Drew suddenly woke up, "Gee . . . I wonder where we are?" he turned around and saw May sleeping, "Man, May is so lazy . . . How can she sleep at a time like this? And on a beach that we have no idea where it is?"
May was rolling over and moaning, "Happy days . . . I just won the Ribbon Cup . . ." she mumbled in her sleep, "Ha ha, Drew . . . you can't beat me . . ."
"That's right . . . in her dreams!" Drew laughed, "Should I wake her up, or should I let her stay asleep so that she won't rant on about annoying things?"
"Drew . . . you suck . . ." May mumbled, "I don't want to go out with you anymore . . . "
Drew chuckled, "There's no way that I'm going to let May think about me like that . . . not even in her dreams, because if I do let her, she's going to talk about how she beat me in her dream, and I forgot that she believes that dreams are true," Drew raised his fist and hit May directly on the head.
May woke up abruptly, "Ow! Who did that?" she turned around and saw Drew, "Oh . . . it's just you, Drew," she washed off the sand that was on her clothes and body, then she got up.
"While you were sleeping your big head away, we were in this island which we have no idea is!" Drew exclaimed, "Had a good sleep, May?"
"You were sleeping too, Drew!" May replied, "So you shouldn't be talking! Me, on the other hand, was getting my beauty sleep."
Drew chuckled, "It doesn't matter who was sleeping and who was sleeping longer. We need to find out where we are and get out of this place so that we can make our way to the Zuki region."
May noticed something, "Where's Max?"
Drew looked around, "Nope. He's nowhere in sight."
"Gee . . . I wonder where's Max?" May had a worried look, which then turned into a grin, "I bet he's lost. Serves him right for not listening to me and going to the Orre region!"
"Gee . . . that's harsh," Drew said, "I thought that you would at least care about your own little brother. Kind of low that you would say that you don't care, May."
May put on a reassuring look on her face, "Don't worry, Drew. Maybe a long time ago I may have worried about him, but there's no need to worry about him now. After all, he does have Pokemon with him."
"Change of thought?" Drew asked, "You're so moody."
"I'll take that as a compliment," assumed May, "Anyways, where are we?"
"I have no idea," admitted Drew, "Let's go and see if there's any people living here."
May smiled, "Good idea."
May and Drew began scouring the beach to see if there was anybody that lived on the island that they were presently on. It was nighttime, so they couldn't afford to get lost now. They eventually saw a patch of tall grass up ahead, and it was the only plant life that they saw so far on the island they were on.
May got excited, "Maybe we can play in that grass- we might find some wild Pokemon there!"
Drew frowned, "What's the matter with you? The only thing that we need to do right now is to find somebody that lives on this island, and then ask that person to help us out of this island."
May didn't listen and jumped into the grass as if it was a swimming pool, "Come in Drew! The grass is fine!"
Drew sighed, "Another one of your moments when you confuse one thing with another . . . there's no way that I'm going to 'dive into a patch of tall grass!"
"Come on, Drew!" May urged, "It's the only way to get to the other side of this patch of grass anyways."
Drew sighed again, "Fine . . . I'll wade through the grass. But I'm not jumping into it." He did as he said and began walking through the grass. Suddenly Drew heard a voice, as if he stepped on something, or it could have been somebody!
"Oww . . . " the voice mumbled, "Can you get off me, whoever you are?"
Drew was startled and jumped out the way, "Sorry . . . I didn't see you there, my bad.''
May sighed, "Tsk tsk tsk . . . that's what you get for entering tall grass and not looking where you're going!"
"But you told me to go through the grass!" Drew exclaimed, "Wow May . . . no sense . . . ''
The person that Drew stepped on got up. It was a women wearing a very revealing lab coat. She had blonde hair, golden eyes, and tan skin, "Hi. My name is professor Sap, who are you?"
''My name's May," May informed, ''Nice to meet you."
''My name is Drew," Drew stated, "Sorry for stepping on you . . . I should look where I walk next time . . ."
Professor Sap had an embarrassed look, "It's my fault for lying down on the grass. It was either you or a Pokemon that would have walked over me. So . . . what are you doing on this island?"
"We should be asking you the same question!'' May pointed out, "Kind of weird to see anybody on this lonely island."
Drew was against what May said, "What she means is, do you know how we can get off this island so that we can get to the Zuki region? The S.S Atlanta is supposed to take us there."
"The Zuki region?" Sap said eagerly, "That's the country that I live in! The S.S Atlanta is supposed to take you to my hometown, Maple Town. I just left there a few days ago so that I can explore this island."
''That's cool,'' May remarked, ''Can you tell us how we can get off this island? I want to return back to civilization so that I can go shopping again . . . and yes! I forgot . . . cheeseburgers!"
''Is that all that you care about, May?" Drew was always getting annoyed of the things that May were obsessed with, "So do you know how to get off this island?"
