First of all, sorry for the lack of author's note in the last chapter. I was in a rush to update before going to work, and it completely slipped my mind. But as I promised this story is now getting the weekly update treatment! And as I'm sure you have figured out from last week, things are going to get more dramatic!


In Po town, the man with greenish-blue hair was watching outside the window when he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Two Team Rocket grunts entered the room.

In between them was Lillie who had handcuffs on her wrists, behind her back. She was struggling against them but the metal restraints kept her hands behind her back and the stronger men griping her shoulders from behind meant she wasn't running away anytime soon.

"We have brought her."

"Very good. Set her in the chair."

The men pushed Lillie forward and forced her to sit down in the chair in front in their leader's desk so she was leaning on her restrained arms.

"Who are you?" Lillie asked.

"I am the new leader here at Team Rocket. Good to see that you accepted my invitation."

"Invention"? That's what you call sending kidnappers after me? You- Lillie halted in mid sentence once her brain processed what she just heard. "Wait…Team Rocket? But I thought you disbanded!"

"That we did. Twice actually. The first time was at the hands of a 11-year-old child who Defeated our first boss Geovanni. But after that my former superior, Archer brought it back. But instead of focusing developing our team he insisted on spending all our time and resources to make a broadcast to Geovanni to try to convince him to come back. Even though whether or not he actually heard said broadcast to begin with was completely up to chance. That's how another 11-year-old beat him and forced him to dissolve the team."

"And you think you can do what they couldn't?" Lillie asked.

The man laughed. He turned from the window so he was facing Lillie. "Think? Don't be naïve young lady. For I, Proton, have already done things neither Geovanni nor Archer could hope to accomplish. Geovanni had strong ideals. But lacked the will to reach them. And Archer, he was so obsessed with the failed boss that he revived the team just to waste time and effort to find him. What a fool. I on the other hand am focusing on what develops our team. And I have the determination to do it."

"So, what dose all this have to do with me?" Lillie asked, glaring at Photon.

"Well…where to start…Technically you aren't our main objective."

"What do you mean?"

"We have a spy working at your precious Aether Paradise. He reported that you were going to meet the Champion at the Temple of Sunne."

"Champion…" Lillie suddenly shot out of her seat. "You mean Sun! What do you plan to do with him?! Did you kidnap him too?!"

"*sigh* I don't recall saying you could stand. You there."

One of the grunts that dragged Lillie into the room threw a Pokeball. "Weepinbell, use Stun Spore!" A yellow, bell shaped Pokemon came out and spewed a yellow dust at Lillie.

"Ack!" The girl braced herself and it came in contact with her. Suddenly her body felt tingly. "What did you…whoa!" Lillie fell to her side on the floor.

The grunt returned his Pokemon and the other lifted Lillie up and set her back in the chair. "Stay."

"Thank you, gentlemen." Photon smirked.

Lillie tried to move but her body was completely numb.

"As I was saying, we knew you were going to meet the Champion. You see, he has something we want and I needed a chance to get him alone. And as soon as our spy mentioned your meeting, I figured this was the best chance I was going to get. Naturally the team that caught you is going to try to nab him, but if that fails we can still use you as bait."

"But…why? What do you want with Sun?"

Photon laughed. "The very things your mother worked so hard for…"

Lillie's eyes widened with terror. "No…"

"Yes. The Ultra Beasts!"


"Ice Hammer!" Hau's Crabominable slammed its arm into the Beedrill knocking it out.

"Rio, Aura Sphere!" Sun's Lucario, charged a blue energy sphere in it's hands and fired it into the Tangela, taking it down.

"N-no way!" the first grunt yelled.

"How are kids this tough?!" the other male member asked.

"Ugh. You want something done right you have to do it yourself." The female groaned. "Lapras, use-

Both trainers pointed at the remaining enemy. "CLOSE COMBAT!"

Rio rushed first and bombarded the Lapras with a flurry of punches. Being slower Hau's Crabominable charged in to join the assault.

Soon the Lapras fell.

"Oh, crud…"

Sun stormed to the woman. "Now start talking. Where is Lillie?!"

The woman noticed one of the men slowly toss another Revive to the other. "Slick. We'll get him the same way we got the girl." "We took her to Po Town. Want to see her again? Go there with all the Ultra Beasts you collected."

"Why? What do the Ultra Beasts have to do with anything?"

"Oh, you'll see…"

Sun turned to Hau. "Let's go!"

"Right! To Po Town!"

"Splendid!" The woman grinned. "And we'll gladly provide you an escort!"

"Huh?"

The man used his revive on his Pokemon. "Tangela, use Sleep Pow-

"Crush Claw!"

A white and black Pokemon charged into the grass Pokemon with it's claws knocking it out again.

Sun recognized the Pokemon. "Silvally? That can only mean…"

Another trainer walked up the temple steps.

"W-who are you?!" the first grunt asked.

Hau smiled, looking at the trainer. "Gladion! What are you doing here?"

