To my readers- I hope that you liked the last chapter. So, as I was writing this chapter, I'm sure if I did a good job on it but I did my best with it to make the chapter as good as possible for you guys. I wont know if I need to rework it until I read the chapter myself.
Also, if you don't like the way I write my fanfic, I will not force you to read them. I just want you guys to know that I'm writing them the way I see them and not the way you want them to be. If you want to read something that is more your style, then please do so because I'm not stopping you. I hope that you guys like what I wrote and Happy Reading!
I DONT OWN POKEMON OR THE POKEMON FROM THE SHOW. I ONLY OWN THE POKEMON TEAM THAT I CREATED FOR MY OC!
In town, everyone was at the market, talking and shopping for things. Ash and Jordan were on their way back to Kukui's house with Ash carrying most of the bags. "All those items you bought are really heavy!" said Rotom. "It sure looks like you could use a hand."
"They weigh a lot." Ash said to Rotom.
"Are you sure you don't want me to carry a few bags, Ash?" asked Jordan. "It could help lighten the load."
"That's a great idea, Jordan." said Ash.
"Then let me help." said Rotom, taking a bag from Ash as Jordan takes the shoulder bag. He then falls to the ground and a bagel falls out of the bag, rolling towards the woman.
"Alola, young man. Alola young lady." she said to them.
"Alola!" they both said.
"Out on errands?" she asked.
"Yeah!"
"You dropped this." said the woman, handing it back to Ash.
"Thank you." said Ash. Just as he was about to take it, Litten appears and takes the bagel.
"Litten!" said Litten. "Litten."
"Pika? Growl?" asked Pikachu and Lobo.
"Litten! How are you?" asked Ash.
"You're not picking any fights are you?" asked Jordan. Litten meows as it takes off.
"Huh?" said Ash, then takes off after it. "Hey, wait!"
"Ash!" shouted Jordan, chasing her brother.
"Pika! Pika!" said Pikachu.
"Growl!" said Lobo. Litten weaves in and out of the crowd as it runs from Ash and Jordan.
"Hey!" shouted Ash and Jordan as they gave chase to Litten. "Litten!" Suddenly, Litten disappears when the siblings came across a bridge.
"Pi?"
"Lithe?"
"Pi!" said Pikachu, then spots Litten not far from them. "Pika! Pika!"
"What is it, Pikachu?" asked Ash.
"Growl, Growl!" said Lobo.
"You found Litten?" asked Jordan.
"Huh? Look at that!" said Ash as they looked over the bridge. "So that's where Litten went."
"I can see Stoutland too." said Rotom. Under the bridge, Litten gives Stoutland, who was on an old beaten-up couch the bagel.
"Stout? Stoutland." said Stoutland as another leaf falls from the tree. Litten walks over to the block of wood, before looking over at Stoutland.
"Lit." said Litten as it arched its back.
"Stout!" Stoutland called out to it. "Stoutland!"
Stoutland arched its back, showing Litten the correct way to the attack. "We've seen that!" said Ash and Jordan.
"It's using Fire Fang!" said Rotom.
"Growl!" said Lobo.
"Stoutland!" grunted Stoutland, biting into the log as Litten meows in awe. Suddenly another leaf fell from the tree. "Stout. Stout. Stoutland. Stout." said Stoutland, breathing heavily from using Fire Fang. Litten hisses at the coconut before trying to use Fire Fang for the first time. Stoutland coughs as Litten arches its back again.
Over at the other bridge, Ash and Jordan gasp. "Stoutland!" shouted Stoutland as Litten screeches, making its way towards the coconut as it uses Fire Fang. Soon as its teeth made contact, Litten feels the pain go throughout its body.
"Stout!" Stoutland said, knowingly causing Litten to groan. "Stout!"
"Hey, Stoutland, how are you?" Ash asked as he and the others ran towards them.
"(Meows)" said Litten.