''Well we can get off this island and head over to Maple Town by tommorrow," Sap answered, "I'm here so that I can do research on one of the Pokemon that live here, Bevera. I have a Bevera of my own to help me.''
''Cool. Can we see it?" May asked, "I'm always excited to see new Pokemon."
''Sure," Sap answered, "Go Bevera!" she threw a PokeBall in the air that sent out a Bevera. As hints from its name, it was a beaver-like Pokemon that had huge teeth and tail.
''Nice Pokemon," Drew complimented.
''That thing looks so cute," May reached into her pocket so that she can get her PokeDex, but she remembered that she left the PokeDex back at home.
Sap giggled, "I see that you don't have a PokeDex of your own yet. Do you want one?"
"I already have one," May answered, "But unfortunately for me, I forgot it and I left it at home.''
Drew smirked, "That's May for ya, always forgetting things that are obvious."
Sap laughed, "Don't worry. When you two get to Maple Town tommorrow, I'll be sure to give you two the PokeDex for the Zuki region."
Drew got his hopes up, "Really? I can get my own PokeDex?" Drew never had his own PokeDex, "I always wanted to know what it was like to have a PokeDex. It seems that whenever I need one, May's not around to use her's to help me."
Sap smiled, "Sure, of course Drew," she looked at her watch, "It's getting kind of late right now. Why don't we find a place so that we can get to sleep?"
"Where can we sleep?" May asked, remembering that she forgot to pack up her sleeping bag, "I forgot another thing . . . my sleeping bag . . . ''
''That's right, as I pointed out, May for ya," Drew laughed a little, "I see that you forgot another thing."
May raised her voice, "It's not like you brung anything with you, Drew. So don't go and blame this on me as if I was the only one that came unprepared.''
Sap had a calm look on her face, "Don't worry, we can make a bed from wood coming from the trees. Wanna know how I'm going to do that?" she hinted.
''How?" May and Drew both asked.
''Bevera, use Woody Chomp on one of those trees!'' Sap ordered, "We can put the wood and the leaves together so that we can make a set of three beds.''
''Bev!'' the Bevera grunted. It came to the nearest tree and began biting it. The tree was biten from the center and it fell, along with the scattered leaves, "Bevera!"
''Good job, Bevera,'' Sap complimented, "Now we can make three beds out of these materials.
May, Drew, and Sap began building beds out of the wood. The leaves were used as a cushion and a blanket. It took them an hour, but they were done.
May sat on the ground, tired, "Wow . . . that was fun. But hard work can sure get you tired . . . a cheeseburger or a slice of pizza would be really nice right now. My favorite foods . . ."
Drew got annoyed by May, "As usual, all you want to eat are cheeseburgers and pizza.''
Sap laughed, "Ok, lets go to sleep now. We can use my motorboat that I docked to get to Maple Town tommorrow after I'm done with my research here. Goodnight to you two.''
''Goodnight,'' May and Drew said. Then the three fell asleep into the night.
The next morning, as the sun was rising, professor Sap was with her Bevera, gazing at the ocean.
May woke up refreshed, "That was a great sleep!''
Drew also woke up, "For once, you're right May.''
May liked the beautiful scenery, as she saw a flock of Wingull fly above her, "I never knew that sleeping on wood would feel so good!"
Sap walked over, "I like to stay with nature. That's why I always go outside."
''Is it time to go yet?" May asked, "It would be nice to stay here on the island a little longer."
''No!" Drew disagreed, "We have to get going to Maple Town so that we can start our way. Not only that, but we don't even know the name of this island!"
Sap looked surprised, "You don't know? The name of this island is Woodsu Island, and it's famous for the wild Bevera that lives here. That's where I met my buddy Bevera here, and I wanted to let him visit home again. This island is technically on the Zuki region map."
Bevera was standing beside Sap, "Bev!"
Drew was getting impatient, "Well . . . can we go to Maple Town now?"
''Sure," Sap answered, "But I docked the boat on a river on the other side of the island. We have to go there so that we can reach it.''
May was happy that they could take the scenic route around the island, letting her see all of the sights, "Yay! You don't get to see nature like this in the city.''
Drew was confused, "I thought that you liked the city life. That's why yesterday you were complaining about wanting to go back, right?"
May sweatdropped, "That was then, and this is now! As time passes, what I want is bound to change."
Sap walked at the lead, ''Well lets go and find that river. Maybe we can find some Pokemon here that you may be interested in.''
They began walking. May was constantly looking around, amazed at how wonderful a place could be if it didn't have any human society living there. She constantly stopped so that she can touch the plants that she saw, to Drew's annoyence, as he wanted to get to the Zuki region so that he can compete in the Pokemon Contests that he has been waiting so long to do so.
May giggled, "This is so cool!''
