When they made it to the cave they were surprised to see that Kukui was there.
"Moon, Lillie I see that you found Captain Ilima and now I see that your about to go into your first trial" Kukui said
"That's right" Moon said
"Professor what are you doing here?" Lillie asked.
"I actually came here to give you two something" Kukui said
Kukui brought out a strange device and explained what it was.
"This is a Pokedex, it records the data of any pokemon that you two might encounter. What's even better that this Pokedex is designed to carry Rotom" Kukui said
"Rotom?" Moon asked
A pokemon that had red body and two lightning bolt legs appeared at Kukui's side.
"This is Rotom and it will now enter the pokedex and act as your guide. Are you ready Rotom?" Kukui asked
Rotom entered the pokedex and came to life inside the pokedex.
"Greetings to meet you, I am Rotom" Rotom said
"Nice to meet you Rotom" Lillie said
"It's nice to meet you Rotom" Moon said
"Now that you got the pokedex the two of you must now attempt the trial. Be warned that once you enter this cave you won't be allowed to leave until the trial is complete" Ilima said
Moon wanted to run but she already knew that Lillie would be able catch her so she stayed where she was and agreed to take on the challenge. With Lillie at her side she should be able to do something like this.
Moon and Lillie nodded and entered the cave with Ilima. Once they were inside Ilima started to explain the rules.
"Allow to tell the rules of this trial. First you aren't allowed to catch any pokemon at any time during the trial and second of all you must do the task that I tell you to do and if you're able to do that then you should be able to battle the totem pokemon here" Ilima said
"Totem pokemon?" Lillie asked
"Totem pokemon are pokemon that are larger and stronger than normal pokemon so other wild pokemon tend to avoid them. Now for your trial you are to defeat the Rattata and Yungoos in this cave. There are two Totem pokemon in this cave so be careful" Ilima said
The two girls understood and they spotted some Yungoos and Rattata. Rotom scanned them and provided them with information on the pokemon.
"Rattata, the mouse pokemon. A dark/normal type. With its incisors, it gnaws through doors and infiltrates people's homes. Then, with a twitch of its whiskers, it steals whatever food it finds."
"Yungoos, the loitering pokemon. A normal type. Although it will eat anything, it prefers fresh living things, so it marches down streets in search of prey."
The two girls managed to defeat two Yungoos and two Rattata but they were having trouble getting the last two since they keep moving. But while they were trying to come up with a plan two familiar punks showed up and tried to mess their trial.
"Yo yo, we're to pay the two of you back from before" Grunt A said
"Prepare yourselves. You remember us don't you?" Grunt B asked
"Umm…Who are you again" Moon asked
The two grunts were surprised to hear that one of the girls completely forget about them.
"Yo, you serious?" Grunt A asked
"We're team skull" Grunt B said
"We don't care who you are. You're interrupting our trial and that is unforgivable" Lillie said
They battled again and the result was the same as it was before the two grunts ended helping them by trying to catch the last two pokemon but the two of them managed to defeat them. They moved on to the final area where the two totem pokemon were.
There were podiums there and they contained a white crystal just when they were about to grab them two pokemon jumped down in front of them. They were a large way larger than they should be. Rotom did its job analyzed them.
"Raticate, the mouse pokemon, a dark/normal type. This gourmet Pokémon is particular about the taste and freshness of its food. Restaurants where Raticate live have a good reputation."
"Gumshoos, the stakeout pokemon, a normal type. When it finds a trace of its prey, it patiently stakes out the location...but it's always snoozing by nightfall."
Moon and Lillie decided to bring out Popplio and Rowlet.
Raticate started by using bite and Popplio countered by using pound.
Gumshoos used tackle and Rowlet countered by using tack as well.
"Popplio water gun"
Popplio used its water gun and managed to inflict some decent damage on Raticate
"Rowlet use leafage"
Rowlet used leafage and it did some decent damage. Gumshoos responded by using bite and tossed Rowlet in the air and Rowlet landed hard but it managed to get back up.
"Rowlet try leafage again"
However instead of leafage a different attack came out in its place. It looked just like leafage but it looked more powerful. Gumshoos dodged.
"That wasn't leafage" Lillie said
Rotom told Lillie what it was.
"That was Razor leaf" Rotom said
"Rowlet learned a new move? That's great" Lillie said
Lillie decided to call out to Rowlet to use its new attack.
"Rowlet use razor leaf"
Rowlet released Razor leaf and it managed to land a critical hit on Gumshoos.
"Popplio water gun"
Raticate dodged water gun and hit Popplio with tackle and it did some damage.
