keeps on going to the top of the waterfall.
Ash and Pikachu follow after and were shocked to see how high the waterfall is.
"Whoa that's a big drop."Ash said.
Pikachu and Piplup nodded in agreement.
Buizel uses Aqua Jet from the top, Sonic Boom, and then Water Gun before jumping feet first into the water.
"Wow that Buizel sure knows how to move."Ash remarked and looked at the two pokemon. "So who wants to go with me?"
"Pika!"Pikachu answered raising his paw.
Pikachu spins while using Iron Tail as he enters the water with electric sparks coming out of the water.
Ash jumps from the top into the water.
As they both hit the water, the four looks on again in disbelief.
"They're both gone crazy."Zoey said.
Brock and Denise chuckled nervously.
"Now Piplup, you be careful!"Dawn warned.
Piplup tries to dive into the water, but hits the water so hard that he knocked himself out.
Dawn then picked up her starter pokemon.
"Now Piplup, I think you should stop now."She suggested.
"Piplup..."Piplup said sadly.
Buizel looks away which makes Piplup mad causing the Penguin Pokemon to climb back up the waterfall and again tries to dive into the water.
"Looks like Piplup has got serious."Denise suggested.
"Since they're both water type pokemon, I don't think Piplup wants Buizel to win."Brock explained.
This time Piplup dives while using Peck to make the dive work.
"All right!"Dawn said proudly. "What a great dive!"
A net then scoops up Buizel shocking the heroes and Zoey.
"What was that?"Zoey asked in shock.
Then Team Rocket began to do their motto from their air balloon.
"Listen is that a voice of a contest wrecker I hear?"
"Her great voice is loud and clear."
"On the Wind!"
"Pass the stars!"
"In your ear!"
"Bringing chaos and a brick neck pain."
"Dashing hope and putting fear in its place."
"A world by any other name is just as round."
"Isn't that true you break a sound?"
"Jessie."
"James."
"Meowth that's a name!"
"Putting the do gooders in their place!"
"We're Team Rocket!"
"And we're in your face!"
"Wobbuffet!"
"Mime Mime!"
"Who's Team Rocket?"Zoey asked in confusion.
"They're crooks, they steal pokemon."Brock replied with a glare.
"No, how lame can you get."Zoey said with a smile. "They've got to be the biggest bunch of zeroes, I have ever seen before."
Denise snickered. "Oh trust me, they are."
"Perhaps you two are not good at maths!"James shot back. "There are three of us!"
"Or perhaps your jealous of my long hair."Jessie responded with a smirk.
"That Buizel is going to be close to us than that net!"Meowth commented with a frown.
"I don't think so!"Ash replied. "Turtwig, Razor Leaf!"
Turtwig came out and uses Razor Leaf to cut the net to free Buizel.
Dawn catches Buizel as they both land in the water.
"Dawn!"Denise shouted in panic.
Piplup dives in and pulls Dawn and Buizel to shore.
"Seviper makes this right!"Jessie stated.
Seviper came out of its pokeball.
"Seviper!"
"Carnivine make it right too!"James added.
Carnivine came out and bit on his head.
"I said make it right not make it bit!"James reminded.
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt, let's go!"Ash ordered.
Pikachu uses Thunderbolt on Seviper and Carnivine as they were moving in to attack.
"Hoot Hoot, come on out and use Peck!"Denise ordered with a smirk.
Hoot Hoot came out of his pokeball and used Peck on Seviper and Carnivine's heads.
"Piplup use Bubble Beam!"Dawn ordered with a smile.
Piplup uses Bubble Beam, while Buizel breaks through the net and uses Water Gun to blast off Team Rocket.
"I feel clean after taking a bath."James admitted.
"Its worse wearing wet clothes!"Jessie complained.
"I hate being with two dummies."Meowth replied.
"With two dried hairs."James added.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!"Team Rocket screamed and disappeared in the sky.
Hoot Hoot lands on Denise's shoulder.
"Piplup what a bubblebeam!"Dawn said happily.
"Piplup."Piplup said with a kind smile.
"Buizel is great too."Dawn added.
Buizel motions for Piplup to battle with him.
"What?"Dawn asked. "You wanna battle with Piplup again?"
Dawn then looks at her Starter Pokemon.
"What do you say, Piplup?"She asked.
Piplup responded in agreement.
"That's great!"Dawn remarked and looked at Buizel. "And this time I'm gonna catch you! You can count on it!"
A moment after, Buizel stood in another side of the waterfall while Dawn and Piplup stood in the other,
"Piplup use Bubblebeam now!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup uses Bubble Beam and Buizel uses Water Gun.