Drew sighed, "Will you stop touching the plant life here? Knowing you, you'll probably kill what you touch.''
May kept her happy face, "Oh chill out, Drew. You really need to lighten up and as they say, stop and smell the flowers for once."
Sap spotted the river, and pointed at it. It was 20 feet wide across, making it impossible to cross as there was no bridge, "Here we are, guys.''
May was frightened, "It's so . . . so big! How are we going to cross that thing without a bridge?"
Sap was confident that they would make it across, "There's no need to worry, we have Bevera with us- he can make us a bridge.''
''May may may . . . you always overlook things,'' Drew smirked at her, "You should know by now that Pokemon are always ready to help us when we need it."
May ignored Drew's comment.
Sap pointed to a tree, "Bevera, use Wood Chomp on that tree so that it can make us a bridge!''
''Bev!" It began rapidly chomping down on a tree and after it was done, it tumbled and landed across the river, making a bridge as Sap said it would.
''Good job, Bevera!" complimented Sap, ''Now we can cross the river with no problem.''
Drew chuckled, ''Ladies first.''
May began crawling across the log, scared that she might be washed away by the river, ''I-I wonder what w-will happen if I l-let go of this l-log?'' she stumbled. She was scared and lost her grip of the rope, and fell! ''Help me Drew!''
Drew wasn't frightened at all. He held out one of those red roses that he was famous for, "Here May . . . grab ahold of this rose . . . ''
May did so and had her hand prickled by the rose. Drew then grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to the land, ''That's what you get for not being careful.''
May was relieved, ''Drew . . . did you have to hold out the rose? I mean, you could have just grabbed my wrist and helped me out from there!''
''I could have saved you either way,'' Drew explained, ''The rose was to punish you for acting so carelessly . . . maybe next time you'll watch out.''
Professor Sap laughed, "That was a close one. Let's continue across the log, okay you two?"
The three climbed on the log. Drew was walking over it with his eyes closed and May was holding Drew's shirt while still crawling. Sap made it over to the other side first, then followed May and Drew.
''Let's follow down the river's shoreline. That's where I left the motorboat that I used to get here in the first place. Don't ask me why I left it there.''
They followed the shoreline until they saw the motorboat that Sap was talking about. It was ocean blue colored with slight orange streaks.
When they approached it, Bevera had a disappointed face on it, ''Bevera . . . '' it said sadly.
''What's the matter, Bevera?'' asked Sap, ''Is something bothering you?"
''Bev . . .''
Sap knew why it was so sad, ''It's because you weren't able to see or meet any of your other Bevera friends, were you?'' she thought for a little, ''It's kind of strange. I thought that we would meet a lot of them here. Something must be wrong with the ecosystem . . .''
Suddenly, the three heard an explosion coming from the jungle! Then they heard the whimpering of some Pokemon that sounded a lot like Bevera.
Bevera jolted up, ''Bevera!'' it ran away to the direction of the explosion.
Sap was worried about what might happen to her poor Pokemon if it got to the midst of the explosion site, ''Bevera, come back! It's not safe--'' she didn't finish, and saw that a tree was going to hit her if she didn't move quick, ''Oh no!''
Drew pushed professor Sap and May out of the way and the three escaped where the tree fell, ''Are you two okay?"
''Yeah . . . '' May answered weakly, ''Thanks for saving me again . . .''
Sap got up and ran in the direction where Bevera was going, even though it was already almost out of sight, ''Something bad's happening here.''
''We should follow her,'' Drew suggested, ''Something like that can happen again.''
May got up, ''You're right. She helped us get through this island without going nuts so it's the least that we can do for her.''
May and Drew ran off where Sap was running. Little did they know that they would meet the person that was destroying the forest soon . . .
''Wait for me!" May shouted, "That scientist can sure run quick. Wish I could."
Drew was picking up speed, ''You would do the same if one of your Pokemon was running away, confused, now would you May?"
May sweatdropped, "Of course I would!''
Professor Sap made a turn to the left, where she entered a thick forest of trees, with very little light as the tall trees overshadowed them as they ran towards her. A snap was suddenly heard.
Sap stopped, "What was that?" Another tree was falling towards her like last time, "Oh no!'' she ducked, avoiding the tree.
Standing on top of one of those trees, a tall man wearing brown and pointy shoes was looking down, "Don't think that you can get away from me that easily, professor." he leaped off using the trees.
May and Drew caught up with Sap.
May was sweating, "Next time, don't run off like that!''
Sap had a serious look, ''Sorry, but I can't stop.'' she continued running off again.
Drew sighed, ''Here we go again,'' May and Drew ran off, chasing her again into the thick woods, which seemed to be getting more and more dark as they continued on.
Harley was on the island, holding Max in his arms, struggling to get free, "Ha ha! Looks like you're not going anywhere, now are you, Maximus?''
