Well, here we are. The final chapter. I never thought I'd get this far with this fic, but I did. So, Collin's next Title Fight is with his friend Hau. Can he win and keep is title? Or will Hau swoop the victory? Find out in the last chapter of Pokemon: The Alola Adventure. Enjoy!
Chapter 37-Settling in (Finally)
Two weeks after the "Family Ultra Beast Hunting" as Collin calls it, he returns to the Pokemon League, his Alolan team on his belt, ready for his next fight. Knowing who was going to face him for the title of Champion make him excited. He knew Hau has been training for this moment for quite a while now and he hopes that it could be a good fight. He heard the sound of footsteps walking up the stairs and his eyes met a smiling Hau.
"Hey Collin! I'm here!" he said, proudly.
"You sure are. Well done getting this far Hau." Collin got up from his chair and stood in the arena. "You know, when Kukui texted me that you were going to challenge me once I got back from my break, I was smiling. I couldn't wait for this moment."
"Really?" asked Hau, sounding stunned.
"Of course. We've traveled together and I've seen you grown as a Trainer and a person. And I want to see if all that training has worked out." Collin took out his first Poke Ball out at random and placed it in his hand. "SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT HAU!"
"HELL YEAH!" The two had their Poke Balls at the ready and without saying the names of the Pokemon, they threw them. On Hau's side stood Flareon and on Collin's stood Nebby, Solgaleo. If it was anyone else, they would have quit right away upon seeing the Legendary Pokemon. But Hau stood his ground, he smirked at the giant Pokemon that towered over his Flareon. But he was calm and collected. "Quick Attack!" shouted Hau. Flareon rushed forward and hit the massive Legendary, but seemed to do no damage.
"Cute Hau." said Collin. "My turn. Sunsteel Strike." Solgaleo jumped into the air and its forehead glowed.
"Flare Blitz!" shouted Hau. Flareon jumped into the air and it's body was surrounded by fire and strikes Solgaleo before it could finish the move. The fire burned through Solgaleo, knocking it out of the sky and crash landing onto the ground, fainted.
"...well shit. Nebby return!" said Collin and the Legendary Pokemon returned to the ball. "There goes my ace. How did you know to do that?"
"I read up on Solgaleo." he said simply.
"...fair enough." Collin took out his next Ball and threw it. Out came Salazzle, hissing at Flareon. "Alright no more fooling around, Venoshock!" he shouted.
The battle raged on for what seemed like forever. With Collin's ace in the hole out of commission already, the battle was intense. Collin stuck with Salazzle for a while, taking out Hau's Flareon. Afterwards, Hau sent out his Raichu, which did quick work to Salazzle. Collin sent out Crabominable and due to her huge physical attack, took Raichu out with one clean Close Combat. Hau sent out Tauros and despite Crabominable using Close Combat, the Tauros stood and using Iron Head, Crabominable fell, defeated.
"Yeah! Well done Tauros!" shouted Hau. Collin called back his Crabominable and smiled.
"You've been training your team well Hau." he said, before his smile turned into a smirk. "But I'm not out of the woods yet. Go Empoleon!" Collin threw the ball and out came Empoleon, flexing his long wings. "You ready buddy?"
"Empoleon!" he cried.
"Awesome. Hydro Pump!" Empoleon's mouth opened wide and a massive jet of water shot from it, heading straight to Tauros.
"Dodge!" shouted Hau. Tauros attempted to dodge, but the water came too fast and directly hit Tauros, knocking it out. "Return!" Tauros returned to it's ball and Hau got his next Pokemon ready. "Go Noivern!" The giant bat came out of it's ball and was ready to take on Empoleon. Noivern proved to be way too fast for Empoleon to keep up, and with one final Dragon Pulse, Empoleon was down. Collin called back Empoleon and sent out Mimikyu to take out the Noivern. Hau wasn't fully prepared for Mimikyu, as he forgot about the Disguise ability he had, and with one simple Play Rough, Noivern was out for the count. Hau then sent out his own Crabominable and due to Mimikyu's Disguise ability already gone, it made quick work of the small Pokemon with an Ice Hammer. Collin only had one more usable Pokemon, while Hau had two. He had to make this count.
"Go Decidueye!" he shouted. Out came Decidueye as he flexed his wings, ready for battle. "Get ready buddy, it's all down to you."
