Sarah was in the backyard of her house on a bright and sunny Friday morning giving Melody, Echo, Twilight, Dawn, Silver, Venom, Winter, Shadow, Mist and Spark, Sunflare, Starfire, Inferno and Camo and his children a bath and check-up with the help of her pokemon.

Most of the dragons loved the fresh water and suds on their bodies as Sarah brushed and washed their scales and their claws, but there were two dragons that weren't very keen on water.

"Inferno, Sunflare, it's alright. It's just a little water, it won't hurt you," Sarah tried to soothe. The Singetail and Monstrous Nightmare shook their heads and Sarah sighed.

Being part of the fiery Stoker Class, Inferno and Sunflare had a dislike of water, like Mudsdale and Flygon, with Inferno, not wanting anything to do with water while Sunflare felt that she didn't need a bath. Sarah was well aware of the kerosene gel that Sunflare was coated in that gives her the ability to set herself on fire, making it very important to her.

"I won't use that much, please. I don't want you two to smell bad..." Inferno and Sunflare looked at each other and sighed, allowing Sarah to bathe them. Sarah had Aqua use a light Bubblebeam on them while Oshawott hung back for the moment. Sarah gently brushed Inferno and Sunflare with the water and suds before she dried them off. "There, that wasn't so bad now was it?" Sarah grinned, earning a huff from the two Stoker Class dragons.

When all of the dragons were washed and brushed, Sarah did a quick check of their teeth and health check, just to make sure they didn't have any tooth or health problems. Thanks to her work experience at the Pokemon Center and helping Nurse Joy after school, Sarah was able to examine all her dragons teeth and health perfectly and didn't find any big problems. She just removed two loose baby teeth from Sunflare so new ones could grow and cleaned some of her claws, to keep them nice and clean.

Yes, it was a lot of work but for Sarah, it was worth it to make sure her dragon friends were healthy.

When the checkups were done, Sarah and her family relaxed together on the beach. "So what are we going to do today, Mommy?" Riolu curiously asked.

"Train for more battles!" Silvally exclaimed excitedly, eager to battle.

"No," replied Sarah simply, much to his dismay.

"Oh come on, Mother! We have a Pokemon league to prepare for, not to mention your last Grand Trial!" Silvally stated. "We should be getting ready."

"Yes, I know, but they're both a ways away. For now, we can just relax, please?" Sarah chided, earning a sigh from the Synthetic Pokemon.

"Alright..." he groaned as he slumped on the ground.

"I don't know, maybe we can explore a new place?" Mai suggested.

"Really, where?"

"Hey, Sarah!" called a voice coming towards them.

Everyone turned to see Ash and Kiawe running towards them, both of them looking flustered with excitement and with Pikachu and Rotom-Dex not too far behind.

"Hey, guys, what's up?" asked Sarah, getting up from her portable lawn chair as they skidded over to her.

"What's up? WHAT'S UP?!" buzzed Rotom-Dex incredulously. "Haven't you heard the rumors popping around recently? There's a plethora of Pokemon over at a valley somewhere in Kiawe's island home!"

"Just come with us! We're going to Akala Island, right now!" Ash cheered as he dragged her off, making her yelp.

"Now? What are you talking about, what's going on in Akala Island?" she quizzed, not getting Ash's excitement.

"Mimo just sent us a letter, telling us that she found a hidden valley somewhere on the island where there are lots and lots of Pikachu and she wants us to come over and see it," Kiawe elaborated.

"Huh? Pikachu...?" Sarah blinked, catching Blitz's attention as he perked up from the mentioning of Pikachu even though Kiawe didn't mean Ash's partner.

She soon got her answer as she and her family and friends chased after Blitz, Pikachu, and Mimo after arriving on Akala Island and she led them to a secluded spot on the island where, to everyone's shock, surprise, and amazement, there was a whole army of male and female Pikachu happily snoozing, eating, playing, and relaxing together as if there was nobody around them. The only other thing that they noticed was an RV shaped exactly like a Pikachu down to the tail decoration on the back.

"That's awesome!" Ash gushed.

"Look at all the Pikachu!" Mimo cried happily, her eyes twinkling from the Pikachu horde enjoying their peace and tranquility.

"We have discovered Pikachu Valley! The rumors are true so that's Myth Confirmed!" said Rotom-Dex as he looked around in awe.

"Pikachu here, Pikachu there, Pikachu everywhere," gawked Silvally. "It's a giant Pikachu infestation!"

"I wonder if this is where Race and Robbie met Bella before we all met them at Professor Oak's lab in the Kanto Region," Sarah breathed in disbelief. "I knew there were rumors about this place from the Akala Island locals but I never thought Pikachu Valley was the real deal."

"You better believe it. It's the real deal, alright," called another familiar voice.

Everyone turned to find a familiar boy with a female Pikachu and a male Mimikyu by their side approaching them. It was none other than the Battle Frontier Champion of the Hoenn Region, Race Konami, himself with his partners, Bella and Robbie.

"Race!" gasped Kiawe, Ash, and Sarah in amazement.

"Hey Ash, Kiawe, I guess you guys are in top form," Race snarked before he turned to Sarah with a soft smile. "Hello, Island Girl, been a good girl lately?"

"Hey, I had been good since we last met. Did you really think I'd get myself in trouble after all that?" she replied incredulously.

But, she blushed heavily as she knew otherwise, which got an amused chuckle out of the Hoenn BF Champion and his partners. Robbie and Bella greeted Pikachu and Blitz happily, the two of them starting to play with Bella's fellow Pikachu before the female Pikachu told them what they'll be in for as they overlooked Pikachu Valley.

"So, Race, what brings you to Alola? Or better yet, what brought you, Robbie, and Bella to Pikachu Valley?" Ash asked.

"It's Top Secret, code for 'That's for us to know and you to find out'," he told him with a knowing smirk from Ash's boundless excitement and curiosity.

As Bella and Robbie looked over Pikachu Valley with Pikachu and Blitz, Mai decided to join them which caught the former two's attention as she came up alongside the male Mimikyu. "Myu, Mimyu?" he asked.

"Hi, I'm Mai. I'm Sarah's Mimikyu," she greeted, holding out a shadow arm.

"Mi Mikyu. Mi, Kyu, Mimikyu, Mimi," Robbie said, introducing himself and Bella as they shook her shadow arm.

"Pika, Pi," Bella smiled, happy to see another girl.

Then, she gave a sign as if she's watching Mai if she tries to steal her Pokemon love until Robbie calmed her down and reassured her that she's the only Pokemon for him and her-him.

"Umm... No, I don't know anything about love," Mai admitted, to their surprise. "My daddy never let me go far from home until a few months ago when we met Sarah, never had a boyfriend and I was too young for one."

This got understanding nods from Robbie and Bella as they began to talk with her, Race finally beginning to notice her going deep into conversation with his partners.

"Well, now, I see you caught yourself a Mimikyu knowing Telepathy," he admitted, a little surprised.

"Well, Mai's the daughter of one of Ula'Ula Island's Totem Pokemon and I'm not gonna lie, she's cute in her own right," Sarah admitted back.

"And, what's the story of your Eeveelutions, that dragon parade, and that colorful group? Don't recall seeing them when I got here," continued Race, looking at the Eevee Squad, her other dragons, and the abused Pokemon.

"Oh... Long story short: I helped rescue Umbreon and his daughters from a couple of poachers, met Shadow and his fellow dragons months earlier, brought Melody, Echo, and their kids after a little episode I had (you don't what to know what), and I rescued Houndoom and his friends from the Revengers and the master criminal herself, Carmen Sandiego, and a Galarian Articuno."

"...Okay, scratch that. You DO have a habit of getting yourself into more trouble than you think."

"I know, I nearly died more than one time and got in hot water for it but it was all worth it for those Pokemon and the dragons, so sue me."

Race chuckled as he then decided to head down to Pikachu Valley. "Now, then, I'm heading down to the valley for personal business involving Robbie and Bella. Would you all like to tag along?" he asked the gang.

"Pika!" cried Pikachu, being the first to agree along with Blitz as Bella and Robbie quickly joined their human trainer.

"I'm coming, too!" Mimo agreed as she followed Race, his partners, and the two Pikachu going ahead.

Kiawe tried to stop her since he didn't want to disturb the Pikachu living in Pikachu Valley but he was outvoted as Ash and Sarah decided to join them with her family not too far behind. Eventually, with Ash's coaxing, the Fire Type student eventually joined them.

"Look over this way and you'll see Pikachu. Look over that way and you'll see Pikachu and more Pikachu! Now, get ready for a Pikachu festival!"


(Eye to Eye - Pokemon Version)

(The opening begins with Sarah, her pokemon and dragon family turning around and being faced with the Seven Sins and Sarah draws her Sword of the Sun Lion to confront them. Nebby's creators, Solgaleo and Lunala come by their side while UB-Black appears behind Team Eclipse, under their control)

Got myself a notion, one I know that you'll understand

To set the world in motion, by reaching out for each others' hand

Maybe we'll discover, what we should have known all along

(Yeah)

One way or another, together's where we both belong

If we listen to each others' heart

We'll find we're never too far apart

And maybe love is the reason why

For first time ever we're seeing it eye to eye

(Sarah is introduced next, wearing her royal attire, as she stands with her proud Nebby and Solar, her Beast Bot alongside her before they are shown getting in a battle stance together along side the Beast-X King Zord before they perform Searing Sunrise Smash together. Ash, Pikachu, Kiawe and Turtonator are introduced together as they perform 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt and Inferno Overdrive together against Team Eclipse. Lana, Lillie, Sophocles and Mallow are introduced next to their pokemon partners before they all perform Hydro Vortex, Subzero Slammer, Savage Spin-out and Bloom Doom together against UB-Black to protect Sarah and Nebby before Sarah eyes and the lion mark on her right cheek glowed and she unleashes a powerful Roar and the clouds behind her turn into roaring lions.)

If a wall should come between us,

Too high to climb, Too hard to break through

I know that love will lead us

And find a way to bring me to you

So don't be in a hurry

Think before you count us out

(Ohh)

You don't have to worry, I will never let you down

Nothing's gonna stop us now!

If we listen to each others' heart

We'll find we're never too far apart

And maybe love is the reason why

For first time ever we're seeing it eye to eye

(Nikki, James, Lusamine, Faba, Wicke and Professors Burnet and Kukui are seen using their pokemon partners against Team Eclipse's pokemon before Sarah, Winter and Nebby fly in and blast them away with a Focus Blast and plasma blast attack. Then, Absol, Zoura, and Zeraora appear and use Megahorn, Night Daze and Plasma Fists, blasting Team Eclipse away before Cresselia flies over the sky.)

Lovers always seeing it eye to eye

(Yes we are)

I knew I was seeing it

{Seeing it eye to eye}

Lovers always seeing it eye to eye

(Seeing it eye to eye, Yeah)

I knew I was seeing it

{Seeing it eye to eye}

Lovers always seeing it eye to eye

(I think we're seeing it eye to eye)

I knew I was seeing it

(Eye to eye}

(Sarah is then seen mega evolving Candy and her Lucario, Shiny Absol, Salamance, Latios, Latias, Houndoom at once, showing the powerful friendship they share together before she's seen saving a little Yamper, Scorbunny and Galar Region Rapidash from Melania's Kabutops and Lothor's Darkari by slashing them with her sword. Then, Sarah comes face to face with Lothor and his Darkari who tries to blast her but she's protected by Cresselia and Giratina, the Pokemon of Dreams and the Reserve World, who blasts Darkari with Moonblast and Shadow Ball together)

If you're ever lonely, stop

You don't have to be

After all it's only

A beat away from you to me

(Take a look inside and see!)

Yeah, Yeah!

(Tsukumaro, Absol's trainer and Doug and Deliah's royal advisor then appears and he's shown training Sarah to fully master her family's powerful sword with Zeraora and Zoura watching on the sidelines with Sarah's pokemon family, Winter and her dragon friends. Next, Sarah is seen holding the her sword in her hand before she raises her Sun Sword into the sky while her friends and family cheered and the seven gems come out before seven legendary pokemon appear; Cresselia, Giratina, Zygarde (Dog Form), Zacian, Zamazenta, Xerneas and Rayquaza and they all circle her and Nebby in their powerful magic along with more silhouettes of Legendary Pokemon appearing before the title screen comes up.)

If we listen to each others' heart

We'll find we're never too far apart

And maybe love is the reason why

For the first time ever we're seeing it eye to eye

(Seeing it eye to eye)

Seeing it eye to eye, baby!

Pokemon - Alola Journey: Destiny of Princess Sarah


As Sarah, Ash, and Kiawe were heading down towards the valley and the wild Pikachu, Mimo, Race, Pikachu, Blitz, Bella, and Robbie were already far ahead of them with Mimo and Pikachu running ahead and the latter four joining them at a steady pace.

However, in his excitement, Pikachu forgot to watch where he was going as he tripped over a rock and rolled down the hill screaming in panic.

Blitz sweatdropped from seeing how clumsy his fellow Pikachu had become with Bella cooing in concern and Robbie giving a sly giggle which the female Pokemon briefly admonished her boyfriend for.

Pikachu didn't stop rolling until he crashed into a red-haired young woman wearing a female Pikachu outfit. He was relieved to have stopped despite it being painful but he suddenly became surprised about the woman as she walked towards him and he saw her in her full outfit, her solid golden yellow dress and skirt over her bright yellow t-shirt, yellow boots with black socks, a Pikachu-ears headband, and two yellow headbands on both of her wrists.

"Alola...Pika!" she greeted, acting like a Pikachu.

Ash's partner was surprised as he stared at the woman and tilted his head, a little baffled from what he saw.

"Alola!" greeted Mimo as she and the others arrived.

"Oh, Alola," called Sarah, surprised by the Pikachu-dressing woman.

"Alola, Pikarla," Race replied, smilingly knowingly.

This caught Sarah by surprise as she stared at Race. "Hey, wait! You know her, Race?"

"Yeah, that's Pikarla, she's the Pikachu Caretaker here. And, in case you're wondering, all those Pikachu are hers; she's a Pikachu enthusiast so she collects Pikachu from around the world, even the Galar Region, and brought them here naming it Pikachu Valley in their honor. She also has her unique way of living with and raising them as you saw just now like speaking in a Pikachu sense all the time."

