Shuckle

It wasn't long before the ferry arrived in Cianwood City. Janina quickly headed over to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine for Jasmine's Ampharos. After getting the medicine, Janina jumped onto another ferry back to Olivine City. She needed to give the medicine to Jasmine as soon as she could. Ash, Tomo, Misty and Brock said goodbye to Janina and asked her to tell Sparkle to get well soon.

Brock spoke to the others.

"Before we head to the Cianwood Gym." He said. "There is something that I would like to do first."

"What is it Brock?" Ash asked.

"Well I found out earlier that you can find a Pokemon called Shuckle here in Cianwood City." Brock said.

"Shuckle?" Misty asked.

Ash looked it up on the Pokedex.

"Shuckle, the Mold Pokemon. The Berries it stores in it's vase-like shell decompose and become a gooey liquid."

"The juices from Shuckle are very good for Pokemon and it's good medicine too." Brock said. "So I want to catch one for myself. It would be great for my dream as a Pokemon doctor."

Ash, Misty and Tomo offered to help Brock catch a Shuckle.

Brock looked at his guide and found out that Shuckle could be found on the northern beach area of Cianwood City. On the northern beach area of Cianwood City, there were a lot of rocks scattered around.

"Shuckle are bug/rock type Pokemon and they normally live under rocks." Brock explained.

So the gang began to search for them under the rocks and sand, but trying to locate them was not easy. Growlithe sniffed around to find any Shuckle, but he had trouble finding one too.

But suddenly Growlithe picked up a scent, which led to the rubble of rocks.

"I think Growlithe has found something." Tomo said.

The gang ran over to the rubble of rocks and began to move the rocks aside. Just then Tomo found what Growlithe had been sniffing. He had found seven Pokemon that looked like turtles and looked to be injured; they had bruises and scrapes on them.

"Look at these Pokemon." He said to the others.

Ash, Misty and Brock came to look and gasped in shock.

"These Pokemon are Shuckle." Brock said. "And they look like they've been in a fight. We need to get them to a Pokemon Center immediately."

Brock grabbed two of the Shuckle, Misty grabbed, Ash grabbed two and Tomo grabbed one.

The gang raced to the Pokemon Center and handed the seven Shuckle over to Nurse Joy. Nurse Joy quickly bandaged the Shuckle.

"What do you suppose happened to these Shuckle Nurse Joy?" Misty asked.

"Well my guess is that they must have been in a fight with the wild Krabby that live in the same area where the Shuckle live." Nurse Joy said. "The Shuckle and Krabby always fight over territory."

"No wonder the Shuckle were injured." Ash said. "After all water type Pokemon have a type advantage over rock type Pokemon."

Just then Tomo noticed something odd about the Shuckle.

"One of them has a different colored shell." He said.

He was right; instead of this Shuckle having a red shell, it had a purple shell.

"This Shuckle is shiny." Ash said.

"Ash is right." Brock added. "It is a shiny."

"Of all the Shuckle I've seen around here." Nurse Joy said. "This is the first time I've seen a shiny Shuckle."

In no time at all, the seven Shuckle were healed from their bruises and scrapes. Brock checked them over.

"I'm glad that you seven are okay." He said.

The Shuckle were grateful with the gang for helping them. The purple Shuckle shook it's shell at Brock.

"I think it wants to share it's juice with you Brock." Nurse Joy said. "Shuckle always like to share their juice with those that have been kind to them and to those that they wish to be friends with."

Brock accepted Shuckle's berry juice and found it to be very delicious. Ash, Tomo and Misty tried some too and they also liked the juice. Even Growlithe and Togepi liked it.

"This is great juice." Ash said.

"Yeah, no wonder Shuckle are famous for making juice out of berries and things." Misty said.

"I'd like some more please." Tomo said.

Brock turned to the purple Shuckle.

"Shuckle, I want to capture you." He said. "My dream is to become a Pokemon doctor in the future and you will be perfect on my team. So will you let me capture you?"

Shuckle stared at Brock for a few seconds and then it started to speak.

"I wonder what it's saying." Misty said.

"I can translate." Ash said. "It said that it accept Brock catching it, but on two conditions."

"What are the two conditions Ash?" Brock asked.

"The first condition is that you have to battle it." Ash answered. "And the second is that you capture the other six Shuckle, because they are it's siblings and it doesn't want to be separated from them."

"I understand." Brock said. "And I accept your conditions Shuckle."

The gang and the seven Shuckle made their way outside the Pokemon Center and onto the beach. The purple Shuckle was ready to battle and Brock released Graveler to battle Shuckle.

"Use Rock Throw Graveler." Brock ordered.

Graveler released some rocks from his body and sent them at Shuckle, but it used Withdraw to defend itself from the rocks.

"Okay use Rollout." Brock said.

Graveler curled himself up into a ball and started to roll very fast at Shuckle and then it tackled Shuckle really hard. Shuckle started to get tired.

"Now's my chance to catch you Shuckle." Brock said, taking out a Poke Ball. "Go Poke Ball."

Brock tossed the Poke Ball at the purple Shuckle and then a few seconds later it was caught. Then Brock took six extra Poke Balls out of his backpack and used them to catch the six remaining Shuckle.

"I finally have my own Shuckle." Brock smiled.

Ash, Tomo and Misty congratulated Brock.

Brock sent his Stantler and the six normal Shuckle to the Pewter Gym and kept the shiny Shuckle with him.

"Is it okay that the purple Shuckle doesn't get sent to the Pewter Gym too Brock?" Misty asked.

"Yeah it's okay Misty." Brock answered. "I told Shuckle about my younger siblings and the Pokemon at the Pewter Gym. So the Shuckle will have a lot of friends to keep them company and my family will definitely look after them."

So with Brock finally having some Shuckle of it's own, the gang could finally go to the Cianwood Gym where Ash could obtain his fifth gym badge.