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Pokemon! Genie! Kanto? It's a thing that's happening!

Who: Shantae and Sonny Moe!
What: Kanto Adventures!
Where: Kanto! You know! The place where everyone wants to be the very best like no-one ever was!
When: Mid June
Warnings: Pokémon Battle Shenanigans
Music: You know which music you need to listen to.

The train ride from FDC was always pretty pleasant. The scenery was nice and it was a fairly long ride which allowed time for both gazing out the window at things flying by and also napping. Sonny, of course, insisted it was his treat whenever the snack trolley rolled past. The snack lady on the train had never made so much in one shift before...

...anyway. Kanto in Summertime is a wonderful place. The sun is shining, the Pidgey are Shin--er, singing, the Rattata are looking at their masses of squabbling children and regretting each and every life choice that led them to this moment. Today, they are joined by a portly, young, blue haired gentleman and his beautiful purple haired companion who just so happens to be a Genie.

"So! This is Pallet!" he said, turning to her and grinning. "I know it doesn't look like much, but it's a great place!"

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Those that opted for the water were in for a big surprise, as the mermaid Shantae made short work of capturing any that tried to make a break for it. She hauled them up to shore and conked them out, content that at least some of the perpetrators weren't going to evade capture. When Sonny finally reached shore, Shantae the Mermaid was sitting on the beach, tail flapping against the water edge.

"Not bad for a day's work, huh?" she asked.

Sonny dumped the Machamp on top of his subordinates and fell over on the sand, making the biggest crater in its soft warmth that he could.

He changed to Human form and rolled over on his back. His face was still pretty messed up and his shirt was pretty well spattered with dark red splotches.

"I think we did an awesome job. Foiled the rockets, smashed their boat, saved the Pokémon, now we can turn these guys into the police." He yawned loudly. "...I might need you to get me a Hyper Potion from the Pokémart in town? You can use it on me while I'm a Snorlax and my nose might get a little better. The money we've won should cover it pretty easily."

He turned his face to look at her and he grinned hugely, despite any pain it may have caused his poor abused face. "You were amazing. I hope you know that."

"Thanks," Shantae said, transforming back to normal and getting up from the beach. "You were really brave yourself," she told him. "Stay right there, I'll get you a potion in no time!"

She bolted off towards the store. While she was gone she changed out of that Team Rocket uniform and back into her regular clothes. She was quite the sight picking up Hyper Potions looking like that, but she was used to it by now. You'd think people never saw a half genie before!

She was back in no time with some Hyper Potions stuffed into the bag with the rest of the Pokeballs. "There! Help has arrived!"

Sonny would have changed out of his own Rocket garb... but he was only wearing the pants and boots anyway and the shirt had been mostly destroyed. He'd forgotten to grab up his shorts and they were now floating around in the downed boat.

Khaki shorts just hadn't seemed like a priority at the time.

He'd managed to drift off in her absence, making little clouds of sand as his cheek lay in it and he snored softly. (Who knew that messing up his nose would cause his snores to get quiet?) Luckily, none of the Rockets had come to, yet. There were some police nearby cuffing the miscreants despite their unconsciousness. (They had big red Rs on their shirts! Probable cause, right there!)

One was headed towards Sonny, too - he was wearing the right pants...

Shantae managed to arrive just as the police had set about arresting the Rockets. Or rather, as they started trying to arrest Sonny by mistake. Well, that wouldn't stand.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Shantae called out, running for him. "He's not Team Rocket! We were following them, trying to rescue the baby Pokemon they kidnapped!" she explained.

"Oh really." replied one blue uniformed Policeman. "And why, then, would he be wearing Team Rocket trousers, eh? Even if they look a shade too small."

Sonny, waking up to find his hands locked behind his back saw Shantae and the Policemen and sighed.

"....not again! I really, really hate being arrested."

He'd been arrested before.

Why were you arrested before.

"We were sneaking aboard their ship that just sank to ambush them," she explained as if it made perfect sense. "It's a disguise!"

It had to do with underbites, a buffet, and then he became an internet celebrity for like a week.

"A disguise, eh?" the copper replied. "We'll let the judge be the... well. Judge of that!"

"Augh, no! Look, I'm not even Human! I can't even go to jail here!" Sonny said, being hauled to his feet. "Look, watch!"

He turned into a Snorlax, snapping the handcuffs and glowering at the Police in a manner that suggested he very much did not want to deal with any of this right now thank you very much.

"....I have no idea what just happened." the Policeman replied. "Either this is the most amazing Ditto I've ever seen or someone slipped something a little heavier than Max Elixir in my coffee this morning."

