I've really been cranking out this Pokemon stuff, probably because Pokemon Sword and Shield's reveal is literally making me so hyped that I have the map of Galar set as my damn wallpaper on my phone... and no, I am not even kidding about that one.
Per usual, thanks to everyone for the reviews and thanks to TimTheVocalist for being my beta reader and letting me use his characters Jason and Em. My goal is to get this entire story done before November when Pokemon Sword and Shield will launch, so let's see if I can make it!
Enjoy the chapter, guys!
Wes:
Nayru the Gardevoir (Friend Ball, shiny)
Faye the Cutiefly (Level Ball)
Zero the Type: Null (Luxury Ball)
Sakura the Milotic (Lure Ball)
Inigo the Combusken (Permier Ball, shiny)
Blake the Eevee (Moon Ball, shiny)
Rose:
Shelgon (Great Ball)
Brionne (Poke Ball)
Opal the Lycanroc (Fast Ball, Dusk Form)
Maple the Pikachu (Love Ball)
Lucario (Ultra Ball)
Salandit (Luxury Ball)
It took Wes a week to recover from the lesson he had with Kanto-sensei, and during that time he was constantly bombarded with questions about his "training" that he had undergone. Of course, each and every time he was asked this, his reply was always the same.
"First rule of Kanto-sensei's training, you do not talk about Kanto-sensei's training."
One by one, the students began to stop asking upon seeing that, no matter what, Wes would not talk about the horrific experience that he had undergone with the insane, old man. This was only made more apparent when Jason began to issue detentions to any student who continued to pester Wes about Kanto-sensei, considering it harassment to bring up the memories within Wes about what had happened the night he spent with the old man. The only one that really did not give up her chase for information was Rose, who despite not going about it in a way that Jason could punish her for, still seemed to be adamant about finding out exactly what Wes had undergone.
"So, did you manage to perform it?" Rose asked one weekend morning as she hung out in her room, watching Wes out of the corner of her eye, who was sitting on her bean bag chair relaxing.
"Perform what?" Wes asked her.
"Ya know... Mega Evolution", Rose replied. She was eyeing Wes' keystone, which the trainer had fashioned into a necklace and was now wearing it around his neck. "Did Nayru manage to Mega Evolve?"
"Oh..." Wes muttered, looking down and thinking. "I... think so? I'm not too sure."
"How can you not be sure if your Pokemon suddenly changed shape temporarily or not?" Rose asked, irritated at the lack of answer.
Wes' eyes grew wide at that, sudden flashes of memories overtaking his mind before he spoke again with a monotone voice. "First rule of Kanto-sensei's training-"
"Yeah, I get it", Rose sighed, giving up on her pestering, especially since she heard footsteps in the hallway, and wanted to make sure Jason didn't have a reason to give her detention. Thankfully, the person that walked in was Lillie, holding a shaking bag.
"Nebby, calm down!" she hissed, but it was in vein as the cosmic looking Pokemon leaped out and let out a loud "Pew", before flying into Wes' lap and snuggling up to him. This snapped the trainer out of his trance, as he reached down and pet the Nebula Pokemon. "I'm sorry, Wes... in the past he's been easier to keep in the bag, but he's been way more feisty since meeting you guys."
"It's quite alright", Wes chuckled, continuing to pet Nebby. "I told you before, we will help take care of him, and that includes letting him out and interacting with him every once in awhile."
"You said Nebby's species name was 'cosmog', correct?" Rose asked Lillie, looking over at her.
"Yes, but I am not too sure on the details about cosmog myself", LIllie sadly stated.
"Do you have any information on cogmog?" Rose asked, looking over at her PokeDex.
"Wish I knew, zzt", the PokeDex replied. "But I am afraid that either that information is inaccessible, or I have none."
Wes perked up at that, remembering something that Jason had said to him. "Hey... Legendary Pokemon..."
"Pardon?" Lillie tilted her head in confusion.
"You don't think that Nebby might be a legendary Pokemon, do you?" Wes suggested, looking at the creature with interest. "Jason did say that information on legendary Pokemon is very hard to access, and champions are not even allowed to divulge that information to others, so perhaps..."
Rose blinked at that, before giggling a bit. "Come on, Wes... no offense, but Nebby isn't exactly what i think a legendary Pokemon would be. He's no Arceus or Mew, that's for sure."
"You only said those two because they're known by everyone", Wes sighed, rolling his eyes. "You might have a point though, there are non-legendary Pokemon that aren't that well know after all, like extent Pokemon."
