Episode 363: Togetic, Togetic, Togekiss
A day had passed since putting an end to the whole Red Lightning chaos, so Sora, Kairi, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, Pikachu, Angel, and Marill has taken their leave of Commerce City and started to make their way toward Gardenia Town for the Pokémon Contest as Kairi will compete to earn her fifth Contest Ribbon.
They made a stop to take a break as Kairi prepares lunch for everyone.
"Come and get it, everyone," Kairi said, placing some Pokémon food for the Pokémon. They all started to eat up as soon as it was presented to them. Kairi sat down as she started to eat her own meal along with her friends.
"So, what's the plan for your Contest, Kairi?" Ethan asked.
"Yeah, which one are you gonna send out for this one?" Lyra asked.
"Let's see," Kairi said, looking at her Pokémon while they were eating. "I thought of sending in either Ninetales, Corsola, or maybe Bulbasaur. Squirtle is a little old enough for a battle."
"So, what moves do you think your Squirtle knows, Kairi?" Kris asked.
"Well, so far, Squirtle knows Tackle, Bubble, Water Gun, and Rapid Spin. Maybe, I'll make up my mind when I come around to it," Kairi said.
"Sure. Take your time," Kris said.
Meanwhile, the former Team Rocket members were following the trail of Sora and his friends. Varney and Claude were leading the small army to make their attack.
"The day of revenge is coming at last. Sora Ketchum and his friends will finally pay for destroying Team Rocket and ruining all of our plans," Claude said.
"I've been waiting for this day for a long, long time. It was bad enough those brats destroyed our plans right here in Kanto, and our plans in Johto, but things are going to be different. There'll be no espcape for the likes of them. They'll pay for it all," Varney said.
Unknown to any of them, a dark aura was seeping from one of them. The darkness in each of their hearts were growing more and more stronger with each passing second.
Meanwhile, in Count Ernesh's mansion, Loki picked up on it as he watched it from an orb.
"Well, well, well. It looks like the darkness in their hearts are growing even wilder than I thought they would. It probably won't be long until they turn completely into Heartless if their revenge takes hold of them. This is even more fun than when I pretended to be one of them to aid Ganondorf's goal for the Door to Darkness. Ten times more fun than when I double crossed that stupid Giovanni when he thought he was gonna have his place for the worlds," Loki laughed. "A show like this will be too good watch from the sidelines; especially when I can watch it live and in person. All I need is a busket of buttered popcorn a large cup of soda and land a really good seat when I watch the show. It'll be so much better than pay-per-view." He snapped his fingers and disappeared and reappeared in Kanto. "Almost showtime. Better get ready for the show."
Back with the group, they had just finished eating their lunch when Kairi and Lyra were having a practice battle. Lyra had her Marill out while Kairi is going with Togetic.
"Alright, Lyra, you can have the first move," Kairi said.
"Thanks. Marill! Use Hydro Pump!" Lyra ordered. Marill fired Hydro Pump right at the Happiness Pokémon.
"Dodge and use your Aerial Ace!" Kairi ordered. Togetic avoids Marill's Hydro Pump and heads right for Marill.
"Play Rough!" Lyra ordered. Marill jumped towards Togetic and gave him a series of beatings. Togetic is flying up in the air, but all wobbly. He regain his balance as he looked at the Aqua Mouse Pokémon.
"Not bad, Lyra. I can see why you beat that Scizor yesterday," Kairi said.
"Thanks. Wanna continue?" Lyra asked.
"I would. Fairy Wind!" Kairi ordered. Togetic flapped his wings and blew Fairy Wind from his wings.
"Dodge it and use Bubble Beam!" Lyra ordered. Marill dodged and fired Bubble Beam right at Togetic.
"Blow it away with Fairy Wind!" Kairi ordered. Togetic flapped his wings and blew the bubbles away, hitting Marill on the mark. "Swift!" Togetic fired Swift and struck Marill again. "Now, use Last Resort!" Togetic unleashed a Last Resort at Marill.