Sarah raised a confused and befuddled eyebrow at him as he smiled knowingly at her confusion. "Even I don't understand the specifics of extreme Pokemon enthusiasts like Pikarla but I know enough to get around the place the first time Robbie and I came here."

The Pikachu enthusiast, Pikarla, giggled at everyone and Pikachu before she picked him up and gushed as she held him. "Welcome, Pika-Pikachu! What a wonderful Pikachu!" she cried happily, much to the Mouse Pokemon's chagrin from the unorthodox fanboying he was given.

Then, as Pikarla cuddled Pikachu, she suddenly gasped in abrupt realization from the kind of Mouse Pokemon he is as she felt him all around. "Wait a pika-second, I think I pika-know!" she cried out as she rubbed her thumbs around his front legs and got a satisfying coo from him.

"Its front legs, its cheeks! This is a-Pika-Kanto Pikachu!"

"Isn't that obvious and always the way?" Race joked.

"Wow! How'd you know that?" Ash gasped in amazement.

Pikarla smiled as she explained, "The shine of its Pika-Fur gives it away. A Kanto Pikachu reflects sunlight with a Pika-Sparkle whereas a Pikachu from Alola gives off a Pika-Glossy reflection!"

Sarah turned to her first Pokemon in surprise, she had no idea a Kanto or an Alola Pikachu like Blitz can give off such appearances after Nikki and James let Sarah keep him when they first arrived in Alola from Kanto.

"So, what does that make you, Blitz?" she questioned.

"Pika," Blitz responded, showing off his looks and giving off a shiny glossy appearance in the sunlight to signify that he's an Alolan Pikachu.

"What do you know about that?" Ash responded, impressed while Mimo's eyes sparkled in awe.

"Well, every day's a school day," remarked Rotom-Dex in thought.

"THAT'S ALL SO COOL!" cheered Mimo before she was patted by Race to bring her back to reality.

"Slow down there, fangirl. Let's have you introduce yourselves to Pikarla first and then you can learn the ropes around here," he reminded.

It was at that moment that Pikarla noticed him, Bella, and Robbie after she set down Pikachu and she gasped in delight, knowing who he was and remembering him clearly. "Race! Bella and Robbie, too!" she laughed happily, coming up to them.

Race just chuckled at his old friend, "Hello, Pikarla, long time no see."

"You look like you haven't Pika-changed one bit! And, how's our lucky Pika-girl of the day, is your Pika-boyfriend treating you well?"

Bella blushed as she chuckled modestly and leaned against Robbie blissfully as he held her.

"That's Pika-great! And, who are your Pika-friends?"

The Hoenn Battle Frontier Champion turned to them as he began to introduce the others to her. "Ash, Kiawe, this is Pikarla, a Pikachu enthusiast. She's an old friend of mine and Robbie who introduced us to Pikachu Valley and Bella when we traveled around Alola," he said to them.

"Pikarla, this is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, Kiawe, Sarah, and this is..." he trailed off when he got to Mimo.

"Hi, my name's Mimo, nice to meet you!"

"Everyone, nice to meet you! And, as Race mentioned, my name's Pikarla, Pika!" smiled Pikarla cutely.

"Nice to meet you," Ash greeted in kind as Pikachu rejoined them and Blitz got on Sarah's left shoulder with Scorch occupying her right. "We heard a lot about this place so we just wanted to come and visit."

"That's Pika-great! You want to surround yourself with Pikachu, too!" she cheered. "The first thing we do is..."

She then gave Sarah, Race, Mimo, Ash, Rotom-Dex, and Kiawe a set of Pikachu ears and Pikachu tails to make them all look like Pikachu.

She even took off Sarah, Race, and Ash's backpacks and satchel so as to further give the three humans the impression of being Pikachu, much to everyone's surprise, delight, and shock from the new accessories they were given as they gasped save for Race, who chuckled in amusement at Sarah with her ears and tail.

"W-w-WHAT?!" cried Sarah, balking from her new accessories.

"W-What is this?!" gawked Kiawe, completely baffled by the tail and ears he was given.

"Pikachu ears, I call them Pika Cheers! A Pikachu Tail, I call it a Pika Tail!" smiled Pikarla brightly from their new looks.

"Cutest thing I've ever seen!" Mimo cheered as she adored her new look.

"I guess that means you're Mimo-Chu from now on," admitted Kiawe, unable to resist his sister's embarrassing cuteness.

"Even I'm a Pikachu now, I suppose..." agreed Rotom-Dex.

"What do you think, buddy? I'm a Pikachu," Ash called to his best friend, who just stared blankly at his partner and unable to see it in him.

"...Well, it does make me a little more Pokemon-y," Sarah admitted as she blushed from her ears and her wagging tail.

"Now, you're a lot Pikachu," remarked Race with a smirk, making her blush harder and Blitz, Robbie, and Bella laugh in their own delight and happiness at them being Pikachu for the day.

"Now, I, Pikarla of Pikachu Valley, will explain the Valley's three main Pika Rules for you," addressed Pikarla to the others before he turned to Race. "And, you remember what those Pika Rules are from your first visit, right, Race?"

"Rules?" asked Kiawe, Rotom-Dex, Mimo, and Ash in confusion.

"Oh, yeah. She really drilled them into my head throughout our first visit," he chuckled knowingly.

"So, you have three strict rules we have to follow throughout our stay, what are they?" Sarah puzzled.

"First Rule: your heart must become a Pika Heart. Second Rule: you must Pika-Love every Pikachu. Third Rule: when you talk, you must add 'Pika' to every word you speak; that's Pika-Pika Speak!"

Pikarla was only too happy to explain the rules and emphasize the last two as she noticed and picked up Blitz before she nuzzled him, getting a happy coo from him and making the Mouse Pokemon enjoy her Pikachu-like comfort.

"You want me to speak Pikachu, right?" theorized Rotom-Dex as he thought hard on how to do Pika-Speak.

But, Pikarla was not done yet as she stopped the Living Pokedex and had one more reminder about what they should do about using Pika-Speak in accordance with the last Pikachu Valley rule.

"Hold it right there, I'm afraid you don't Pika-understand," she warned. "Every sentence has to have the word 'Pika' tucked in somewhere inside it."

"I'll give it a Pika-try-!" Rotom-Dex buzzed until he started to overload from even trying to have the word tucked in it and explode, being successful but with results that he wasn't expecting.

"Pika-great! Those who follow the Pika Rules can consider themselves honorary citizens and friends of Pikachu Valley," commended Pikarla proudly. "Of course, since Race is Pirace once again, he'll be welcomed back as an honorary Pikachu Valley citizen. Now, Pika-Everybody, please tell me your Pika-Names."

"I'm Pika-Ash."

"I'm Pika-Mimo!"

"And, I'm Pikawe-" began Ash, Mimo, and Kiawe.

Sarah was about to say what her Pika-Name is but Race took her shoulder and quietly shushed her before pointing to Pikarla, seeing an idea for her friends' Pika-Names already bubbling in her head.

"Wait! I got it!" interrupted Pikarla, her cutesy Pikachu love kicking in. "I'm gonna call you Pikash, Pikamo, Pikawe, and Pisarah!"

"I'm Pikash?"

"I'm Pikamo? That's so cute!"

"Eh, I'm Pikawe?!" gawked Ash, Mimo, and Kiawe in surprise, glee, and shock.

"Pisarah... Really, Pikarla?" Sarah sweatdropped, blushing as Bella, Robbie, and Blitz started sniggering from her Pika-Name.

"It's not that Pika-bad. I think it's kinda cute for your Pika-stature, Island Girl," chuckled Race.

"Your loss, Mother," laughed Silvally as he cackled.

"Mommy, can we sit this one out and go play at Uncle Kiawe's farm? It's kinda... Embarrassing, really..." squirmed Riolu, now unnerved by what she's seeing.

"Well, I guess that's Pika-fine. Just make sure you don't get into Pika-trouble," she replied. "Just make sure you help Pikawe's family do their chores while you can, okay?"

She then realized what she was saying in Pika-Speak and became a little awkward from her new temporary language as the rest of her family left to return to Kiawe's family's farm. "That's not gonna get Pika-easy, really," she muttered awkwardly.

Mai crawled up to Sarah as she joined Robbie, Bella, and Blitz watching everything from behind the five humans and Rotom-Dex. "Can I come?" she chirped to Sarah.

Sarah couldn't resist denying Mai's request after remembering the promise she made to her upon their first meeting. "All right, you can Pika-come along. But, stay close to me so those Pikachu don't try Pika-anything on ya," she replied, Mai giving an understanding nod.

"Good Pika-grief," grumbled Rotom-Dex, feeling flustered by everything as he floated upwards.

It might've been better if he stayed out of sight to save himself from embarrassment because when she saw Rotom-Dex, Pikarla gave him his own Pika-Name.

"And, I'm gonna call you, Pika-Rotom!" chirped Pikarla happily.

Now, it was Ash and Mimo's turn to gawk in shock, Kiawe to be dumbfounded, and Sarah, Race, Bella, Robbie, Mai, and Blitz to laugh from the cute yet awkward Pika-Name Pikarla had given Rotom-Dex. As for the Living Pokedex, he was horrified by the choice of Pika-Name given to him.

"Pikarotom?! Pika-NO!" he shouted, terrified.

"No worries, you'll be used to it in no Pika-time!" she reassured. "For the Pika-Heart, you must..."

As Pikarla explained what the PV newbies what they have to do, the group of Pikachu looked on at the newcomers and didn't know what to think of them but two larger Pikachu amongst all of them were looking straight at Blitz.

Another pair of Pikachu amongst the Pikachu plethora (a larger male and a smaller female with a flower on her left ear) was staring at Bella and Robbie, the two of them getting knowing looks on their faces as they watched.

The two Pikachu pairs stared at Blitz and Bellas as if they had all seen a ghost, keeping their stupefied eyes on the two younger Pikachu as they watched their human partners, Ash, Mimo, and Kiawe learn to get into the Pikachu spirit with Pikarla's help. The other Pikachu also took notice of Robbie and Mai and while they didn't cower immediately from their hideous looks, they didn't know what to think about them by their baffled looks from another Mimikyu entering the valley and some of them smiled when they saw Robbie.

While the humans were busy, Blitz suddenly felt like he was being watched as he looked to whoever was looking at him and saw the Pikachu plethora staring at him and his group. Then, he noticed the two larger Pikachu staring at him and tuning everything and everyone else around them out, the three of them now making full eye contact with each other.

The two larger Pikachu gasped before a flash came into their minds and what looked to be a memory of them having an egg of a little Pichu and nurturing it lovingly after they got together as mates before they were brought back to reality when Kiawe finally managed to speak up in Pika-Speak and get into it, just as Ash, Mimo, Sarah, Rotom-Dex, and Race had done so.

Startled by what they had witnessed from their minds after making eye contact with Blitz, the larger two Pikachu rushed off as if they had been spooked.

Blitz reached out a hand to them but he just watched them leave, leaving him completely baffled and confused over them.

"Pikawe, you look so Pika-cute!" giggled Mimo.

"Pika-thank you!" Kiawe laughed as he danced over to the Pikachu plethora to join them.

Race didn't know what to say as he scoffed in amusement, "That Pikawe is one unique character from your Pika-group."

"That's Pikawe, for ya," giggled Sarah, seeing Kiawe follow the Pikachu that had run off from him. "He's pretty much in tune with Pika-nature and the Pokemon living in it. Not surprising since he's been living and working in a Pika-farm his entire life."

They all followed Kiawe and the Pikachu until they came across Pikarla's mobile Pikachu home and truck trailer known as the Pika-Truck, obviously named and done with loving care by whoever built it in Pikachu colors and decals from the ears and eyes to the cheeks and tail at the back.

"The whole Pika-Truck is completely decked out in Pikachu colors!" he observed in awe.

"That's Pika-right! This camper is the Pika-home for all Pikachu!" Pikarla agreed happily.

"That Pika-Truck can hold all those Pikachu you've caught?!" gawked Sarah.

"I wanna Pika-look inside!" cheered Mimo.

"Okay, your big Pika-brother will have a Pika-look," Kiawe relented, still in his cutesy state as he checked inside.

At first, there was nothing inside but as he got closer, he saw one male Pikachu with a spikey hairstyle leaving the trailer, then a female Pikachu with a raggedy hairstyle bailing out for the open next. Finally, he managed to get a closer look until he found the Pikachu crowded inside and they all ran out, trampling him over as everybody watched with varied reactions-Pikarla and Race with knowing smiles, Ash and Mimo in panicked horror over Kiawe being run over, and Sarah, Blitz, Mai, Robbie, and Bella wincing sympathetically for the Fire Type student.

"It's so much fun with Pika-tons of Pikachu..." he groaned in his cutesy state.

The Pikachu all watched the newcomers cautiously as Mimo tried to wake him up by prodding him with a stick as Ash, Pikarla, Pikachu, Blitz, Robbie, Mai, Bella, and Blitz watched on. Her seeing all the Pikachu running out of the Pika-Truck, however, soon got Mimo wondering.

"Are all of the Pikachu that live here Pika-yours?" she asked.

"They're all Pika-hers, hands down," Race confirmed.

"Pirace is Pika-right! I spent all Pika-day and night catching Pikachu and they simply Pika-piled up," Pikarla agreed before she turned to Race, Sarah, and Ash and winked at them. "I Pika-like anybody who likes Pikachu. And, since I know Pirace likes Pikachu after Robbie took a shine to Bella and she with him during their first visit, what about you, Piash and Pisarah?"

"Well, Blitz and I had been together since I found him as an egg that my Pika-parents let me keep for a birthday present," answered Sarah. "We've grown up together as Pika-buddies and we've been through thick and thin, problems large and small, the Pika-works."

"Pikachu and I have been on Pika-adventures together forever," Ash responded before he turned to his partner. "Isn't that right?"

But then, they noticed that Blitz, Bella, Pikachu, Robbie, and Mai had disappeared without warning and a trace, causing them to look around for them.

"Blitz, Mai? Where'd you Pika-go?" called Sarah.

"Robbie, Bella, did you two Pika-wander off again?" put in Race, looking for his partners.

"Over Pika-this way and that way!" Rotom-Dex called, pointing towards Pikachu, Robbie, and Bella from the right and Blitz and Mai from the left.

Pikachu, Robbie, and Bella were making their way towards the Pikachu plethora with Ash's Pikachu hoping to make some new friends amongst Pikarla's Pikachu family and Bella and Robbie looking around the Pikachu crowd for certain Pikachu they want to find.

