Note: I must apologize for this, but the idea struck me and...well...

I promise, though, that I *will* make up for this, in time.
Meanwhile...fire away. ^_^;;


Ash Ketchum was worried.

He didn't like it when something was wrong with one of his Pokemon.
He liked it even less when he didn't know what the problem was, which
was usually the case.

And now, for the second time in as many months, one of his dearest
Pokemon seemed to be ill. The last time, it had turned out to be
something...well, not something minor, but definitely not a problem.
This time, however...

"Hey, what's wrong with Bulbasaur?" Misty wondered. Ash looked up at
her and shook his head.

"I don't know," the young Pokemon trainer admitted. "It's acting like
it did that time...you know, when all the Bulbasaurs evolved. But..."
He sighed. "It couldn't be that time again already, could it?"

"Hmmm..." Misty frowned. "Why don't you check your PokeDex? Maybe the
upgrade from Professor Oak has something about it."

"Hey, maybe so," Ash said. He pulled out the small red electronic
encyclopedia, and activated it.

/Bulbasaur, the plant Pokemon. Bulbasaur gather to mate once every
few years. Much like the evolution ceremony, little is known about
the mating rituals of the Bulbasaur. It is not known whether they
mate as plants, or as animals./

"So, Bulbasaur wants to mate?" Ash wondered.

"That's what it sounds like," piped up Brock, who had walked over in
time to hear the last of the entry.

"Pika," mused Pikachu, who was perched on its tail at the
plant-lizard's side.

Bulbasaur began to glance around, a peculiar gleam in its eyes.
"Saur," it growled. Suddenly, it began to give off a blinding light.

"Hey, look! Bulbasaur's evolving!" Ash exclaimed, delighted.

"Pika, pika!" Pikachu echoed.

"Wow, it changed its mind about evolving, just like that?" Misty
wondered.

The brilliant glow died down, leaving...disappointment for the three
humans and Pikachu.

"Nothing...happened," Ash said.

Suddenly, the bulb on the Pokemon's back began to rustle. "Wait!"
Misty shouted. "Something *is* happening!"

"Bulbasaur's bulb is opening!" Brock noted, rather unnecessarily.

"Wow," Ash exclaimed.

The bulb slowly spread open. Excitement slowly turned to confusion,
shock, then outright horror in the three humans. Pikachu stared,
uncomprehending, and blinked.

The plant Pokemon looked up, an evil leer on its face. "SAUR!" it
shouted, rearing up for a charge.

"Eek!" Misty screamed. "That's DISGUSTING!"

"Well, now we know the answer to *that* question," Brock mused.

"Ummm..." Ash replied intelligently, still staring.

The Pokemon began to move towards them. Misty screamed and ran away
in terror. Pikachu scampered out of the way. Brock and Ash shared a
glance, nodded, and ran after Misty, the evolved Pokemon in hot
pursuit.

"Hurry up, it's gaining on us!"

"Keep it away, keep it away!" Misty screamed.

"Pi pika, pikachuu!" Pikachu chittered as it climbed up to Ash's
shoulders.

And from behind them sounded the battle cry that would haunt them in
their nightmares forever...

"PENISAUR!!"


******

Sorry everyone. The pun was just too sick to pass up. ^_^


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o/~Sometimes I fart, sometimes I belch;
sometimes I scratch my nads...o/~

-The Eternal Lost Lurker
(the 666th Pokemon)

"Chikushou...omae wa...bakemono...."
"Bakemono? Che....ore wa akuma da,"
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