"Dodge it and use Aqua Tail!" Lyra ordered. Marill avoids Togetic's Last Resort and came at Togetic and lands a hit with Aqua Tail.
"Swift and Fairy Wind!" Kairi ordered. Togetic unleashed both Swift and Fairy Wind. The stars turned pink and deals double damage due to the two attacks combining into one. Marill was on her back, beaten. "You were great, Togetic."
"Togeti," Togetic said.
"You sure were," Lyra said, helping up Marill. "But you did your part, too, Marill."
"Marill," Marill said.
"Say, aren't you going to have your Togetic evolve into a Togekiss anytime, soon?" Lyra asked.
"Evolve my Togetic into a Togekiss. Huh," Kairi said, looking at Togetic. Kairi remembered it took a Shiny Stone to have Togetic to evolve into a Togekiss. She remembered the day her Togepi hatched from an egg and how her face lit up when she got to witness a Pokémon's birth with her own eyes. She enjoyed carrying Togepi in her arms even though she had Togepi's Pokéball. She remembered all the experiences she shared with Togepi right up to when Togepi had evolved into a Togetic and helped defeat Colonel Hansen. Looking at Togetic, she wasn't sure if she was ready for Togetic to evolve again, but she remembered even though Pokémon can evolve, their hearts stays the same.
"I did think about it, but I thought of leaving as he is until the time is truly right," Kairi said.
"Okay, if you feel that way. You don't have to force to your Togetic to evolve if you don't want to. Togetic is your Pokémon after all," Lyra said.
"Thanks for understanding," Kairi said.
"Eevee," Angel said.
"Togeti," Togetic said.
Over to Sora, he and Pikachu were heading to a small river and he filled up his canteen with some water, unaware of Loki showing up. He has a beach chair and a large bucket of buttery popcorn and some sodas to watch the show. He took out a pair of opera glasses and looked through. He saw the former Team Rocket members coming. He looked and saw Kairi, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, Angel, and Marill in the same area. He laughed to himself.
"The show is about to begin, and I got myself a great seat to watch the action. It's too bad that the rest of the gang couldn't be there, but it's no big deal, because with Sora and Kairi there, this'll be all the entertainment I need," Loki said as he laughed again. "Won't be long now."
Down to Sora, he raised his canteen once it was full.
"This'll keep us hydrated for a while," Sora said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
"Come on, let's go and rejoin the others," Sora said, unaware of Varney, Claude, the rest of the former Team Rocket members approaching.
"There he is," Varney said.
"We move in," Claude said.
Up to Loki, he laughed once again as he popped open his first can of soda.
"Showtime," Loki said with glee.
Meanwhile, Astride, Erik, and Anders were catching up with Sora, Kairi, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, Pikachu, Angel, and Marill when they made a stop.
"You feel that?" Erik asked.
"I do. I think it's Loki," Anders said.
"I don't it is Loki. I know it's Loki. He gives off bad vibes like it was a rash," Astride said.
"You do think he could be up to something, do you?" Anders asked.
"You do know, it's Loki we're talking about, don't you? He's always up to something," Erik said.
"I agree. Whatever he's got cooking up, it can't be good. According to the Master, after he left, Loki infiltrated the Team Rocket organization and pretended to be one of their own. So he helped Team Rocket's boss get in on Ganondorf's plans for the Door to Darkness and Kingdom Hearts, but he's been off the radar after that," Astride said.
"There's no way Loki could be quiet for that long," Erik said.
"Yeah, but Loki isn't dumb enough to give himself away," Anders said.
"True. I just hope he hasn't picked up on us until we want him to. If he hasn't, then we can catch him by surprise," Astride said.
Sora and Pikachu rejoined their friends as they were getting ready to take off for Gardenia Town.
"Is everybody ready to go?" Sora asked.