"Try water gun again"
However instead of water gun speedy bubbles came out in its place. Raticate dodged that.
"W-what was that?" Moon asked
"That was bubble beam" Rotom said
"That means that Popplio learned a new move" Moon said
"Popplio use bubble beam"
Popplio unleashed its new bubble beam and did a lot of damage.
Gumshoos used take down and was charging at Rowlet. Raticate was using double-edge and was heading towards Popplio.
"Popplio use bubble beam"
"Rowlet use razor leaf"
Bubble beam and Razor leaf hit their targets head on and caused a mini explosion. Raticate and Gumshoos were still standing but after around 10 seconds they fell down. They were defeated.
Moon ran to Lillie and hugged her. She was so happy that they managed to win it. They took the crystals from their pedestals and met up with Ilima.
"I see that you two were victorious in your trial and for that I congratulate you and now I'm going to show you what pose you do if you ever want to use the Z-move for normal type moves" Ilima said
After he showed them that he told them to farther up North if they wanted to explore more of the area. When they went into the area with golden flowers Nebby chose that time to come out and explore.
"Nebby! Wait!" Lillie said
They saw Nebby go inside a cave and they followed it inside and ran into four people that they recognized. It was the pokemon recon squad and they were there when they escaped the Aether foundation. They turned around and saw them.
The tall man was Phyco, the tall woman was Soliera, the taller man was Dulse and the shorter woman was Zossie.
"Well if isn't Ms. Lillie" Phyco said
Moon was more nervous than usual and hid behind Lillie. She was trying to hide from them but she knew that they would find her because she was almost the same height as Lillie. Lillie was a little taller than her but height was not going help her hide from them. Lillie whispered some words of comfort to her.
"Don't worry, I won't let them take you away "Lillie said
"What are doing here Miss Lillie?" Phyco said
"Well some stuff happened and I'm trainer now" Lillie said
"A trainer? You?" Zossie asked
"That's right. Now please return Nebby to me" Lillie said
Dulse saw that someone was behind Lillie and pointed it out. He knew that it was the human that they were experimenting on.
"Lillie is that UB-1 behind you?" Dulse asked
Lillie looked at Dulse but she got angry when she heard what she just called Moon.
"Hey! Her name is Moon!" Lillie said
"Dulse let's just let it go besides we're only here to learn more about pokemon" Soliera said
"Very well" Dulse said
"We'll return this pokemon to you and be on our way" Phyco said
As soon as they left Moon was safe to come back out. They continued their journey and their island challenge. When they met up Kukui again they were informed they would have to undergo something known as the grand trial.
It has been a couple of days since the girls completed their first trial but Lillie has been keeping her eye on Moon because she has been acting really weird lately. She secretly followed her to a clothing store where she bought some supplies. She couldn't figure out what she was up to and tried to confront her but she would run away and try to catch her but she was able to avoid her by taking a different route and hiding somewhere where Lillie wasn't able to find her.
Moon was ready to tell Lillie what she's been up to. She actually had a present that she made just for Lillie. She approached Lillie and handed the gift to her.
"Here you go Lillie" Moon said
"For me?" Lillie said
"Y-yes" Moon said
Lillie opened it and saw that it was dress but it wasn't normal dress. The dress had Nebby's pattern on it and every detail was perfect. It was a nebula dress and Lillie could tell that Moon worked really hard on it. She was honestly speechless at the gift that she had just received but she really like it.
"M-Moon? Did you make this?" Lillie asked
"Y-yes, I wanted to make something for you to show my thanks for helping out this whole time" Moon said
Lillie hugged Moon suddenly and she was smiling.
"Thanks Moon I really like it I'll wear it I promise" Lillie said
Moon was so taken aback by the hug that she ended falling down. Lillie was on top of her and the two of them were just staring at each other. Lillie ended up accidently kissing Moon on the lips. When she separated her lips from Moon's they just looked at each other Unfortunately Kukui chose the bad time to come back from his field work and saw his two assistants on the floor but the position that they were in gave him the wrong idea.
"Alola! Moon and Lillie" Kukui said
When Kukui saw the position that they were he immediately stepped back outside.
"Sorry for intruding" Kukui said
Moon and Lillie just stayed there like that for a moment but when they realized that professor just stepped back out they got up and instantly ran after him. They were calling him by his name so they could explain to him what happened.
"P-professor, wait! It's not what it looks like" Lillie said
"L-let us explain! Please!" Moon said
The next day Moon managed to catch a Charmander and Sandshrew after saving them. Lillie managed to catch an Eevee