Blitz and Mai, on the other hand, were looking around as they started to drift apart from the crew. Mai was walking with her Pokemon brother but Blitz was looking around in stunned awe as if he was almost in a trance. He felt as if he had known this place somehow but he couldn't put his paws or fingers on it.

Pikachu looked around to see if any of the Pikachu would want to greet him, Bella, and Robbie but while they waved or peeped a hello to the latter two, the other Pikachu kept their distance from him or just gave him the Stink Eye.

This drew everyone's curiosity as they noticed how they were treating who is technically the new kid on the block and/or avoiding Pikachu like the plague. Sure, the Pikachu plethora were used to seeing Pikachu but

"Looks like they're Pikavoiding him," deducted Pikarla.

"Pikavoiding him, why?" Ash puzzled.

"Pika-probably because he came from Kanto and he's the new kid."

"Oh, right! Like the new Pika-kid in school, right?" Mimo inquired.

"That does make Pika-sense. Those Pikachu belonging to Pikarla never Pika-saw your Pikachu before, Piash," remarked Race.

"Guess since he's the only Kanto Pikachu that Pika-came to Pikachu Valley, it's probably understandable those Pikachu would Pika-back off on him," added Sarah.

Realizing how awkward it is for him to be greeted by silence from the other Pikachu and hearing some of them greet Robbie and Bella, Pikachu smiled sheepishly as he scratched his head with a sweatdrop. "Pika..." he stammered.

"Pika!" called a female Pikachu.

Bella perked up as if she recognized the voice calling to her, specifically. There, coming out of the Pikachu crowd were three Pikachu including one male and two females with the second female, distinguished by her fluffy, hairy bangs, leading the larger male Pikachu (distinguished by a right ear with a bent point) and the first female with the flower on her left ear towards the trio.

"Pi-pi, Pika..." Bella breathed in surprise.

"Myu, Mimikyu..." bowed Robbie to them.

The second female Pikachu, who was younger than the Pikachu coming up to Robbie and Bella, fearlessly walked up to Ash's Pikachu, seemingly intrigued and curious by the new visitor.

"Now, that's a Pika-brave female Pikachu," Rotom-Dex noted, eyeing the second female Pikachu.

"Pika, Pika?" Ash asked, prompting Rotom-Dex to show the two Pikachu tails to him.

"When you see a Pikachu with a heart shape at the end of its tail, that's a Pika-girl!" he noted.

"So, she's obviously a Pika-girl, then?" Sarah questioned.

"You're Pika-right! That one's got cute fluffy bangs so I called her Pika-Curly!" confirmed Pikarla.

"Pika-Curly? So, cute!" Mimo cried out.

Sarah drew her attention to the older Pikachu as they came up close to Race's partners. "And, who are those two Pikachu Pika-walking towards Bella and Robbie?"

"They're Bella's Pika-parents," Race responded.

"They're the ones with the Pika-flower on her left ear and the one with the crooked Pika-ear. So, I called them Pika-Shemp and Pika-Babe," Pikarla identified for the group.

Pika-Curly approached Pikachu and sniffed him as she snuggled him before she gave him a tail-shake spark in greeting, much to his surprise from her affection for him; he didn't know what to say to her. Sure enough, the other female Pikachu slowly started to follow her lead and say "hello" to him and even accepted his company, greeting him kindly as well.

This caused Pikachu to blush from the attention he was given and he immediately began to show off to the Pika-girls in turn. However, he just made the Pika-girls confused by his greetings as they decided to back off to wrap their minds around what they witnessed for a moment.

"Ouch, if that's not an immediate fall from grace, I don't know what is," Sarah winced.

"Pikachu mistook the Pika-Girls' Pika-Greeting for something different," Pikarla interpreted with a sympathetic smile.

"Something different? Huh...?" Ash puzzled again.

"All of that sniffing and tail shocks are simply a Pika-Greeting Alola Pikachu all do with each other. Usually, the Pika-Girls all exchange their Pika-greetings first but, uh... Your Pikachu took it to mean being too popular with the Pika-females."

Pikachu balked when he heard that tippet. The Pikachu plethora's reactions to Bella, however, were different when they heard her cooing and saw her happily nuzzling her mother with Robbie and Pika-Shemp sniffing each other and exchanging a friendly handshake and tail shock Pika-Greeting with their tail and shadow arm.

This time, Pika-Curly and her friends noticed Bella and Robbie, seeing their fellow Pika-Girl in a dress that Race had found and put on for her for their visit to Pikachu Valley and rushed over to greet her like she was an old friend of theirs.

"Hey, now the Pika-Girls are going all over Bella and Robbie," Mimo noticed in surprise.

"Well, before she left Pikachu Valley after meeting and falling in love with Robbie, Bella was the most popular Pikachu around before her best friend, Pika-Curly, took that position," Pikarla explained, smiling at Pika-Curly and Bella as they exchanged their usual Alolan Pikachu greeting.

"Those two were inseparable since they were Pichus from childhood and Bella made many friends with much of the Pika-Females with Pika-Curly being her closest. They even tolerated Robbie when he and Pirace first came to Pikachu Valley and they slowly fell in love with each other as they started to get to know him."

"Wait, that's not fair!" Ash balked as well in shock and disbelief. "Pikachu actually IS really Pika-cool!"

As Pika-Curly and Bella started to catch up with each other after their time apart and the other Pika-Girls crowded around her best friend as well, Pika-Curly couldn't help but sneak in an affectionate glance at Pikachu. Even though his unorthodox little show did put off a majority of the Pika-Girls, she found it to be cute as she blushed at him and her eyes twinkled.

Pikachu's heartbreaking disappointment didn't last, though, as he was then greeted by the Pika-Boys who shared the same greeting with him and taking a liking to him as well.

"Hey, what do you Pika-know? He's got his male Pika-audience, now," remarked Race.

"Once the females say hi, then the males give their Pika-Greetings," smirked Pikarla as everyone looked on in surprise.

Pikachu was delighted from the attention he was getting from the Pika-Boys as he rubbed tails with them and they decided to extend their greeting to him, revealing a secret to their appearances.

They generated much electricity after rubbing tails with him, bringing in a thunder cloud and shocking them with electricity, the electric currents starting to completely shine their coats as the electricity then extended to the Pika-Girls, Bella, and her parents (with the exception of Robbie) and do the same thing to them.

When they had finished, Mimo, Sarah, Rotom-Dex, and Ash were in shock and awe to see the Alolan Pikachu, Robbie, and Bella, her parents, and Pikachu all having glossy coats that made them shine like finely-polished Pokemon crystals.

"So, Pika-Pika-glossy!" cheered Mimo again.

"I can't Pika-believe it! They're all like glossy Pika-crystals!" gawked Sarah, jaw-dropped.

"And, that's the Pika-secret of Alola's glossy Pikachu coats," chuckled Pikarla. "When lots of Pikachu rubbed their tails together, they generate loads of Pika-electricity. It brings in a thunder cloud and BOOM, a huge Pika-volt of lightning! The power of nature increases their energy and makes their coats all Pika-glossy."

Pikachu was amazed by this as he observed his coat which had the same glossy effect on him despite his coat's sparkles and then held his tail, having no idea he could do that with it along with other Alola Pikachu.

"Even my Pikachu's become all Pika-glossy!" Ash said, amazed.

"I want them all to come to our Pika-Ranch!" gushed Mimo once more, perking up Kiawe as he smiled at her.

"Great Pika-idea! Your big brother fully Pikagrees!" he cried happily.

But then, Ash noticed something amiss as he didn't see another Mimikyu and male Pikachu amongst the Pikachu group along with his Pikachu, Bella, and Robbie.

"Hey, guys? Aren't we Pika-missing something?" Ash asked, looking around in confusion.

"What do you Pika-mean, Piash?" asked Pikarla, concerned.

Suddenly, Sarah gasped in shock and horror, realizing who exactly was missing from their group and the Pikachu plethora.

"Oh no, I Pika-know who! My Pikachu and Mimikyu, Blitz and Mai, they're Pika-gone!"

This caught everyone's attention as they also gasped in shock and horror, having completely forgotten about Sarah's partner as well as (for Ash, Sarah, and Kiawe) Totem Mimikyu's daughter in their seeing Pikachu, Bella, and Robbie getting acquainted/reacquainted with the Alola Pikachu plethora.


(Pokemon POV)

Meanwhile, having broken away from his group to check out the rest of Pikachu Valley in his stunned awe of the place and from seeing the larger Pikachu pair from before, Blitz looked around for them as he walked along with Mai alongside him for company.

He was trying to find them or any clues as to knowing where he once was in the valley but he has having a hard time trying to figure out what would trigger memories of whatever past he has since he couldn't recall anything else since his birth in Sarah's care.

"What are you looking for, Big Brother?" Mai asked.

"Call it a hunch, Mai, but something that could give me a clue about this valley. Something that would help me remember or lead me to those big Pikachu I saw earlier," he responded.

"What big Pikachu and what for?"

"Well, it's strange and I don't know anything myself but I somehow have a real attachment to this place. When I saw those two big Pikachu staring at me like I was a ghost or something, I felt strange but they must've gotten a reaction out of me like I was someone they knew even though I never met them."

"Maybe you could've had some friends living here with the nice Pikachu-loving girl back there."

"I've never even been here before and yet somehow, those Pikachu know me. The only family and friends I know of are you, Sarah, and the others including Silvally, Solar, Nebby, Riolu, the dragons, hell, even Ash and his Pikachu as well as the rest of the gang. I don't even know let alone remember anything about Pikachu Valley, I was just an egg when I woke up in Sarah's care!"

Mai didn't answer her brother; Blitz did raise several good points regarding his origins and his friends and family.

"Not only that, but I get this really funny yet faint feeling that I've been here before," he continued.

"And, you think those Pikachu you saw would help you know about and/or remember your past?" quizzed the younger Disguise Pokemon.

"It's better than nothing. If the links to my past lie with them, then I have to find them! And if they don't or don't have all of them, I need to see the whole valley if there are any," he finished as he continued looking around.

"And, what about Sarah? Shouldn't we go back to her and that nice Pika-woman for help?"

"I don't know if she can understand me fluently. It's no problem with you since you know Telepathy; maybe you can translate for her. But, I know what Sarah would think given all the time we spent together: she'll probably want to risk every limb in her body to help me find them. But, even she doesn't know about my past aside from me being found by her as an egg during one of her birthdays."

"So? That's never stopped her before. Maybe, it won't be different this time just like every other time. She can help us find out if this was your old home if you tell her what you're feeling."

"Uh, I, uh... Um... Well..." stuttered Blitz, not knowing how to answer this time.

He didn't have time to think of an answer to Mai's reasoning, however, as he suddenly noticed a stray Thunderbolt streaking towards him and Mai. "LOOK OUT!" he cried as he jumped to her and tackled her out of the way before the Electric Type attack would hit them.

The dust that built up started to settle as the two Pokemon groaned, having barely escaped the Thunderbolt.

"Are you okay, Mai?" Blitz asked worriedly.

"Yeah. Big Brother, but who attacked us like that?" Mai quivered, shaken from whoever assaulted them from afar.

"Hmph, I didn't expect you to dodge my Thunderbolt that easily, newbie," snarled a voice. "But, you and your humans also have the nerve to bring in another abomination known as a Mimikyu to our home, our sacred ground!"

Blitz and Mai picked themselves up quickly as the dust finally settled to reveal a small group of Pikachu glaring at him and the little Mimikyu before they made way for what looked to be a golden Pikachu, a Shiny Pikachu, with a hairstyle similar to that of famed 70s rock star, Elvis Presley, his eyes narrowing dangerously at the Disguise Pokemon and his fellow Mouse Pokemon.

"I've never met you guys," scoffed Blitz as he glared back. "What is it you want from us? Or better yet, why attack us out of the blue when we, my human mother, and our friends come in peace?"

"Don't play dumb with us, dimwit! You brought that ragged idiot with you to our peaceful home!" spat one of the other Pikachu, pointing angrily at Mai, who whimpered in response.

"You're crazy to bring in some old doll like that to Pikachu Valley when this place is for Pikachus only!" snarled another.

"If you fellas don't clear out for defiling our land with that filth, you're gonna be sorry!" agreed another, growling.

"Hey! Mai never asked to be like this and it was beyond her choice nor was she given one when she died and became a Mimikyu!" shouted Blitz furiously. "That's rich coming from you dorks, you call yourselves Pikachu with all your pride and those whacky hairdos?"

"You don't know what it's like for a Pokemon like Mai to be hated just because of how she looks and not be cared for and loved by who she really is beyond her ragged looks. Don't you dare take that kind of talk with my sister 'cause she's better, smarter, stronger, and more beautiful than you'll ever be and that's a fact!"

"That's right!" bellowed Mai in agreement through her tears.

"Stay out of this, Raggedy Ann!" barked the Shiny Pikachu boss. "You got no business being in our land when you're nothing but a spiritual curse, a freak to all Pikachu, an oddity! Even the humans despise your kind, they'll all gawk at you and leave you for dead, they will-!"

"SHUT UP!" spat Blitz, using Iron Tail on the Pikachu boss, hard.

The Shiny Pikachu boss was thrown back from the Iron Tail and as the now-angered Blitz was arguing and fighting with them in Mai's defense, who should come from afar in the valley to see the huge squabble and Blitz and Mai but the two large Pikachu from before. While they were trying to collect themselves after seeing Sarah's partner, they heard the scuffle and went over to see what was up in order to stop the fighting but they froze again when they saw Blitz fighting the Pikachu boss to defend Mai.

They weren't sure what to do to intervene and stop the fight from getting worse but they eventually agreed to listen in and decide to intervene when they felt it necessary and the violence would escalate as they listened in as Blitz now spoke to the Pikachu boss and his lackeys.

"Those humans who have room in their hearts for Mimikyus after they recognize who they originally are won't turn on them again because they were once Pikachu when they were living free and happy lives!" declared Blitz, glaring at his new enemies/rivals. "The humans who closed off their hearts to them are the problem and if they don't like the hard truth about them, they can lump it! But, not those who still see them for who they really are."

"The same can be said for Mai when my human mother, Sarah, took her in as one of the family! So, that means she's a real Pokemon and she's my sister, my fellow Pokemon and I are her family, and she's one of our People despite her current looks! She's still one of us no matter what others may say about her! My own family-they accepted her for what she is and who she is, and for that, we'll live with her and I'll fight for her!"

