pokemon adventure

chapter sixty three

Chapter 63

Berries, Rustboro Contest

And Wurmple

Today the gang were having a swim in a lake for relaxation. Growlithe was staying on land, as he was a fire type. Max's newest pokemon, a Poochyena, was sitting next to Growlithe. Max befriended Poochyena when he found it hurt in Rinshin Town, and he took it to the pokemon center for treatment. After being treated Poochyena didn't want to leave Max, so Max happily caught it.

So now the gang decided to take it easy for a while. Just then lots of lily pads were floating towards the group. "What is this?" asked May, nervously. There was nothing to panic about though; it was a horde of Lotad. Lotad were water and grass type pokemon and they had lily pads on their heads. "This lake is probably the Lotad's home," said Brock "so let's get out so to not disturb them any more". The others agreed.

Ash looked at Lotad on the pokedex, once they were out of the water: Lotad, the water weed pokemon. It looks like an aquatic plant and serves as a ferry to Pokémon that can't swim.

The Lotad shot water gun into the air. "All those Lotad have the egg move water gun" said Tomo.

At that moment a girl, with magenta hair, turned up. "Excuse me, but is anything wrong?" she said "I saw the Lotad doing water gun attack". "Oh no nothing's wrong," answered Ash "we were just relaxing here and we realised that Lotad lived here". "Oh I see," said the girl "well you should come to my sister's flower shop. You can get plenty of relaxation there". The girl, known as Natalie, introduced the gang to her two older sisters Nicole and Rita. "It's nice to meet all of you," said Nicole "and you are welcome to relax here". "I take it you grow a lot of flowers here right?" asked May. "Yes and we also grow berries here too," said Rita "come we'll show you".

In the garden, outside the shop, there were indeed a lot of flowers and berries. "I hear that these berries are good for humans and pokemon, right?" said Ash. "That's correct;" said Nicole "and these berries also have effects with pokemon. An oran berry for example helps restore a pokemon's energy and a pecha berry heals a pokemon from being poisoned". An oran berry was a blue berry and the pecha berry was light pink and peach coloured. "Do you sell any books about all kinds of berries?" asked Ash "I'd like to know about all the kinds of berries there are". "Yeah me too" said Brock. "Actually we do," said Rita "but before we show our books to you, would you mind giving us some help with watering our garden?" Rita explained that their pipes for watering the garden needed replacing and so they needed help with watering the garden. The gang agreed to help at once.

Just then the horde of Lotad from the lake appeared in the garden. "What are the Lotad doing here?" asked May. "They're here to help us water the garden," said Rita "we share our berries with them and they always help us out in return". So while Rita focused on repairing the pipes, Nicole, Natalie and the gang focused on watering the garden. The Lotad were indeed a big help; they used their lily pad heads to carry water to and from the plants and their egg move water gun was useful with the plants too. "It's amazing that all of these Lotad know the egg move water gun" said Max. "To tell you the truth these Lotad also know the egg moves razor leaf, leech seed, sweet scent and synthesis," said Nicole "it may seem unusual but these Lotad are quite special indeed". Brock ended up making friends with one of the Lotad.

By the end of the day the watering was all done and the Lotad went back to the lake. Nicole offered the gang to spend the night at their shop and the gang agreed. Brock and Ash bought a book each which showed all the berries there are in the pokemon world. "I must ask Nicole," said Ash "if you grind the berries into juice, would the effects of berries still work on the pokemon?" "Oh yes," said Nicole "many people grind the berries into juice, that way the berries don't go bad, and you can mush it into paste too". Ash understood right away that berries were indeed really useful, especially when a pokemon was sick or hurt. He read the book about berries till it was bed time.