Capítulo 19: Cora Joy vs. The Nature-Loving Princess
On their way to Celadon City, the gang decide to take a rest and have a short break. And they weren't alone, when a Mankey came out of nowhere and sniffed the rice ball in Cora's hand, he took it and ate it. Cora had to admit that Mankey looked cute as he ate the rice ball. Soon it was time to leave, but apparently Mankey didn't want Cora to leave and asked if he could go with her. Cora didn't mind that and let Mankey come with her.
{A/N: Don't worry, this isn't the same Mankey that Ash angers. This is a different one}
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Now our heroes arrived in Celadon City for Cora's fifth gym badge, they are currently on a break. Mairin smelt something nice and sniffed the air. Cora and Alain sweat dropped at her expression.
"... Erm, what's up with you, Mairin?" Cora asked.
Mairin ignored the question and continued to sniff the air, smelling a nice fragrance, not too far from where they were standing.
"Perfume..." Mairin said, "And lovely ones too. I want to check it out. Can we?"
Kilala sniffed the air, "Espe espeon espe (A perfume store must be nearby.)" She said.
Cora shrugged her shoulders, "Sure..." She accepted.
Mairin beamed, "Yeah!"
The gang headed towards the perfume store that had a strong scent coming from it.
Kilala sniffed the air for a second, "Espe, espeon espeon. (Wow, lovely and strong fragrance.)"
Cora smiled, "That's right."
"Yeah!" Mairin rushed inside, fast.
Alain sweat dropped a bit, "And there she goes." He looked at Cora, "You're not going?"
Cora frowned, "To be honest I have nothing against perfume... it's just that. I honestly have no idea why girls are crazy over them, but everyone has something they like." She smiled. "Mairin has more sense than me in this stuff."
Alain's lip twitched, into a small smile, "Didn't you tell us that your mother's birthday is coming up?" He asked.
"Yeah." Cora replied.
"Maybe you can get her something from the perfume store." Alain suggested.
Cora nodded, "Good idea." She agreed with a smile.
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So Cora and Alain entered the Perfume Store, they saw Mairin trying different perfumes. The two chuckled at how happy she looked as she tried them on. Then Cora and Alain began looking at the perfumes. After looking at a few of them, Cora couldn't really decide what would be a good one for her mom.
"We should get some help." Alain suggested.
"Yeah, I'm clueless about this kind of stuff." Cora agreed.
"Maybe I can help you?" A voice spoke from behind them.
Cora immediately turned around and stepped back. She and Alain turned and saw a woman with green eyes and wearing traditional kimono and hair. Cora knew that this woman was Erika, Celadon City's gym leader.
"Oh sorry about that." Erika giggled, "I didn't mean to sneak up on you. I'm the Manager of the Store."
"Oh." Cora said, "Actually yes. My mother's birthday is coming up and I'm looking for the right one for her, since she likes perfume. I have no or absolutely no idea about perfumes."
Even in Cora's previous life, she only read about the different kinds of perfumes. Not to mention that she wasn't very interested in them.
"I'll be glad to help. First question; what does your mother like?" Erika asked.
"Well, my mom is a Pokémon nurse. She likes chocolate, flowers, taking care of Pokémon and cooking." Cora replied, listed off.
Erika tapped her chin in thought and then got an answer, "How about some flower scents?" She suggested.
"That would be great." Cora smiled.
Erika led them over to the flower-scented area shelf and grabbed a bottle, "Here, I'll spray one and a time slowly and you can smell the scent if it's the right one for your mother."
Cora sniffed them one by one, until she finally found the one that she was looking for.
"This one!" Cora said happily, "The Wild Rose Garden."
Kilala sniffed the perfume, "Espe (Smells lovely)."
"Mom will love this." Cora smiled.
Cora bought the perfume and Erika wrapped it up for her.
"By the way, do you know where I can find the Celadon City gym?" Cora asked.
"Why yes, I do." Erika gave her the directions on where to find it.
"Thank you very much. Also thank you for the perfume." Cora thanked her before leaving the store with Kilala along with Alain who was dragging Mairin behind him.
