Illumise and Volbeat Swarm

Today the gang was walking through a forest. May was enjoying the walk through it; the forest had tall trees and hundreds of flowers. Max was keeping an eye out for Pokemon like always and Brock was reading the guidebook.

"There's something interesting about this forest." Brock said.

"Really, what is it?" Ash asked.

"Well apparently some bug type Pokemon called Volbeat and Illumise live in this forest." Brock answered. "And at night people can see them dancing while showing off their lights."

May thought that sounded interesting.

Ash looked Volbeat and Illumise up on the Pokedex.

"Volbeat, the Firefly Pokemon. With the arrival of night, Volbeat emits light from it's tail. It communicates with others by adjusting the intensity and flashing of it's light. This Pokemon is attracted by the sweet aroma of Illumise."

"Illumise, the Firefly Pokemon. Illumise attracts a swarm of Volbeat using a sweet fragrance. Once the Volbeat have gathered, this Pokemon leads the lit-up swarm in drawing geometric designs on the canvas of the night sky."

"Volbeat are male and Illumise are female." Max said.

May asked if they could stay and see the Volbeat and Illumise dance tonight.

The gang weren't the only ones who were interested in the Volbeat and Illumise; Jessie, James and Meowth were also in the forest and had their eyes on Volbeat and Illumise.

"Do excuse me, but those Volbeat and Illumise look a bit crumby to me." Meowth said. He was looking at pictures of Volbeat and Illumise.

"They do to me too." James said. "But remember Team Rocket wishes to control every part of the Pokemon world."

"Yes and the boss always tells us that when you talk of conquering the whole world, every small and crumby thing counts." Jessie said.

"You're right." Meowth said.

James was looking at three of his Poke Balls and then he grinned.

"What are you smiling about?" Meowth asked.

"My capture of my three new Pokemon Shroomish, Nuzleaf and Roselia." James said. "I'm always happy when I capture new Pokemon."

"I know what you mean." Jessie added. "I'm happy about my capture of Wingull."

Jessie and James captured Wingull, Shroomish, Nuzleaf and Roselia some time ago.

"I'm glad you two got new Pokemon." Meowth said. "But we need to get ready to grab the Volbeat and Illumise tonight."

So Jessie and James stopped looking at their Poke Balls and got ready for tonight.

Hours later it was starting to get dark and the gang was waiting for the Volbeat and Illumise to start their dance.

"I can't wait to see Volbeat and Illumise dancing." May said.

"It's sure to be a wonderful sight." Brock said.

The gang waited and waited, but there was no sign of any of the Illumise or Volbeat showing up.

"That's strange." Max said. "The Volbeat and Illumise should have shown up by now."

"Do you think something's wrong?" May asked.

"If it is, we better find out what." Ash answered.

The others agreed and they began searching for the missing Volbeat and Illumise.

It turns out Jessie, James and Meowth captured the Volbeat and Illumise in a net. There were twelve of them all together; six Volbeat and six Illumise.

"That was a pretty good capture." Meowth said.

"That was rather easy really." James admitted.

"Yeah, but we got them with no trouble at all." Jessie said. "Now it's time to make our get away with the Volbeat and Illumise."

"You're not going anywhere!" A voice shouted.

It was Ash.

"Why am I not surprised you three are responsible for this." May said.

"Oh great, it's the twerps." Jessie groaned.

She sent Seviper out to battle and James sent out Cacnea. Ash released Latias and ordered it to use Thunderbolt while Tomo ordered Growlithe to use Flamethrower. Seviper was fried by Thunderbolt and Cacnea was charred by Flamethrower.

Team Rocket was sent flying by a large ball of flames.

The gang released the Volbeat and Illumise and the Pokemon were grateful to the gang. The bug type Pokemon started their dance with their lights on.

"Beautiful." May said. She loved watching this most of all.

The boys liked this as well. When the Volbeat and Illumise finished their dance, May caught one for herself.

"Why did you decide to catch both Volbeat and Illumise?" Max asked.

"Because I think both of them are cute and they will be useful in Pokemon contests together, just like my Plusle and Minun." May said.

May was happy to have new Pokemon.