Savage Skarmory

Sometime after capturing the shiny Noctowl, Ash and the others took a break in a Pokemon Center in a town.

"I'm glad we came to a Pokemon Center." Ash said. "My Pokemon were starting to get tired."

Tomo, Misty and Brock's Pokemon were tired too. Just then they noticed a trainer running up to Nurse Joy.

"Please help my Pidgeotto." He said.

"Oh no, not another one." Nurse Joy said, getting a Chansey for help.

"I wonder what happened?" Misty asked.

"Yeah, and what did Nurse Joy mean by another one?" Ash questioned.

The gang asked the trainer what happened.

"A Skarmory lives in the woods near town." The trainer explained. "It's really savage and likes to fight the other flying type Pokemon."

Ash looked Skarmory up on the Pokedex.

"Skarmory, the Armor Bird Pokemon. It's sturdy wings look heavy, but they are actually hollow and light allowing it to fly freely in the sky."

"This Skarmory seems to be as savage as Spearow and Fearow." Ash said.

"Let's see this Skarmory for ourselves." Brock suggested and the others agreed.

They came to the woods where the trainer said Skarmory would be.

"I wonder why Skarmory likes battling flying type Pokemon so much." Ash said.

"It's probably trying to test it's strength against them." Brock guessed. "Some wild Pokemon do that actually. They fight against other wild Pokemon that are the same type as them to see who the strongest is."

"I've also seen that with water types." Misty said. "Especially Gyarados. Gyarados likes to prove that it's the strongest water type Pokemon."

"What should we do when we see Skarmory?" Tomo asked.

"We'll see what this Skarmory is like first." Brock said. "Then we'll decide what to do next."

Suddenly they heard a loud screech.

"I bet that was Skarmory." Ash said.

They ran to where the screech came from.

The gang found where the screech came from through some trees not far from the path and they were shocked by what they saw. A flock of flying type Pokemon consisting of Pidgey, Spearow, Hoothoot, Pidgeotto, Farfetch'd and Noctowl laid on the ground, injured.

"Look at all those flying type Pokemon." Misty gasped.

"They all must have fought Skarmory and lost." Brock said.

"Hey I see a Pokemon battling Skarmory now." Tomo said.

The gang saw a white Pokemon with wings and on it's stomach there were red and blue triangle marks like Togepi's marks.

"That's a Togetic." Ash said, taking out his Pokedex.

"Togetic, the Happiness Pokemon and the evolved form of Togepi. They say that it will appear before kindhearted, caring people and shower them with happiness."

Misty thought that Togetic looked cute.

"Is Togetic a flying type Pokemon?" She asked.

"Yes it is." Ash replied. "It's a normal/flying type."

Togetic used Swift on Skarmory, but the stars were broken by Steel Wing.

"Togetic doesn't stand a chance." Brock said. "Normal type moves won't do much damage to a steel type Pokemon."

Togetic's arms glowed gold and it fired a rainbow colored beam with white circles from it's arms.

"That was Extrasensory." Ash said.

The gang watched as Togetic continued to fight Skarmory. Suddenly Skarmory's beak started to spin and it headed straight towards Togetic.

"Oh no it's using Drill Peck." Ash said.

Skarmory started to peck at Togetic repeatedly. Ash took out a Poke Ball.

"I've seen enough." He said. He released his Cyndaquil so it could battle Skarmory.

"Use Flamethrower on Skarmory." Cyndaquil released a stream of fire from it's mouth at Skarmory and then after the attack connected, Skarmory turned towards Cyndaquil to fight it.

"That Skarmory isn't scared of Cyndaquil." Misty said. "Even though fire type Pokemon have a type advantage over steel type Pokemon."

"Well that's a savage Skarmory." Brock said. "And savage Pokemon are fearless."

Togetic watched worriedly. Skarmory started to swoop down towards Cyndaquil.

"Cyndaquil, Smokescreen." Ash said.

Cyndaquil blew thick black smoke from his mouth. Skarmory stopped in it's tracks, unable to see Cyndaquil at all.

"Now use Flamethrower again." Cyndauil fired another Flamethrower at Skarmory.

Instead of trying to fight Cyndaquil; Skarmory simply flew away.

"It seems that Skarmory had enough." Brock said.

Ash ran over to Togetic to see if it was okay. Togetic was grateful to Ash, but then it started to faint.

"Oh no Togetic is badly hurt." Ash said as he picked Togetic up.

Tomo, Misty and Brock ran over.

