Chapter no.276 Yellow's Day Out

[ A Few Hours Ago ]
" Ash, we got a problem." Yellow exclaimed anxiously while Austin was chosing what he should wear since he was going to the Silph Co.
' When I told Bill that I needed another way to earn money, selling my combo moves as TMs wasn't on my mind ?'
" Ash !"
" Huh, Yellow did you say something ?"
" Yes, we have got a huge problem."
" .... "
" .... "
" Aren't you going to say something?"
" Oh, yeah. We have ran out of Pokefood!"
" All of it ?"
" Yes."
" Even the hidden stash."
" Yes."
" ( ~Sigh~ ) Why now ?" Austin pinched his nose as he knew the meeting with the Sliph Co. would take a while.
Seeing Austin's visible frustration, Yellow suddenly had a bright idea.
" Ash ! I can go shop for the food while you can do what you were doing ?"
" ... " Austin looked up and then down at Yellow.
" No."
" Come on, I can do it. Just trust me."
" .... " Seeing Austin look at her in an incredulous manner, Yellow stomped on the floor.
" Ash ! I can do it."
" Fine." Austin said as he didn't have any time to argue. Taking out his wallet, Austin gave Yellow a few thousand pokedollars.
" You are now on shopping duty"
" Yay !"
Yellow said while raising her hands in the air.
" Now please get out, I have to change."
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Shopping… It was one of the things that Misty really loved to do. She would drag Brock and her to a big department store while Ash would somehow manage to slip out everytime.
Yellow thought with a melancholic smile.
She really missed Brock and Misty.
" Where are we going ?" Lucario said while holding Wortortle who was struggling to get out.
Broken out of her though, Yellow pulled out her pokedex while Scizor appraoched them with a struggling Ninjask in his claws.
" Dexy, how close is the nearest Pokémon Mart?" Yellow asked while flipping the Pokédex open.
The map showed 16 blue dots that marked the locations of different Pokémon Marts in Saffron City.
Yellow whistled while Clefable hopped towards them alongside a grumpy Charmeleon who was carrying Magikarp, Charmeleon's face showed that he really didn't want to be here.
A Pokeball on Yellow's belt open revealing Iny, the Dratini who wrapped around her neck as they went on our way to find the PokéMart.
Yellow was curious how it would look but when they found it she wasn't really surprised but to Lucario it was a shock.
Such a huge building was available to the public and not just the nobles.
The Pokemart was placed in the middle of a shopping area and had a big blue roof with the Pokéball symbol on it, underneath was written: Pokémon Mart
The storefront was filled with all kinds of posters, announcing discounts on certain items, a battle between Lance and some random dude, a new tv show and one that encouraged people to become Pokémon trainers.
Yellow entered the store and discovered it was a very roomy building from the inside.
A large blue counter with a man standing behind it filled the left part while the walls were filled with shelves that colorfully displayed the items that could be bought with special baskets for discount items.
Large blue couches were placed in the middle of the room, backs to each other so they were forming a square together.
Computers were mounted into one wall and one guy with ravenblack hair was swiping away at the screen, he wore a black belt with 3 Pokéballs attached to it so Yellow assumed he was a Pokémon trainer as well.
It was a very big but neat place that perfectly combined professionalism with style and comfort.
Yellow suddenly stopped as her eyes glanced at a Mochi poster.
Oh, they have an oran berry mochi and peca berry mochi and even the limited edition mago berry mochi.
Yellow's mouth watered as they thought about the mochi meanwhile Scizor was showing the star eyed Lucario a gumball machine but they had forgotten one important thing.
Wortortle and Ninjask who had practically disappeared while running into the Pokémart.
Clefable and Musharna flew after the duo so they won't cause any trouble.
Yellow meanwhile shook her head.
' No, Yellow you didn't come here to buy mochi, you came here to buy pokemon food.'
Yellow walked over to the pokemon food aisle that held shining bags of pokemon food on display and yellow stopped in front of it to study them.
Suddenly her mind had gone blank when remembering which brand she should buy.
Iny was a bit slower, taking the time to give everything a good look.
Next to yellow stood a young girl with green braided hair, she held a potion in her hand and she was having a discussion with another boy around her age.
The boy had green hair too, too short and curly. He seemed rather annoyed by whatever the girl was talking about.
A woman with blond hair stood in front of the Pokédex with her back to me, in her left hand she held a book in her left hand.
Yellow picked up a bag and weighted it in her hand, giving it a studying look.
