Blanket disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended. I do not claim any rights to Pokemon Sun and Moon or any characters associated with the game/manga/anime. This also applies to the original characters and character development based on Eleanor Bick's comics 'El's Alolan Adventures'. No money was made from this fanfiction.

Author Notes:As pointed out above this fanfiction is based around elements from the game, the manga, the anime, and mainly Eleanor Bick's comics 'El's Alolan Adventures'. I found her comics through Utube; some groups were narrating her comics, I stalked her until I found her Tumbler account, and absolutely fell in love with her art, this comic, and especially her portrayal of Guzma, her original character El, and their interactions. Hence, this short fanfiction was created. I have obtained permission from Eleanor Bick to write/post this story. Here is a link to her Tumbler account, so you too can read her wonderful comic and see her amazing art. This link is to the master post of the comic. post/187763260384/els-alolan-adventures-masterpost

Author's Note about characters & story:Taken from Eleanor Bick's site to describe her take on the characters, & her original character El. El is 20 yrs old, 5 ft 6 in tall, has brown shoulder-length hair with green eyes, she is the current champion of the Alola League, a random jumble of letters nonsense sounds which is El's way of substituting for cursing. Guzma is portrayed as being 23 and 6 ft 5 in tall, he is living with Hala. Guzma having gray eyes was taken from Bulbapedia. Hau is 13, not 10 like in the game, according to Eleanor's comic. So there is the character set up. Eleanor's comic takes place after the end of the game/manga/anime and this story takes place after the comics Eleanor Bick currently has up as of Nov 2020. This is purely fanfiction & in no way will affect her comics. I've also rated the story high for Guzma's cursing, talk about child abuse, talk about toxic relationships.

Story Break. . . .

El and her dad made arrangements, so he could trade in his ticket for the next plane back to Kalos leaving the next day.

Stepping out to sit on the front steps she used her private phone to send a text to Guzma letting him know things were okay and her dad was leaving tomorrow.

He sent her one back reminding her that he'd won their bet since he made her fall asleep last night, and he'd try to figure out something she could do to make it up to him after her dad had left.

She chuckled at that and promised she'd pay up.

Using her Rotem this time El rang up Kukui, she wanted to see his face for this one.

He answers with a sheepish smile. "Hey Cuz . . . ."

"Professor Kukui. . . ." El coldly replied.

Sighing, Kukui knew he had to make things right for what he'd done.

"Listen, I'm sorry. I really screwed up I know."

"It's just your mom called, and she made this really convincing argument on why we shouldn't tell you that your dad was coming. I just got bought in to it and then. . . . "

She didn't look convinced at all. He knew that look. He was usually the one who got to laugh when Guzma stumble around when she gave him that 'I'm not buying your B.S. look'. Guess it worked on him too.

Squeezing his forehead with one hand to stay off the headache that was developing Kukui waved his other hand at her. "You know what, just forget everything I just said."

Dropping his hand he sighed again. "El. I'm sorry. I screwed up big time. We're friends, and friends shouldn't pull that kind of stuff on each other. It's my fault for not doing the right thing no matter what your mom said. I hope we can still be friends. I'll do anything to make things right between us and try to earn your trust again."

"That was a good apology. Should I ask Burnet about your experience in apologizing for it to be that good? "

At least she was smiling now.

"Clearing the air and making things right is the best policy, isn't it?" He asked.

"I don't forgive you just yet. 'Cause I'm still ticked off about it, but I accept your apology. Let's try to make things right again."

Kukui sighed "Thanks Cousin."

"That said, I need you to come to pick up my dad tomorrow, so he can catch a plane back to Kalos."

"Already?" Damn not what he wanted to do, but he was the one who brought her dad. Just how long was his punishment for doing a 'good deed' going to go on for?

"Yeah. This is the consequence for him showing up uninvited."

Even if he was facing some consequences of his own he was proud of her. "Way to set up boundaries and hold folks accountable."

"Thanks." She chuckled back. "This adulting stuff sucks. See you in the morning."

Laughing with her, Kukui agreed. "Yep, totally sucks. I'll see you then."

Looking up she notices a couple of kids waving as they passed her heading towards Route 1 East.

Shutting down the call El waved back.

She really loved this island and its people. Resting her arms against her knees El closed her eyes. A gentle breeze blew against her, the sweet smell of the local flowers hung in the air, the sounds of the Bug Pokemon and different Flying Pokemon filled her ears.

Honestly, her time here in Alola meant more to her than any other place she'd been.

This place and these people were shaping her life in ways she never dreamed possible. At this point, she couldn't even imagine what life would be without them. She wasn't sure what life had in store for her from here on out, but wasn't that the whole purpose of having a Pokemon Journey?

The End. . . .