Hey everyone, I wanted to write this ever since I finished Pokemon Moon, but I've been nervous about uploading the first chapter, especially since my writing isn't at the highest level, but I am trying my best. So I hope you enjoy it.
Pokemon: Adventures of Sun and Moon
Chapter 1: Aloha Alola
A desktop behind a computer screen was seen and the mouse hovered over to click on an icon that was shaped like a multicoloured bird Pokémon that had a long beak. Once the application was opened; a window appeared with a black background. The typical loading circle was seen before an image replaced the black background; the image however was slightly tilted to the right. A hand was seen adjusting the camera to the preferred orientation.
"Hang on, now. Gimme just a sec…" the camera faced a tanned figure with a small black beard and short hair of the same colour. Clear shades covered his eyes and a white cap with a rainbow on the front was covering his head. He appeared to be wearing an open lab coat that revealed his toned chest and abs. He wore grey pants that ended below his knees with green slip-on shoes. "Hey there! Good afternoon! So you'll be coming over to Alola soon." the man said with a wave to the camera. "Listen cousin…" suddenly a picture showing the five islands of the Alola region popped up next to him. "…Alola is a region made up of several different islands. That could be the reason the region is chock full of nothin' but rare Pokémon, yeah!"
Afterwards an image appeared of what looked like a trainer riding a bull Pokémon. "There's no shortage of cool Pokémon either! Such mysterious creatures! You find 'em all over... In the grass, in the caves, in the sky and sea…" A dog Pokémon appeared in the picture and started to look into the camera. "Here in Alola we love our Pokémon, and we depend on them heaps, too. Some of us even battle with 'em, if we call ourselves Pokémon Trainers!" the dog Pokémon started to rub up against the man. "Rockruff! Can you wait until I'm done talkin' to play?" the dog jumped off the table and the man continued talking.
"All right, I gotta ask you one question so I can introduce you to everyone."
Behind the computer was a boy with short dark hair who was in a video call with the man. "Uh… yeah sure."
"What's your name, cousin and would you mind spellin' it out for me?"
"Oh, it's Sun. It's S…"he continued while spelling out his name, as instructed.
The man on the other end chuckled. "You don't need to spell that out for me; it's a simple as a Simple Beam. So, you go by Sun 10-4, good buddy! I'll let everybody know you're on your way! Sun! Yeah, that's a name that hits you like a Thunderbolt outta the sky! Woo!" he excitedly said.
A large drop of sweat appeared by Sun's side. "I thought my name was simple…"
"Can't wait to see you in person then, cousin!"
The call ended, causing the window to turn black once again. Sun gave out a big sigh. "So… I'm finally going to Alola…"
"Sun!" he heard from outside his room.
"Uh… yes?"
"Have to you finished talking to Professor Kukui?"
"Yes, I have."
"Oh, could you come down. Your lunch is ready."
"Alright." Sun got up off his chair and moved to leave his room, a brochure of the Alola region was on his desk and one of the pages showed a white coloured Mechanical Island.
Hours later in a faraway location, the moon was high in the sky, shining through a glass ceiling. The inside of the complex looked to be a lab of sorts where Pokémon were being preserved. Within the halls of this lab, a girl was running along a walkway with a large bag hanging over her shoulder. She was light skinned with long, pale blonde hair that stretched to her lower back. She had green eyes and wore a long dress with white socks and slip on white shoes.
It appeared that she was being chased by a two people that were dressed in white overalls, they were both male. "Quickly stop her!" one of them exclaimed. They chased after her for a while, and this game of cat and mouse went on until she got a dead end. By that time, she was surrounded by four men that were dressed in the same overalls. As they got closer to her, a bright light was appearing from within her bag and this caused the men to step back slightly and cover their eyes. The girl gasped as she was also quite shocked at this. While her hair was starting to stand up on end a pillar of light surrounded her before it completely enveloped her. After the light covered her, there was a large flash that made the men completely cover their eyes. Once the flash cleared they were shocked to see that the girl had disappeared.
"What happened!?"
"Do you think I know!?"
"Better question is; what are we going to tell the President?"
The men stared up at the moon that was in clear view, almost as if it contributed to the disappearance of the girl.
Three months later on a similar night, there was a person who was dressed in black overalls and he was running through a small graveyard before coming across a path that led to a cave entrance, he had a brown sack in his right hand. Little did he know that he was about to enter the Ruins of Life, home of Akala Island's guardian... "Hey!" he heard. The man with dirty blonde hair turned to see a girl behind him. She slightly was tanned with brown eyes and short dark hair with a red, flower-like cap covering the top of her head. She was dressed in a white shirt with faint pink and yellow flowers on them, she wore very short green shorts and red and black shoes with yellow laces. "You have nowhere to run!" she angrily exclaimed. A bird Pokémon with a long beak was on her shoulder. "Pikipek, go and get Olivia." The small bird Pokémon flew off leaving the girl to confront the man.