"Hoo!" cried Decidueye.
"Yeah buddy! Leaf Blade!" Decidueye's wing sharped and sliced down onto Crabominable cleanly. But it was still standing.
"Ice Hammer!" shouted Hau. Decidueye saw the massive fist of Crabominable raise into the air and dodged the fist, only for it to hit the side of Decidueye, causing major damage but not enough to knock him out.
"Nice one buddy! Spirit Shackle!" Decidueye used his bow like feathers to shoot an arrow directly at Crabominable, causing enough damage to knock the massive Pokemon out. "Yes!"
"Return! You did a great job." Hau was still standing, with one Pokemon left and Collin knew for sure who it was. "This is it, don't give up. GO PRIMARINA!" he shouted. His final Pokemon was now on the field, it was neck and neck and only one could win.
"Let's get this over with! UNLEASH Z-MOVE!" shouted Collin as he twisted the Decidium Z on his Z-Ring, preforming the Ghost Z-Move dance and powered up Decidueye. "NOW USE SINISTER ARROW RAID!" Countless arrows began to form around Decidueye and he began to rush towards Primarina, shooting arrow after arrow at the Pokemon. When the smoke cleared and all the arrows gone, Collin was shocked to find that Primarina was still standing "WHAT?!"
"WELL DONE PRIMARINA! LET'S SHOW HIM OUR Z-MOVE!" shouted Hau as he twisted his own Primarium Z on his Z-Ring, did the Water Z-Move dance and powered up Primarina. "NOW USE OCEANIC OPERETTA!" Primarina used it's voice to summon a massive ball of water that almost broke the glass dome in the League. Genitally, it glided the ball towards Decidueye to enclose him in the ball of water. With one final use of it's voice, the ball burst open and damaged Decidueye, and Primarina took a well deserved bow as Decidueye lay on the ground, defeated. Collin was out of Pokemon, he lost.
"...I...I can't believe it!" said Hau, stuttering and barely able to speak at all. "I-I won...I actually won!" he said as he ran to Primarina and hugged his Pokemon. Collin went over to Decidueye to see if he was okay.
"You did good buddy, be proud. Return." Decidueye returned to his ball and Collin walked up to Hau. "Well...I said you'd beat me one day, and you did. All I have to say is, well done Hau." he said, extending his hand
"Thank you Collin." he said, shaking Collin's hand. "But...aren't you upset about this?" he asked. Collin didn't expect him to ask the question, but he smiled.
"I'll admit, there is a small bit of me that is. But the feeling I have of seeing you win outweighs it by a lot. You have proved to me that you can do it. And there is no one I'm more than happy to see as Champion."
"You really mean that?" asked Hau, with tears in his eyes.
"I one hundred percent believe that Hau. You'll be a great Champion, better than me." When he finished that sentance, Hau rushed over to Collin and gave him the biggest hug of his life.
"Thank you for believing in me. I never thought someone like you would be my friend or even consider me as a Champion." he said.
"It was all there from the start, you just needed the push." The hug ended with both of them smiling. "Come on, we got a Hall of Fame to go to." They walked side by side to the elevator and went down to the main floor, where Kukui met them.
"Hey you two!" he greeted them. "So...who won?" he asked. Collin face couldn't hold it and a wide grin appeared on his face.
"Kukui, say hello to your new Champion!" he said, pointing to Hau. The next few hours went by extremely quick. Hau was written into the Hall of Fame, got his rights as a Champion and, like before with Collin, a party was being held at Iki Town for the new Champion. Just like before, everyone turned up to celebrate the new Champion and a bunch of activities were being held. Even Gladion showed up, who was getting extremely close to Hau. Collin caught on to it and gave a little wink to Hau, knowing what was going on. Hala came to the stage in front of the whole town.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like to thank you for coming here tonight for this big celebration of my grandson. He has come a long way and I couldn't be prouder. Now I'm not good with speeches so I'll hand it over to our former Champion and friend, Collin." Everyone began to clap and Hala got off the stage and Collin took his place.
"Ahem. It's rare that I do this sort of thing so forgive me if I mess up." he said, making the crowd laugh. "When I came here to Alola, Hau was one of the first of the many residents of Alola that I met and already I knew he was going to be amazing. His strong will to never give up and the way he trains himself to get better is one of the best things any Trainer could do. When he came to face me earlier today, I saw full confidence in his eyes. He was ready to face me, more than ready. There is no one I could think, at this point in time, who would the best choice of Champion of Alola, than Hau. So please, raise your glass or whatever it is you are holding and say "To Hau!""