"Whoa, they combined."Denise said in surprise.
"That looks even to me."Ash stated.
Pikachu nodded. "Pikachu."
"I think Buizel's Water Gun has the edge."Brock admitted.
Buizel's Water Gun pushes back Bubble Beam and knocks down Piplup.
"Okay, Piplup use Peck!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup used Peck causing Buizel to dodge the attack.
"Slippery as always."Zoey said with a smirk.
Buizel uses Sonic Boom towards Piplup.
"Dodge it!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup quickly dodge the attack.
"Looks like Piplup is slippery too."Brock admitted.
Buizel uses Aqua Jet to send Piplup to the ground.
"Pull out of it and use Bubblebeam!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup uses Bubble Beam in the air, while Buizel dodged and used Water Gun.
"Dodge it!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup dodges Water Gun as Buizel lands a hit with Water Gun as Buizel was facing upside down.
"Buizel dodges ever attack."Brock said.
"Dawn and Piplup are getting no where fast."Ash admitted.
"Pika."Pikachu responded.
"Buizel sure is tough when it comes to battling."Denise stated.
"Hey Dawn, how about you battle it like it was a contest?"Zoey suggested with a smile.
"Really?"Dawn asked.
Zoey nodded in agreement.
Dawn remembers the battle she won against Kenny, where Piplup spun around and then used Bide to take down Prinplup.
"All right, Piplup use Bubble Beam while you spin!"She ordered.
Piplup uses Bubble Beam while he spins, which creates a swirling Bubble Beam surrounding Buizel.
"Buizel doesn't have a clue!"Ash said.
"Of course."Brock agreed. "Buizel does know about direct attacks, but doesn't know the combinations of contests."
"Well that's good news."Denise remarked.
"You got that right."Zoey replied.
"Alright Piplup, jump up and use Peck!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup used jumps and dives while using Peck as Buizel uses Aqua Jet to counter as they hit head on.
"That jumping practice really paid off!"Ash commented.
Pikachu smiled. "Pika!"
"Piplup is looking good."Zoey admitted.
"I hope this is it."Denise stated.
Buizel hits the ground and doesn't get up.
"All right poke ball, let's go!"Dawn stated.
She throws her Poké Ball and Piplup looked exhausted.
The Poké Ball shakes around, but Buizel still comes out of it.
Dawn gasped in shock.
"It didn't work!"Ash said.
Buizel uses Sonic Boom to send Piplup into the water.
"Piplup looks pretty wiped out."Brock admitted.
"Piplup, stay right there!"Dawn stated.
This surprised her twin sister and their friends.
Piplup stays in the water, as Buizel gets ready to use Aqua Jet.
Buizel uses Aqua Jet, while Piplup uses Whirlpool to trap Buizel inside.
Piplup lands a critical hit with Bubble Beam to knock Buizel out.
"What a perfect combination!"Ash remarked.
"Cool!"Denise said proudly.
Pikachu smiled. "Pika pika!"
"Okay, poke ball, let's do it this time!"Dawn stated.
She throws her Poké Ball again, hoping that it'll work with Piplup having reached his limit.
The Poké Ball shakes around, and finally shows that Buizel was caught.
Dawn and Piplup cheered in victory.
"Dawn, you did it!"Ash said with a smile. "Even though I wanted to catch that Buizel, I'm glad you caught it."
"Pika pika!"Pikachu responded happily.
"Well done, sis, I'm proud of you."Denise admitted kindly.
"That's Denise."Dawn answered brightly and held up her pokeball. "Buizel is mine!"
Piplup then collapsed in the ground feeling completely weak.
"Piplup are you okay?"Dawn asked worriedly.
Later that Evening...
"Don't worry, I'll return the fishing rods that Buizel stole."Zoey assured. "You get Piplup to a Pokemon Center, asp."
"But what about you?"Dawn asked.
"I'll be fine, I'll stick around a little longer to catch myself a pokemon."Zoey replied.
"Well good luck since there are plenty of wild pokemon around."Ash admitted.
"And we hope to see you again soon before the Hearthome Contest."Densie added.
"Thanks, see you guys soon."Zoey remarked with a wink.
The four heroes say goodbye to Zoey as they continue on their journey to Eterna City where Ash and Denise will have their next Gym battles.
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter
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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
Hoothoot (Male): Peck, Reflect, Aerial Ace and Hypnosis
Drifloon (Female): Ominous Wind, Thunderbolt, Will-O-Wisp and Astonish