The Boss Pikachu and his lackeys were shocked by Blitz's fierce defense of Mai and even the two large Pikachu were in awe from seeing Sarah's partner being so defensive of the Mimikyu.

The Boss Pikachu snarled as he held his bruised cheek, "You wanna fight with me?!"

"You better not mess with Presley!" barked a third Pikachu.

The Boss Pikachu, Presley, and his lackeys/"friends" snarled at Blitz as Sarah's partner growled back at them with Mai crawling behind him as she shivered in fear, Presley and his gang's words still ringing in her head.

The two forces were about to begin their brawl before the two large Pikachu came forth and shouted, "STOP!", before they sent out a combined Twin Thundershock attack to separate them.

This caused Presley and his gang and Blitz and Mai to notice them coming forward with disappointed looks on their faces at everyone involved.

"You two?!" cried the third Pikachu in shock.

"This is not of your business!" shouted the second Pikachu.

"Get lost, boulder bozos!" snapped the first Pikachu.

"Let's break it up, fellas! You know how mad Pikarla gets when she finds you flouting about, smothering yourselves in your pride, and picking fights with others like this," replied the large male Pikachu, keeping a firm glare on Presley and his gang.

"As with other Pokemon, we Pikachu aren't meant to be picking petty fights like this, let alone attack others out of petty hatred for the most trivial of things like demeaning a kind-hearted Mimikyu like this young gal here," added the large female Pikachu, also glaring at Presley and his gang. "It's shameful and dishonorable to every last Pikachu living in and visitors coming to see us and Pikachu Valley."

She then turned to Blitz, her glare softening to reveal a warning look. "And, if I may say so, young man, you should do well to mind and control your temper even if you are just defending your sister, shall we say," she gently reprimanded.

Blitz nodded as he took her warning to heart. "Yes, M'am, sorry..." he murmured quietly as he rubbed his right arm, humbled from the short lecture.

The large female Pikachu nodded in approval before she turned to Presley and his gang and glared at them with her mate.

"You may be the boss of Pikachu Valley but that doesn't allow you to do something unbecoming of a Pikachu!"

"That's enough of your bile for one day let alone one moment. One more Thunderbolt out of line from you like that and we'll drag you over to Pikarla for questioning ourselves," finished the large male Pikachu. "Away with you!"

Presley and his gang snarled at the large Pikachu pair but they scoffed, knowing that they can't win against them and they had a point.

"Fine, we'll leave. But, just remember to tell that fool of a Pikachu he's the one who started it by bringing that creature to our valley, see?" spat Presley as he and his gang left, not wanting to be shamed and humiliated.

Once they had left, the two large Pikachu turned to Blitz and Mai, relieved that they're unhurt but also still a little disappointed for letting themselves get dragged into such a fight.

"Are you kids hurt?" the male Pikachu asked.

"No, Sir, we're all right," Blitz reassured, shaking his head.

"Y-y-y-y-yeah, t-t-t-thank y-y-y-you," Mai thanked, shivering from what she had to go through.

The large female Pikachu noticed how shaken the little Mimikyu was from Presley's words and went over to her, hugging her and rubbing her gently to soothe the distraught Disguise Pokemon as she started to cry.

"We're sorry about Presley, dearie," soothed the large female Pikachu. "He's a little too proud of himself being the only Shiny Pikachu in the entire valley."

"Let's say it makes him...Pompous, shall we say," agreed the large male Pikachu. "He's gotten really cocky given that he sees himself as above the rest and some of the girls were head over heels for him as a result since he's a swooner."

"He doesn't seem tough the way he talks," grumbled Blitz.

The male Pikachu rubbed him gently, knowing how he's feeling. "Don't let Presley get to you, young man. That's just what he wants and you know how most Pikachu like him and his rascals are when they see a Mimikyu like your 'sister'."

Blitz nodded but then he began to feel curious about the Pikachu pair. "Have we met before?" he asked.

"I can't say we haven't, dearie," replied the female Pikachu.

"Didn't we see each other when that girl, uh... Pikarla, yeah, that's it! Pikarla gave my partner and human mother, Sarah, and her friends this Pikachu initiation?"

"Yes, we did see you and your friends as well as Bella and Robbie when you came to the valley."

"You know Ms. Bella and Mr. Robbie?" asked Mai, surprised.

"Oh, yes. The lucky unorthodox couple that returned just now," the male Pikachu chuckled. "Her parents had been wondering when they would pop by to visit. Mighty surprised and shocked they were after first seeing her falling in love with a Mimikyu like Robbie, but we're all happy for the young lass with the man she loves nonetheless."

"But, I suppose it's time we introduce ourselves to you two," continued the female Pikachu. "I'm Donna and this is my husband, Sirius. We're two of the oldest Pikachu living in Pikachu Valley and we're the caretakers for the younger Pikachu belonging to Pikarla."

The two larger Pikachu sniffed Mai and Blitz and sent tail shocks to them in greeting, making the two younger Ghost/Fairy Type and Pikachu feel at ease with them in their company.

"Are you two also Alolan Pikachu?" puzzled Blitz.

"Been Alolan Pikachu our whole lives. Been living with the younger Pikachu and Pikarla for about five years since we first met them," nodded Sirius.

He then whispered, "Do you kids know the secret of the Pikachus' traditional Alolan Pika-Greeting?"

Blitz and Mai shook their heads; when they broke away from the group with Blitz looking around in his stunned awe, they forgot to return to them to let them know they're okay and they felt embarrassed about having not met the other Pikachu as well. They squirmed to each other nervously, wondering what Sarah would say if she and the others found them.

The two larger Pikachu shook their own heads in amusement. "I see, you broke away from your trainer to see the place and you forgot about everyone," he deducted.

The younger Pokemon nodded sheepishly, getting more chuckles out of the two larger Pikachu.

"Well, we'll tell you this so everyone will know where they are. Not to mention, we'll see what kind of Pikachu you are, young man," whispered Donna. "When there are lots of Pikachu around and when they make contact with their tails, they generate lots of electricity, bringing in thunder clouds. And, when we absorb this electricity, our power increases and our coats become glossy."

"But, we need loads of Pikachu for that and we're the only ones here!"

"We can compensate for that by striking our tails rapidly," reassured Sirius. "If they're looking for you right now, they'll see the thunder cloud and your coats will become glossy for them to see."

"But, what if I get shocked and my coat isn't glossy?" Mai put in worriedly. "I can't handle tons of electricity as you can."

"Stay close to us and you will see that it won't hurt, dear," added Donna with a mother's comfort.

With not much of a choice, Blitz and Mai joined Donna and Sirius, the three Alolan Pikachu proceeding to strike their tails together at a fast rate with Donna holding Mai carefully as they generated a lot of electricity.

(End Pokemon POV)


Sure enough, a small thunder cloud brewed and it let out a powerful jolt of lightning, which caught Sarah, Ash, Kiawe, Mimo, and Pikarla's attention as they noticed the cloud and lightning bolt while they were searching for Blitz and Mai.

"Pika-Pika?" Mimo pondered.

"That looks like a Pika-thunder cloud!" Ash cried out.

"Pika-great! That means Blitz and Mai are around that Pika-way!" Pikarla said, relieved as well.

"Hang Pika-on, Blitz, Mai! We're Pika-coming!" bellowed Sarah as she ran ahead of everyone, Ash's partner and the other Pikachu running behind them to catch up.

The three Pikachu and Mai, from their current spot, kept on taking the electricity until they absorbed enough to get their glossy coats which Sirius noticed.

"Pika! Pi Pikachu, PI!" he signaled.

Upon his word, Donna, Mai, and Blitz cut off their electricity as it vanished to reveal all of them being as glossy as possible. Donna and Sirius smiled from seeing their kind's signature coat appearances but Blitz and Mai were baffled and awestruck by their new looks and observed each other in their crystal-like coats reflected in the glaring sunlight. But, what became unique about Blitz's glossy coat was that he had a bright yellow aura around him, emitted from his Light Ball bracelet tied around his right arm and it didn't blind him nor Mai, Sirius, and Donna.

"Big Brother, you're all glossy and you're glowing like a night light!" Mai gawked.

"Pikachu! Pika, Pi, Pikachu, Pi, Pi-Pika, Pika Pi Pika Pikachu!" gasped Blitz, shocked to see Mai looking all glossy now despite being a Ghost and Fairy Dual Type.

Donna and Sirius just smiled in amusement as the younger Pokemon took in their glossy appearances until the four of them heard voices coming towards them.

"Pika-hey, Blitz, Mai!"

"Look, there they Pika-are!"

"They're both Pika-here!"

"Pika-Sirius, Pika-Donna! There you Pika-two are," cried Sarah, Ash, Mimo, and Pikarla as they, Kiawe, Rotom-Dex, Pikachu, and the other Alolan Pikachu including Pika-Curly came to see them.

The Alolan Pikachu gasped in surprise when they saw Mai looking glossy but they were most shocked from seeing Blitz not only having a glossy coat like them but to also see him glowing as the Light Ball on his right arm bracelet continued to glow and make him like a night light in the dark. The Pika-Girls stared in awe at Blitz's new glossy appearance but Pika-Curly blushed as she stared at him completely entranced, her eyes twinkling in fascination at him.

"Wow, what Pika-happened to Blitz?" breathed Kiawe in awe.

"He's glowing, just like a Pika-night light!" gasped Mimo in shock.

Mai just tilted her head in confusion after hearing Mimo. "Didn't I just Pika-say that?" she questioned, getting chuckles out of Blitz, Donna, and Sirius.

"Whoa, even Mai's looking all Pika-glossy," Ash gawked, seeing Mai's glossy appearance from her rags.

"But, that's not Pika-possible!" cried Rotom-Dex in disbelief. "A Mimikyu like Mai shouldn't have a Pika-glossy coat! The possibility of her having a Pika-coat like that are calculating, calculating, CALCULATING..."

Sarah just shook her head at the panicking and flustered Living Pokedex as he tried to be rational until she gave him the simple answer he needed. "Rotom, Mai was a Pikachu before she became a Mimikyu. It's not hard to tell if you remembered the photos we saw back at the Thrifty Megamart," she told him.

Rotom-Dex sweatdropped in embarrassment, remembering their first encounter with Mai and the Pikachu photos they saw with Dusk and Poipole. "Uh... Right, I knew Pika-that," he stammered.

The little princess then looked at Blitz and she gasped in awe to see the Light Ball on Blitz's right arm bracelet glow and radiate with electricity, finding it to be the reason why he's currently glowing. But, she was cut off from telling Blitz about it when she noticed Pika-Curly now coming towards her partner and giving her the Alolan Pika-Greeting as she blushed. Blitz was surprised as he turned towards Donna and Sirius, who nodded encouragingly at him to return the greeting to Pika-Curly, and he eventually did.

This caused Pika-Curly to giggle at him, her awestruck blush still on her face as she battled her eyelashes at him when they made eye contact after he finished greeting her in turn. Blitz suddenly blushed as well and he giggled, bashfully rubbing his head as the other Pika-Girls smiled and greeted him warmly with the males doing so after, making him laugh as Mai, Donna, Sirius, and everyone else happily watched.

"Looks like your Pikachu's made some new Pika-friends in the other Pikachu and Pika-Curly, Pisarah," smiled Pikarla.

"Guess Blitz got the Alolan Pika-welcoming committee from them, more so than Ash's Pikachu did," joked Race, chuckling.

"That's my Pika-pal there," Sarah agreed with a nod. "Hey, Blitz, Mai, come Pika-over here!"

"Pika!" Blitz called before he gestured to Mai to join him, Sirius, Donna, and Pika-Curly tagging along to see her, her friends, and Pikarla. "Pikachu, Pi, Pika?"

"Turn around for a Pika-minute, let me look at you," she told them, smiling as they happily showed off their glossy rags and coat. "I see you've gotten yourselves a Pika-glossy finish that could rival those from the Pika-best, ha-ha!"

"You're both so Pika-glossy! And, Blitz, you're shining Pika-bright!" Ash laughed as his partner came to Mai and Blitz and marveled at their looks.

"I wanna Pika-see, too!" Mimo replied, both she and Ash beginning to pet them. "You really are so Pika-glossy!"

"Let me Pika-see," suggest Kiawe as he looked at and felt Blitz's coat and Mai's rags, getting amazed by how smooth they felt. "That's incredible, such a Pika-luxurious feeling like silk or Pika-vallet!"

Mai blushed as Blitz winked at her with a smile. "Y-yeah, silky smooth and beautiful..." she agreed bashfully, rubbing her head with her shadow arm.

"See, just looking at all these little ones makes a Pika-person happy!" smirked Pikarla, knowing what they're thinking.

"Isn't it great that we came here, buddy?" Ash asked his partner. "You can make so many so many Pika-friends here!"

"Pika!" smiled Pikachu, knowing what Ash meant before he and Blitz shared a Pika-high five.

Then, they noticed Pika-Curly coming to them as she gave a happy "Pika!" to Pikachu before she blushed and giggled at Blitz, wagging her tail at them making the former blush with a goofy smile but confusing Ash's Pikachu as they exchanged tail sparks.

"Hold on, this is Curly, right?" Ash quizzed curiously.

"That's Pika-Curly to you, Ash," Sarah reminded.

"Isn't that cute, she's got a Pika-crush on Pikash's Pikachu and Blitz!" Mimo gushed.

"I think you're right, their glossiness certainly makes them all more Pika-pretty!" Pikarla agreed.

The idea of having a girlfriend in Pika-Curly left Pikachu feeling queasy but Blitz ended up blushing even harder as he got a blank surprised look on his face, prompting Mai, Donna, and Sirius to start laughing at the latter glowing Pikachu.

Finally, Pikachu couldn't take it anymore as he ran off to not think about it with Pika-Curly happily following him, her first crush being sparked as the stupefied and blushing Blitz stayed behind.

"Looks like Blitz has been Pika-broken by having a crush in Pika-Curly," joked Race again.

"Oh, yeah..." Sarah replied quietly, now starting to become worried.

The little princess knew that despite having arrived at Pikachu Valley and meeting Pikarla and all the Pikachu living with her in the valley, her partner already made something of an awesome first impression with the two larger Pikachu she realized he and Mai met prior to finding them, the rest of the Pikachu plethora and now, he's got a crush in the form of Pika-Curly who was still chasing after Ash's Pikachu.

