Hurray! Pokemon Sun & Moon are less than three weeks away! So let's start a new story/series!

In this story, Ash is wearing a fanmade Alolan outfit made by Alexalan on DeviantArt, and May is wearing a fanmade outfit made by haruharukaspring on DeviantArt.

Okay, I think that's all you need to know right now. Let's GO!

Chapter P-1: The Happy Arrivals

A small boat slowly glided up to the Hau'oli City marina, parking itself by the dock. As soon as its motor stopped running, a small commotion could be heard from within its cabin. After a moment, however, a young man rushed out with a backpack half-slung over his shoulder, a wide grin on his face, and a small yellow Pokemon on his shoulder. He wore a blue and white striped collared shirt over a black t-shirt as well as black, fingerless gloves with red cuffs. He wore dark black pants with large, red semi-semicircular pockets. A colorful pair of black shoes adorned his feet. Most prominently, however, his wild raven hair was covered by a red and black cap with a white insignia on the front.

In his excitement, he leapt straight from the boat to the dock and threw his fists into the air, as though triumphant, and let out a shout:

"HELLOOOOOOOOOOO, MELEMELE ISLAND!"

"Pi-Pikachu!"

Unfortunately, there was no one nearby to hear his very enthusiastic greeting. Judging by his undeterred excitement, however, I think it's safe to say that didn't bother him too much.

After a moment, someone else emerged from the boat: a young woman with long brown hair that cascaded down to her waist. She wore a short, red skirt, black stockings, and black and white sneakers, as well as dark fingerless gloves with white and red cuffs, similar to the young man's. She wore a dark tank top and a pink vest over her torso.

"Really, Ash?" she rolled her eyes in mild annoyance. "Do you really have to tell the whole world that we just arrived in the Alola region?"

"Sorry, May," the young man, Ash, shrugged in apology. "I guess I'm just a little too excited."

"Chaaaaa," Pikachu agreed, scratching its head with its paw in embarrassment.

The girl, May, just smiled, closed her eyes, and shook her head. "Even at the age of eighteen, you're still such a kid at heart."

"Well, that's just the way my boy is!" a third voice said. They turned and saw another woman with auburn hair step off the boat, suitcase in hand. Although she was a middle-aged woman, she had aged remarkably well. "Still a kid, even at the age of eighteen."

"Yeah, well don't go thinking you can still treat me like one, Mom," Ash winked at her. "I've heard how teenagers behave to their parents when they get too clingy."

"Oh, don't worry," Ash's mother, Delia, said as she walked up to her son. "You've been able to take care of yourself since you were ten. I won't be a bother." She then started to walk past him, but as she passed by, she leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Just don't forget to change your underwear."

"MOOOOOOOOM!" Ash shouted, exasperated as she walked away. May and Pikachu bust out laughing; even though they didn't hear what Delia said, they could tell what it was just based on Ash's reaction.

"You know she does that because she loves you, right?" May winked at him.

"Yeah," Ash mumbled with an adorable pouty face.

"Oh, and Ash!" his mother called. "Could you please help Samson get all the luggage off the boat? I'm going to reserve a spot for us at the hotel."

"Oh, yeah sure!" he replied, regaining his usual demeanor. "Wait a minute," he blinked as he realized what she said, "the hotel? I thought we were renting a condo."

"Pi?" Pikachu blinked as well.

"Come on, Ash," May said. "I don't think your mom asked you to stand around, did she?"

"Oh, yeah. Right," Ash said. They walked back onto the boat, where they met Samson Oak and helped him carry the luggage. Thankfully, there wasn't much. Unsurprisingly, Ash's suitcase was the heaviest piece. Carrying this along with his mother's suitcase led to him stumbling around the marina in an amusing, slapstick manner. After stumbling around like so for a few minutes, our heroes reached the hotel where Delia went to. May and Samson Oak walked in with smiles...just before Ash barged in and toppled over onto the floor with a loud thud, the suitcases on top of him.

"Ash!" May exclaimed. "Are you okay?"

"Owwwww," Ash moaned.

"Pika," Pikachu moaned likewise.

"Oh, dear," Delia, who was speaking with the receptionist, said to herself when she saw her son. She turned back to the receptionist. "I apologize for my son. He can be a bit of a...erm...klutz."

"Thanks Mom, love you too," Ash grumbled, still buried under the suitcases. May just chuckled. "Some girlfriend you are, May!" Ash yelled, sounding annoyed. "Help me up, will ya?"

"Sorry," May giggled, pulling him out from under the suitcases. "You're just really silly, that's all."

"I know," Ash chuckled, putting a hand behind his head as he sweatdropped. "You don't have to remind me."

"Chaaaaa."

Delia walked up to them a moment later with a smile. "Well, I've reserved our room for the night," she said. "So, what do you guys want to do today?"

"Hm," May thought, putting her finger on her chin as though pondering. "Why don't we –"

"Wait a sec," Ash interrupted. "Before we do anything, Mom, what happened to that condo we were going to rent?"

"Hm?"

"You said we were renting a condo out here for vacation," he explained. "What happened to that?"

"Oh, that!" Delia said. "Yes, we're still going to rent a condo. But there was some miscommunication on my end, so we can't go there quite yet. We'll stay in the hotel until we can clear that up."

"Oh, okay," Ash grinned. "Thanks, Mom!"

"Excuse me, Mrs. Ketchum?"

Delia turned and saw the receptionist coming up to her with slight disapproval in his eyes. "What is it?"

"Your payment method is corrupted."

"What?" she blinked in surprise. "But that's impossible. I just renewed it!"

"You sure?" he said. "Our cash register is saying pretty clearly that it's corrupted."

"Oh, dear," she moaned. She turned to Ash and May. "This might take a while. Will you two be fine on your own?"

"Of course we will!" May grinned.

"Oh," Delia moaned again. "Our first day of vacation, and I have to spend it straightening things out. I'm sorry, Ash. I know we wanted to spend vacation together, but –"

"Hey, it's fine, Mom," Ash replied with a smile. "We'll have plenty of time together out here. Besides, May and I still need to take our Pokemon to the Pokemon Center, right May?"

"Right!" she nodded. "Those lousy Remoraid that attacked us on the way here caused a lot of trouble!"

He turned back to his mother. "We'll be back by dinner, okay?"

"Okay," she smiled. With that, the two young adults quickly walked out of the hotel. "Have fun, you two!" Delia called after them as they walked out.

"We will!" he called back, as did Pikachu. Then they were gone.

"Ah, the fire of youth," Samson smiled as he watched them leave. "Pity it's wasted on the young."

Delia just chuckled.

If you're wondering what Samson Oak sounds like...just make him sound like Sean Connery. That's what I do.

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