Alola
"Nooo not my top percentage Raticate!" A youngster placed his hands against the sides of his head in shock as the shiny Eevee stood victoriously over an Alolan Raticate after burrowing beneath the ground with Dig!
"What is it with these kids and their obsession over Rattata and Raticate?" Zach muttered before Eevee came racing over and leaped up into his arms with a happy cry!
"Eevoi!"
"We won! I told you that you had it in you, you'll be quite the impressive Eevee someday just you wait!"
"Eevoi!" Eevee cried out with a smile, greatly appreciating the constant praise that he'd received from his new trainer. Even when Eevee lost he was still complimented on doing a good job which just made Eevee strive harder to impress his trainer! The youngster soon approached and handed him his winnings while May could be heard cheering her boyfriend on for his victory, Zach soon turned to her and beckoned her with his head as if to say he was ready to get back to the others. He was still technically on break from training but May allowed an exception for Eevee that day as the Normal type needed some cheering up and it turned out a series of battles was the right medicine for the job!
The two headed back to where they'd left the others, Ash had his gaze fixated on his Rotom Phone as he eyed the time and waited for the right moment to show up and surprise his friends at the Pokemon school, he looked up as May and Zach returned before speaking.
"Ah right on time! They should be finishing up for the day soon so I'd like to go and meet them now before they split up! Man it's been so long, I wonder how strong Kiawe's gotten and if the rest made any progress on their goals!"
"I can't wait to meet these friends are yours, it sounds like you were close to all of them." Marnie spoke with a smile across her face.
"Hopefully we see more Alolan Pokemon, I find their differences quite fascinating!" Chloe's eyes sparked as she said that.
"Hm?" Zach glanced at Chloe, he couldn't help but notice that despite her not wanting to be a researcher like her dad at first, she was gradually showing signs of a research assistant to be. She'd soon similar signs of interest back when they first saw Ash's Melmetal. The signs were quite familiar as he heard Sonia speak similarly about Pokemon when the two of them were younger. Perhaps escaping from her father's shadow and seeing the world with her new friends helped change her attitude towards that line of thinking? He didn't say anything though as he didn't want her to think he was trying to force it on her, it had to be her decision to go down that path!
"Well I can definitely promise at least one is there, two if Lillie's there. Come on I'll lead the way, I'm sure you'll all get along great!" Ash exclaimed with an excited tone as he led his friends down the road towards the Pokemon school.
"And so that's the difference between Alolan and Galarian for-" Professor Kukui's lecture was interrupted as his students all suddenly leaped from their seats and let out an excited shout as Ash stepped through the door.
"Ash!" They all shouted simultaneously as Ash gave them all a wave with a sheepish smile.
"Hey everyone, ya missed me?" The five rushed over to greet him with excited smiles as they eyed their friend for the first time in quite a long while.
"Got any stronger since we last met? We still never had a proper match against one another and I haven't been sitting around on my butt the whole time, I'm working real hard to get Tapu Lele's attention and the title of Akala Kahuna! My Pokemon and I have grown stronger than the fire of an erupting volcano!"
"Marowak, wak wak!" Kiawe's Alolan Marowak chimed in.
"Discover any new Water Pokemon while you were out?" Lana chimed in.
"Learn of any new and interesting recipes?"
"Wow, is that a new Electric type?!" Sophocles' eyes lit up in amazement as he eyed Toxtricity up and down. Toxtricity cast him a nervous look before taking a step back.
"It's great to see you again Ash," Lillie spoke with a warm look, her cheeks turned a light shade of red as she reached out and pulled Ash into a hug which just so happened to be when Marnie and the others chose to enter. Marnie took a good long look at Lillie before glaring intensely at the girl before she pulled away.
"Kiawe, Sophocles, Mallow, Lillie, Lana... I'd like you to meet some of my other friends!" Ash turned and gave them a light nod as he gave the okay to introduce themselves.
"I'm Marnie and I aim to be the world's top Dark type specialist, I've got to catch a bit more Dark types and beat the other top dogs before I can get there though!" Along with tracking down a Darkrai if possible but given the rate they came across legendary and mythical Pokemon she was certain that she'd see one eventually so long as the group stuck together!
"I'm Zach and I aim to become Galar's champion! I've still got a few badges to collect but traveling around the world and meeting and capturing new Pokemon is nice, and seeing the sights too of course!" He quickly added while flashing May a warm smile.
"I'm May, one of the world's top Coordinators but I'm taking a much needed vacation by spending time and traveling with my boyfriend!" She happily exclaimed while pulling Zach's arm closer to her.
"He's not available? Too bad, he's hot!" Mallow spoke rather boldly while giving him a look causing Zach to form a nervous blush before looking away from her, May tightened her grip on him while flashing Mallow a glare.