She knew it was a culture shock for him for a little while but somehow, he managed to fit in well and learn some of the tropes the Alolan Pikachu follow given that he's an Alolan Pikachu off the bat.

In truth, Sarah had no idea if Blitz did come from Pikachu Valley, nor was she given any clues or an idea as to where he came from when Nikki and James had given him to her for one of her birthdays. She never thought to ask him about his origins but she felt like it wouldn't matter given they never knew about the valley and the Pikachu plethora until now. Now, though, with Blitz already making new friends amongst the Alolan Pikachu and finding his first ever crush in Pika-Curly as well as thinking back to everything she'd been through, she started to wonder if it would be better for Blitz to remain in Pikachu Valley for his own safety.

The young royal trainer was now at a personal crossroads and she knew she would have to decide for him sooner rather than later.

"Pikarla, I've been Pika-thinking..." she began, catching Pikarla's attention.

"Pika-thinking about what?" she questioned.

"Where did Blitz come from, like, was he Pika-born here in the valley or something... Do you know if there was any Pika-instance of a Pokemon like him being in Pikachu valley before meeting me?"

Pikarla was surprised, "What made you Pika-think of that?"

Sarah turned her attention to her and the lovestruck Blitz as she spoke, making her now surfacing worries known. "It's just... I'm just Pika-fascinated by how well Blitz seemed to have fit in here. Like, he's gotten on with them well with little effort," she began, her attention now turning to Sirius and Donna as they spoke with Mai, asking about Blitz her happily telling them his adventures with her, Sarah, and their family.

"I have a Pika-feeling that those two Pikachu there with Mai... They're the ones who Pika-helped them become like part of the pack. I've never Pika-met them before, who are they?"

"Oh, those two Pikachu are Pika-Donna and Pika-Sirius," smiled Pikarla, watching the three of them speak. "They're Pika-larger than most of the Pikachu here but they're also the oldest, some of the first Pikachu I've captured and brought here. I haven't seen them this Pika-happy in a long time, not since they had their egg a few years ago."

"An egg, you mean they're Pika-mates?" Sarah gasped, surprised.

Pikarla nodded, "Yep, Pika-married for five years straight, had an egg during the start of their second year."

She then frowned sadly as she watched Donna and Sirius continue to talk with Mai, both of them still enthralled by what she was telling them about Blitz and his previous adventures.

"That was, until one day when they lost their Pika-egg during a heavy storm that came here and destroyed their old home. The egg was swept up and rolled away to fall into the Pika-river leading out of Pikachu Valley. They never found it again after the Pika-storm cleared..."

Sarah's heart sank; it must've been terrible for Sirius and Donna to have lost a baby and very early on into their married life.

"Do you Pika-know anything about the egg, Pisarah?"

The little princess took a deep breath and said what she wanted her to know, "It started when I turned Pika-five... On my fifth Pika-birthday, five years after we arrived on Alola from Kanto... Like every other Pika-kid in the other regions, I always wanted a Pokemon of my own, then I came across a Pokemon Pika-egg which looked like a Pichu egg..."

Pikarla was in awe from what she was hearing as Sarah continued to recall her first encounter with Blitz back when she was only five years old.

"I showed it to my parents after I Pika-found it and they let me take care of it until it hatched eight months later to a Pichu... We've been Pika-inseparable ever since when he first saw me as his mother... Do you think he might've been that Pika-egg Pika-Donna and Pika-Sirius lost five years ago?"

Pikarla was baffled by this revelation. "...I don't Pika-know, surely it can't be a coincidence that Blitz can't be the same child Donna and Sirius lost all those years ago."

They were confused by this but their worries were diminished a little when they noticed Curly dragging the lovestruck Blitz around as she chased Pikachu again, her initial crush on him still apparent making poor Pikachu suffer as he tried to get away from her.

"Hey, why you running away?" Ash asked his partner.

"Pikachu's way, way too Pika-timid," Mimo replied, concerned for Pikachu.

"Shouldn't we stop Curly before she Pika-gets everything out of hand?" Sarah asked, also worried about Pikachu's predicament.

"But, Curly does seem to have quite a Pika-crush on your Pikachu, and a much bigger one on Blitz by the way he's reacting to her and the giant blush on his cute little Pika-face," chuckled Pikarla reassuringly.

Finally, Pikachu stopped as he decided to spend time with her along with Blitz, hoping that if she does have a crush on both him and Sarah's partner, neither of them would be a third wheel to Curly and the other.

Pikachu and Blitz continued to blush, the latter more so, as Curly purred and smiled cheekily at them until they were both snapped back to reality from a small shock of thunder aimed at both of them.

The trio looked around to see who would ruin their moment together as they looked around but they couldn't find the perpetrator behind the shock for their attention.

"Huh...?" Ash quizzed.

"That's weird," murmured Sarah.

"Somebody must've sent out a Pika-electric shock," Rotom-Dex noticed.

Pikachu grew worried while Blitz looked around warily with his eyes narrowed, starting to have an idea as he recognized which Pikachu the spark belonged to.

Curly, however, smiled as she grabbed their attention and offered a berry for them to share. This got Blitz and Pikachu smiling at them, the former still blushing at Curly for her generosity and kindness, and were just about to take the berry when another shock knocked it out of the Pika-Girl's paws.

Blitz's eyes narrowed harder as he then looked sharply toward his right and looked along with Pikachu and Curly to the one responsible for ruining the moment between him, Curly, and his best friend. It was the Shiny Pikachu boss, Presley, and his Pikachu gang, all of them glaring hard at Pikachu, Curly, and Blitz. Their glares, however, were at their hardest when they looked towards Sarah's partner, who could only respond with a hard glare back at them.

Curly also glared angrily at Presley as she rushed over and proceeded to snap at him for his attitude, which the Shiny Pikachu dismissed with a scoff.

"Chu-Pi, Pika!" called Blitz, not wanting Curly to waste her time with Presley and his calls to his crush going unnoticed.

Pikachu was surprised when he saw Curly snap at Presley, not knowing what to think.

"That Pikachu has an unusual Pika-color," Rotom-Dex noted as he, Mimo, Ash, and Kiawe looked on in surprise.

"I've never seen Pika-anything like Pika-that before," Mimo admitted.

"That's not just a different-colored Pikachu, that's a Shiny Pikachu!" replied Sarah, having an uneasy feeling about Presley.

"That Pika-coloring sure was a Pika-new one on me. That's Presley, the Pika-Boss, and he's been sweet on Curly for quite a while," Pikarla explained.

"That's so Pika-cute, THEY'RE SO ADORABLE!" Mimo gushed. "A story about two Pikachu Pika-competing with each other to win a Pika-Girl's Pika-heart!"

Kiawe gawked as he stared at his sister in shock. "C-c-c-c-c-c-c-COMPETING? WHERE DID YOU PIKA-COME UP WITH THAT?" he cried.

"I'd say Presley doesn't want to accept either of your Pikachu as part of the group," Pikarla replied.

Presley glared daggers at Pikachu and Blitz as he shoved Curly back and started stalking them, causing Pikachu to do the same. Blitz, on the other hand, stayed where he was as his cheeks sparked dangerously and he glared daggers back at the Shiny Pikachu boss, hated how his new crush was treated and for him trying to pick a fight with him again.

Hearing Presley scoffing at Blitz and Pikachu and Curly previously arguing with him made Donna, Sirius, and Mai turned to them, the little Mimikyu starting to whimper, catching Donna's attention as the larger female Pikachu hugged her and soothed her gently. Sirius, however, glared darkly at Presley, knowing that the Pika-Boss is still looking for trouble by targeting Blitz again.

"Blitz and Presley are practically glaring Pika-daggers at each other for some reason," Mimo noted worriedly, not expecting Presley to direct his anger at Blitz and her Pikachu fantasy completely dashed.

Presley and Pikachu soon started to compete against each other for Curly's love, the Pika-Boss choosing to pick on the first newbie of the group, but Blitz just walked around them to Curly as he kept his glare at Presley.

"Pisarah, is Blitz Pika-all right over there?" asked Pikarla worriedly before she heard Mai's whimpers and saw her shaking with Donna comforting her and Sirius glaring at Presley still. "And, is something Pika-wrong with Mai over there with Donna and Sirius?"

Sarah turned and indeed noticed her shaking in fear at Presley before she looked back towards Blitz as he still kept his dark glare at the Pika-Boss before Curly reunited with him, hoping to stop the fight before Presley and Pikachu start to brawl for her love. What the two didn't realize, though, is that Blitz had already stolen her heart and he had developed a crush back at her as he momentarily held her protectively.

"Pikachu, don't try to get into a Pika-fight!" Ash warned, sweating in fear for his partner.

Curly fumed as she couldn't stand to see her fellow Pikachu fight. Looking towards her true crush, she mentally asked Blitz, through her shocks, to have her stop Pikachu and Presley fighting. Understandably worried and knowing she has to do something about it, he relented and allowed her to do so, having her give a small appreciative smile at him and proceeding to argue with Presley and reason with him that he had no business picking fights with Pikachu he and his gang wouldn't accept as part of their family. Presley just scoffed like a spoiled brat, not caring what his "crush" has to say.

"Yeah, that's right! You tell him, Curly!" Ash encouraged.

Pikachu saw how it's not worth getting into a fight with Presley and decided to return to the group until he and Curly can be alone together (still not realizing Curly's stronger crush on Blitz). But, he didn't get far before Presley shot a spark at him, daring him to fight for who would've been the girl of his dreams. This completely irked Pikachu as he sent a shock back, accepting the bet, forcing the other Pikachu to gather around for the fight, leaving Curly and Blitz to get back together and rejoin Mai, Donna, and Sirius while nobody's looking.

"Matching an Electric attack with another Electric attack is a sign, a battle's about to begin," Pikarla explained.

Sarah saw how things were getting on but when she noticed Blitz with Donna and Sirius, helping to comfort his crush and Mai (after seeing her shivering in her fear over Presley and his words with Curly's help) and begin speaking with the larger Pikachu pair, she frowned sadly once more as she decided to wander off alone to think things over, leaving the others to see Presley and Pikachu duke it out and not notice her leaving.

"Huh, a battle?!" gawked Ash, horrified by the thought. "PLEASE, BUDDY! NO, DON'T-!"

The Kanto Trainer was cut off by Pikarla as she held out her hand and firmly warned him about interfering in a love battle between two Pikachu including Presley and his partner.

"This battle here is between Pikachu and Presley, people really shouldn't get Pika-involved!"

Ash moaned, now realizing there's nothing he and the others can do but wait and see how the love battle plays out.

While Presley and Pikachu fought for Curly's love and said Pikachu remaining with Blitz and talking with him, Donna, Mai, and Sirius, Sarah went a little ways away, her thoughts still on her partner and the difficult choice any trainer should have to face: learning to let go of the Pokemon she loves dearly.

She recalled Ash telling her and the others about the time when he, Misty, and Brock encountered another plethora of Pikachu in the Kanto Region and how he had once tried to let him go with his own kind, ultimately for Pikachu to choose to remain with him in the end with the Pikachu clan's support.

She knew she should be happy that she and Blitz were partners and family for life after finding him as a Pichu egg on her fifth birthday. But, after watching her partner start to bond with his fellow Alolan Pikachu, hearing of Donna and Sirius and their lost child, and his budding relationship and crush with Curly, she wasn't sure if she could keep him anymore.

The little princess didn't know what to think as she went to sit by another nearby lake and muse over the choice of having to let go of Blitz to be with his own kind after helping him find his birth parents in the valley or keep him so they can keep living together as they always have.

But, as the minutes passed, the more Sarah thought about it and recalled everything her partner and first Pokemon went through ever since arriving in Pikachu Valley, the more troubled she became over what to do with him. She also thought about how exhausting she had become to him with everything she went through and all the danger she's put him and the rest of their family through, wondering if he would be safer from Lothor and Team Eclipse as well as Team Skull if he were to stay in the valley.

For a few brief moments, she could've sworn she saw reflections of Blitz bonding with the Alolan Pikachu after meeting him and Mai, Curly being all cutesy from her crush on him as he blushed heavily, and speaking with Donna and Sirius as he and Curly helped to comfort Mai. But, as quickly as the reflections came, a stray gust of wind caused the water to ripple, breaking them as an image of Blitz was shown smiling softly and waving goodbye to her before he walked off and disappeared.

The princess gasped but then her face darkened as tears started to well up and fall from her eyes, realizing that she couldn't ignore the possible reality anymore and she eventually made her choice.

Suddenly, several frightened and terrified cries coming from the Alolan Pikachu as well as Ash's Pikachu and Presley echoed all around her, startling her as she gasped in horror, realizing what it could mean.

"Oh no, the Pikachu!" she gasped before a panicked cry from a familiar female Pikachu was heard. "Curly!"

Then, her heart suddenly froze in absolute horror as one other Pikachu cried out, sounding like it was calling for Curly but also for her as well.

She knew who it was as she swiftly ran back, "BLITZ!"


Meanwhile, back at Kiawe's farm, Sarah's Pokemon and dragon family were playing and helping Kiawe's parents and Marowak do their chores around the farm. After deciding to return and give Blitz and Sarah some time alone along with Kiawe, Mimo, Ash, Rotom-Dex, and Pikachu to check out Pikachu Valley, they were left on their own devices once again to decide what they want to do until they return.

Candy was amongst the Pokemon helping Kiawe's parents to do their family's chores while Kiawe and Mimo were away alongside Riolu but then, she faintly heard Blitz's cries for Curly and Sarah as she gasped and looked in the direction leading to Pikachu Valley and glared, sensing immediate trouble as well as her trainer's troubled heart.

Riolu noticed this as she turned towards her big sister figure, "Candy, you okay?"


Back at Pikachu Valley, when Sarah finally arrived back at the main field, she was treated to a horrible sight; there, in front of everyone she left in her sadness and confusion over Blitz's fate with her was a familiar trio with a familiar Pokemon that ballooned into a giant ball-like size trying to make their escape.

"Team Pika-Rocket!" she gasped, filled with shock and anger at the trio for having trespassed on the Alolan Pikachu's sacred home.

The princess looked around to see any Pikachu that could've escaped from Team Rocket and she found some in Curly and Presley along with Mai, Donna, and Sirius and rushed over to them. But, she had a sinking feeling that Blitz was somehow not among them.