"Let's get the show on the road," Kris said.
Just when Kairi was about to call Togetic back, several Fearow and Skarmory flew overhead and attacked as Varney and Claude arrived.
"Not sorry to say this, kids, but nobody is going anywhere," Claude said.
"Let me guess. Former members of Team Rocket, right?" Sora asked in annoyed tone.
"You're a bright on, mate. Today is the day we finally finish you off and exact our revenge against you!" Varney said. Sora growled in anger.
"I just can't believe you guys would sink low enough to go and steal Pokémon from other people! Pokémon that took a lot of love and care to raise and care for! What gives you that right to just take whatever you want? Pokémon are not something you can just steal just to satisfy your selfish wants! I share a powerful bond with each and every one of my Pokémon, and there is nothing you can do to shatter that bond because it'll still be there, no matter how hard you try!" Sora stated.
"Pikachu," Pikachu agreed.
"We don't give a damn about your bond with your Pikachu or your other Pokémon! Team Rocket has the right to steal whatever we want no matter the cost. If we had killed you and your girlfriend from the beginning, all your Pokémon would have been the property of Team Rocket!" Varney said.
"We were going to be the next ones to go to Oak's lab to steal your Pokémon until you and your stupid meddling and annoying friends ruined everything by finding our headquarters, beating Giovanni, and ruining everything we've worked for including all the Pokémon Team Rocket stole during the years, because all of them were the work to rule the whole world!" Claude said.
"You guys made that clear, alright, and we're making it clear that you can't get away with whatever you want!" Ethan said.
"There are consequences for stealing," Lyra said.
"And you're looking at the consequences!" Sora said.
"You never could understand the bond people and Pokémon share with each other! That's an unforgivable thing to do to other people! We had to stop you from doing it to other people! And we're going to make sure Team Rocket is nothing but a bad memory!" Kairi said.
"Is that so? Well, we're gonna have to make sure everyone remembers what happened here after we have killed you!" Varney said.
Over to Loki, he scarfed down a big handful of popcorn in his mouth before he gave a loud belch.
"Come on! Stop with the talking and make the battling!" Loki said.
Back with the group.
"Enough talk. Let's fight!" Claude said as the former Team Rocket members took out their Pokéballs and threw them. Their Pokémon came out to battle against them. Ethan and Kris took out their Pokéballs and threw them.
"Typhlosion! Go!" Ethan called out.
"Wani-Wani! I choose you!" Kris called out.
Loki laughed.
"Now, we're getting somewhere!" Loki said.
"Wani-Wani!" Kris called out.
"Marill!" Lyra called out.
"Hydro Pump!" Kris and Lyra ordered.
Both Water-types fired Hydro Pump, hitting all the Rock and Ground-types.
"Typhlosion! Flamethrower!" Ethan ordered. Typhlosion unleashed Flamethrower, hitting some of the Koffing, Weezing, Grimer, and Muk.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered.
"Angel, Togetic! Swift!" Kairi ordered.
Pikachu, Angel, and Togetic combined their attacks and struck the Pokémon, knocking some of them out. Astride, Erik, and Anders slipped by while the group were distracted, and making sure Loki couldn't see them.
Speaking of which, he laughed as he was enjoying the show.
"Oh, this is so much better than cartoons. This is truly entertaining!" Loki said as he laughed some more.
Machoke came at Angel with a Karate Chop, but Marill came to her rescue and used Play Rough on the Superpower Pokémon, resulting in a knockout.
"Thanks for the save, Marill." - Angel subtitle.
"Anytime, Angel." - Marill said.
Fearow started to swoop down at Angel, but Pikachu came to her rescue with a Quick Attack on the back and an Electro Ball as a finisher.
"Keep your talons off of my girl, you overgrown, flying chicken!" - Pikachu subtitle.