"And I'm Chloe, I don't actually have a goal yet but traveling the world with my friends and Eevee is nice!"
"Eevee!" Chloe's Eevee spoke up.
"You both have Eevee? How is that not confusing, how do the Eevee know which one you're referring to?" Lana questioned as Zach and Chloe glanced at each other, unsure of how to answer that.
"They just know?" Zach shrugged. Though she did have a point, perhaps he should find out what Eevee wants to evolve into soon since Chloe's seemingly lacked the ability to do so.
"What about your Eevee?" Ash asked in response to Lana while giving a light tilt of his head. "I thought you owned one too."
"Not anymore!" Lana gave her former classmate a smirk before tossing the dive ball forward as a Vaporeon burst out, revealing that she'd evolved her Eevee during the time away from Ash.
"Sandy evolved?! That's awesome!" Ash exclaimed.
"S-Snowy evolved too!" Lillie quickly spoke up as she enlarged a Pokeball of her own before letting out the Pokemon within as an Alolan Ninetails burst out in front of them!
"Nine!"
"Oooh, she's beautiful!" Chloe rushed over and slowly reached out with her hand as if she were asking Ninetails permission to pet her. Ninetails let out a happy sounding coo as she gave her consent, Chloe proceeded to pet her while Ash looked Ninetails over.
"She sure is, you did a great job at raising her!" Ash praised Lillie causing the blonde to form a heavy blush which went unnoticed by Marnie as she was busy showing Morpeko to Sophocles after the younger boy expressed interest in it, while Ash was simply oblivious to Lillie's feelings for him.
Professor Kukui looked between them all before clasping his hands together. "Seeing how we're almost done for the day, why not end early so we can see some battles? That okay with you two?" He looked to Ash and Kiawe who shared an eager glance at each other before forming a smirk.
"Definitely, I'm eager to show how stronger I've gotten training under Olivia!" Kiawe shouted out with a look full of excitement as his eyes appeared to be lit ablaze with determination!
"Hey I haven't been sitting around this whole time, I've gotten stronger as well!" Ash was quick to reply.
"Race you to the battlefield?" Kiawe asked resulting in the two sharing a smirk as Ash gave a quick nod.
"You're on!" The two raced for the classroom exit and proceeded to get stuck in the door as they attempted to go through at the same time! Marowak rolled his eyes before smacking the two in the rear with his bone club, knocking them lose as they were quick to fall to the ground before springing back up and making a rush towards the school's exit and for the battlefield out back!
"Made it!" The two shouted simultaneously before sharing a look as they realized that they arrived at the exact same time!
"We tied, oh well!" Kiawe let out a laugh before crossing his arms as he took position on the battlefield, forming a more serious expression as he looked towards Ash. "So how many Pokemon do you want to fight with?"
Ash thought for a moment before giving a light shrug. "Three?" He wasn't sure if his friend had captured more Pokemon since they'd last seen each other or still only had the three he had back when Ash and him were classmates.
Kiawe smirked and flexed his arms upon Ash's answer. "Sounds good to me, let's go-" He grabbed hold of a ball only for Marowak to leap up and club the top of his head with an annoyed look.
"Marowak, wak wak!"
"Alright Marowak you can show off our fiery blaze first!" Kiawe shouted while rubbing the top of his head with one hand as Marowak flashed a light smirk before leaping onto the field, twirling his bone club as he stared Ash down and waited for his first choice as the others arrived and stood by the side of the battlefield.
"Oshawott, I choose you!"
"Oshawott!" Oshawott burst out with a cheerful smile.
Kiawe gave a smirk upon Ash's choice. "I had a feeling that you'd choose a Water type, Marowak use Thunder Punch!"
"Marowak, wak wak!" Marowak raced across the field, his fist falling back as electricity surrounded it before throwing the punch and striking outwards!
"Oshawott!" Oshawott cried as electricity flowed through his body while he also flew back as a result of the power behind the punch! Oshawott face planted into the ground as Ash focused his gaze on Kiawe and Marowak, the two had definitely grown stronger since they'd last met. Even though Oshawott had a weakness to Electric attacks the sheer power behind the attack was still impressive!
Oshawott stood up and brushed himself off before giving Marowak a challenging glare. "Oshawott?!" He cried, seeming to ask 'Is that the best you got?!'
"Marowak, Marowak wak!" Marowak took offense to that and waved his bone club around angrily. Ash could tell that though Oshawott seemed to be acting tough if he took another punch he'd likely be done for.
"Oshawott remember the Scalchop King competition?" Oshawott turned back to his trainer and gave a light nod. "I want you to combine Razor Shell and Aqua Jet just like you did back then!"
