A/N: I apologize for my horrendous sentence structure, my strongpoint is writing speaches with action packed and attention grabbing statements. That doesnt really translate well to stories like this.

Hau'oli City was H-U-G-E. Myna stood stock still, Apapane mirroring her on her shoulder, dtaring up at the hight towers and larger buildings. So many glass windows. As the building got farther back from the shoreline, they got taller; as though clammering for some kind of view of the sea. She could even see the entire port from her position. It was just as big, wrapping around the coast of Hau'oli, with boats docked against other boats; there were people walking across boats that weren't theirs, just to get to their own.

House boats, ferry boats, fishing boats, trawlers, glass bottom boats, ships, even the Alolan military had ships docked out there, visible near the horizon. Myna could sit for hours, just looking at the city. So many glass windows, much more stained glass on buildings farther from the coast than nearer, but so much glass regardless. Some looked old, you could tell it was old, by discoloring and uneven texture, but some looked new, sleek and clear. Vibrant colors covered the entire city.

Kukui was getting antsy, "that girl've yours likes the city, yeah?" He asked Wikolia while she tried to attract Myna's attention.

"Yeah..." was her answer, exasperated and tired, like she was holding something back. Kukui noticed, but didn't comment on her ice cold tone. Maybe the Alolan summer would melt it.

When they were finally in the city, Myna walked slowly, slightly behind the adults, looking up at the towering buildings and the beautiful glass built into eloquent structures. Apapane rose its wings slightly, itching to take flight. Myna rose her arm, and the oricorio ran along it and took to the air.

The bird wasn't designed to fly very high, but it flitted among the buildings anyway, gaining height with every draft, the wind strengthened by the channels created by the towering structures.

"Myna, stay close!" She was falling behind again. Myna broke into a run to catch up. Now that she was in the city, she could see how many trees, grassy areas and parks, there were. As though the city, as tall and grand as it was, was one with the nature around it.

Myna loved it, but that part of her, bitter from the complete, and fast, change, reminded her that this wasn't Kanto, wasn't home.

Those thoughts were forgotten when Kukui stopped in front of a lengthy and tall building. Three floors high and close to the coast, the Hau'oli city mall stood. Apapane landed on her shoulder again. Looking at the stained glass on the front of the building with interest. The windows on the front were two stories tall, and beautifully designed, showcasing a view the the ocean floor, a coral reef made entirely from glass.

"A lot of shops are connected to the mall, ya follow?" she realized Kukui was talking, "afternoon weather here is usually rainy, except in the summer." She had learned it was summer here yeasterday... "but tourists still want to shop," he laughed, "and locals do too, yeah?" He swept his hand in front of them motioning to the structure, "so a company from Hoenn monopolized. But the locals vetoed the origional name, so Mauville Alola became the Hau'oli Mall." Kukui took a deep breath and let out a laugh as he lead the girls in, "but they monopolized on that too and built a mall on all four islands, ya follow?"

Myna looked at him confused, but unfortunately, a person's back doesn't have that kind of perseption. Once inside Wikolia looked around, "this place's gotten bigger."

"Well you've been gone more than ten years, sis."

Wait, was he Myna's uncle? Would someone please tell her how this man was related to her!? For the love of Arceus this guessing game was getting ubsurd!

Kukui clapped his hands together, "well, you should go get your buissness done, and I'll take my niece for some shopping!" He seemed so exited, Myna had to smile.

"Its so lucky your first look at Melemele is in the summer yeah?" Kukui ended all his sentences in questions, so Myna learned to just nod. "Cause the whole rest'o the year's pretty rainy." Myna threw him a questioning glance as they walked through the vast open space of the mall. "We get some crazy monsoon weather, ya follow?" Myna nodded.

"You're gonna need some curtains, yeah?" That was one thing she'd noticed, the window had no curtains, and while they had no neighbors, traveling trainers and kids from around Iki and Hau'oli passed by a lot. She also wanted a rug and some other things for her room. And a tea kettle.

Kukui was becoming perceptive, and noticed the look on her face. "Lets go to some of the home decoration stores, yeah?" Myna's green blue eyes lit up, and she nodded. But flinched slightly when Kukui yelled, "ONWARDS!" and pumped his fist into the air. Some people passing by looked in confusion, but recignozed the man somehow, and went back to what they were doing.

But his exitement was contagious, and Myna felt her stomache flutter. She'd only been to a mall three other times. Her father was kind of stingy with money.

But Kukui looked like a kid in a candy shop. Although he was wearing an old t-shirt and shorts today, his hat was still firmly placed on his head, and his odd white lab coat was still neatly in place.

What on earth did he do for work?

While Kukui jumped around each Isle they walked through, showing her anything that he thought would look nice in the room he had set up for her, Myna took her time, looking at everything, and hyper aware of the pricetags. That is until Kukui caught on, "I forgot to tell ya," there was still a smile on his face, "ya don't really need to look at the prices, we're basically rich."