Max was annoyed that he couldn't escape, ''I don't even need to worry. May and Drew are going to stop you and save me before you can even do anything to me!'' Harley was running along the side of the trees in order for May and Drew not to see where he was.
May stopped, ''I could have swore that I just heard Max's voice. I even heard Harley's voice!''
Drew didn't believe her, ''Maybe you're just hearing things . . . again. I think that you need to have your ears checked before they get worse.''
May ignored Drew, ''It doesn't matter,'' she began running off again, seeing that the forest was almost pitch black now and that she couldn't see Drew anywhere, ''Where are you, honey?"
Drew grabbed May, "Boo!''
May was startled, ''Ah! Who is it? Get off me before I use my superpowers against you!"
Drew spoke, "It's just me, May. Man are you gullible. It's pretty dark here, but I think that it's going to get brighter for some reason if we keep walking.''
May was confused, "Why would it get brighter? Ever since we started running in this here forest, it seemed to get more and more dark as we kept running!''
''Ever heard 'the light at the end of the cave'? Or in this case, the light at the end of the forest.''
May smiled in relief, ''I guess you're right . . . I mean, you're always right Drew.''
They kept running, and in a few minutes, May realized that Drew was right- the forest did seem to be getting more light shown in it!
May was impressed, "Drew, how did you know that?"
"You know how we entered the forest from the edge of it, right?" Drew explained, "Well as we got deeper, the forest got darker, so that would mean that if we kept going, we would get to the other edge of the forest, which would have light there unlike the center of it, which is the most darkest part.''
"Good . . . I guess," May complimented, "Do you feel like something's going to attack us if we don't move?"
Drew was cautious, "Yeah . . . ''
May was right. A wooden block shot out of the ground and attempted to hit Drew, which he leaped out of the way as if he was expecting it to be launched there from the start.
''See?" May was scared, "Hope that thing doesn't hit me and lift me into the air, I'm really scared.''
Another wooden tower shot out from the ground and it was from where May was standing, shooting her into the air with immense force.
"Ahh!!!" May screamed, "That really hurt and I think that Drew just saw up my skirt! Not that it would be a bad thing, but . . . '' gravity pulled her back down and she landed on the grass, surviving somehow.
Drew laughed, "That's what you get for being so careless! Next time, you should watch where you stand before you hang out there.''
May wasn't laughing, "You think that was funny?! Somebody or something must be behind this crap, and I want that to stop before I sue somebody for ripping off a part of my skirt!''
Drew moved a little so that he can look at where May's skirt ripped a little, "Wow . . . that looks nice.''
May was blushing, "Drew . . . you pervert!'' she stated that even though she secretly wanted Drew to look at her at that part of her body, "Turn around unless you want to get a slap on the neck.''
Drew was also blushing, since May knew that Drew was looking there, "Sorry . . . ''
A green bush with eyes, mouth, and a long nose appeared behind them, "Bushose!'' without catching May or Drew's attention, its long nose extended and shot them in the back.
May was angry, "Drew, did you touch me in my unmentionables? I'm going to hurt you for that!" she held out a fist, but then realized that Drew wasn't behind her, but side of her on the ground, startled from the long nose, "Drew, are you okay?"
Drew got up, "What do you think?"
An annoying laugh was heard from the top of the trees, which caught May and Drew's attention. They looked up and saw purple hair, a green outfit . . . it was Harley!
May was spooked, "What are you doing up there?!"
Harley was holding onto Max tightly, "What do you think? I'm keeping your annoying little brother Maximus hostage if you can't see that already.''
May was worried, "Max, are you okay?"
"I knew that you would come and help me!" Max said happily, "Get rid of this creep!''
A man with a voice as if he had a stuffy nose rose up, "So you're May and Drew! You two should be easy enough to take care of!''
"Who are you?" Drew asked, "What are you trying to do? Be cool by hanging on top of a tree?"
"Are you with Harley?" May asked, "I hope you're not.''
Drew sighed, "He's standing next to him. What do you think, May?"
The man chuckled, then jumped from top of the trees and landed on the grass, "That's right . . . the name's Two-Shoes, Woody-Woody Two-Shoes! Hired by Scarow to take you down and collect the cash!"
"What's Scarow?" May asked, "Sounds kind of cute.''
Harley was annoyed that May would describe the name of his organization cute, "There's nothing cute about Scarow, honey. At least nothing that you'll ever think will be cute. Now take him down, Woody!''
"That's right," Woody chuckled, "Bushose, use Woody-Woody Nose!"
"Bushose!" Woody had two of them in his team. They both extended their long noses at a speedy rate that attempted to hit May and Drew, but missed.
"Looks like you want a Pokemon Battle, now do you?" Drew assumed, "Well that's something that I can do. Go Flaritten!" he threw a PokeBall that released the fire Pokemon, Flaritten.