Togetic flew up in the air as the Skarmory flew at him and fired Flash Cannon. Togetic managed to dodge, and flew off. The Skarmory were catching up to Togetic as they were chasing after him. They fired Flash Cannon again, hitting Togetic this time. He started to fall right to the ground. Kairi gasped when she saw Togetic fall.
"Togetic!" Kairi gasped. She saw how strong those Skarmory were, so Kairi took out a Shiny Stone and she held it in her hand. Kairi knew Pokémon evolutions are permanent, but she knew Togetic would stand a much better chance against those Skarmory when he evolved. "Togetic, catch!" Kairi threw the Shiny Stone. He sees the Shiny Stone flying in the air. Togetic started to dart right at the Shiny Stone and caught it in his hands. That's was when Togetic began to evolve.
"Look at that!" Ethan exclaimed.
"Togetic's evolving!" Sora said.
Togetic has now become a Togekiss. The newly evolved Togekiss flew up in the air, much faster than he was as a Togetic. Togetic unleashed an Air Slash, hitting the Skarmory.
"Togekiss just used Air Slash. And there's another move he couldn't use as a Togetic. Togekiss! Aura Sphere!" Togekiss formed an azure blue orb of energy and sends it at a Skarmory, landing a hit.
Loki was amazed by Togetic's sudden evolution.
"Well, there's something I didn't see coming. That Togetic has become a Togekiss. I doubt those guys were expecting that to happen. But who cares what they were expecting, because Pokémon evolutions just makes it even more enjoyable!" Loki said.
"The show's over, Loki," a familiar female voice said. Loki recognized the voice and he saw Astride, Erik, and Anders behind him.
"Astride, Erik, Anders. What an unexpected treat. It's not a surprise that you're still the lap dogs of that old midget," Loki said.
"You haven't changed a bit, Loki. That's the one thing I hate about you!" Anders said.
"Oh, do we have to soil our happy and fuzzy reunion with a lecture? You guys haven't changed much either. You just didn't know how to have fun. You do-good killjoys aren't going to ruin my fun this time! I mean, why else would you come all this way? But I guess the fun will have to wait," Loki said.
"You never took anything we do seriously!" Astride said.
"I did so! I just found it better that this kind of power should be used for evil. Now, let me change my clothes!" Loki said said as he now wore a gold, black, and green armor and a gold helmet with long, curved horns. He also has a gold Keyblade. The edge is curved and the teeth are pointy. The guard is gold and green with a green gem at the top of the hilt and the token is Loki's helmet. Loki's Keyblade shall be known as the God of Mischief. "I'm ready whenever you are."
Astride, Erik, and Anders each summoned a Keyblade of their own.
The blade of Astride's Keyblade is based on that of a viking's sword and the handguard and teeth are made up of dove wings. The hilt guard has a spearhead and the token is a valkyrie's helmet. This Keyblade shall be known as Valhalla Valkyrie.
The blade of Erik's Keyblade has the design of red and yellow fire while the hilt guard has the face of the Fenrir wolf. The edge of the Keyblade curved, forming the teeth. The token is a miniature Fenrir. This Keyblade shall be known as Flaming Fenrir.
Anders's entire Keyblade is based off the tree, Yggdrasil. The leaves all serve as the teeth while the blade is based on the stem of the tree and the roots serve as the handguard. The hilt guard and the token is the tree itself. This Keyblade shall be known as Yggdrasil.
They all engaged their former friend as Loki used his skills to slip by their slashes. He unleashed icicles and sends them their way. Astride dodged and she swings her Keyblade, but Loki used it to block her attack. Anders and Erik swung their Keyblades, but Loki blocked with his God of Mischief.
Back with the battle with Sora and his friends, a Rhydon attempts to stomp on Pikachu, but he macked the Drill Pokemon with an Iron Tail. Angel lands a Headbutt against a Machamp, and Marill had taken down a Primeape.
"You do you like that?" Sora asked.
