Chapter 15: A Rockin Grand Trial.

Moon and Sarah entered Olivia's jewelry store the next morning, they looked around the selections curiously as they waited for the Kahuna to be ready for them. After waiting for what seemed like twenty minutes, a Probopass approached them, scaring Fabby who ran behind Moon.

"Probo?" the Pokemon asked, looking at the two of them.

"Hey, we're looking for Olivia." Sarah said. "Do you know where she is?"

The rock Pokemon hovered there for a bit, then, it floated out of the room and up the stairs. It came back downstairs a moment later with a letter in its hand.

Moon, Sarah,

Hey, sorry if there were any mixups today, hopefully I leave this note attached to the door of my shop, if not...hopefully Probopass will find it. I forgot to mention that your grand trial will take place by the Ruins of Life set up for Tapu Lele, just go past the graveyard and up north in the following route to get there.

Olivia

"Well, that's twenty minutes of our life we're never getting back." Moon muttered. "Let's just get going."

The two left the shop and made their way out of Konikoni city. They continued down the trail, passing by a small lake as they went. After a while, they arrived outside of another cemetery. This time however, it was more of a little hedge pathway to go around it.

"So...we should probably discuss this now." Moon said, placing his hands behind his head as they walked. "What are we going to do about that Aether lady's offer?" At the mention of the word Aether, Fabby let out a loud cry before backing up.

"It's alright Fabby." Sarah replied calmly. "We aren't going to give you to some complete stranger alright?" Fabby gave a reluctant nod as Angel and Sapphire kept walking along in front of them.

Sapphire paused suddenly, he held out his paw, stopping all of them.

"Something wrong buddy?" Moon asked.

"It's...you know." Sapphire muttered.

"Scythe!"

A green bug with four small flapping wings and blades like hands shot out of the trees. Sapphire and Angel both quickly ducked out of the line of travel for the bug as it sped off and over their heads.

"Oh goddammit, not these assholes again." Moon muttered as Dan and Lavender both ran out of the forest.

"Let's just get this over with." Sarah replied.

"Scyther, use Slash!" Lavender commanded.

"Monferno, Fire Punch."

Monferno and Scyther both charged at Sapphire and Angel. Scyther unleashed several slashes, which Sapphire quickly dodged the rapid slashes of each of them. Angel ducked under Monferno's Fire Punch before unleashing a Psyshock to counterattack. The little bits of rocks smashed into Monferno and pushed it back.

"Sapphire, Blaze Kick!"

Sapphire dodged one last slash from Scyther before unleashing a close ranged blaze kick. The foot of fire launched Scyther back across the field. Monferno got up and unleashed a flamethrower attack. Angel's eyes flashed blue as a wall of light appeared in front of her and Sapphire, the wall of light blocked the flames from hitting either of them.

"Scyther, use wing attack!"

Scyther's wings extended as it charged at Sapphire once again.

"Counter!"

Scyther clashed with Sapphire as the Riolu's body was surrounded by red light, Sapphire unleashed a quick punch blowing Scyther into a withered tree. Monferno charged up a flame wheel as it rolled towards Sapphire. Angel fired a psybeam at the monkey as it rolled towards Sapphire, the beam knocked Monferno into the air where Angel directed it with her telekinesis towards Scyther. The monkey's flame wheel hit its partner, both Pokemon fell to the ground with swirls in their eyes.

"Now Ariados Toxic Thread!"

Moon quickly caught wind of her intention and pulled Sarah out of the way as a purple bubbling string shot out from the woods missing her by mere inches. He directed his intention to the woods when all of a sudden, a blast of water erupted from the woods sending Ariados out of the woods and into the ground in front of Dan and Lavender. Both of them returned their Pokemon to their pokeballs.

"Honchkrow, get us out of here!" Dan called. In the blink of an eye, the two hopped on the back of the bird and flew off into the distance.

Moon and Sarah turned to the woods curiously. All of a sudden, a white Pokemon with small wings on its round body and tiny little nubs for arms and feet flew out of the woods. It had little blue and red markings that you'd usually see on a decorated easter egg or something. It had a long pearly white neck to a head with small black pupil eyes.

