Sunday, May 8, 2011

Pokemon Episode 267: Pop Goes The Sneasel!

Scenario:
With taking back Larvitar done, Ash and the rest have no problems heading towards Silver Mountain. Along the way, the notice people gathered at a large closed gate. When they get there, Ash asks what's with the crowd to one of the people. The person says that there's some commotion going on the other side. The bad thing is though, this gate leads to Silver Mountain, so everyone's stuck! The gate opens a tad and one of the attendants explains the current situation. While this is happening, Togepi, who was on the ground, walked towards the gate. Pikachu followed after Togepi and soon the attendant noticed that they were in! The gang runs after them.

The gang gets the Pokemon and apolagize for the mishap there. But the attendant says it's probably perfect timing anyway, since he didn't know how else to say this. All of a sudden, two trainers run down from a set of stone steps, it looks like they were in a battle. One of them yells at the attendant saying that that was too close of a fatal mistake. Ash asks what was that all about, then attendant finally says that nobody's been able to get to the Sacred Fire. Ash, as usual, asks about that. Soon another trainer steps in to tell about that.

But before the stranger could tell the story, the gang breaks that off with a "who are you?". The trainer is Harrison from Mishiro Town in Houen. Brock says he's heard of Houen, which is supposed around here. Harrison starts to explain that long ago, this area was one major place for battles and wars. People ravaged the place so badly that the Pokemon suffered because of it and the vegetation was wiped out. Soon Ho-oh used its power to "burn" the place back to life. Eventually the forest that stands now was restored. But a bit of a tree was left burning for the longest of times. And they placed the fire in a shrine that's supposed to be around here.

The attendant adds though that recently, reports of a Sneasel's been preventing people from getting near. And the Sneasel's also known to use a Machop and Machoke to help. And every trainer who volunteered to try ended up coming back, not only with hurt Pokemon, but even broken bones and other serious injuries. The attendant is really worried, because without the Sacred Fire, the ceromony for the Silver Tournament can't start, and thus, no tournament this year.

Ash says he'll make sure he can get the Sacred Fire secure from the Sneasel, mainly because he wants to go compete. Harrison on the other hand wants the Sneasel, and will help Ash out if he can get his hands on it. Ash asks where is the shrine and the attendant points the way, the same stone steps. Everyone soon goes up the stairs.

Somewhere else in the forest, Team Rocket walks around talking about this Sacred Fire. They plan to get it and pawn it off, and finally they find the shrine, but as soon as they run, they get clotheslined by a Machoke. All but Meowth were decked, Meowth looked around and saw that there was a Machoke and a Machop, followed by a Sneasel. Jesse and James get back up and see the Sneasel, looks like they want the Pokemon as well.

Jesse sends out Arbok to try to take care of the cat. She commands Arbok to use Slam, but Sneasel simply jumps out of the way and gives it one heck of a slash. Meowth makes a snobby comment but Jesse throws him to battle to prove what he said. Meowth tries to give the Sneasle scratches but Sneasel dodges them all and gives Meowth one large swipe and crashes into the Rocket's sending them clear across the path.

The gang is almost there, and when they almost reach the top, Ash runs towards the shrine. However he almost gets clotheslined by manages to avoid it. He almost falls backwards down the stairs, but everyone else grabs him. When everyone reaches the top, they find out it's the Machop and the Machoke that the attendant was talking about. They decide to hit-distract-and-run since they don't want to waste time.

Misty sends out Corsola and Harrison uses his Houndoom to take down the fighting duo. They successfully hold them back with Spike Canon and Flamethrower. While this is happening, Ash goes up to the shrine and opens the doors, but almost gets swiped by the Sneasel. Ash sends out Totodile to try to take the Sneasel on. Ash tells Totodile to use Water Gun (but makes a comment not to hit the Sacred Fire) and Totodile fires water at the Sneasel. Sneasel strikes back with a Slash which gets Totodile down, but not out. Finally the Sneasel gvies Totodile a Shadow Ball that throws Totodile right into Ash! Both get sent right back down the hill, but fortunately they collide into a tree. Something tells them that this isn't going to be easy.

As for the Rockets, Jesse and James get a little doubtful about Meowth. Jesse pulls James over for a private talk about this. Jesse says that they should get the Sneasel, since it's more powerful than Meowth but no less different, it's still a cat. Meowth sneaks up on the conversation and listens to the whole plot to ditch Meowth for that Sneasel. James' is a little hesistant, since he can't picture someone replacing Meowth. Meowth hurries back before they're finsihed and soon Jesse and James goes back. Jesse tries to cover up their plot with some excuse and Meowth is all "happy" about it. James on the other hand seems a little less hesistant.

The gang plans out some tatics and soon goes at the Sacred Fire again. This time they encounter the fighters who are waiting. Ash sends out Phanpy and Harrison uses Houndoom. Phanpy takes the Machop down with a Tackle and Houndoom gets the Machoke with Take Down. This puts the fighters back and when they try to run to their opponents, Houndoom and Phanpy lift them up and send them down the hill. The duo lands on the bottom where the attendant is standing, looks like they could do something else now.

They find the Sneasel, but soon the Rocket's in a Sneasel balloon float above. Everything's almost the same, except Meowth imitating Sneasel. Everyone but Ash knows that it's just Meowth in a Sneasel costume. So the Rockets put their plan into effect. Meowth brings over a present box to the Sneasel. Jesse tells the plan: Meowth gives the box which is really a smoke bomb, Jesse and James pick up Sneasel, and they run off. As for Meowth, he tells the Sneasel what's really going on. The Sneasel doesn't bite and slashes Meowth, the smoke bomb coming out of the present anyway. The bomb explodes and the Rocket's make their move and grab Sneasel. They run off and laugh in their success, but when they check on Sneasel, it's really Meowth! Meowth gives both Jesse and James a good slashing.

The smoke clears and the gang is surprised to see that Sneasel is still there. With no time to waste, Harrison takes the chance and initiates battle. He sends out a new Pokemon this time: Blaziken. Ash tries to scan it on the PokeDex, but there's no data. The brock realizes that this must be a Pokemon from the Houen region. The first attack Blaziken does is Quick Attack, which the Sneasel has no chance of dodging. The Sneasel tries to counter with a Shadow Ball, but Blaziken dodges from that and retorts with a Flamethrower. Finally Blaziken gives Sneasel a Fire Punch, knocking it down. Harrison throws a Pokeball at Sneasel and catches the Pokemon!

Ash comments about Harrison's Blaziken, seeing this Pokemon being strong and all. Finally they go get the Sacred Fire. Finally the ceromony of the Silver Tournament begins with a runner bringing the fire to the stadium. Harrison says that he'll be at the Tournament and he's looking forward to seeing Ash there. Ash on the other hand is left stunned, but then again, nothing comes easy.

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