"...Look, why don't you just let me take my Snorlax home, okay?" Shantae asked, hoping NOT to have to explain the strange day the pair just had.

"....if you're up to anything fishy, Missy, we'll get you." grumbled the copper as the last of the Rocket Grunts was hauled into the paddywagon.

Sonny just growled under his breath. He wasn't used to being treated like a villain after just saving the day. It was rare for him to get disgruntled over anything, but his entire face throbbed and he just wanted some Hyper Potion.

It looked as though the Machamp had been placed in a Pokéball at some point while Sonny was out. He almost wanted to change back and ask if he could take it with them. At least that way he could store it in Red's PC or something. But he doubted the Police would comply, and he wasn't sure what it would accomplish even if he tried.

Though. Despite all the aggravation and gloom... hearing her call him 'Her Snorlax' was... nice. He could never leave Red's team. But. If he ever found himself having to...

He placed a big clawed paw on her shoulder as the cops drove away.

"Lax?" he asked, pointing at his much put-upon face. Time for some Pokémeds.

"Geez... Some gratitude, huh?" Shantae asked, watching the cops drive away. No thanks, no recognition, no nothing. She sighed, taking out one of the Potions from her bag, and spritzing it on Sonny's injuries. "Here you go, finally... Hope this stuff works as well as it says on the bottle!"

The speed at which Hyper potions worked really was pretty miraculous. Sonny could feel those aches just melt away as she spritzed it on there.

"Rrrr... Lax."

Once the two bottles were empty, he switched back into a man and squidged at his nose and cheeks with tentative fingers.

"That's going to be tender for a little while, but it's mostly healed. Thanks, Shantae. I really needed that." he said, looking a little sheepish. "I really let that guy hit me more than I should of."

"No kidding," Shantae replied, hands on her hips to chide him when he was healed. "Next time, hit back BEFORE they break your nose, okay? I know you're strong, but it's not worth it letting yourself be beaten up."

He paused for a moment. "I'm sorry. I hope I didn't make you worry." he replied, looking even more sheepish, then a little ashamed. "I didn't really... I thought maybe he just needed a chance, you know? An opportunity to get away from Team Rocket. I meant what I said to him. I wanted to help him."

He shrugged. "If I could? I still would help him. I'm strong, but I'm strong because I want to help. I know you know what I mean. What good is being strong if you're hurting the ones you should be trying to save?"

"Yeah, I get it," she said in response. The way he talked about that Machamp they fought... It brought back some uncomfortable thoughts about Risky Boots. Was she right? Was there really no way Risky could change? And if she couldn't, what did that say about the Machamp?

"People like that can only change if they want to," Shantae told him. "The best you can do is wait for them to make that decision..."

"That's what I was trying to do. It just so happened that he kind of wanted to knock my nose in for me while he thought about what I had to say." he replied, that smile coming back a little.

"Anyway, I hope he can get some sort of help, even if it's not me getting it for him. Thanks again for the potions and sorry for the trouble."

Shantae shook her head to banish the unpleasant thoughts, and put a smile back on. "It's no problem," she said. "At least we made it and rescued all those Pokemon!"

She opened up the bag at her side to show him all the Pokeballs safe and sound.

"We'd better get them back home."

"Yeah! But first....? I really need something to eat and maybe a nap." Sonny replied with a little chuckle. "I haven't slept in way too long and I haven't eaten anything since those apples."

Which was like... an hour ago at most. But still.

"That food I could smell in the boat is probably no good by now, being under the ocean? But there's a lot of great places to eat in the city! I just need to get a shirt? Because most places are 'no shirt, no shoes, no service' in Kanto."

"Say no more," she said, reaching into the bag and pulling out the shirt he had been wearing before. "I thought ahead and saved our clothes. It's a little damp, but it's still good!"

"Oh! Hey, that was really smart of you!" Sonny exclaimed, taking the shirt and quickly slipping it on. "Thanks!"

Now he could eat literally anywhere!

...he wasn't changing his pants on the beach though, so, butt hugging Team Rocket black shiny pants and boots it was.

"How long does it take to get back to Pallet Town from here?" she asked. "I'm not exactly in the condition to fly us back... And if we can't get back before dark, we should find a place to stay."

"Well, kind of a while, actually." Sonny replied. "We'll have to go through a place called Diglett's cave. It's a long tunnel dug by a kind of Pokémon called Diglett and it connects the eastern side of this city to a city called Pewter City which is north of Pallet. Either that or we could go North through Cerulean... Well. Either way, we'll have to travel through a cave. Diglett's tunnel or Mt. Moon."