210. Taillow Joins

After leaving Petalburg City, Ash and the two siblings plunged into the deep Petalburg Woods. Inside the forest, tall trees blocked most of the sunlight, but you could still see the road ahead clearly.

It is said that there are a large number of wild Pokémon living in the forest, but as soon as they entered the forest, Max took out his binoculars and looked around, "How strange, there are no Pokémon around here at all!"

"This is a mountain road. There are many people passing by here on a daily basis. Of course there are no Pokémon nearby. If you want to see wild Pokémon, you have to go deeper into the forest. Do you understand that, Max!" Ash reluctantly taught Max patiently. For the sake of the rare Pokémon Egg in his arms.

"Ash, I'm so hungry. Can we stop for lunch already?" May was already tired from their not so long walking. She was not used to traveling this amount of distance in such short time and also could not keep up with Ash's fast pace.

Ash nodded a little, "Then let's stop here to eat something!"

As he said that, he took out the lunch box packed from the Pokémon Center from his backpack. Now that Brock was away, for now, he had to take care of his own food.

He prepared two lunch boxes in total for him, which was just enough for him to eat for one whole day. If he still couldn't get out of this forest and find the Pokémon Center tomorrow, then he would have to find a different way to get his food.

As for Pikachu and Dratini, they are now eating Pokémon Food that he exchanged from his System. Dratini's is an energy cube exclusive to pure Dragon-type, which is why he wants to keep Dratini by his side and get him absorb the energy and molt. Thsi will eventually lead it to evole into the Dragonair and then to the Dragonite he always wanted for himself.

But when he was about to enjoy his lunch, he felt two eyes falling directly on his lunch box.

The two siblings were just staring at his lunch, "Don't tell me that you two didn't prepare your own lunch! Please?!"

"I thought May would have gotten it packed for us!" This boy didn't forget to rely on his older but unreliable sister even after he left their house. It was probably because they went out at such a random time of the day that they forgot.

"Ash..." May pleaded with Ash with her big beautiful watery eyes, "Your lunch looks so delicious!"

"I only packed two portions, two meals a day for me, and now you want me to give this to you. If we can't find the Pokémon Center by the end of today, we will all be hungry!" Ash had to explain the matter to them.

"But I'm already very hungry now!" May looked pitiful.

"Okay, I'll give you this one!" Ash had no choice but to hand the other one to May.

"Hey, Ash, you are the best person in the world!" May opened it and began to eat it, Max also hurried over and said, "Sis, share some with me!"

"Why didn't you pack your own food! I don't tell you to go out with us. You have to bear your own responsibility since you decided to come!" Ash had no patience with him after getting his food taken away by May.

"Hmph!" Max was even more stubborn than Ash had originally thought of and didn't ask May for food again. He touched his pocket, "Haha, luckily I prepared emergency food for me!"

A bar of chocolate is indeed a good emergency food!

Unexpectedly, as soon as he unwrapped the chocolate bar in his hand, a dark shadow passed by, and the chocolate he was about to enjoy disappeared form his grasp!

When he looked up, he saw a Pokémon that looked like a bird, this is the Pokémon that had stolen his chocolate bar.

When he saw the Pokémon, he immediately forgot about the chocolate, stood up and chased after it! He recognized it, it was the common Flying-type Pokémon from the Hoenn Region, Taillow!

"Max, don't run around!" May looked at the lunch box she hadn't finished yet, gritted her teeth, closed the lid and gave it back to Ash for protection, then chased after him, "Ash, please wait until I come back to finishing all of it!"

What else is there to eat, the sauce? Ash quickly packed the lunch box, "So, this must have been the reason my inner gut kept telling me that the Pokémon Egg wasn't nearly enough for my troubles!"

The three of them chased Taillow to an area that full of fruit trees. The fruit trees here were already all full of fruits, so they probably weren't hungry and decided to it because they could.

They saw Taillow sitting on one of the tree and peacefully eat Max's chocolate in three mouthfuls as if it didn't just steal it out of a straight up child, but Max didn't seem care to care that this Taillow stole his food, "Taillow, is the chocolate delicious? Did you like it?"

Taillow obviously enjoyed the taste very much, and his beak was covered in chocolate as he kept nodding.

A slight pink light flashed in Ash's eyes, he picked up couple of fruits and handed them to the two hungry siblings, "You two are very lucky, you can eat something now!"

They have just finished their lunch right now, now they their stomach with fruits and Ash could keep his extra box as dinner, perfect!

"Thank you, Brother Ash!" max took the fruit and took a big bite. He saw that the Pokémon was happy because it ate, but he himself was beginning to fell very hungry now.