The man laughed. "Ha, there's a cave right behind me. There has to be an exit on the other side."
The girl growled. "You fool, those are ancient ruins, and people like you aren't allowed in there! Now give back the Pokémon!"
"What!? Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea how much Slowpoke tails sell these days, I swear you Alolans will eat anything!" he laughed.
The girl clenched her teeth and balled her fists. "And that's what I hate about you outsiders! You don't care about anything other than yourselves!"
The man was getting annoyed so he took out a great ball and he tossed it into the air and a grey, wolf Pokémon appeared and it growled at the girl. "Okay Mightyena, let's get to work!" the man said. He saw the girl's frightened expression. "What you didn't think I had my own Pokémon as back up, you're in way over your head little girl! Okay, Mightyena use Bite!" the Pokémon mercilessly charged towards the girl but he missed as the girl threw a kick to the Mightyena's jaw.
"I won't get done in that easily!" but the Mightyena quickly pounced on her, pinning her to the ground.
"What were you saying earlier?"
"C'mon Olivia! Where are you!" she thought. Suddenly a pink orb shot into the Pokémon, sending it back to rocks that were sticking out of the ground.
"Thanks Olivi… what!" instead of Olivia, a Pokémon appeared that had a large pink shell on its lower body and head, the lower shell resembled a face and had small butterfly-like wings on the back. It had a black torso with thin arms with pink bracelets and fingerless hands. It had blue eyes with pink lines going through the middle of the iris, pink curly hair stretched from its head and ended in loops.
The girl gasped when seeing this Pokémon. "Are…you?" the Pokémon stood by the girl's side and it closed its eyes, releasing a telekinetic force that lifted the man off the ground.
"H-hey! What's going on!?" he exclaimed before he was thrown to the cave wall, throwing him into unconsciousness. The Mightyena whimpered as it ran away in fear.
The girl walked over to the bag and she saw the pink Pokémon the man was trying to steal. "At least Slowpoke is okay." She lifted the Pokémon out of the bag with some difficulty as it was quite heavy for her. She turned to the Pokémon that helped her. "Tapu Lele… thank you…"
"LELEEE!" The Pokémon known as Tapu Lele spun before hovering back into the ruins from whence it came.
"MOON!" the girl heard. She turned to see a dark skinned woman with a pink sleeveless shirt with tight purple shorts; she had pink heeled sandals on her feet. She had a couple of bracelets all over her right arm, both her legs and her neck and she had stone jewelry around her neck and hanging from the left side of her shirt. She had the same gemstones as earrings. Her hair was dark and short. "I heard a blast, are you okay?"
"Yes… Tapu Lele saved me." Moon noticed a sparkling object on the ground next to her. "Huh, what is this?"
Olivia picked it up and her eyes grew. "I see, so Tapu Lele entrusted this with you."
"What are you talking about?"
"Tell you what Moon; let me hang onto this for a while. You'll get it back soon."
"Wait… it's for me?"
"Yes… I'll explain it later. Let's just get this Slowpoke back to its owner."
"What about the scumbag?" Moon jerked her thumb back to the man who was still knocked out.
"Mallow contacted the authorities, so he'll be picked up soon."
"Right…" Moon looked like she was trailing off while she was still holding Slowpoke.
"Something wrong?"
"It's these outsiders; they always seem to ruin something! I wish all of them would just leave."
"Moon, we can't just make them leave… It wouldn't be right, plus you and I both know that not all of them are like that man you saw. Many of them are nice and respect our traditions."
"I know… and WHY is Slowpoke so heavy!?" she yelled in her frustration while turning to Olivia.
The older woman giggled in response. "Oh before I forget, Professor Kukui called, he wanted me to tell you that you had to deliver something important since you're meeting him tomorrow."
"Fair enough, what am I delivering to him?"
"A Pokémon, but it's a rare one that he needed to request from outside the Alola region. It arrived yesterday, so you have to take it to him." Olivia handed Moon the Pokéball in a Premier Ball.
"Okay… I'll make sure this gets to him."
"Also have you heard, there is a boy coming in from the Kanto region to become a Pokémon Trainer."
Moon groaned after hearing this new information. "He's just another outsider; he's probably a fool, but whatever... I'll deliver Kukui's Pokémon."
The next morning on Melemele Island, a tanned woman with long hair brown hair and brown eyes was stretching and taking in all the air around her on the low balcony of her home. She wore a white shirt with a long yellow skirt with white flowers and green grass depicted on it. She wore brown sandals with brown sunglasses over her head. A cat Pokémon with a coin on its head was standing next to her, it looked to be grooming itself.
The woman sighed. "He's still asleep?" she turned around and bent down to her Pokémon's level. "Meowth, could you please wake Sun up? The Professor will be here any minute."
"Mrow…" Meowth understood and walked into the home. The cat Pokémon squeezed through the small open space that allowed him to walk into the room, the curtains were still closed so it looked dark. After he entered the room he noticed Sun asleep on his bed with a white shirt and boxer shorts. "Mrrow!" Meowth tried to wake Sun with his meowing, but he didn't move an inch. Meowth tried again, but he couldn't get a response from the human. So he took it one step further and leaped onto Sun's stomach.
