Dwayne's Roserade

**Dwayne's Roserade** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのロズレイド** *Douein's Roserade*) is the fourth Pokémon that Dwayne captured during his travels through the Kanto region, and his fifth overall.

## **New Era**

### **Indigo Challenge**

Dwayne wanders through a forest without a compass, trying to find the path to Vermilion City. Dwayne decides to pause for a rest, and sees an Oddish taking a drink. Dwayne sends Ralts to fight the Oddish so he can catch it. The Oddish is defeated by Ralts's Confusion, but Dwayne's Poké Ball is deflected by Budew's Pin Missile before he can claim it. The Budew attacks and defeats Ralts with a combination of Bullet Seed and Frustration. Dwayne sends his Butterfree after the Budew with a Tackle attack, but Budew dodges and hits Butterfree with Weather Ball, and due to the strong sunlight, the effect was a Fire-type move. Both the Oddish and Budew run off into the forest afterwards.

Dwayne attempts to cross a rope bridge, but a wind starts to rip the bridge apart and he falls into the river below. When Dwayne wakes up, he finds himself in a cabin within a small village, and is greeted by a girl named Melanie. Dwayne then notices the large number of Pokémon in the village and wonders if they belong to Melanie. Melanie explains that the Hidden Village is a place for abandoned or injured Pokémon to come to rest and relax. She cares for them until they are better, and then they leave. Melanie collects plants to use for medicine, though she says that she is unqualified to be a Pokémon doctor. Melanie explains that she sets traps, such as the rope bridge, to prevent Pokémon Trainers from reaching the village and protect the injured Pokémon from being captured, and apologizes for putting Dwayne in harm's way.

Dwayne promises Melanie that he will not try to catch any of the Pokémon in the village. Dwayne tends to a Staryu, and later apologizes to Oddish. Suddenly, the Budew from earlier tackles him, thinking Oddish is in danger. Melanie explains that Budew has volunteered to protect the whole village. Budew tries to nudge Dwayne out of the village because she doesn't trust Pokémon Trainers. Melanie explains that Budew was once abandoned by her previous Trainer after the Trainer deemed her as "weak", and Dwayne feels awful for Budew, understanding her mistrust towards humans.

Suddenly, Adrian and Adriana appear from the trees, and claim the Pokémon living in the village had great potential, and announce their intentions to capture them all and use them to get "revenge" on Dwayne. They quickly try to collect all the Pokémon in the village as Dwayne and Melanie herd everyone into the cabin, but Oddish gets almost caught by Adriana's Poké Ball, but Budew deflects the Poké Ball's direction with Bullet Seed, and Dwayne helps carry Oddish to the cabin. Adrian and Adriana move towards the cabin, so Dwayne instructs his Pidgeotto to use Gust, and this causes a tornado that tosses Adrian and Adriana into the distance, and the twins flee, screaming they would beat Dwayne one day whatever the cost.

Melanie asks Dwayne to take Budew with him, seeing the pair as a good match; she says the Pokémon have stayed in the village too long, because Budew has done too good a job of protecting them. Budew agrees to go with Dwayne, on condition that they battle first. Dwayne sends Ralts, who dodges Budew's Bullet Seed, but is struck by Pin Missile. Budew then uses Frustration to slam Ralts into the ground, but Dwayne calls for a Confusion, which allows Ralts to lift Budew into the air and smack her against the trees before slamming her onto the ground, allowing Dwayne to catch her. After giving Budew an Oran Berry to heal her injuries, Dwayne and Budew wave goodbye to Melanie as they leave the village together.

While traveling through Route 7, Dwayne makes a stop for lunch, and sets a picnic with his Pokémon. At that moment, Dwayne notices a Machop peeking from behind a rock nearby. Just then, Machop hops over Dwayne, wanting the rice ball he had. Machop takes it and climbs atop a rock to eat it. Dwayne decides to catch it by merely throwing a Poké Ball at it, but Machop throws the rice ball, which the Poké Ball catches, and Dwayne becomes visibly infuriated. Machop then charges towards him, but Budew suddenly jumps in front of Dwayne and takes the hit for him. As Dwayne calls out to Budew to check her well-being, Machop jumps on Dwayne's face, and begins beating him up. Budew sees this, and quickly uses Bullet Seed, but Machop grabs Dwayne and uses him as a human shield, and Budew cancels the attack as Dwayne gets hit with the attack instead. Machop then leaves Dwayne beaten and without his hat as it climbs atop a tree, now wearing the hat.

Dwayne gets up and notices his hat is missing. Dwayne confronts Machop as the Pokémon mocks Dwayne, flaunting his hat while flipping him off. Dwayne climbs the tree to reclaim the hat. Dwayne manages to climb high enough, though Machop attacks him with Mega Punch and jumps off, sending Dwayne hurdling back down. As Machop focuses on Dwayne, Budew attacks Machop from behind with Razor Leaf, which leaves Machop irate. As Machop stomps his foot in anger, it suddenly evolves into Machoke, catching everyone off-guard.

Dwayne notices his hat on the ground and Budew runs for it. However, Machoke jumps between Budew and Dwayne's hat. Budew bravely stares Machoke in the eye, and Machoke reclaims the hat, all the while mocking Budew. Budew attacks with Bullet Seed, but it only makes Machoke angrier. Dwayne theorizes that Machoke may just be afraid and lonely, and decides to approach it with kindness, but it pounds on himand sends him flying. Machoke then runs after Dwayne and Budew.