"Skarmory's Drill Peck must have done a lot of damage to Togetic." Brock said. "We need to get to the Pokemon Center fast."

Togepi started to cry.

"Togepi is probably crying because it's worried about Togetic." Brock said. "After all, Togepi evolves into Togetic."

The gang ran back to the Pokemon Center as fast as they could.

"Don't worry Togetic." Ash said to Togetic in his arms. "You'll be okay now."

Togetic looked at Ash. When they got to the Pokemon Center, Ash handed Togetic to Nurse Joy who got to work right away. Officer Jenny was in the Pokemon Center too; she heard about the savage Skarmory and came to inspect it.

"Would you tell me about this Skarmory please?" Officer Jenny asked.

Ash explained that Skarmory had been battling other flying type Pokemon and it knew the egg move Drill Peck.

"Please lead me to where you last saw it." Officer Jenny said. "I wish to catch this Skarmory for myself."

The gang led Officer Jenny to where they saw Skarmory last in the woods.

"This is where we saw it." Ash said.

"Well it's not here now." Misty said. "It must have gone somewhere else."

"Hey look there." Tomo pointed up.

All the flying type Pokemon Skarmory had defeated earlier had hidden themselves in the branches of trees.

"They must be afraid of coming out of the trees." Misty said.

"With a savage Skarmory around I don't blame them." Officer Jenny said.

Just then they heard a screech.

"That would be Skarmory's screech." Ash said.

Officer Jenny and the gang ran over to where Skarmory was; a bit further from where they are now. A Pidgeotto was there too.

"I think Skarmory is going to fight that Pidgeotto." Brock said.

"Not on my watch, it isn't." Officer Jenny said. She stepped forward.

"Skarmory I challenge you to a Pokemon battle." Skarmory forgot about Pidgeotto and turned towards Officer Jenny giving Pidgeotto a chance to escape.

Officer Jenny removed a Poke Ball from her pocket and released a Growlithe.

"Growlithe is a good choice." Brock said. "Fire type Pokemon have a advantage against steel type Pokemon."

"Okay Growlithe, use Flamethrower." Officer Jenny said.

Growlithe blew a stream of fire at Skarmory, but Skarmory dodged it at high speed.

"That was Agility." Brock said.

Skarmory swooped down towards Growlithe to peck at it.

"Use Dig to dodge Skarmory's attack Growlithe." Officer Jenny said.

Growlithe tunneled underground just before Skarmory could peck at it.

"Now use Flamethrower again." Growlithe surfaced from underground and blew another stream of fire at Skarmory. This time Growlithe managed to hit Skarmory and Skarmory was burned by the flames.

"That was a direct hit." Misty said.

"All right let's go Poke Ball." Officer Jenny said as she threw a Poke Ball. The Poke Ball hit Skarmory, sucked it in and then a few seconds later Skarmory was caught.

Officer Jenny was happy about her capture.

"This Skarmory will be very helpful in the police force against criminals." She said.

"Yeah and now that it's caught, the flying type Pokemon here can finally live in peace." Brock said.

All the flying type Pokemon in the branches were happy that Skarmory was caught and they chirped and squawked happily. Just then Ash had a thought.

"I wonder how Togetic is doing." He said.

He and the others went back to the Pokemon Center to check on Togetic. Togetic had fully recovered and was happily flying around when the gang got to the Pokemon Center.

"I'm glad that you are okay Togetic." Ash said.

Togetic flew in front of Ash and was happy to see him. Officer Jenny told Nurse Joy that she caught Skarmory.

"That's a relief." Nurse Joy said. "That Skarmory has been causing a lot of problems for trainers and Pokemon."

"Well it's not going to do that anymore." Officer Jenny replied.

The gang was ready to set off on their journey again. Ash was saying goodbye to Togetic.

"You take care of yourself now Togetic." He said.

Togetic sadly looked at Ash; it didn't want him to leave. Just as the gang said goodbye to Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy, Togetic flew onto Ash's backpack and took his Friend Ball out of it.

"Hey what are you doing?" Ash asked.

Togetic held the Friend Ball out in front of Ash.

"I think Togetic wants to be with you." Nurse Joy said. "Togepi and Togetic seek out their trainers themselves. They only choose those who are kind and caring people and since you were kind and caring to Togetic Ash it has chosen you."

"So you want to be with me Togetic?" Ash asked.

Togetic nodded happily. Ash took the Friend Ball from Togetic and used it to catch Togetic.

So everyone was happy. Officer Jenny caught the savage Skarmory and Ash caught a Togetic. Then the gang left the town to continue their journey.