Dunno if this classifies as a bad luck episode but it feels like it for Ash, Lillie and Sophocles.
"Krillin, you really are my best bud! Im counting on you Krillin and 18!" says Goku.
"Hehehehe...well 18?" wonders Krillin.
"Say Goku? Does this mean daddy and mommy won the match?" wonders Marron as Gohan brought her over to him.
"Huh? Hmmmmm..." says Goku caught off guard.
"Yup! They won. Since dad backed down, they automatically win." says Gohan.
"Really? Hooray!" says Marron happily.
"I didnt lose! Losing is when one of the fighters gets knocked down!" says Goku.
"Oh? So you forfeited?" wonders Gohan.
"Dont twist my words!" says Goku.
"It doesnt matter." says Gohan.
"Yes it does!" says Goku annoyed.
"Ok! Ok!" says Gohan waving it off.
"Yay!" says Marron.
The stormy sky began clearing up while Krillin and android 18 watching Gohan and Goku bicker dumbfounded then chuckled to themselves.
"Oh yeah!" says Goku looking back at Krillin and android 18.
"Hmmm?" wonder Android 18 and Krillin.
"18! Wheres 17?" wonders Goku.
"17?" wonders Android 18.
"Hes really strong right? Do you know where he is so I can invite him?" wonders Goku.
"Uhhh..." says Android 18 pondering.
"I never met him but it wouldnt be right to have you and not 17." says Goku.
"The last time I talked on the phone with him, he said he was working with wildlife. Hes somewhere a wildlife reserve is but I cat really prove that since I dont know his current whereabouts." says Android 18.
"You dont know huh? Who wouldve thought 17 would be an animal lover?" wonders Goku.
"I didnt expect it either." says Android 18.
"Hey goku? The supreme kais watch over the planets so maybe they would know where 17 is." says Krillin.
"Thats right! Dende can help me look for 17. He might know where to look. I guess I will ask him." says Goku.
"I was suggesting the kais but Dende works too." says Krillin.
Wasteland;Cliff...
Android 17 is seen watching the sky on a cliff contemplating things without a care in the world.
sky...
"Dad? If you are gonna be searching for 17, I will head over to where Piccolo is and ask him to be part of the team." says Gohan curiously.
"Ok. You do that. Im sure Piccolo will quickly agree to entering the tournament of power." says Goku.
"Yes! A martial artist never backs down from a challenge. And since Piccolo is a martial artist, he will wat to take on opponents from other universes. I can feel him that way." says Gohan.
"Give my regards to Piccolo." says Goku.
"Alright. Take care then." says Gohan.
After watching Gohan fly out of sight, Goku was about to meet up with Dende, but notices an explosion in a nearby city. Goku uses Instant Transmission to sense whoever's ki is there, which turns out to be Buu who looks more like super buu than his usual self.
Universe 11;Supreme kai conference...
On the Sacred World of the Kai planet in Universe 11, khai summons the Supreme Kais of every other universe in a conference call fashion.
"Welcome to my universe's world of the kais. What you see before you is universe 11's sacred world of the kais. Now supreme kais of the universes, about grand zeno's proclamation, please refrain from speaking of it to the inhabitants of your universes." says Khai.
"Yes, that would be for the best. By the way, where is universe 7s supreme kai?" says Gawasu.
"Who gives a damn? I dont." says Khai.
"You shouldnt be talking like that." says Gawasu.
"Ill be frank, I gathered every supreme kai here except for the universe 7 supreme kai. The tournament of power was universe 7s idea in the first place." says Khai pacing around.
"Hey! Even if we gather here, its just a waste of time! What are you up too?" says Ro.
"I told you. I wanted to discuss out situation." says Khai.
"And im telling you, its a waste of time! Im busy gathering warriors!" says Ro getting annoyed.
Before Khai could say anything more, Ro signed off leaving Khai with the other supreme kais to mingle.
"Oh dear, oh dear." says Fuwa.
"Whats your problem universe 6? Isnt it interesting?" wonders universe 2 supreme kai.
"If we get into the conversation i might find it fascinating." says Fuwa.
"All we do is fight! If thats it, universe 2 will be the winners!" says universe 2 supreme kai.
"With all due respect universe 2." says universe 3 supreme kai.
"Huh?" wonders universe 2 supreme kai.
"Are you not aware of our universe 3s intellectual level?" wonders universe 3 supreme kai.
"What good is being intellectual when all you need is fists?" wonders universe 2 supreme kai.
"And your point?" wonders universe 3 supreme kai.