Dwayne and Budew keep running as Machoke destroys everything in its path. Machoke then fires off a Focus Blast, but Budew deflects it with Pin Missile. Dwayne then decides to get serious and catch Machoke. He tells Budew to fire Razor Leaf, but it only makes Machoke angrier. Budew tries to use Razor Leaf again, but Machoke's punches destroy the leaves. Budew then tries to use Bullet Seed, but Machoke dodges before pounding Budew with several punches. Machoke is relentless, though Budew suddenly puts on a brave face, and pushes Machoke off of her. Budew takes more punches before suddenly evolving into Roselia, and Machoke stumbles back surprised by the sudden evolution. After evolving, Roselia fires off her newly-learned Leech Seed, which grows vines that latch onto Machoke and drain it of its energy, and Roselia takes this opportunity to retrieve Dwayne's hat, which she successfully does. Machoke then slowly marches towards Dwayne while still getting its energy drained, and Roselia continues the attack with a devastating Petal Dance. Machoke slumps as Dwayne tosses the Poké Ball. Machoke goes inside as the Ball rattles. It stops, the catch an apparent success. However, the Ball starts to rattle again, but it stops a second time, this time inert as Dwayne claims the Ball holding his newly captured Machoke. The Poké Ball then gets immediately teleported away, as Dwayne suddenly remembers that he already had six Pokémon with him, and any more additional Pokémon would be immediately transported to Professor Oak's Laboratory.

When Dwayne was trapped in a blizzard, Roselia, along with Squirtle, was sent out to help Dwayne seal off the cave he'd made to shield himself from the snow. It takes them a while, but they do it. Dwayne then tries to figure out how to heat up the cave. Kirlia uses Will-O-Wisp and creates a small firepit, although at the cost of her stamina after having forced herself to abruptly learn a new attack. As the brutal snowstorm rages on, Kirlia's power starts to weaken from trying to keep everyone warm. Dwayne tells Kirlia to get back into her Poké Ball, but she refuses, but Dwayne calls her back anyway, much to Kirlia's shock. Dwayne then figures that the Pokémon should be warm inside their Poké Balls. So, he tells Roselia and Squirtle back into their Poké Balls, and like Kirlia, they refuse too. Dwayne calls them back anyway, despite Roselia and Squirtle trying to evade the beams.

As the time passes, Dwayne is freezing cold, and wonders if his other Pokémon are warm enough inside their Poké Balls, so he takes off his jacket and wraps his Poké Balls inside. But now, the snowstorm has gotten so bad that a part of the snow wall has broken through. Dwayne runs over to the hole and sits in front of it, blocking the snow coming in. Then, the rest of Dwayne's Pokémon – Kirlia, Roselia, Squirtle, Pidgeotto, Clefairy, and Butterfree – all free themselves from their Poké Balls. Dwayne tells them all to return to their Poké Balls, but his Pokémon adamantly refuse and each one hold onto Dwayne – Squirtle hugs his left arm, Clefairy hugs his right arm, Roselia lays down on his lap, Pidgeotto and Butterfree both incase him with their wings, and Kirlia lays onto his chest in a hug – Dwayne is so taken aback by his Pokémon's commitment to him that he is reduced to tears. He then looks at them and conceded that they will be cold all together. The next morning, the harsh snowstorm has completely subsided. Kirlia demolishes the snow wall with Will-O-Wisp, and Dwayne looks upon the amazing view with his beloved Pokémon. Dwayne then decides to leave quickly, afraid of another sudden snowstorm, and quickly reaches the bottom of the mountain and feels very relieved to be away from the snow, and jokes that he would be traumatized of snow from now on.

As Dwayne continue his journey towards the Cinnabar Gym, he comes across a Hiker who challenges him to a battle, which he gladly accepts. The Hiker sends out his Rhyhorn while Dwayne counters with Roselia. Rhyhorn executes a Take Down, the ground shaking as it charges right at Roselia. Dwayne commands Roselia to use Leech Seed, but Rhyhorn closes in and sends Roselia flying before the attack is launched. Dwayne tries to recall Roselia, but Roselia refuses. The Hiker says that Dwayne must be a bad Trainer if his own Pokémon does not listen when told to return it to its Poké Ball. Rhyhorn charges again, but Roselia's Bullet Seed stops its rampage and follows it up with a Petal Dance. Rhyhorn collapses, giving Dwayne the victory, and the Hiker commends Dwayne for training his Roselia well.

After arriving at the nearest Pokémon Center, Dwayne has Roselia checked by Nurse Joy, who suggests leaving Roselia during the night for a full recovery, to which Dwayne accepts. Later that night, as everyone is asleep at the Pokémon Center, a long line of Bulbasaur appear outside. Roselia gets up and walks outside, watching the view of the sparkling flowers and the full moon. Suddenly, a group of Bulbasaur use their vines and grabs Roselia, taking her towards the forest. Hearing the commotion, Dwayne checks Roselia's room, but finds it empty, and upon looking out the opened window, sees Roselia being taken away by the Bulbasaur, and gives chase.

As Dwayne continues to follow the Grass-type Pokémon, the roots of a group of trees start thrashing around and then tangle together to form a barrier. Getting through it, Dwayne gazes upon the garden, where he finds thousands of Bulbasaur. They chant and the central tree's branches grow, complete with foliage. The tree's hollow then glows intensely and a Venusaur emerges and climbs on a tree stump. Dwayne searches for Roselia, and ultimately manages to find her. All of the Bulbasaur are happy except for Roselia. The Venusaur roars and the Bulbasaur follow suit. This continues several times before all of the Bulbasaur's bulbs begin to glow. The Bulbasaur begin to evolve into Ivysaur. Just then, Dwayne notices that Roselia seems displeased, which enrages Venusaur and all of the Ivysaur. Venusaur is about to hit Roselia with its Vine Whip, but Dwayne rushes in front of her and takes the hit to his shoulders, much to Roselia's shock. Dwayne apologizes for coming to their festival, but states that Roselia is his friend. He asks if they are mad that Roselia does not agree with their ritual, and they all nod, and Venusaur presents a Shiny Stone, the only way that Roselia can evolve into Roserade. Dwayne says that if Roselia does not want to evolve, they cannot force her to. Venusaur roars, sending pollen to the tree, which bursts out in red flowers, the vibrant display easily impressing Dwayne.

