Disclaimer: We don't own Loud House or Pokemon. All rights to Loud House belong to Nickelodeon. All rights to Pokemon belong to Nintendo and Game Freak.
Diamond in the Rufflet (Part Three)
Once the group get back to the Pokemon Center, they head inside and have lunch together with their Pokemon.
"You sure helped that Rufflet out today, Lincoln." said Mallow.
"Yeah, I just wanted to give it a better chance against those Spearow in the future." said Lincoln. Just then, his Rotom Phone starts to ring. He answers with video chat and his family and friends appear on the screen.
"Hi, Lincoln." said Lynn Sr.
"Hey, everyone." Lincoln replied.
"What have you been up to?" asked Rita. Lincoln then goes on to tell them about Rufflet and helping him train.
"If I was there, I'd definitely whip him into shape." said Lynn Jr.
"I'm sure you would've." said Lynn Sr. Just then, Lisa speaks up.
"Lincoln; I want to let you know that I've just finished building a Pokemon Transport System." said Lisa, surprising him.
"Already?" Lincoln replies.
"Yeah, we wanted her to build one as soon as possible so you can send some Pokemon over to us." said Lana.
"Let me guess; you wouldn't stop bugging Lisa about it; or let her do much of anything else until you did." Lincoln assumed.
"And you guessed correctly." said Lisa with exasperation. "Check out a Pokemon Center's PC when you get the chance."
"I'm in one right now, so give me a minute." said Lincoln as he gets up and walks over to the PC. He looks at a map on it that showed the location of every Pokemon Transport System in the world, with a spot located right in Royal Woods. "Yeah, I'm getting a signal from you here."
"Excellent." said Lisa. "Just move the icons of the Pokemon you have in storage over to that spot to send them over to us."
"Send me that Ekans." said Lana.
"I want Misdreavus, Zubat, and Noibat." said Lucy.
"Send me that Crabrawler." said Lynn Jr. "I want to have a few rounds with it."
"I caught another fighting type Pokemon earlier today." said Lincoln.
"Sweet; send that over also." said Lynn Jr. After Lincoln puts his Ekans, Crabrawler, and Misdreavus into storage, he does as Lisa instructed and sends the requested Pokemon to his family.
Back in Royal Woods, the Louds, along with Lincoln's friends back in Royal Woods, watch as pokeballs appear one by one in Lisa's Pokemon Transport System.
"It worked!" said Lana excitedly. She, Lucy, and Lynn Jr grab the pokeballs with the Pokemon they asked for and toss them, releasing the Pokemon in them.
"Thanks, Lincoln." said Lucy. The call ends after that, and Lincoln goes to finish his lunch. After that, and Rufflet gets checked out, the group exits the Pokemon Center, and head for Route 3.
"Do you think Rufflet's ready for the Spearow?" asked Sophocles.
"More ready than yesterday." said Lincoln. The group soon reaches Route 3 and start walking down it. Soon, multiple shadows appear on the ground, and the group looks up to see the flock of Spearow from before.
"Here they come!" said Mallow as three dove down towards the group. Rufflet flies towards them.
"Rufflet, use Leer!" said Lincoln. Rufflet glares harshly at the three Spearow, making them nervous, and lowering their defense; but they kept diving towards him. "Dodge and use Fury Attack!" Rufflet weaves past the Spearows, then turns around, and delivers a barrage of jabs from his beak, striking the Spearow with well-placed blows, knocking them to the ground.
"Here comes another one." said Lillie. Lincoln looks as another Spearow flies towards Rufflet from behind.
"Rufflet, fly up to dodge it, then use Wing Attack!" said Lincoln. Rufflet flaps his wings to move further into the air and out of the Spearow's path, then swings his wing down, and knocks it down to the ground. After a few minutes of fighting, the Spearow flock was a lot smaller than before.
"Rufflet's doing great!" said Sophocles.
"All that training is paying off." said Lincoln. One of the Spearow lets out a loud squawk and soon, another Spearow, one that was bigger than the others, and had a scar over its eye, swoops down from the mountaintop and flies in place in midair while looking at Rufflet.
"I'm guessing that Spearow's the leader of the flock." said Kiawe.
"Be careful, Rufflet." said Alola Lana. The Spearow and Rufflet fly at each other and jab at each other with their beaks, hitting each other and forcing them back.
"Rufflet, use Hone Claws!" said Lincoln. Rufflet sharpens his talons together, increasing his attack power and accuracy. The Spearow flies in a loop and swoops down at Rufflet, hitting him, and making him fall towards the ground.
"Rufflet!" said Mallow. Rufflet manages to regain control and fly back up towards the Spearow.