Sun started to become conscious after feeling weight on him and he rose to a familiar sight, the sight of his mother's Pokémon on top of him. "Mrrow…"
"GAH!" Sun recoiled to the back of his bed in shock. "I always tell you, don't wake me like that, Meowth."
"Mrrrrow." Meowth replied while scratching his ears.
"Alright I'm up." Meowth jumped off the bed and landed on the floor. Sun stretched before walking to the curtain, opening them allowed the beautiful Alolan sun to illuminate his room. He shook his head and got dressed in his regular clothing. When he looked himself in the mirror, he could see his light skin was covered with a blue and white striped shirt, gray pants with red ends that stretched down to his ankles. His feet were covered by blue shoes with no laces. His gray eyes shone with excitement after he was fully dressed.
"Today's finally the day." Sun said to himself. He left his room to see the main room of his house that combined the kitchen and the living room. Sun heard the door opening and walking into the house was none other than Professor Kukui, walking in without knocking… weirdly enough.
"Hey there, Sun! The name's Kukui. Good to finally meet you in person, cousin! You gotta be tired after that long trip all the way out here to Alola! You feelin' any jet lag?"
Sun yawned in response. "Y-yeah… sort of…"
"We sure are a long way from Kanto out here in Alola. It's still daytime out here, yeah!"
Sun's mom walked into the main room with her Meowth following her. "Oh, Professor Kukui, you're here! At least you met my son."
"Hey there, miss! I just let myself in…" Kukui said.
"How is Mom, not weirded out by him just entering our home without permission?" Sun thought while a sweatdrop fell from the side of his head.
"Oh, and call me Kukui, would you? Welcome to Alola!"
"Well thank you for the warm welcome, Kukui." Sun's mom thanked.
"Ha! I was supposed to be visiting there to research Kanto Pokémon moves and all. I thought I knew a thing or two about battling, but those Kanto Gym Leaders proved me wrong! Anyway Sun, Let's get a move on to the next town over, cousin! Time for you to meet the Island Kahuna and get yourself a Pokémon, yeah!"
"Uh… Kahuna?" Sun questioned.
"Sure, sure. The kahunas are crazy-strong Pokémon Trainers here in Alola, cousin! They're unbeatable for folks like me and you!"
"Wow, sounds like someone I want to meet."
"The kahuna who lives in Iki Town is always happy to give any kid who wants to have an adventure their first Pokémon, yeah!"
"Woah, no kidding?"
"You bet, now where's your hat? I bet you've got a stylin' hat that'll match mine, yeah?"
"Yeah, that's right. I bought you a new hat." Sun's mom reminded.
"Oh right, I'll be right back." Sun dashed back into his room. He looked inside a box of items that haven't been opened yet. Within that box he found his black cap with blue curved lines at the end of it. He walked back into the main room. "I found it!"
"Woo, that's a stylin' hat cousin!" Kukui excitedly said.
"Now you look like a real Pokémon trainer." Sun's mom commented.
"Now let's get going."
Both Sun and Kukui turned to leave. "Later Mom." Sun said.
"Goodbye Sun, take care of yourself." She said while waving to her son and the professor. She lowered herself to her Pokémon. "So what should we do Meowth?"
…
Sun and Kukui stood outside the house. "Your mom there… She's sure looking forward to your first Pokémon, yeah? So let's get going to Iki Town! Time to get a real nice Pokémon from the island kahuna, oh yeah!"
Sun nodded as a response, the two started to walk through Route 1. As they did, Sun noticed all the new Pokémon around him. He saw a dark rat like Pokémon sprinting into a patch of tall grass and a brown and yellow mongoose Pokémon was eating a pile of berries it gathered. He heard high pitched chirping and looked up to see a flock of Pikipek flying in the shape of a V.
Kukui took a deep breath. "Now this is more like it, yeah! Welcome to paradise, cousin. This is the Alola region! Folks here in Alola get along by living together with Pokémon and working together too."
"That's great! It was also like that in Kanto too."
"Ha, of course! After all… you can go anywhere, yeah as long as you got Pokémon helping you out here. That's why we gotta get you to the kahuna! First, we're off to Iki Town! Come on, it's not that far if we cut up here." They continued to walk through Route 1 and were getting closer to Iki Town. "So, Sun! You're loving Alola already, yeah?" Kukui asked.
"You bet. I've never seen a place so… well tropical…" Sun replied.
"That's what I like to hear! The more you love Alola, the happier I'll be!" they both saw child rubbing his Pokémon which was a dark rat Pokémon. "See that? If you had a Pokémon with you, you could battle with that Alolan Trainer right there. You both could battle with the Pokémon you love! Having a Pokémon give you a whole new way to communicate with other people, see? Now let's get moving!" Kukui pointed to the archway that indicated the entrance to Iki Town.
