MHB002: Enter Iris and Axi!/Nick

(Recap of previous episode)

\*Title Card for "Enter Iris and Axi!" is shown for 6 seconds\*

(We see our heroes walking in a forest as the episode begins.)

Mallow: **I wonder what we'll catch out there...**

(Bianca suddenly hears a rustling sound coming from a bush. She catches a glimpse of an Axew and immediately scans it.)

Bianca's Rotom Phone: **Axew, the Tusk Pokémon. A Dragon type. Axew's tusks are very versatile and used for a variety of purposes, from grinding Berries to marking its territory. The tusks regrow if broken.**

(She throws a Poké Ball at the purple shape, but it bounces off.)

???: **Axew is not yours. It's mine.**

(The girl emerges from the bushes, enraged.)

???: **HOW DARE YOU THINK OF ME AS A POKÉMON!!!**

Bianca: **I'm so sorry so s-**

Cheren: **Are you really sure miss?**

Bianca: **Miss?!**

Nina: **Uh oh...**

???: **Don't worry, it's fine.**

(The girl holds an apple up to her hair. An Axew pops out and grabs it. However, Bianca had already gotten a slap.)

Bianca: **C-Cheren! Why'd you do that?!**

Cheren: **You better take things more carefully. And as for *YOU* Kazmar, what were you thinking?!**

Kazmar: **Uh... I...**

???: **Whoa, what's that pink Pokémon?!**

All: **Uhh...**

Lillie: **...She's, uh, an animatronic stuffed toy I got before I came to Unova, hehehe...**

(The girl narrows her eyes and gives everyone the "Stop-the-Tauroscrap" death glare.)

Rose: *Damn, found out...! Maybe I better play along...*

(Rose, pretending to be a Pachirisu, comes closer to Axew. The girl suddenly grabs her tail.)

???: **It's still cute!**

Rose: **Ugh! Put me down!**

Nina: *Great, Rose doesn't like being tail-pulled.*

(The girl puts Rose down after being commanded a second time.)

Iris: **I don't know if she's a new Pokemon from somewhere! Anyway, I'm Iris Scalehart. Glad to meet ya!**

Nina: \*sigh\* **...All right, let's begin the friendship with one note. Rose is not a Pokémon, but rather a Dream Pixie.**

Rose: **Nina's right. Your Axew could be like a big brother to Ivy, Tep and Kazmar!**

Iris: **Is it true Axi?**

Axi: **Yeah...**

(That night, in the Pokémon Center, Nina has a flashback of the other day when she first started her journey.)

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*Nina: **I made up my mind! I'm going to travel around the Unova region to meet Pokemon and new friends! I'm also planning to challenge the Unova League!***

*Mallow: **I agree with you. Aina's Restaurant will be under my dad's care while I'm away.***

*Lillie: **Lana, why not call your parents and remind them about Harper and Sarah?***

*Lana: **Got it.***

*Elio: **We may need to help out with the Professor when it comes to filling the Pokédex.***

*(Professor Juniper came up to them, but was having a hard time walking.)*

*Professor Juniper: **Whoa...! Here are your Rotom Phones and some Poké Balls.***

*(Professor Juniper gives everyone a Rotom Phone, formerly their smartphones, and twenty Poké Balls.)*

*All: **Thank you.***

*Professor Juniper: **You should know that Striaton City is the place where there's a Pokémon Gym. I also have a close friend living there. And Nina, make sure your Pokémon don't scubum to their wounds.***

*Nina: **I understand.***

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Nina: *Hmm... I hope we don't get into the same mistake like last time...*

(Nina notices something from the bushes.)

\*A wild Lillipup appeared!\*

Nina: **A wild puppy!**

(Nina scans using the Rotom Phone.)

Nina's Rotom Phone: **Lillipup, the Puppy Pokémon. A Normal type. It faces strong opponents with great courage. But, when at a disadvantage in a fight, this intelligent Pokémon flees.**

Nina: **Zach, let's catch it! Use Water Gun!**

(Zach uses Water Gun. Nina throws a Poké Ball at it, easily catching it.)

Iris: **Ni-Nina, you really seem to act before thinking! You didn't fight long enough!**

(The Lillipup suddenly growls at her. Nina realizes the the Pokémon, Walter, came out by himself.)

Nina: *Seriously?* **Walter, return!**

(Nina returns him, very annoyed.)

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(Meanwhile, Event Horizon is carrying out Queen Vera's latest plan. She disguises herself as an Emolga in order to lure the heroes.)

Event Horizon: **This might as well be my most clever plan yet. Queen Vera gave me some killer shapeshifting powers!**

(She pretends to be napping in a tree, keeping an eye out for the heroes.)

Mallow: **...and it's not like I have a few flowers at home!**

Lillie: **Lana and I get it.**

(Iris walks by. She suddenly notices the "Emolga" and immediately finds it cute, gushing and wanting to catch it. Lana, Mallow, and Lillie sweatdrop.)