Roselia then jumps foward and signals for Venusaur, and Dwayne realizes that Roselia was challenging it to a battle to prove her point that she didn't need to evolve to become stronger, and Venusaur accepts the challenge. Venusaur starts off with Razor Leaf, but Roselia manages to dodge the attack, and retaliates with Bullet Seed, but Venusaur easily takes the hit, and responds with Vine Whip, smacking Roselia onto a tree. As Roselia struggles to get back up, Venusaur attacks again with Vine Whip, continuously smacking her on the head, as Dwayne encourages Roselia to not give up, and Roselia suddenly shouts and the sun rises over the horizon, and Roselia's roses begin to glow. Dwayne consults with his Pokédex, which says that she was getting ready to use Solar Beam. Roselia then releases a beam of energy towards Venusaur, scoring a direct hit that pushes Venusaur back, making it stumble. As Roselia prepares to attack again, Venusaur roars, which makes Roselia stand down, and Dwayne realizes that Venusaur called off the battle, and upon seeing Venusaur smile, Dwayne concludes that Venusaur was impressed with Roselia's strength. Dwayne says Roselia did great, with Venusaur agreeing, before smiling and extending a vine. Roselia shakes Venusaur's vine as a sign of respect, and Venusaur kicks the Shiny Stone towards Dwayne, and motions to Dwayne to give it to Roselia once she felt ready to evolve, and both Dwayne and Roselia nod in response. The vine barrier pulls away, and as Dwayne and Roselia are about to leave, they notice that the garden has disappeared. They then wave goodbye to Venusaur and Ivysaur.

When Dwayne challenged the Viridian Gym, Roselia was chosen as his fifth Pokémon to battle against Robyn Oak's Charizard. Dwayne orders a Solar Beam, but Charizard dodges before calling for Fire Punch, which Roselia counters with Petal Dance, cancelling it out. Dwayne orders another Petal Dance, but Charizard responds with Flamethrower, launching a blast of fire that meets Petal Dance head-on. Robyn follows up with Mega Punch as Charizard punches the Grass-type Pokémon towards the ceiling. As Roselia falls down, Dwayne commands her to use Bullet Seed, which scores a direct hit, although Charizard shakes it off and knocks Roselia out with Fire Punch.

When Dwayne battled Natalya in a battle in which the loser would give up their Badges, Roselia was chosen to face off against Natalya's Marowak. Dwayne commands Roselia to use Bullet Seed against Marowak, though Marowak dodges. Dwayne instructs Roselia to use another Bullet Seed as Natalya tells Marowak to use Focus Energy and Bone Club to deflect the attack. Then Marowak rushes over and attacks Roselia with Bonemerang, causing great damage. Dwayne then tells Roselia to use Solar Beam, but Marowak's flurry of Bone Club attacks force Roselia to have to dodge the attacks while continuing to charge Solar Beam. Natalya then commands an Ice Beam attack, just as Roselia's Solar Beam launches. However, the Grass-type attack proves stronger, as it easily pushes the Ice Beam, and scores a direct hit, giving Dwayne the victory.

Shortly thereafter, Roselia teamed with Natalya's Beedrill in a Double Battle against Adrian and Adriana's Weepinbell and Weezing. The battle between the twins, and Dwayne and Natalya ensues as the twins call for Weepinbell and Weezing to use Poison Powder and Sludge Bomb, but while the dodge the Sludge Bomb attack, they are both engulfed within the Poison Powder. However, it has no effect due to both Roselia and Beedrill being part Poison-types. Dwayne and Natalya call for their own battle combination. Roselia uses Petal Dance while Beedrill uses X-Scissor, and both attacks successfully connect, although Weepinbell and Weezing suffer only moderate damage.

Weepinbell then uses Vine Whip and begins squeezing Roselia, but Beedrill stops the attack by using Fury Attack onto Weepinbell's vines, hurting it and forcing it to recall its vines back. Weezing then uses Gyro Ball, but Roselia's Petal Dance traps Weezing within a vortex of petals, and when Weepinbell tries to use Slam on Roselia, Beedrill attacks with X-Scissor, sending Weepinbell back. Then, Roselia slams Weezing down with the vortex atop of Weepinbell, and the impact knocks out both Weezing and Weepinbell at once, giving Dwayne and Natalya the victory.

Shortly before Dwayne's battle against Lagi in the fifth round of the Indigo Plateau Conference, Dwayne was lured away from the stadium by Adrian and Adriana, who were looking to keep Dwayne away up until his match, in order to get him disqualified from the tournament. Therefore, Roselia, along with Dwayne's other Pokémon, worked together to fend them off and get Dwayne to the stadium, although at the cost of their stamina. As such, Dwayne decided against using Roselia in his upcoming match, of which Dwayne ultimately lost.

### **Orange Archipelago**

During Dwayne's second round challenge of the Navel Gym, Roselia worked alongside Kirlia and Clefairy where they helped Dwayne carve ice into a sled. Roselia's Bullet Seed and Clefairy's Meteor Mash are not as effective, putting them behind. Seeing they were about to lose, Kirlia taps into her Psychic powers to perfectly carve the sled and win Dwayne the round, but exhausting herself in the process.

The final round is to race down the mountain to the beach. Danny puts Geodude, Electrode, and Scyther into his sled while Dwayne rides with Roselia, Kirlia, and Wartortle. When the light turns green, both teams race down as fast as possible while Jade uses the cable car. Scyther steers his sled while Dwayne uses Roselia's Bullet Seed to steer, although Dwayne spins out of control. Just then, Danny runs into a hole, and Dwayne stops to help. Dwayne helps him and his Pokémon up, and Danny questions him on his decision to stop and help, telling he could've won the race, but Dwayne explains that he couldn't know whether Danny could free himself without help, and helping another human being in trouble was more important than winning a Badge, and Danny becomes impressed with Dwayne's altruism.

Dwayne and Danny restart the race and begin when the sun rises. When the terrain changes from snow to rock, Dwayne's sled picks up too much speed and barely misses a large rock, causing it to cut through trees. Danny closes in on the finish line, but Dwayne soars through the sky and catches up with Danny. The landing causes Dwayne's sled to shrink in size, and the lighter sled allows Dwayne to pull forward and win the race.