Honestly she was just trying to look like she knew what she was doing but honestly this bag looked the same like every other bag.
Next to the shelf was a poster plastered on the wall detailing the instructions for catching Pokémon and all that other thing.
"Iny, what do you think of this one?" Yellow asked as she knelt down to show Dratini the Pokémon food he just picked up, "Don't you think this one is perfect?"
Dratini looked confused.
" Excuse me miss but are these your pokemon ?" A red haired clerk asked.
Yellow didn't turn at the clerk's question as she stood there with the pokemon food bag in her hands.
" Excuse me." The clerk asked again as he tapped yellow's shoulder who suddenly jumped up scaring the poor man.
Yellow yawned and outstretched her hand while the clerk thought.
Did this girl just wake up from a nap ?
" Huh, what is it ?" Yellow asked the clerk who looked confused before remembering what he came for ?
" Miss, are these your pokemon ?"
Yellow turned to where the clerk was pointing at as she saw Lucario trying to get gum of his fur with Scizor helping.
Wortortle and Ninjask were whistling to the side while Charmeleon glared as a blank eyed Magikarp who had pieces of some kind of berry around his lips.
Musharna and Clefable looked down in shame.
" Yes." Yellow trailed off as the clerk handed her a bill.
" This is for the mess they caused."
Yellow absentmindedly nodded before looking at the bill.
Her eyes almost popped out of her socket as she looked at the bill.
1950 pokedollars.
Yellow helplessly chuckled as she looked towards the group of troublemakers who suddenly felt ashamed for their actions as they looked down at the floor.
" Well, here you go." Yellow said as she hand the necessary amount to the clerk before turning to the group.
" I am telling Ash." Yellow said causing the group to freeze except Lucario.
They knew their trainer wasn't going to let this slide which meant extra training.
" But " Yellow's suddenly word caused the group to look up hopefully.
" I won't tell if you help me raise enough money to get the pokemon food."
Lucario curiously asked," How ?"
" By pokemon battles." Yellow said happily as she skipped to the door while the group of pokemon looked at each other.
" Doesn't she know that she would have to win 70 or so battles to even make what Austin gave her ? " Lucario asked while everyone sighed.
" Carp !" Magikarp happily said before Charmeleon threw him towards Scizor's face.
" Char, Char, Charmeleon." Charmeleon said grumpily.
" Then I guess you are a coward." Lucario taunted back causing Charmeleon to stop and turn.
" Char, Charmeleon, Meleon ?"
" Coward!" Luacrio said causing Charmeleon glare back as he said, " Charmeleon !" before the small dragon followed after Yellow.
I'll show you.
Lucario suddenly smirked before Scizor handed him a Magikarp.
Magikarp looked at Luacrio before bursting our crying.
Lucario looked up from the crying Magikarp as he saw everyone flowing after Yellow while he was left behind.
Lucario sighed and looked back at Magikarp.
" How much can I get if I sell you ? 10, 20 pokedollars."
Lucario's question caused Magikarp to look at him in offense as if the fish was offended that Lucario had him at such a low price.
" Carp !"
" Yeah, I doubt you're worth that much."
" Carp."
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[ Omake Paragraph ]
It is often believed that Cubone are the children of female Marowak and that female Marowak do not survive childbirth. This is with few exceptions false; Marowak are usually infertile and most Cubone are the children of Kangaskhan who die in this manner.
It goes without saying that this has a traumatic effect on the newborn pokemon; Kangaskhan are a pokemon with stronger family bonds than even humans, and are poorly equipped to be raised by any others or survive alone. Absent a pouch to grow in, Kangaskhan joeys will take their mothers' skulls to shield their head, another bone from their corpses to protect themselves from predators, and the skulls will fuse with them as the head hardens until it can no longer be removed. The ghost of a dead Kangaskhan mother remains bonded to the skull it had in life, watching over their Cubone children as they grow: if seen by one spiritually attuned it takes the shape of a Marowak.
Tragically, no Cubone can hear it or sense its warmth. They are a species of pokemon who are forever crying inside. Most seek a mother's love in the shadows of the moon and stars or by watching other families from afar. Some become so overwhelmed by desperation and grief that they kill the children of other species of pokemon (or even people) dress themselves in their skins, and present themselves to the horrified mothers as their new children: the mothers are never fooled. Most trainers who possess Cubone blame them for their parent's death and abandon them into the wild. This is perhaps the saddest of all the sorrows surrounding Cubone, because the closest thing to a happy, well-adjusted Cubone is one reared with a trainer's love.