…
Both Sun and Kukui got to Iki town to find the kahuna, Sun noticed the houses were tropical looking and there were wild Pokémon walking about.
"Follow me, Sun." Kukui said. They got to the center of the town and a wooden ring area was built. Kukui looked around but it seemed that he didn't see the kahuna anywhere. "Weird, I can't see the kahuna anywhere. I'll check his house to see if he's home, you check the Mahalo Trail."
"The Mahalo Trail?"
"Yeah, cousin." He pointed the trail out. "It's over there, just follow that path. You'll likely find him there."
Sun nodded. "Alright."
"See ya cousin, yeah!"
Sun walked to the Mahalo Trail but not before seeing a blonde girl in a white dress and a large hat looking at the trail. The large bag hanging from her shoulder started shaking. "Really? You want to go up to the ruins? I don't know what you hope to find there…" she walked onto the trail and Sun watched her walk off.
"That was weird, why was that girl talking to herself? In any case, I have to find the kahuna." Sun thought. He ran onto the trail as well.
…
Sun got to the beginning of the trail and saw that it was narrow and it winded upwards through mountainous terrain. There were statues that were on the trail as he walked through it. Sun couldn't put his finger on it, but he felt a presence was watching him. "I'm getting a weird feeling about this place, I don't get it. Why would the kahuna visit a place like this?"
Sun got to the end of the trail and he saw a bridge that was made of planks, it looked rickety though.
The girl he saw from before was standing before the bridge, her bag started shaking. "No! You can't come out! We'll get in trouble if anyone sees you!"
"Peww…" Something inside the bag was trying to get out, and it succeeded as it forced its way out. That something was a Pokémon, it was a purple and blue gaseous Pokémon with two wisp-like extensions that served as its arms. An ellipse ran down its body, the front and back of its body were black. It had yellow eyes with blue blushes as cheeks. The Pokémon was hovering across the bridge to get to the other side. The girl looked scared to cross it.
Her fears grew when she saw three bird Pokémon hovering closer to the gaseous Pokémon. Probably mistaking it for prey, they circled it before they started growling at the Pokémon. The girl tried to get on the bridge but she couldn't do it, she was too scared.
Sun ran to the girl standing before the bridge. She heard his footsteps, turned around, and was startled by his presence. "What's wrong?" Sun asked.
"H-help?" the girl stuttered.
"What's going on?"
"S-save Nebby!" she exclaimed.
"Nebby?" Sun noticed the gas Pokémon floating on the bridge with the Spearow stalking it.
"Those Spearow are attacking it! But… but I'm too afraid to go out there… My legs feel like they might give out…" she said in an almost begging manner.
Sun knew that it was only a matter of time before the Spearow would strike. So he had to act fast, even though he had no Pokémon to help him. "Okay… I'll do it!"
"Really? Oh thank you! Please hurry!"
Sun started to walk onto the bridge and it shook every time he tried to move faster on it, so he walked at a slow, rushed pace. He noticed a couple of gaps in the bridge and he leaped over them, but as he did, he saw a couple pieces of the bridge's driftwood fall into the chasm below. "Just don't look down… just don't look down… just don't look down." Sun repeated this in his mind. He was scared too but no one else was here and it's not like he could call for help. Nebby needed to be saved right then and there and Sun knew this. When he got closer, he could see Nebby covering its eyes with its whip arms while shivering. Sun was right by the Pokémon. Knowing the Spearow could strike at any minute, he knelt down and covered Nebby with his body, as an effort to shield the Pokémon.
The Fearow's started to fly up as and they swooped down to peck both Sun and Nebby. Nebby could feel them getting closer and it was covered in a bright white glow before the energy it gathered created a small explosion, resulting in the destruction of the bridge.
The girl gasped as she saw both Sun and Nebby falling to their deaths. While Sun was screaming, he held onto Nebby as tight as he could. He looked up to the sky and saw a dot that looked like it was growing. "Huh? What's that!?"
"KOOOKOOOO!" the dot grew, it revealed itself to be a yellow flying figure that fell and it opened itself as it flew through the Spearow, while releasing an electrical pulse that shot them out of the sky. When Sun saw it getting closer, he closed his eyes waiting for the inevitable to happen… Until it didn't happen… He noticed that his momentum stopped and the yellow figure was lifting Sun and Nebby back to safety.
When Sun and Nebby were brought back to safety, they were placed by the girl who was on her knees. They all got a good look at the Pokémon. It had a black body with two large yellow shells on it arms. It had a large, orange plume with bristles along the back. Instead of legs, it had four orange pointed projections which resembled bird feathers. Its eyes were blue with orange lines going through them.
After the Pokémon saved them, it flew high up into the air at tremendous speeds. "Wow…" the girl said in shock.
"I know…" Sun replied in the same state of shock. "Oh right… here's your Pokémon." He let Nebby float away from his arms.
