| 006: Clefairy and the Moon Stone | 006: Pippi to Tsuki no Ishi | Ash Gets Molested |
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| The twerps encounter a scientist and some aliens (kinda) | Rocking Out | Scientists do not make friends easily |

"Not these Zubat," says Ash, a fat looking Pikachu squatting on his head, still making absolutely no attempt to help the cowering scientist. "This is no time for jokes, that guy needs our help!" roars Misty in his face, still pissed off that he didn't respond to her advances earlier. "You're right, I'm sorry," squeaks Ash, pulling back in horror from her gaping maw, "Pikachu, Thundershock!"
That's about Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu's reaction too, staring in surprise at the nerd. He then leads them into the cave to take a look at the cause behind the Zubat's angry attack, showing them the number of lights hooked up deep into the cave, lighting it all up. Apparently this isn't a good thing, explains Seymour, as all the lights set up in the normally pitch-black cave is throwing off all the Pokémon's natural senses, timing and rhythm. Practically in tears, Seymour shows them a side tunnel in which Paras (little crab-like Pokémon with mushrooms growing out of their backs) are pulling the mushrooms off of their backs and planting them in the ground far too early. The heat from the lamps is tuckering out the Sandshrew and leaving them splayed out on the floor. Seymour has come to Mount Moon to investigate who has set up these lights and upset the Pokémon so, what with their not being an organisation set up expressly for the purpose of investigating odd goings on and crimes and stuff with a name that starts with P, rhymes with Rolice and is pronounced Police.
But why would anyone want to come and light up a cave? That's the question on Misty's mind, and Seymour believes that he has an answer. The Moonstone.
Actually as a plan that has merit, after all, The Moonstone isn't owned by any commercial property or individual. Legally they're perfectly entitled to take The Moonstone, it's a finders keeps situations, since it's on public ground. Matters of law, however, are not Ash and Co's strong-point, and they growl at Team Rocket to take the rocks lying loose and then get lost. Understandably offended at this disrespectful display, Jesse and James decide to teach the kids a lesson and leap down from the rock ledge they were standing on, bring their pick and shovel with them and sending out Ekans and Koffing. Ash and Brock respond, pulls out their own Pokéballs before Ash hurriedly whispers to Misty to take Clefairy and Seymour and get out of there. Since Misty is only a female and thus useless as anything but eye-candy, she agrees to let Brock and Ash (who has much less experience than her in battling) hold the front while she takes off to go do some needlework or cook some bloody eggs or something.
Meowth leaps high with claws out, ready to strike at any second, but luckily for Misty and Seymour it is using the Jump-Through-The-Air Incredibly-Slowly-While-Opponent-Prepares-A-Counter-Attack Technique, and Misty (Meowth's opponent) finds the time to prepare a Counter Attack. She calls out Staryu, dropping it's Pokéball into the water where it slowly settles to the ground before Staryu emerges, jumps out of the water, floats in the air, fires out three Swift Attacks and then A Water Gun Attack.
As Ash poisons himself, Pikachu is having a 'Koot' Competition with Clefairy, both chubby Pokémon giggling their names and trying to outdo the other. Finally Clefairy jumps up and bounces off, having seemingly reached a consensus with Pikachu, which in turn calls out Ash's name in Pika-Speak (Pika-pi, which corresponds to Satoshi in the Japanese) and asks them to follow.
Seymour, Ash, Brock and Misty follow Pikachu as it follows Clefairy, which is still gripping the Moonstone Fragment in it's paws. They travel up a little used path, through shrubbery and bushes until they come to yet another cave, one that even Seymour in all his nerdly knowledge was unaware of. Stepping inside, they find themselves in a circular cave with no roof, letting the moon shine down on a large glittering rock surrounded by an almost unbroken ring of Moonstone Fragments. It's the core of the Moonstone, according to Seymour, the massive remains of the meteor that struck down on the planet a million or more years ago. As Pikachu's goading, Clefairy takes the Moonstone Fragment up to the large rock and fits it into place in the one remaining gap. Almost instantly the fragments begin to glow, then the whole rock itself as more and more Clefairy enter the cave and begin to dance and lightly bounce about it.
Somehow, probably be sheer fortune, Meowth counters this brilliant attack by stepping aside and tripping Seymour up. Ash, Misty and Brock gasp at this blatant bullying of the poor widdle nerd, but Jesse and James plan to press their advantage while Seymour helplessly tries to find his big ol' coke-bottle thick glasses. Team Rocket send out Ekans and Koffing, Ash responding with Pikachu and Brock picking a Pokémon that should be able to foot it with Ekans.... despite the fact neither of them have any feet.
Seymour has followed the hole dug by Ekans and widened by Onix, and following him are The Clefairy. They leap out of the hole and swarm up in front of Team Rocket, lifting their pudgy little paws up and rocking them back and forth in a rhythmic, hypnotic beat that soon has everyone's attention fixed. Talking in time to the beat of the Clefairy's ryhthm, Seymour explains that this is the rarely seen Metronome Attack, a highly unpredictable move that he's never seen before. For those in the know though, they understand that Metronome allows a random effect to take place, from super-huge-100-percent-powersweat attacks to defensive advantages. But in this case, it results in a bright white glow and then a huge explosion of lava tearing up out of the ground. 
The kids head on, coming to a fork in the road. A sign on one side of the fork declares that Cerulean City is that way, and that's where they're going. But in the corner is some much smaller writing, probably just a silly note from some kid claims Ash, though he still wants to see what it says.
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"Let's show them that size doesn't matter!"
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