Wynaut

The next day, Ash and the others were having breakfast with Clair in her gym. Ash asked Clair if she knew where the Johto League was being held. Sure enough Clair did know where it was being held. She explained that the Johto League called the Silver Conference, was to be held in three months time at Mt. Silver.

"How do we get there?" Brock asked.

"I'm afraid I don't know." Clair said. "But I suggest you go see Prof. Elm in New Bark Town. He will probably know."

The gang thought that was a great idea and asked Clair for directions to get to New Bark Town from Blackthorn City.

Suddenly Growlithe started to bark at the bushes.

"What's wrong Growlithe?" Tomo asked.

Growlithe started to run towards the bushes and Tomo followed him. When they reached the bushes and looked behind it, they found something shocking. There was a blue Pokemon with a black tail that looked somewhat like a Wobbuffet, only smaller panting heavily on the ground.

"Ash come here quickly!" He called out to Ash.

Ash, Clair and the others rushed over to see what was wrong and saw the Pokemon. Brock knelt down to check the Pokemon.

"This Pokemon has a high fever." He said. "We have to get it to the Pokemon Center as soon as possible."

He picked the Pokemon up, then he and the others rushed over to the Pokemon Center.

At the Pokemon Center, Nurse Joy tended to the Pokemon immediately. She explained that the Pokemon was called a Wynaut.

"It's a good thing you found Wynaut and brought it here quickly." She said. "Otherwise the fever would have put it's life at risk."

Ash looked Wynaut up on the Pokedex.

"Wynaut, the Bright Pokemon and the pre-evolved form of Wobbuffet. Wynaut can always be seen with a big, happy smile on it's face. Look at it's tail to determine if it is angry. When angered, this Pokemon will be slapping the ground with it's tail."

"Wow so Wynaut evolves into Wobbuffet." Misty said.

The gang decided to leave the emergency room to plan what to do next. So they left the emergency room, leaving Nurse Joy and Chansey to tend to Wynaut.

In the hallway of the Pokemon Center, the gang found out on a computer that Wynaut are native to the Hoenn Region.

"Wow it's amazing that we have seen two Hoenn Pokemon here in Johto." Ash said.

"You're right." Brock said. "I remember Alexa's Pokemon Kecleon, which is normally seen in Hoenn."

"Seeing Hoenn Pokemon has made me decide that I am definitely going to visit the Hoenn Region after I finish the Johto League." Ash said.

"And I'm coming too." Tomo said.

"Of course." Ash smiled.

Just then Nurse Joy came up to the group and told them Wynaut's fever had disappeared. The gang was relieved that Wynaut will be okay now. Tomo asked Ash if they could stay at the Pokemon Center until Wynaut was better, because he was fond of Wynaut and wanted to watch it fully heal. Ash could see that Tomo was worried about Wynaut and he, Misty and Brock agreed to stay at the Pokemon Center. So for the rest of the day, Ash and the others stayed at the Pokemon Center. Ash and Tomo were talking to their mom on the phone to let her know how their journey has been and then they talked to Prof. Oak about their journey. Misty called her sisters to check and see how everything has been going and also to know how her Pokemon were doing. Brock was calling his family to see how things were going at the Pewter Gym.

In no time at all Wynaut fully recovered from it's fever. Clair and the gang were happy to know that the Wynaut was okay, especially Tomo. Tomo walked over to the Wynaut and rubbed it's head, then he asked Wynaut if it would like to come with him.

"I think you are an amazing Pokemon and I would like you to be on my team." Wynaut stared at Tomo and accepted his request.

But Wynaut had one request; it wanted Tomo to battle it and Tomo accepted the battle request.

Tomo and Wynaut went outside to battle as fighting was prohibited inside the Pokemon Center. The others and Clair went outside as well to watch the battle.

"I hope Tomo will be okay." Misty said. "I mean since Wynaut is the pre-evolution of Wobbuffet, this Pokemon may be tricky."

"He'll be fine Misty." Ash reassured her. "Tomo can battle pretty well and he knows all about Wobbuffet so he shouldn't have any difficulty with Wynaut."

"I agree with Ash." Brock said.

Tomo had Growlithe battle Wynaut.

"We have to be careful Growlithe." Tomo said. "Wynaut only knows Counter and Mirror Coat, so this will be difficult."

Tomo ordered Growlithe to attack Wynaut with Flamethrower, but Wynaut used Mirror Coat to counter it and when Growlithe tried to use Bite, Wynaut would use Counter against it.

"Now this is tricky." Tomo said, worried.

But then he had a idea. He ordered Growlithe to use Double Team and then ordered it to use Flamethrower again. Wynaut did use Mirror Coat to counter it, but then Growlithe struck Wynaut with Flame Wheel.

The others were amazed.

"What happened?" Misty asked.

"I can tell you." Brock answered. "Double Team and Flamethrower were meant to distract Wynaut, giving Growlithe a opportunity to strike Wynaut with Flame Wheel. There's no doubt that Tomo is a great trainer."

Ash and Misty agreed.

The Flame Wheel attack weakened Wynaut and Tomo caught it with his Friend Ball.

"All right I've caught Wynaut." Tomo cheered.

Clair, Ash, Misty and Brock congratulated him for his capture.

Now that Wynaut was caught, the gang decided it was now time to leave Blackthorn City for New Bark Town. Clair told the gang to follow the path towards the sea and then they could take a boat to New Bark Town. The gang thanked Clair, said goodbye to her and left Blackthorn City.