Goun's Quest (Part 1)


Melemele Island: Route 1

In the Hau'oli Outskirts, right outside Professor Kukui's house, the kids were training in groups: Ash and Kiawe; Sophocles, Lillie, and Gladion; Mallow and Lana.

Ash, who had Burst with Greninja, charged at Kiawe, who had Burst with Marowak.

"Night Slash!" Ash formed a purple energy blade and charged at Kiawe.

"Shadow Bone!" Kiawe imbued his bone with purple spiritual fire to block Ash's attack.

Meanwhile, Gladion, who had Burst with Silvally, faced Lillie and Sophocles who had Burst with Snowy and Vikavolt.

Gladion installed the Rock Memory onto himself, changing into a Rock-type.

Sophocles then came flying in towards Gladion while Lillie used Blizzard while dodging Lillie's attack.

"Air Slash!" Gladion shot out blades of air at Sophocles.

"Multi-Attack!" Gladion enveloped himself with aura and struck Sophocles, sending him flying at Lillie.

Meanwhile, Mallow, who had Burst with Serperior, faced against Lana, who had Burst with Jellicent.

Mallow slithered straight at Lana to use Leaf Blade, but Lana used Sludge Wave to form a swamp of sludge around herself to keep Mallow from getting close.

"Frenzy Plant!" Mallow planted her tail into the ground, making giant spiky roots grow out of the ground and strike Lana.

Soon, the kids took a break from training.

"Okay, I think that plenty of training for now," Kiawe said. "But I'm not sure if that was enough to go against Shock Rock."

"We have to be ready! Because I doubt she'll just leave the next time we see her." Gladion said.

Then, the seven Burst Hearts started flashing and when the kids held them out, the Burst Hearts projected an image of Goun.

"Hello, everyone. I hope I find you in good tidings." Goun said. "I see you've been training."

"Yeah, so we can beat this new enemy: Shock Rock!" Mallow said.

"And that's why we've been doing some serious training!" Ash said. "Hey, can you come up with any special training for us?"

"Well, how about this?" Goun said as he opened a portal.

Goun stepped into the portal, and then, the kids followed.

Goun's world: Plains

In Goun's world, the portal opened up, and Goun and the kids came out.

"Hey, it's this place again!" Sophocles said.

Then, the Kratt brothers came by.

"Hey, you're here!" Chris said.

"Chris, Martin! You're here too?" Mallow asked.

"Yeah, Goun actually brought us here first and then left to get you guys," Martin said.

"So what does Goun have in mind for us?" Lillie asked.

"A quest," Goun replied, then he pointed towards a mountain not far. "Make it to the top of that mountain using what you have at your disposal. I'll be waiting."

Then, Goun disappeared, leaving behind a map.

"Let's see," Lillie said as she opened up the map. "Okay, let's get going."

Goun's world: River

The heroes came across a wide river.

"Man, that's a big river," Kiawe said.

Lana was quick to send out Primarina and used Burst to combine with it, then she dived into the water and swam across.

"Well, we better follow Lana's lead," Chris said.

"Way ahead of ya!" Martin said as he dived into the water.

Then he and Chris used a beaver fur tuft to activate Beaver Power to swim across the river.

Lastly, the other kids used Burst as well to change into Water-type Burst forms to help swim across.

"Okay, now that we've crossed the river, let's keep going," Kiawe said.

Goun's world: Bridge

The heroes eventually came across a bridge over a gap in the road.

As the heroes got close, a gargoyle on the side of the bridge started moving.

The heroes got ready for a fight, but the gargoyle let out a deafening screech, forcing them to cover their ears.

"Electrode Burst!" Mallow used Burst to change into Electrode Burst form.

"That screeching can't bother me now!" Mallow said, then she rolled towards the gargoyle.

"Gyro Ball!" Mallow spun rapidly and rammed into the gargoyle, defeating it.

"Nice job, Mallow!" Ash said, and the heroes continued on.

Goun's world: Cave

Later, the heroes made it to a cave that would lead them to the mountain that was their end goal.

"We're almost there, just gotta make it past this cave and we'll see the mountain," Lillie said.

Then, the heroes were ambushed by bug-like creatures.

"They look like the ones from our Burst Heart trial," Lana said.

"Yeah, but we can take them!" Kiawe said.

"Burst!" Lillie, Gladion, and Kiawe used Burst to combine with Snowy, Silvally, and Charizard.

"Passimian Burst! Electrode Burst! Magnezone Burst!" Ash, Lana, and Sophocles changed into their Passimian, Electrode, and Magnezone Burst forms respectively.

"Activate Creature Powers!" Chris and Martin activated Griffin Power and Minotaur Power.

"Dazzling Gleam!" Lillie fired multiple beams of rainbow-colored rays at the bug creatures.

Gladion installed the Flying Memory onto himself, changing into a Flying-type.

"Multi-Attack!" Gladion enveloped himself with aura and struck a bug creature with his claws.

"Flamethrower!" Kiawe breathed out a stream of fire to scorch some bug creatures.

"Charge Beam!" Mallow fired a yellow beam of electricity at some bug creatures.

"Focus Blast!" Ash charged up a yellow ball of energy and launched it at a bug creature.

"Wild Charge!" Lana shrouded herself in electricity and rolled into some bug creatures.

"Magnet Bomb!" Sophocles fired multiple blue orbs of electrical energy at the bug creatures.

Chris caught some bug creatures in his talons and tossed them towards Martin, who charged in their direction and headbutted them.

Martin then punched a bug creature towards Chris and the latter grabbed it and slammed it into the ground.

Pikachu used Thunderbolt to shock the bug creatures; Tsareena used Stomp to flatten a bug creature underneath her foot; Togedemaru used Zing Zap to shroud herself in electricity and roll into some bug creatures; Sandy used Sizzly Slide to envelop itself in flames and tackled a bug creature.

Soon, all the bug creatures were defeated.

Then, a flashing light was seen in the distance and the heroes followed.

When the heroes got to the source of the light, they arrived at a dead end with a large circle on the ground.

Then, Goun's voice was heard in the air. "For the next part of the cave, you will be split into groups. Step on the circle and you will be automatically divided and transported to your designated locations."

"In that case, let's go," Gladion said as he stepped into the circle, followed by everyone else.

Then, the circle glowed and everyone was transported to other parts of the cave.

To be continued…


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