The two larger Pikachu pair was looking both frantic and furious at Team Rocket as Donna started to cry while Sirius held his mate and angrily shouted at the crooks.

"Curly, Mai!" Sarah shouted as she approached her Mimikyu and the crying Pika-Girl, the Disguise Pokemon trying to comfort her before they noticed her coming.

"Ms. Sarah!" cried Mai, relieved.

"Mai, what Pika-happened? Is Curly Pika-okay, where's Blitz? Why is Team Pika-Rocket here?" Sarah asked.

"Mimikyu, he came here while nobody was watching! Ambushed everybody, just after Pikachu won against Presley and he was accepted! Team Rocket appeared, and used a strange and scary Z-Move called 'Let's Snuggle Forever'!" Mai frantically explained as she held and soothed the crying Curly.

"All the Pikachu were captured, Blitz, Curly, Mr. Sirius, Mrs. Donna, and I, we tried to escape! Curly almost didn't make it, Blitz went back and took her place after he saved her! He's with the other Pikachu inside Mimikyu! They can't get out!"

"WHAT?!" gasped Sarah, more horrified than ever.

She turned to the cackling trio, taunting Ash, Mimo, and Kiawe as they tried to make their getaway with their captured Pikachu including Blitz.

"Wait here and don't lose Curly," she told Mai, who promptly nodded and held Curly tightly in reassurance.

Sarah immediately ran towards Team Rocket and watched them as they tried to make their getaway still, the little princess now outraged over them having the nerve to target her very first Pokemon. Her presence finally caught the others' attention as they saw her running towards their enemies in a rare fit of rage.

"You ungrateful and insufferable Pika-monsters, GIVE ME BACK MY BLITZ AND PIKARLA'S PIKACHU PLETHORA!" she roared.

James and Meowth finally noticed Sarah with Jessie still trying to maintain her Fairy-Type Z-Move pose for Let's Snuggle Forever and Wobuffett carrying her as the other two lifted them up.

"Ah, the little Pika-princess herself, at last!" smirked James devilishly. "Finally come back to see the Pika-show, huh? Well, you're too late and your Pikachu's now Pika-ours for the taking!"

"You Pika-goofed when you left your partner all alone with his beloved girlfriend, your royal Pika-dope!" sneered Meowth. "So, we're taking a Pika-load off your twerpy back by stealing your Pikachu and the rest of our new Pika-Palooza!"

"You're not getting your slimy Pika-hands on Blitz or those Pikachu including Curly as long as I live!"

"HA! And, how are you going to Pika-do it without your precious dragons and squad, Pika-Princess?" laughed Jessie evilly. "Without your strongest Pika-links, you're nothing but a Pika-flopping Magikarp on land, all dressed up for the ball but nowhere to go!"

"Don't you dare Pika-underestimate me or Blitz!" snarled Sarah. "You may think I'm weak and worthless without my Pika-family but I still have my strongest link with me and that's through Blitz! Even if he can't Pika-see me from under Mimikyu's ugly rags, I know he's somewhere in there along with the other Pikachu!"

Inside Mimikyu's rags in a subspace, the captured Alolan Pikachu looked around, wondering what to do or how to get out. Blitz, however, having been worn out from his rescue attempt to save Curly started to hear Sarah's words about him and his fellow Pikachu through his heart.

"He and I have been through many things ever since I found him as a Pika-egg when I was five and we've grown stronger and closer together since that time! He's always been able to pick me up whenever I'm Pika-down and I'd do the same for him! He and the other Pikachu may be Pika-prizes to you and your boss... But, to someone like me who's been through Pika-hell and back with him every step of the way, he's an irreplaceable child of mine! Even if I must give myself up to save him, I'll make sure to return him to his real Pika-parents and Curly so he'll be safe from harm's way!"

Curly, Mai, Donna, and Sirius gasped in shock and surprise from the bombshell that Sarah dropped in her anger towards Team Rocket; was Blitz really the larger Pikachu pair's long lost son from five years ago?

Even Blitz couldn't hold back his shock as he gasped and his eyes shrunk, is he really Donna and Sirius' son as well as Sarah's?

The other captured Alolan Pikachu, even if they couldn't understand human speech, also didn't hold back their shock as they probably found out about Donna and Sirius' lost child at that time. Is Blitz really him?

Not even Ash, Pikarla, Mimo, Kiawe, and Rotom-Dex (who finally noticed her return earlier) couldn't hold back their surprise and awe from her passionate Pika-speech and the bombshell about Blitz while Presley looked on in stunned awe, realizing that the Pikachu he had demonized was one of his own people and the larger Pikachu couple's son.

Team Rocket just cackled again, finding Sarah's declaration to be humorous to them.

"HA! We thought we were hearing some kind of noble speech from trainer to Pokemon but here, it's just the little royal twerpette speaking!" cackled Jessie.

"Your Pika-son may be a precious thing to you but it's a money-bagger to us who'll make us rich along with the rest of his pack with you out of the way!" agreed James with a sneer.

"From here on end, these Alolan Pikachu will Pika-bolster Team Rocket and leave us high and dry on the high road to success and victory!" bragged Meowth.

But, Sarah was undeterred as she grew more annoyed by Team Rocket's bragging. "I don't care what you think, what you're Pika-saying about those Pikachu including Blitz is wrong," she spat at them.

"WHAT'D YOU SAY?!" gawked Meowth, not taking kindly to her retort.

"Great Pokemon like those Alolan Pikachu don't come to Pika-trainers just by stealing and making money out of them. They're cultivated, grown, matured, and loved for by the Pika-people who nurture them to become the Pokemon they are now!"

Donna and Sirius couldn't hold back their tears as memories of their time with their Pichu egg shortly after they were married flooded back into their minds along with memories of their losing the egg and mourning over their lost child and wishing for their son's safe return to them. They even thought back to how they reacted with Blitz when they first saw him as the Pikachu he is now and their first meeting with him along with the stories Mai had told them about him. If Blitz really is their son, then they have to do something to save him as his birth parents.

"You won't get Pika-away with this!" scowled Ash back towards Team Rocket.

"Give Pika-back those Pikachu and Blitz right now!" Mimo raged.

"As we said, we got a Pika-date with these pretty and loving Pikachu and with Mimikyu at his angriest and ready to deliver the Pika-pain, we'll carry them over to the boss for his Pika-palooza!" snarked Jessie with a sneer.

"Oh, yeah? Well, don't Pika-bet on it!" retorted Kiawe angrily.

"I suppose a little bit of Pika-poison will teach you to mess with-DAH!" cried James as he tried to send out Mareanie but three streaks of Thunderbolt came his and Meowth's way and they shrieked in panic, dodging the attack at the last minute.

"Hey! What's going on with our Pika-getaway?!" screamed Jessie, annoyed at her teammates.

"Wobba, Wobba?" asked Wobuffett, confused about the strange delay.

"Somebody thought it would be Pika-funny to ambush us with a Thunderbolt ambush but who?" James explained.

"PIKA!" bellowed a Pikachu from below, making the trio and Wobuffett look to see Donna, Sirius, and Curly along with Mai, all glaring at Team Rocket and Mimikyu.

"WAH! We got a Pika-problem down below!" Meowth gawked.

Team Rocket screamed in shock and panic as they realized they had missed a few Pikachu after using Let's Snuggle Forever with Mimikyu to round up the majority of Pikarla's Pikachu plethora.

"Pi, Pika-Pi, Pikachu, Pi, Pika, Pi-Pi!" snapped Curly as she pointed at Team Rocket angrily, demanding they return her boyfriend and her friends right now.

"Pi, Pi, Pika, Pikachu, Pi, Pika, Pika-Pika, Pi, Pikachu, Pikachu, Pi, Pika!" agreed Sirius, also wanting his and Donna's son back from them.

"Pi, Ka!" nodded Donna, her motherly glare on Team Rocket as she seethed at them for daring to kidnap her baby boy.

Mai nodded in agreement as she seethed at Mimikyu. "You give us Mimikyu a bad rap with everybody just because you couldn't let go of your silly grudge over all those Pikachu you and your meanies captured, freak!" she spat.

"And, how!" called a little girl's voice, forcing everybody to turn and see Candy holding Riolu running towards the group and jumping towards Sarah before standing by her side, glaring at Team Rocket as well.

"Candy, Riolu! What are you doing here?" Sarah gasped.

Candy smirked towards her trainer, knowing what she's thinking. "Amp, Ampha, Am, Amp, Ampharos, Ampha, Ros, Ros, Ampha," she explained.

"She said she's worried about Blitz when she heard his cries over here and so we came to help," Riolu translated before she directed her glare at Team Rocket as well. "And, it looks like we got here just in time!"

"Always appreciate the Pika-help!" replied the princess, causing Riolu and Candy to look at her weirdly before they started to snigger.

Sarah was dumbfounded as a question mark popped above her head. "Was it something I said?" she asked.

But, their attention was brought back to Mimikyu as it began to cry out in shock and panic as it was being jostled about from the inside. The Alolan Pikachu the evil Disguise Pokemon captured were now bashing about inside it with Blitz encouraging them to fight as he helped them out, his determination and love for Sarah renewed and wanting to see Curly and his birth parents again. It looked as though what he had seen from his memories and Sarah's speech had given him and his fellow Pikachu a supercharge, now causing them to fight back against Mimikyu so they can return to their beloved trainers.

Team Rocket was horrified by this as they shouted at him and his fellow Pikachu inside Mimikyu's rags to stop fighting back but to no avail.

This gave Sarah the opportunity to rescue Blitz and the Pikachu as she turned to Candy, seeing the results of the Pikachu plethora and Blitz fighting back at their evil Ghost/Fairy Type counterpart.

"Now, Candy, while we have the chance!" she called, activating the Keystone on her left-hand glove.

"Ros!" nodded Candy, her Ampharosite glowing and being covered in a bright light again.

Race, who had been in stunned silence the whole time from watching Sarah defend Blitz and the Alolan Pikachu, looked on in surprise before he smiled at her.

"Well, what do you know... Island Girl finally did it," he muttered proudly.

Bella and Robbie, who had managed to escape from Mimikyu along with their parents and bonded with again before the Team Rocket incident started, looked on in amazement as they saw Candy Mega Evolve.

"M-m-m-m-Meowth, what's going on?" quivered Jessie.

"Something tells me we better prepare for Pika-trouble this time!" James added frantically.

"Wobba, Wobuffet!" added Wobuffett, also baffled.

Meowth gawked in horror as he remembered and realized what's happening to Candy after seeing her complete her transformation. "DAH! IT'S THE POWER OF MEGA EVOLUTION THAT AMPHAROS THE ROYAL TWERPETTE IS NOW BRINGING TO THE ALOLA REGION!" he screamed, flailing in his horror and getting terrified gasps from Jessie and James.

"Now, feel the wrath of Mega Ampharos!" Sarah declared as Candy let out a proud roar.

"You're in for it now, Team Dorkies!" taunted Riolu with a smirk.

"She's not the only one with Pika-surprises, you know!" agreed Pikarla as she got together with Presley and they glared at Team Rocket, ready to fight.

"Pikarla!"

"And, the Pika-Boss, Presley!" Ash and Kiawe gasped.

"They're my Pika-Pikachu and Blitz is Donna and Sirius' Pika-son so I'll help Pika-rescue them!" she declared, revealing a Pikachu-themed Z-Ring with a Pikanium Z-Crystal on it.

"Hey, that's a Pika-Z-Ring!" gasped Ash in surprise.

"Mind if I cut in?" called Race as he joined Pikarla and Sarah and pulled out a Z-Ring from one of his pockets with an Electrium Z-Crystal on it and Bella and Robbie joined him.

"He's got a Pika-Z-Ring?!" gawked Ash, Mimo, and Kiawe in shock.

"Mimikyu, Mimi," replied Robbie to Bella, getting a determined nod from her as she stepped forward.

"Where did you Pika-get that?" Sarah asked.

"Does the name 'Hala' ring any bells?"

Sarah gasped in surprise; did Hala know about Race and gave him a Z-Ring as well for some reason?

"I'll explain later or some other time but right now, we got all those Pikachu to rescue including your own," he finished.

The princess nodded; she knew this was not the right time for her to play 20 Questions with Hoenn's BF champion.

"Shall we give Team Rocket the Pika-One-Two?" she asked Pikarla and Race.

"Let's Pika-get it started!"

"Bring it Pika-on!" agreed Pikarla and Race as they went first with their own Z-Moves.

"Presley, my Pika-Boss, Pika-GO!" Pikarla called, taking the lead.

"A Pikachu Pika-Z-Move?!" shouted Rotom-Dex in shock and disbelief.

Performing the poses to the signature Pikachu Z-Move she learned some time ago during her Pikachu collecting journey before ending up in Pikachu Valley with Presley, Pikarla transferred her Z-Power to the Shiny Pikachu, raring to go all out to save his fellow Pikachu and Blitz (whom he now accepted along with Ash's Pikachu).

"With a Pika-Pika and a Pikachu, with Pika-Pika's power, it will be the ultimate in Pika-powerful Z-Moves! Use Catastropika!" she recited as she threw Presley and he rolled like a ball to become an electric comet streaking towards Mimikyu.

Next, it was Race's turn as he performed the steps and poses to Gigavolt Havoc with Bella as Robbie and her parents watched on proudly.

"Strike like Lightning, Fly through the skies like a jumbo jet on a Stormy Night! Roar of Thunder, hear my cry!" recited Race as Bella was given his Z-Power and she was charged up with several thousand volts of electricity before she charged forward at Mimikyu, joining Presley. "Bella, unleash your Gigavolt Havoc!"

Finally, with Candy now Mega Evolved and Riolu for moral support, Sarah was prepared to attack when Donna, Sirius, and Curly stepped up to her with determined glares.

When she saw them, Sarah easily knew what they wanted to do. "I see, you want to help us rescue the Pikachu and Blitz, do you?" she smiled.

The three Pikachu nodded as Mai joined Riolu to offer her moral support as well, wanting nothing more than to save their family and their son/boyfriend.

Returning a grateful nod, they stood together with Candy as Donna, Curly, and Sirius all transferred their electric power to Candy, giving her a supercharge before she jumped into the air and aimed herself at Team Rocket.

"Now, Candy! Blast Team Rocket a fully-charged Mega Pika-Thunderbolt!"

