Chapter 8
Ash, Golly, Pikachu, Sylveon and both Rotom are going to school, this time they stop as they see the kitten like Pokemon. Lillie says, "It is Litten."
"Litten, it seems like we have encountered this Pokemon for a lot of times." Golly says.
"Alola Dex Entry No.4 Litten: The Fire Cat Pokémon. Fire type. Litten show few emotions and prefer being alone. It takes time to build any level of trust."
Litten then approaches Ash and asks, "What's wrong?"
Litten nuzzles against Ash and says, "I am hungry..."
Ash says, "Oh, you are hungry?" Ash then takes out a croquette sandwich. He then tears a little and says, "How about this?"
Just then, Litten jumps and grabs the large one and then leaves. Golly says, "Here goes your lunch..."
Ash sighs, "At least there is a kitchen in school, I guess I can make my own lunch then." Then they all go to school before they are late.
Once they are at school, they are having classes until it is lunch time, everyone watches how Ash is making lunch. Mallow asks, "Didn't you make your own lunch box before arriving here?"
"I gave it to Litten." Ash says.
"You met that Litten?" Mallow asks. "It is so cute when it nuzzles you."
"Indeed." Lana says.
"It sure is cute, but Litten isn't the kind who enjoys dealing with people." Sophocles says.
"Well, it tends to hang around our restaurant as well." Mallow says.
"And I also saw it around the market stealing berries, so what are you going to do with it?" Kiawe asks.
"If it is possible, maybe I am going to capture it. Since he can be best friends with my other Fire Type Pokemon as well." Ash says.
"That sounds like a good idea." Lillie says.
After school, Ash, Golly and Lillie are helping Aurora with the groceries until Ash spots the Litten. "There he is!" Ash says as he runs off.
"Ash? Where are you going?" Aurora asks in worry, Golly says, "Mom, let me explain to you."
Ash looks around and says, "Where did it go?" Then an old woman spots them and says, "May I help you?"
"Have you seen Litten around?" Ash asks. Just then, they see the Litten is eating the food that the old woman gave him. "Here he is."
Litten glares at Ash, but Ash doesn't seem fazed. Ash says, "I am not going to fight you for that sandwich back then." Ash says as he takes an Oran Berry and gives it to Litten, "Here you go."
Then Litten looks at them a while before running off with the Oran Berry. Aurora, Lillie and Golly arrive and Aurora asks, "Does that Litten often come here?"
"It comes every day. Maybe it is because that he is worried about me, so whenever he comes, I will give him some berries." The old lady says. "Did your food get stolen by Litten as well?"
"Well, I prefer to say that I gave my lunch to him." Ash says with a smile. Aurora says, "That is not normal for you, Ash. Since you always like to eat."
Golly says, "He cooked his own lunch in school after that."
"Although we don't know where it lives, but we know that it isn't a bad Pokemon." The old lady says.
Lillie says, "Wow...but I wonder there is a deeper reason for him to steal food..."
The next day after school, Ash, Golly and Lillie are walking home as well until they see Litten facing off a grey cat like Pokemon. "What is that Pokemon?"
"It is a Persian-Roto." P. Rotom says.
"Persian? It doesn't seem like the ones we saw before." Golly says.
"The ones you saw looks like this." R. Rotom says as he shows the picture of the white Persian. "But in Alola, the Persian looks like that."
"So it has an Alolan form as well." Ash says.
"Alola Dex Entry No.53 Persian: The Classy Cat Pokemon: Dark Type. It has a violent temperament. It will attack anything that looks it in the eye. Its sharp claws inflict deep wounds.
"Then Litten is in trouble!" Lillie says.
Ash tries to stop Persian, but it is too late that Persian uses Scratch on him. But then Persian surrounds Litten as he has no where to go due to the fact that it is on the edge of a cliff.
"Sylveon, Moonblast!" Ash yells as Sylveon fires the attack, causing Persian to fight back with Power Gem. But another Moonblast causes the Persian to go away.
"Litten, are you okay?" Ash asks as he sees Litten almost faint. Ash tries to reach out to him, Litten refuses and bites him. Not giving up, Ash picks Litten up and promises to take it to the Pokémon Center, but Litten wriggles free and tries to attack with Ember. Pikachu tries to get Litten to come with them but Litten collapses.
"I know why you are doing this, we aren't going to take the berry." Ash says as he carries him away. Rotom helps Litten take the berry as they all go to the Pokemon Center.
Later at the Pokémon Center, Litten is given a Heliolisk collar. As for Ash, he is being helped by Lillie as she says, "Geez, Ash, you are being reckless again."
"I am sorry, Lillie." Ash says with a small laugh.
Unhappy, Litten dashes out with the berry, causing the group to chase him again. "Wait, Litten!" Ash yells as then they see Kiawe entering the Pokemon Center.
