I really want to have a mouth soon, Beldum thought.
The tiny Darumaka sat beside its Trainer, who picked up a small piece of meat for it. Its little eyes instantly narrowed into two delighted lines, and it grabbed the meat with its little hands and started gnawing. Pokémon could eat human food, but it didn't fill them up or taste as good as specially prepared Pokémon food.
"I've given you something to eat, so don't cause trouble, got it?" Darumaka's Trainer lifted his chin.
"Daru!" Darumaka answered eagerly.
Seeing this, Ash's inner Mickey Mouse Clubhouse of Doom sprang to life...
What Ash feared happened anyway.
Relying on its immunity to fire as a Fire-type, Darumaka insisted on creeping up to its Trainer's pot to steal food. It nearly set the whole table ablaze-literally. Had it not been recalled in time, they would have been stuck paying damages. Even so, Ash and the others inevitably received a lecture from the staff.
"Long-tail, long-tail." Long-Tailed Excavator snickered to itself.
But Ash and Beldum had clearly seen that little monkey brat egging Darumaka on.
Classmate Yang was so angry his face went blank, and he found an excuse to leave first.
Ash blinked. There he went again, always finding their behavior embarrassing.
"Want to have a look next door?" Ash pointed expressionlessly at the neighboring shop.
"Next time."
Without taking no for an answer, Ash grabbed Classmate Yang's arm. A forty-minute round trip just for a meal?
You might be okay with that, but I'm not.
The shop next door was a Pokémon Day Care. Ash could guarantee that Yang wouldn't keep clamoring to leave once he was inside.
He pushed open the door, setting the Chimecho-shaped wind chime hanging from it ringing crisply.
"Welcome!"
An employee in an apron came out