Corsola

The gang had just arrived at Yellow Rock Isle, the second island of the Whirl Islands, and had appeared in Megi City. Brock explained that Yellow Rock Isle was given that name because all of the rocks and streets were colored yellow. Just then something caught Misty's eye. A gift shop had some beautiful, pink-colored crystal jewelry-like objects on display.

"These things are so pretty." Misty said. "I wonder what they are made of?"

The shop clerk explained that the art pieces were made from Corsola horns.

"You see, every year Corsola shed and regrow their horns." He said. "And we use their horns to make jewelry and other things."

After hearing that Misty became more determined to catch her own Corsola. The clerk then said that he liked Ash's Mareep because everyone on Yellow Rock Isle loved Pokemon that were colored yellow.

Just then Tomo had a thought.

"Hey Ash." He said. "Do you think one of these crystal figures will be the perfect birthday gift for mom?"

The truth is Delia's birthday was four days away and Ash and Tomo hadn't thought of a gift yet. Ash looked at the objects.

"That is a great idea Tomo." He replied.

He looked at the objects and found the one he thought would be perfect for Delia. It was a crystal figurine shaped like a coral reef with small bubble shaped glass balls. Ash picked it up to look at it closely.

"This will be perfect for mom." He decided.

He bought the item and had it sent to Pallet Town. Ash and Tomo also included a birthday card with it. The Ketchum brothers knew right away that their mom would love her gift.

Suddenly Growlithe started to run off barking.

"Something must be wrong if Growlithe is running off like that." Ash noted.

The gang followed Growlithe who led them to a beach.

"What's wrong Growlithe?" Tomo asked.

Growlithe pointed to the ocean and then suddenly the gang saw the problem. A little girl with a Corsola next to her was being swept out to sea on a floating house.

"We have to help that little girl." Brock said.

Luckily there was a speedboat nearby, so the gang quickly got into the boat and headed off to rescue the girl. But there was another issue; the house was heading towards a whirlpool.

"Brock get your Weepinbell out." Ash instructed. "We can use it's Vine Whip to help that girl."

Brock nodded and Ash released his Bayleef. Together Weepinbell and Bayleef wrapped their vines around the railings of the house. Thanks to the Pokemon's vines, the gang pulled the house away from the whirlpool and back to shore.

The little girl's name was Mika and she lived with her dad and older sister Andrea. Andrea and her dad were grateful for the gang saving Mika's life.

"We are glad to help." Ash said. "But what caused your house to drift out to sea?"

"Well the truth is, we live on top of a Corsola nest." Andrea said. "It's a tradition here on Yellow Rock Isle to build homes on top of Corsola nests. My dad is an artist who works with Corsola horns. So living on top of a Corsola nest makes it easier to gather the Corsola horns after they've been shed."

"Wow that's cool." Misty said.

She looked at the Corsola next to Mika.

"Is that Corsola one of yours too?"

"No this one isn't." Andrea said. "It just appeared on our doorstep. This Corsola is more energetic than any other Corsola, and it kept tackling our Corsola affectionately. We think our Corsola had enough of that and left the nest. Because all of our Corsola were gone, the foundation of the nest broke apart and thus our house slid out to sea with Mika still on it. The wild Corsola tried to help, but it couldn't move the house back to shore so it ended up drifting away on the house too."

"Then it's a good thing we saw the house floating away and managed to rescue Mika, Corsola and the house." Ash said.

Misty was pleased to know that Corsola was a wild one and wanted to catch it right away, but Brock stopped her and told her that it wasn't a good time.

"We need to get our Corsola back." Andrea's dad said. "Because our future depends on them."

Apparently Andrea, Mika and their dad had nine Corsola in total and their names were Bonnie, Annie, Danny, Johnny, Connie, Donnie, Ronnie, Lonnie and Manny. Thanks to teamwork, the nine Corsola were all found safe and sound. Andrea and Mika's dad thanked the gang and the gang was glad everything was okay again. With all the missing Corsola found, Misty decided it was time to catch the wild Corsola.

But then someone shouted. The same clerk from the gift shop earlier was yelling for help.

"What's wrong?" Andrea's dad asked the man.

"Robbers have just stolen some jewelry from my store." The clerk said.

"Oh no." Andrea said. "Do you know who they are?"

Suddenly cables came out of nowhere and grabbed the nine Corsola. It was Team Rocket in their balloon. They had heard about the Corsola and the jewelry made from their horns and wanted them all for themselves.

"Thank you for the Corsola and beautiful jewelry." Jessie said. "Now we will take our leave."

"I don't think so!" Ash growled.

He released Noctowl from his Poke Ball and Noctowl burst the balloon with his beak. The balloon came crashing down onto the beach.

"Give me the jewelry back!" The clerk shouted.

"And return the Corsola!" Andrea's dad shouted.

Team Rocket wasn't willing to do as they were told and Jessie and James released Cloyster and Skiploom to battle; James' Hoppip evolved some time ago.

"Cloyster use Spike Cannon." Jessie said.

"Skiploom use Bullet Seed." James said.

Cloyster and Skiploom got ready to use Spike Cannon and Bullet Seed, but they were stopped by a Bubble Beam attack. The Bubble Beam came from the wild Corsola and Corsola was mad at Team Rocket.

"Excellent job Corsola." Misty said.

She then released Staryu.

"Use Rapid Spin." Staryu cut the cables holding the nine Corsola.

"Use Bullet Seed on that Corsola Skiploom." James ordered.

Skiploom fired Bullet Seed at Corsola, dealing a lot of damage to it. But then it used Recover to restore some health before using Icicle Spear on Skiploom.

"Hey that Corsola knows Icicle Spear like mine does." Brock pointed out.

Misty was more excited about the prospect of catching Corsola. Then the wild Corsola and the nine Corsola used Spike Cannon to make Team Rocket release the jewelry and send them and their Pokemon flying.

The clerk gathered up all his stolen jewelry and headed back to his shop. Then Misty got ready to catch the wild Corsola with no further distractions. She sent out one of her Poliwhirl to battle Corsola.

"Use Bubble Poliwhirl." Misty said.

Poliwhirl fired a lot of bubbles at Corsola.

"Now use Mega Punch." Poliwhirl punched Corsola really hard. Corsola was weakened, but it used Recover to heal itself and then tackled Poliwhirl really hard.

"All right Poliwhirl, use Water Gun." Poliwhirl fired Water Gun, but Corsola used Mirror Coat and the Water Gun was redirected back towards Poliwhirl.

"That Corsola is amazing." Misty said. "Okay Poliwhirl use Bubble, followed by Double Slap and Mega Punch."

First Poliwhirl fired bubbles at Corsola, then slapped it repeatedly and punched it really hard. The combined attack did a lot of damage. Before Corsola could use Recover again, Misty used her last Lure Ball to catch Corsola.

"All right, I finally have my own Corsola!" Misty cheered.

Andrea, Mika, their father and the others were happy for Misty.

Then it was time for the gang to leave. They said goodbye to Andrea, Mika, their father and the nine Corsola then left Megi City for the next city on Yellow Rock Isle.