"Toge!" the Pokemon said.

"Hello." Sarah said sweetly. "You must be the one that helped us...right?"

"Tic?" the Pokemon asked, tilting its head to the side.

"You shot the water at the Ariados to help protect us...right?"

Togetic looked at her with a confused expression in its eyes. It seemed more confused than anything else as it floated in front of her.

"Getic?"

"I don't think this Togetic helped us." Moon said calmly. "Maybe some sort of water Pokemon?" he looked back into the woods. There was no sign of anyone or anything. For a brief second he thought he caught a glimpse of something pink. But he blinked and it disappeared. He heard the dinging of a Pokeball and turned back to Sarah, who now held a Pokeball in her hand while Angel looked thrilled.

"I think this Togetic will be a great help to our team." she said. "Any Pokemon who helped us is always welcome...I'll call him Lucky."

"Real original." Moon said sarcastically as the Pokeball transfered over to Professor Kukui. "I still think that Togetic was just lost though...just showed up at the right place at the right time maybe."

Sarah shrugged, "Let's go." she said, grabbing his hand making him blush as she sped off towards the shrine.

From behind a brush, Mavis stepped out, followed by a fat, green, bipedal frog with yellow patches on its body and red cheek marks. The toad Pokemon clapped its flippers together happily as it did a little dance.

"Thank you Politoed." Mavis said calmly. "You did great."

"Poli!"

She watched Moon and Sarah approach the entrance to the ruins from a spot which she knew they couldn't see her from. She let out a sigh, "Thankfully that Togetic showed up." she said. She watched Moon calmly as he and Sarah started battling a wild Electabuzz and Magmar. She gripped a dive ball with her left hand as she watched him with a cold hearted stare.

"Your father has taken so much from me." she said with a hint of irritation. "But...my sister." she closed her eyes as she shook her head. "You're...helping protect her." she looked at Politoed, who was looking at her with a confused look.

"Maybe...maybe you aren't like your father...after all...Manaphy sees something in you...and…" she felt rather disgusted by the thought. "What does Sarah see in you?" she asked irritably. "I just...why?" She watched her sister and the boy hug each other after they defeated the Magmar, and Electabuzz. Then, she noticed the golden Vulpix next to them. Shaking her head in disappointment, she returned Politoed to its Pokeball and continued watching them from the woods as they made their way to the ruins.


Moon and Sarah arrived at the Ruins of Life, they were in a small enclosed area set up for a mini battlefield, they were in front of a mountain that had a hole with solid support beams decorated for paying tribute to something. The entrance was dimly lit, but they could see a lot of light off in the distance.

"Oh, Moon, Sarah." The two turned to see Lillie behind them. She was clutching her bag strap as usual and looked surprised. Professor Burnet was with them as well.

"Hey Lillie." Moon replied. "I thought you were staying with Professor Kukui at the Research lab? What are you doing out here?"

"I uh, Nebby and Nebula wanted to visit the ruins." Lillie said shyly. "Professor Burnet was kind enough to escort me here to drop me off with Kahuna Olivia."

"You're welcome Lillie." Professor Burnet said kindly. "Now, if you children will excuse me, I need to get to Royal Avenue, the Masked Royal is doing another showdown. That man is such hot stuff...I just wonder who he is behind that mask of his!" The professor turned away and walked off.

"Who's the Masked Royal?" Sarah asked.

"He's the top competitor at the Battle Royale ring." Moon said. "4 trainers use three Pokemon in a free for all, the last trainer standing wins...Here's a photo of him." he showed her a picture of a dark, tanned, buff man with a six pack wearing nothing but black wrestling like shorts and a multi-colored mask on covering his face.

"Professor Burnet is joking right?" Sarah asked in disbelief. "That's definitely Professor Kukui!"

"We know." Lillie giggled. "But Professor Kukui asked us not to tell her." She noticed Sapphire, Angel, and Fabby, who each looked a little worn out. "Seems like you two ran into some trouble." she said, pulling out a few super potions. "How about I fix your team up before your trial?"

"Go ahead." Moon said, placing his hands behind his head.

Olivia walked out of the ruin's entrance a moment later. She gave off a smile as she walked up to Moon and Sarah.