That was news to her. Myna knew Nalani owned a lot of land but she didn't know the woman had money too. She was coming to the realization that she knew next to nothing about her mother's side of the family. But with Kukui's words, she tried to take them to heart, but still flinched at higher prices, she did find some lovely curtains and a nice circular rug. Also a few picture fames in varying shades of purple and grey, as well as some nice wooden ones.

Next was lunch, and Myna had to admit, she hadn't had this much fun in a very long time.

But how long would it last?

Kukui seemed happy enough, sitting there across from her and eating a burger. She ate hers as well, and wondered what her mother was trying to get done. Once Kukui finished eating, he pat his stomache, "that hits the spot!" Before he turned serious and leaned closer.

"Listen Myna, your mom," he seemed to be struggling with how to word things, "I grew up with her, we were ten minutes apart, but she's still my little sister, and I'm worried about her, ya follow?" His tone was much softer, and Myna found herself wondering why he was talking to her, a thirteen year old mute girl with health issues, about this. She nodded though, and Kukui continued.

"She got herself into a horrid marriage with a gold digger," was her unce refering to her father as a gold digger? "And as it tirned out he had anger issues." Well he wasn't wrong, "she had a tough pregnncy and now she"s sterile." Well that explained her lack of siblings, "and her only child is on the spectrum," well he wasn't wrong, "and glt attacked and rendered mute." Definetly wasn't wrong. "And now, she's going through a nasty divorce and all she's getting from it are her kid, and an old truck that belongs in a dump."

Now that he laid it all out at once, she understood the issue.

"She can't keep going forever." Myna nodded in complete agreement. "You're gonna keep an eye on her, yeah?" Myna nodded with a small smile. Kukui smiled, and clapped his hands, "now," his tone was much happier "how are you liking Alola?"

How in the name of Arceus was she going to answer that? Was Kukui crazy?

"I see you two are getting along well." Her mother's voice came from directly behind her.

She took it back, this man was a genius.

"There's a festival up in Iki town tonight." Kukui was putting that random wagon he'd bought to good use, and carrying the things they'd bought, while talking both of his companions ears off. "It'd be a good chance for Myna to get out and meet people, yeah?"

Wikolia didn't answer for a moment, and Kukui threw her a goance that myna didn't quite catch. "Yeah, she should go, she'll probably have some fun." She seemed happy, but Myna caught the odd moroseness under the surface.

"It starts in a couple hours, how bout I drop by and grab Myna after dinner, yeah?" Kukui didn't push his sister, but he was worried.

Nalani made a nice dinner, consisting completely of foods Myna had never seen before, and rice. Kukui tried again to get Wikolia to come, before closing the door behind him.

A pretty woman was waiting for them. "You must be Myna, and Apapane." The woman made sure to greet her pokemon as well as herself, "I'm Burnet, your uncle!s wife," she laughed, "so I'm technically your Aunt." The woman, Burnet, threw a glance behind her, "I wanted you to meet Lillie, but she ran off ahead." Myna nodded, tightening her grip on her journal and pencil.

Kukui walked ahead of them slightly, talking their ears off, "your grandpa bought all this land from some contractors, and its been in the family ever since, yeah, but its not privatized, we let pretty much anyone run around on it, ya follow?"

Myna nodded even though his back was turned. They continued their treck uphill until until lights and booths began to dot the landscape.

"Welcome to Iki Town." Kukui laughed.

It was small and quaint. Houses littered the platau, and some shops near the middle. A dark wood had been used in all the structures, and a large house stood close to the middle of the plaza. There was a ring area of uplifted light wood surrounded by people, and it seemed a pokemon battle was taking place there. Cheers and yells drifted over. The whole place was so loud.

And surrounded by the beatiful view of the Island below, and above, it was built into the side of a steep hill, and the ocean around. The other Alolan islands were in view in the distance. "Here, you should have some spending money, lots of great merchants come to this festival every year, Lillie wanted to look at the art." Before Myna could try to protest, Kukui dropped a large amount of money into her hands, grabbed his wife's hand, and disapeared into the crowd.

Myna had never been alone somewhere like this.

She had never been anywhere like this.

Quickly she stowed her money into her bag, and looked to Apapane for guidance. The bird squacked happinly and took off, leaving her to deal with the crowd alone. Later she would realize the pokemon was trying to help her, by throwing her into the fire, but for now, she threw a dirty look in the birds direction and looked around. Kukui was right, some of the booths looked nice.

She started towards one, but almost imidietly, a kid with weird looking hair and orange shorts came bowling towards her. He noticed her, but too late, "I'M SOOOORRRRRYYYYYYYYY-" and he ran smack into her, ending with both of them on the ground.

"Ohmygosh I'm so sorry, are you okay!?" He helped her off the ground, "I'm sorry," he apologized again, "my name's Hau."