"TO HAU!" everyone shouted as they drank their beverage. Collin got off the stage and continued to watch from the sidelines. What he didn't expect was Kukui to come up beside him.
"Hey cousin, how are you feeling?" he asked.
"Fine. Happy even, I'm glad I don't have to be Champion now. It wasn't for me and Hau will be a way better Champion than me."
"I have no doubt about that. But I've been meaning to ask you something." This caught Collin's attention and he turned to the professor. "What are you going to do now? I mean your journey is over, you're not Champion any more and all the Trials are done." Collin looked stumped.
"Honestly...I have no idea." he confessed. "I was more worried about taking my break rather than thinking about what I was going to do while staying here." Kukui had a thought about it, turned to Collin and an idea came to his head.
"Actually, I might have just the thing." he said.
*Two Months Later*
"Hello Lillie?"
"Hey Collin!" said Lillie over the phone. "How are you?"
"I'm doing great. I'm just about to start my first day. I hope I'll be good enough for the kids."
"Oh Collin, if there is anyone who should be a teacher, it's you." she said with confidence. "You know so much about Pokemon and their moves and everything in between. You're perfect for the job."
"Yeah let's see if I can do that while speaking to a bunch of kids." he said with a hint of snark in his voice. "How's everything going with you?"
"Perfect. Bill just gave us the go ahead on being able to get Mom back to normal. He said it might take a while though, but it's going to be worth it." she said. "I'll be heading to Pallet tomorrow to start my journey properly."
"Oh that's amazing Lille. Make sure you tell me what starter you're picking from Oak. How's Vulpix doing?"
"She's doing fantastic. She already has her first move and I couldn't be any more proud." Collin knew he could listen to her for hours, but time was running short.
"Listen Lillie, I need to get going. I'll talk to you after school is over."
"Okay. Talk to you later. Love you." she said.
"Love you too." The phone hanged up and Collin got his coat on, made sure his tie was straight, despite still wearing causal clothes, and headed out the door and made his way to the Trainer School. After showing his ID at the entrance, he met up with the Principle of the School, Asuka
"Ah Mr Clarkson, glad you could fill in for Emily." she said shaking his hand. "Normally teachers would need training to actually teach, but your experiences on the field is more than enough for you to be qualified."
"Thank you for giving me this chance Principle Asuka." he said.
"Please, it's just Asuka. Now your class is room one down the hall. The students are in there right now. Now you remember how to start today?" she asked.
"Introduce myself, have a roll call, go though a few basic things about being a Trainer, then class is over." he listed off.
"Exactly. You'll have no trouble I'm sure of it. I better get back to the office. If you need any help, don't hesitate to come and see me." she said, walking into her office, while Collin walked down the hall to see his class room. He could see the class from the small glass window and, like Asuka said, the kid were already inside waiting for him. Collin hesitated for a moment. He began to think about how he got here in life. Training and battling, facing criminals every region and taking down powerful Pokemon. It all became normal to him. But standing right outside a classroom, ready to teach kids how to be Trainers, a normal job to anyone, somehow made it more exciting. If this is what normal actually is, he can live with it. With one final nod, he opened the door and everyone looked at him.
"Good morning class. I'm Collin Clarkson, Mr Clarkson to you, and I'll be your teacher." he said, with a smile across his face.
And with that, the story has ended. I can't believe I've done it and I want to say thank you so much for reading if you got this far. Or even if you barely got through it. Even if you hated it, thank you for taking your time to read this story that has been cooking up in my head for such a long time. I want to give a massive thanks once again to Moonlight Butterfree. This guy has helped me so much with this story and without him/her/whatever, I'd never would have finished this story. Please check their stuff out on FFN or AO3, please.
But even though this story is over, the story of Collin Clarkson isn't. Look out, for on the 2nd/3rd of September, Collin returns in Pokemon: The Ultra Adventure, taking place two years after the Alola Adventure. What will happen then? Find out on that day.
With all that said, reviews and comments of any nature are welcomed and as always, I'll see you in the next fic. Cheerio!