During Dwayne's Full Battle against Drake at the Orange League, Roselia was chosen as Dwayne's fifth Pokémon to battle against Drake's Electabuzz. Drake has Electabuzz to use Thunder Shock, but Roselia's type advantage leaves her unfazed and she counters with a Bullet Seed. Electabuzz is hit by a few of the seeds, but then deflects with Thunderbolt. Drake has Electabuzz use Thunder Punch, while Dwayne has Roselia use Power Whip. Roselia lands her attack, but is soon defeated by Electabuzz's Thunder Punch.

### **Johto Journey**

Dwayne chose Roselia as his second Pokémon to battle against a wild Chikorita that Dwayne wanted to capture, after Chikorita had already defeated his Heracross. She charges at Roselia, who holds her off with Power Whip. Then, Dwayne orders a Petal Dance, but Chikorita uses Vine Whip to trip Roselia, who inadvertently hits Dwayne with the attack. Chikorita then fires a Razor Leaf, but Roselia dodges and flies in for another Power Whip. Chikorita counters by charging up an Energy Ball, and just as Roselia is inches away from Chikorita, Chikorita fires off Energy Ball, which explodes on both Pokémon's faces. Dwayne runs over, and recalls Roselia.

When Dwayne challenged the Azalea Gym, Roselia was his first Pokémon of choice, battling against Bugsy's Spinarak. Bugsy has Spinarak use String Shot to cover the field, ensnaring Roselia in the sticky thread. Dwayne orders Roselia to attack with Solar Beam, but Spinarak dodges and attacks with Poison Sting, landing a direct hit on Roselia. Dwayne then decides to recall Roselia to her Poké Ball before another Poison Sting hits.

She gets called back as his final remaining Pokémon to battle against Bugsy's Scyther. Scyther uses Fury Cutter while Roselia dodges. Scyther tries Double Team while it uses another Fury Cutter, this time faster than the other Fury Cutter, while Roselia is still able to dodge. This gets Roselia really fired up and Roselia uses Petal Dance, which gets rid of Scyther's Double Team, but the real Scyther deflects it by using Swords Dance and hits Roselia. Bugsy explains that he developed strategies like Scyther's Swords Dance to combat its weaknesses. Dwayne considers his next move before the battle resumes. Scyther approaches with another Fury Cutter, but as soon as Dwayne commands Roselia to attack, Bugsy has Scyther perform Swords Dance. Dwayne replies with his strategy: He has Roselia jump into the air and go into a spin above Scyther. Dwayne commands Roselia to use Petal Dance, but her newfound burst of energy, Roselia instead unleashes Petal Blizzard, which engulfs Scyther. The damage stops Scyther's Swords Dance and Roselia then uses Power Whip. The referee says Scyther is unable to battle and declares Dwayne victorious.

Dwayne chose Roselia as his third and final Pokémon during his battle against Dwight, putting her up against his Quagsire. The battle starts with Quagsire using Water Gun, but Roselia dodges the attack, and retaliates with Petal Blizzard, but Quagsire defends itself by using Stockpike, increasing his defenses in the process. Dwight then orders Quagsire to use Amnesia to further increase his defenses before ordering a Mud Shot, but Roselia dodges, and follows up with Power Whip, and Quagsire uses Stockpile again to defend itself. Quagsire then grabs ahold of Roselia and hits her with a point-blank Water Gun and Mud Shot combo, causing considerable damage. Dwight orders another Water Gun, but Roselia dodges and strikes Quagsire afterwards with Bullet Seed. As Roselia starts to pant from exhaustion, Quagsire simply remains still, without any visible exhaustion, and Dwayne orders Gabite to use Solar Beam. Dwight frantically orders Quagsire to use Amnesia and Stockpile to increase his Defenses, and it does so just as Draco Meteor connects. As the smoke clears, Quagsire remains standing still, and Dwight assumes that Quagsire withstood the attacks, but as Dwight commands another Water Gun, Quagsire doesn't respond and subsequently falls down, knocked out, and Dwayne wins the battle.

Dwight recalls Quagsire and says that the victory was a fluke, but Jade simply tells Dwight to take the loss with dignity and congratulates Dwayne on his victory. As Dwayne and Jade keep chatting, a thunderbolt strikes the ground nearby. With the bad weather, Dwayne orders everyone to go back to the Pokémon Center. However, Roselia starts running towards the opposite direction, and Dwayne and Jade begin chasing after it as Dwight doesn't remains still and unaware of his surroundings due to the shock of his loss still affecting him. As Dwayne and Jade chase after Roselia, the source of the thunderstorm is revealed to be a Miracle Crystal. Under the control of Fabius, Harlynn, and a mecha, it is now attracting Pokémon from all over the area. There is no sign of Raikou yet, but Fabius assumes that making trouble with the Pokémon will make it more likely for Raikou to turn up. A Raichu tries to stop them, but an electric blast from the crystal quickly defeats it and the other Pokémon.

Harlynn continues to grab the attracted Pokémon with the mecha's robotic claws. Roselia, Dwayne, and Jade come upon the scene as a different, yellow-colored thundercloud appears in the distance. The legendary Raikou appears from the yellow thundercloud in a burst of lightning, and its arrival is welcomed by Fabius and Harlynn. Dwayne checks his Pokédex for details, and he is surprised to see a living legend. Raikou leaps down from a mountain summit and rescues the Pokémon with grace. Harlynn tries to grab Raikou, but it leaps into the air. Raikou retaliates with a Thunderbolt that is sucked into the crystal. Though it keeps attacking, the powerful Electric attacks are just sent right back at Raikou. As Fabius points out, the more Raikou fights, the stronger the crystal will get. Raikou collapses, but before Harlynn can capture it, Dwayne runs forward, telling them to stop. Roselia jumps in front of him, ready to battle, while Harlynn sends out Magnezone and Fabius sends out his Shiny Onix. Fabius warns Dwayne to leave or be destroyed. Jade calls out to Dwayne, but Dwayne ignores it. Dwayne sternly warns them to let Raikou go or they’ll have to deal with him.

