Chapter 339: Skitty
To live up to Ash's expectations, May started shouting early in the morning that she wanted to conduct some surprise special training.
Ash and Brock, not wanting to dampen May's fighting spirit, had no choice but to accompany her to the outskirts of Fallarbor Town for the training.
The first round of special training was the first-round performance of the Grand Festival. Just like at the Kannazuki Tournament, May's performance for the first round was still with Beautifly.
"Beautifly, catch!"
May threw a frisbee toward Beautifly.
Beautifly used Hurricane to blow the frisbee back into May's hand.
"May, not bad! That was much better than your previous performance!"
"Yeah, May has improved a lot recently!"
Ash and Brock both gave face and praised her.
"Hehe, I will definitely win this Grand Festival!" May said, getting a bit carried away.
"Go!"
She threw the frisbee with force again.
However, she didn't look cool for more than three seconds before she threw the frisbee in the wrong direction.
"Ya～"
Seeing May make a mistake, Combusken, who had been watching from the side, knew its chance to shine had arrived.
"Combusken!"
"Combusken, are you going to help me pick it up?"
Combusken, along with its little brother Aron, walked in the direction where the frisbee had disappeared.
A few minutes later.
Combusken returned, carrying a listless, pink-and-purple kitten, while the frisbee was being carried on Aron's back.
[Pokémon: Skitty] [Type: Normal] [Gender: Female] [Level: 12 (Elite Beginner)] [Ability: Cute Charm (Sometimes causes opponents who make contact to become infatuated)] [Potential: Elite] [Moves: Tackle, Tail Whip, Fake Out, Growl, Attract...]
"Eh? What is this Pokémon..." May took out her Pokédex, intending to scan it.
"It's a Skitty! May, have you forgotten so soon?" Ash said.
"Oh right, I saw one at the Professor Birch's Laboratory before. I almost forgot."
After being reminded by Ash, May remembered that when she went to the Professor Birch's Laboratory, it was because of a Skitty that she had been sprayed in the face by a Mudkip.
However, seeing the Skitty again, May was still captivated by the little guy.
"It's so cute! I really want to catch it!"
"Combusken, I'm counting on you!"
Hearing that there was a fight to be had, Combusken perked up. It placed the Skitty on the ground and prepared to KO it.
Seeing this, Ash was speechless and said, "May, what are you thinking? This Skitty is in a really bad mental state!"
"Meow～"
The Skitty let out a weak cry to echo Ash's words.
"Uh..."
May realized something was wrong; there was no way to have a capture battle when it was in such a listless state.
Brock took a closer look at the Skitty and said, "It must be too tired. Maybe letting it rest will be enough."
"Just resting won't be enough. It's in Skitty's nature to chase after anything that moves without regard for anything else. It's obvious that it just played itself to exhaustion."
Ash had realized it the moment he saw the Skitty; the little guy had simply played too hard and had severely overdrawn its stamina.
Seeing that Ash wasn't taking the initiative to treat the Skitty, Brock looked confident and said, "Alright, leave this situation to me!"
"Uh..."
Seeing Brock's expression, Ash knew this guy definitely wasn't up to any good.
Sure enough.
Brock brought Ash and May to a strange manor outside.
"Alright, this is it. This is a special attraction near Fallarbor Town, the Green Pavilion, a Pokémon Aroma Therapy Research Institute!!"
Brock's expression became quite excited.
The next second, a beautiful woman wearing a researcher's white lab coat appeared in the manor.
"Can I help you?"
"You... are you the aromatherapist Miss Arisa? You're even more beautiful than in your magazine photo!"
Brock's ulterior motives were instantly exposed.
"Hehe, this guy really never changes."
Ash was speechless.
No wonder this guy was so abnormally excited when he heard they were coming near here this morning; he had already set his sights on the beauty at the Aroma Therapy Research Institute.
"It's like this, this Skitty seems to have no energy." May explained.
Arisa looked at the Skitty May was holding, "I understand, please come from..."
The group followed Arisa's instructions, completed the procedures at the main entrance of the institute, and came to a hall filled with bottles and jars.
According to Arisa's description, the items in the bottles and jars in the hall were liquids collected from Grass-type Pokémon, and these liquids were the core of aroma therapy.
Arisa carefully observed the Skitty for a while and soon mixed an aroma suitable for it.
Outside the institute.
"That is the Pokémon Aroma Therapy Research Institute, Meowth!"
"Do they have aroma essences to treat Pokémon there?"
"I don't know if there's one suitable for my Cacnea."
"And my Dustox!"
Just as Jessie and James were thinking about their Pokémon, Meowth interrupted, "No, we're going to take these essences and give them to the Boss, Meowth!"
"What's the use of doing that?"
James looked at Meowth in confusion. He remembered that Boss Giovanni didn't seem to like things like perfume.
"Of course there are benefits. For example: The Boss wakes up with the room filled with a special aromatic scent, and then the Boss has a wonderful morning in a good mood..."
Meowth went down the path of bad-mouthing Giovanni and his delusions became even more severe.
Influenced by Meowth's sweet talk, Jessie and James were led astray and chimed in, "Get promoted to an executive, get appointed as a branch manager!"
Meanwhile.
Ash and Brock, led by Arisa, had finished touring the entire Aroma Therapy Research Institute.
May stayed by Skitty's side. The process of Skitty receiving aroma therapy went quite smoothly, and after a nap, it regained its energy.
However, this Skitty's level of activity was even more severe than the one Ash had seen at the Professor Birch's Laboratory before; it could start running just by chasing its own tail.
After spinning in place many times chasing its tail, Skitty successfully made itself dizzy.
Jirachi, who had been following Ash on his journey from Faunce, saw Skitty's appearance and exclaimed, "Ash, it's so interesting!"
And Ash's own Jirachi had been sent home by him.
"Yeah, it's too lively, and because of its nature, it's easily attracted to moving objects."
Before Ash finished speaking, Skitty's attention was drawn by the curtain moving in the wind.
Suddenly, the sound of a window breaking came from downstairs, and Ash and the others hurried over upon hearing it.
They saw the Team Rocket Trio diligently moving the essence liquids that Arisa had worked so hard to collect.
"Team Rocket, why is it you guys again?"
Seeing the Team Rocket Trio, Ash was also a bit surprised.
These three guys had gone stealthy back in Faunce and hadn't appeared for a while; he thought they were working part-time there to earn travel expenses.
"Ash? Why are you guys here?"
The trio was also full of confusion when they saw Ash and the others.
"Regardless, you three guys actually dare to steal Miss Arisa's hard work, it's simply unforgivable! Forretress, I'm counting on you, use Rapid Spin!"
Brock didn't talk nonsense and immediately made a preemptive strike.
Forretress caught the trio off guard with a heavy hit.
"Damn it, Seviper, teach him a lesson, use Poison Tail!"
"Cacnea, use Pin Missile!"
Jessie and James immediately launched a counterattack.
"Honestly, can't you three guys learn to behave? Combusken, go, Double Kick!" May said angrily.
Her Combusken rushed up and kicked Seviper and Cacnea each once.
Brock took the opportunity to move back the things that the Team Rocket Trio had taken.
Afterward, Ash let Pikachu and Eevee team up to collect the experience points from the trio.
After dealing with the Team Rocket Trio, May captured that Skitty outside the institute door.
Well... to be precise, Skitty was attracted by the Poké Ball May accidentally dropped, and it bumped into the switch itself, capturing itself.
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