05x23 - Just Waiting On a Friend

[bunniefuu]

- male narrator:
Continuing their journey

toward Mahogany Town,

our heroes find themselves

hiking through the mountainous
regions of Johto.

- Wow, this fog
sure came in quickly.

- Yeah. Maybe we should stop.

- It's okay.
Come on.

- Pika!

- [screams]

- [singing]
Pokémon!

- No time to question
my moves

I stick to the path
that I choose

Me and my friends
are gonna do it right

You'll never see us
run away from a fight

To be a master
is my dream

All I've got to do
is believe

- I believe

- I've got a chance
to win

I'm on my way
to victory

- Pokémon!
- I can be a champion

If I just believe

I'm on a master quest

- Master quest

- I want the whole world
to see

- I believe

- I'm gonna be
the very best

'Cause all I've got to do
is believe in me

- Pokémon!

- [groans]

- Ash.

- Pika!
- Whoa, Ash.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I think so.

- You have to be more careful
walking in this fog.

Whoa!

[groans]

- Are you all right?

- Huh?

Who are you?

- Brock, are you okay?

- Wow. What an awesome
Ninetales.

- Nine.

- Whoa.

- Ninetales,
the Fox Pokémon.

Ninetales is the evolved form
of Vulpix.

Each of its tails contain
a different mystical power.

- You are a vision of beauty.

They call me Brock.

What do they call you,
my sweetest of sweets?

- My name is Lokoko.

And you mustn't walk
these mountains in the mist.

Stay with me
until it clears.

- Wow! A dazzling beauty
on the inside and the outside.

- Um, are you sure
that would be okay?

- Sure. My home is not far
at all, so let's get going.

- Oh, I'm so hungry.

- I can't do no more hiking.

- I'm officially on strike.

- all: Put a fork in us.

- Wobbuffet.

- Huh?

What's your problem?

- Wobbuffet.
- Return.

- I heard something.

- It came from
that direction.

- Is it?
- It is.

It's the travelling twerps.

- Hey, check out that lady
with the lantern.

And that Ninetales.

- It's perfect.

Not only do we grab Pikachu,

but we'll get that Ninetales
as an additional bonus.

- Hooray!
- [stomach rumbles]

- On second thought,
maybe we should first have

an all-you-can-eat
steal-a-meal,

grab their grub
and then their Pokémon.

- Hooray.

- Here we are.

- Huh? Here we are where?

- [all gasp]

- It's gigantic.

- This is your home,
Lokoko?

- Pika.

- Welcome. Ready?

- Am I? Yes!

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

- [panting]

- Huh?

- You coming?

- I thought I heard something
out there.

- Come on, guys, we don't
wanna keep Lokoko waiting.

Right behind you, my sweet.

- Yeah. Let's go.

- [straining]

- Quit squirming.

- This is such a beautiful,
old mansion.

- Yeah.

- I'm sure you're very hungry,
so I hope this is enough.

- That looks great.

- Pika!

- Yes, that's more than enough,
thank you.

Huh?

[laughs]

- Well, it looks like Brock
has a new friend.

- You're right.
Aw, you're so cute.

- Pikachu.

- Ha!

- Ha-ha, piece of cake.

- Hold off on the food
analogies.

- Speaking of food, let's eat.

- [snickers]

- A pile of gold?

- Better.

- all: A pile of cookies!
Hooray!

- A mountain of magnificent
munchies.

- Breakfast of champions.

- Wobba.

- Hmm?

- Wobbuffet.

- Would you like
some more to eat?

- If I had one more bite
I'd probably explode.

- Pika, Pika.

- Thanks to you, Lokoko,

my stomach and my heart
are full.

What I wouldn't give to stay
in this beautiful place forever.

- Wonderful.

Yes, please, I'd love for you
to stay here.

- Huh?

- Wow! Really?

- The mountain mist
is so thick,

and it doesn't clear up
until the morning light.

I think it's best
if you stay until tomorrow.

- Well...
- Are you sure?

- Yes. I have lots of room,

so give me a moment
and I'll prepare your bedrooms.

- Thanks a lot.

- What's the matter?

- Hmm?

- Ah!
- Misty?

- There was no reflection
in that mirror.

- I guess the combination
of the mist outside

making so much humidity inside

has created such a draft
in this big house

that it even fogged up
this old mirror.

- Uh...
- Please don't worry.

- [door closes]

- [groans]
- Why are you still upset?

- I keep seeing Lokoko without
any reflection in that mirror.

- Oh, come on.

That mirror is just incapable
of reflecting her vast beauty,

that's all.

- And how do you explain
that mirror closing on its own?

- Easy.

It was embarrassed because it
couldn't reflect her beauty.

- Pika.
- That is crazy, Brock.

Why don't we just go
over and take a little peek.

- Sorry to keep you waiting.
- [gasps]

- Please follow me.