The tense exchange of words between Fabius and Harlynn against Dwayne erupts into a battle. Magnezone begins with a Flash Cannon while Roselia responds with Solar Beam. Onix counters with Dragon Breath, stopping the Flash Cannon as well as inflicting damage on Roselia. After Dwayne gives some words of encouragement, Roselia endures the Dragon Breath and starts making her way over to Onix, but is hit by Magnezone's Gyro Ball. With Roselia struggling to get back up, Fabius uses the crystal to further weaken Raikou. After seeing Raikou in even more excruciating pain, Jade enters the battle with her Kangaskhan. Onix goes to use Slam, but Kangaskhan dodges and retaliates with Water Pulse, and follows up by using Return on Magnezone. While Magnezone and Onix are incapacitated by Kangaskhan, Fabius returns his attention to Raikou. Roselia then recovers and destroys the mecha's claws with Petal Blizzard. With no means to capture Raikou, Fabius orders a retreat. Harlynn creates a smokescreen, and they successfully manage to escape. Raikou turns to leave, but Dwayne calls after it and offers help. Raikou hits Dwayne with an electric bolt, throwing him back. Dwayne gets back up again, narrowly missing another attack. The two stare each other down, until Dwayne makes a step forward. Raikou goes to shock him again, but is countered by a blast from Roselia. Dwayne assures Raikou that they want to help it, promising that it can trust him. Raikou then collapses.

Back at the Pokémon Center, Professor Elm calls them via a videophone and tells Dwayne and Jade that there is a danger that Raikou will become withdrawn, depressed and not heal properly because it is in captivity. Dwayne decides that singing it a song may help, and while Professor Elm admits that that isn't a bad idea, he tells them that the important thing is to set it free as soon as it is healed. News of Raikou spreads, but Chansey guards the door to the operation ward so that only Dwayne is allowed to watch Nurse Joy treat the Legendary Pokémon. Meanwhile, Fabius and Harlynn work on repairing their machine.

That evening, as Raikou sleeps, Jade tries to cheer Dwayne up. She hands Dwayne a drink while he continues to watch Raikou’s progress. Suddenly, a man barges in and demands to see Raikou. Jade becomes angered with him and asks his name, but then Officer Jenny leads another man to them. The first man is Eusine and the second is Kudo, and they appear to know each other. Eusine explains that since Raikou can control thunderstorms and lightning, men have always hunted it to capture it and harness its power; because of this, Raikou does not trust humans. Kudo says that Raikou thinks that all humans are the same, but Dwayne believes that it can sense who its friends and enemies are. Officer Jenny reveals that the notorious Chaotic Couple are behind the latest attack on Raikou, and Eusine personally assigns himself the role of protecting it. The following morning, Raikou wakes up and is strong enough to break the glass in the Pokémon Center with electricity. Dwayne introduces himself, but Raikou just sends more electricity his way. As the others appear, Raikou blows a hole in the wall and runs off. The clouds that the crystal created have returned, and Raikou runs right back into the couple's trap. Eusine tells Dwayne and Jade to get into his car so that they can follow it.

Raikou soon appears in front of Fabius and Harlynn, who introduce themselves as its new masters. Raikou replies with another lightning bolt to the crystal, which just powers it up even more. Fabius sends out Onix to agitate Raikou into inadvertently giving more electricity to the crystal, which then sends out electricity everywhere. Next, Onix uses Dig and causes serious damage to Raikou. Suddenly, Eusine's car appears and Dwayne gets out. After Dwayne demands that they stop attacking Raikou, Fabius explains to him that they aren't doing anything that he didn't do with his Roselia. Dwayne disagrees, telling them to fight Raikou fairly. Fabius tells Dwayne that one doesn't profit by fighting fairly. Dwayne tells them that what they're doing is wrong, but they respond that they're simply acting like all Pokémon Trainers. Dwayne tells them that they don't understand Pokémon Trainers at all. He declares that battling is about self-improvement and the love of the contest, and not to steal the powers of a legendary creature for criminal motives, and tells the duo that he'll either save Raikou from them, or die trying, and Fabius says that it'll most likely be the latter.

As the Raikou jumps into battle, it is hit by the crystal's electricity. But before anyone can release a Pokémon, Onix uses Rock Throw on Dwayne and Jade. One large rock is heading straight for them, yet before they are hit, a beam from somewhere destroys it. Looking to where the beam came from, they see Dwight and his Haxorus, who says that he was there to save them, and mostly protect Jade. Dwight orders Haxorus to use Dragon Pulse, but it barely leaves a mark on Onix. Fabius orders Onix to retaliate with Slam, which Haxorus and Dwight narrowly avoid. Onix lashes at the trio with another Slam and follows up with a Rock Throw. Eusine goes to save them, but the falling Rock Throw prevents him from doing so.

Meanwhile, Raikou has collapsed from Miracle Crystal’s rebounded electric attacks. Harlynn then activates the capture bubble. The wall of purple energy slowly swells and causes extreme pain to Raikou as soon as it is trapped inside. Roselia blasts the bubble with a Power Whip, which concerns Fabius, who explains that the system is only designed to absorb electricity—it doesn't know how to handle any other form of energy. As Roselia begins to push the bubble back, Jade's Kangaskhan and Dwight's Haxorus join in with Power-Up Punch and Strength, respectively. Onix tries to use Dragon Breath to knock everyone out of the way, but the capture bubble explodes. Harlynn quickly grabs Raikou with her mecha’s claws and puts it into the cargo hold. The duo quickly fly off, but with Jade and Kangaskhan trapped inside with Raikou.