"I came here for personal concerns. Then I saw these clowns pop up. Though you could handle this, but…looks like you needed me after all."

"Gladion…The President's son?!" the grunt asked. "Here?! Why?!"

Gladion stormed over and grabbed the man. "I'll ask the questions. And you have ten seconds to answer. Where is my sister?!"

"I don't need to tell you anything!"

Gladion glanced at his Pokemon. "Tell that to my partner."

Silvally growled as it approached.

"She's in Po Town, don't eat me!"

As Gladion dropped him Hau's Crabominable turned to Silvally. "Would you?"

The Pokemon turned its head to face it. "Only if Gladion told me to. But I would rather not. Who knows where that thug's been."

"Never mind that!" Rio said. "We need to get over to Po Town and save Rose and Lillie!"

"But what will we do when we get there? Knock on the door and say, "pizza guy?" Crabominable asked. "Granted, given how dumb these guys are I wouldn't be surprised if they actually bought it."

"Well, I- Rio suddenly looked at the sky.

"What is it?" Silvally asked.

"Sun! Look out!" The Lucairo rushed to his trainer and tackled him out of the way just before an Acid attack could hit him. As they got up they saw the attacker land on the ground. A Vileplume.

"There's more?" Hau asked.

Suddenly, a Crobat and a Honchrow swooped in and snatched up the three gang members. The three trainers saw a woman with crimson hair dressed in white, on top of the Honchrow retrieve her Vileplume. Her bird Pokemon held the female member by the arms in its talons. The Crowbat held the two man in its fangs by their shirts.

One of them looked at her. "C-Comander!" What are you doing here?!"

"I though you needed some help delivering the Champion…but it seems that plan is a bust."

"Who are you?" Gladion asked.

"I am Ariana. One of Team Rocket's Executives. It seems your reputation exceeds you Champion. My team easily caught the girl, but you're clearly a different matter entirely."

"Give her back!" the Champion demanded.

"You want her back? You'll have to come to us. You need two passwords to get into Po Town. They are "Goldean need log" and "Yes, nah, Chansey." Oh, and do bring the UBs. You'll need them if you want to see her again."

"Wait!"

The Pokemon flew off, taking Team Rocket with them.

"The UBs? Tch. Guess this, answers, who was hacking our equipment. I bet they're also the ones who stole the Beast Balls." Gladion growled as he, Hau and Sun called back their Pokemon.

"What do they plan to do with them?" Hau asked.

"Who cares!?" Sun said. "I'm heading over to Po Town now!"

"Not without me you're not!"

Both Sun and Gladion ran on ahead.

"Wait! We need…a…plan…" Hau watched as they left. "Geez, I haven't seen them this mad since the last time Lillie was kidnaped. They're really worried about her. Not that I blame them, but what can they do on their own?"

Suddenly two people wearing shades walked up the steps. A man with blond hair and a woman with dark hair. "Alola!"

"Oh, alola." Hau said returning the gesture.

"The name's Dexio, and this is my partner Sina. You're the grandson of Melemele Island's Kahuna, Hau right."

"Yup, that's me."

Sina looked behind her. "We came here to get a look at this here temple only to see the champ and a friend of his take off in a hurry. I don't think they even noticed us. Something happen here?"

Hau sighed. "We were going to meet our friend Lillie here…but Team Rocket kidnapped her…"

Both trainers looked at Hau in shock. "Team Rocket?! I thought they dissolved!" Dexio said.

"Well, they're back and they took Lillie to Po Town…Sun and Gladion went to help her but…what can they do on their own?"

"Not much." Sina said. "I think you should the tell this to your grandfather."

Hau's face lite up at the idea. "Good idea! He'll think of something!" The boy then hurried down the stairs.

"Bon Yoyage!" Sina waved.

Dexio put a hand on his chin as they walked down the stairs. "Team Rocket huh…This is quite a pickle. They might need some help…fortunately I know exactly who to ask it from!"

"True. Good thing those two trainers are here in Alola. We should get ready to, just in case."

Dexio smirked. "We haven't done this since our journey with those five. This should be interesting."

As they both left the area, a woman with yellow and pink pigtails stepped out from behind a rock. She took out a phone and started dialing. "…Hey, it's me. I've got good news and bad news, which do you want to hear first? …The good news? I found out both their passwords. We just need to call the gang over and we can make our move any time…the bad news? Looks like those creeps got their hands on the princess…Yeah, her. Seems like they're using her as bait for Sun…What? Does he know? He and the President's son are on the way to Po Town now…Yeah, they're both pretty ticked. Interestingly, Sun's taking it worse. Huh? How much of the gang have I found? About two thirds, why? What? Now? Do we even have a chance? …Yeah, I guess we don't have much of a choice, do we? I'll get them together right away. Where will you be? Wait what? You plan on, fighting them both? Wouldn't it be better if we…Huh? ...I see…I guess that can work. I just hope you're right about this…Okay, I'll see you at Po Town, boss. What?"

The woman chuckled to herself. "Right, sorry. Guzma."