"Oh…Oh, thank goodness!" Nebby hovered back to its owner. "You tried to use your power again… didn't you? Oh Nebby… You know what happened last time you used it. You couldn't move for ages after that. I don't want to see you like that again!" she exclaimed. A small tear fell before she composed herself. "No… I shouldn't say that. I'm sorry, Nebby. I know you were trying to save me that time. And I couldn't even help you in return…" she noticed a shining object on the ground, in between herself and Sun. "What… what is that? A sparkling… stone? It feels almost warm somehow…" both she and Sun got up and she bowed to him. "Please, forgive me… I am so grateful to you for helping us out of that dangerous spot. I think this stone should belong to you."
"Wait… really?"
"Yes, you don't even have any Pokémon on you, do you?" Sun shook his head.
"No I don't."
"And yet you still risked your life to save Nebby. I couldn't do anything. You deserve this, take it."
"Oh um… thanks…" Sun took the sparkling stone from the girl. "To be honest, I think I would have saved Nebby, even if you didn't ask me to."
"I see, you're very nice…" her cheeks were slightly heating up before she asked Sun another favor. "Oh also… Please… Don't tell anybody about this… About seeing Nebby… It's…it's a secret, ok?"
Sun smiled. "Don't worry, your secret's safe with me."
"Thanks, I really appreciate it." She looked to her Pokémon. "Come on. Into the bag Nebby."
"Pew…" Nebby floated into the bag and the girl closed it.
"Um…"
"What is it?" Sun asked.
"I hate to keep asking you to do things for me, but I'm afraid we might get attacked by wild Pokémon or… or something. I know it's too much to ask it, but… Do you think you could see us back into town?"
"Oh sure… might as well go back together."
"Thank you."
They both walked back into Iki Town, they saw Professor Kukui by the wooden stage right in the center of town.
"Oh hey Sun, you're back. I see you've met Lillie, yeah!"
Lillie gasped as she had completely forgotten to introduce herself. "Oh… um… yes! You can call me Lillie."
"Nice to finally get your name, my name is Sun."
"Sun… okay, I'll make sure to remember that! So… you're also one of the professor's acquaintances?"
"Um… I guess you could say that." Sun replied scratching his head. "So how do you know the professor?"
Kukui decided to answer for Lillie. "I can answer that, Lillie is my lab assistant. So you two met already I see."
"Y-yes, he helped me on the Mahalo Trail. He was really brave."
Sun became bashful. "Oh it was nothing really."
Lillie gasped at his response. "Nothing!? It was far from nothing. If it wasn't for you… Nebby would have been…"
Suddenly a gruff voice interrupts her. "Have I missed something?" a tanned, plump old man with white hair tied in a ponytail approached them. He wore a yellow floral jacket with a blue shirt underneath; it looked like a white sweater was tied around his stomach. Below that were white pants and blue and white sandals. He had silver watch-like bracelet around his left wrist.
"Hey, Hala!" Kukui greeted. "You've been away for a while today."
"Of course I have. I am kahuna of this island, after all. Whenever there is a problem on the island, it is my duty to resolve it." Hala replied.
"Woah… so he's the kahuna… I didn't expect him to be so… laid back looking." Sun thought.
"Sorry, Lillie. What were you saying before?" Hala asked. "For some reason I thought I saw Tapu Koko flying about…"
"Oh, um… Yes Kahuna Hala…" Lillie said. "Nebby was being attacked by Spearow on the Plank Bridge when this boy… um I mean Sun helped it get away… But the bridge collapsed, and I thought both of them might fall to the ravine… And that was when the island's guardian deity swooped in to save them!"
"Wait… that Pokémon is a guardian!?" Sun asked.
"Of course." Kukui said. "Every Island in the Alola region has an island guardian that watches over it." Kukui explained.
Hala chuckled. "Ho! Although it is said to protect us, our Tapu Koko is a rather fickle creature. Yet our guardian was moved to save you." He turned to the professor. "Kukui, my boy, I think we have cause to celebrate! It seems I should entrust this brave and kind young boy with a Pokémon of his own. We'll make a fine Trainer out of him!"
"So you're really going to give me a Pokémon? Just like that?" Sun asked.
"I think after hearing what Lillie said, I feel you are more than deserving of one. I'm glad to meet you, child. I am Hala, the kahuna of Melemele Island. Welcome to Alola! Young Kukui had told me of your coming. I'm glad we got the chance to meet today."
"We're just waiting on two people right now." Kukui said.
"Two people?" Sun and Lillie questioned in unison.
"Kukui!" they all heard. Everyone turned to see a tanned girl with a melon handbag over her shoulder arriving to them. She also had a silver bracelet on her left arm, just like Hala.
"Moon! You're just in time, yeah!" Kukui said.
Moon walked over to the others and gave examining looks to both Sun and Lillie. "So you're the boy from Kanto that everyone is talking about…"
"Uh… yeah… that's true…" Sun nervously said, he could sense that she wasn't too fond of him.
"You don't look like much…" Moon said folding her arms.