Raikou tries to blow its way out, but the walls are non-conductive. It then tries tackling the walls, but they are too strong for that to work either. Jade tries to calm Raikou down and promises to find a way out. During its rampage, Raikou scrapes away a piece of the floor. Jade sees some wires and yanks them apart, which makes the door open. They are too high up for Jade to be able to safely escape, but since Raikou can make the jump, she encourages it to free itself. Fabius activates the emergency override, but Raikou escapes before the door closes. The engines of the aircraft begin to fail as well, causing it to lose altitude. As the couple prepare to get Raikou back, it watches as they move away with Jade still trapped. Dwight panics while Dwayne tries to think of a new plan. Eusine tells him that the first rule of any rescue operation is to remain calm and urges him to remain calm like Dwayne. Dwayne decides to try contacting Jade using his Pokégear. They call her and have a brief but frantic exchange of words before Harlynn crushes Jade's Pokégear in her hand. Eusine suggests that they use the call log data to locate Jade.

Fabius and Harlynn land their aircraft once again and reactivate the Miracle Crystal in a bid to lure Raikou. Having seen the dark clouds reappear, Eusine, Dwayne, and Dwight drive cross-country towards the crystal. When they arrive, Dwight demands to see Jade, who is tied up but otherwise okay. Dwayne tells them to let Jade and Raikou go, but Eusine realizes that since Fabius and Harlynn has activated the crystal, they must not have Raikou. Suddenly, a huge bolt of lightning hits the crystal, and it seems that Raikou is planning to attack from outside of the crystal's range. Raikou is stronger than ever, but the group is right in the line of fire.

As electricity reflects off of the crystal and fires everywhere, Jade falls from the cliff she was on, but is rescued by Roselia. Harlynn releases Magnezone to attack Roselia with Tri Attack, which causes it to drop Jade. Both Dwayne and Dwight run to catch her, but Dwight trips and lands on his face, with Jade landing on top of him. Dwayne ensures that Felicia is okay, but Dwight interrupts their private moment to remind them that he is the one that Jade fell on. Fabius then cuts in by ordering Onix to use Slam. Just as Eusine is about to send in his own Pokemon to save them, Raikou leaps in and attacks Onix head-on. Raikou then attacks Harlynn's mecha, tearing the control panel apart. Harlynn jumps out of the way and she has Magnezone swoop down with an Electro Ball. Raikou chews through a final wire before running away as the control panel explodes, blasting Magnezone back. The purple glow around the Miracle Crystal disappears.

The group wonders why Raikou risked battling face-to-face when it had initially been attacking from above. Dwayne realizes that Raikou does not just protect Electric-type Pokémon; it protects its friends, and considers the group to be so. Although they cannot control the crystal anymore, Fabius and Harlynn are still around. The reason for this appears when Raikou attacks them—the electricity is still drawn to the crystal, which sends a powerful blast back. Fabius explains that if the control panel is destroyed, the crystal will run on "auto-destruct," which means that its power is now twice as focused. The crystal hones in on Raikou, and then turns black. Its electric hooks sink into Raikou and pull it inwards. Fabius explains that it is impossible for Raikou to escape now. Fabius taunts that their legend will last forever as they have brains and science on their side—but Dwayne, Dwight, and Felicia will not let that happen. They send out Roselia, Kangaskhan, and Haxorus. Roselia uses Solar Beam, but the field now surrounding Raikou stops it. Dwayne suggests using combined forces again. Eusine interjects and he warns that if the field explodes with Raikou trapped inside, then the blast would be so powerful that it would destroy even Raikou.

With Raikou drained of its electricity, Eusine says that their only hope is the "all or nothing" plan. They would have to break the field open, grab Raikou, and then get out before the explosion, but whoever goes in might never come out. After a moment of deep consideration, Roselia volunteers herself. As Roselia runs forward, so do Kangaskhan and Haxorus. Magnezone and Onix attack, but Eusine sends out Alakazam to provide enough of a distraction to let the other Pokémon pass through. Roselia uses Power Whip on the field, while Haxorus uses Dual Chop. Fabius then sends his Muk into the battle to use Sludge Bomb. Kangaskhan counters with Rock Slide, but is hit by Magnezone's Gyro Ball. Magnezone then flies up to avoid Alakazam's Psybeam. While this is going on, Haxorus and Roselia begin to drain energy from the crystal's force field. Raikou wakes up, allowing it to flee on its own if they are successful, giving the other Pokémon enough time to get away.

Fabius orders Onix to use Dragon Breath on the Trainers, but Dwayne tells the Pokémon to concentrate on saving Raikou. As Muk bombards Kangaskhan with Sludge Bomb and Magnezone jabs Roselia with Gyro Ball, Onix goes after Dwayne, who has run to the edge of a cliff. Dwayne provokes Onix by saying that it couldn't crack a potato chip and is rescued from the attack by Alakazam, leaving Onix to fall into the river below. With Kangaskhan and Alakazam now keeping Magnezone and Muk in check with their attacks, Roselia and Haxorus have nearly broken the field, but they still don't have enough power. Suddenly, Roselia has an idea and yells out while looking at Dwayne, who questions what Roselia wanted. Roselia looks at his bag, Dwayne immediately realizes her intentions. He retrieves the Shiny Stone from his bag and throws it to Roselia, who upon contact with it, evolves into Roserade, allowing her to gain a power boost against the field. Onix suddenly bursts from the ground and prepares to attack Roserade and Haxorus, but Dwayne, Jade, and Dwight stand to defend their Pokémon. Eusine tells them to get out of the way, but Raikou breaks the field with a powerful electric attack that knocks Onix back. As the crystal cracks, Fabius and Harlynn realize that the ultimate system has met the ultimate Pokémon. They then run away, leaving becoming legends for another day.

While the Trainers celebrate, Raikou breaks the crystal once and for all. Sunlight begins to filter through the dark clouds. Eusine, Dwayne, Jade, and Dwight all thank Raikou for saving them before it runs off, safe again at last. As they see Raikou take off, Roserade loses balance due to exhaustion and begins to fall, but Dwayne catches her, and after expressing that he was proud of her, asks if she was okay, and Roserade responds with a hug.

