[Cynthia Greyson: Well my Fiery Lucas, shall we do the disclaimer that Sparky has requested us to do?]

[Lucas Greyson: Of… of course my golden haired angel. *ahem* Sparky does not own the characters or story elements of the Pokémon franchise. He is merely using them for the purpose of entertaining others. All credit goes to Nintendo, Game Freak and the Pokémon Company. How was that, Cynthia?]

[Cynthia: *kissing her husband* That was wonderful my fluffy Victini. Now let's go.]

8: Arrival on Akala Island

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Cynthia Ketchum's POV

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"I must say that I was caught unprepared with the Pokémon you've got," the kahuna of Melemele Island said to me after I had soundly defeated his Fighting-type Pokémon with little effort. "And I certainly wasn't expecting there to be snow in forecast today either."

"Great job Shiva, return," I said as I recalled my shiny female Ice/Fairy-type Fox Pokémon to her Dream Ball and then looked to the Kahuna. "Shiva's ability is Snow Warning. She summons snow storms. I do intend to find another Ice-type that will go well with Shiva's ability."

"Well… I did hear that the Alola Sandshrew does have an ability that goes perfectly with the Snow Warning ability," Professor Kukui informed me. "Have you ever heard of Pokémon having Hidden Abilities?"

"You mean 'Dream World abilities?'" I asked Professor Kukui as my answer, correcting him. "But to answer your question, yes I have heard of Pokémon having Dream World abilities. Lavender doesn't have the Flash Fire ability like most Ninetales would have. She has the Drought ability like Groudon has for its ability."

"Oh, so that's what you call them," Professor Kukui replied as he scratched the back of his in amazement. "I'm impressed that you've got Pokémon with these Hidden… I mean Dream World abilities."

"Oh… Cynthia has a lot more Pokémon at home with Dream World abilities," Benjy said to Professor Kukui and Kahuna Hala. "She's been getting every Water-type starter Pokémon with their evolved forms having their Dream World abilities."

"Oh… I think Cynthia pretty much owns every Water-type starter Pokémon with their Dream World abilities," Isabella said to us as she finished cleaning up her shiny Meowstic sister, Rika, after the effortless battle we had. "And I think she even owns this region's Water-type starter Pokémon, its evolved forms and she has the Dream World ability too."

"Wait, you're saying that she's got a Primarina with the fabled Liquid Voice ability I've heard rumors about?" Professor Kukui asked Isabella and Big Sister Shelby in complete surprise.

"Oh yes," I answered the stunned Alola professor. "Unfortunately, she's down and recovering from a fight with some stupid idiot who thought I did something to make him mad enough to try and kill me."

"Oh my," replied Kahuna Hala. "I'm sorry to hear that."

"Primarina's a trooper," I said after receiving a text from Doctor Nakamura telling me that my Primarina was healed and ready to come back to me after a week of bedrest. "We'll get stronger together."

After the brief conversation, Kahuna Hala showed us all how to activate the Fighting-type Z-Crystal we each got from him. Apparently we were supposed to move like we were throwing a flurry of punches in order to activate the power of the Fightinium-Z. The kahuna tried to offer us a TM as a reward for defeating him, but we politely declined because we already had the TMs of our home region of the Atlantica Islands and we really didn't need any more TMs. Once the audience had dispersed, the four of us then backtracked to Hau'oli City so we could get to the next island for the next set challenges. As we arrived back in Hau'oli City, I whipped out my cellphone and opened the Yelp app to see if there were any good places to eat at. Unfortunately, the places I looked at had really scything reviews about how the restaurant staff acted beastly and cruel.

"Looks like Aunt Rhea has Umi here in Alola," I said to my companions after I turned off my Yelp app.

"Seriously, Umi's here in Alola?" Isabella asked me with a quizzical look on her and Rika's faces.

'What on Lord Arceus's good and green earth is Umi doing here in Alola?' Rika asked as we all knew that Umi hardly ever left her mother's side unless she was ordered to do so.

"What gave away the fact that Umi's here in Alola?" Shelby asked me as looked to me before finishing up a text message to one of her friends back home in the Atlantica Islands.

'She's the only one who uses the words 'beastly' and 'cruel' in the same sentence,' my big brother, Victini answered Shelby for me as he saw the Yelp reviews that Umi put out too. 'Looks like we're looking for another fast food joint or have to eat bento boxes again.'

Two of us groaned at the thought of having to eat fast food or bento boxes again. Don't get me wrong, the bento we've been eating was delicious, but I could only take so much before wanting something else to eat. I usually wouldn't care if a negative Yelp review might've had one or two complaints about service, so long as the food was good, but I usually didn't step foot in an establishment if the words "beastly" and/or "cruel" were used to describe the staff. Coming from behind us, someone from Kanto came behind us and was being accompanied by a familiar celebrity from the Kalos region. The familiar person coming had bright pink hair, a fair skin tone… and Daddy's brown eyes. She wore a Gyarados designed sleeveless tank top that exposed her midriff and had the Cascade Badge mark with a Gyarados behind the badge on the tank top, which indicated that she was from Cerulean City. She also had on Capri pants that were also designed in the colors of a Gyarados.

"Really Cynthia, we've gotta stop meeting like this," the familiar girl said to me with a grin on her face. "It's either a coincidence or the world has gotten really smaller."

"Hello Gabriella," I replied to the girl. "One, I think you know Aunt Rhea would tell you that there's no such thing as a coincidence. Two, I don't think the world's gotten any smaller. And finally, what the Houndour are you doing with the Kalos Princess?"

"You didn't tell her about me?" the green haired girl asked Gabriella Waterflower… my… half-sister.

"Eh… must've slipped my mind," Gabriella answered the green-haired girl named Kimberly La Rouche. "I know she was in Kalos a couple times for swimming competitions… and she's gotten a lot better over time too."

"I thought you were the better swimmer," Kimberly said to Gabriella with a confused look on her face. "You always told me that you were the better swimmer."

"For the love of Arceus, not again," moaned Shelby as she knew that I always got furious whenever Gabriella told other people about her swimming skills and claimed that she was better than me.

"For your information, I've won the Kalos Bengal swimming circuit twice, four time national champion of the Atlantica Islands' Trident Cup competition," I began as I counted off all of my accomplishments. "I've won the Lugia Whirl Cup three times back in the Johto region. I've pretty much won almost every swimming competition in most of the regions around the area. I've even been invited to compete on the national swim team for Atlantica Islands' Olympic team too."

'Now that's a nice set of achievements,' remarked Kimberly's known perverted Arcanine before getting stopped short of invading my personal space by Lavender.

'Back away you perverted mongrel,' Lavender lashed at Kimberly's Arcanine after firing a Flamethrower at his front paws. 'Just back away!'

Kimberly's Arcanine was startled by the incoming Flamethower aimed near his front paws and jumped back. As for Kimberly, she shook her head before recalling her shiny male Fire-type Legendary Pokémon into his Love Ball. As for Gabriella, I was quite happy to see her as I hadn't seen her since she had been disqualified over a bogus accusation of cheating at the Sevii Costal Swimming Circuit by a rival, two years ago. Even I had spoken up on Gabriella's behalf and tried to convince the officials that Gabriella wasn't a cheater. Even with my influence, the officials weren't swayed and still disqualified Gabriella.

"Have you been trying to get back into swimming competitions?" I asked my half-sister.

"Nope," answered Gabriella as she shook her head. "Still on the three year suspension they've imposed on me. Mom's still trying to help me fight my suspension."

"Here," I said to Gabriella as I handed a card over to her. "If anyone can help you get your suspension lifted, it'll be Lt. Commander Makoto of the Ghosts in the Shell."

"I dunno Cynthia," a hesitant Gabriella said nervously before accepting the card from me. "Mom tries to avoid having to rely on Team Trident for help. But thanks for the card."

After giving Gabriella the card to get Lt. Commander Makoto's help, Gabriella then decided that she wanted to join us and get away from the Cerulean City Gym as her mom and stepfather were arguing once again. Gabriella then sent a text to her mother letting her know that she was with us and asked if she could travel with me and my friends. The Cerulean City gym leader was all too happy to give her blessing to Gabriella as she told Gabriella that she needed to stay away from Cerulean City for a while her and her stepfather resolved their issues that they were going through. With a sigh of relief from Gabriella, she gave us a thumbs up indicating that she was golden and her mother gave her the green light to stay with us. Gabriella then asked me and Isabella to take a groupie pic so she could send it to her mother to show that she was traveling with me and Isabella. Gabriella didn't really know Shelby and my boyfriend so she didn't ask them join the groupie sent to her mother. Misty was all too happy that I was traveling with Gabriella and knew that she was in capable hands with me… and Kimberly as Misty knew that her daughter was with the Kalos Princess too.