"He wasn't asking you, Litten." said Jordan.
Narrator: The relationship between Ash, Jordan and Litten is unusual indeed. Ash was concerned that Litten lived as a stray. He and Jordan discovered it lived with an elderly Stoutland. But Litten has never appeared to form any sort of bond with our heroes and it continues to keep its distance.
Jordan, popping up with her arms crossed: That's because Litten got away with his lunch the first time and whined to me, his little sister about it.
"So, Litten, I guess you're practicing Fire Fang, aren't you?" Ash asked.
"Stoutland!" coughed Stoutland.
"You all right, Stoutland?" Ash asked the Pokémon.
"You don't sound so good." said Jordan.
"Growl, Growl. Growlithe." said Lobo, walking up to Stoutland.
"Stout!" Stoutland tells them.
"Huh? Oh yeah." said Ash, looking down at Rockruff. "We just bought some berries. See? How about you and us split them?"
Litten screeches as it lets out an Ember attack at Ash, who then screams in pain and puts out the fire to his face. "Stoutland!" Stoutland scolded Litten as it meows guiltily at what it did.
"You know…." said Jordan as her brother's face was in the water. "I could have done that to him on so many occasions, but didn't. I had to do that to one of our other friends."
"Growl." said Lobo.
"Stoutland." Stoutland said apologetically to Pikachu and Rockruff.
"Pikachu!" replied Pikachu.
"I see Litten hasn't changed a bit, huh?" asked Ash, pulling his face out of the water as he doused the fire. Rowlet hops over to Litten and Stoutland, hooting and Litten meows back.
"Stout!" said Stoutland as Litten walks away and tries Fire Fang again, screeching. "Stout? (Coughs) Stoutland."
"Ash…" Jordan said to her brother as they heard Stoutland cough again. "I really don't like the sound of Stoutland's cough."
"I don't either, Jordan." said Ash.
The sun was setting on the ocean as Ash and Jordan made their way back to Professor Kukui's house. "That's rare." said Kukui, watching the footage Rotom had recorded. "One almost never sees Pokemon of two different types practicing moves together."
"Unless you were some of our Pokémon." muttered Jordan.
"Rotom Dex? Pause that." said Kukui, not hearing Jordan.
"Pausing." said Rotom.
"Oh, see that?" Kukui asked the siblings. "Their backs are both rounded. This is what they do to build up their energy."
"Yeah. Come to think of it, they did that a lot." said Ash.
"Pika! Growl." said Pikachu and Lobo.
"That Stoutland is taking awfully good care of its friend Litten, all right." said Kukui.
"Huh?" asked Ash and Jordan, looking up at the professor. The next day, brother and sister were on their way home.
"I think we should go back and see Litten again." said Ash. "Let's bring some berries."
"Pikachu!" said Pikachu.
"Good idea, Ash." said Jordan.
"Growl!" said Lobo.
Out of nowhere, something was shot at the ground and caused dirt to be stirred up. "Pika! Growl!" Pikachu and Lobo called out as Ash and Jordan gasped.
"Where did that come from?" asked Rotom.
"And yet, this makes the 9th time we've dealt with them in Alola." said Jordan, marking her notebook.
"What do you want?" Ash asked Team Rocket.
"Prepare for trouble. You're such a Twerp bore." said Jessie.
"And then make it double, I couldn't agree more." said James.
"The beauty so radiant, the flowers and moon hide in shame. A single flower of evil in this fleeting world. Jessie!"
"The nobly heroic man of our times! The master of darkness fighting back against a tragic world! Its James."
"It's all for one and one for all! A glittering dark star that always shines bright! Dig it, while Meowth takes flight!"
"Team Rocket, lets fight!" said Jessie and James.
"That's right!" said Meowth.
"Wobbuffet!" said Wobbuffet. Just then, a fire was descended upon Team Rocket when Litten appears in front of them.
"Litten, what's wrong?" Ash asked.