Releasing the extra power she was given and pouring it into her Thunderbolt attack, she released it as it traveled with Bella and Presley using Catastropika and Gigavolt Havoc, the three attacks finally making contact with Mimikyu as they whomped it hard onto Jessie and Wobuffett made them crash into James and Meowth still in their Meowth Balloon.

"Strike one!" Riolu chirped with a fist pump seeing Presley's Catastropika make its mark.

"Strike two!" Mai shouted as Bella slammed into Mimikyu.

"Strike Three, you're out!" Sarah called as Candy's Thunderbolt hit.

"That Pika-did it!" cheered Pikarla with a smirk.

Race nodded with a smug smirk as they all watched Mimikyu explode after Let's Snuggle Forever had finally backfired after Jessie couldn't hold her pose after being crushed and all the Pikachu captured including Ash's partner were set free.

Blitz was also among the freed Pikachu and then, he saw Candy, Curly, his birth parents, and Sarah before returning his attention to Team Rocket, wanting payback for what they've done to his kind and for nearly hurting his girlfriend.

"Pika! Pi Pika Pi Pikachu Pi, Pika, Pi Pika!" he called to Candy, wanting her to use Iron Tail on him.

"AMP?!" gawked Candy in shock.

"PI, KA!" shouted Blitz back, wanting her to trust him.

Suddenly, Candy remembered Team Rocket and realized what he wanted, sent back a knowing smirk as she jumped towards him and used Iron Tail to catapult her fellow Electric Type towards Team Rocket and the remains of their balloon, giving them an evil smirk.

"Uh...?"

"Uh-oh..."

"Meowth...? "gulped Jessie, James, and Meowth worriedly.

"...Ka-Ka," he sneered, still smirking as his cheeks sparked.

"IT'S GONNA SHOCK US!" panicked the now-terrified evil trio, repeating their sentence faster and faster as Blitz used Thundershock to electrocute them and destroy their Meowth Balloon completely.

The force of the blast was so great that with a satisfied smile, he was thrown off and saved at the last moment by Braviary, who came in the nick of time before he could blast off with Team Rocket as well and flew him to everyone back on the ground. Curly was in awe after watching Blitz put an end to Team Rocket's madness as her eyes twinkled again, now fully knowing that Sarah's partner was the Pika-boy meant for her.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!" James screamed.

"WE WERE SO CLOSE THIS TIME AND NOW THIS!" cried Meowth in horror.

"THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" bellowed Jessie in despair.

"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" the evil trio shouted one last time as they, Wobuffett, and Mimikyu twinkled out of sight.

Sarah rushed over to Blitz as he and Braviary finally came into view, everyone looking relieved and happy to see him, Ash's partner, and the other Pikachu alive after what they had just gone through.

"Blitz!" she shouted happily.

"Pika!" Blitz cried back, happily jumping off Braviary and into her arms.

"You did it, buddy!" she said, the two of them laughing happily.

After a few moments, Blitz noticed Curly, Ash's Pikachu, his parents, Presley, his crew, and the other Alolan Pikachu smiling at him as they waited for him.

"Pika, Pi, Pika, Pikachu, Pi, Pika, Pi?" he asked Sarah, wanting to speak with them.

Sarah's face fell as she remembered her musing on Blitz and his ultimate fate as well as on what she should do with him. But, she only replied to him with a sad smile and an approving nod, trying to hide her growing sadness. Blitz didn't see it as he happily went over to his parents and Curly.

The other Alolan Pikachu were all relieved to see Blitz in one piece just as he is with them as they watched Curly and Blitz get together and nuzzled each other happily.

Then, in a comical moment of Girl's Worried Wrath, Curly then proceeded to beat the bewildered Blitz and berate him for being so reckless and risking his own life for her and her friends, telling him that if he dies, she won't forgive him. This got several laughs out of all the Pikachu around them as Blitz did his best to defend himself and promise her he wouldn't die and leave her.

All the while, Presley and Ash's Pikachu were in shock from seeing Curly being so affectionate and loving towards Blitz before they looked at each other and gave knowing smiles. It was now clear to them that Sarah's partner had stolen her heart and it was now his alone so they shouldn't try to contest it, watching Curly finally calm down and nuzzle Blitz again as she cried, her male counterpart and boyfriend hugging her to soothe her.

The two Pikachu, along with Presley's gang, then went to them with Presley sheepishly apologizing to him and Mai (who, along with Donna and Sirius, joined him in the relieved hug-fest) for his selfish and demonic attitude towards them and for his petty grudge against Mimikyus, extending a hand to accept them as part of his kind. His gang also apologized to them as they bowed together with shamed frowns, hoping they would all be forgiven for demonizing them.

Luckily, being as forgiving as they are, the Disguise and the plethora's fellow Mouse Pokemon both forgave them and accepted his hand with a smile with Blitz also giving them his own apology for getting riled up over their previous words towards Mai, getting relieved smiles out of Presley and his gang.

"What a Pika-way to make friends," Ash commented happily.

"What do you suppose Presley did to make Blitz Pika-mad while we weren't looking?" Rotom-Dex pondered.

"Who Pika-cares? Let's not ruin the Pika-moment," Race told them.

Then, it was time for Donna and Sirius to make their move as they joined the group in the Pikachu circle, still wanting to see for themselves if Blitz is really their long-lost son.

Blitz noticed them as he also came to them with Curly by his side after she gave an approving and forgiving nod towards Presley.

The three Alolan Pikachu looked at each other intensely, Sirius and Donna's eyes filled with worry and longing and Blitz's with confusion and concern for them.

This went on for a few tense seconds before Donna felt the little Pikachu all over and held his cheeks before she felt the same warmth she had from five years ago when she and Sirius had their Pichu egg before they lost it. She quickly urged her mate to join her and feel Blitz, consequentially making him feel that warmth, too, after he finally touched her.

The larger Pikachu pair couldn't believe it as their memories of their child in his egg resurfaced again and tears of joy welled up in their eyes before they fell down their cheeks. The same happened to Blitz as he felt the same warmth from them with memories of his time with them as an egg before he was lost in the storm that separated them from each other and tears of joy streamed from his eyes as well.

The Pikachu couple looked at their son and told him amidst their happy tears, "...Pika..."

Blitz couldn't hold back anymore as he looked at his birth parents and finally broke down, hugging Donna and Sirius tightly. "PIKA, KA-KA!" he sobbed, immense happiness flowing through him.

The three Pikachu sobbed happily as the long-awaited reunion took place between them after five years of being separated, it was what Donna and Sirius had wished for and now, it had finally come true. The Pikachu that came with his family and friends to Pikachu Valley and they noticed was their son, Blitz.

The other Pikachu including Curly, Ash's partner, and Presley couldn't hold back their own tears as they happily watched from the sidelines.

Their happiness extended to Candy, Braviary, Riolu, Mai, Bella, her parents, and Robbie as they sobbed happily for Blitz, seeing him reunite with his real parents after so much time apart from them without even knowing them.

Not even Race, Rotom-Dex, Pikarla, Kiawe, Mimo, and Ash could find the words they wanted to say as they watched the tear-jerking moment before them, all of them giving tearful smiles towards Blitz.

The only one watching in sadness was Sarah, who could only look on in worry and sorrow as if seeing the reunion and Blitz and Curly sealing their love between them made her realize that her first Pokemon would be better off without her for his own safety. Her sorrow only grew when she saw Presley proudly announcing to his fellow Pikachu that they all give three cheers for Blitz as they did so while lifting him up and down happily by their tails, praising him for what he did to help save them as well as welcoming him back to his old home of Pikachu Valley. She ultimately ended up having a saddened smile as her face darkened, having made up her choice for Blitz's sake.

"THAT WAS SO PIKA-AWESOME, WHAT A CATASTROPIKA!" Ash gushed, remembering Pikarla and Presley's Pikachu Z-Move.

"Pikachu should able to Pika-do that, too!" Mimo suggested.

"Hold your horses, Pikamo, there's one little Pika-problem with that. Apart from the fact that Ash needs to have a Pikanium Z-Crystal in his possession," Race reminded.

"Pirace is right, It also can't be used unless a Pikachu Pika-learns the Volt Tackle move first," agreed Rotom-Dex.

Ash blushed, realizing he needs to remember if Pikachu knows Volt Tackle and he needed that specific Z-Crystal for Pikachu.

"But, on the Pika-bright side, Sarah trained Blitz well since he saved Curly as well as the other Pikachu when we saw them trying to weaken Mimikyu," Kiawe reminded.

"You, Pikarla, and Pirace were all Pika-great with Blitz, Candy, Presley, and Bella, Pisarah," Mimo said, only to see Sarah finally walking away.

This left the others in surprise and bewilderment from seeing the little princess and their friend abruptly leaving without her partner, his parents, Curly, the other Pikachu, and Pikarla not noticing.

"Sarah...?"

"Are you okay...?"

"Where are you going, Island Girl?"

"Hey, Sarah, Pikarla's about to begin the Pika-Role Call! Come back!" Ash, Kiawe, Race, and Rotom-Dex shouted.

But, Sarah just ignored them as she continued on in such sweet sorrow, forcing them and Mimo to follow after her, deeply concerned about her. When they finally caught up to her at the lake she was sitting nearby at and skipping stones across it, she told them what she planned to do for Blitz's sake and safety: she was going to leave him with Curly, Donna, Sirius, and his fellow Pikachu in Pikachu Valley.

This left the entire small group horrified and shocked by her choice as Ash and the others desperately begged her to not go through with her choice. Race, on the other hand, grimaced as he didn't know what to say to her to make her reconsider.

"What, you're Pika-leaving Blitz?!" Kiawe gawked.

"That's right," Sarah replied.

"But, Sarah, you can't do this to him! That's not Pika-fair!" Mimo protested.

"Why are you doing this, Sarah? This is crazy, you know what I told you before when I went through the same thing!" Ash pleaded, wanting her to remember his story about Pikachu's goodbye.

"My mind's made up," she adamantly refused as she skipped her last stone and prepared to get her things and leave. "I'm only doing what I can for Blitz, he deserves better after what happened today and all the danger I've put him in."

A rustle in some nearby bushes drew their attention as Blitz, Pikachu, Donna, Sirius, Curly, Bella, Robbie, Mai, Candy, Riolu, and Braviary found the group and smiled at them, particularly at Sarah.

"Blitz!" Ash cried in surprise.

The reunion still didn't make things any easier for Sarah as she went over to him and said, "Blitz, please stay, this is your home..."

"Pi...?" perked Blitz in surprise, not expecting Sarah to say such a thing to him. "Pika, Pi Pika Pi Pikachu?"

"Blitz, you and I have been through so much together and I'll always value and treasure all the fun times we had together. But, recently, I've been putting you in danger with Team Eclipse and my uncle as well as the other enemies we've faced in the past, my uncle and Team Eclipse more so. I now know that since Pikachu Valley was your old home after Donna gave birth to you and she and Sirius are your real parents, you'll be happier here away from all the trouble we've been through, especially since you have Curly as your new girlfriend..."

Blitz was left bewildered as tears of sorrow now welled up in his eyes, he didn't know what to say as Sarah continued to speak her mind up.

"Pika..." he whimpered as she petted him gently.

Donna, Sirius, and Curly just watched the sad exchange between them, none of them knowing what to say to make them feel better and help Sarah reconsider her decision.

"But, just remember this... Not only are you Donna and Sirius' own son and Curly's boyfriend, but you are also mine, mine to me as you are to them... No matter where you go, no matter what we do in the end, no matter how far apart we are, you will always be my son..."

With those final words to her very first Pokemon, she left to get her stuff but Blitz, not wanting to part with her, tried to follow her.

"Please, Blitz, don't make it harder for any of us!" she cried, knowing what he was thinking. "I know you don't want to leave me but believe me when I say that this is for the best!"

"Pika! Pi, Pika, Pi-Pi!"

"Blitz, don't! Trust me, Your parents, Curly, Presley, his gang, all those Pikachu, and even Pikarla... They'll all need you more than I do, please... Take care!"

Then, she began to run, shocking Blitz as he tried to follow again. "Pika!"

"Goodbye, Blitz, GOODBYE!" cried Sarah one last time through her tears as she ran off.

"Sarah, wait!" Ash cried, only for him to be too late as she already left.

"Pika..." whimpered Blitz as he cried, Curly coming up to comfort him as they held each other in a hug.

Nobody knew what to say as they watched Sarah try her hardest to release Blitz back into the wild and with his kind, his parents, and his girlfriend, and they couldn't help but feel bad for her having to make such a hard decision just to make him happy.

Sarah cried her heart out as she ran out of Pikachu Valley, grabbing her stuff and continuing her run as Pikarla and her Pikachu plethora noticed her running away in her sorrow.

"Pisarah..." sighed Pikarla sadly, having a bad feeling about what Sarah would be so distraught about.

Sarah didn't care what anybody else thought as she left the valley and ran into the forest outside Kiawe's farm, still lost in her sorrow but knowing that Blitz would be happier and safer being with his birth parents and Curly.

"I'm sorry, Blitz, but I had to do this for you. I just want to make you happy again, you were my very first Pokemon but I have to put you first! Please, don't take it too hard," she mentally begged as she ran, her sorrowful tears still streaming from her eyes.

Several memories throughout her adventures with him flowed into her mind as she ran from his birth to becoming her first Pokemon, meeting Silvally, fighting alongside the Beast Morphers Rangers, helping Lillie and Gladion rescue Lusamine from Nihilego, protecting and living with the abused Pokemon she and Skystorm rescued from Carmen Sandiego, amongst many others she fondly remembered.

(Cue Pikachu's Goodbye (Song - Male Ver.) from the original episode)

I close my eyes and I can see, the day we met just one moment and I knew~

She first remembers the day when Blitz hatched months after she found him on her fifth birthday and their moments together when he was just a little Pichu.

You're my best friend, 'do anything, for you~

Then, in her memories, they're shown battling Ash and Pikachu for the first time, leading to the duo's first loss that they took in stride and their promise to be a better team in the future.

We've gone so far and done so much, and I feel~

Her next memories show Blitz's evolution to a Pikachu along with their first clash with Team Rocket and meeting the Puppy Pair and Silvally.

Like we've always been together right by my side~

The next memories after them show Sarah and Blitz celebrating her 16th birthday with each other and their family and friends and helping stop Team Skull from crashing the Pokemon School Open House.