"You little punks are so annoying! I won't stand for it any longer!" Claude roared as the darkness overtakes him. He undergoes a transformation. He has become a large, muscular humanoid Heartless, wearing the same clothing as Claude as a human. He wore gold wristbands and anklets.
Varney has become a tall skeletal Heartless. He has a crown-like appendage on the top of his head and he has a dark purple robe. He had a scyhe with a skull-like mark on the blade and a boney handle.
The rest of them all turned into Shadows, Soldiers, and Air Soldiers.
"This is not good. They all turned into Heartless!" Sora gasped.
"Pika!" Pikachu said.
"Then, we have no choice but to take them down!" Lyra said.
"It seems that way," Kairi agreed.
"Then, let's do it," Ethan said.
"We have to do it," Kris said.
Sora, Kairi, Ethan, Kris, and Lyra summoned their Keyblades and engaged the Heartless. Loki turned to see the former Team Rocket members had been transformed into Heartless. He just laughed.
"Well, that took them long enough," Loki said. Astride, Erik, and Anders turned to see the Heartless.
"Loki, what have you done?" Erik asked.
"I didn't do a thing. They did it to themselves. The darkness in their hearts were growing at an alarming rate, so I didn't wanna miss it. I just love it when things come together," Loki said.
"How can you think of people turning into Heartless be entertaining to you?" Astride asked, disgusted.
"You got a sick sense of humor, Loki," Anders said.
"What can I say? I know what I like to laugh to. And this is it. And I almost missed it. The only thing I didn't count on was you showing up," Loki said.
"It's always been a game for you, Loki, that's your problem!" Erik said.
"Isn't life one big game?" Loki asked as he came at Erik again.
Back with Sora, Kairi, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, Pikachu, Angel, and Marill, they struck down the Shadows, Soldiers, and Air Soldiers as they attacked. Varney and Claude's Heartless proved to be powerful opponents as Varney's Heartless swings its scythe at them, but they managed to dodge just by jumping. Togekiss swoops down as Kairi got on his back as did Angel.
"You ready to rumble, Togekiss?" Kairi asked.
"Toge!" Togekiss answered as he took flight.
Claude's Heartless threw its fist at Togekiss only to dodge by doing a roll like a stunt plane. "Use Fairy Wind!" Togekiss blew Fairy Wind at Claude's Heartless, hitting it in the chest. But Claude's Heartless summoned lightning and sends it at the Jubilee Pokémon. Togekiss dodged it again.
"Use Aura Sphere!" Togekiss unleashed Aura Sphere and it struck Claude's Heartless, so Togekiss flew closer for Kairi to use her Destiny's Embrace to slash Claude's Heartless across the chest.
"No! This cannot be!" Claude's Heartless exclaimed as it fell to the ground. "This isn't the end I had envisioned. Team Rocket would have risen from the darkness and rise again. Varney! Avenge me! Don't let me die for nothing!" Claude's Heartless said before disappearing into nothingness.
"Claude," Varney's Heartless said. Varney's Heartless have out a roar. "You will all pay for that with your hearts!" Varney's Heartless swings its scythe at the Keyblade wielders, but Sora took the scythe from Varney's Heartless and hit the Heartless with it before he threw it right at its face. Varney's Heartless summoned skulls with the Heartless emblem on the forehead. They all had their eye sockets burn with a blue flame.
"Here they come!" Ethan said as the skulls come raining down and explodes when they make contact with the ground. "Take cover!"
The Keyblade wielders and the Pokémon took cover from the explosions.
"They need our help!" Anders said.
"No, they can handle it," Astride said.
"Come on, Astride!" Anders said.
"No! Astride's right! Loki is our target!" Erik said.
"Here I come, ready or not!" Loki said, unleashing a rain of yellow-green swords and make them rain down at his former friends. They all dodged and charge at Loki. He clashed against their Keyblades, keeping them at bay. "I'm one to admit, you three have grown stronger since we've parted company. That old gnome taught you well, but he didn't teach you everything." He unleashed yellow lightning from his fingers, pushing them back. He laughed. They all looked Loki as he approached them. "I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, 'How in the world did he do that?! He couldn't do that before!' Is that right?"
