Hey there party people! MBenz here. I know I've kind of been cold in the writing business for a while and I know it seems crazy to write ANOTHER story when I have several unfinished stories but let me explain. As some of you probably know that I lived in Puerto Rico which got hit by both Hurricane Irma and Maria. Me and my family were fine thankfully and our house is still standing but we had no power or water for months (I hear things STILL aren't 100%). After my grandmother, who has dementia and Parkinson's, fell one night and had to go to the hospital my mom made the decision for me and her to relocate to the U.S. once she was able to travel. With me being mildly depressed about the situation, taking care of my grandma (which takes a lot of my time), writer's block among other things I just felt... burnt out honestly. I'm still not cancelling them, their just in a hiatus and this just felt easier to get out than my other stories at the moment. Why this story? Well I've just had this idea on my mind for YEARS. More on that in the bottom note.
It was a peaceful sunny day in the Alola region, especially considering the chaos that happened months prior, both before and after the crowning of Alola's first Champion, Selene Mizuki. We begin at a two story house the regions capital of Hau'oli City on Melemele Island, in a bedroom on the second floor a fifteen year old boy with dark skin and a mop of curly chocolate brown hair was snoring in his bed.
*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!*
As if on autopilot, the teen hit the snooze button on his alarm clock and continued his sleep as a Dusk Lycanroc shook his head from across the room and made his way over to his bed. The Wolf Pokemon grabbed the boy's arm by his teeth and pulled him out of bed startling him awake.
"Up and at 'em Makoa! We're wasting daylight!" The Dusk Lycanroc, believe it or not, spoke up.
"...Why did you feel it was necessary to drag me out of bed Kato?" The boy, now named Makoa, asked half asleep, completely unfased that the Lycanroc spoke human language.
"A deal I made with your dad. He told me if I caught you trying to sleep in on a school day to wake you up by any means in exchange for bacon!" Kato responded before adding smugly. "Be thankful I didn't use other methods, kid. Besides you also gotta take the little munchkins with you."
"Yeah yeah I'm getting up..." He said as he grabbed his Active clothes (think the beginning boy's clothes in Ultra Sun and Moon) and Z-Ring and headed to bathroom.
"Why are you complaining? It's only your second week and weren't you the one wanted to go back to school since we came back from Johto?"
"I'm still getting used to getting up earlier again, that's all." Makoa answered before starting to brush his teeth.
Later...
Makoa, now all dressed, was eating his breakfast of waffles and eggs along with his 8 year old twin brother and sister Keoni and Maka.
They both had the same dark skin and curly brown hair as him, except Maka had it long enough to be done in tiny pigtails. Keoni wore a plain white shirt and purple shorts while Maka wore a bright yellow sleeveless dress.
Eating next to the table was Makoa's Pokemon team; Kato, a Toucannon, a Golisopod, a Shiinotic, An Alolan Raichu and a Kommo-o.
"A deal's a deal Kato, here's your bacon." Said an adult man with same looks as his children except he had black shoulder length hair he put bacon in the Lycanroc's bowl
"You're too good to me Akela!" Kato exclaimed as he dug into the bacon and pokechow.
"Hey Dad, is it okay if go to Kala'e Bay for a while after school?" Makoa asked looking up from his food.
His father Akela raised a brow in curiosity "Again? You've been going there a lot lately."
"Well it's a good spot for training my Pokemon." Makoa answered quickly.
"Can't you just train at the beach where we live practically next door to?" Keoni brought up.
"That beach is full people 24/7 and I don't wanna cause trouble, right guys?"
He got confirming cries from his Pokemon along with Kato wiggling his eyebrows almost suggestively at him, with Makoa gave him a glare that said 'shut up!'
Akela didn't seem to notice though. "Alright you can go but after you drop off the twins back here and don't stay out too long".
The teen gave off a big grin on his face "Thanks dad!"
...
After breakfast and returning his Pokemon to their balls, Makoa and his siblings started to ride their father's Arcanine towards the Pokemon School. *1
They just entered the front gate when they saw Principal Samson Oak right by the entrance
"Whoa, Arcanine!" Makoa exclaimed as he pulled on the reins.