Huh?

[laughs]

- Ninetales is really
fond of you, Brock.

- Well, it could be because
I had a Ninetales of my own

a while back, so maybe that
could be the reason why.

- I'm very pleased.

- Excuse me,

- I was just wondering
why you choose to live up here

in this huge mountain mansion
all by yourself?

- Whoa.
How dare you?

- Brock...

- I apologize for Misty's
rude behavior.

- No, it's fine.

If I were you,
I'd ask the same thing too.

The real owner of this mansion
actually left to go on a journey

many years ago,
and has yet to come back.

He's been gone for so long
that his whole staff quit,

and now I'm the only one left
here to care for this Ninetales.

So Ninetales and I have been
waiting alone together

for his return.

- [sobs]

- I'm so sorry.

Living here alone for so long
must have been horrible.

Are you satisfied?

- Yes, I'm so sorry.

- Must be hard
being up here all alone.

- Yes, it is.

That's why I have to ask you
something, Brock.

- Huh?
Ask me what?

- Well, I'd rather not stay here
alone much longer.

Would you consider staying here
in this big house

with Ninetales and me?

- [all gasp]
- Pika?

- Are you s-s-s-suggesting
that you and I

g-g-g-get m-m-married?

- [giggles]

If you find me acceptable.

- Acceptable?!

Yes!

- What?
- What?

- I think I misjudged
the distance

of that joyous jump there.

- Did you see
what I just saw?

- Yes.

- [giggles]
- Hold it.

- Sorry.

- We need to talk to him
for just a sec.

Something's really weird.

- I saw it.

Brock fell right through
Lokoko's body.

Right through.
- Pika.

- Would you believe her skin
is so delicate

that it can't be touched?

- Brock, would you
come back to earth!

- Open your eyes.

- Earth to Brock.
Earth to Brock.

Misty calling. Wake up!

- I hear you.

- We gotta get out
of here fast.

- Let's go.

- Whoa. Now just a minute.

I have no choice but to help
Lokoko and Ninetales

find happiness.

- Oh, Brock, I'm so happy.

- Me too.

- Come with me so you and I
may discuss

our future together
in private.

- Okay.

- But Brock...
- What are you doing?

- Pikachu!
- Togepi.

- Well, then, you may leave.
Go.

- Huh?
But, what about...?

- Whoa!

- [screams]

- This can't be happening.

- We just have to get
back in there.

- Wonder what'll be behind
door number two.

- Yes, let's see.

- Wobbuffet.

- Heave-h*!

- A sea of popcorn.

- It's time to sink
or swim.

- Mm-mm.

- Wobbuffet.

- Look.
- Pika.

- Brock's in some kind
of trance.

- His clothes!

- These aren't my clothes.

- But, dear,
don't you remember?

You just changed,
and you look so handsome.

- You really think so?

- Nine,

- Ah! What is going on
with Brock's brain?

- She's the one
that's doing this to him.

We've gotta snap him
out of it somehow.

- Yeah. And I'm gonna do
some snapping now.

- If she sees you
throw that Pokéball,

she'll just throw us out
like last time.

- So, what do we do?

- First we have to find out
who this Lokoko really is.

Let's snoop around
the other rooms.

- Okay.

Find anything?

- No, just a lot of old books.

But there's nothing
about Lokoko.

- Huh. What about that door?

- Ash, look at that painting.

- Oh! It's Brock.

- And he's with Ninetales.

- Wait. It looks like Brock,
but it's not.

- That must be the owner
of the house who went away.

- Pika.

- What is it, Pikachu?

- Pika.

- I think this is
a Pokéball.

- Whoa, check this out.

It's a diary
about Ninetales.

- Pika.

- What's it say, Ash?

- It says the owner
was going on a trip

and was leaving the house
to Ninetales.

- Remember Lokoko said
the same thing.

He had to leave and hasn't been
back for a long time.

- Long time, huh?

The owner wrote this
years ago!

- Wait. That would mean
this guy is...

- Yeah. And if Lokoko
and Ninetales

have been waiting for them
to come back all this time...

- Pika?
- Toge.

- Ash, now I'm getting
really scared.

Oh.

- Don't worry, I'll use Totodile
to battle Ninetales.

- Ash, wait.

If that Ninetales has been alive
for so long,

who knows what you're in for.

- We've gotta save Brock,
Misty.

There's no choice.

- Who's that Pokémon?

It's Sudowoodo.

- Totodile, Water g*n.

- Ah!

Watch out, Lokoko!

Ah!

- Dodge it, Totodile.

Now, Water g*n.

- [shrieks]

- Ash, what are you doing?

Huh?

- Look, Brock.
Turn around.

- Ah!

- Presenting
the potato chip room.

Huh?

- [laughs]

Huh?

- Wobbuffet.

- all: Looks like
we cashed in our chips.