"Oshawott!" Oshawott nodded with a look of determination, holding out his scalchop which began glowing bright blue while the rest of Oshawott's body became surrounded in a jet of water! Oshawott soon took off across the field, holding out his scalchop ahead of him as he took aim at Marowak while quickly flying towards him with Aqua Jet!
"Halt them with Shadow Bone!" Marowak began twirling his bone club as purple flame surrounded it. He reached out and smashed it against Oshawott's head as the Pokemon grew near and halting the attack, Oshawott gritted his teeth as he fought to keep the attack going while Marowak pushed back hard as he could to get the attack to wear off before he got too tired to continue resisting. Oshawott proved to have the stronger willpower as Marowak's grip soon loosened and Oshawott blasted into him sending the Fire/Ghost type flying before landing in a defeated slump before his trainer. Kiawe hung his head with a disappointed look as he returned Marowak.
"You did good Marowak, return." Kiawe then looked up with a smirk. "Not bad but I've still got fight left in me!"
"Us too, right Oshawott?!" Ash pumped his fists while Oshawott let out a cry before his body ignited in a bright blue glow. The Pokemon's white fur soon vanished as the light blue fur on his chest proceeded to expand onto the rest of his body. As he grew his appearance started resembling a samurai and now instead of one scalchop on his chest, two rest on the side of his hips!
"Dewott!" The newly evolved Pokemon cried out while Ash and Pikachu shouted out in excitement.
"Alright Oshawott, you evolved!"
"Pi Pikachu!"
"Dewott!" Dewott rubbed the back of his neck with a sheepish smile while Kiawe reached for a second Pokeball.
"Of course I've also captured new Pokemon since we met too, allow me to introduce you to Arcanine!" The ball burst open to reveal the large Kantonian fire canine! "Extreme Speed!" A green aura surrounded Arcanine as he blasted across the field and slammed into Dewott faster than the newly evolved otter could react! Having already taken significant damage from the previous attacks of Marowak's this proved to be enough to finish Dewott as he landed in a defeated slump before his trainer as swirls formed within his eyes.
Ash returned Dewott and smiled down at the ball containing his friend. "You fought well Dewott, take a good long rest!" He placed the ball on his belt before reaching for a different one. "Inteleon, I choose you!"
Inteleon burst out and held up his fingers as if they were a gun as he cried. "Leon, Inteleon!"
"Hey look a movie reference!" Sophocles was quick to note.
"What kind of Pokemon is that?" Lillie asked, she saw Oshawott before when she was at Professor Oak's but this Pokemon was new.
"That's Inteleon, the final evolution of Galar's Water type starter Sobble." Professor Kukui explained.
"It's so amazing!" Lana breathed out.
"Sunny Day!" Kiawe threw out his arm as bright sunlight shined down upon the battlefield, Ash and Inteleon squinted their eyes while Ash couldn't help but wonder what his friend was up to. Surely he heard that it was a Water type? Kiawe may be headstrong but he wasn't an idiot!
"Snipe Shot!" Inteleon pointed his finger gun at Arcanine and fired off a shot of water, the canine Pokemon let out a yelp as his fur was soaked before uttering a deep growl as he narrowed his eyes at the Water type.
"Solar Beam!" Ash's eyes shot wide at the command, he had no idea Arcanine were capable of using that! "Inteleon, camouflage and run quickly!" Inteleon turned invisible as the bright solar energy fired from Arcanine's mouth but unfortunately though the chameleon was quick on the draw to turn invisible, he wasn't fast enough to run away! Inteleon's body could be seen as it collapsed to the ground in defeat, swirls already in it's eyes as Ash lightly clenched his fists and realized that Arcanine wasn't a laughing matter, along with taking them by surprise Arcanine likely outscaled Inteleon in power! Kiawe had taken his training as a Kahuna very seriously and all his Pokemon were strong and had counters for their weaknesses, Ash couldn't take the easy way with him so why not fight fire with fire quite literally?
"Incineroar I choose you!"
"Incine!" Incineroar burst out and gave an eager smirk upon seeing the size of his opponent!
"Stomping Tantrum!" Incineroar let out a roar as he charged across the field, the ground shaking with his every movement. Arcanine let out a yelp as Incineroar grabbed him by the tail and began slamming him around against the ground, the canine Pokemon looked bruised and battered as he laid on the ground after release for a brief moment before eventually taking a stand.
"Whoa since when did he learn that move?!" Chloe gasped.
"Obstagoon taught him." Zach explained with a light smirk.
"Burn up!" Arcanine let out a howl as his body to glow a bright yellow and orange before a massive wave of fire radiated off of his body, Incineroar let out a grunt as he shielded his eyes from the attack. Though he himself was a Fire type the attack was still increased in strength on account of Sunny Day!