Lillie intervened. "H-hey! I'll have you know that he risked his life to save my Pokémon, even though he didn't have his own."
"Uh… who are you again?" Moon asked in a condescending manner. Lillie puffed her cheeks in response, showing her displeasure at Moon's words.
"Hey everyone!" everyone looked to see a tanned boy running towards them. "Hehe, sorry I'm late." He said while scratching his head. He wore a black shirt with orange shorts that had floral patterns on them. His shoes were orange and he had grey eyes with greenish-brown hair tied into a ponytail. When he arrived he let out an excited gasp. "Moon! You came too!?" he exclaimed.
"W-what? Don't act so surprised! It's not like I don't drop by from time to time." Moon exclaimed.
He turned to Sun. "And you must be the boy from Kanto everyone is talking about! Welcome to Alola!" he excitedly said while jumping on the spot.
"Well he's definitely eager…" Sun thought.
Hala soon placed his hand on the boy. "Settle down, Hau. Now that the three of you are here, we can start." He took out three Pokéballs. "The three of you are about to begin your own journey, and it will start with these Pokémon." He threw the three Pokéballs into the air before all three of them opened and shot out three different Pokémon.
One of them was a grass owl, the other a black and red cat, and finally a blue sea lion.
"First is the Grass-type Pokémon, Rowlet!" Rowlet spun around before looking at the three. "Next is the Fire-type Pokémon, Litten!" Litten jumped up before he started to lick its paw. "And last is the Water-type Pokémon, Popplio!" Popplio balanced on its front flippers in excitement.
"So… Sun, Moon, Hau. Which Pokémon will you choose as your partner?"
"So, uh… who gets to pick first?" Sun asked.
"You know what; I think Sun should go first!" Hau exclaimed. "Since he's new to Alola and all…"
Moon sighed. "Fine, I suppose the outsider can go first."
Sun decided to oblige even though he felt the slight sting of Moon's 'outsider' comment. "Well since you three put it that way. I choose… Litten." The fire cat acknowledged that it was picked and it wagged its tail.
"Then I'll pick Rowlet!" Hau excitedly said.
"Looks like that leaves me with Popplio." Moon said, though she had a smile on her face hinting that she was happy with the choice she was left with.
"Very well, however there is still one more thing we must do…" Hala declared.
…
Sun, Moon and Hau were on the three corners of the stage while the partner Pokémon that they picked were all in the centre.
"So what's going on?" Sun asked.
"Only when you have both chosen each other can you truly call each other partners. So let us see if these little Pokémon also choose you!"
The three Pokémon were looking at their human companions. Hau looked to Rowlet and made a toothy smile. "Kooo." Rowlet flew over to Hau before he rested on his arm.
"Yay! Rowlet chose me!" He exclaimed.
Litten meanwhile was staring at Sun, waiting for him to do something. Then Sun got to one knee and outstretched his hands to his sides, inviting the Pokémon to come towards him. Litten walked to Sun and sat down in front of him. Its red eyes showed a happy expression within its yellow sclera. "Nyaaa." Sun lifted the Pokémon and it was still smiling.
Popplio was hopping towards Moon, but it stopped when it saw a sad expression in her eyes. "O-oh, you're already coming towards me?" Popplio tilted its head to the side in slight confusion but quickly hopped to Moon and started stroking her leg. Moon picked it up and held Popplio in her arms.
"Ho! So these little Pokémon have accepted you as well." Hala said.
"Looks like it." Sun agreed with Litten standing beside him.
"Having accepted one another, you'll surely be friends for life!"
"Did you hear that Rowlet? Friends for life!" Hau excitedly said.
Lillie walked over to both Sun and Litten. "Nice to meet you, Litten." She happily said.
"Peww…" Lillie noticed that Nebby had gotten out of her bag and was floating next to Litten. Litten started to curiously sniff Nebby.
"Oh! When did you get out again? I know that Kahuna Hala and the professor will keep you safe from any harm, but you should still stay in the bag and out of sight. It's safer that way." Nebby floated back into the bag.
"So that's your Pokémon?" Moon asked.
Lillie nodded. "Um… well you could say that it is."
"Why keep it in the bag like that, wouldn't it be better to have it out in the open, closer to you?"
"Um…I-It's well complicated… I can't explain… but I think all of you chose wonderful Pokémon. Please take very good care of them."
Hau chuckled. "Ha, of course we will." He looked to Sun. "Hey! You and me! Let's have a Pokémon battle!"
Hala started to laugh. "Dahahaha! Where's the fire, boy?"
"No, it's okay." Sun said. "To be honest, I've wanted to have my first Pokémon battle for a while now."
"Awesome!" Hau exclaimed. "I couldn't wait to for you to find your way to Iki Town, so I've been looking all over for you!"
"Really, gee… I'm not that special…" Sun bashfully said.
"I'll say…" Moon uttered.
"I appreciate you being willing to take on my grandson here. I expect a no-holds-barred battle from the both of you!" Hala said.
