Max's Discovery

Five days after the Dark City contest...

The gang came to a city where Ash, Brock and Tomo visited before. It was Neon Town and a Pokemon contest was being held there. May was fascinated by the city with all the stores and things. Ash and Brock were worried about having to run into any cranky people; they remembered that everyone in Neon Town was always cranky due to lack of sleep. But once the gang started walking through the city, they saw no people fighting and shouting at each other. Everyone looked refreshed and friendly. This surprised Ash, Tomo and Brock.

Just then Officer Jenny walked up to the gang.

"Hello Ash, Brock, Tomo it's nice to see you again." She said.

This was the same Officer Jenny the boys met before with Misty.

"You too Officer Jenny." Ash said. "But no one seems to be arguing with each other like the last time we were here."

"It's because of you, your Wigglytuff and Clefable." Officer Jenny said. "On that day when they used their lullaby to put people to sleep and make them feel better, we decided that we should have Pokemon that know the move Sing sing us to sleep every evening and morning. That way the people of Neon Town who work during the day would get a good night's sleep and those that work at night would get a good day's sleep."

"That's a great idea." Brock said. "It certainly prevents the people here from arguing with each other and getting very cranky."

"What Pokemon do you use?" Tomo asked.

"We use Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Clefable, Wigglytuff, Chansey and Blissey and they take turns every night and day." Officer Jenny answered.

"That's a really clever way to do it." Brock said.

"Where is the Pokemon contest hall?" Ash asked Officer Jenny.

She led the way. The contest hall was beautiful looking like the other big buildings in Neon Town. Ash and May signed up right away, but the contest wasn't until tomorrow. So the gang decided to spend the day in Neon Town checking it out. May went off by herself to check out all the shops and Brock went off to stock up on supplies and food. Ash, Tomo and Max decided to check out an arcade; not the adult casino, the arcades for kids.

Just as they were about to enter an arcade, Max told them to stop.

"What's wrong Max?" Ash asked.

"I just heard a meow coming from down that alleyway." Max said.

"Maybe it's a Meowth." Tomo said.

"I'm going to check it out." Max said. He then ran down the alleyway.

Ash and Tomo followed him in case he ran into any trouble.

Max followed the sound of the meowing until he finally found where it came from. He saw three baby Skitty and they were huddled up together frightened.

"Hey what's wrong?" Max asked.

Suddenly he heard a barking noise not far from where he was standing. He saw a wild Houndour and it was fighting a Delcatty.

"That Delcatty must be the Skitty's mom." Just then he noticed that Delcatty was hurt and decided to help by calling out a Pokemon.

"Whismur come out and use Hyper Voice on that Houndour." Max's Whismur came out of the Poke Ball and use Hyper Voice on the Houndour.

The Houndour was angered after being hit by Hyper Voice and got ready to fight Whismur. Ash and Tomo caught up with him and saw what was going on.

"Ash, Tomo get Delcatty and her three baby Skitty out of here while I deal with this Houndour." Max said.

Doing as they were told, Ash and Tomo picked up Delcatty and the three Skitty and headed to the Pokemon Center, leaving Max to deal with Houndour.

"Whismur, let's teach this bully a lesson." Max said.

Whismur was more than willing to do that.

Suddenly Whismur glowed and evolved into Loudred.

"Wow now I have two Loudred!" Max gasped.

Max's focus went back to the battle and he told Loudred to use Brick Break on Houndour. Loudred karate chopped Houndour really hard and then it ran away in fear.

"Good work Loudred, now let's see if Delcatty and her Skitty are okay."

Max and Loudred ran over to the Pokemon Center where May, Ash, Tomo and Brock were waiting for them. Ash and Tomo had given Delcatty and Skitty to Nurse Joy and she was taking care of them. Brock and May heard what happened from Ash and Tomo.

"Max thank goodness you are okay." May said.

Just then she saw Loudred and Max explained that his Whismur evolved.

"How are Delcatty and her babies doing?" Max asked.

"They'll be all right now Max." Ash said. "Thanks to you, they are safe."

Nurse Joy exited the operating room.

"How are they doing?" Max asked.

"Delcatty needs some rest after the battle with Houndour." She said. "But the Skitty are all fine."

Ash and Tomo told her what had happened when they brought the Delcatty and Skitty to her. Max was relieved to hear that.

"Can I see them?" He asked Nurse Joy.

Before Nurse Joy could answer though, the three baby Skitty ran out of the room.

"Skitty?" Max questioned.

The Skitty saw Max, ran over to him and nuzzled his legs. Max sat down on the floor and hugged the Skitty. Nurse Joy smiled.

"It seems the Skitty are happy to see you Max." She said.

Delcatty then came in and saw her babies with Max. She meowed and the Skitty went over to her. Delcatty nuzzled them and then bowed her head to Max.

"She's thanking you for helping her when Houndour attacked her Max." Ash said.

The Skitty ran over to Max and nuzzled him again. Delcatty went over too and sat in front of Max.

"You know Max." Nurse Joy said. "You should keep Delcatty and her Skitty. It's clear that the Skitty like you and they and Delcatty will feel safe with you."

The others agreed.

So Max caught Delcatty and her Skitty and sent them to the Petalburg Gym where they can recover more. After that was over, the gang could look forward to the Pokemon contest tomorrow.