"Power level will be the decider." says universe 2 supreme kai.
"Good grief...thats what we get when letting muscle heads become supreme kai." says universe 2 supreme kai sighing.
"What was that?!" wonders universe 2 supreme kai.
"That responce! It reveals your standing!" says universe 3 supreme kai.
"Now. Now." says Khai.
"And if I do not?" wonders universe 2 supreme kai.
"Both of you, please calm down." says Khai.
It went quiet as the kais seperated then came chuckling from another kai.
"The bickering of egos. How pathetic can you get?" says the universe 4 supreme kai.
"How about this? We supreme kais ask that grand zeno reconsider his decision. Let us all voice one collective opinion. Until our universes have a mortal level of 7, grand zeno wishes, we ask that he grants us some time before we get erased." says Khai.
"Is that what you wanted to discuss?" wonders universe 3 supreme kai folding his arms.
"What can we do now? Grand Zeno has made his decision." says universe 2 supreme kai.
"It seems unlikely. If he were to be displeased, its instant erasure for the lot of us. I am too busy, so if youll excuse me." says universe 4 supreme kai.
Soon the rest of the supreme kais signed off leaving Knai to think over things.
"Very well. i had hoped that all eight universe would find a way to get through this. But only one universe shall survive." says Khai turning away.
Pictures of his warriors appear as silhouettes on the screens as the screens levitate around him.
"It pains me to say it but its clear my universe will survive. Because the strongest warriors will be from universe 11." says Khai.
Universe 7;earth...
Satan vacation house...
Goku finds out Mr. Satan is helping Buu train. Due to constantly training since the Zen Exhibition Match, Buu has lost weight and has gotten much slimmer in appearance.
"Hey! Are you training Buu?" wonders Goku landing on the ground.
"Huh?" wonders Hercule.
Hercule turned his head to see Goku behind him, waving to him.
"Oh, Goku! Buu has been eager ever since the zen exhibition match. He hasnt rested at all and got super fit all at once." says Hercule picking up a rock.
"Super fit?" wonders Goku in disbelief.
"Look for yourself." says Hercule looking up at Buu.
"He definitely doesnt look like his usual self. If I didnt know any better Id think he was super buu." says Goku amazed looking up.
"Isnt he cool?" wonders Hercule.
Buu turned his head to see Goku gawking at him speechlessly and happily waved to him.
"Oh, hi Goku! Buu had lots of fun playing with doggy man. Doggy man strong. Buu meet more fun guys at big contest and lucky buu get to fight them all." says Buu happily.
"Yeah, I cant wait either." says Goku.
"How about you mix it up with buu right now for practice?" wonders Hercule.
"You bet. I was just about to suggest the same thing myself." says Goku.
"Alright, if either of you go outside the perimeter, you lose the match. Got it? Begin!" says Hercule.
Hercule watches as Buu and Goku fly high into the air.
"Lets go!" says Goku.
Goku and Buu start off with a barage of punches and kicks with Hercule noticing Buu was gaining the upper hand.
"That was awesome Buu. You didnt just boost your speed, you boosted your power too." says Goku looking at Buu.
"Hehehehehehe...yeah, buu strong! Buu will clobber everyone!" says Buu happily.
"No buu! You cant clobber these people! You gotta find a way to push them out of the ring to win!" says Hercule.
"Buu no kill anyone?!" wonders Buu.
"Thats right. You cant kill anybody or you will be disqualified. " says Goku.
"Oh! Then buu do this." says Buu.
"Huh?" wonders Goku.
Buu continues the fight by assaulting Goku with an endless barrage of Ki Blasts, and while Goku is busy deflecting them all, Buu attacks him and pushes him to the ground, winning the match.
"Ring out! That means Buu is the winner!" says Hercule excitedly.
"Oh yeah!" says Buu setting his hands in his hips, beaming with joy.
"Ooooh man. Didnt expect that." says Goku groaning as he sat up.
"Buu is the greatest!" says Buu happily.
"Nice job buu! That was so amazing. You closed in when I couldnt see and went for an out of bounds. And distracting me with a barrage of energy blasts was a nice touch." says Goku happily.
Buu landed on the ground feeling confident in himself. Even Hercule felt confident in how he was training Buu.
"Buu, you really are a genius at fighting." says Goku walking up to Buu and Hercule.
"Goku, please dont get thrown out of bounds as easily as this match in the actual tournament." says Hercule.
"Yeah, that really taught me a lesson." says Goku.
"We're really counting on you Goku. Make sure you win!" says Hercule.