Lillie though wasn't looking too eager. "Um… I don't really like to see Pokémon battles where Pokémon can get hurt… but I'll watch for you."
"Wait!" Sun realized something. "How can we battle if we don't know the moves of our Pokémon?"
"Clever boy, but I thought ahead." Hala handed Sun and Hau pieces of paper that had the moves of their Pokémon written down on it.
"Good luck to you two, yeah!" Kukui said.
…
Sun and Hala were standing a distance from each other with their partner Pokémon in front of them. Hala stood in between them. "Are you two ready?" They both nodded. "Very well, then! Let the Pokémon battle, begin!"
"This is our first battle ever!" Hau excitedly said. "Let's do our best Rowlet! Use Tackle!" Rowlet hovered before he flew towards Litten.
"I'm supposed to do something right…" Sun thought.
"Uh, Litten move!" he exclaimed sounding unsure. Litten tried moving to the side but he moved to soon allowing Rowlet to head-butt him. Litten slid back but on his paws and tried to stand tall.
"I've been looking forward to this since I heard you were coming, I even watched some of my Tutu's battles. So I know what I'm doing! Rowlet use Growl!" Rowlet let out a loud yell with his voice and when Litten heard this, his ears slightly drooped as his attack was lowered.
"I have to do something, or I'm going to lose!"
"Litten, use Scratch!" small claws stretched out of Litten's paws before he pounced to Rowlet to attack.
"Rowlet dodge Litten's attack!" after Hau said this command Rowlet hovered in the air, avoiding Litten's attack. Litten slid on the ground and glared at the grass owl. "Okay Rowlet, use Leafage!" While Rowlet hovered in the air, he flapped his wings several times which made four bright green leaves shoot to Litten. The leaves made contact and they hit, but Litten easily shook it off.
"I don't get it?" Lillie said. "Litten looks fine after that attack."
"Of course he's fine." Moon said while she held Popplio in her arms. "That's because Litten is a Fire-type, which means Grass-type moves won't hurt as much."
Hau continued to go on the attack. "Okay Rowlet, use Tackle!" Rowlet flew towards Litten again.
"Okay, I think I have it this time! Litten jump back!" Sun commanded. Using his feline agility, Litten jumped back, causing Rowlet to hit the ground. "Okay, let's try this, use Ember!" Litten arched his back, making three pointed tufts of fur with red tips stretch from his back. A split second later, he shot out a small blast of fire from his mouth.
"Quick Rowlet, dodge!" Hau hurriedly exclaimed. Sensing the urgency in Hau's voice, Rowlet flew over the attack and remained in the air. "Phew… that was a close one."
"Litten, jump then use Scratch!" Litten leaped up high and he raked his right claws past Rowlet's face, forcing the grass owl to crash into the ground.
"Rowlet! Are you okay?" Hau asked. Rowlet got back up after a short while. "We can still win, use Tackle!" Rowlet shot towards Litten.
"Litten, counter with Ember!" Litten shot a small burst of flames from his mouth which were heading to the speeding Rowlet.
"Rowlet, fly up!" Rowlet flew upwards to avoid the attack.
"I'm getting the hang of this now!" Sun excitedly exclaimed. "Litten use Ember!" Litten shot another small flame that sped to Rowlet.
"Rowlet, dodge it!" Rowlet flew from the fiery projectile. Hau saw that Sun was starting the get into the battle, this got him slightly worried, but he kept up his usual smile.
"Even if Sun is getting used to the battle, I can still beat him."
"Rowlet, use Tackle quickly!" Rowlet swooped down towards Litten to bash heads with the fire cat.
Sun looked to have come up with an idea. "Litten, jump off of Rowlet…" Litten looked back to Sun but he understood what he wanted so he ran to the charging Rowlet and he timed his jump perfectly. He landed on Rowlet's back and shot up into the air, forcing everyone to look the direction of the sun. "Now finish this with Ember!" He shot another small burst of fire that was speeding towards Rowlet, but this time Rowlet took the full force of the attack.
"Oh no, Rowlet!" Hau exclaimed. Rowlet was on his stomach with his eyes closed. "Whaaat, you beat me!?" Hau exclaimed in surprise. He then scratched his head while he smiled. "Well I guess you can't win them all." Hau returned Rowlet to his Pokéball.
"Sun, Hau. That was an excellent battle." Kukui complimented.
"You bet! Hoo-ee!" Hau said while he jumped on the spot. "That battle gave me the chicken skin! Sun, right? Your Litten was awesome!"
"Thanks, Hau. But you and Rowlet weren't too bad either."
"So you got lucky…" Moon began while her arms were folded, Popplio was hopping beside her. "It's only because you had a type advantage."
"Aw don't be like that Moon; I think Sun and Litten are awesome together!" Hau defended
"Yeah… well we'll see tomorrow, cause I'm taking you on tomorrow in the Festival."
"Aww." Hau sulked. "I wanted to fight Sun tomorrow in the festival."