"Flare!" the Pokemon said.
"Burn down those Bushose!" Drew ordered.
"Flar!" the Pokemon blew flames at the Bushose.
Drew was confident, "That should take care of you!"
Woody chuckled, "I think that you should know that I can take care of a fire attack anyday."
The Bushose were closing their eyes and mouths, and the fire attack completely deflected off them. They then reopened their eyes and three more bushes appeared in front of each one of them, for a total of eight Bushose!
May was scared, "How did you do that?"
"Bushose's special ability, of course, which is known as 'Bushy Hair' " Woody explained, "As you can see, every Bushose can close its eyes and mouth once during battle to deflect any attack that is dealt towards it. Then when it reopens the eyes and the mouth, three more Bushose are summoned in front of them. Since I have two Bushose with me that were attacked, each one gave me three, meaning that six more were added to the two that I already controlled, allowing me to control eight Pokemon at the same time! However, the next time that a Bushose that has already used up its ability is attacked, it is automatically destroyed regardless of how much HP or defenses that it has left."
Drew understood what Woody said, "You shouldn't have said that. Now I know exactly how I'm going to counter those Pokemon, but I'm going to need your help in this, May. Do you have any Fire Pokemon with you right now?"
"Yeah," May replied, "I have my Combusken with me. I would never leave it at home or forget about that Pokemon, since it was the first Pokemon that I ever had when I started my journey."
Drew nodded, "Good. Here's the plan. You know how that Pokemon of his can multiply, right? Well if we can destroy them quick enough, then they can't regenerate themselves with those clones that they make, okay?"
"I got it," May threw a PokeBall that released Combusken, the yellow and orange 'young fowl' Pokemon, "Combusken, use as many Flamethrowers as you can on those Bushoses, and as quick as you can!"
Combusken did what it was asked, "Combusken!" it shot out flames from its mouth that hit the Bushoses on the spot.
"No May!" Max warned, "That won't--"
Harley held Max by the mouth, "I can't have you spoiling this battle, now can I? May has to think for herself, when she does learn how to think."
Woody was confident, "You think that the same trick is going to work twice? So slow, you two . . . "
It was true. The two original Bushoses were destroyed, but the six copies made three copies each, for a grand total of eighteen Bushoses on May and Drew's back.
"Attack with your Wood Nose!" Woody ordered, "With so many, there's no way that you're going to be able to get out of this one."
"Bush!" all of them growled, and then they did what Two-Shoes asked them to do, except that it ended up being a huge surprise.
May was worried, "We're going to die! It was nice knowing you, Drew, and I can't believe that we were never in the bed having whatchamacallit!"
Drew shook his head, "Don't worry, you'll still have plenty of times to see me and well you know . . . me. I bet that you're going to laugh out loud after what you're going to see.''
There were so many extended noses that were being shot by the many Bushoses that were surrounding them, all of the points being aimed at May and Drew. Because of the number that were there, all of the noses crossed and hit each other! The Bushose from the left side shot first, so they had more power than the ones on the right side, since they were still charging up to attack. When they let go of their fully stretched noses, the left side, with more force, destroyed the right side Bushoses! Since they were already attacking, there was no way that they could stop, close their eyes and mouth to guard themselves, and then duplicate. Now there were only nine left.
Two-Shoes was angry at what he just witnessed, "This isn't over yet . . . not by a mile! You may have found the weakness to my Pokemon's strategy, but I don't think that you know that this is a street battle, meaning that the trainers are allowed to attack as well."
May was confused, "How can a human attack in a Pokemon Battle? Wouldn't that person get hurt if they got involved in it?"
Drew was disappointed in May's lack of knowledge, "What do you think May? This is a street fight, meaning that you're allowed to do anything that you want so that you can win the battle.''
Harley was smirking, "Maybe it would be best if I intrude onto this battle, you know, to make victory 100% . . . ''
Professor Sap was running in the forest, and she finally caught up to where her confused Bevera was, which was where the light at the end of the forest was.
"I'm so happy that you finally stopped," Sap said.
"Bevera . . . " Professor Sap knew that it was still sad that it couldn't find any of its buddies, so now she was determined to get to the bottom of that.
She knew there was something strange about the location of where they were, but somehow guessed that they were still on the island. Sap peeked out into the end of the forest, which was the light part, and saw May and Drew, "Oh no . . . I have to do something about this. This can't be good at all . . . "
Back at the battle, Woody was still confident that he could win the battle, "Go on, May and Drew. Use another Fire-type attack on my Bushoses! After all, Fire attacks do beat Grass Pokemon, right?"
Drew caught on already, "Don't think that you can get us again with that trick, Two-Shoes. We already caught on to your little Pokemon's trick."
May was still worried, "But Drew, even if we know how to not activate Bushose's Pokemon ability, the only way not to set it off is by not attacking it. And if we don't attack, then we can't win this battle.''