"There you two are." She said calmly. "Sorry about the sudden change in location, Tapu Lele called me here to discuss something with me. Hello to you as well Lillie, I got Professor Burnet's text, glad to see you made it here safely."

"So...are you ready to start our trial?" Moon asked.

"Absolutely." Olivia replied. "Remember, both of you are allowed three Pokemon a piece, I will be using six Pokemon, as I'm sure you both know, they will all be strong and sturdy rock types. Are you two ready to fight?"

"Hang on just a second." Sarah said quickly. She took out Lyn's Pokeball and released the baby Kangaskhan from the ball. She picked the baby up and carried it over to where Lillie was sitting to watch and placed her on the bench. Moon picked up on her idea and released Edelgard from her Dive ball and moved her and Fabby over to the bench as well. The three Pokemon looked at their trainers curiously.

"You three stay here." Sarah said. "We want you to watch this battle."

"Fabby, you'll be safe here as well." Moon said calmly, noticing her nervous stare. "Don't worry, everything will be alright. Nobody will try and take you with us and the Kahuna right here...plus, we need you to watch Edelgard and Lyn...understand?" Fabby looked at him nervously, then, she gave a reluctant nod. Moon smiled and patted her on the head.

"See, you'll be fine," he said. "Plus, I can take you to get a massage in Konikoni if you want."

"Lyn, you behave yourself." Sarah added, "Don't give Fabby and Lillie a hard time." The baby Kangaskhan looked at her blankly before nodding its head.

"Good. Okay Olivia, we're ready!" Moon said as he and Sarah walked over to the opposite side of the battlefield.

"Excellent." Olivia said, smiling boldly. "I'll be sure to rock your worlds! Shuckle! Carbink! Rock and Roll!"

A Pokemon that looked like a large stalagmite with diamonds shining over it and sapphire eyes and a Pokemon with four yellow tentacles connected to a rock with a tentacle-like yellow head sticking out of the center and black pupil eyes popped out the Pokeballs.

"Genji! Battle Stance!"

"Candy, Show your strength!'

The shiny Corsola and Frogadier both readied themselves for a fight as they landed on the battlefield.

"Time to show you what Pure Rock Strength is all about!" Olivia said, pumping a fist. "Carbink use Rock Tomb!"

Carbink summoned a handful of large rocks before hurling them at Genji. Genji dodged each rock with quick ninja-like movements and dashed at Shuckle. He created two bowing knives made of water and unleashed a flurry of quick slashes across Shuckle's body.

"Candy, use Water Pulse."

"Protect yourself Shuckle! Infestation!"

Shuckle's yellow tentacles attached to Genji and a swarm of dark green light trapped Genji to the Shuckle's hold as Candy launched a water pulse at him. A sudden gust of wind and Genji vanished from Shuckle's hold and appeared behind Carbink, kicking the gemstone Pokemon across the field as Candy's water pulse hit Shuckle head on.

"Clever strategy." Olivia called. "Using Shadow Sneak to escape from Shuckle's trap was genius. However, your tricks aren't going to help you here. Shuckle! Sticky Web! Carbink use Stealth Rock!"

Shuckle launched a spider web of light from its mouth into the air while Carbink summoned a few pillars of rock from the ground. The web and rocks appeared on Moon and Sarah's side of the battlefield before disappearing. Sarah heard Moon let out an irritated curse from under his breath.

"Focus Carbink." he whispered to Sarah, who nodded in response.

"Candy, use Ancient Power!"

Candy summoned a few fossil rocks and fired them at Carbink. Carbink's eyes flashed blue as a wall of light appeared in front of it and Shuckle. The rocks damaged the wall but did not seem to have an effect.

"Genji! Hydro Slash into Smack Down!"

"Candy! Coral Crash!"

Genji appeared behind Carbink, and made a quick uppercut slash with his water bowing knife, launching Carbink into the air, he then jumped up a flung a small rock at the Pokemon before smacking it with his flipper, spiking Carbink into the ground where Candy then slammed into it with the back of her coral top half. Carbink landed on the ground with swirls in its eyes.

"Shuckle, Shell Smash then Toxic on Corsola."