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Cora sent the perfume to her mother by post and then she, Kilala, Alain and Mairin went to find Celadon Gym. Celadon Gym looked like a giant greenhouse and the roof was in a design of the petals of a Gloom. When Cora, Alain, Mairin and the Pokémon were inside, they saw different flowers and trees everywhere.
"Wow, it's like a greenhouse." Mairin commented.
"Well Celadon Gym Leader uses Grass-type Pokémon," Cora informed, "It's no wonder that this gym is more like a greenhouse."
Alain nodded, "Yeah."
They saw a lady at a reception desk and Cora asked her if she could battle the gym leader.
"Of course," The lady said, "I'll take you to Erika right now."
"Thank you." Cora nodded.
The lady led Cora to where the gym battlefield was. Not only was the room filled with trees, flowers and grass, but it was also filled with grass Pokémon; Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Exeggcute, Exeggutor and Tangela and also a Bulbasur, Ivysaur, and Venusaur. She even saw the ladies that worked at the perfume store.
"Wow." Mairin said, amazed. "So many Grass-types."
"Erika," The lady called out to Erika, "this young lady wishes to battle you."
Erika, who now wore a green and white dress, stood up and turned around. "Welcome. Ah I remember you," Erika smiled, "I take it you're here to challenge me then?"
"Yes I am," Cora nodded, "I'm Cora Joy by the way."
"Well Cora," Erika said, "As the perfume store manager and Celadon City's gym leader, I accept your challenge."
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"This will be a battle between Erika the gym leader and Cora Joy the challenger," Erika's assistant announced, "This will also be a three vs three Pokémon battle. Whoever knocks out the most Pokémon first wins."
Kilala, Alain, Mairin and the ladies were watching from the side lines. Some of the Grass Pokémon were watching too.
"Battle begin!"
"Okay," Erika said, "Go Tangela!"
What looked like a bush of vines, with two big eyes, came out of Erika's Pokéball.
Cora scanned Tangela on her phone:
[Tangela, the vine Pokémon. Its body is wrapped in vines. The rest of its form is hidden beneath these vines.]
"Pirro, I choose you!" Cora released her Playful Pokémon.
"Monferno." Pirro the Shiny Monferno appeared on the field.
"Even though you are using a Fire-Type Cora, don't think that you have won yet." Erika smiled, "Tangela, use Vine Whip!"
Tangela shot out two vines, ready to hit Pirro.
"Use Quick Attack to dodge and use Ember!" Cora countered.
Pirro's Quick Attack got him away from the Vine Whip, jumped out of the way and he opened his mouth and shot multiple balls of fire at Tangela which set it on fire and made it cry out in pain.
"Tangela, are you alright?!" Erika cried out.
"Tang-Tangela (I-I'm okay)." Tangela said.
"Use Stun Spore." Erika ordered.
A yellow powder came off Tangela and headed for Pirro.
"Pirro, dodge and then Fire Spin!" Cora countered.
Pirro dodged the Stun Spore before it could paralyze him and took in a deep breath and red-yellow fire started to seep out of his mouth. He then releases a powerful stream of red-yellow fire from his mouth at Tangela. As the flame travels at Tangela, the front of the flame forms into a kenji-shaped blast (meaning 'big') and fired it at the orange powder, getting rid of it, and hit Tangela as well. Tangela couldn't take another fire attack and fainted.
"Tangela!" Erika cried out.
"Tangela is unable to battle! The match goes to Pirro!" Erika's assistant announced.
"Well done, Pirro!" Cora cheered.
Pirro turned to Cora and smiled. Cora smiled back.
Erika returned Tangela and smiled, "You did very well Tangela, now get some well-deserved rest." She brought out another Pokéball from her sleeve and tossed it in the air, "Weepinbell, it's your turn now!" out came the plant eating like Pokémon.
"Pirro, return!" Cora returned Pirro back into her Pokéball, "Rogue, I choose you!"
"Braixen!" Rogue the Shiny Braixen was released and got ready to fight.