"Alola, Kalua family! Nice to see you all Rapidash-ing off to school!" Principal Oak greeted.
Makoa rolled his eyes at the pun but kept his smile. "Alola to you too, Principal Oak! Had a good weekend?"
"I did as a matter of fact, thank you. But time sure does Flygon when you're having fun doesn't it?"
"You might wanna ease on the puns Principal Oak, it's only the start of the day."
Everyone turned to a lady with short black hair and glasses wearing a plain white shirt, red scarf and khaki pants walking towards them accompanied by a Torracat.
"Hi Ms. Emily!" The twins exclaimed as they and their big brother got off Arcanine. They (and the rest of the school for that matter) call her by her first name because the younger kids she teached could never pronounce her last name and it stuck. "Hi Torracat!"
"Mmrow!" The Fire-type greeted as he got petted
"Hello Maka, Keoni~." She giggled as she took the kids hands. "No need to worry Makoa I'll take them straight to class while you get to yours I know Mrs. Reagan is waiting for you."
"Thanks Ms. Emily." He said as he thought back to his... eccentric classmates and teacher before turning back to the Ride Pokemon. "You can go home now Arcanine, see you in a few hours."
The Legendary Pokemon gave him one last lick before running off.
*DING-DONG! DING-DONG-DING!*
And at that, school was in session.
...
Makoa sat in his chair as he looked at the other five students in his class with Kato, now out of his Pokeball, sitting next to him. A little background info, all schools around the world are required to have classes for kids older than 10 for those that want to wait until they're older to start their journeys or those that have already but want to continue their studies.
Makoa was of the latter category, he already completed his Island Trials when he 11 (4 years before Alola got a League) and after working various odd jobs around the islands he traveled to the Johto region for to try the Gym Challenge with a... friend. But while it was fun experience and he doesn't regret it, he got too homesick and came back to Alola with only four Johto badges to his name, but to not be a burden he decided to go back to school to maybe find someway to find to contribute.
So now he he's here in one of the only two advanced classes in this school. It's been two weeks since he started and he couldn't help but feel... awkward. Why? Well, oddly enough, he was the only Alolan in this class, the rest of them are foreigners who decided to study abroad for one reason or another. Even the teacher was from another region.
First was a rather tall young man, with white skin with green eyes and blond hair that was short enough to only be shoulder length but long enough in the front to cover his left eye slightly. He a light green polo shirt with a darker green tie and black pants. By his side was an Absol wearing a red scarf with a Mega Stone tying it.
"So Makoa, what did you do this weekend?"
Makoa broke out of his thoughts and addressed said young who was in the row in front of him. "Oh... uh, not much. I helped my dad at the tourist stand, took care of my siblings, nothing too exciting."
"How about you, Stuart? I'm sure you did something interesting." Kato chimed in.
The blond, now named Stuart, looked at the Lycanroc funny for a moment before shaking it off. "Sorry, we've known each other for a week and I'm still not used to a talking Pokemon, I've heard of a talking Slowking in the Orange Islands and some species that can speak telepathically but it's still so fascina-"
"Kid focus. You're getting wordy again." The Rock-type interrupted.
Stuart blushed with embarrassment. "Ahh, sorry. Well I didn't really do much either, Absol and I just followed Kahuna Hala on his duties. I wanted to get a feel for what the Kahunas truly do for the islands after my time with Kahuna Nanu during the summer... didn't go so well."
"Sol." The Disaster Pokemon huffed.
"Yeah... Nanu's a jerk." Makoa remembered.
"Amen to that." Kato agreed.
'Stuart Jennings and Absol. From Rustboro City in the Hoenn Region. He considers himself and "anthropologist in training", not only studying human culture and Pokemon culture but also trying to see if and how one influences the other. Heard he spent a year studying in Sinnoh before coming here once he learned Alola was getting a league among other things, not to participate but to "study the imminent changes". Ever since he got here, girls fawn over him calling him "The Next Prince of the School since Ilima". Makoa thought to himself.