"Sorry, Kiawe." Lillie says as the three of them leave, causing Kiawe to be confused.
Litten attempts to jump through a fence but the collar prevents it from squeezing through. "I know you are worried, but you can't move. I am sure that he won't want to see you collapse because of him, right?"
Litten then frowns as he sighs in defeat. Lillie asks, "Who?"
Ash says, "I'll help you with the collar, but you can't lick your wounds." After Ash takes off the collar, Litten takes them to an old hut, inside the hut is a Stoutland.
"A Stoutland!" Lillie gasps. P. Rotom says, "Alola Dex Entry No.152 Stoutland: The Big Hearted Pokemon: Normal Type. With this wise Pokémon, there could be no concern that it would ever attack people. Some parents even trust it to babysit.
"You are quite old as well..." Golly says to Stoutland.
Ash says, "So you want to bring food to him, right?" Ash asks. Stoutland says to Litten, "Stop fighting."
Litten frowns and then Ash turns to him, "I am sorry that he got late, he was being ambushed and we had to heal him." Ash then turns to Litten, "I was at first want to capture you, but from what I have seen, I think I should give up for now."
Ash turns to the two females, who nod back and they are about to leave. "We will bring some more food here, Litten, we could come again, right?"
Just then Litten feels an ease presence as the others also feel it. Then they spot the same Persian who enters the house.
"It's the Persian from before!" Lillie says.
"Everyone, get outside." Ash says as they all head outside. "He is here for revenge. We have to stop him."
Then much to their surprise, Persian tries to attack Stoutland, but Ash quickly uses Protect to protect others. This action causes Lillie to be surprised, "What? Ash? You can use Protect?"
"I'll explain later." Ash says.
Persian tries to attack Litten who dodges and retaliates with Ember. But the attack proves to be ineffective as Persian simply breaks it apart with its claws. Stoutland barks at Litten to use a more powerful Ember as it did previously when training. Litten begins to gather fire energy on its back which creates an Ember large enough to send the Persian running away with its tail on fire.
"Nice work, Litten. You chased it away." Golly says, Litten also cheers with Stoutland before Ash and his friends leave.
The next day arrives and Ash and his friends gather a lot of food to the house, but they see that Litten and Stoutland are gone. "Where did they go?" Lillie asks.
"It must have moved away...since the Persian would come back again..." Ash frowns.
Then they are back to the market and they find Litten there. Ash asks, "Litten, did you move away?" Litten nods and then he takes the berries away, much to their relief.
Lillie then asks Ash, "So about yesterday, how did you manage to use Protect?"
Ash sighs and says, "How about we tell you after the class is over? We can come to your house since it will be safe." Lillie nods as they all head to school.
At the Pokémon School, the Pokémon are all playing. Togedemaru becomes more active and ends up rolling into Pikachu before jumping back into the air.
"It seems like Togedemaru is a little over active..." Sophocles says with a sigh.
Then the two Pokemon try to stop him, but then it ends up rolling towards a petrified Lillie but Ash moves her out of the way. Togedemaru calms down after hitting Pikachu to a bookshelf.
Mallow notices how Ash is holding Lillie tight, she coughs and says, "Ash, you can let go."
Ash and Lillie blush as they realize what they were doing. Lillie says, "Ash, thank you..."
"Don't worry." Ash says.
"I am sorry, I would tell Togedemaru about this." Sophocles says.
"It's fine." Lillie says. "According to my conclusion after theory, I can touch Pokemon if I want to."
Lana says, "But you haven't touched any Pokemon ever since you come into this school."
Lillie frowns and says, "You're right."
"Don't worry, we will help you no matter what." Golly says, "Right Brother?"
"Of course." Ash says.
Just then, Professor Kukui asks everyone to go to the Principal's office since Samson Oak has some special lesson to them.
"I have been waiting for you-Mantine." Oak says as he shows two eggs. Ash says, "Wait, this egg was the one that I bought here."
"Of course. And this one is found at Mt. Lanakila." Samson says.
"I wonder what would the egg hatched into..." Sophocles says.
"This is the fun of hatching the egg. I will raise one egg, why don't you guys raise another one?" Samson asks.
"Us?" Lillie asks.
"This is also an important lesson after all." Kukui says.
"So you wanted us to take care of the egg together." Golly says. "That sounds fun."
"So Lillie, which egg do you think is better?" Ash asks her. Lillie says, "Well...I will like that white one, it has flowers and it is beautiful."
"It sure is." Mallow says. Then they all decide to raise that egg.
Then they all get back to the classroom as they all touch the egg, which is warm. Ash asks, "Lillie, do you want to touch it?"