"Weepinbell, use Bullet Seed." Erika ordered.
Weepinbell shot out a lot of seeds from its mouth.
"Use Protect!" Cora ordered.
Rogue projected a green barrier that blocked the Bullet Seed attack.
"Now use Heat Wave!" Rogue created a ball of orange fire from her stick then released a wind of flames at Weepinbell burning it into unconsciousness.
"Weepinbell is unable to battle! The match goes to Rogue!" Erika's assistant announced.
"Weepinbell, return now." Erika said, returning Weepinbell back into its Pokéball.
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The ladies on the sideline watched in amazement.
"Wow, she already defeated two of Erika's Pokémon." Mairin smiled.
"Just one more and she'll win the badge." Alain said.
"Espeon. (She'll definitely win.)" Kilala smiled.
"Wow, Cora's good." One complimented.
"I know, her Fire-types are very strong." Another commented.
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"Great job, Rogue." Cora complimented her fire type.
Rogue came over to her and hugged her as she smiled, "Braixen, Braix! (Thank you, Cora!)" Cora hugged her back.
"Okay, how about some rest? Egan deserves a turn to battle, right?" Cora asked.
Rogue nodded, "Braixen! (Okay!)"
"Rogue, return." Cora returned Rogue to her Pokéball, "Egan, I choose you!"
"Flare!" Egan the Flareon stood ready to fight.
"I must say Cora," Erika said, "You're an impressive trainer. But this gym battle is not over yet. Go, Gloom!"
A Grass Pokémon with a drool coming out of its mouth appeared.
Cora looked at the phone:
[Gloom, the weed Pokémon. The evolved form of Oddish. It gives off a powerful aroma that can cause those to smell it to faint from two miles away.]
Cora winced at the Pokémon.
'Oh boy,' Cora thought, 'This will be tough.'
"Battle begin!"
"Okay Egan, let's finish quickly," Cora said, "Use Ember!"
Egan launched fireballs from his mouth, but Gloom dodged the attack.
"Quick Gloom, use Petal Dance!" Erika said.
A spiraling whorl of petals shot out of Gloom's petals and twirled towards Egan.
"Use Fire Spin and then Heat Wave, Egan!" Cora countered.
A spiraling whirl of flames shot out of Egan's mouth and burnt the petals and struck Gloom, followed by a ball of fire which struck Gloom again. Gloom couldn't stand another fire attack and fainted.
"Gloom is unable to battle! The match goes to Egan! The winner of this battle goes to Cora Joy of Viridian City!" Erika's assistant announced.
Cora jumped up as Egan jumped into her arms. She stroked his head, "We did it! Thank you, Egan."
"Flare flareon! (Thank you, Cora!)" Egan smiled.
Cora thanked Egan once more and returned him to his Pokéball. Then she saw Erika tending to her Gloom.
"Is Gloom okay?" Cora asked, worriedly.
"Oh don't worry." Erika assured her with a smile.
Cora let out a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness." She said.
"I'm very impressed, Cora. I never expected that the daughter of Nurse Joy would be such a great battler. It's quite surprising." Erika complimented.
"Thanks, Erika." Cora smiled.
"Heartwarming, but what's that smell?" a familiar annoying female voice spoke, and everyone looked to where it was coming from. Team Rocket was standing on top of the building, looking down at all of them. "Your Pokémon skills are stinking up this Gym even more than Gloom." Jessie insulted.
"It's Team Rocket!" Mairin yelled.
Jessie jumped to the floor, "To protect the world from devastation."
James jumped to the floor, "To unite all peoples within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
Meowth jumped over, holding a box, "And last and not least, to blast this dump to the sky high!"
Meowth pressed a button.
"Jessie!"
"James!"
Suddenly an explosion happened under them, making them blast up to the sky.
James grabs Meowth in anger, "Where did you put that blast ball?!" He exclaimed.
"Near us so I wouldn't lose it! AH!" Meowth exclaimed, trying to escape from James's grip.
Jessie was holding a bottle, "At least we get this lovely parting gift, their secret perfume formula!" She grinned.