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"So were gonna help Gabriella find some Water-type Pokémon then?" Benjy asked me as we decided to help my half-sister.

"That's right," I answered my boyfriend cutely with a peck kiss to his cheek and causing him to blush as if I had used Sweet Kiss on him. "We're gonna take a week to see if we can find anything to help her out."

'So where do we start?' Rika asked me as she and Isabella wanted to know where the group could start at.

"First," I began as I turned to my half-sister, "we need to know what Water-type Pokémon you own and which ones you don't… minus Lord Palkia and Lord Arceus."

'Why do you not count reigning Spatial Pokémon?' Big Brother Victini asked me. 'Lord Arceus, I can understand your reason for not wanting to count the lord and majestic Alpha Pokémon. But Lord Palkia…?"

"Because it would not be wise to try and capture the Water/Dragon-type lord who governs space," I answered my furry and lovable Psychic/Fire-type big brother. "Nor would it be wise to try and capture the other Dragon-type lords who govern time and distortion either."

"She makes a valid point, fluff ball," Gabriella said to my Pokémon big brother. "Besides, I'm not interested in trying to capture Lord Palkia or Lord Arceus."

'Well, that's two Pokémon not to worry about,' Rika replied to Gabriella. 'So then that leaves… a lot more to capture.'

'Oh relax, Gabriella will capture many Water-type Pokémon,' Victini replied coolly with a grin on his face.

"I've got a Seel, Dewgong, Goldeen, Horsea, Seadra, Tentacool, Tentacruel," Gabriella ticked off her mental list of all the Water-type Pokémon that she owned back in Cerulean City at the gym. "Pretty much most of the Water-type Pokémon of Kanto, save six of them that I don't own. Squirtle and its evolution line, Shellder, Cloyster and Vaporeon. Oh! Mom gave me a Corsola too. Can't believe I almost forgot about my Corsola."

"You wanting a Cloyster with the Skill Link ability?" I asked my half-sister with a grin on my face.

"Actually, yes I do wanna own a Cloyster with the Skill Link ability," Gabriella answered me with a surprised look on my face. "But all of the Shellders I find all have Shell Armor."

"I just happened to get a Shellder that has the Skill Link ability," I said to my half-sister happily. "But I evolved him into a Cloyster right after I caught him. I'd be more than happy to breed you a Shellder with my shiny Ditto."

"Really?" Gabriella asked me with hope and glittering stars in her eyes.

"You just have to capture a Pikipek with the Skill Link ability for me," I replied to my half-sister with a cheeky grin. "Get me that Pokémon and I'll trade you a bred Shellder and give you a Water Stone too."

"You got a deal, Sis," Gabriella said happily after my Psychic/Fire-type big brother showed her a picture of the said Normal/Flying-type Pokémon from Alola that I wanted from behind my left shoulder.

I gave my Cerulean City-born half-sister a Shiny Charm and Dream Charm to help her in her search of the Pokémon that I requested from her. She even got a bunch of the Pokéballs that we tend to use as well. Gabriella gave me a slight nod and told me not to worry and that she wouldn't fail to find the specific Pokémon that I wanted her to find for me. Once she left to go find the Normal/Flying-type, I got the Pokémon I needed to ensure that Gabriella got the Pokémon that I promised her.

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"Man, it took you that long just to capture a Pikipek?" Shelby asked Gabriella, three and a half hours later, as my half-sister held a Love Ball containing the Pikipek that I was wanting.

"Hey, there were a lot of those little birds," Gabriella protested to Shelby and me. "But that's not the main reason it took me so long to get back here."

'Oh? Do tell us then,' Rika replied as she took a sip of tea.

"There was this really mean looking Weavile and a gang of Sneasels with him too," Gabriella explained to us, much to our surprise and horror as our eyes widened in horror. "Uh… I take you've encountered this mean looking Weavile then?"

"His name is Dark Blizzard and we've seen him kill a subordinate," I explained to my half-sister with a worried look on my face before hugging her. "I'm just glad you evaded him.

I continued as I got back to what I wanted to show her the Heal Ball containing the shiny Shellder with the Skill Link ability, just as I promised her, "At any rate, here's the shiny Shellder that I promised you. He's got the Skill Link ability and has moves that correspond with the Skill Link ability."

"What's so great about the Skill Link ability?" a new person who came into the picture asked me and Gabriella.

"Skill Link allows moves that attack 2 to 5 times to always perform 5 attacks in row, consecutively," Gabriella answered the unfamiliar boy. "By the way, who are you?"

"Oh… my bad," the younger boy answered with a Mareepish grin on his face as he set his hands behind his head. "Name's Hau. You might've known my gramps, Hala. He's the Kahuna of Melemele Island."

'Oh yes…,' my Psychic/Fire-type big brother said before grinning. 'The elderly gentleman that my human and Isabella steamrolled without so much as batting an eye.'

"Whoa! That was you guys who thrashed my gramps?" the young boy, Hau, asked me, my friends and Kimberly in a surprised tone.

"I just got here to Alola," my half-sister informed Hau.

"I've been here a while with my Pokémon," Kimberly informed Hau. "I just don't have any interest in doing the Island Trials. I'm more of a performer like my mom."

"Well I'm not sure if we do any of the Pokémon Performances that you're used to doing back in Kalos or Unova," Hau informed Kimberly, surprising the Vaniville Town-born daughter of Serena and Drew LaRouche. "Yeah, I know who are. Anyone who knows anyone, knows who you are."

With a cheeky grin I then said, "Yeah, we know who you are.

Then I looked to my Psychic/Fire-type big brother and comically asked him, "Who is she?"

'I am Groot,' my furry big brother answered me as we recited a scene from the Guardians of the Galaxy movie we liked so much.

"At any rate, we're trying to help my sibling here capture Water-type Pokémon before she can return home to Cerulean City," I explained to Hau. "And unfortunately we've got a long way to go with capturing all the Water-type Pokémon, save for Lord Palkia and Lord Arceus."

"Uh… Lord Palkia and… Lord Arceus?" Hau asked us in confusion as he couldn't understand why such powerful and majestic Pokémon were referred to as 'lords.'

'The Alpha Pokémon, Arceus, and the Spatial Pokémon, Palkia,' Rika said to Hau, much to the Alola-born native's surprise. 'We refer to them as lords because of their great power.'

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"Awesome!" Gabriella said as she and her Gyarados were quite proud of themselves when they captured their first Water-type Pokémon in Alola, even though it wasn't a native Alola Pokémon itself. "We got a Totodile! Mom will be so jealous that we got a Totodile before her."

'Throw in the fact that it's a shiny Totodile too,' Gabriella's Gyarados chimed in with a grin on his face. 'It will most certainly make Momma Gyarados even more jealous too.'

"Yeah it will," agreed Gabriella. "Now we just gotta find more Water-types around here. What other Water-types are around here?"

"Well, there's a Poison/Water-type called Mareanie," I answered my half-sister as I had a shiver run down my spine in memory of that gang Brutal Star Pokémon that tried to ambush Primarina and I. "I wouldn't recommend capturing one of them, but it's your decision and you'll have to keep it away from your Corsola."

"My Corsola knows Earth Power," Gabriella informed me coolly. "She'll keep it in check. Well… Earth Power and Bulldoze."

'You might want to add Psychic and Earthquake to complete the full Mareanie and Toxapex repellent,' my furry Psychic/Fire-type big brother recommended to Gabriella. 'Just to be on the safe side of course.'

After discussing our next course of action, we headed back towards the Melemele Sea to find the next Water-type Pokémon that Gabriella was wanting. Along the way, Primarina came back to me and helped get my team back to full strength. Of course Gabriella saw my shiny female Soloist Pokémon was very dazzled at my swimming partner, as was her traveling mate, Kimberly. Both of them asked me to help them get the basic form of my swimming partner. It was gonna be difficult as I had already sent my shiny Ditto back home after helping Gabriella get her shiny male Shellder with its Skill Link ability. And Gabriella was quick to evolve her newly hatched Shellder into a Cloyster, where it picked up another set of moves to add to its already formidable arsenal that went with its Skill Link ability. After backtracking to our apartment and getting my shiny Ditto back from home on Tsunami Island, I asked my swimming partner to hang out at the apartment for a while with my Ditto until she had bred and given birth to two Popplios. Primarina was nervous about leaving my side, but she said that after recovering, she was starting to come into heat and was ready to breed anyway. After hugging my faithful swimming partner, we left and continued on to the Melemele Sea so Gabriella could find the Mareanie that she was insistent on wanting to capture for her collection of Water-type Pokémon for the Cerulean Gym that she planned on inheriting from her mother when she was older. Gabriella didn't have a Ride Pager like my friends and I had, but she didn't mind shedding her outfit in front of us, Benjy and my big brother included, to reveal her backless skintight athletic one piece swimsuit made to look like a Gyarados with the Cascade Badge on her left badge. I gotta say my half-sister definitely is a big fan of Gyarados, seeing as how it's her first Pokémon that she trained up from a Magikarp.