"Honestly, why did Ula Ula's guardian deity choose him in the first place? From what I heard he didn't even want the job and he even turned down the offer to be part of Alolan Elite Four in a heartbeat." Said a sophisticated feminine voice.
In the seat next to Stuart sat a pale girl in a black gothic lolita dress. Her lavender hair that went slightly passed her shoulders was done in tight curls, black ribbon-like headband over it, and her matching violet eyes looked critical.
"Meow~" Agreed a female Shiny Meowstic on her lap.
'Mylene Bellamy and Meowstic. From Lumiose City in the Kalos region. Heir to one of the biggest fasion labels in Kalos; her father being both designer and CEO and her mother being a model. All their clothing being in high demand in both Showcase and Contest circuits. Simply put: she's filthy rich. Since she's so recognizable in Kalos, she decided to take her advanced studies in Alola where family name is not so well-known, and to have inspirations for her own designs.'
"M-Maybe the Tapu chose him for a reason we just can't see, M-Mylene..." Stammered another pale skin boy in the seat next to Mylene.
He was surprisingly short for a boy in their age group. With short, wavy sandy blond hair and large hazel eyes made him moe incarnate (which also made him popular with the girls). He wore a pink V-neck and beige pants.
"Syl!" The Shiny Sylveon at his feet barked in agreement.
"Bailey darling, don't be so quick to defend him." Mylene sighed.
Bailey Fontaine and Sylveon. Also from Lumiose City. Honestly... don't know much about him. Other than he's best friends with Mylene and the two are joined to the hip. Don't even know the reason he came to Alola besides following Mylene.
"I think he's gotta point, princess. I heard the guy faced those Ultra Beast things when they invaded months ago! That sound kickass!" Brought up a girl who sat behind Bailey. She had long, wild red hair with orange highlights done in a high ponytail and brown eyes. She was wearing a red shirt underneath a purple punk rock jacket with torn sleeves and cutoff jeans. She raised a fist in the air and it surprisingly caught fire. "I say if he could do that he probably earned the title! Right Heatmor?"
"Mooor!" Her Heatmor raised his claw in the air and licked his face with his fire tongue.
Bailey freaked out with the fire so close to him. "Aah! Be careful with that Arsyn!"
"Watch were you're waving that fire you ruffians!" Mylene glared daggers at the girl.
"Yeah yeah..." The girl said as she put out her flames.
Ashley "Arsyn" Jones and Heatmor. From Castelia City in the Unova region. A juvenile delinquent who's a Fire-type Poten. Not the best combo. At first she only got in trouble for vandalism and shoplifting until she, in her words "accidentally blasted a car with her fire", but I have feeling there's more to that story. After bailing her out of the detention center, her parents, again in her words, "dumped her on her uncle" here in Alola. Since she's to old for the trials, school was the only option. 2*
"Try not to burn the school down will you." Said the final student in this class who sat next to Arsyn. "I don't think the teachers would appreciate it."
It was a girl with neon green hair that was short in the back but had long bubble-like braids in the front. She wore a long sleeved dark navy colored shirt and pants with bright electric yellow markings, dark sunglasses and a big sunhat. What stood out most about her was her blue skin and a Poipole giggling on her head.
Valonia Ventrii and her Poipole, Sticky. From Ultra Megalopolis. After the Ultra Beast incident and as soon as she became our first champion, one of the first things Champion Selene did was establish diplomatic ties with Ultra Megalopolis and it's people. Seriously, making diplomacy with ALIENS, no matter how human they looked, as soon as we got a League? Pretty big fricking deal! Anyway as a test run of sorts, there has been an exchange program in place to establish goodwill between us and the Megalo people and she volunteered to study here while some others from this "Recon Squad" learn about Pokemon training. 3*
"Where is Mrs. Reagan anyway?" Stuart brought up.
Makoa stopped daydreaming to see that he was right, their teacher hadn't shown up and the bell rang ten minutes ago.
"I'M HERE! I'M HERE! ACK!" An adult woman exclaimed before tripping and falling face first into the floor.