"What?!" Cora and Mairin exclaimed.
"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Jessie and James shouted before they all disappeared into the sky.
DING!
Everyone watched as the explosion created a fire around.
"Quick, girls! We got to rescue all the Pokémon!" One of the workers ordered as everyone ran around to get the Pokémon.
"Let's go." Cora said.
Cora and her friends ran outside and turned to the Gym to see the fire started to spread around. Everyone was pouring water on the building and Cora turned to Alain and Mairin, "Alain! Mairin! Get your water Pokémon!"
"Got it," Alain and Mairin nodded as Cora pulled out Kenji (Frogadier), Mystique (Sobble), Daisho (Oshawott) and Kuka's (Kingler) Pokéballs.
"Kenji, Mystique, Kuka, use Water Gun!" Cora threw the Pokéballs and let Kenji, Mystique and Kuka out, who quickly used Water Gun on the building, helping to put the fire out.
Alain threw his pokeballs and released his shiny Gyarados, Squirtle and Piplup, "Gyarados, Squirtle, Piplup, let's put that fire!"
Mairin threw her Pokéballs and released Mary (Azumarill) and Kai (Squirtle), "Mary, Kai, help us out!"
All of the Water Pokémon stood together, all using Water Gun on the building.
Cora and Mairin looked at all of the Water Pokémon.
"You guys are doing great." Cora complimented.
"Keep it up guys." Mairin encouraged them.
"We almost got it!" Alain said.
Then they saw Erika running around, looking worried.
"Erika? What's wrong?" Cora asked as she reached closer.
"I've looked everywhere, but I can't find Gloom." Erika said.
"Did Gloom get out?" Mairin asked.
"What if Gloom... what if Gloom is still inside?!" Erika asked as she looked at the burning building. She ran toward it, but Mairin grabbed her arm.
"Erika, no!" Mairin called out. "You can't go in there!"
"But Gloom might be trapped inside." Erika protested.
Cora ran toward the building before anyone could stop her, "I'll go in and find Gloom!" She called. Then Alain followed after her.
"Cora! Alain!" Mairin shouted worriedly but Cora and Alain already ran in.
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Cora and Alain ran into the lobby part of the building.
"Where do you think Gloom can be?" Alain asked.
"I think Gloom might still be near the battlefield." Cora replied.
"Alright, lead the way." Alain said.
Then two ran towards where Gloom was. When they found Gloom, it was in the grass part of the battlefield, frightened. Cora and Alain quickly ran over to it. Gloom smiled in relief at the sight of them.
"Don't worry, we'll get you out of here, Gloom." Cora calmly assured the grass type Pokémon and picked it up into her arms.
Suddenly, they heard a cracking noise coming from above. They looked up and saw pieces of the ceiling coming down. Alain quickly grabbed Cora and Gloom and they jumped out of the way. The debris fell onto the spot where they were before.
"Thanks, Alain." Cora thanked him.
Alain nodded, "Let's get out of here."
Cora nodded and they left the burning battlefield.
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They soon reached the outside of the burning gym where everyone was waiting for them.
"Cora! Alain!" Mairin yelled.
"Espeon!" Kilala shouted.
"You're all right!" Mairin said in relief.
"Don't worry, we got out okay. Thanks to Alain." Cora thanked Alain.
"Thank you, Cora." Alain smiled.
"Thank you, Cora, Alain!" Erika said as Cora handed Gloom into Erika's arms, "Oh, Gloom, I was so worried, are you okay?"
Gloom nodded as it smiled.
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It took some time, but they all got control of the fire and managed to put it out. It was morning when they all stood near the building.
"We're sorry about your Gym, Erika." Cora apologized.
"As long as everyone is safe, that doesn't matter, we can build it again," Erika assured before she turned to Cora with a smile as she held out a Rainbow Badge to her, "With deep gratitude, I present you the Rainbow Badge."
"Are you sure, Erika?" Cora asked.
"Well you did beat me in our gym battle and you, and Alain saved Gloom. I think you earned it, don't you, Gloom?" Erika asked.