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"Okay, so I've gotten a Horsea with Dragon Breath and the shiny Mareanie you didn't want to help me catch," Gabriella said me as she wrapped her arms around my waist and grinned.

"Well, you and your Gyarados did listen the Pokédex warnings about that Brutal Star Pokémon and its dangers," I said to my three and a half month younger half-sister.

'It helps that I know Dragon Breath too,' commented Gabriella's Gyarados.

"How much longer till I get my Popplio?" Kimberly asked me as Gabriella and I waded ashore with her Braixen at her side.

"Soon," I answered the Kalos Princess as I made my way to my cellphone. "Primarina said that she got pregnant a few days ago with another shiny Primarina that happened to come along and be very good in the bed."

"Was that your Ditto?" Shelby asked me before forming a sly grin on her face.

"No, it was an actual shiny male Primarina that my swimming partner fell head over tail for," I explained to Shelby much to mine and her surprise.

"Alola keeps unleashing surprises every day," Benjy said with my Victini big brother nodding his head in agreement.

"Are there any Pokémon that you'd like to look for?" I asked the Kalos Princess.

"I'm just waiting on Cynthia's Primarina to give birth to a baby Popplio before I decide to start over fresh," Kimberly answered me. "Though I'm keeping my Braixen with me because I need her as an anchor and a strong team leader."

'Wha?! Hey! What about me?!' Kimberly's Arcanine whined to his human. 'I'm your primary mode of transportation when we travel! You need me too.'

'Then if you stay with us, you better keep your pervertedness in check, BUCKO!' Kimberly's Braixen shouted at her Fire-type companion angrily as she knew of her traveling companion's… "unusual quark."

"I'm with Braixen," Kimberly agreed with her Kalos Fire-type Fox Pokémon. "You'll do well to know that from the waist down for women, their shields will always be up."

'Yes ma'am,' Kimberly's Arcanine said weakly and in a whining tone.

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"Hey thanks for helping me get a Popplio, Sis," Gabriella said to me a few days later after my Primarina gave birth to the two baby Popplios that I promised Kimberly and my half-sister. "I'll definitely take good care of her."

"Yeah, and I can send most of my Pokémon home back to Kalos," Kimberly said as she set the baby Popplio's Dream Ball in a fanny pack that she had around her waist. "We'll need to go to a Pokémon Center so I can send my Pokémon home."

"Have you captured all the Water-type Pokémon that you wanted to capture?" I asked my half-sister.

"Yeah," Gabriella answered me with slight nod. "I caught all basic Water-types here on this island, plus have my little Popplio too."

"Alright then, let's head to the Pokémon Center, get healed up and then we'll all head to the next island to do some more Island Trials," Isabella said as she was ready to head to the next island of the Alola region.

"Actually, I think I'll stay on Melemele Island a bit longer," Kimberly said to us. "I wanna capture more Pokémon around this island and I think I can find more here."

"You sure?" Shelby asked the Kalos Princess as she raised an eye brow.

"Definitely sure," answered Kimberly with a cheeky grin.

'We're gonna be training hard,' Kimberly's Braixen informed us proudly.

"I'm sure you will," I said with a smile on my face before Kimberly mounted on her shiny Arcanine's back and rode off to the Pokémon Center before we could get there.

Two hours later, we got on a boat and headed towards Akala Island so we could advance further with our Island Trials. Once we arrived on Akala Island, we went to the Pokémon Center to heal up and so Gabriella could call her mom back in Cerulean City in Kanto.

"Hi sweetie," Gabriella's mom, Misty said to her daughter. "I hope you're having a blast in the Alola region."

"Oh yeah," Gabriella replied to her mother as she then called out all of the Water-type Pokémon she had caught and had been given. "Check out all the Water-type Pokémon I've caught here in Alola."

"Wow, they look really nice," Misty said to her daughter as she saw the Mareanie and Popplio.

'Hello, hello,' Gabriella's Popplio said to Misty as she clapped her flippers together.

'Mmm… a Corsola,' Gabriella's Mareanie said as he saw Gabriella's Corsola at the Cerulean Gym.

'Don't even try it pal!' Gabriella's Corsola exclaimed to the shiny male Poison/Water-type Brutal Star Pokémon over the video.

'Mommy! Mommy!' exclaimed a male Togekiss as he flew over to Misty and nuzzled her right cheek. 'Wanna play Mommy! Let's play Mommy!'

"We'll play later, okay sweetie?" Misty asked her male Jubilee Pokémon before kissing him on his forehead and then looked to her daughter and me. "I've already spoken to May and your father. They've agreed to let me send your Water Pokémon over to their house so you can access their storage system and get your Pokémon whenever you need to call on them."

"You're the best Mom!" Gabriella exclaimed with tears in her eyes. "I wish you could be here in Alola."

"I wish I could be there too," Misty said with a sigh before her Togekiss wrapped his wings around Misty's neck. "So does Togekiss too."

"Can you send over my Golduck and Corsola here to Akala Island instead of sending them over to Dad's house in the Atlantica Islands?" Gabriella asked her mother.

"Sure thing Honey," answered Misty as she gave a slight nod to her daughter before looking to me. "It's been a while since I last saw you. You were great in the Seafoam Cup."

"Thanks Auntie Misty," I said to the Cerulean City gym leader as I gave a slight nod to her. "I'm glad Gabriella came to join us. She's very determined to capture every Water-type Pokémon that she can capture."

"That's my Gyarados Mermaid for you," Misty said with a smile on her face before producing a Dive Ball and Love Ball and recalling Gabriella's Golduck and Corsola to their respective balls. "Okay Gabriella, I'm sending the Pokémon you requested over to you. Take good care of yourselves. You and your Gyarados brother."

"Yes Mom," Gabriella said to her mother.

'Yes Momma Gyarados,' Gabriella's Gyarados said as he had let himself out of his Dream Ball.

"Oh, I went ahead and taught your Corsola Psychic and Earthquake attacks to try and help your Pokémon be better rounded," Auntie Misty informed Gabriella as she sent over the Dive Ball containing her Corsola. "Your Golduck knows Clear Smog, Mud Bomb, Signal Beam and Ice Beam along with the other attacks it knows."

"Cool!" Gabriella exclaimed as she had stars in her eyes as she had heard the moves that her mother taught to her Pokémon that were joining her party. "Thanks Mom!"

Auntie Misty then sent over a Love Ball containing Gabriella's male Golduck after Gabriella showed her mother that she received the Dive Ball from Cerulean City. Once Gabriella received the Love Ball too, Misty then blew a kiss to Gabriella and me with Togekiss following suit.

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'Owowowowow! Okay, I got the message!' the shiny male Brutal Star whined as he was hit by a flurry of Mud Bomb attacks from Gabriella's Golduck and a couple Spike Cannon attacks from her female Corsola.

'Make sure you remember that the next time you think I'm an easy snack!' Gabriella's Corsola shouted at her new shiny male Poison/Water-type Brutal Star Pokémon companion.

'You'll find that the Gyarados Mermaid doesn't take too kindly to those who try to make her loyal and favorite companions as snacks,' Golduck added to reinforce his female Coral Pokémon companion.

After we exited the terminal from the Heahea Harbor, believe it or not we were greeted by none other than my surrogate Alola mother, Lusamine. I was quite surprised to see her greeting us at the harbor. Gabriella hadn't even met Lusamine and seemed confused by Lusamine's sudden appearance on Akala Island. My surrogate Alola mother smiled when she saw us and then took notice of my half-sister.

"Alola to you children," Lusamine said to us cheerfully. "Welcome to Akala Island. I saw that you and your friends overwhelmingly defeated Kahuna Hala and I would like to compliment you on your victory.

"And you must be new," Lusamine said to my half-sister. "My name is Lusamine O'Riley. I run the Aether Foundation which helps to preserve and protect Pokémon that are endangered."

"I'm Gabriella Waterflower," Gabriella said to my surrogate Alola mother. "I'm from Cerulean City in the Kanto region. My mom's the gym leader of the Cerulean City gym."

"Oh really?" asked Lusamine as she was interested in hearing that my half-sister was from the Kanto region. "Kanto must be an interesting place to live in."

"Meh, there's not much to talk about with Kanto," Gabriella said as she shrugged her shoulders and rolled her eyes. "The only thing interesting in Kanto is the Safari Zone. The Pokémon League at the Indigo Plateau is alright. Nothing to brag about there. To be honest the Suicune Valley Conference has tons more excitement than the Indigo League and the Silver Conference combined."