"Then we'll just surprise attack them," Drew explained, "Return, Flaritten!" Drew returned it back into its PokeBall, "Go Roselia!"
"Hmmph," grunted Woody, "A Grass on Grass attempt? If Fire didn't work on my Pokemon, then why would you think that a Grass-type Pokemon could do any better than that?"
"You don't need to worry about that," Drew said, "Roselia, use Leaf Defense!"
"Rose . . . " the green Pokemon with red and blue roses as its hands began spinning in the air. Pink petals were flying around May and Drew as if it was forming a dome.
Woody was mystified, "What do you think that you're doing with that gay move? Grr . . . Bushose, use Bullet Seed on the shield!"
"Bush . . . " the dark green, long nose bush Pokemon opened its mouth and an array of yellow glowing seeds shot out of their mouths, hitting the constant flying pink petals, but it seemed to not even damage the dome! The Bullet Seeds deflected and destroyed the remaining Bushoses that were still there.
"Hmmph . . . " Drew chuckled, all of the flying pink petals that Roselia unleashed fell to the ground, and a glowing green dome was created that protected May and Drew from harm, "That's what you get for using a Grass attack on a Grass defense."
Harley was shocked that even nine attacks couldn't get through to them, "You better get rid of them quick if you want to be promoted, Woody-Woody Two-Shoes, because I'm tired of waiting."
"Then why don't you join the battle?" Woody added, "This is a street fight after all, and breaking the rules are impossible since there are no rules."
Harley laughed, "Good idea. Go Rafflsite!" Harley threw a Purple PokeBall that released his parasite Pokemon with four huge purple petals and its face lying in the middle of the plant, "You know what to do."
"Raugh!" Rafflsite growled as if it was a beast than a plant, "Rufu!" It grew vines from its bottom and shot them underground where it was standing.
"Where is that going to hit?" wondered a confused May, "Wait . . . please don't tell me where those vines are going to hit . . . I don't want to think about it."
Drew had a worried look on, which was rare, "Uh oh . . . we're in this Grass defense, that means that nothing can get in, but nothing can get out either."
Harley laughed, "That's right! From under you!"
Harley's Rafflsite did as the others predicted. The vines emerged from inside the barrier and snatched May and Drew, holding them at the ceiling of the barrier.
"No!" screamed May and Drew, "Let go of us!"
Professor Sap was watching the battle, with a horrified look, shocked at how any person that engages in a Pokemon Battle would attack another trainer, "I wish that I could help . . . but how?"
Bevera decided to stand up for May and Drew, and ran out to the battle scene, "Bevera!" it said determined to help them. And the long tailed beaver ran off with thoughts of helping its friends, which Sap decided to follow so that she can assist it in any way.
When Bevera and Sap arrived at the battle scene, Woody was laughing when he saw the small Pokemon.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!" Woody laughed at Bevera, "You think that you can take care of me with that?"
"That's right," replied Sap, "Bevera, use Tail Rack!"
The beaver Pokemon did a backflip and attempted to slam its tail onto Woody-Woody Two-Shoes, "Bev!" it shouted in anger as it almost hit him.
Woody vaulted in the air and landed on top of one of the trees, dodging the attack, "You want to battle also, I see . . . "
"Bevera!" it grunted, eager to battle so that Woody-Woody Two-Shoes would go away.
"Not really . . . " Sap stated, "But if it's a battle that you want, then it's a a battle that you'll have! Bevera, use your Quick Attack!"
"Go Woodnote!" Woody threw a wooden PokeBall that released his Pokemon, Woodnote, which was a brown log, with sleepy eyes, long nose, and blubbery mouth, "I think you know what to do for me."
"Woody . . . " the Pokemon began materializing grass lumps from air that blocked Bevera's Quick Attack. The Grass lumps looked a lot like Bushose, and were destroyed by the attack.
Sap was surprised, "How did it do that?"
Woody laughed, "You're a Pokemon scientist . . . why don't you tell me? Whip out one of those PokeDexes that you guys always carry with you and find out what my Pokemon can do for yourself. Oh yeah, by the way, Woodnote, use Wood Missile!"
"Woody!" the Pokemon's nose started to charge up energy, and it released its nose like a missile towards Sap, which Bevera took the hit.
"Bev . . . " Bevera moaned weakly, trying to recover from the hit that it took.
"Are you okay?" Sap asked, worried about her damaged Pokemon. She took out her PokeDex which resembled a PSP, as the PokeDexes always resemble a device.
The PokeDex spoke in a female mechanical voice, "Woodnote, the Wood Nose Pokemon. This Pokemon is the evolved form of Bushose. It is able to materialize and download living grass bush to attack its opponents. It can also log out of its present body and log in again as one of the Bushose to avoid an attack."