"Pika! Pika!" said Pikachu.
"Litten. Litten. Litten." said Litten, clinging onto Ash's pant leg.
"It doesn't sound good." said Ash.
"I think it's telling us that something's up with Stoutland." said Jordan, staring up at her brother. "I told you I didn't like the sound of Stoutland's cough, Ash."
"Litten! Litten." said Litten, nodding at Jordan's words.
"You're right." he tells her. "We've got to help it."
"Wobbuffet." said Wobbuffet.
"Stop!" Jessie called out.
"Interrupting is rude!" said James.
"That's that grub-grabber." said Meowth, recognizing Litten.
"Pikachu, use Electro Ball." said Ash.
"Pika! Pika! Pika! Pikachu!" shouted Pikachu, sending a ball of electricity towards the ground, several feet from Team Rocket, causing an explosion. Just as the smoke cleared, Ash, Jordan, their Pokémon and Litten were gone.
"What?" asked Jessie. "They vanished into thin air!"
"Like villain magicians." said James.
"Wobbuffet." exclaimed Wobbuffet.
"Oh, after coming all this way." said Jessie.
"Let's retreat and regroup." suggested James as he, Jessie and Wobbuffet start walking away.
"Meowth, come along." said Jessie.
"No thanks." he tells her. "I'm gonna deal with this!"
"Huh? With what?" asked Jessie and James as Meowth takes off. Running down the stairs of where Litten was now living, Ash and Jordan see Stoutland laying on the ground.
"Stoutland." gasped Ash.
"Oh no." said Jordan, running over to its side.
"Pika! Pika!" said Pikachu.
"Growlithe." said Lobo.
"It has trouble breathing." said Rotom as Stoutland groans.
"This is what you were so worried about, wasn't it?" Ash said to Litten.
"Lit, Lit." Litten meowed sadly.
"Don't worry! We'll get Stoutland to a Pokémon center right away!" said Ash and he starts lifting up Stoutland by himself.
"You're going to try to carry it?" asked Rotom.
"By yourself?" asked Jordan.
"What else can I do?" asked Ash, grunting as he struggles to lift up Stoutland. "Huh? Stoutland's not heavy."
"Pika!" said Pikachu.
"Whoa! Big is still big." groaned Ash as he takes a step forward and falls to the ground.
"Pika!" Pikachu said again.
"Yeah, that's what I thought." said Rotom.
"Ok, that's it." said Jordan and helps her brother with Stoutland. "You're going to continue to fall over while going to the Pokémon center."
"Thanks Jordan." said Ash.
"Yeah, yeah. You love me." she tells him.
"Growlithe." said Lobo. Behind them, Meowth appeared to see Jordan lifting up Stoutland from behind as he runs over to the side of the bridge.
"Don't worry, Litten! Stoutland will be better in no time!" said Ash. Litten meows as another leaf falls from the tree, causing Meowth to notice and gasp. At the Pokémon center, a monitor beeps as it tracks Stoutland's heart rate and an IV drips down.
"Litten! Litten!" meowed Litten from the other side of the window as it watches Stoutland.
"Pika! Pika!" Pikachu tells Litten.
"Growl! Growl!" added Lobo. As the light went off, Litten jumps out of Ash's arms and runs past Nurse Joy and Blissey.
"Huh? Litten!" gasped Ash before he and Jordan looked up at Nurse Joy. "Hi, Nurse Joy. Is Stoutland going to be all right?"
Inside the room, Litten jumps up onto the table and meows at Stoutland. "Stoutland isn't hurt…." Nurse Joy said to Ash and Jordan.
"Stout!" said Stoutland.
"….and it doesn't have any serious illnesses. It's just…." said Nurse Joy. "Well, Stoutland…."
As the door closes, Litten looks through the window as Nurse Joy tells Ash and Jordan what's really going on with Stoutland. The looks on Ash and Jordan's faces was devastation as Litten licks Stoutland's face.