Lusamine looked to me as if to ask if I had even been to Kanto. Truth is that I'd been in Kanto five times and Gabriella was right about Daddy's home region of Kanto. The only real point of interest was the Safari Zone in Fuchsia City. The region really had its reputation ruined by Team Rocket and its leadership when they invaded Saffron City after Daddy left for Hoenn and were stopped by Aunt Anna and the valiant efforts of the Pokémon Rangers who rallied together to help Aunt Anna while she battled Giovanni. Even with Team Rocket… oh never mind about those greedy monsters. Anyway, my surrogate Alola mother saw Gabriella's Gyarados let himself out of his Dream Ball and was a bit uneasy and even seemed nervous to see the male Water/Flying-type Atrocious Pokémon. However Lusamine was quick to compose herself and smile even though my Gyarados Tamer half-sister and her Gyarados glanced at my surrogate Alola mother warily.

'Gabriella is also Little Cynthia's half-sister,' my Psychic/Fire-type big brother added as he helped to fill in some blanks for Lusamine.

"And she doesn't need to know all of the details, Big Brother," I said to Victini as I then grabbed him by his left ear to keep him from talking about how my half-sister was born. "So don't be excessively chatty on the subject. Got it?"

'Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!' moaned Victini as he didn't like that I was yanking on his left ear. 'I got it! I got it!'

"Well regardless, I wish you luck on your Island Challenges," Lusamine said to us with a caring smile on her face before looking to me. "You will need to make sure that you're ready for the next leg of the Tapu Fini swimming circuit."

"Where's the next leg of the Tapu Fini swimming circuit?" I asked my surrogate Alola mother.

"It's here in Heahea City," Lusamine answered me. "I don't have any important duties to take care of at the Aether Foundation for a couple days and the next leg doesn't start until a couple days from today."

I was quick to contact my swimming partner to see if she was ready to get back to our training regimen. She was all too eager to get back to training as the shiny male Primarina she met and bred with had to return to his clan so he could take over his clan. With Kahuna Hala's assistance, my shiny female Water/Fairy-type Soloist Pokémon swimming partner came back to me… and happily glomped me as she rubbed her right cheek on my left cheek affectionately to show how happy she was to see me again.

'I'm not leaving your side ever again!' my Primarina exclaimed to me happily as she continued to nuzzle my cheek happily.

I know Shiva wasn't too happy to see Primarina nuzzling me affectionately as she wanted to try and force Primarina away from me. But it was not so as Primarina showed off her recently learned Iron Tail attack to repel her. Lusamine found the interaction between my two shiny female Pokémon to be quite amusing and chuckled to herself even both Primarina and Shiva saw my surrogate Alola mother chuckling to herself. As for Lavender, she just shook her head as she wasn't impressed with the interaction between Shiva and Primarina.

"How about we get you ready for the next leg of the Tapu Fini swimming circuit?" Lusamine asked me as she shifted focus to her main reason that she had arrived in Heahea City. "You don't exactly have much time. And you need to make sure and get registered for the next leg of the swimming race."

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"Finally," I said after having to wait for two and a half hours just to get registered for the next leg of the Tapu Fini swimming circuit. "Can't believe that I had to wait that long just to get registered for the next leg. And frankly that was embarrassing, especially when Shiva had to act so clingy."

'I'm just glad that she didn't freeze you from the waist down,' Lavender said as she had Shiva's Dream Ball on a necklace around her neck, 'like she nearly tried to do last time back at home.'

"I don't even wanna think about that, Lavender," I said to my shiny female Fire-type Fox Pokémon as I shook my head. "Right now I just wanna get to training for the next leg. Primarina and I really need to get back on track with our training regimen."

"No kidding," agreed Shelby as she came up next to me. "I'm looking forward to seeing you crush the competition in the next leg."

'Hopefully we can do that,' my shiny female Soloist Pokémon said as she let herself out of her Dream Ball. 'I am at 100%. Though even at 100%, we may not be able to crush the competition.'

"Oh I'm confident that we'll crush the competition, no sweat," I said enthusiastically… as Shelby and Primarina noticed that I was bursting with the same enthusiasm as Daddy.

'Definitely the offspring of the Champion of Pallet Town,' my Primarina whispered to Shelby.

"Oh yeah, she's definitely her father's daughter," Shelby whispered back to my Primarina before looking back to me. "Hey Cynthia, let's go up with our Alola mother so she can help you train for the next leg. So let's get changed into swimsuits and then get to the beach."

"What are you talking about?" I asked Shelby with a grin on my face as I took my clothes off to reveal my shiny Primarina swimsuit underneath my clothes. "You should me by now to know that I always wear a swimsuit under my clothes."

"Of course," Shelby replied as she chuckled and smiled. "Well, at least wait for me to change before we go meet with Lusamine."

"You know that you called her 'our Alola mother,' right?" I asked my best friend and close sister.

Shelby paused for a moment as I brought that up to her, but she just shrugged her shoulders and went over to the Pokémon Center and changed into her tankini that she usually wore when she was training with me. Once she came back, she and I went to the beach where our surrogate Alola mother was waiting for us in the same one piece blonde yellow swimsuit that she wore when she was training me for the next leg of the Tapu Fini Swimming Circuit. She waved to us to come over to her, in which we did and my Primarina let herself out so she could participate in the training too.

"It's good to see you two ready for training," Lusamine said to us happily, "but there was a place to change into your swimwear here on the beach."

'Sister Cynthia wears her swimwear under her clothes since she lives in a tropical region,' my Primarina explained to our surrogate Alola mother happily as she wrapped her long arms around my waist affectionately.

"I've been a professional swimmer most of my life," I also added to Lusamine. "So I really don't have much of a reason to wear anything else under my clothes other than my swimwear."

"At any rate, what do you have in mind to start with for our training?" Shelby asked Lusamine as Benjy and my Psychic/Fire-type big brother were already in their swimwear and making rounds to any pretty girl that my Victory Pokémon big brother could try to rope into giving him affection.

"Well, first you're going to have to stretch first before we start having you do anything else," Lusamine answered Shelby before she started directing us to stretches.

We did various stretches as we were warming up before starting our training for the swimming competition that was in two days. Even Primarina and Lavender joined in on the stretching and warming up for the training session. I could understand Primarina doing the stretching and warming up, but I was confused as to why Lavender was also stretching and warming up herself. The only reason I could think of Lavender wanting to stretch and warm up was so she could train herself for when had to face either those Team Skull idiots or face off against Dark Blizzard and the ever growing menace that he was posing to the Alola Islands. I looked back to my surrogate Alola mother as she continued having us stretch in order to make sure we were ready for the training. After 15 minutes of stretching, we then moved on to the first portion of training and it certainly wasn't what I was expecting. She had some exercise equipment set up around an area that was closed off for our training session. I also took notice of a Mismagius and Clefable that bowed to us as we entered the training area that was set up for us to train.

'Welcome young and aspiring swimming humans,' both the male Ghost-type and female Fairy-type Pokémon said to us as they bowed. 'Here you will find everything you need to train for your swimming competition.'

"Wow… treadmills, weight machines and other exercise equipment," Shelby noted as we saw the exercise equipment. "You're serious about helping train Cynthia."

'Dibs on the treadmill,' Lavender said as she bolted over to the treadmill and got it working for her.

"Guess I'll start with the leg press then," I said as I went over to the leg press machine and started doing leg presses to build up my leg muscles.

As for Shelby, she started with lifting barbells as she too was training with me as always whenever I enter swimming competitions. I think Shiva wasn't liking the fact that her Dream Ball swaying all over the place and not liking the swaying at all. To get out of the swaying Dream Ball, Shiva let herself out of her Dream Ball while Lavender kept running on the treadmill.

'Well… look who decided to come out of her Dream Ball,' Lavender said as she was cooling down from her first set of three two kilometer laps. 'You finally come to senses and decide to come train with us?'

'No,' answered Shiva. 'I was bouncing all around in my Ball and couldn't relax. By the way, where's Cynthia? I need to be…'

'Yeah, nice try,' Lavender plainly told Shiva before she stopped to take a drink before getting back on the treadmill. 'You either join in training to better yourself. Or… you get back in the Dream Ball and endure the swaying and bouncing all around in the Ball.'

'Or I can battle you instead,' Shiva shot back as she then took a fighting stance and glared at Lavender.

'You're not ready to battle me, little spoiled and pampered brat,' Lavender said to Shiva calmly as she started to pad slowly on the treadmill. 'Come back when you've got a good head on your shoulders and some common sense too.'