Unexpectedly, after the three of them ate the fruit, dozens of over Taillows flew out of the forest, looking very enraged.

"Wow, so many Taillows, that's so cool!" Max had no idea of ​​what happens after you're surrounded by a bunch of wild Pokémon.

Of course, Ash did not panic at all because, well, he himself without his Pokémon was strong enough to take care of this group, "It seems that Taillow's territory is around here and we intruded in their property!"

"Did we irritate them by eating the fruits in their territory?" May quickly figured out their current predicament.

The Taillow who had eaten the chocolate chirped loudly, and all the Taillows launched an attack at once!

"Pikachu, use a light Thunder Shock!"

The counterattack was decisive, Pikachu's Thunder Shock wrapped around each Taillow, causing huge damage to their weak Flying-type body!

The Taillows were like birds falling from the air, because they were, but after a while they were all struggling to fly up again, wanting to continue their attack, and they looked even more outraged!

This time, Ash's order was not needed. Pikachu this time fired a Thunderbolt, but the power was controlled and weakened, only about a tenth of its true power.

Unexpectedly, these Taillows actually used their energy to cut off the current, and then continued to fly in the air with sweat and burns all over their bodies.

"Alright then, attack, Pikachu!" Ash ordered Pikachu to attack again.

However, this time the attack was weaker than the previous Thunder Shock because they were already very injured and they did come to Taillows area uninvited.

The Taillow they first met, with chocolate on the corner of his beak, actually flew over to bear the power of the Thunder Shock.

It seemed to have lost consciousness and fell, but immediately opened its eyes and flew up forcefully with all of its will. Its already somewhat distracted eyes were always staring at Ash and his Pikachu throughout their interactions.

'As expected of this Taillow, no matter how powerful its opponent is, it will never admit defeat! It just like I remember from my memory.'The corner of Ash's mouth curled up.

He likes this Taillow very much. Not only can he command the whole Taillow Clan, but it is also willing to protect its companions at all costs, even with its body. This fits Ash's personality very well!

He took out an unused Poké Ball at this time and called out to Taillow, who had chocolate on the corner of his mouth, "Taillow, I want you to join me as my Pokémon!"

After a while, the Taillow's finally came down, and the other Taillow's flew slightly towards the sky, but always surrounded Ash and the other two.

"Did it accept the challenge or no?" May murmured to herself. This was the first time she saw Ash trying to catch a Pokémon through a battle. She felt very excited for some reason!

"Pikachu, Get ready!"

This is how the battle begins!

He did not chose to continue to use his Electric-type skills. Now that Taillow has set his sights on Pikachu, it is obviously not suitable for the much Dratini to replace him!

Even if Dratini switched in, it would most likely one shot this much weaker Taillow, so there was no need to waste his energy.

Pikachu could even fight Zapdos and beat him, but it is not easy to defeat this Taillow, not because it is strong but because how it doesn't give up.

His figure suddenly disappeared, and Taillow was knocked away before he could even do anything! Pikachu wasn't even trying, he was just trying to see how resilient this Taillow is under Ash's Psychic Commandz

However, Taillow was already in the air. He struggled and readjusted his posture, waving his wings towards Pikachu.

"It's Wing Attack!" Max recognized this attack almost instantly!

"Iron Tail to cut it, don't hit Taillow!"

Ash and Pikachu are never timid when fighting others Pokémon's with full strength, even if it was much weaker; however, it is is different when it's his Pokémon's Monck battling. Ash already thought of this Taillow as his so he didn't go too hard, just enough to rest it.

Pikachu's Iron Tail was already perfect to point where it could control even the most subtle of movements, and he cut Taillow's attack to the ground with one slight push.

Taillow was now breathing hard because he used almost all his energy in that Wing Attcak.

"It's now!"

Ash threw the Poké Ball at Taillow, but the Poké Ball only flickered for a moment before exploding out. Taillow was already seriously injured and he kept gasping after breaking free from the Poké Ball.

He still refuses to admit defeat!

"If you don't want to submit, I'll beat you until you do! I will give an important lesson today. While it is commendable to not admit defeat, sometimes it's just better if you do when there is no other choice." Ash smiled like he was enjoying this, "Pikachu, Thunder Shock!"

This time the Thunder Shock was a still much weaker than an usual one, but it was already the last straw that broke Taillow's back.

"Okay!" Ash threw out his Poké Ball for the second time. This time Taillow was really convinced by Ash and Pikachu's strength.

Sometimes it is better to accept one's fate!

"Ash, you are still so awesome!"

A familiar voice sounded from deep in the trees. Upon hearing this voice, Ash's eyes suddenly lit up!

'Finally, I missed your good food.'