"I wonder, do you think Litten knows?" asked Ash.
"I think Litten can sense the truth." said Nurse Joy.
"I feel really bad for Litten." said Jordan. Around the corner, Meowth had listened in on what happened.
"Hm. Hm." Meowth said to himself. That night, Kukui received a call from Ash and Jordan at the Pokémon center.
"I agree. You both should stay with Stoutland tonight." said Kukui.
"Thank you, Professor." said Ash and Jordan.
"Pikachu! Growlithe!" said Pikachu and Lobo.
"It's obvious that Litten thinks you're humans it can trust." said Kukui. "Otherwise, it never would have come to you both for help like that. Do what you can."
"Right." said the brother and sister. That night, the siblings went out to get berries for Stoutland and Litten.
"Hey, guys, we brought some berries for you! Huh?" said Ash, as they both entered the room.
"Pika?" asked Pikachu.
"Here we go again." said Jordan.
"Growl." said Lobo.
"Oh, no it can't be." said Rotom and they ran out into the night. "Considering Stoutland's condition, they couldn't have gone far."
"We know where they went." said Ash, as he, Jordan, Pikachu and Lobo ran down the street. "Let's go!"
"Pika! Growl!"
"Huh? Its Meowth." said Ash when Meowth jumps in front of them. "Hey, what do you want?"
"Pika!" said Pikachu.
"Better yet, do you want to clear up some Pikachu captures." said Jordan.
"Growlithe." said Lobo.
"I've got a bone to pick with the four of you." said Meowth.
"Huh?"
"Litten's the kind of Pokémon that never gives up." Meowth tells them. "So you twerps make sure you never give up on Litten, capisce?"
"You got it." said Jordan.
"What are you talking about?" asked Ash.
"I'm done. Don't forget." said Meowth and takes off.
"Man, that was weird." Ash added.
"I'll deal with him another day." said Jordan.
"Stout! Stout! Stoutland!" coughed Stoutland as it lays on the couch while Litten walks over. "Stout! Stoutland!"
"Litt." meowed Litten as it about to try to use Fire Fang on the coconut again.
"Stout! Stout!" Stoutland tells Litten.
"(Meows)" meowed Litten and starts to build up energy in its back.
"Stout." said Stoutland, pulling off Fire Fang. "Stoutland!"
"Litten!" shouted Litten as it surrounded itself in Fire Fang. "Litten! Lit!" Litten bites down on the coconut, causing yet another round of pain in its mouth.
"Stoutland." said Stoutland, snoring away as Litten pouts at it. "Stoutland. Stoutland."
Litten curls up next to Stoutland before finally falling asleep. "Stout." Another leaf had fell from the tree, leaving one leaf left on a branch. In a dream, Litten was walking by itself when it looks up to see Stoutland, standing in front of it.
"Stout! Stout!" said Stoutland, nodding at Litten who started running towards its friend. "Stout! Stout!"
Litten meows happily, running towards Stoutland who kept its distance before disappearing from view. "Litt." said Litten, puzzled at what happened. The next day was cloudy as Litten wakes up from its sleep.
"Litten! Litten!" it calls out, not finding itself wrapped up in Stoutland. "Litten!" The young Pokémon runs over to the tree to find the last leaf still attached as thunder rumbles overhead. "Litten."
Litten heads over to its old hiding spot to see if Stoutland was there, only to find out that it was empty. Litten then walks by the woman who gives it food. "Huh? Hm." she said as Litten hides from her. Litten then walks over to the cliffside by the ocean as the wind goes through its fur.
"Litten! Litten! Litten! Litten!" said Litten as it sees a small dust tornado, calling out to it as it ran. When it disappeared, the couch next to Litten gave out, causing the young fire cat Pokémon to be scared. Just then, the last leaf falls from the tree and lands on the couch.