'You take that back!' Shiva shouted to Lavender angrily as I looked over to see both my Fire-type and Ice/Fairy-type Fox Pokémon in a heated argument. 'I'M… not… SPOILED or PAMPERED!'

Lavender just ignored Shiva as she continued to run on the treadmill, which my shiny female Ice/Fairy-type Fox Pokémon didn't like at all. Shiva then used her Ice Beam to freeze part of the treadmill that Lavender was running on. My Fire-type Fox Pokémon didn't take too kindly to having her training regimen interrupted… least of all by a spoiled pampered brat like Shiva. Lavender calmly got off the half frozen treadmill and shook her head at Shiva as my shiny female Ice/Fairy-type Fox Pokémon, who was still standing at a fighting stance and glaring at Lavender.

'You're going to regret this little spoiled, pampered brat,' Lavender said as she sat down and sat in a leisurely pose as she didn't take Shiva serious in any manner.

'Tell it to my Snow Warning ability!' exclaimed Shiva as the weather turned from sunny and warm to cloudy with snow falling.

Lavender didn't flinch at all and once Shiva had gotten all her excitement out, my shiny female Fire-type Fox Pokémon just shook her head and then used her power to not only cancel out Shiva's Snow Warning, but caused the sun to shine a bit brighter. Shiva was shocked to see that her Snow Warning ability was made null and void. And before Shiva could make any response, Lavender was quick to use her Iron Tail and quickly cut Shiva down a peg or two thanks in part to her double whammy weakness to Steel-type attacks.

'Now do you see that it's pointless to try and challenge me?' Lavender asked Shiva as my shiny female Ice/Fairy-type Fox Pokémon before thawing out the half frozen treadmill, only to find that Shiva had done a bit more damage to the machine. 'Come back when you've matured. I'll be waiting.'

'Oh you'll see me again,' Shiva shot back to Lavender, angrily. 'And I'll be stronger than before too! Just you wait and see!'

Once Shiva had walked away from Lavender, she then went over to the fitness area designated for Pokémon and went to work focusing on her physical Defense stats so she wouldn't fall so quickly like she just did to Lavender's Iron Tail. It was nice to see that Shiva had something to motivate her and help get stronger without having to rely on me. As for me, I shifted over to the barbells that Shelby had used before she switched places with me and moved to the leg press, setting it to heavier weight settings. However, before we started the next set of our workout, Lusamine suggested to us that we cool down and of course told us that we need to stay hydrated before beginning our exercises.

After another hour of various exercises, Lusamine then permitted us to get in the water and begin the aquatic portion of our training. Primarina was ready and had finished her strength and stamina training and eagerly made her way to the warm tropical water where she waited and ambushed me as I got in the water… not getting a wary or jealous gaze from Shiva.

'So nice of you to join me in our favorite element,' Primarina said to me happily as she dragged me into the deeper water. 'Now we can train to our hearts's content.'

All I could really do was shake my head as I was dragged into the warm deep water by Primarina. Once I was in the water fully, my shiny female Soloist Pokémon then nuzzled my left cheek happily. To be honest, I had half expected Shiva to come charging, trying to swim out and try to pry me away from Primarina. Shiva, luckily for me, didn't seem interested in trying to pry me away from Primarina as she was more intent on training to defeat Lavender. Once Primarina was done cuddling and expressing her happiness, both of us began to train for the swimming competition. Of course Lusamine had a Milotic with her and Big Sister Shelby had her Walrein to also help with my training. Our surrogate Alola mother then pointed up to the surface as she wasn't like Shelby and I, as we could hold our breath underwater much longer than normal humans. Shelby and I surfaced so Lusamine could take a breath… much to Primarina's disappointment.

"Ah, thank you, you two," Lusamine said to us with a smile. "I guess I'm not as skilled as you two at holding my breath underwater."

I tossed Lusamine my breathing device that I usually carry with me… even though I don't exactly use it. Lusamine looked to me as if to ask me if I was sure that she could use it. I gave her a slight nod letting her know it was okay for her to use it. Lusamine then gave me a slight nod before putting on my breathing device to help her breathe underwater longer and keep up with Shelby and I too. Once our surrogate Alola mother was ready to continue our aquatic training, she gave us a slight nod and then went under with her Milotic. Shelby and I gave each other a slight nod… before Primarina drug me under the water so we could continue our training. After being brought underwater again by my shiny female Primarina, we continued swimming around the beach area until we noticed large waves coming in from open water along with some other Water-type Pokémon, some that didn't sit too well with Primarina, as evident of her pulling me close to her.

'Those Pokémon don't look too friendly,' Primarina said nervously and a bit frightened. 'Especially for a Fairy-type like me.'

Lusamine then motioned for us to return to the shore as she had poked her head up on the surface and saw a purple Pokéball flag warning which meant that hazardous or threatening Pokémon were coming. I certainly didn't wanna get caught in the middle of a bloom of Tentacools and Tentacruels, especially Tentacruels that were very territorial and highly hostile to outsiders and Fairy-type Pokémon. So the six of us made a hasty retreat back to the beach shore as we weren't going to risk our Pokémon in an impossible battle as the bloom was really HUGE!

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"Ah come on!" I exclaimed as I heard that the next leg of the Tapu Fini swimming circuit had been canceled because the huge bloom of Tentacools and Tentacruels that was blockading the island. "This really sucks!"

"I wonder what's come over all of those Jellyfish Pokémon," Lusamine commented out of concern. "It certainly doesn't feel like something a bloom of Tentacools and Tentacruels would suddenly do out of the blue."

'Humph… not if they're allied that vicious monster, Dark Blizzard,' my Psychic/Fire-type big brother respond with a cold telepathic tone.

"Dark Blizzard? You mean that horrible Weavile that's trying to create his own empire?" Lusamine asked Victini as she apparently had heard of our Dark/Ice-type foe.

"Yeah, we know that monster alright," Benjy said angrily and with venom in his tone.

"He even mercilessly killed one of his subordinates right in front of us too," Isabella added to the conversation.

"Well, at any rate, the best thing for you to do would be to continue your Island Trials for the time being," Lusamine suggested to me and my friends.

"I'm not here for the Island Trials," Gabriella said to Lusamine plainly. "I'm looking to add to the Water Pokémon that I have at home in Cerulean City."

"Oh I see," Lusamine said before an explosion from the water got our attention and the attention of other people at the hotel.

'What the Houndour?' my Psychic/Fire-type big brother asked as we noticed a ship was on fire as it tried to leave Heahea Harbor to transport ferry passengers and some goods to another island.

It looked the bloom and its leader were really trying to put the squeeze on the people of Akala Island and trying to cut them off from the rest of the Alola region. Not to mention no one could leave, nor could anyone enter the island either. They demonstrated it by downing a plane that was making a landing at the Heahea International Airport by firing Sludge Bomb, Gunk Shot and a few Icy Wind attacks. I guess the bloom's leader, a shiny male Tentacruel, allowed the passengers to get away and be picked up by freighter that was nearby.

'So what have you found out about the blockade around the island?' Rika asked a shiny female Frillish that Gabriella had caught as it was separated from its group.

'It's really tight,' Gabriella's Frillish reported to us. 'The only manner of beings that are allowed to leave are Water-type Pokémon and Flying-types too. Though I don't think a Primarina is allowed to leave. One of the Tentacools that I spoke to said that all Fairy-type Pokémon aren't going anywhere and any attempt they make to try and escape will be met with deadly resistance.'

"Well… they haven't cut us off from the internet and other forms of communication just yet," Benjamin said as he let out a sigh. "Guess we should be grateful for that… for the time being."

"There's no logic in their desire to blockade the island," Lusamine said as she wondered why the bloom of Tentacools and Tentacruels were trying to blockade the island.

"So now what do we do?" I asked as I was upset that I wasn't going to be able to swim in the next leg of the competition that I was training for.

"I guess we could keep going with the Island Trials," Isabella offered as an answer. "Once we defeat the Kahuna of this island, then we'll work on dealing with the blockade around the island."

"Guess that's about the only thing we can do, right now," I said as I was really bummed about not being able to compete in the swimming circuit.

"If you would be so kind," began Lusamine, "please allow me to accompany you. I would like to see you participate in your Island Trials."

I was quick to give her a slight nod, allowing her to join even though the others had reserves about my surrogate Alola mother, Lusamine. If anything, I should've consulted my friends and my family with me. Shelby and Benjy still had doubts about Lusamine, even Isabella and Gabriella had doubts about my surrogate Alola mother. However they reluctantly agreed to allow Lusamine to come with us… after they each slammed… slammed a book on my forehead and left many comical dents into my skull.