"A lot of people from other regions don't know about the Pokemon contained in regions that aren't their own, either", Rose pointed out. "Wes, how many Pokemon from Alola could you say that you knew before coming here?"
"Absolutely none!" Wes admitted, looking at Nebby again. "Heck, you didn't know about Feebas until-"
"Yes, I am well aware of that little blunder thank you very much", Rose sighed, blushing a bit at the memory of letting the fish go and getting her first and only detention because of it, as well as pissing Wes off so much that he remained fishing for hours even when it was raining just to recapture the same fish again.
"Well, it doesn't matter that much", Wes sighed, leaning back farther in the bean bag chair. "I didn't know much about the unique Alolan Pokemon, but I am still happy I came here, even if it was at first by force... and no matter what, we will make sure Nebby is safe and happy,"
Lillie nodded, giving a smile to her friends. "I still cannot thank you enough for that... it means so much to me that you two are willing to keep my secret and protect Nebby from those that would do him wrong."
"It's no trouble at all", Wes stated, smiling at her. Noon eventually came onto the weekend day, and several of the students were outside, enjoying the last days at the main branch of the school before they headed towards Ula'ula island for more lessons, and so that Wes and Rose could compete in the two trials on the island. Said two trial goers were currently hanging out outside, where Jason was supervising a battle that was going on between Chloe and Juan, though since the two weren't exactly the best battlers, he looked like he was a mixture of bored, and resisting the urge to just shout random tips at them. Eventually, he raised an eyebrow as his phone began to ring, and when he saw the name on the screen, he answered it immediately.
"Hey", he said, pausing for a moment to listen to the speaker on the other end. "Uh huh... well, that isn't good... well, I could just come over and take care of it, but I have another idea. Those two that are going to compete in the trial are coming with me. It might be unconventional, but perhaps you can make an exception? ...yeah, sounds good to me. See you soon, Sophocles." He hung up the phone after that, turning to Wes and Rose and giving them a nod. "Alright you two, you're taking your electric trial early!"
"Huh?" they both gasped, stunned at the reveal.
"W-what is going on?" Nayru asked, while Maple just blinked in surprise.
"Well, much like Lana and Kiawe, Sophocles has two totem Pokemon that he can alternate between for trials", Jason explained, sighing a bit. "One of them is a Vikavolt, and the other is a Togedemaru... the Vikavolt is a bit temperamental to say the least, he escaped the Hokulani Observatory where he is kept and is currently causing a panic in town, so I was summoned over there to take care of it... of course, since you two need to do your trials anyway, I figured this might be a good way to just get it out of the way."
"Aren't trials supposed to have a puzzle or something related to it though?" Rose asked, tilting her head.
"Normally yes", Jason admitted, shrugging at that remark. "However, consider this puzzle being unprepared. After all, this trial is just being thrown at you without warning... plus, er, I hate to admit it but Sophocles's puzzle is just battling anyway, that or connecting Charjabug to make an electric current. A lot of trial goers admit that his puzzle is lame, and unneeded... I'm sure I don't need to say this, but don't tell him I said that."
"Sure thing", Wes nodded, and unlike when he agreed to not make fun of Kanto-sensei, Jason knew it was being honest. "Well, we shouldn't keep Sophocles waiting too long, especially if that totem Vikavolt is in a town."
"I agree", Rose declared, standing up and putting Maple on her shoulder. "So, let's go to the docks, and-"
"Not the docks", Jason shook his head, causing the trainers to look at him in confusion. "Listen, we need to get their quickly, so let me see your ride pagers." He took both of them, and with a few taps, gave them back to the trainers, who looked at them and saw that an option titled "flying taxi" was added as an option. "Alola has a flying taxi service using several flying ride Pokemon. The most common option is Charizard for this service", this caused Wes to pale as Jason said the fire type's name, remembering his last encounter with a Charizard. "However, there are other options that may come like Pidgeot, Togekiss or heck I even got Dragonite once!" He pressed the button and soon a flying creature flew down to them, and to Jason's surprise it was the orange dragon in question. "...well what do you know. We meet again."
"Where are you guys off to?" Juan asked, walking over with Chloe and Lillie.
"Long story, but a totem Pokemon is running rampant on Ula'ula, so I'm taking Wes and Rose with me so that they can stop it", Jason explained. "I'm going just in case they need my assistance."
"Alright, good luck!" Lillie said, grinning at them.
"You two will do great!" Chloe cheered them on.