Litten looks up at the tree as it starts to rain, seeing that the tree branches are now bare and it begins to wail into the sky. Under a couple of umbrellas, Ash, Jordan and Professor Kukui watches an upset Litten. "Litten." said Ash.
"Don't cry." said Jordan.
"Professor, where's Stoutland?" Rotom asked.
"I'm sorry." he said, sadly.
"Litten." said Ash as he and Jordan felt the young Pokémon's pain for its friend as Litten curls up on the couch next to the leaf. In Bewear's cave, Jessie, Wobbuffet and James watched as Meowth stares at the falling rain and sighs.
"What's Meowth's problem?" asked Jessie.
"Our old chum's been heaving those sighs since our return." said James.
"Wobbuffet." Wobbuffet added as Bewear walks up behind Meowth.
"Huh?"
"Bewear." Bewear said to Meowth, hugging him.
"That's sweet of you, but I'm not really in the mood right now." replied Meowth, leaning into the hug. Back in town, the woman at the berry stand gives Ash and Jordan a bag of berries.
"Please take these to our friend." she said.
"We sure will." said Ash as Jordan nodded. "Hope this will cheer up Litten."
"Please tell Litten it can come here anytime." she tells them. Ash and Jordan made to the bridge where Litten was hiding out.
"Bet you're hungry." said Ash, showing Litten the bag. "It's from the lady in the shop. She said you can come by anytime."
"Pika! Pika!" said Pikachu, taking a berry out of the bag for Litten, only for it to turn away.
"You know, Litten, you gotta eat something." said Jordan.
"Growl! Growl!" said Lobo, concerned for Litten. Rain poured the next day as Ash looks out the window, thinking about Litten. On the bridge not far from Litten, Ash and Jordan stared, hoping that Litten would come out. All Litten did was curl up on the couch next to the berries, staring at the leaf in front of it, not moving a muscle. Back at Kukui's house, Ash and Jordan stared out the window, wondering what else they could do for Litten.
Meowth had even reached out to Litten. "You can talk to me anytime, you know." he said to Litten. "See, sometimes talking things out can really help." He then looks up and takes off when Ash and Jordan appeared.
"Rowl." trilled Rowlet.
"Rockruff." barked Rockruff.
"Pika!" said Pikachu.
"Growl!" said Lobo.
"Piki!" said Leilani.
"Litten, we're going to hang out here until you decide you're gonna eat." said Ash.
"That's right." said Jordan.
"Pikachu! Growlithe!" said Pikachu and Lobo.
"Professor Kukui said it was all right, so you're stuck with us." Ash said to Litten as Meowth stood out in the rain.
"Crazy Twerps." said Meowth. As it continued to rain, Ash and Jordan sat down next to the couch with Rotom and their Pokémon fast asleep. The sun finally shone through grey clouds and a rain drops into a puddle. The leaf next to Litten blows away, causing the cat to look up.
"Pika?" asked Pikachu, looking up from a sleeping Ash. For a moment, Litten chases after the leaf as it blows away and into the sky. Grey clouds behind a rainbow formed into a shape of Stoutland, causing Litten to sigh happily and giggle.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked again as Ash and Jordan's stomachs begin to growl.
"Sorry." said Jordan as Ash gasps. "Looks like we're hungry."
"Growl." said Lobo.
"Huh?" said Ash as Litten runs back to the couch and gets the berry they gave it, placing it in front of Ash. "For us? I think you should go on and eat first."
Ash pushes the berry towards Litten, who then pushes it back. "No, really." Ash said, pushing the berry back towards Litten.
"Pika?" asked Pikachu as Ash and Litten kept pushing the berry towards each other. "Pika? Pi?"
"Okay, enough already." said Jordan as Pikachu gets dizzy.
"Pika! Pikachu!" Pikachu said as he falls backwards.
"Growlithe!" said Lobo, poking her nose at Pikachu.
"Either one of you takes the berry or I'll take it from the both of you." Jordan tells them, causing Ash and Litten to smile and laugh.