'I see someone had knowledge forcibly slammed into their brain,' my Psychic/Fire-type Victory Pokémon big brother said as he was telepathically snickering.

My response to my big brother was to return the favor… and forcibly "slam knowledge" into his brain by slamming a book on his head and leaving a comical dent in his head. Once the comical dents had healed, we began making our way towards the first trial site on Akala Island. However as we left the hotel, two characters came forward to greet us. From hearing their French-like accents, they sounded like they were from the Kalos region.

"Hello, and Alola to you all," the boy wearing a hat and sunglasses and tropical tourist attire said to me and my friends.

"Uh… hi there," I said as I thought the boy and his girlfriend from Kalos were acting a bit weird and a bit too friendly for my tastes

"My friend, Sina and I would to like to battle against you and one of your friends," the boy from Kalos, named Dexio said to me as both of them were looking to gauge the strength of me and/or one of my friends.

"Well… that sounds nice and all, but unfortunately," I began to say before we heard some familiar idiots making a return.

"Hey, hey, all yous people of Heahea City," the familiar Skull fatso called at the top of his lungs to the people in the vicinity of the Tide Song Hotel. "Team Skull is here with a non-negotiable ultimatum! Pay up ya overdue protection fee and we ain't gonna inflict some serious smack-down on y'all suckas!"

"Yeah, give up all y'all's Pokémon to Team Skull and ya ain't feel our bone shattering wrath, yo!" the ugly female Skull idiot exclaimed in agreement.

"That's it," Isabella snarled as she then produced fire from her hands as she just about had enough of those Skull idiots who were always terrorizing the people of Alola and pretty much trying to act they were some gangster version of the old Team Rocket from Daddy's home region of Kanto.

As much as I wanted to join Isabella and use my Aura power to help Isabella put those Skull monsters down and force them out of business, I was instructed by Aunt Rhea to keep my Aura power a secret and not reveal it in case the criminal elements would see my power and try to use me. But Aunt Rhea never gave Isabella such instructions as she wasn't part of Team Trident like Benjy, Shelby and myself. And since Isabella wasn't bound to any instructions Aunt Rhea might've given me and my friends and Psychic/Fire-type big brother. Isabella then charged at the Skull idiots and pretty much lit them up with the full force of her "fire bending" power. The first Skull, the fatso, received some hard serious burns to his torso, ankles and even serious burns on his face. As for the other two, they had gotten it worse from Isabella as she pretty much unloaded on them, just as hard as on the fatso Skull idiot. The tall idiot got burns on his sensitive area, legs, face and part of his right arm. The female idiot had burns on torso, her ugly face, two fingers, the crotch and her ankles. Isabella's shiny Torracat and Rika just shook their heads as they surveyed the damaged that their human had done to the stupid Skull idiots.

'I must say,' began Rika as she kept calm, 'Isabella went full on Primeape on those foolish and idiotic Skull humans.'

'You're not kidding, Rika,' agreed Torracat as she shook her head. 'I guess they'll never learn to know their place or when to give up.'

"I just hope that we can find their hideout soon and rip the beating heart of this despicable organization out and completely wipe it off the face of the map of Alola," Shelby said as we watched the badly burned Skull idiots limp away before Isabella decided to change her mind and roast them alive… or so they screamed as they half-way ran while limping.

"Now that those idiots are gone, we can battle you," Isabella informed a terrified Dexio and Sina as she then noticed that pair from Kalos were terrified of her.

"Uh… my… m-my cellphone just… just… it just went off," stammered a horrified Sina as she and her friend ran away in fear, but dropped an item on the ground as they ran away in fear.

"I think you went a little too Primeape on those idiots with your fire magic," Gabriella said to the Fire Bender of Tsunami Island as she picked up the dropped item.

"They deserved what they had coming to them," Isabella said coldly as she dusted herself off.

"Well, let's get out of here before the police show up," I said to the group as we didn't want law enforcement to come and arrest us. "We really don't know how the police will take to Isabella's fire bending."

Before Lusamine could speak up, the rest of the group agreed and we hurried out of town, without buying supplies as we decided to move to the outskirts of the suburban areas of Heahea City and would wade things out until the police moved on to something else. We were quick and moved on right as an Officer Jenny had shown up with her Growlithe partner. However, Isabella was curious about how the Officer Jenny would react to people testifying about someone who used fire magic to lay a heavy smack down on those Skull faggots. With Isabella wanting to hang back, we reluctantly stayed back too, staying out of sight and making sure no one could see us. Instead of saying that Isabella was a "pyro freak," "psycho witch" or just a plain freak, the people who witnessed Isabella burning those Skull faggots said that Isabella was a pyro magic user who gave three Skull grunts a burning beat down that they deserved to get for the constant harassment. Before the people could spot us and point Isabella to the Officer Jenny, we made our exit to ensure that we, or rather Isabella wouldn't be spotted.

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"You know children, I told you that the police would respond kindly to your friend and her fire magic," Lusamine said to us as we made our way to our trial site.

"Well, we still didn't want to take that chance," Shelby replied back to Lusamine coldly as she glanced at her. "Not every region we've traveled to have been tolerant of magic users. Especially the Sinnoh region. They drove us out quickly when we tried to help heal some children's wounds in Jubilife City and even in our own hometown of Sunnyshore City too."

"The people in our own hometown even called us traitors because we defended Cynthia and didn't condemn her for using healing magic," added Benjy as he shook his head.

"Oh really?" Lusamine asked as she was interested in what abilities that I possessed.

"Unfortunately, that's all you're going to know," Shelby interjected before my surrogate Alola mother could get more info out of my boyfriend or think about speaking to me about what abilities or powers that I possessed. "See, we don't exactly trust you. So don't think about trying to get information on Cynthia.

"You just keep your nose where it belongs," added Shelby in a stern tone as she narrowed her eyes at Lusamine. "Away from trying to learn about Cynthia."

oooooooooooooo

"Hey guys!" exclaimed Hau as we had just entered a small town called Paniola Town. "Funny seeing you here. I thought you'd might be over at Heahea Beach. Heard a swimming competition was taking place there."

"Unfortunately, the next leg of the swimming competition was canceled because of the large blockade around the island," I said to Hau.

"Oh… yeah," Hau said with a Mareepish grin on his face as he rested his head on his hands and smiled. "What's the deal with all those Tentacools and Tentacruels? They're blocking everyone's way of life. So not cool."

"Really?" I asked Hau in an annoyed tone with a vein popping on my forehead. "I didn't know that."

"Yeah, thanks for stating that, Captain Obvious," Gabriella added with sass in her tone of voice.

"At any rate, anyone wanna battle me?" Hau asked to try and ease the slightly growing tension. "I could use some preparation for my upcoming battle against the next trial captain."

"Us, battle you?" Shelby asked Hau as she raised an eyebrow. "For you to ask us to battle you is like digging your own grave."

"It's okay Shelby," I replied to my best friend, that I loved like a big sister, with a wicked grin on my face before looking Kahuna Hala's grandson and the wicked grin turned into a rape face. "My Pokémon and I could use some target practice to relieve some stress."

Once Hau saw my change in mood… and my rape face, he was starting to sweat bullets and gulped in terror, but mustered up enough courage to not consider running away from me. I'll admit that I had to applaud him for mustering up that courage to face me even though he pretty much was target practice for me. The first Pokémon he called out to face was a cute little Pikachu. I admit I had my reservations about battling against a Pikachu, because one of my Pokémon siblings was Big Brother Pikachu and I couldn't battle against him. However, I made sure Hau's cute little Pikachu didn't suffer too long and called on Lavender to end the battle quickly. A well placed Dark Pulse from Lavender's Dark-type attack was enough to quickly knock out the cute little Pikachu and eliminate my guilty conscious feeling about battling Pikachus. Once Hau recalled his Pikachu, he sent out a Noibat to face my next Pokémon. And that was one of his biggest mistakes that he made against me. Hau certainly didn't know me well enough to know that not only was I born to two of the most powerful Pokémon trainers in the Atlantica Islands, I was also a seasoned trainer myself as I had begun my journey at the same age as Aunt Relena when she and Uncle Ritchie started their journeys at the age of 7. I recalled Lavender and brought out Shiva as she would have the double whammy advantage against the Flying/Dragon-type Pokémon originally from Kalos. Well, I guess I shouldn't say that Shiva had a double whammy advantage as much as she had a triple whammy advantage against the Noibat and we knew it as Hau's Noibat cried out in terror when he saw Shiva standing there and tried to fly back into his Pokéball. Shiva looked to me in confusion as she didn't know why her opponent was trying to flee from her instead of facing her.

"Aww… come on Noibat," Hau said with a grin on his face.