"There's a festival tomorrow?" Sun asked.
"That's right." Hala said. "We hold a festival to express our thanks to these great Pokémon guardian deities for always remaining by our sides." He noticed a shining object that was Sun had in his pocket. "Hm? Sun… Would you be so kind as to give me a look at that sparkling stone you have there?"
"Oh… this?" Sun handed it to Hala.
Moon quickly noticed that it looked identical to the one she received when she encountered Tapu Lele. "Wait… that looks like the one I found last night…" she looked at the silver brace on her left wrist. "No way… is this boy really…?"
"You were rescued by Tapu Koko at the bridge. Isn't that what I heard, Sun?" Hala asked
Sun nodded in response. "Uh huh."
"So it even deigned to give you a stone… Perhaps you are here in Alola, Sun, because this is where you are meant to be. Allow me to borrow this stone for now. Fret not! I'll return it to you tomorrow evening."
"Oh sure, no problem."
"It would seem that you have the markings of a fine Trainer. You must do us the honor of joining in our festival tomorrow!"
"Oh, of course…" Sun replied.
Kukui smiled. "Well I suppose you should get going Sun, you should show Litten off to your mother."
"Oh alright."
Moon began walking from the group. "Don't make it too easy for me tomorrow, alright."
"Hau, did I do something wrong?" Sun asked.
Hau shook his head and held his hands up. "Oh no, it's nothing really. Moon's always been like that." Hau replied. "You just have to get to know her." Hau turned around to leave but he quickly turned back to Sun. "Good luck for tomorrow Sun, Moon's not going to go easy on you just 'cause you're new. So you and Litten better train hard."
"Don't worry we will."
Hau left them. "We should be leaving too." Hala said and Kukui followed the kahuna to his house, leaving just Sun and Lillie.
"So what are you going to do?"
"Oh, well I should probably stick with the professor. Plus I should keep an eye on…"
"Pew?"
"Nya!"
Nebby had escaped the bag once again, it seemed it wanted to examine Litten some more. "Oh, you! Would you not try to escape the very moment you were told not to wander off!"
"Maybe Nebby and Litten could become friends." Sun said while smiling.
"Maybe…" Lillie looked like she was in deep thought.
"Lillie, is there something on your mind?"
"Tapu Koko…"
"Huh?"
"The guardian deity, Tapu Koko, it's amazing isn't it? I hope I can meet it again someday and thank it for saving Nebby."
"Yeah, me too."
"Oh yes, it saved you as well didn't it, and left you with that sparkling stone… even though you're a stranger to this place. Are you going to head back now?"
"Well yeah, I might as well. My mom and I still have some moving things to sort out."
"Then I suppose this is good-bye… for now."
"Yeah, well I'll see ya later Lillie." Sun turned and left Iki Town with Litten walking next to him.
Sun was walking through Route 1 with Litten to his home. "I'm telling you Litten, my mom's very nice and she has her own Pokémon. A Meowth, he's also a cat Pokémon. I'm sure the two of you will get along great."
"Nyaaa." Litten excitedly meowed.
When their house was in sight, they saw a bright yellow Pokémon that was floating, it had a long tail and its eyes were closed. "Woah is that a wild Pokémon?" Sun said stepping back.
"No…" they both heard. Sun and Litten looked to their right and saw a girl sitting on a rock. "Abra is my Pokémon."
"Oh? It floats off the ground. That looks awesome." Sun got closer but Abra got startled and it teleported away. It reappeared next to the girl.
"Abra gets startled very easily." She said. Sun took note of her appearance. She was dressed in a black dress with black stockings with black boots covering her feet. She had a bracelet on her right arm that was a black fabric. Her pure white hair was straight and long, while her skin was pale. Her eyes were both different colours. Her left eye was red, and her right eye was green. She had a purple backpack that hung from her shoulders. "So, name?" she asked with a slightly firm tone.
"It's uh… Sun."
"Sun… So your name is Sun, correct?"
"Yes… uh if you don't mind me asking… who are you?"
"Who am I? My name is Eclipse…"
"Eclipse? That's a unique name… at least I think." Sun said. He noticed that the conversation was quickly becoming awkward. "So, do you live around here?" Eclipse didn't answer his question but instead remained silent. "Hey, is everything alright?"
"Why do you ask?"
"You just seem so distant and well I don't want to say it but…"
"Weird?"
"I-I w-wasn't going to say that!" Sun said defensively.
"It is okay, you're not the first. And you're certainly not the last to call me that."
"Look Eclipse, I don't think you're weird!"
She shook her head. "It's fine. I don't even know what that means." Eclipse looked down to Litten. "Your Litten, He likes you, doesn't he?"
"Well I just met Litten today, but I would hope he does."
"Interesting, you only met this Pokémon today and you're both forming a close bond." Eclipse started walking down Route 1 with her Abra. "Sun… I hope to meet you again soon." Sun watched her disappear down the path.
Sun had one thing on his mind after this encounter ended. "Who was that girl?"