"So, Litten," said Ash, giving the berry to Jordan. "would you like to join up with us?"
"(Meow)" asked Litten.
"Pika! Pika!" said Pikachu.
"Growl! Growl!" said Lobo.
"I think it would be awesome to finished up your Fire Fang Training with me!" said Ash.
"Pikachu!" said Pikachu.
"And Lobo can help you." added Jordan.
"Growl!" Lobo said, smiling.
"You could be part of the family." said Ash. Litten snarls at Ash as it sends an Ember towards him.
"Pi? Pika! Pika! Pikachu!" screamed Pikachu.
"Put it out! Put it out! Put it out!" said Jordan.
"I can dig that." Meowth said, overhearing the conversation. "First, Litten wants to have a battle. It wants no pity coming from either one of the Twerps." Litten meows as Ash lifts his head out of the water.
"You want a battle?" Ash asked. "What do you say?"
"Pika!" shouted Pikachu.
"You got this, Ash." said Jordan.
"Growl!" said Lobo.
"Okay, but you better get ready for us." Ash said to Litten.
"Litten!" shouted Litten, sending out an Ember Attack.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" shouted Ash.
"Pikachu!" shouted Pikachu, releasing a Thunderbolt from his body and cancels out Litten's Ember. "Pika!"
"Now, use Quick Attack!" said Ash.
"Pika!" shouted Pikachu, running quickly towards Litten, who then jumps out of the way.
Litten growls as it sends another small Ember towards Pikachu. "Pika!" said Pikachu, dodging the attack.
"Oh, no." said Ash as Litten starts to build up energy.
"Litten is using Fire Fang." said Rotom.
"Pikachu, use Iron Tail!" shouted Ash.
"Pika! Pika!" said Pikachu as he uses Iron Tail. Litten grabs on as Pikachu swings it towards the wall. "Pika! Pikachu!"
"All right, use Quick attack!" shouted Ash.
"Pi! Pika!" said Pikachu, going towards Litten again, who takes itself off the brick wall and uses its tail to hit Pikachu.
"Use Electro Ball!" Ash shouted.
"Pika! Pika! Pikachu!" shouted Pikachu as he sends a ball of electricity towards Litten.
"Litten!" screeched Litten, sending out one last Ember attack, causing a big explosion in midair.
"Pi!" said Pikachu, grabbing a hold of the ground. As the smoke clears, Meowth was able to see what was going on.
"So, you with us? Yeah?" asked Ash.
"Please Litten?" asked Jordan.
"Litt." meowed Litten, smiling up at the siblings.
"Then, go Pokeball!" shouted Ash as he sends it out to capture Litten. Litten jumps up and touches the Pokeball, letting itself be capture.
"I just caught a Litten!" exclaimed Ash.
"Pika! Pika!"
"Go Ash!"
"Growl! Growl!"
"I know it's for the best." sobbed Meowth as he wipes his eyes. "From now on, you're the enemy. So, watch your Twerpish back."
"Litten, come on out!" said Ash, calling out Litten.
"Litt." said Litten.
"Pika! Pika!" said Pikachu.
"Growl!" said Lobo.
"Rockruff!" said Rockruff.
"(Hoots)" trilled Rowlet.
"I'm glad you're coming along for the ride." said Ash as he picks up the bag.
"Me too." said Jordan.
"Litt." replied Litten.
"Now, what do you say we all eat together?" Ash asked Litten.
"Litten!" Litten said to Ash, smiling.
"Good, cause I'm hungry." said Jordan, grabbing her stomach.
Narrator: Litten is now the latest addition to Ash and Jordan's growing Pokémon family.
Jordan: Even though Jyoti lives on Kiawe's farm.
Narrator: Right. After overcoming its grief, Litten can now look forward to perfecting its Fire Fang move with our heroes, not to mention the adventures to come, as the journey continues!