'No way!' cried out the terrified male Flying/Dragon-type Soundwave Pokémon. 'It's an Ice-type and EEEKKK! It's a Fairy-type too! GET THE FAIRY-TYPE AWAY FROM ME!'

'Ouch, that's not pleasant for Cynthia,' Big Brother Victini said with a sweatdrop on his forehead.

"Shiva, use Freeze-Dry on that Noibat," I instructed my shiny female Ice/Fairy-type Fox Pokémon.

'If it'll stop the Dragon-type's crying, my pleasure,' Shiva replied before using the super effective Ice-type move and KO'ing the Soundwave Pokémon without so much as batting an eyebrow.

Hau then recalled his defeated… uh, I mean his "crybaby" Noibat to its Pokéball. The Melemele Island native let out a sigh as he didn't expect me to be quite strong as he said that to me. Shelby, Benjy, Isabella and Gabriella each were silent as they said nothing in response to his comment. His Eevee and Torracat didn't stand much of a chance against my other Pokémon, plus he didn't like the fact that he had to shell out double the amount of money because Lavender had an Amulet Coin around her neck as I had replaced Shiva's Dream Ball with the Amulet Coin. Hau didn't let being called target practice for my Pokémon get him down as he maintained his grin and then gave me a Dire Hit item as a reward for beating him. To be honest, I really didn't need it, but it would've been rude to refuse the gift from him. So I accepted it and he ran off to find a place to get food.

'Bye, bye Target Practice!' my shiny female Primarina exclaimed to an exiting Hau as she waved to him. 'Come serve as our target practice again very soon!'

Once Hau left, we journeyed further towards the interior of the island to find the next trial captain. Getting to the Paniola Ranch was a bit difficult and took us a couple days to get through before my surrogate Alola mother took charge and guided us through the maze of Paniola Ranch. Once we reached a house, Lusamine then excused herself and asked if it would be a problem for her to stay at that house while myself, Shelby, Isabella and Benjy went to the next trail site. I don't think anyone ever objected as they were hands down fine with her staying at the ranch house while we proceeded further into the island for our next trial. The next leg of our journey into the interior of Akala Island took us to Route 5 and towards our next destination called Brooklet Hill, as Lusamine told us. However as we made our way to Brooklet Hill, we came across Hau as he had just faced someone who seemed so cruel and heartless. I took a good look at Hau's opponent and put a mental picture of my surrogate Alola mother over him… before shaking my head and easily dismissed the thought that the mean looking blonde boy could ever look like Lusamine.

"How can you be still be so cheerful after I just defeated your Pokémon?" the mean-looking blonde boy asked Hau angrily even though he defeated my earlier target practice.

"I dunno," Hau answered the angry looking boy. "I just take the loss and learn from it. Losing can be fun as long as you learn something from your loss.

Hau then looked and noticed us coming towards from the south. He waved for us to come towards him. We went towards him and then noticed the mean looking blonde boy glaring at us. As for my big brother, he stayed invisible as was his usual way to stay undetected from unsure characters. The mean looking blonde boy then looked to me with interest at first, then noticed my sexy stud Benjy glaring at him so he knew not to consider hitting on me for a date. I was very happy to see Benjy standing up and making sure the competition knew that I was his girl. I kissed him to enforce that I was his girl.

"You better back off pal," Benjy sternly informed the mean looking blonde boy as he placed an arm around my waist, "she's already been spoken for."

"Uhh… okay man," the mean blonde boy said to Benjy as he held his hands up in mock surrender. "She's all yours dude. Have fun."

'Heh… he forgot to read all the warning labels before starting to date her,' my Psychic/Fire-type big brother said with a grin on his face as he made himself visible to the mean looking blonde boy and starling him.

"Hey, shut up Victini!" Benjy shot back at my Psychic/Fire-type big brother. "And besides… you never told me any that were ever any warning labels, let alone provide any such literature to help me in dealing with Cynthia.

"What the?" the mean looking boy asked as he was confused and never had seen my big brother or a Victini at all in his life.

"I see you've just met my big brother," I said to the mean looking blonde boy as I wrangled my big brother in my arms, much to his delight.

"Your… big… brother?" the mean looking blonde boy asked me as he looked at me and Big Brother Victini to see if we had resemblance to each other. "Uh… are you on drugs or something?"

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"Who the Houndour does that guy think he is?" I asked angrily as we headed up to Brooklet Hill for our next trial. "Asking me if I'm on drugs… that guy had a lot of nerve."

'I don't think giving him a bloody nose and then kicking him in the nuts was an appropriate response,' Rika said to me as everyone had watched me inflict such punishment. 'You most definitely are the offspring of Duchess May Ketchum alright.'

"You're not kidding," agreed Gabriella as she had grimaced when I went full on Primeape on the mean looking blonde boy. "Going full on Primeape on him wasn't necessary."

"Really Gabriella?" I asked my half-sister as I remembered that she had quite a temper, a Gyarados-like temper. "I seem to recall you chasing your brothers and sisters around the Cerulean gym along with other children in Cerulean City."

"They deserved what they had coming," Gabriella said to me. "But enough about me. Time for you to face the next trial."

"That's right," Isabella said as she shoved me forward at the entrance of Brooklet Hill. "Good luck to you. You're gonna need it."

"Go get 'em my Ocean Beauty," Benjy said to me with enthusiasm… before I decided to shed my clothes in front of him to reveal my shiny Primarina swimsuit. "And please stop doing that in front of me."

"Why?" I asked Benjy in a cute and innocent tone. "Don't you like seeing my hot and sexy bod?"

"Because I don't wanna get in trouble with your dad," Benjy answered me quickly.

"Oh… don't worry about my Daddy," I said to Benjy as I rolled my eyes. "Daddy likes you. He doesn't wanna admit it."

I then hefted the Dream Ball that held one of my chosen Pokémon that I planned to use and then looked the second Dream Ball that contained my second Pokémon that I was going to use against the Totem Pokémon that I was going to face off against. I certainly wasn't to use any Electric-type Pokémon against this Totem Pokémon that I was going to learn about from the trial captain. However, the trial captain… wasn't someone I was quite expecting as I saw that Lana was standing at the entrance. Lana then saw me and waved to me to come towards her… and then blew kisses to my big brother, Victini.

"Hey there Cynthia!" exclaimed Lana as I ran towards her with my big brother gliding towards her. "Hi Victini! You two look well."

'And you look ravishing as always tender mermaid of Alola,' my big brother said as he always flattered Lana after she shed her own clothes to reveal the swimsuit she always wore underneath her clothes.

"Well, I've got a rather ugly dent on right knuckle," I said as I looked at my right knuckle after I had punched that idiot for asking if I was on drugs just because I said Victini was my big brother. "But at any rate, what's going on here? Are you leading me to the trial captain?"

Lana just giggled as she answered, "No silly. I am THE trial captain. You're about to undergo my trial.

"For this trial, you can't capture any Pokémon here until you complete the trial," finished Lana.

"You see, I'd like for you to herd a certain Pokémon down to draw out the Totem Pokémon," Lana explained to me. "I would try to register a Water-type Pokémon for your Ride Pager, but you look like you'd rather swim out there instead of riding on the back of a Lapras."

"Yeah, I prefer to swim," I said to Lana with a smile on my face.

"Well… at any rate," Lana continued as she brought the focus back to the trial, "the Pokémon that you'll be herding to draw out the Totem Pokémon are called Wishiwashi. They're quite an interesting Pokémon with a unique ability."

It was then that called out my two selected Pokémon for the trial, Primarina and Shiva, so I could inspect them. Before I could inspect my two chosen Pokémon, Primarina just had tackle to me to the ground in glee and cuddle with me as she saw me in my shiny Primarina swimsuit. As for Shiva, as much as she wanted to try and pry Primarina off of me, she knew that Primarina would just fend her off with her Iron Tail attack. However, Primarina didn't cuddle with me very long as she knew that we had a job to do and a trial to clear. Once Primarina had calmed down, I gave a slight nod to Lana, acknowledging the objective to clear the trial at hand. Primarina and Shiva each gave me a slight nod as they knew what we had to do.

'Don't worry about me,' Shiva assured me. 'Lavender helped to teach me a bit about swimming. Otherwise I'll just create a sheet of ice for me to walk on.'

I gave Shiva a slight nod before recalling her to her Dream Ball and then gave Primarina a slight nod before both of us dove into the water and then went after the Pokémon called Wishiwashi. Diving into the water, something then began glowing as could feel the Tsunami Aura following through me and the Mark of the Sea Crown on my left breast glowing as we began looking for these Small Fry Pokémon that the Pokédex described. I looked to Primarina and gave her a slight nod as I needed to know if my overly affectionate shiny female Soloist Pokémon remembered our plan for tackling this trial. Luckily for me, Primarina remembered our plan and returned the nod with one of her own as remembered that the only attacks she was to use were Energy Ball and her Electric-type Hidden Power attack as I was saving the Totem Pokémon for Shiva to take on by herself with Lavender giving her back up. But I was very confident that Shiva wasn't going to need the backup.