The whole class and their Pokemon winced at the sight of their teachers fall. A Lopunny came into the room not long after with an exasperated look on her face.
"Looop..."
"I'm okay!" Mrs. Reagan said as she got back up no worse for wear with a smile on her face. "Sorry I'm late kiddos! Had a crazy weekend with my wife! But I'll spare your innocent minds of the details~."
"Thank the Alpha..." Mylene muttered.
"I'd like to here the story Teach!" Kato said all too eagerly.
"Hush you." Makoa said to his partner before turning to his teacher. She had long wild dark blue hair that reached her waist and dark purple eyes behind thin rimmed glasses and wearing a burgundy pantsuit that was unbuttoned at the top, revealing some... cleavage.
Mrs. Reagan and Lopunny. From the Almia region I believe. I heard she only just got hired here at the start of the school year. While I'll admit she makes the lessons more fun and interesting but I still can't help but wonder how the heck this woman who at times acts like she's our age become a teacher in the first place. Not to mention with her she's in fantasies for almost every boy in this school, doesn't matter that she's lesbian and obviously happily married, given how she gushes over her wife every chance she gets.
Although... given how much in love his teacher is, he can't help but blush as he thought about a special someone he's seeing after school.
"Alright class, I may be late but we still work to do."
Makoa once again stopped daydreaming to turn to Mrs. Reagan.
"I know you've heard me do this speech on your first week here, but I'd like to stress it one last time. Some of you have already made your journeys or aren't the traditional traveling type and decided to continue your schooling." Mrs. Reagan started as she looked to her class with a warm smile. "But I'm here to tell you that that's okay and I hope I can teach you that every job in a community is important, even the unromantic ones. I also hope no matter where you end up in life you'll remember that.
Makoa couldn't help but feel that she was looking right at him when she said that.
Later that afternoon...
*DING-DONG! DING-DONG-DING!*
The school day was over and all the students came out the building. Makoa and Kato started looking for the twins when they found them, along with some other kids, playing with a Drampa. Nothing unusual, Drampas come to the school to play with the kids almost all the time, but Makoa knew this particular Drampa because of a X-shaped scar on his chest.
"Keoni! Maka! It's time to get home! Arcanine's probably waiting for us!" Makoa called out.
"Awww~! Can't we play a little longer, Makoa?" Maka whined.
"Maybe tomorrow you two, Dad's waiting for us."
"OK..." The two sighed as they broke away from the group as their big brother patted Drampa on the head.
When he saw the kids weren't looking he whispered. "Tell Penelope I'll come over soon."
Drampa nodded before saying goodbye to the other kids.
"Hey Makoa!"
He turned around to see Stuart, Valonia and their Pokemon walking towards them.
"Hey, what's up you two?" Kato called out.
"Valonia and I are going Mantine Surfing, would you like to come with us?" Stuart asked.
"Ew, water?! Blegh!"
"Kato! Be nice! Still, sorry guys but I gotta take my siblings home and I kinda already have plans afterwards"
Valonia looked a bit disappointed at the answer. "Oh... okay. Maybe some other time?"
Makoa nodded "Sure, no problem. See you guys tomorrow."
As the Kalua family left the elder's classmates, Kato fell behind while the twins ran ahead.
"Makoa, don't you think it's time already?" Kato asked.
"About what?" his trainer asked back.
"You hanging out with the others, I mean. You can't always be there for your younger siblings. Plus, just because I said I hate water doesn't mean you should prevent yourself from going on my account."
"Oh that? It's fine, Kato. Besides... Compared to them, I'm just... plain. There's no way someone like me should be hanging out with them."
"Yeah. You're a plain guy, all right. A plain guy with a talking Pokemon," Kato retorted. "You're just shy."
"I am not!"
Later...
"Wow, so you're gonna compete for your fourth ribbon Loika?" Maka asked the dark skinned young woman on the video phone.
"You got it! Sorry I couldn't call on your first day of school, I was still on the road and just got here last night."
"At least you didn't get eaten by an Ursaring Big Sis!" Keoni chimed.