Wes and Rose nodded at them, pressing the flying taxi option on their ride pagers as well. Two Pokemon came out of the sky at that, the one facing Wes was a Charizard, which he paled at for a moment before realizing it was a standard sized one with a saddle on his back, while Rose's call was answered by a Pidgeot, who pecked the ground a bit as Rose reached over and pet the large bird. The two trainers got on with their Pokemon and held on tight, as Jason gestured Dragonite into the air and began to soar, with Charizard and Pidgeot flying just behind him.
"I don't think I like this much!" Rose shouted, looking down in fear.
"You afraid of heights?" Wes asked, looking at her concerned.
"That, and I don't know this Pidgeot... if it was my own, then maybe I'd feel a bit better!"
"The flying types are well trained", Jason assured her, looking back and giving her a smile. "Don't worry! They won't let you fall!" It didn't take them long to reach Ula'ula, and the town of Malie City, where a short, young kid was standing and waving at them as they descended from the sky. He was wearing a white shirt with an orange Gameboy on the front, black pants and shoes, and his orange hair was spiked up a bit, his tiny black eyes not visible until the trio landed on the ground.
"You made it!" the boy happily said, grinning at them.
"Sorry we weren't here faster, Sophocles", Jason apologized, nodding at him, with Wes and Rose looking baffled that this kid could be a trial captain. "I had to set these two up with the flying taxi first."
"It's no issue", Sophocles said, nodding at them. "Oh, before we go to confront the Totem Vikavolt, I have to give you this, Rose!" He walked over and handed her a Z Crystal that looked very much like the Rockium Z, except the two points were more pronounced.
"What's this?" Rose asked, looking confused.
"A Lycanium Z!" Sophocles explained, nodding at her. "Olivia left that with me to give to you. She knows you have a Rockruff, and told me that you can use that once she evolves! Certain Pokemon have a Z Crystal unique to them, including Lycanroc. If your Lycanroc knows Stone Edge, then it can use the Z Move Splintered Stormshards!"
"Funny you say that", Rose grinned, pulling out her Fast Ball and sending out Opal, who barked happily. "Opal is all evolved and ready to go! Plus, she did learn Stone Edge once she evolved."
Sophocles blinked at the Dusk Form Lycanroc, before brushing the unique form off and grinning. "Excellent! That Z Move will be great against the Totem Vikavolt! Now, let's go find that electric bug!"
"Right!" Wes nodded, pulling out his Level Ball. "Faye, come out and help us find that Vikavolt!" Wes threw the ball into the air, where the cutiefly appeared and flew out, buzzing in the air. "Let's split up, if you guys find it before we do, give us a shout so we can get that trial win that you promised us!"
"Wait, Wes!" Rose shouted after him as he began to run off. "We should stick together!" However, he continued to run off, prompting Rose to puff her cheeks a bit. "Crazy bampot", she whispered to herself, before taking off after him, shouting his name and telling him to slow down, Opal hot on her heals and Maple holding onto her head. Nayru sighed, before hovering after the group, muttering something under her breath.
Jason blinked at the word that Rose had used last. "Huh... so she is from the Galar region. I should probably ask her about that later, even I know next to nothing about that place."
"We probably should not let them go off on their own", Sophocles explained to Jason. "I agree with Wes on the fact that splitting up will allow us to find it faster, but if they need our help against the Vikavolt then we cannot provide it if we aren't with them."
"Yeah, I agree", Jason nodded, before he and Sophocles raced after the two students.
As Wes ran though the city, he was wildly looking around for the Pokemon in question, despite not knowing what the creature he was searching for even looked like. Finally, he came to a stop, a puzzled expression on his face. Rose caught up to him, panting. "You... really... need... to... listen to me once in awhile!"
"Hey, get your ghost dex thing and make it look up Vikavolt", Wes told her, ignoring the scowl he was receiving from the redhead. "I have no clue what I am even looking for."
"Er... that", Sophocles pointed, having caught up to them with Jason in tow.
"... how many times are we going to be snuck up on by Totem Pokemon?" Rose asked, turning around and sighing. A large, beetle looking Pokemon was flying in the air high above them, though do to the size of the bug electric type. Robotic, yellow eyes were looking down at them, as the mandibles snapped angrily, yellow on the outside and blue on the inside, matching the rest of the body. Large, transparent wings fluttered madly, keeping it afloat, and it's four legs were hanging down, ready to catch the beast if it decided to land on the ground.