"The Master never taught that to you either, Loki. Who taught that to you?!" Astride demanded.
"Sorry, but I don't think I can trust you with these secrets. You might as well let that keep you up at night," Loki said as he laughed again.
"Will you stop laughing?" Anders asked, annoyed.
"Spoiled sport," Loki said.
Varney's Heartless swings its scythe down at them again Sora dodged it just by jumping and casts a thunder spell, hitting the Heartless. Kairi casts a crystal thunder spell and struck Varney's Heartless. She then casts her flower spell, striking the Heartless with flower petals.
"Musiga!" Kris shouted, casting a powerful music spell. Varney's Heartless was struck by the music notes as Kairi moved in and slashed the skeletal Heartless, chopping off its head.
"So, this is the end of Varney. You win this round, but don't relax too much, Sora Ketchum. Team Rocket will return someday. And Team Rocket will be more powerful than before," Varney's Heartless said as the skull and body vanished into nothingness.
Back with Loki and the other three. Loki saw that they defeated Varney's Heartless.
"Aw, you made me miss the finale. But at least I get to finish you off," Loki said, chuckling evilly. He readies his Keyblade to finish them off. "Wish I could say it was nice seeing you again, but how about we don't insult each other with lies?"
"Here's something we learned after you left, Loki," Astride said as she unleashes a burst of silver energy and sent Loki flying backwards.
"What the heck was that?! You cheated just after I cheated! No fair, no fair, no fair!" Loki exclaimed.
"If you bothered to stick around, you would have learned that one already. You have nobody to blame but yourself, Loki," Astride said.
"Oh-ho-ho-ho, you think you're so clever. That's the only thing I ever found cute about you, little girl. I'll let you off the hook this time, but our next meeting won't be the same. TTFF. Ta-ta for now," Loki said as he vanished as he laughed.
"He got away," Erik said.
"Loki is a slippery one and he grew even more powerful than the last time we saw him. We're gonna have to be more careful with him from now on," Astride said.
"What about them?" Erik asked, pointing to Sora and the others.
"We'll keep on following them. That's the task we were given. We're not gonna stop just because of Loki," Astride said.
"She's right. Loki will make his move against him again," Anders said.
"And we gotta be ready for that," Erik said.
With that said, Astride, Erik, and Anders returned to their mission to observe Sora, Kairi, and the others.
Back with Sora, Kairi, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, Pikachu, Angel, Marill, and Togekiss, they panted from the fighting they did.
"I gotta hand it to you, Kairi, evolving your Togetic into a Togekiss was a swell idea," Sora said.
"I'm glad you think so, Sora," Kairi said.
"About that. I thought you were gonna wait until you were ready to evolve your Togetic, Kairi," Lyra said.
"Well, with those Team Rocket loyalists didn't really give me much of a choice said.
"But at least we've seen the last of those guys," Ethan said.
"I wouldn't be so sure. There could be other people who were members of Team Rocket who are in prison who could still be plotting against us. I don't think it's over," Kris said.
"Kris is right. We may have won the battle, but the war is still on. I mean, they may be Magikarp compared to Organization XIII, but it doesn't make their threats even less real. When they do come back, we're gonna have to be ready for them," Sora said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
"Ash, Riku, the Master, and the rest would agree," Lyra said.
"Marill," Marill said.
"We should all head to Gardenia Town for the Contest," Lyra said.
"Then, let's get to it," Kairi said, casting a cure spell, healing the group entirely.
The threat of Team Rocket may have been pacified for now, but their dark shadows still lingers even now. And what could Loki be plotting next? Also, how will Kairi fare in the Gardenia Contest? Well, keep on following up if you wanna find out. Until next time.