"I know. Dont worry. Just like you suggested, 18 is gonna enter the tournament!" says Goku.
"That sounds promising." says Hercule.
"Gohan is off recruiting Piccolo too." says Goku.
"The gathering of members seems to be going swimmingly. Wonderful!" says Hercule.
"Well im heading off to invite 17. Oh and buu, thanks for fighting me! That was fun!" says Goku waving goodbye.
"Yeah!" says Buu.
"Later!" says Goku taking off.
Once Goku was gone, Buu yawned getting a bit sleeping after countless training.
"Oh boy. Buu sleepy. Buu need night night." says Buu stretching.
"Yeah? Well, you have been pushing yourself alot after the exhibition match. Come on buddy, lets get you in bed." says Hercule looking at Buu.
Buu was nodding off hearing what Hercule was saying.
"I wont beable to rest easy until the tournament of power is over." says Hercule huffing.
Universe 6;earth...
day...
pokemon school...
Whis and Ash made it outside of the pokemon school and Ash wasnt sure how long its been. For all he knew it could range between 1 day and a few days with what his classmates end up doing. So he went with one day passing as he and Whis stared at the pokemon school.
"I'll be heading back to universe 7. You will know if someone strange comes up to you." says Whis.
Ash nodded then watched Whis zoom toward space so he could get back to everyone. It was faint but Ash could hear Faba talking to the class and he couldnt help but ponder if it was a wise idea having him teach the class. Either way, where there was a disaster waiting, there was bound to be something fun to go with it. Ash made his way toward the classroom hearing Fabas voice get louder and louder. Once he looked into the room, he saw the class surrounding a strange machine with Faba grinning madly at how awesome this class would be.
'Here is the oh so familiar pokeball that all of you carry and use on a daily basis! Have you ever concidered how marvelous a work of science like this is?' says Faba looking at the students surrounding his invention.
"Alola...hehehehe." says Ash awkwardly heading into the classroom amd almost falling from Pikachu and poipole glomping him.
"Ash!" say the class and Kukui happily.
"Ash?" wonders Faba stunned.
"Ill just uhhh...well, we can talk all you guys want after class." says Ash going toward his classmates and their pokemon as they questioned how befitting this science loving teacher really was.
"Now where was I? Oh right, uhhhhh...take the enormous alolan exeggutor or better yet the enormously heavy Snorlax for example. It is a striking work of art capable of compressing them down to a miniscule size." says Faba.
"Not sure what youre saying but it kinda makes sense." says Ash.
"As such, I took hints from the pokeball and invented a machine which can make any object, regardless of size or weight, fit into a tiny capsule." says Faba.
"Anyone understanding this? You guys should know right?" wonders Ash looking at the unamused expressions.
"I call it the 'Super Duty Tidy-Up Faba Deluxe'!" says Faba.
"Ehhhhhh...sure." says Ash slowly turning his head to look away.
Faba looked at everyone with sparkling eyes gleaming with joy getting to show off his invetion but all he got was the class looking at eachother wanting the school day to end with displeased expressions.
"No matter how large an object is, this machine with a single press of a button, will shrink it down and store it within a capsule. As a result it can easily be carried with you. It will make moving a breeze." says Faba.
"Really?" ponders Ash.
"Nothing is impossible." says Faba.
"I have to wonder..." says Ash tilting his head.
"Don't. It's not worth it." says Lana shaking her head.
~Ashs imagination~
Ash and Delia stood infront of their house with Pikachu at Ashs side.
'Hes already picturing how it could help him. Hes starting to get intriqued.' says Lana suspisciously.
The ketchum family had the invention between them with Delia a little worried.
"Faba told the class it will work wonders." says Ash turning the machine on.
"If you think it wil work, lets see what happens." says Delia.
Ash pressed a button and the invention instantly shrunk the ketchum house.
"Sweet! Now it would be like living with the z warriors or living in Alola." says Ash eagerly picking up the capsule.
"Thats something you dont see everyday." says Delia looking at their capsuled house.
'This could be awesome.' says Ash amused.
~reality~
"Thats incredible!" says Kiawe amused.
"This could be the greatest invention ever created! Did you test anything?" says Mallow eagerly.
"Show us the amazing impact the invention has!" says Ash.
"Certainly. Ill demonstrate by shrinking this chalkboard and storing it inside a capsule." says Faba.
Faba turns his machine towards the class blackboard and fires, but nothing happens. He fires the machine a couple more times, with disappointingly lackluster results. Faba is baffled as the machine worked perfectly during his lab tests.