"It's my cue!" Rotom chimed in, flying forward. "Vikavolt, the Stag Beetle Pokemon! Vikavolt flusters opponents with acrobatic flying maneuvers. This creates an opening for it to deliver an electric beam attack."
"And with it hovering in the air like that, we cannot use ground type moves on it", Rose muttered, frustrated. "Bad timing since I taught Opal drill run not too long ago, and it would've made this battle much easier... well, time for this then!" She tapped the Lycanium Z into place on her Z-Ring and began posing in the style of the Rock Type moves, while Opal growled and let out a howl. "Alright Opal, use Splintered Stormshards!"
Opal jumped into the air, her eyes glowing red as rocks began flying forth as if from nowhere surrounding the Totem Vikavolt before flying into it as Rose slammed her hands together like jaws connecting with it's pray. As first, it looked like the super powerful move had done what it needed to, but the totem Pokemon flew forth from the large dust cloud that the shards of boulders created, surrounded by yellow energy.
"...ya know, this Super Saiyan buff really makes those Pokemon overpowered", Wes grumbled, shaking his head. "Seriously, that should've done it, it's weak to Rock type moves!"
"Wes, look out!" Rose shouted, as Vikavolt was now flying at Faye, who looked panicked as the beast charged at her.
"Faye, use Moonblast!" Wes ordered, but before the bee Pokemon could launch the pink ball of light, she was slammed into by the Vikavolt as it used Spark on her. "Faye!"
"She's gonna fall!" Rose shouted, as the two trainers ran forward to catch the Bee Fly Pokemon, though there was no need as suddenly she became surrounded by a blue glowing aura, indicating evolution. When the glow ended, the tiny, insect Pokemon flew out with a large smile on her face. She twirled in the air once, showing off her brown scarf looking needle projections around her neck, as well as her large wings. She was still covered in fluffy, yellow hair with a white face, hips, and a tuft of hair on her back.
"Faye has evolved into Ribombee!" Rotom cheered, pulling up her picture on his screen. "Ribombee, the Bee Fly Pokemon. It rolls up pollen into puffs. It makes many different varieties, some used as food and others used in battle. Some of Ribombee's pollen puffs are highly nutritious, and they are sometimes sold as supplements."
"That move Rotom is describing is called Pollen Puff", Jason explained with a slight nod. "Faye probably learned it the second she evolved."
"Alright then", Wes said with a smirk, turning back to the battlefield. "Faye, use Pollen Puff!"
Faye swirled around in the air as a orb of light appeared in her hand, before turning into a wad of purple pollen, before throwing it at Vikavolt, which exploded and sent the electric bug flying back a bit, where he hissed in rage.
"Opal, use Stone Edge!" Rose commanded. Opal nodded once, before racing forward and kicking up a few stone shards which she hurled at the bug type. Vikavolt buzzed angrily, before sparks of lightning surrounded his body, before flying forward and slamming into Opal, who seemed very injured after getting hit by the move.
"That was Charge!" Sophocles shouted from the sidelines, looking worried. "Whenever he does that move, his electric moves become more powerful!"
Opal seemed very injured, however Faye flew up to her and offered her a wad of yellow pollen. Opal smiled, eating the pollen which seemed to immediately heal all of her injuries, and she let out a happy bark at the bug type, who smiled back with a nod.
"Pollen Puff can also be used to heal an ally as well", Jason explained, due to Wes and Rose turning to him with confused expressions on their faces. "...didn't Rotom's dex entry explain that enough for you?"
"Okay, that is seriously awesome!" Wes shouted, looking at Faye with admiration. "I am so glad you were my first catch here in Alola!"
"Wes, not the time!" Rose shouted at him, glaring a bit before turning back to the Vikavolt. "We got a job to do, remember?"
"Right, Faye come back for now!" Wes commanded, which the bug type flew back at his command. He turned to Nayru, and both of them nodded at one another before she stepped forward, glaring up at her opponent.
"Uh, what are you doing?" Rose asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Just watch", Wes smirked, before he grabbed his necklace with the keystone on it, which caused a huge amount of energy to course out of it, crackling in the air. Nayru pulled out her own stone, and held it up high, energy coming out of it as well. The two energies met in the air and became one, and at once Nayru began to transform. The white dress she had as part of her body became more gown like, and black in coloration, as the fin on her chest split and shot into two separate fins. The mask on her face grew and curved a little, framing her face a bit better. The energy dissipated as quickly as it came, revealing Nayru's new form to them all, which caused Rose's jaw to drop at the sight.