Shuckle withdrew into its rocky body and orange light surrounded it as light appeared to make little cracks. It then appeared back out as it had been before.

"Candy use rock slide!"

Candy summoned raining boulders from the sky. However, in almost impossible like movement, Shuckle moved towards Candy and stuck its yellow tentacles to her. Purple light and bubbles latched onto Candy as she cried out in pain.

Sarah reached for Candy's Pokeball when Moon put his hand in front of her.

"Refrain from withdrawing." he said calmly. "I know that Candy's Natural Cure ability has its reason to activate now, but that is what Olivia wants, Sticky Web and Stealth Rocks will put Flora or Angel at a disadvantage if you were to swap, now is our opportunity to take ou Shuckle, when I give you the okay, you can call Candy back. For now, just use Recover."

Sarah nodded. "Candy, use Recover!"

"Staying in now, are we?" Olivia asked. "Very well, now Shuckle, Finish it with Gyro ball."

"Genji, use Hydro Slash!"

Genji and Shuckle, who had attacked by turning its body to steel and spinning at Candy. Genji leapt in front of her and unleashed a quick range slash both Pokemon slid past each other with seemingly no damage taken on either of them before collapsing. Candy, meanwhile, surrounded herself with Green light before poisonous bubbles caused her to take some damage.

Olivia returned Carbink and Shuckle to their Pokeballs while Moon returned Genji.

"Alright then, Anorith, Lileep! Rock and Roll!"

"Jade, Battle Stance, in the sky."

Jade popped out of her Pokeball in the air. Immediately, spiky rocks arose from the ground and smashed into her. Meanwhile, a rocky crab like Pokemon and weird plant rock thing popped out on Oliva's side.

"Looks like she's got two fossils." Moon said. "Lileep is a grass type, Anorith is another bug type. I'll get Candy out of her situation immediately, you switch to Flora...got it?" Sarah nodded in response.

"Enough talk, Anorith, use X-scissor on Dartrix! Lileep, use Ingrain!"

Firm, green glowing roots sprung from around Lileep and dug into the ground. Anorith, meanwhile, charged at Jade and launched itself up into the air, crossing its sharp claws together as dark green light surrounded it. Jade quickly dodged out of the way as Anorith flew past her.

"Alright Jade Defog!"

Jade's wings flashed a clearish color as she flapped them rapidly. A large gust of wind flapped over the area, the large rocks sprung up into the air, alongside the glowing spider web they were lifted into the air and then hurled at Anorith and Lileep. Anorith was crushed by the rocks while the web tangled around Lileep.

"Get Candy out of here." Moon said quickly.

"Got it, Candy, come back." Sarah said, returning Candy to her Pokeball. "Flora, show your strength! Use Giga Drain!"

Flora landed on the ground doing a little spin before absorbing large green orbs from Anorith's body.

"Lileep, use Sludge Bomb!"

Not moving from its position, Lileep fired a gooey ball of purple sludge from the top half of its body. The ball of sludge hit Jade, splattering all over her and leaving a poison effect. Jade landed on the ground and surrounded herself with green feathers, healing the cuts on her wings, but not her poison effect.

"Jade, Steel Wing."

Jade dove down towards Lileep as her wings turned to steel she struck Lileep in the stem area, the fossil Pokemon obviously took damage, but it remained firm in the area it was in. Jade landed back on the ground before poison damage started again.

"Flora, Aromatherapy."

A gust of wind flowed through the surrounding area as pink leaves scattered about. Jade's poison effect faded almost instantly.

"Now's our chance, Anorith, Bug Bite, Lileep Sludge bomb!"

Anorith landed on top of Flora's head and jammed its claws inside of her flower-like hat. It held firm as Jade was recovering from the effect of Aromatherapy, Lileep fired another sludge bomb from its mouth as Anorith detached itself from Flora, the ball of goo landed on her head, sending her to the ground with swirls in her eyes.

"Jade, Razor Leaf, then Steel Wing!"

Jade summoned and fired a large gust of sharp leaves at Anorith and Lileep, the leaves cut both Pokemon severely before Anorith fell to the ground, without missing a beat, she dove down at Lileep having her wings turn to steel once again and hitting the Pokemon with all her might, she knocked the Pokemon into the air where it fell to the ground with swirls in its yellow eyes.