"Eww, Keoni! That's gross!" Maka sticked her tongue out.
"Hey you don't have to worry about it. I got Hemlock protecting me! Right buddy?" Loika said turning to the Decidueye behind her.
"Koo!" Hemlock responded with a salute.
Then Loika noticed Makoa looking a bit anxious as she looked to her youngest siblings. "Hey squirts can you let me Makoa talk in private? We need to have a grown up discussion."
The twins looked at their elder sister in... horror?
"A-Are you guys gonna have 'The Talk' like Dad did for us last month?" Keoni stammered.
Loika got a devious look in her eyes. "Yep but this is 'The Advanced Talk' where we get to the REAL nitty-gritty in excruciating detail!"
"NO!"
The twins practically bolted out of the living room and ran outside where their dad was
Kato howled a laugh at that scene. "That was a good one, Loika!"
"Thanks! Now that they're gone, let's talk Makoa." She said starting to get serious. "You've been acting fidgety since I called and every once in a while you keep checking the clock above the phone at home. Why are you in such a rush? Don't you miss your big sister?"
"Well... I... You see..."
"Makoa's got a lady friend!"
"KATO!" Makoa exclaimed as he blushed as red as a Tamato Berry.
"What she's gonna get it out of ya eventually! I'm just moving it along quicker plus you gotta at least tell-"
"YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND?!" Loika squealed with tears in her eyes. "OH MY BABY BROTHER'S GROWING UP!"
Makoa looked at her in irritation. "First of all you're only three years older than me. Secondly don't act so surprised, I've dated before! And thirdly, she's not my girlfriend! We haven't even thought about that yet!"
"But you haven't denied her existence!"
Makoa stays silent.
"Sooo... what's this lucky girl's name~?"
"...Penelope. O-Or Penn as I call her" Makoa admitted.
"Aww~! You have a pet name for her? Are you sure you guys aren't serious yet?" Loika questioned.
Her younger brother blushed before stammering. "Y-Yes, I'm sure."
"But I still don't get why you're hiding her from people, Makoa. From the look written all over your face, you're head over heels for this Penn girl!"
"S-She's rather... new to the area so she's a bit shy when meeting new people. It was just luck we found each other and just... clicked, I guess."
Loika raised a brow for a moment. "She's from out of town?"
That's one way of putting it... Makoa thought before answering. "Out of region actually. Sinnoh specifically."
"Well don't beat around the bush little bro, tell me more!"
Makoa mentally groaned.
Later on Route 2...
"I still can't believe you made me tell Loika about Penn, Kato!" Makoa complained as he and his Lycanroc went up the road.
"It's not like we told her everything. Besides, like I said it's gonna come out sooner or later! I know we promised Penn to keep her secret but how much longer are we gonna keep this up? Tapu Koko maybe helping us hide her but I bet someday he'll do something to mess with us for grins and giggles." Kato responded seriously.
Makoa sighed, as much as he didn't want to admit it Kato made an excellent point. But he didn't dwell on that any longer because a familiar Drampa was waiting right in between the trees and made a few growling noises at them.
"He's asking what took us so long?" Kato translated.
"Sorry we're late Drampa, my older sister called from Sinnoh and she kinda held us up." Makoa explained.
After a satisfied grunt, Drampa allowed the two of them on his back and the three of them flown off into the sky.
After a while they arrived at Kala'e Bay, more specifically, the cave's entrance. The three of them walked inside the cave for ten minutes until a Pokemon you wouldn't expect to see in a cave: a Roserade. But not an ordinary Roserade, while the typical member of it's species are just shy of 3 feet tall this one was bordering on 9 feet, essentially making it a Totem Pokemon.
And not a particularly happy one.
"Oh great... the thorn bush is peeved." Kato commented.
"Look Roserade, can we talk this over?" Makoa pleaded without knowing a large figure grabbing him from behind. "Yaa!"
"Surprise!" Said the large figure that grabbed him in a feminine, pulling him into a hug. "You kept me waiting too long! I was worried you weren't gonna show up!"