"Me? Well..." Lillie tries to touch it, but then the egg starts shaking, scaring her.
"It moved." Lana says. "I am sorry, Lillie. It seems like it is about to hatch." Golly says.
"It's fine." Lillie says. "But I wonder what is inside...Rotom, can you find out?" Sophocles asks.
"There is no function in me." R. Rotom says. "Me neither." P. Rotom says.
"But how about at night? Who is going to take care of the egg?" Lana asks.
"We can't put it in the classroom." Sophocles says.
"There is no other choice than choosing someone to bring it home." Kiawe says.
"Lillie, how about you do the honors?" Ash asks. "Me? Why?" Lillie is surprised. "Since Pokemon are from eggs, so if you want to touch Pokemon, maybe we should start with the egg."
"That sounds like a good idea." Mallow says. "But I..." Lillie is hesitating and then she looks at the egg. Then she says, "I'll do it. I am also a student in the Pokemon School. I can do it as well."
"That's the spirit." Golly says with a smile. But then they didn't notice a Pokemon watching at far.
After school, Ash, Lillie and Golly are riding on Lillie's limo and then they ride off. Ash says, "So it seems like your house is the same as ours."
"Yeah, it is much bigger, the excess space is for Pokemon to play." Lillie says.
Once they arrive, they meet the butler Hobbes. Lillie introduces them to her butler and they greet each other. "I am sorry, but can Pikachu and Sylveon stay outside of the house?"
Lillie says, "It's fine. They are here for me." Lillie says as they manage to get inside the mansion.
After apologizing for his mistake, Hobbes explains they don't normally allow Pokémon inside as they tend to scare Lillie, Ash and Golly understand.
Lillie explains they built a playground in the garden for Pokémon so she could watch from a safe distance. Lillie shows Ash to her room where Lillie thinks it is a good idea to place the Egg on the sofa and after checking a book on Eggs, she places three cushions on the sofa to make it comfortable.
Ash notices a picture on the nearby desk, and he is surprised to see that it is the same picture that they took back in the Geosenge Town in Kalos. Ash says, "You still have this picture?"
Lillie gasps as she sees the picture, and she feels her face red as she notices how close she is to Ash in that picture. Hobbes says, "This picture is when mistress Lillie as Serena, right?"
Lillie says, "Yes, Ash here is trying to help me remember what happened as Serena."
"But what happened to you when you couldn't touch Pokemon?" Golly asks, "Since from what Brother told me, you loved to play with Pokemon and even danced with them back in Kalos."
Lillie says, "That's the problem...I can't remember it as well..."
"I only know that one time when Mistress Lillie resided with her mother in the Aether Foundation, she came back and now scared of Pokemon." Hobbes says.
"I see...when we asked Ms. Lusamine, she didn't know the reason as well..." Ash says.
"Wait, you have met Mother?" Lillie asks.
"Yes, it is also the reason why she asks us to take good care of you." Golly says.
"I see." One of her maids come in with tea and macaroons and they start to eat. Whilst eating, Ash suggests to Lillie they start practicing to allow her to touch Pokémon again.
They try out Pikachu and Rowlet, but none of them work. Ash frowns, "So it is only Sylveon...this is really bad... But I know you can do it with other Pokemon."
Lillie says, "You're right..."
At that moment, a Butterfree flies past the balcony. "Wild Pokemon often fly past the balcony." Lillie says as she opens the drawers to take some food. "And we have different food for different Pokemon."
Ash and Golly take a look out in the garden and sees lots of Pokémon are out there playing. Watching the Pokémon playing, Ash notices a battlefield. "Is that a battlefield as well?"
"Yes, Master Ash. It is kept right so it can be used at anytime." Hobbes says.
"Then should we have a battle? Golly?" Ash asks.
"Of course, Brother." Golly says.
"Hey, Ash. Why don't you battle Hobbes? He is one of the best battlers among the staff as well."
"Sure." Ash says.
Lillie watches from the balcony as Ash and Hobbes start their battle. Ash decides to battle with Rowlet as Hobbes sends out his Oricorio.
"Alola Dex Entry No. 97 Oricorio, Pom-Pom Style: The Dancing Pokémon: Electric and Flying type. It creates electricity by rubbing its pom-poms together. Then it dances as it approaches its opponent before attacking. When it drinks different special nectars found only in Alola, it can change its type."
The battle begins with Rowlet's Leafage, but it is hit by Revelation Dance. Rowlet gets up and uses Tackle but Oricorio uses Mirror Move, causing the attacks to collide. Another Tackle and Mirror Move collide as Ash has Rowlet send Oricorio with another Tackle. Rowlet tries to attack before Oricorio uses Revelation Dance but Oricorio dodges and fires its attack which Rowlet dodges. Then Rowlet is hit by Teeter Dance, not only them, even Ash and Pikachu are confused as well, then it uses Double Slap, causing Rowlet to fall and hit Golly on the head.