"Dar, trix dar!" Jade hooted as she landed on the ground.

Olivia returned both fallen Pokemon to their pokeballs. "Impressive." the Kahuna commended. "You were able to make quick work of both of them before I could team up on a single Pokemon. Now, however, I think it's time that I even the score, "Lycanroc, Amaura! Rock and Roll!"

A red bipedal wolf-like Pokemon landed on the ground with a devilish look in its eyes. It was quite intimidating with just its looks alone. A cute little light blue stegosaurus Pokemon with yellow finn looking ears landed next to it.

"Candy, show your strength again!"

The light blue Corsola popped out of her pokeball and landed on the ground with excitement flaring in its eyes.

"Amaura, use aurora beam!"

Amaura launched a multi-colored beam of light from its mouth. The beam hit Jade and she fell to the ground with swirls in her eyes. Moon let out a sigh and returned Jade to her Pokeball.

"Sapphire, Battle Stance!"

Sapphire ran out in front of his trainer with flames ready in his eyes.

"Lycanroc, use Stone Edge!"

Lycanroc summoned several sharp, jagged rocks from nowhere and sent them towards Candy. Candy's body flashed a silvery color as the stones hit her hard, pushing her back only slightly. She then fired a jet stream of bubbles, which Lycanroc quickly ducked out of the way of.

"Sapphire, use Bullet Punch."

"Amaura, Reflect, then Take down!"

A wall of light appeared in front of Amaura and Lycanroc as Sapphire ran up to it and unleashed a barrage of quick punches with its steel paws. When he stopped punching, Amaura rammed into him with a heavy thud. Candy responded to her teammate's aid by firing another jet stream of bubbles, each splashing on the fossil rock Pokemon's body.

"Lycanroc, let's use Giga Impact!"

Lycanroc was surrounded by orange and white light as it charged at Sapphire. Sapphire's body flashed with red light as Lycanroc struck him. He responded with a quick paced kick to the Pokemon's stomach, launching Lycanroc back across the field.

"Now's our chance to deal with Amaura." Sarah said quickly. "Candy use Scald."

"Sapphire, Brick Break!"

Candy unleashed her blast of scalding hot water from her mouth launching Amaura backwards across the battlefield. Sapphire then jumped down, ready to unleash a karate chop. The wall of light sprung up again, however, Sapphire struck through it with his downwards swing, shattering the wall of light into bits as he struck Amaura. Amaura fell to the ground with swirls in her eyes.

Olivia chuckled. "Well now, it seems I'm backed into a corner." she said. Her Z-bracelet suddenly began to shine and glow from around her wrist.

"Sarah, quick, respond to her." Moon said.

Sarah quickly called forth using Lana's Waterium-z, she did the little wave like motions with her arms before finishing with a pose.

"Lycanroc, Continental Crush!"

"Candy, Hydro Vortex!"

Lycanroc's body glowed as it summoned a giant boulder that looked almost like the top peak of a mountain. Candy was still charging up a large blast of water. Both Pokemon launched their attacks at each other, with Candy's huge blast of water shattering the rock into bits as Lycanroc was struck by water and thrown into a massive whirlpool before being thrown high into the sky.

"Sapphire, finish it with Cross Chop!"

Sapphire hopped onto Candy's head precisely, then jumped high into the sky, doing a little flip before crossing his arms and diving down, he struck Lycanroc hard and continued to spike it into the ground. The two Pokemon collided with the ground and created a massive gust wave of dust as they finished. When the dust cleared a large hole was left in the middle of the battlefield, Lycanroc was in the center with swirls in his eyes.

Olivia let out a sigh as she watched both teens hug and kiss one another before returning both Pokemon to their pokeballs and approaching them. "Well done." She said, "You both showed an excellent display of strategy and skill." She took out two dark brown crystals with a black rock embedded on them. "This is the Rockium-Z, proof that you have bested me in my grand trial, I'm sure you both saw me do the motion needed to do the dance. Now, let me stamp your passports."