Afterwards, Roserade was chosen by Dwayne to battle against Jade and her Scyther. Jade starts off by ordering a Slash, but Roserade dodges by jumping, and follows up with a Bullet Seed, but Scyther swiftly dodges the attack. Dwayne then orders Roserade to use Poison Sting, and Scyther gets hit, but quickly recovers and uses Air Slash, and Roserade gets hit. Jade tells Scyther to use Psycho Cut, but Roserade counters with Petal Blizzard, and Roserade strikes directly against Scyther, who gets knocked out as a result. Jade recalls Scyther and praises Roserade's power and says that she had truly become an incredible source of power, and Roserade smiles at her compliment.

When a wild Latias was being attacked by Tyra and Moira, Roserade, Gardevoir, and Scizor joined forces to fend them off, allowing Dwayne and Latias to escape.

During the Silver Conference's semi-final round-robin stage, Roserade was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Skyler's Electabuzz. Skyler commands an Electro Ball, but Roserade easily brushes it off. With Electabuzz perfectly countered, Skyler recalls it and sends Quagsire back out. Dwayne leaves Roserade in and uses Petal Dance and Bullet Seed in quick succession. Quagsire retaliates with Hydro Pump, but Roserade blocks it with Power Whip. Roserade also dodges Quagsire's Ice Beam, and uses a powerful Poison Jab to defeat Quagsire once and for all. Skyler then sends out her Meganium next, and Roserade starts off with Poison Jab, but it is countered with Solar Beam, followed by Body Slam. Roserade's attempt at a Power Whip is met with another Body Slam, which knocks Roserade out of the battle.

During Dwayne's match against Raven in the finals, Roserade was chosen as Dwayne's fifth Pokémon to battle against Raven's Duraludon. Roserade starts with Bullet Seed, but a Dragon Pulse attack from Duraludon easily pushes through the seeds. Dwayne orders a Petal Dance, but Duraludon manages to withstand the attack, and as Duraludon continues to get engulfed by the attack, Raven commands a Steel Beam, and the attack blasts through the petals and strikes Roserade right on her head, knocking her out, and leaving Dwayne with only one Pokémon remaining.

Following Dwayne's decision to travel to the Hoenn region, Roserade, along with Dwayne's other Pokémon (with the exception of Gardevoir and Dratini) were left at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

### **Intermission**

Since being left at Professor Oak's Laboratory, Roserade became the de-facto leader of the Pokémon that lived in the fields, and took it upon herself to care for all the Pokémon living around the area. Shortly after Dwayne's victory at the Battle Frontier, Roserade is enjoying a walk through the ranch. She smiles upon seeing a Jumpluff and Skiploom getting along. Snivy then notices an odd-looking Golem and Nidoqueen, which are actually Fabius and Harlynn in disguise. Dwayne's Growlithe also notices them, and blocks their path, sniffing them. Harlynn kicks it away in frustration, but Growlithe retaliates with a Roar. Fabius, however, reflects it with a tool on hand, sending Growlithe backwards into the bushes. As Growlithe recovers, he runs off to tell Roserade. However, by the time the two get there, Fabius and Harlynn have already set off again. Harlynn accidentally steps on Misdreavus, who was taking a nap, and she reponds by using Shadow Ball. However, Fabius uses a fire extinguisher on her, and the two leave, just as Roserade and Growlithe catch up to Misdreavus.

Roserade decides to get help and heads to the lab and gets Dwayne, Roberta, Jade, and Professor Oak's attention by tapping on the window. Oak tells Roserade that they are busy and couldn't talk at the moment. Roserade then rushes over to Dwayne, and forcefully drags him with her Power Whip. Roserade's decision was correct, as Fabius and Harlynn have now reached the lab, though not before being noticed by Dwayne's Butterfree. As Fabius cuts a hole in the window, he comments that Dwayne would soon become a bad memory. Harlynn reaches through the hole to unlatch the window, and they enter the lab. Fabius and Harlynn soon sneak into the Poké Ball room, which has no security alarms surprisingly. Meanwhile, Butterfree guides Dwayne and the others over to the damaged window. He immediately rushes over to Professor Oak to tell him that someone has broken in. They search the lab until they reach the Poké Ball room, where they are shocked to see that all the Poké Balls are gone. Dwayne says that whoever did this must be professionals.

The Pokémon begin to spread the word. As all the Pokémon search, Fabius and Harlynn attempt to gain some distance with their costumes, mumbling that they'll wait for Dwayne to get to them instead of the other way around, with the Poké Balls inside a container covered by a a Muk cloak. However, a Nidoking spots them and tries to hug Harlynn. When they manage to lose that, Dwayne's Muk turns up and smothers the Poké Balls. Meanwhile, Butterfree locates the helicopter just as Muk has now covered both Harlynn and Fabius, who can't get up.

Roserade uses Power Whip to uncover the sheet covering the helicopter just as everyone hears a loud noise and see sonic waves being fired towards the sky, and Professor Oak says that it was Butterfree's Supersonic and assumes Butterfree found the thieves. As all the Pokémon rush over to the spot, Fabius and Harlynn attempt to hide. For a moment, they think they have made it, but then Roberta and Jade step forward, barring the way. Professor Oak and Dwayne come in behind them, and tell them that they are completely surrounded. Roberta tells them to give up now, or they would probably get hurt. Fabius and Harlynn then admit their plan failed and remove their costumes, and Dwayne recognizes the two, and proceeds to explain to the others about his previous encounters with the two. Professor Oak admonishes them for stealing the Pokémon, but Fabius exclaims their goal wasn't to steal the Pokémon, and they simply stumbled upon the Poké Ball room and simply took it as a bonus, and Roberta then asks what their real goal was.