Makoa turned to the girl who grabbed him in elation. She was fair skinned with long black hair reaching her waist and bright blue eyes but the most stunning this about her was that she was tall. Really tall. Like 15 feet tall! Wearing nothing but sails from boats as makeshift clothing.
He tried hard not to blush.
"Sorry about that Penn. Loika called me as soon as I got home."
"You're big sister? Then there's no need to apologize, from what you told me about her it's great that you guys talked again!" Penelope assured.
"Thanks." Makoa said before sighing. "I gotta tell you though, Kato made me tell Loika about you."
The giantess froze from her cuddling session and gave a flat. "...What?"
"Rose?!" The Grass/Poison type glared daggers at Kato.
"Don't blame me! Makoa made it too obvious that he was in a rush to get here and that girls got a mind dirtier than a Salazzle!" Kato barked back at Roserade with his eyes turning red. Drampa got between to prevent a fight from escalating.
"Makoa... should I worried? Am I gonna be...?" Penelope asked softly before Makoa interrupted by climbing up to her face and looking her in the eyes.
"No. She just knows about you as a person, not that you're a giant. I made sure of it."
She was silent for a moment. "...Does she like me?"
"It looked like it!" Makoa answered before blushing again. "S-She even thought we were... dating."
Now it was Penelope's turn to blush. "Wait what?!"
"Blame Kato!"
"What? It's not my fault you two are so lovey-dovey at each other like you were both hit by a pair of Attract," the talking Lycanroc defended and teased.
"We do not!" Both Makoa and Penelope denied.
"The way you two denied that in unison with those blushes on your faces says otherwise~ And let's not forget that little hug earlier."
This made them both blush even harder. "Kato!" Makoa shouted, jumping out of Penn's arms and started chasing his talking Lycanroc who was running from his trainer. "Get back here!"
"You can't deny it forever!" the Rock-type laughed.
As Roserade shook her head at the scene happening before her, Penelope couldn't help but giggle at the two of them. It's only been a few months since they met but Makoa has really become her pillar ever since she and her Roserade came to Alola, somehow much taller than they should be. Sure, she did kind of freaked him out when they met but thankfully Tapu Koko stopped Roserade from pummeling Kato too hard when she got too protective.
After everyone finally calmed down, they sat and talked, although Penn and Roserade had no memory on how they turned giant or how they got all the way to Alola from Sinnoh. While Makoa had no answers to her problems, he promised to keep her company by always visiting her; they couldn't do a lot due to both her size and the location, but they managed.
After Makoa finally caught his Dusk Lycanroc and started putting him in a (friendly) headlock, the giantess still couldn't help but blush.
'Oh Arceus... I think I AM falling for him...'
Unbeknownst to her Makoa was watching her giggle at his and Kato's antics and started to blush as well
'Oh Tapu... I think I AM falling for her...'
1* This is going to be kinda like the anime where they're more kinds of Ride Pokemon besides the ones in the games and they can be owned by individual people.
2* If your wondering what a Poten is, it's a headcanon of mine that describes people with Pokemon abilities. Psychics and Aura Guardians count but I feel that they are also Potens of other types, some more common than others.
3* Since the Ultra Recon Squad are all named after algae same goes for Valonia. She's named after valonia ventricosa also known as bubble algae, which what her hair looks like. Google it.
Here's the backstory to this story (heh...). Well to be honest I've had this giant fascination for years but had the idea of a "giantess in Pokemon" story around the same time as my Shrunken Trainer story (keep in mind Gen 7 wasn't out yet) but while the latter managed to become reality the former fell apart before I even starting writing it because the starting idea was just too convoluted to work and the story changed a handful of times but then Pokemon Sun and Moon came out with their Totem Pokemon concept, it gave me a semi-believable excuse to use it. By the way this chapter is really more to establish some of the characters which is why nothing much happens.
Do you like what I have so far? Should I continue with this plot bunny? Comment below and let me know! See ya!
P.S. I personally recommend reading Kato's voice as Salem from Sabrina the Teenage Witch, who was kinda my inspiration for his character!