Hau fulfilled Moon's overtime wishes by giving her the opportunity to open the cafe with him the following morning. She walks in and sees Hau in a daze, his eyes not leaving his Pokedex screen.

"Morning Hau! What are you looking at?"

No reply. Moon pulls away the Pokedex from his hands prompting a quick "HEY!" from the boy.

"What could you possibly be looking at that has you, of all people, so quiet?" She says laughing as her eyes glance down at the Dex. It's a news article dated today

BUILDING UP!

The Alolan Pokemon League has been confirmed. The only region without a League is finally catching up. The League is expected to be up and running by the end of this upcoming Trial has been no confirmation on who the Elite 4 will be.

Moon's eyes widen "Holy Arceus— HAU DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?"

"We get to challenge a League?" Hau says with a bright smile as he brings his hands behind his head.

"YES there's that, but Hau. We now have the ability to actually become Champions" Moon says loudly, now standing.

"Yeah, and so does every other past trainer who completed their trial" Hau says seriously, only to break out into another smile "you know my only goal is to beat my Gramps."

"That may be true, and you will beat your grandpa too, but listen to me, Hau! We have something the other trial goers don't have now. Can you guess what it is?"

"What is it?" He stands, feeding off her energy.

"Youth."

"Youth?"

"The average trainer takes 3 years to complete their trial. The fastest trial to date was a year and a half. Most trainers still here in Alola have ended their adventures, meaning none of them have trained. And although they're all living happily with their Pokemon they're rusty."

Hau starts smiling once again understanding where she's leading to with this speech.

"So we'll have the most experience pre-league" he adds on.

"The most energy to train and push through the trial" Moon smirks

"and the most determination to achieve greatness" you say together.

Moon clasps Hau's hands in excitement and pulls him into the front of the cafe to get ready for the new day.

News of the Pokemon League was everywhere. And regular customers couldn't help but to wish luck to Moon and Hau who would be the first Trial Year to get this opportunity.

With a pep in her step and platters of food on hand Moon starts ushering the food to tables when she hears the door chime. "Welcome to Cafe Tapu. I'll be with you in a second" she says instinctively as she picks up her pace in order to seat the new customers. She's approaching the last table just past the door when she hears "NEBBY! GET BACK IN THE BAG!"

That's when something ran across the floor causing Moon to trip forward and let go of the platter. Moon didn't expect to have all the drinks she was holding be flung into the air. She didn't expect to be caught in someone's arms. And she didn't expect that said food would land on all over said customer.

She pushes herself away from his arms "I AM SO SORRY. I don't know what I tripped over I-I–" she began to stutter her words, something that hasn't happened since she first started working.

The blonde male let her go as he flicks his wrist trying to get some of the liquid off. He glares at Moon, but when whipped cream was all over his hair, face, and black attire Moon couldn't help but to hold back a laugh.

"NEBBY, NO! LOOK WHAT YOU DID." Moon let her eyes leave the boy, and she sees a blonde girl scolding a galaxy looking cloud Pokemon coaxing it back into a bag.

"I am so sorry Nebby jumped out…" she pauses and starts laughing "wow brother you should keep that look" she said through a smile as his glare shifted from Moon to the girl.

Hau rushes out at this moment, towels and mop in hand. "I'm so sorry for this mishap. Let us make it up to you. Your drinks will be on the house, let us pay for your dry cleaning and—Gladion? Lillie?" his voice went from apologetic to complete surprise.

"You know them?" Moon snaps her head up. She starts looking at all of them trying to understand the connection. Hau didn't answer though and deciding she made enough of a mess she went to the back to let him handle the situation.

She grabs Hau's Pokedex to look up the blondes.

"How hard is it to find something on someone named Gladion…" she skims the search results leading her to the Trial announcement of the year. His name and photo were there with a caption at the bottom. Aether Foundation's very own Gladion refused an Alolan starter choosing to continue with Type:Null instead.

"Are they the Aether kids?" her thoughts are cut off when she hears Hau.

"What are you two doing back anyways? I thought you were interning and you were on your trial?"

Lillie laughs. "It's nice to see you too Hau. I finished my internship with Professor Sycamore and Gladion here actually just finished his trial."

"Woah, welcome back you two, but wait… Gladion didn't you start your trial this year or am I wrong?"

Moon's head peaks out of the room. Gladion was running the towel over his hair when a smirk replaces the scowl.

"You're not wrong. It only took me ten months."

"TEN MONTHS?!" Moon screams out loud as she drops Hau's Pokedex on the floor. Her hands cover her mouth as emerald eyes meet her gray ones.

Moon didn't know all the feelings that resonated in her at that moment, but she knew that for the first time ever she felt unsure about achieving her dream.