Gloom nodded happily.
Cora smiled, "Thanks a lot."
She took the Badge and showed it to Kilala and Gloom, "Take a look, Kilala, a Rainbow Badge."
Kilala smiled, "Espeon! (Badge number 5!)" She shared a smile with Gloom.
"Congratulations, Cora." Alain complimented.
"Thanks," Cora said with a smile before frowning as she turned to Erika, "But what about Team Rocket? They got away with your secret perfume formula."
Erika chuckled and winked, "No they didn't. The bottle that they stole has only one of our perfume secret ingredients, scents of Gloom."
Cora, Kilala and everyone began to laugh at the possible reaction of Team Rocket getting the scents of Gloom. Cora already knew that Team Rocket was surprised and horrified by the smell of it.
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After saying goodbye to Erika and her workers, and Gloom, the gang headed to the Pokémon Center to get some more rest and for Cora to check up on her Pokémon. After the checkup, Cora sent Rogue, Pirro, Egan, Kuka and Oshawott back to the coral for some more rest after the training and battle they just had. Then she added her Nidoran couple to her party.
The next morning, the gang headed out to Fuchsia City where Cora's next gym battle is.
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Pokémon Obtained:
Cora: Shiny Espeon (Kilala)(F), Shiny Charizard (Nuri)(F), Altaria (Talia)(F), Shiny Lucario (Jackal)(M), Frogadier (Kenji)(M), Pidgeot (Gail)(F), Shiny Gyarados (Rory)(M), Cloyster (Matta)(M), Shiny Starmie (Pyxis)(Genderless), Butterfree (Papilio)(M), Beedrill (Stinger)(M), Nidoran (Juno)(F), Nidoran (Malik)(M), Pikachu (Tama)(F), Clefable (Shayla)(F), Sandslash (Digger)(M), Meloetta (Odele)(F), Chikorita (Kalmia)(F), Shiny Braxien (Rogue)(F), Mienfoo (Mulan)(F), Glaceon (Nieva)(F), Leafeon (Panra)(F), Shiny Gengar (Sypro)(M), Shiny Monferno (Pirro)(M), Galarian Ponyta (Althea)(F), Shiny Chespin (Cybele)(F), Alolan Raichu (Zuma)(M), Rockruff (Romulus)(M), Meowstic (Yuki)(F), Oshawott (Daisho)(M), Kingler (Kuka)(M), Shiny Umbreon (Zunair)(M) Sylveon (Stella)(F), Vaporeon (Kaori)(F), Jolteon (Lyn)(F), Flareon (Egan)(M), Dratini (Scylla)(F), Absol (Twilight)(M), Pokémon Egg (3), Pink Butterfree (Momo)(F), Sobble (Mystique)(F), Mankey (Manny)(M)
Alain: Charizard (M), Metagross (Genderless), Tyranitar (M), Weavile (M), Bisharp (M), Unfezant (M), Leafeon (F), Umbreon (M), Chestnaught (M), Malamar (F), Steelix (M), Shiny Gyarados (F), Scyther (M), Zubat (M), Shiny Zorua (Unovan)(M), Frigibax (M), Piplup (M), Cufant (F), Lokix (M), Magby (M), Axew (M), Rockruff (M), Rhydon (F), Alakazam (M), Meowstic (M), Sandile (M), Absol (M), Pokémon Egg (3), Squirtle (M)
Mairin: Chespin (Chespie)(M), Flabébé (Bébé)(F), Gogoat (Grazer)(F), Butterfree (Bira)(F), Paras (Paxtin)(M), Clefairy (Pixie)(F), Petilil (Petunia)(F), Sewaddle (Evanthe)(F), Grookey (Biri)(F), Turtwig (Aspen)(M), Pansage (Sage)(F), Roserade (Rose)(F), Azumarill (Mary)(F), Skitty (Cathy)(F), Cherubi (Cherry)(F), Maractus (Amaranth)(F), Pokémon Egg (2), Squirtle (Kai)(M)
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