Just as Fabius attempts to explain, Harlynn uncharacteristically snaps and says they were there to eliminate Dwayne as he'd interfered in their plans far too many times, and she begins to sadistically remark on all the way manners she was looking foward to torture him before finally putting him out of his misery, and her outburts even causes Fabius to become stunned. Roberta then shakes with anger, as she then says they signed their own death warrant for threatning to kill her beloved child, and notes that as his mother, merely hearing about her child's hypothetical murder at the hands of another caused her to feel pure rage, and vows to make them pay for coming after Dwayne, but nonetheless gives them one final chance to surrender. Fabius seems to consider, but Harlynn screeches that she wouldn't stop until Dwayne was dead and calls out her Chandelure and when she angrily demands Fabius to fight too, Fabius sends out his Slowking. Dwayne decides to battle, but Roberta and Jade tell him to let them battle instead. Harlynn lets out a maniacal laugh, and says she wouldn't play this time around, and Dwayne's Eevee steps forward to battle, and Jade recognizes that Eevee also wanted to battle to protect her Trainer, and Eevee nods in agreement. Roberta sends out her Nidoqueen while Jade battles with Eevee.

Chandelure starts off with Inferno, which Nidoqueen dodges. Slowking then uses Tackle, but Eevee uses Sand-Attack to blind Slowking, and Nidoqueen steps up to attack with Mega Punch, and Eevee uses Helping Hand to boost Nidoqueen's attack power, sending Slowking flying. Next, Nidoqueen attacks Chandelure with Surf, which engulfs both Chandelure and Slowking. While they are busy, Harlynn summons her Flaaffy to use Thunder Shock on Eevee, but Nidoqueen steps in front of the attack to take the blow due to her Ground-type immunity against Electric-type attacks. Fabius orders Slowking to use Power Gem on Nidoqueen, but Jade orders Eevee to use Copycat on Flaaffy to use a Thunder Shock of her own onto Slowking, causing super-effective damage. Harlynn then grows angrier and commands Chandelure to use Smog all over the area to suffocate them, and Fabius attempts to talk her out of it, as they could get affected, but Harlynn doesn't listen, and she says that they would all perish by her own hands. Chandelure does so, and everyone starts coughing, but Dwayne's Butterfree quickly uses Gust to blow the Smog away. As everyone still continues to cough as a result of Smog, Latias arrives and seeing the scene, quickly uses Safeguard around the area, and everyone heals from the coughing as a result.

Roberta then says that they would pay for doing this, and Harlynn simply laughs and orders Chandelure and Flaaffy to use Shadow Ball and Thunder, respectively. Roberta quickly tells Nidoqueen to use Surf, which engulfs both attacks, but they are colliding, and Jade has Eevee use Copycat to create a second Surf attack, which combines itself with Nidoqueen's Surf to expand the wave, and sends Chandelure and Flaaffy flying, who are knocked out. Harlynn then begins shaking in anger and she sends out her Lunatone and Solrock and tells them to use Explosion and Self-Destruct, respectively. Everyone except Harlynn panics, as they know the combined might of Explosion and Self-Destruct would possibly destroy a large part of the forest, and many Pokémon would get caught in the blast. Fabius then pleads for Harlynn to stop, but she doesn't respond as she's too focused on her enemies to notice her husband would also get caught in the explosion.

Roberta quickly comes up with a plan, and orders Nidoqueen to use Dig underneath Solrock and Lunatone and create deep crater, which she quickly does so. Roberta then tells Jade to help her put Lunatone and Solrock deep into the hole, and Jade tells Eevee to Baby-Doll Eyes, which weakens both Lunatone's and Solrock's attack power and leaves them flustered enough for Nidoqueen to knock them down the crater with Mega Punch. Then, Roberta sends out her Clefable and commands her to use Protect onto the hole, and Roberta asks for further assistance. Eevee then joins them and uses Copycat to mimic Protect, and even Fabius joins in with his Machop also using Protect, and all three Pokémon use Protect just as Solrock and Lunatone's attack are launched, and the explosion is barely contained.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Roserade is one of Dwayne's most mature Pokémon, and is frequently viewed as the responsible leader of Dwayne's Pokémon, especially due to her actions at Melanie's Hidden Village. Because she was previously abandoned by her original Trainer, Roserade was cautious bordering on cynical of all Trainers when she joined Dwayne's team, going so far as to physically attack him when she thought he was trying to take an Oddish away.

After joining Dwayne's team, Roserade remained reserved and surly, rarely showing any open signs of affection towards her new Trainer, although she obediently followed Dwayne's commands without hesitation. Over time, however, Roserade grew comfortable around Dwayne, and begin openly expressing her newfound affection, seen when Roserade willingly took the hit of a wild Machop's attack for Dwayne without being ordered to, and when she, alongside the rest of Dwayne's Pokémon, all refused to be kept inside their Poké Balls in order to help keep Dwayne warm after the young Trainer risked his well-being to protect them from a blizzard. After reaching her final-evolved stage, Roserade became completely comfortable with displaying affection, when she happily hugged Dwayne after he asked if she was okay after exhausting herself.

Roserade is also quite stubborn, when she, as a Roselia, refused to evolve at the behest of a wild Venusaur and challenged the fully-evolved Grass-type Pokémon to a battle to prove her point that evolution wasn't key in winning, something she achieved by powering through the battle and earning Venusaur's respect. Nevertheless, she doesn't necessarily opposed evolving, seen when Venusaur gifted Dwayne a Shiny Stone to give to her once she felt ready to evolve, something that Roserade agreed with, and was satisfied with being given the option to choose when she would evolve. She ultimately decided to evolve to help prevent Fabius and Harlynn in capturing Raikou, knowing that her strength wasn't enough to defend it and would require to evolve.

After being left at Professor Oak's Laboratory, Roserade quickly asserted herself as a responsible and caring leader for the other Pokémon living in the ranch, and she would take it upon herself to break up fights amongst other Pokémon, and whenever other Pokémon were in trouble, Roserade was the Pokémon they immediately went to for help and/or advice. Professor Oak himself stated that Roserade's maturity helped keep his laboratory's ranch in peace, and without her, many Pokémon would've provoked battles nearly everyday. Roserade herself genuinely enjoys her duty as caretaker, seen when she was smiling warmly at seeing a Skiploom and Jumpluff getting along at the laboratory.