Sap was surprised, "Download? Logging in and out? That must mean that this Pokemon is one that came from cyberspace. From the way that it battles, I'm assuming that it is specifically the Virus type."
"Woodnote, use Woodstomp!" Woody ordered, "This should take care of your Bevera once and for all."
"No!" May and Drew yelled, worrying that the hit may finish off Bevera, their last chance.
"Woodnote . . . " the brown and long nose log jumped into the air and was above Bevera. It forced pressure into its body and slammed onto Bevera, causing an explosion once it landed on the damaged Pokemon.
"No!" Professor Sap yelled, "My poor Pokemon!"
Harley was laughing, "First we took care of May and Drew, and now we took care of a scientist that should have minded her own business!"
Woodnote's body completely covered Bevera. Suddenly, a shining sound could be heard. Woodnote was being lifted into the air!
"Wood?" it said surprised.
Bevera was evolving, as shown when it was becoming bigger when it was lifting Woodnote!
Sap was surprised, "Whoa . . . good job Bevera!" little did she know that its name wasn't going to be called Bevera anymore.
The Pokemon Evolution was complete. The new Pokemon was standing on two feet. Its tail became a whole set of logs that were side by side. It was taller, bigger, and more serious. The color of the new Pokemon changed from a brown to a golden color, "Bevadam . . . " it growled.
"That's a Bevadam!" yelled May and Drew.
"Hmm . . . Bevadam," the amazed professor flipped open her PSP PokeDex, "This is cool . . . "
The PokeDex, with the female voice spoke, Bevadam, the Dam Pokemon. The evolved form of Bevera can use an entire river as its home when it builds a dam there. Being very territorial, Pokemon are feared by it. Its Dam Tail can destroy trees with one attack."
Professor Sap was very proud that her Pokemon had evolved, despite the situation that it was in before. "Thank you so much, Bevadam . . . I am proud of you for getting out of the most harsh of troubles. Now take down that Woodnose!"
Woody giggled, "You may have your Pokemon evolved, but don't think that's going to help! Woodnose, use your Bamboo Sword attack!"
Max was confused how Woodnose could use any kind of sword attack, considering the fact that it doesn't have a sword with it, and even if it did, it couldn't pick it up since it has no hands, "What's he up to?"
Woodnose went through a transformation. It grew wooden arms from its side. The way that the sword was going to appear was astonishing, since Woodnose's pointy, woody nose grew in size and popped right off! The wooden sword suddenly had a handle so that Woodnose can carry it. It held it in a threatening way at Bevadam, confident it will win. "Woodnose . . . "
The professor was still convinced that the newly transformed Pokemon can't attack Bevadam from a distance. "How can that thing of yours move if it doesn't even have any legs to do so?"
Woody-Woody Two-Shoes knew that it had legs, but wasn't planning on using them to advance, "If you look closely, you can see that it does have legs, but that's not what I'm going to do . . . "
Woodnose's wooden arm grew rapidly towards Bevadam with the wooden sword in its hand! "Wooden . . . "
Bevadam managed to use its huge tail and push it to the ground, vaulting the brown beaver up into the air, "Bevadam!"
Sap was relieved that it missed, "That was a close one. Good dodge Bevadam! Now its time to retailiate, Bevadam, use your Surf!"
"Beva!" it jumped into the air, and a huge blue wave appeared from the ocean that was behind it, and was aimed at Harley and Woody's side.
Harley laughed. "Maybe it's time to stop you from losing, Two-Shoes. Rafflsite, use Attack Drain!"
While still holding onto May and Drew, Rafflsite's body glowed red and the Surf attack was redirected to it, and canceled out by it. However, May and Drew were free right after it absorbed the damage!
"We're free," May said calm. "That thing was gross!"
Drew was exhausted. "I feel like my energy was drained from that Rafflsite . . . "
"That's because it used its Attack Drain move," Sap explained. "When using that technique, any attack that is targeted to another Pokemon can be redirected to the Pokemon using Attack Drain, with the opposite effect, which means that the attack would heal that Pokemon. However, in order to use that attack, the Pokemon must focus its energy, meaning that it couldn't hold on to you two. So that also means that Harley made a foolish move!"
Harley was offended. "If I didn't have to rescue you from that Surf attack, then this wouldn't have happened you stupid idiot!"
"I didn't need your oversized petal to do that move!" Woody said. "I thought that you knew that Woodnose was a Grass type Pokemon so it wouldn't have taken so much damage anyways! And I was going to use the Bamboo Sword as a whirlwind so that I can repel that Surf attack, so now who's dumb, dummy?"
Sap was laughing that two people on the same side would argue over each other. "Want to finish this off, Bevadam? This is getting kind of boring."
"Beva!" Bevadam nodded in agreement.
"Good idea," Sap decided that in order to blow Harley and Woody off, they would have to use a finishing attack. "Bevadam, use your Wood Chuck attack!"