"Maybe rebooting it will make it work?" wonders Kukui.
"Oh, of course! Why didn't I think of that?" says Faba brightening up.
Faba reboots the machine and attempts to fire it again. However, the machine suddenly goes haywire, and ends up shooting its beam towards the ceiling, from which it starts bouncing all around the classroom. Everybody seeks shelter as the beam continues to bounce back and forth, until it finally hits Ash, Lillie, and Sophocles, who had all hidden under the same desk, causing them to seemingly disappear.
"Ash!" says Kiawe looking at the trios hiding place.
"Lillie! Sophocles!" says Mallow looking in the same direction.
"Theyre gone! It looks like they disappeared but how is that possible?! Theyre not in a capsule, are they?!" says Kiawe running up to the hiding place.
"No...the machine shut down." says Faba gloomily.
"Ash and the others disappeared." says Lana.
"There has to be an explanation! If they arent in a capsule, where could they be?" wonders Kukui.
"We have a case on our hands. A case for alolan detective Rotom." says Rotom dex putting the lackie wig on.
"Uuuugh...what just happened?" wonders Ash leaning toward Lillie.
"Thats what we should be asking." says Sophocles looking around.
"Do you think...?" wonders Lillie creeped out.
"Lets try to keep calm and call to the others." says Ash sweat dropping.
Sophocles and Lillie nod, one confident to a point and the other shooken and shadow eyed.
"Hey! Down here guys!" says Ash looking up at their giant classmates.
"What was that? Ash? No...it was avoice but it couldnt be..." says Kiawe looking around.
"Look down! We are still in our hiding place!" says Ash.
"He sure seems relaxed." says Sophocles unamused looking at Ash.
"Its me Ash! Trying to get your attention!" says Ash.
"Ash? What do you mean by down here? Where down here?" wonders Kukui looking around.
"Right here!" says Sophocles.
"It cant be that hard to find us!" says Ash.
"We havent left our hiding place!" says Lillie.
Pikachu looks underneath the desk and he finds the trio have shrunken down into inch-high miniature versions of themselves.
"Why do I feel like Im getting deja vu from this?" wonders Ash confused, looking up at Pikachu.
"You were probably already through this type of thing." says Lillie worriedly.
"So Im reliving the carnival tent thing...oh joyous me." says Ash mouth twitching as he tried to smile.
Pikachu stared at the trio stunned to see Ash was tiny again and couldnt believe Sophocles and Lillie were shrunk too. Soon the shrunken trio were on the desk looking up at everyone.
"What is going on here?" wonders Ash.
"We have become tiny." says Lillie worriedly.
"Is that even possible?" wonders Sophocles.
"It appears we have figurines of Ash, Sophocles and Lillie." says Lana.
"Rather, its exactly like the pokemon move, minimize." says Kukui.
"Faba!" says Mallow annoyed.
"You did this to them! You need to fix this! Make them normal sized again!" says Kiawe annoyed.
"I would if I could...errr I ummmm..." says Faba.
"Faba you said there was a way to make things look normal sized again!" says Kiawe.
"I was just getting to that. My mind is frantic at the moment." says Faba hurriedly grabbing a capsule.
One by one, Faba places each of the shrunken children into a transparent capsule.
"Is this really necessary?" wonders Sophocles.
"I feel squished in here." says Sophocles.
"This feels weird." says Lillie.
"I just had to be brought back to thisuniverse." thinks Ash.
"Now, youll be returned back to normal after I've released you from these." says Faba.
Faba opens the capsules, but in a few seconds, it becomes evident that this method isn't working.
"Theyre not turning back." says Kiawe.
"Faba! Did you really test your invention?! Cause it seems like my students will never be normal again!" says Kukui angrily.
"I swear I did! I never tested it on people but it seemed to work!" says Faba freaking out.
"So...are we able to be normal sized again or not?" says Ash.
Faba felt like glaring daggers were all around him and were aimed at him as he wondered what Lusamine would do if she found out.
"No...no...no...no...NO! Lusamine is gonna be pissed when she hears about this." says Faba frantically.
"We are able to turn back to normal right?" wonders Sophocles.
"O...of course!" says Faba.
"Fail branch chief." mutters Lana.
"I dont need a title like that!" says Faba jumping to his feet annoyed.
"That seems fitting enough." says Lana.
"Let me check the machine. You, floating pokedex! Im in need of your assistance!" says Faba turning to face Rotom dex.
"Got it!" says Rotom dex saluting Faba.
"Hurry up..." says Sophocles gloomily.