Through thick and thin, you're the part of my life I'll always remember~

The duo is then shown with their family, Zeraora, Tsukumaro's Absol, and Zorua trekking through the path to the Altar on the Sunne to help Gladion and Lillie rescue Lusamine against whatever laid ahead of them including Totem Kommo-O and his guards.

The time has come! It's for the best, I know it~

Blitz and Sarah, in her memories, are now shown with their family helping Richard Stanier and the Unova Movers at the Hau'oli City Pokemon Music & Dance Festival to save their failing dance studio as well as stopping Faba to save Lillie from having her memories wiped out.

Who could've guessed that you and I... Somehow, someday, we have to say goodbye~

Other memories show them along with Ash, Acerola, Pikachu, and Poipole uncovering the origins involving Team Eclipse and her birth family and the mock Pokemon Ping Pong match between them and Ash and Pikachu with the former duo coming out on top.

The time has come! It's for the best, I know it~

Another couple of memories show them Tsukumaro as they helped him get around in modern times which ended in him getting coffee on his hands and screaming as well as dealing with her new Lion's Courage powers from her Lion DNA.

Who could've guessed that you and I... Somehow, someway, we have to say goodbye~

Her final memories flooding in her mind showed her getting him his Light Ball bracelet before she is shown in the aftermath of Lothor and Ivanka's first assault on her and her friends on her bed as he looks on worriedly for her under her godfather's care and the two of them laughing together happily in the midst of hearing Lillie's stomach growl from her being hungry after witnessing the Shinotic's miracle growth of an old tree.

(End Pikachu's Goodbye (Song - Male Ver.) from the original episode)

"Trust me, Blitz," she moped again in her thoughts. "This is for the best, just live on for me... Please..."

The little princess didn't stop running until she came to a stop and got on her knees at a large clearing north of Kiawe's family's farm, crying her heart out as she finally let out a pained scream she had built up within that echoed all around her, trying to convince herself that she made the right choice for her one and only partner Pokemon.

For several moments, she was alone as she continued to cry her heart out for Blitz. After that, she wasn't alone anymore as she heard several people and Pokemon running towards her but she didn't turn around, knowing who they were.

"Sarah!" cried Kiawe as they caught up to the distraught princess. "There you are!"

"What's gotten into you, Island Girl?" Race pondered.

"Why did you have to leave Blitz like that?" Mimo questioned worriedly.

"Why are you doing this?! You know he doesn't want that!" Ash begged again.

"How could you just leave him in Pikachu Valley when his rightful place is mainly with you?" Rotom-Dex asked, also bewildered by Sarah's actions.

Candy, Bella, Robbie, Riolu, and Braviary didn't know what to say as they listened to the whole conversation between the group.

"You all know why, I'm sure Blitz would live a much happier life living with his real family and Curly rather than risk his life staying with me," she answered, adamant in her choice. "Blitz will probably be happier this way."

Everyone was left silent and deeply worried for Sarah; she was really sure about wanting to make Blitz as happy as possible now that he's found his real parents and found true love in the form of Curly along with acceptance from the other Alolan Pikachu and Presley and his group and she wasn't going to ruin it for him.

Ash and Pikachu, however, frowned sympathetically for her; they knew exactly what she's going through, clearly remembering the time when Ash tried to release Pikachu into the wild with another Pikachu group that took a liking to him but ending up with Pikachu choosing to leave his own kind to return to his best friend and being together forever as they should be.

Nobody knew what else to say to Sarah until a shadow of a familiar Pokemon came into view from a little hill to the left of the group caught their attention. Slowly, they all turned to the owner of the shadow and then, who should come to them and Sarah in the distance but Blitz with Curly by her side.

"Pika...!" Blitz cried happily as they waved happily to everyone but mostly to Sarah.

Sarah was gobsmacked by this; did Blitz actually choose to stay with her? "B-Blitz, you..." she began, shaken up by his choice.

They were later joined by Pikarla, her Pikachu plethora, Donna, Sirius, Presley, and his gang, the larger Pikachu pair joining Blitz and Curly while the others stayed behind, all of them and Pikarla having proud and understanding smiles on their faces while the gang just watched in awe and surprise.


(Pokemon POV)

Once Blitz was ready to return to Sarah, he turned to his birth parents and Curly, knowing what he must say to them.

"Well, Mama, Dad, Curly... It's time to say goodbye," he smiled sadly.

"Hey, kid, we know how you feel and we wouldn't think any different of you," Sirius reassured.

"Your place is with your human mother, Sarah, just as it is with all of us, my son..." agreed Donna.

"Don't forget us, Blitzy-Baby, okay?" smiled Curly tearfully.

Blitz nodded knowingly as they shared a loving hug, "I won't. But, hey, maybe I can come and visit you whenever I can and you, Mom, and Dad with me and my family on Melemele."

Curly smiled as she blushed at him, "Yeah, I'd like that..."

"Swell idea there, my boy."

"Don't get into too much trouble while you're gone, dear. We love you," agreed Sirius and Donna.

"You know me now, Mom. No promises," nodded Blitz as they shared their final loving hugs until his next visit.

Presley then came forward to speak with Blitz one last time before he would return to Sarah, knowing that he will be fully accepted into Pikarla's Pikachu plethora and Pikachu Valley after what he and his family and friends and even Pikarla had done to rescue the other Alolan Pikachu.

"Hey... Blitz, is it?" he began. "I, uh... I wanted to say... T-t-thank you, for helping to save my friends and Curly... I, uh... I'm sorry for being so hard on ya and your sister, Mai, is it?"

Blitz nodded with a soft smile, knowing what he was thinking and remembering about their rough first meeting.

"You and her... Well, uh, you're both welcome to visit Pikachu Valley any time you like. It's already okay with Pikarla after you told us so, what do you say, kid? We cool then, buds?"

The younger Pikachu looked on skeptically as Presley held out a fist for a fist bump until he also smiled and shared the fist bump. "Yeah, man. Buds," he agreed.

"You take care of Curly now that she's your girl, huh?"

"She's in good hands whenever I come back."

(End Pokemon POV)


Then, as Pikachu and Curly got together again, they shared their last tail shocks together as they blushed from their love. "Pika, Pika..." they cooed happily.

Presley smiled before he turned to his fellow Pikachu. "Pika, Pi, Pi, Chu? Chu, Pi, Chu, Pika, Pikachu!" he declared, wanting three cheers for Blitz again.

"Pika, Pi!"

"Pikachu, Pi, Pika!" agreed two of his fellow Pikachu brothers happily as they all cheered.

"Wow... What are they doing now?" Mimo gasped in awe.

"Well, I think they might be cheering," Kiawe observed, fascinated by what he's seeing before he turned to Ash. "Hey, Ash, do you know who they'd be cheering for, exactly?"

Ash thought about it as he listened to their cheers and he suddenly smiled brightly, realizing who they might be cheering for. "You're right! Hey, Sarah! All those Pikachu and Presley, they're all cheering for you and Blitz!" he told the baffled trainer excitedly.

"Pika, Pika!" Pikachu agreed with a bright smile.

Sarah didn't know what to think as her Pokemon looked on with tears of joy on their faces, all of them feeling proud and happy for her and Blitz.

Blitz was so touched by the wonderful sendoff he and Sarah were given that he called for one final glossy group hug as they all dogpiled on him and shared tail shocks, gaining their glossy coats again and interpreting it as Blitz's way of saying goodbye and thank you while sharing a final nuzzle and hug with Curly and his parents before he ran off to rejoin his family, friends, and his human mother.

"PIKA!" he shouted amidst his own tears.

"...BLITZ!" Sarah cried happily, the two of them getting into a tearful hug, happy to be reunited and with the Pikachu plethora, Curly, his parents, and Pikarla's blessings.

"Hey, Pisarah!" called Pikarla as her Pikachu cheered and she waved happily. "You and Blitz and your friends take Pika-care, thanks for everything you've Pika-done for us!"

"Goodbye, Pikarla!" everyone cried as they all waved goodbye.

"Bye, Curly! Bye, Donna, Sirius! Bye, Pikarla, Presley!" shouted Sarah.

"Pi, Chu, Pikachu!" called Blitz as he happily waved goodbye to his parents, Curly, and his new friends.


"Another Pika-adventure has brought Sarah and Blitz even closer together, even reuniting him with his birth parents and finding true love in his new Pika-girlfriend, Curly. In their hearts, they'll go on to face numerous challenges, together."


Sarah's Team:

1. Pikachu

Moves - Thundershock, Tackle, Thunderpunch, Double Team, Thunderbolt, Electroweb

2. Lycanroc (Dusk Form)

Moves - Rock Throw, Bite, Tackle, Rock Slide, Protect, Accelarock, Outrage

3. Lycanroc (Midnight Form)

Moves - Rock Throw, Bite, Tackle, Protect, Rock Slide, Outrage, Counter

4. Silvally

Moves - Crush Claw, Air Slash, Hyper Beam, Swords Dance, Dragon Claw, Multi Attack, Tri Attack

5. Mudsdale

Moves - High Horsepower, Double Kick, Mud Slap, Bulldoze, Iron Head

6. Wooloo

Moves - Wild Charge, Tackle, Electro Ball, Volt Tackle

7. Ponyta (Galar Form)

Moves - Dazzling Gleam, Moonblast, High Horsepower, Heal Pulse, Psybeam

8. Meowth (Alola Form)

Moves - Thunderbolt, Scratch, Iron Tail, Dark Pulse

9. Brionne

Moves - Pound, Water Gun, Icy Wind, Bubblebeam, Aqua Jet

10. Milotic

Moves - Dragon Pulse, Ice Beam, Twister, Mirror Coat

11. Ampharos (Shiny)

Moves - Thunderbolt, Confuse Ray, Power Gem, Signal Beam, Discharge, Iron Tail, Thunderpunch, Dragon Pulse

12. Sylveon

Moves - Tackle, Tail Whip, Copycat, Shadow Ball, Light Screen

13. Goodra

Moves - Water Gun, Protect, Tackle, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Rain Dance, Aqua Tail

14. Noctowl

Moves - Wing Attack, Foresight, Air Slash, Confusion

15. Meowstic (Male)

Moves - Helping Hand, Psyshock, Light Screen, Future Sight, Dark Pulse

16. Meowstic (Female)

Moves - Heal Pulse, Psyshock, Dark Pulse, Future Sight

17. Snivy

Moves - Vine Whip, Leaf Storm, Twister, Leaf Blade

18. Oshawott

Moves - Water Gun, Razor Shell, Icy Wind, Iron Tail

19. Tepig

Moves - Flamethrower, Flame Charge, Solar Beam, Rock Tomb

20. Vulpix (Alola Form)

Moves - Protect, Powder Snow, Ice Beam, Iron Tail

21. Dragonite

Moves - Dragon Rage, Iron Tail, Ice Beam, Hyper Beam, Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw

22. Hydreigon

Moves - Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Wing Attack, Flash Cannon, Dragon Rush, Tri Attack

23. Flygon

Moves - Crunch, Dig, Rock Slide, Steel Wing, Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw

24. Solgaleo (aka Nebby)

Moves - Sunsteel Strike, Focus Blast, Teleport, Flamethrower, Wild Charge, Cosmic Power

25. Riolu (Shiny)

Moves - Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Aura Sphere, Circle Throw, Force Palm

26. Poipole

Moves - Venoshock, Fury Attack, Peck

27. Mimikyu

Moves - Shadow Claw, Drain Punch, Wood Hammer, Psychic, Mimic

28. Umbreon (Shiny)

Moves - Dark Pulse, Psychic, Moonlight, Shadow Ball, Iron Tail, Flash

29. Jolteon

Moves - Thunder Fang, Thunderbolt, Double Kick, Shadow Ball, Pin Missile

30. Vaporeon

Moves - Water Gun, Swift, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball, Dive

31. Flareon

Moves - Fire Fang, Flamethrower, Double Edge, Shadow Ball, Ember

32. Espeon

Moves - Psychic, Psybeam, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball, Light Screen

33. Leafeon

Moves - Synthesis, Energy Ball, Solar Blade, Shadow Ball, Leaf Storm

34. Glaceon

Moves - Shadow Ball, Ice Fang, Icy Wind, Ice Shard, Iron Tail

35. Eevee

Moves - Helping Hand, Protect, Dig, Double Edge, Swift, Tail Whip

36. Skitty

Moves - Doubleslap, Ice Beam, Iron Tail, Copycat, Double-Edge, Play Rough

37. Braviary

Moves - Superpower, Sky Attack, Brave Bird, Close Combat, Steel Wing, Aerial Ace

38. Absol (Shiny)

Moves - Night Slash, Psycho Cut, Shadow Claw, Hyper Beam, Flamethrower, Shadow Ball

39. Houndoom (Shiny)

Moves - Thunder Fang, Solar Beam, Sludge Bomb, Flamethrower, Crunch, Stone Edge

40. Latias (Shiny)

Moves - Safeguard, Psychic, Mist Ball, Dragon Pulse, Steel Wing, Recover

41. Latios (Shiny)

Moves - Steel Wing, Psychic, Giga Impact, Dragon Pulse, Luster Purge, Charge Beam

42. Salamance (Shiny)

Moves - Incinerate, Hydro Pump, Dragon Tail, Dragon Rush, Protect, Steel Wing

43. Rapidash (Galar Region)

Moves - Psycho Cut, Mystical Fire, Megahorn, High Horsepower, Heal Pulse

44. Yamper

Moves - Wild Charge, Fire Fang, Play Rough, Double Edge, Dig

45. Scorbunny

Moves - Quick Attack, Double Kick, Flame Charge, Ember, Headbutt


Sarah's Dragon Companions:

1. Winter - Light Fury (F)

2. Shadow - Night Fury (M)

3. Skystorm - Deadly Nadder (F)

4. Mist and Spark - Titan Wing Hideous Zippleback (M)

5. Inferno - Singetail (M)

6. Sunflare - Monstrous Nightmare (F)

7. Starfire - Stormcutter (F)

8. Silver - Razorwhip (F)

9. Venom - Triple Stryke (M)

10. Camo - Titan Wing Dramillion (M)

11-15. His pack of five - Dramillions (3 F and 2 M)

Yellow Dramillions: Mimic - F, Violet - F, Sunflower - F

Red Dramillions: Ocean - M, Tidal - M

16. Melody - Death Song (M)

17. Echo - Slithersong (F)

18. Twilight - Deathgripper (F)

19. Dawn - Deathgripper (M)