From in the woods, behind the bench. Mavis stood, watching both trainers talk amongst themselves. "Both of their brains seem to function well together." she sighed. "To think that my sister would ever associate herself with a family that came straight from the likes of Team Galactic is despicable. I can't believe mother would even allow such a thing." She looked on, only to notice the black Phione and Baby Kangaskhan looking at her with confusion. She turned away and simply walked out of sight.

Sarah noticed their Pokemon looking in the woods, but didn't see what they were looking at. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked at Moon, seeing him smile.

"That's two islands down," he said. "Two to go." She nodded in agreement.


That's all for today's chapter, however, I think I've got an idea for another Omake, I was recently scrolling through my recommended section on YouTube, when I came across A Byleth Reaction compilation, so, I was like, "yeah, this'll work." I know I said I was going to dedicate this to Pokémon, but currently, I'm struggling with coming up with a good one for Silver and Flora, I'm kind of holding out until Silver evolves, so maybe I'll show how Lucky ended up with Moon and Sarah at some point.

Anyway, Omake #3: The Salty Savior.


"Alright baby, it's that time again!" Moon said, sitting down with Sarah in front of his laptop. "Time to see who has the honor of joining Super Smash Bros as Fighter 75!"

"I'm just saying." Erick said through voice chat. "It's gonna be Dante or Sora, those three fingers are going to mean something."

"Dante, I'll be fine with." Moon replied. "Just please for the love of god don't be Sora. Who knows though, watch it be Byleth from Three houses."

"I swear, that would be the most hilarious thing in the world." Sarah giggled. "Imagine, all that hype and speculation and it's just another Fire Emblem Character."

Moon looked down at his phone, seeing a text from Sapphire, Willow, and Anthony each that read.

NO! NO GOD PLEASE NO!

ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS SAKURAI?

NOT AGAIN DAMMIT!

"It's starting!" Sarah said.

The smash logo appeared after Mr. Sakurai had finished talking. The background changed to sunset over a forest. Dark Purple stuff and a glowing sword.

Moon and Sarah started laughing hysterically as the trailer played showing Byleth getting into Smash. Erick just sat behind his headset speechless...either that or he had just gotten up and walked away.

"Oh my god, this is great." Moon said, wiping away a tear. "Everyone wanted Dante and Sora, but nope, we got another sword user! People are going to be so pissed!"

"Not to mention, this is good for you." Sarah replied. "You were worried that if Sora was revealed, their would be no time to turn him into a wrong doer for Unfound Revenge."

"Listen, I am not mad about this, neither should anyone else, Byleth will be a great addition to the roster." Moon said. "Sakurai has done enough for us...we have no right to complain."


I know I'm a bit late to defend Byleth here, but who really cares, I used Sapphire, Willow, and Anthony to fill in for my other friends who aren't here in this story and their reactions, I don't these characters would actually react to Byleth like this, well, except Anthony. Anyway, that's it for this chapter, I hope you all enjoyed the grand trial battle and seeing more of Mavis. Next time we'll be doing some Ula'Ula stuff, I'll be skipping visiting Aether Paradise for some plot reasons.

Not to worry though, we'll still have an interaction with Lusamine and Faba. Leave a review letting me know what you think, if you want. The whole thing with Byleth joining Smash was really unnecessary, Sakurai put a lot of work into this game and Byleth is unique, to his credit, he didn't even choose the DLC, Nintendo did. The battle with Kahuna Olivia was a bit challenging to write and make the main focus of this chapter, so that's why it's on the shorter side, as most Grand Trial chapters will be. Hope I did a good job making this battle fun and intense.

PKMN Teams

Moon Wolfe:
Fabby - Vulpix
Sapphire - Riolu
Jade - Dartrix
Sammy - Furret
Genji - Frogadier
Silver - Sneasel
Lancer - Beedrill
Gojira - Pupitar
Edelgard - Phione_Delta

Sarah Jones:
Angel - Kirlia
Snowy - Eevee
Scar - Torracat
Candy - Corsola
Bellatrix - Mismagius
Flora - Lilligant
Delta - Dragalge
Lyn - Baby Kanga
Lucky - Togetic

See you all next time.