"Rufflet, use Leer!" said Lincoln. Rufflet glares at the Spearow, making it nervous, and lowering its defense. The Spearow responds by doing another loop and swoops towards Rufflet.
"Look out!" said Sophocles.
"Rufflet, use Wing Attack to counter it!" said Lincoln. Rufflet swings his wing at Spearow when it got close enough, blocking the attack, and knocking it back. "Now use Fury Attack!" Rufflet releases another barrage of jabs from his beak at the Spearow, hitting it repeatedly.
"You're doing it, Rufflet!" said Alola Lana. The Spearow was starting to breath hard; but it wouldn't give up, and it flies at Rufflet, beak first.
"Dodge and use one more Wing Attack!" said Lincoln. Rufflet moves out of the Spearow's path again and he swings his wing down, striking it, and knocking it down to the ground. The Spearow tries to lift its body up, but it collapses.
"Rufflet won!" said Sophocles. Lincoln quickly takes out an empty pokeball and throws it at the Spearow, hitting it, and sucking it in; the pokeball wiggles a few times before clicking.
"Yes! I caught Spearow!" said Lincoln. He then looks up Spearow's information on his Rotom Phone. "My new Spearow's a boy, he knows Peck, Growl, Leer, Pursuit, Fury Attack, and Aerial Ace; and he has the Keen Eye ability which prevents his accuracy from being lowered.
"Congratulations, you two." said Mallow. The group then return to the Pokemon Center to get Rufflet looked at. As that was going on, Lincoln sends his new Spearow to storage.
"Rufflet was so awesome today." said Sophocles.
"I'll admit he was impressive." said Kiawe. Soon, the nurse comes out with Rufflet in her arms.
"Rufflet is just fine." said the nurse. "I must say you did a good job of training him, Lincoln."
"Thank you, ma'am." said Lincoln. Rufflet flies out of the nurse's arms and perches onto Lincoln's shoulder where he begins to nuzzle his face.
"I think he's thanking you for helping him." said the nurse. Suddenly, Rufflet sticks his head into Lincoln's backpack and starts digging around.
"What are you doing?" asked Lincoln. A few seconds later, Rufflet pulls his head out with an empty pokeball in his beak; he then drops it to the floor, hops down from Lincoln's shoulder, pecks the pokeball's button to enlarge it, then pecks it again to make it suck him in; the pokeball wiggles a few times before clicking.
"Something tells me that Rufflet wants to go with you." said the nurse with a chuckle.
"Really?" Lincoln replied. He then picks up Rufflet's pokeball and looks at it with a smile. "Welcome to the team, Rufflet."
"What's he like?" asked Mallow. Lincoln looks at his Rotom Phone to learn about Rufflet.
"Like the nurse said earlier; Rufflet's a boy, he knows Peck, Leer, Fury Attack, Wing Attack, and Hone Claws like we figured he did, and this says that he has the Keen Eye ability like Spearow does." said Lincoln.
"Now that you mention it, that one Makuhita's Sand Attack didn't seem to affect Rufflet's aim in the least." said Kiawe.
Lincoln has helped Rufflet win against the Spearow and has officially joined Lincoln's team. Will he help defeat Kahuna Hala in the Grand Trial? Wait and find out.
Meanwhile, at the Loud house in the backyard, Lana was playing with the Ekans that Lincoln sent her, Lucy was hanging from a tree with Zubat and Noibat while Misdreavus floats around her, and Lynn Jr was staring down Crabrawler while in a defensive stance while Makuhita stands to the side and watches.
"Okay, Crabrawler; show me that Rock Smash attack that Lincoln mentioned before." said Lynn Jr. Crabrawler tilts her head, then shrugs before her claw starts glowing white. A minute later, Lynn was crawling out of a recently made hole in the fence that was shaped like her in a dazed state.
"Honey, are you alright?" Lynn Sr asked her with concern. Lynn Jr shakes her head to regain her senses.
"Wow, that Iron Fist ability really does help Crabrawler pack a punch!" said Lynn Jr with an excited grin.
End of Chapter 21
Pokemon that Lincoln has with him: Torracat (M), Pikachu (F), Rockruff (M), and Rufflet (M).
Pokemon in Lincoln's collection: Torracat (M), Grubbin (M), Pikachu (F), Rockruff (M), Ekans (F), Misdreavus (F), Crabrawler (F), Zubat (F) Noibat (F), Makuhita (F), Smeargle (M), Spearow (M), and Rufflet (M).
Pokemon in Lana's care: Ekans (F)
Pokemon in Lucy's care: Misdreavus (F), Zubat (F), and Noibat (F)
Pokemon in Lynn Jr's care: Crabrawler (F), and Makuhita (F)