"What..." was all the redhead could say, her green eyes wide and locked in Nayru.
"Whoa, you didn't tell me he could perform Mega Evolution!" Sophocles gasped, looking between Jason and Wes in astonishment.
"Until not too long ago, I didn't think he'd ever learn", Jason admitted. "Then again, I guess it's a coincidence we had the same reaction to the guy who taught us how to do it..."
"Whoa... what kind of guy was he?" the portly kid asked, curious.
"First rule of Kanto-sensei's training", Jason immediately recited. "We can't talk about it. I can only warn you... don't mess with Kanto-sensei."
The Vikavolt snarled at his new opponent before charging forward, sparking with energy and getting ready to use his Spark move again. Rose and Jason both watched as Wes stood there, letting the bug type fly closer and closer, neither trainer nor Pokemon making a single move to stop it, both just watching the stag beetle Pokemon flew in for the blow. Eventually, with a wave of his hand, Wes finally issued a command once it seemed like the Vikavolt was about to collide with the embrace Pokemon.
"Hyper Voice!"
Nayru drew a deep breath, before letting out a scream, pink sound waves blasting forward and slamming into the bug type, causing it to cry out in pain, as it was blasted back and slammed into the ground, twitching a bit before lying still, defeated by the powerful attack that Nayru had just performed.
"Whoa..." Rose gasped, as the dust cleared from the battlefield, and Nayru transformed back to normal due to the conclusion of the battle. "You have to teach me how to do that!"
"Uh... ok", Wes shrugged, scratching his cheek at the same time. "Though that really was no big deal."
"No big deal?" Rose repeated, her eyes widened. "You literally ended that in a single move! Though I am confused... I thought Hyper Voice was a normal type move... why did it come out all pink and fairy like?"
"That's due to Gardevoir's Mega Evolution", Jason explained. "Some pokemon change abilities when they Mega Evolve, like how Charizard, when under one of its transformations, gains the ability Drought. Nayru's ability changed to Pixelate, which turns any Normal-type moves she knows into Fairy-type."
"...hax, but awesome!" Rose commented, nodding in conformation. "Okay, now I definitely need to learn that!"
"Well, once your Shelgon evolves you will have the ability to Mega Evolve your Salamence", Jason chuckled, stunned at the normally calm and collected Rose losing her cool at the prospect of Mega Evolving her own Pokemon. "Ironically enough, she will gain a similar ability to Gardevoir, only with normal moves turning into flying type moves. Just... promise me you won't go too crazy about it. Arceus knows Em went ham for a week once she learned how to do it..."
"I promise", Rose nodded, smiling at both Wes and Jason. "I do have two of the best teachers for it after all... though I am confused about one thing... that Rock type move should've really finished off Vikavolt right away due to being super effective. I am surprised it survived to continue battling after that..."
"Well, Totem Pokemon are no joke", Jason explained. "Honestly, I'm glad that I've never seen anything that's pseudo-legendary levels of strong with that aura. I think anything stronger than that would be forced to be taken down by at least two trainers... anything stronger would need at the very least three." He then chuckled a bit. "Just be glad Sophocles made a mistake and taught it Spark instead of Charge Beam... Vikavolt's special attack stat is stronger than any other bug type, including Volcarona."
"Huh, maybe I should do that!" Sophocles commented, grinning as he recalled the Totem Pokemon into a PokeBall.
"Please for the love of Mew don't", both Rose and Wes sighed in exhaustion, already tired from what they had to go through.
"Well, either way I did promise Jason that this could be your trial, so here!" he handed both of the trainers a glowing, yellow crystal similar to the ones that they already had collected. "It's the Electrium Z, and it allows your Pokemon to upgrade their electric type moves into Gigavolt Havoc! Which I dunno if Wes could use it..."
"Not at all, no electric type moves", Wes sighed, shrugging.
"Though you could use it with that Pikachu of yours", the electric type master grinned, looking at Maple who was still riding her trainer's shoulder. "Though I am stunned that she is still a Pikachu."
"I haven't really talked to Maple about evolution, though", Rose commented, pulling out the Thunder Stone she received from Aether Foundation. "I do have the option... either way, I am exhausted..."
"Well, I can show you to where the school is here", Jason shrugged, chuckling a bit. "Since you two are already here, might as well keep you two here since everyone else is coming tomorrow, right?"
"Thank you!" Wes and Rose both sighed, prompting a laugh from the student teacher.