- What...what have I done?

She disappeared.

- Brock, let's get out
of here.

- Huh?

- Nine!

- [all scream]

[panting]

- Nine.

- Pika.

- Look at this painting,
Brock.

- Wow. That handsome guy
looks a lot like me.

- Brock, this is a painting
of that Ninetales' owner.

- Nine.

- Wait, Ninetales.

Brock's not
who you think he is.

You see, we just read
your master's diary.

He went away over years ago,
right?

- Two hundred?
Hold on.

That means the guy...

- Ah!
- Lokoko.

- We want Brock now.

- Lokoko, We know
that this mansion

is all just an illusion
created by Ninetales.

- Nine.

- Totodile, Water g*n.

Totodile, return.

Now, Pikachu,
Thunderbolt them.

- Pika...

Pika!

- Nine!

- [groans]
- Pika.

- Nine!

- No. Stop it, Ninetales.

- She's right.

Now, Ninetales. Return.

- Nine!

- Ah!

Lokoko.

- I have waited years

for Ninetales to return
to its master's Pokéball.

Thank you.
Thank you so much, Brock.

- But if you've waited years
then you must be...

- Yes, I am also an illusion

that has been created
by Ninetales.

- Illusion? Oh.

- Pika?

- Would you help us understand
how all this happened?

- Yes.

- Ahem, excuse me.

Wait one sec.

We should all hear this,
so come on out, Ninetales.

- Nine!

- [laughs]

- As my master was preparing
to leave on his journey,

he asked his staff and I
to take care of his home.

The last words he spoke
assured us

that he would be back
in just one month.

But the month came and went,
and he did not return.

- Time went on.

And finally years passed,
and still he didn't return.

One by one the servants
disappeared,

and I was left alone
to wait for him.

- After and then years,
the mansion began to fall apart.

But even then I waited...

hoping against all hope
that someday, somehow,

my master would return.

- My memories
of the wonderful times

my master and I had together
were all I had.

But when I finally realized
that a hundred years had passed,

I knew that he could no longer
be of this earth.

- Sadly, I decided
to leave this place,

but couldn't,
as though I was bound here

by some strange power
I didn't understand.

- It's the power that exists
within this Pokéball.

- One hundred fifty more years
passed.

And as I was waiting,

I began to realize that I had
gained mysterious powers.

- But years
of loneliness.

- I remember reading
about the energy

that is stored
in all Ninetales,

and how it can last
over a thousand years.

- When I first saw you, Brock,

and you looked so much
like my master,

I foolishly thought that if you
came here to live with us

everything would be
like before: happy.

- But I realize now
I was so terribly wrong.

I'm truly sorry
for what I did.

Can you ever forgive me?

- Oh, Ninetales.

- What's going on?

- Prepare for trouble
after what we've been eating.

- And make it double
with this special greeting.

- To protect the world
from devastation.

- To unite all peoples
within our nation.

- To denounce the evils
of truth and love.

- To extend our reach
to the stars above.

- Team Rocket!

- Give Ninetales back now!

- Jessie.

- James.

- Team Rocket blasts off
at the speed of light.

- Surrender now
or prepare to fight.

- Meowth, that's right.

- [groans]

- Yes, we're hungry.
- But not delirious.

There's no way we're giving back
a -year-old Ninetales.

- That's got the power to make
you think you're eating cookies

when you're really
eating leaves.

I don't think so.

- Go, Arbok.

- Victreebel, you go too.

- [shrieks]

- I don't care
that you're hungry too.

- Bayleef, I choose you.

- Bay.

- Razor Leaf attack.

- Ninetales.

All right
show them your stuff.

- Arbok, Poison Sting.

- [screams]
- A U-turn.

- Victreebel, go on.

- [shrieks]

- Ah!

- Bayleef, Tackle attack.

- [screams]

- Ninetales, Flamethrower.

- Pikachu, Thunderbolt.

- Nine!

- Pikachu!

- I wish we didn't have to blast
off on an empty stomach.

- We ate leaves.

- I thought fiber was filling.

- Wobbuffet.

- Team Rocket's
blasting off again.

- Your Pokéball's
been broken.

That means you're free now
to go anywhere you like.

- I'm sure that's what
your master would want for you.

- Togepi.

- Nine.

Nine.

- Thank you all.
Goodbye.

- Hey, let's go.

- Yeah.

- Pika!
- Togepi.

- male narrator:
A mountain trail,

a mist-filled night,

and an experience our heroes
will never forget,

one of the many on their way
to Mahogany Town.

- No time to question
my moves

I stick to the path
that I choose

Me and my friends
are gonna do it right

To be a master
is my dream

All I've got to do
is believe

- I believe

- I'm on a master quest

- Master quest

- I want the whole world
to see

- I believe

- I'm gonna be
the very best

'Cause all I've got to do
is believe in me

- Pokémon!