Bevadam materialized a huge, brown wood block out of nowhere and it began glowing. It then charged right at Harley and Woody-Woody Two-Shoes and knocked them into the sky. "Bevadam!" Unfortunately, Max was knocked along with them.
Harley was shocked that they would lose. "Oh great. I lost again! Except this time, it wasn't my fault . . . "
"What are you talking about?!" Woody shouted. "It was your fault that May and Drew escaped, so you better not say anything!"
"I can't believe that I'm going sky-high with these clowns . . . " Max mumbled. "I wonder how I even got into this the first place?"
Max?!" May called. "Are you going to be alright?"
"Yeah!" Max replied. "As a matter of fact, I think that I'm having fun hanging out with these guys!"
May thought that Max was weird for having fun at this situation. "Be careful and I hope that you never find your way back to me, okay Max?"
The three were knocked acrossed the horizon.
"I'll beat all of you in the next Pokemon Contest!" they both yelled, as their voiced reduced while they flew across the horizon. "Go . . . to . . . hell . . . "
May and Drew ran over to professor Sap, happy that she saved the day with her newly aquired Bevadam, which proved to be a strong opponent when in battle, as shown a little while back.
"I'm so happy that you did that for us!" May exclaimed. "You're such a great Pokemon trainer!"
Drew smiled. "Even I have to admit that was a great performance, and I'm a pretty hard to impress!"
Sap was proud to do her part. "It was nothing. All I did was make sure that you guys were safe eventually and that Bevadam is happy."
The sound of wild Pokemon could be heard approaching, as there wasn't any during the battle, since they were probably hiding while it was on. May, Drew, and Sap turned around and saw a brown tail . . . a tail that rapped the ground back and forth. As the three slided over a little, they could see that the brown Pokemon were Bevera!
Bevadam ran over to the Pokemon out of happiness, as eariler it wanted nothing more than to meet its friends on the island. "Bevadam!" More Bevera appeared when it ran over to where the first one was.
Sap was happy that Bevadam was finally able to get what it wanted from the start. "You're so lucky, to have those friends here on the island like that."
May had an idea. "Maybe you should let your Bevadam stay here. It seems really happy being with all of its friends on the island."
Drew was appalled by what May said. "How can you even think about something like that May? You're acting like Sap did something bad to Bevadam and that it would be better off here!"
"I was just saying that it would be more happier here, Drew!" May replied. "I'm not saying that professor Sap did anything to it. As a matter of fact, I say that Sap treated that Bevadam since it was a Bevera with so much care and love that it's scary. After all, the main reason why she went to this island was so that it can meet all of its friends again."
"You do have a good idea, May," Sap said. "Bevadam, can you come over here for a moment so that I can ask you something? It's really important and I'll only take a moment, okay?"
The big brown beaver ran over to Sap as she asked. "Beva?"
"Do you want to stay on this island so that you can always be here with your friends?" Sap asked. "I mean, you look much happier here, and I always want the best for you since you're such a good friend."
Bevadam was touched by what Sap asked. It turned around and looked at its friends. Then at Sap. It looked at its friends again, then Sap once more and faced that way. It then jumped into Sap's arms and gave her a big and emotional hug, showing that it wants to stay with her, since she looked out and cared about it from the start, "Bevadam!" it said in happiness.
Sap was smiling so much that it almost became tears. "Thank you so much, my good friend!"
May wondered why it chose her over the Bevera, then came to a conclusion. "Love for Pokemon and love for trainers can sure take you far."
Drew chuckled. "For once you said something right, May. I think that you should practice more."
"So . . . you want to head over to Maple Town now on my motorboat?" Sap asked, and took out a remote control with a blue button in the center. She pressed it, and the motorboat suddenly came over to the sea area that they were at.
Drew was confused. "If you had that before, then how come you didn't use it last night or this morning so that we could get to Maple Town earlier?"
"Because I wanted to find out what was wrong with my Bevadam when it was still a Bevera, Drew," Sap explained. "It was acting weird last night so I wanted to stay here a little longer so that I could find out why it was so sad, and now I found out why. Yeah . . . I have to admit that I was stalling you two so that I can stay here with you guys, since I wanted some company with me on the island."
May laughed. "You're so funny! But thanks . . . even though we were attacked by Harley and that Two-Shoes creep, I really did enjoy my experience on the island, so thanks."
Sap was walking over to the boat, with May and Drew following behind her. "Lets go over to Maple Town now so that I can get you two started, okay?"
"Ok!" May and Drew agreed.
So May, Drew, and professor Maple used the boat so that they can get to Maple Town. After the events that have happened so far on the island and the ship from before, and even without entering the mainland of the Zuki region yet, how much more exciting adventures will May and Drew experience when they get started on the new region? Stay tuned!