"Ow..." Golly says.
"Golly, are you okay?" Ash asks.
"I am fine." Golly says. "Hobbes is really strong."
Just then, they hear a scream and then they rush into the room, they see a Salandit is approaching the egg. "Don't get closer..." Lillie says as she hugs the egg until Ash and the others arrive.
"Lillie, are you okay?" Ash asks.
"Guys!" Lillie smiles, but then she is scared at how the Salandit is so close. Golly asks, "Rotom."
"Leave it to me." P. Rotom says, "Alola Dex Entry No.195 Salandit: Toxic Lizard Pokémon: Poison and Fire type. Salandit lives in volcanoes and dry rocky places. They're very dangerous Pokémon that attack after releasing a sweet-smelling poisonous gas!"
"Oh no." Golly says.
Salandit goes to attack but Sylveon uses Iron Tail to block the attack. "Sylveon?" Lillie asks.
"Lillie, Sylveon is your Pokemon, command her for attack." Ash says.
"Me?" Lillie asks in shock.
"I'll assist you, use Teeter Dance!" Hobbes says as he manages to confuse the Salandit. Lillie looks at Sylveon who nods back, she says, "Use Fairy Wind."
Sylveon then shoots out the wind and then Salandit is sent to the yard. Salandit retreats as the others check on Lillie.
"Lillie, are you okay?" Ash asks.
"I am fine..." Lillie says, but then she notices that she is hugging the egg, she says, "But I...it is so warm..." Lillie says with a smile.
"You did it, Lillie. You can touch the egg as well." Ash says as Sylveon nuzzles her. Lillie feels happy as she tries to stand up, but then she falls again as she notices that her leg is scraped after falling down.
"Oh no, you are injured." Ash says as Hobbes quickly rushes out of the room to find the medical team. Ash says, "Stay still. Lillie."
Ash then takes out his blue handkerchief and ties the wound. "Now watch this, Pain Pain go away!" He says as he waves his arms.
Lillie tries to move her leg, but she feels pain. "It is still hurts..."
Ash takes out his hand and says, "Come on, don't give up until it is over." He pulls her up and holds her in his arms, causing her to blush.
"See, you did it." Ash says while grinning. Then Lillie also smiles back, but then she realizes something. "Ash...I remembered...you did the same thing to me when we first met, right?"
Ash says, "You're right. You were the one who reminded me of that after all." Lillie nods and then Hobbes takes the medical team inside to treat her wound. Once it is done, Lillie asks, "So Ash, I want to ask, are we even humans to begin with?"
"Why do you ask that?" Ash asks.
"Because we could use Pokemon moves, and we can also talk to Pokemon as well...does that mean something?" Lillie asks.
Golly says, "Yes, you are a Ghost Type Pokemon known as Giratina. While we are the Multitype Pokemon known as Arceus."
"I have heard of them when I was reading the history of Sinnoh...does that mean I can enter the Distortion World as well?"
"Of course you can." Ash says, "But you just need some practice, that's all."
Lillie nods and then they stay for a while until Paris comes and takes the siblings back home. Sylveon decides to stay with Lillie as Lillie is able to touch her.
Here is a new chapter, and from onwards there will be Ash capturing new Pokemon. So the order will be mixed up before the first Trial begins. The next chapter will be the Iki Festival as well as Capturing new Pokemon.
Alola Dex: Rowlet, Popplio, Pikipek, Butterfree, Pikachu, Blissey, Snorlax, Muk, Gengar, Crobat, Noivern, Primeape, Hawlucha, Gyarados, Gigalith, Sylveon, Tauros, Milotic, Talonflame, Noctowl, Goodra, Tyranitar, Trevenant, Metagross, Pangoro, Torkoal, Krookodile, Garchomp, Glalie, Scrafty, Clawitzer, Lapras, Crawdaunt, Scizor, Heracross, Dragonite, Aerodactyl, Cosmog
Kanto Dex: Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Pidgeot, Rapidash, Kingler
Johto Dex: Meganium, Typhlosion, Feraligatr, Bellossom, Steelix, Donphan
Hoenn Dex: Sceptile, Blaziken, Swampert, Swellow, Gardevoir
Sinnoh Dex: Torterra, Infernape, Empoleon, Staraptor, Floatzel, Rhyperior, Yanmega, Gliscor, Gallade, Dusknoir
Unova Dex: Serperior, Emboar, Samurott, Liepard, Unfezant, Zebstrika, Seismitoad, Leavanny, Gothitelle, Ferrothorn, Hydreigon
Kalos Dex: Chesnaught, Delphox, Meowstic, Aegislash