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"Really nice job, Primarina," I said to my shiny female Soloist Pokémon before looking to the waterfall where the Totem Pokémon was waiting and then. "You did a great job."

'Thanks Sister Cynthia,' Primarina said happily as she hugged me. 'You know I'll never let you down. But I take it that it's Shiva's turn, right?'

"Yeah," I answered Primarina with a slight nod. "This time Shiva will take charge. But I'd still like for you to be out and watch while Shiva takes on the Totem Pokémon."

'O-o-o-okay!' Primarina exclaimed happily as I let Shiva out of her Dream Ball.

'So I'll be taking on the Totem Pokémon?' Shiva asked me as the three of us made our way to the beach where the waterfall was at.

Before we could step into the water, the three of us were greeted by Lana and her recently evolved Brionne… and my big brother, Victini, sitting on her left shoulder. And Big Brother Victini was wearing some cute pair jams with Victini foot and hand prints.

"Hey thanks for herding the Wishiwashi," Lana said to me with a smile on her face before noticing the ocean blue glow of my Tsunami Aura. "Uh… are you alright there Cynthia? Do you usually glow like that?"

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3rd person POV

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Three days earlier

Tsunami Island, 40 miles outside of Costa del Sol

"May, is something wrong?" Ash asked his wife of 14 years as May wasn't sleeping in bed with her husband.

"Samiya," May said aloud as began to glow with an ocean blue outline around her body and the Mark of the Sea Crown that appeared after May gave birth to Cynthia. "I can sense it."

'Is… something wrong Duchess?' Ash's Pikachu asked as he sleepily woke up after hearing his master's wife mention the Sea Temple.

'Go to sleep Pikachu,' May's Glaceon said to her mate after slapping him with her tail.

"May?" Ash asked his wife as he got out of bed and approached her standing on the balcony. "Is everything okay?"

"No," answered May as she shook her head. "I can sense where Samiya is going."

"Where is it going?" Ash asked his wife.

"Alola," May answered softly as she went back to their bed and picked up a sleeping Manaphy who still slept in bed with his momma and papa. "It's going to Alola, where our little girl is."

"Can't it wait until morning?" Ash groaned as he went back to bed while May went into their closet and grabbed a backpack instead of a suitcase like she usually grabbed when she usually travelled on the Pokémon Coordinators Victor Circuit or if she travelled when she was doing a book tour for her recently published memoirs of traveling as a Pokémon trainer and Pokémon Coordinator.

About the only time May ever used a backpack was when one of her three children, Cynthia, Lisa or Keith, asked her to travel with one of them. Or if she wanted to challenge the gyms in the Atlantica Islands region by herself to get her and her Pokémon stronger before the Suicune Valley Conference started up. But since she went to Samiya with her "first child," Manaphy, she had made return pilgrimages at least five times after giving birth to her and Ash's three children with Manaphy to ensure that Phantom the Pirate had not returned and made anymore attempts to steal the Sea Crown. May picked up her cellphone and made the one phone call she usually didn't want to make, but since the safety of her firstborn child was at stake, calling on Rhea of Team Trident was her only option. After placing the call to Rhea, May finished packing her backpack with clothes, swimwear and some other small items like Pokéballs and various other healing items. After May packed her backpack, she then shamelessly put on a skintight body glove suit in front of her husband before dressing herself and then getting a flight booked to Alola on her cellphone. May finally looked to the three Pokémon that were on the couple's bed before she picked up her "precious little boy," Manaphy first and then said, "Pikachu, I'm gonna need you to come with me."

The Electric-type Mouse Pokémon then yawned and stretched himself as he replied, 'Sure thing Duchess. I'm with you. It would be nice to get away for a while from kids.'

"Glaceon, I'm counting on you to keep my husband in line and the house from falling apart," May said to her female Ice-type Fresh Snow Pokémon.

'Sure thing May,' Glaceon replied sleepily as she yawned. 'Just bring my hubby back, 'kay?'

"I'll do that," May replied with a slight chuckle as Pikachu got on her left shoulder.

Once May was ready, she grabbed Pikachu's Pokéball and Manaphy's Cherish Ball that she had captured Manaphy in. Making her decision, May decided to bring a full team of Pokémon to Alola with her as she was going to need a balance of strength and finesse. May grabbed her main team leader, Amethyst, Ash's Charizard, his Meloetta and her shiny male Persian, Darius, who just recently evolved after a mock contest battle at the Emerald Crown Resort on Emerald Cove Island.

Once her team was fully ready to go, May left a note for Ash that she borrowed a couple more of his Pokémon for the trek to Alola to find Samiya and help their firstborn inherit her title of Princess of the Sea.

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Cynthia's POV

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"Well done Cynthia," Lana said before the waters started to churn and out came a new Pokémon that looked unfamiliar to me. "Wha? What's going on here?"

'Cheater!' I heard a multitude of voices exclaiming from big beast. 'You cheated when you corralled us to the Totem Pokémon!'

'Cynthia never cheated,' Shiva said to the large unfamiliar Pokémon in my defense. 'She was only relying on her natural instincts. Cynthia has never cheated before in her life!'

'LIAR!' the multitude of voices shouted before they fired a big Water Gun at me.

Since Lusamine wasn't around, I wasn't going to hold back against the giant unfamiliar Pokémon. I then allowed the ocean blue glow around my body to get brighter and moved into action with Lana watching me using my Tsunami Aura. Before the large Water Gun made contact with me, I was able to form a shield with my power and effectively canceling out the very powerful Water-type special attack. Before I could retaliate, Shiva sprang into action and summoned a hail storm with her Snow Warning ability and then went on the offensive by firing off a powerful Freeze-Dry at the large unfamiliar Pokémon. Shiva's Ice-type did some major damage against it and the unfamiliar Pokémon all of a sudden disintegrated and revealed one of the small Wishiwashi Pokémon that Primarina and I had herded to the water to draw out. The remaining Wishiwashi was not looking so hot and a slight gold tint on its face and gold colored eyes. Before I could heft a Friend Ball, I looked to Lana for permission to go ahead and catch the shiny Wishiwashi. Lana gave me a slight nod acknowledging that I could now capture any Pokémon that I wanted to catch in Brooklet Hill. With a grin on my face, I threw the Friend Ball at the shiny Pokémon that I wanted. The small shiny male Small Fry Pokémon tried to get away, but with the curve ball I threw he couldn't get away from. Once he was captured, both me and Shiva let out an enthusiastic cheer after capturing a new Pokémon that was sent home back to Tsunami Island. It was then that feeling that I usually got when my mother was close by kicked in and I felt a soothing tingle run down my spine. In fact, my mother did show up with two of my older brothers too.

'Hey there Little Cynthia,' Big Brother Pikachu said to me before he happily leapt off of Mom's shoulder and into my arms. 'It's great to see you again.'

"I missed you too, Big Brother Pikachu," I said as I hugged and cuddled with my Electric-type big brother as he was one of my many Pokémon big brothers and sister who helped raise me whenever Mom and Daddy weren't around.

Primarina looked and noticed Big Brother Pikachu in my arms and looked a bit jealous as she watched me cuddling with my Electric-type big brother. I looked at Primarina and motioned for her to come join me and motioned for Shiva to come closer. Both of my Alola Pokémon complied and came closer to me as I said to them, "I'd like for you two to meet one of my other Pokémon siblings who helped to raise me as a little girl. This is Big Brother Pikachu."

'Uh… hello there,' Primarina said warily as she looked at Big Brother Pikachu in my arms. 'Cynthia did mention she had a favorite older sibling. I… guess she was talking about you then.'

'Alola to you, New Friend!' Shiva exclaimed to Big Brother Pikachu happily and cheerfully.

'It's nice to meet Little Cynthia's companions from Alola,' Big Brother Pikachu said to Shiva and Primarina with a smile. 'I hope you're taking good care of Little Cynthia.'

"What are you doing here, Mom?" I asked my mother as Benjamin, Shelby, Gabriella and Isabella had followed behind my mom and joined us. "Never mind that, how'd you get past the blockade of Tentacools and Tentacruels?"

"I think you know why I'm here," Mom answered me in a calm tone. "Samiya."

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Author's note: And… CUT! Sorry to keep you guys waiting for this chapter. Other projects and my job have interrupted the progress of its completion. At any rate I hope you enjoy this chapter and will favorite this fic and leave reviews for it. I thank you for your support. Until then, ja ne! ^_^