After saying goodbye to Misty, Ash and his friends, with Fallarbor Town as their destination, continued their journey on foot and were now near Fallarbor Town, ready for a good rest. But May couldn't relax and started a new special training session for the Fallarbor Contest!
Since Combusken's evolution was so sudden, May decided to have Beautifly compete this time. May had made great progress and was already doing very well with her Frisbee training. In her excitement, she practiced while chatting with Ash and the others, and ended up throwing the Frisbee too far!
"Oh no, I threw it too far by accident!" May said, scratching her head awkwardly and sticking out her tongue at Ash and the others!
"Chamo~" Combusken came up to May and patted its chest, signaling that it could handle it! Combusken had become much more reliable after evolving!
So Combusken happily went to retrieve the Frisbee. Not long after, "Chamo~" Combusken returned with the Frisbee and a small pink cat.
"That's great! Thank you, Combusken!" May took the Frisbee and looked at the little cat, taking out her Pokédex to scan it:
Skitty...
May curiously looked at Skitty. "Wow, it's so cute! I want it so badly! Hello, my name is May!"
"Meow~" Skitty curled up and replied listlessly.
May saw this and picked up Skitty from Combusken's arms. "It looks very listless!"
No matter how much everyone tried to coax it, it had no energy!
Ash guessed, "It probably played too hard and is just tired!"
"Then leave it to me!" Brock's eyes lit up, and he immediately patted his chest to promise!
Soon, Brock excitedly led Ash, May, and Max in a certain direction. Along the way, they encountered many Grass-type Pokémon like Oddish, Weepinbell, and so on.
They soon arrived at an institute surrounded by a gate of flowers and plants, with lush vegetation inside.
Brock excitedly introduced it, "Alright, we're here! This is the 'Greenery House,' a Pokémon Aromatherapy Institute!"
"Pokémon Aromatherapy?" May asked in confusion.
Brock enthusiastically explained, "Pokémon Aromatherapy is a method of using scents to heal tired Pokémon. There was even a special feature on it in a magazine!"
Just then, a woman with long blue hair in the courtyard saw Ash and his friends and came out to ask, "Excuse me, can I help you?"
Brock started to fawn over her. "Are you Ms. Eliza, the Aromatherapist? You look even more beautiful than you did in the magazine photo!"
"This is his real motive!" Max quipped. At the same time, he decided to show off the real skills he learned from Misty! My first love is gone, but I've become stronger!!
May explained the situation. "That's right, this Skitty seems to have no energy."
They were invited inside, and Brock rushed in. "I, your humble servant, have come in through the front door, and I hope you will treat me with kindness and favor."
Eliza was completely stunned...
Max immediately took action, jumping up and twisting Brock's ear, dragging him away. "Ow! Ow, ow, ow, that hurts..."
Afterward, Ash and the others entered the Greenery House through the front door and followed Eliza to a room, where Eliza enthusiastically introduced them to various essential oils!
May placed Skitty on a mat on the table. "This is the Skitty. Please, you must help it!"
Eliza picked up Skitty and looked at it carefully. "It does look very listless! But it's not sick, it's probably just too exhausted from playing!"
Eliza picked up a beaker of clear water next to her. "Don't worry, I will mix a scent that's perfect for this child!"
Eliza began to choose essential oils from the test tube rack to mix. Brock was about to say a few more flirtatious words, but Max dragged him away again.
A little while later, Eliza had finished mixing the scent and sprayed it around Skitty. Even Ash and his friends felt comfortable after smelling it. Afterward, Eliza took Ash and the others on a tour of the institute! May, on the other hand, chose to stay by Skitty's side! It must be said that May had really grown a lot!
When Ash and the other two returned, Skitty was sleeping. "Meow~" Skitty suddenly woke up, looking much more energetic. It started to chase its tail in circles and then spun itself dizzy!
Everyone else... It seems this is how Skitty got so tired before. I wonder what's so fun about its tail! Seeing that Skitty had completely recovered its energy, everyone was relieved!
"Skitty, I'm going to catch you!" May said, crouching down to Skitty.
"Meow~" Skitty knew that May had been taking care of it, so it decided to accept the challenge! May took Skitty outside the institute.
[Skitty]
[Gender: Female]
[Type: Normal]
[Ability: Cute Charm]
[Strength: Normal - Late Stage]
[Moves: Tackle, Fake Out, Assist...]
"Alright! Go, Combusken! Take the stage!" "Chamo~"
Skitty immediately used Tackle and charged over. "Combusken, Double Kick!" Combusken kicked the charging Skitty twice, knocking it out on the spot!
"Alright! Go, Poké Ball!" May threw the Poké Ball, and Skitty was caught without a fight!
"Yes! I got a new partner, Skitty!" ?(′?`)? May jumped up excitedly. "Chamo~"
As for Team Rocket... "We found you, Team Rocket!" "Pika" "Eevee" This woke up Team Rocket, who were dreaming of snatching the incense and receiving praise from Giovanni!
"T-Twerps?! What are you doing here!!" Team Rocket was shocked.
"To prevent this place's peace from being disturbed, I'll be merciful and send you on your way! Pikachu, Thunderbolt! Eevee, Terastallization Blast!" "Pika" "Eevee"
Seeing the golden lightning and white beam of light coming toward them, Team Rocket was shocked. Do we not even get a chance to make our entrance?!
Bang! "We're blasting off again!" "Wobbuffet! (???)~"
Team Rocket, flying through the air, started to chat. "What are we going to do? The twerps are getting stronger and stronger! We're no match for them now!" "We can't just stand still. We need to start special training for a while! We'll get our revenge on the twerps and snatch Pikachu!" "That's right, meow~ The twerps are too strange now. They can even find our location and see through our disguises, meow!"
"Before we start our special training, of course we have to participate in the Fallarbor Contest first!" "Wobbuffet~"
When Ash returned, "Ash, where did you just go?" May asked curiously.
"Nothing, I just took care of a few troublesome guys!" Ash said, waving his hand.
"Oh." May nodded and didn't pry further.
Afterward, everyone bought several kinds of Pokémon-beneficial incense from Eliza, then reluctantly said goodbye to her and dragged a lovesick Brock away!
After successfully catching her third Pokémon, and without Team Rocket's meddling, May had a brief reunion with the short-pants kid, who she separated from shortly after. Then Ash and his friends successfully arrived at Fallarbor Town! And the Pokémon Contest Fallarbor was only three days away!
A large number of Pokémon Coordinators had already gathered here. Ash's first goal was naturally to register at the Pokémon Center and then sign up for the Contest!