'Arcanine's a Normal type now, now's our chance to quickly end this!' Ash thought to himself before throwing out his arm. "Alright Incineroar, use Cross Chop!" Incineroar crossed his arms together in an x formation before lashing out and striking against Arcanine's body! The canine uttered out a whimper before quickly coming to a collapse as swirls formed within his eyes.
Kiawe returned Arcanine to his ball while thanking it before turning his gaze towards Ash as he lightly clapped his hands. "Well done Ash, you managed to put down my second strongest Pokemon. But I still got one in reserve and I've been anticipating this match ever since Litten had first evolved! Turtonator, let's light this match up!"
Turtonator burst out and let out a cry of his name while staring Ash and Incineroar down. The four smirked at one another before shouting out their commands.
"Dragon Pulse!"
"Darkest Lariat!"
A green fire began forming within Turtonator's mouth before becoming unleashed in a green dragon shaped sphere of energy as it flew towards Incineroar! Incineroar had started spinning about as he moved towards Turtonator with the Dark type attack, the Dragon attack made impact causing Incineroar to grunt but he kept going on soon his hands were striking up against Turtonator's face as the turtle Pokemon cried out from the attack!
"Stomping Tantrum!" Incineroar grabbed for Turtonator's tail and lifted the Pokemon up before proceeding to stomp and crash the Pokemon's body around in a tantrum.
"Turtonator, blast Dragon Pulse at the ground!"
"Turto!" Turtonator fired off the dragon sphere at the ground, causing him to fly back up while in Incineroar's grasp, the Fire/Dark type momentarily froze from the sudden move before letting out an angry shout as Turtonator's spikes touched his chest and exploded! Incineroar was flung across the field while Turtonator started breathing heavily, both Pokemon stared each other down as they looked on the verge of collapse.
"It's time..." Kiawe flashed Ash a smirk.
Ash smirked back as he reached for his z-ring at the same moment Kiawe touched his own. "Inferno Overdrive!" The two shouted simultaneously as their Pokemon began charging up the gigantic fireballs before sending them off at one another! The attacks immediately exploded upon impact causing a massive cloud of dust and dirt to fly up and obscure the view. Everyone watched in silence for the cloud to fade away, slowly revealing the defeated form of Turtonator as Incineroar stood victoriously though looking on the verge of collapse himself as he looked exhausted.
Ash gave Incineroar a smile before quickly returning him to his ball, allowing his friend to relax. "We did it Incineroar, you deserve a nice long rest!" The ball shook within his grasp to show Incineroar was rather pleased with the outcome while Kiawe walked forward and approached Ash with an extended arm. "You've definitely grown stronger since we last saw each other, I have no doubt that you'll become the World Champion!"
"Thanks I-Wait how do you know about that? I didn't say anything about it!"
"Lillie, Sophocles and I watch your matches together on the television whenever we get the chance!" Kiawe explained with a light wave. "It's a bit of a tradition of ours."
"It was way more exciting to see you in person though!" Sophocles piped up.
"And it was cool seeing a new Water type!" Lana continued to gush over Inteleon.
"You were so impressive..." Lillie breathed out with a dark blush, Lana gave her arm a light nudge and beckoned towards Ash while Lillie hastily shook her head with a frantic look. Lana narrowed her eyes and gave her a push forward, resulting in Lillie tripping as Lana quickly looked away to feign innocence.
"You okay?" Ash offered Lillie her hand causing an even darker blush to form across Lillie's face as she shook nervously before eventually nodding.
"Y-Yeah, I'm okay! E-Even better than okay actually!" Her face was extremely bright as she started to rub her arm nervously. "Listen Ash there's something I need to tell you, I l-"
A siren suddenly went off that was quite familiar to the Ultra Guardians, the others however looked around frantically as if they were under attack.
"What's going on?!" Chloe shouted.
"Attention Ultra Guardians, two Ultra Space portals have opened up! We need you all at headquarters immediately!"
"Ultra Guardians? What is this, a Power Rangers ripoff?" Zach questioned before Ash grabbed a hold of his arm.
"We'll talk later Lillie, come on I'll explain on the way!" Ash promised to his friends as they all shared the same confused glance at one another.
"So what your saying is that aliens do exist, I knew it!" Zach laughed.
"No they're just Pokemon from different worl-okay you can call them aliens I guess." Ash let out a light chuckle.
"Alright, I'm gonna catch myself an alien!" Zach clasped his hands together with a gleeful expression as they arrived in Ultra Guardian headquarters.
"Actually our purpose is to catch them and send them back home, you can catch them but you can't keep them." An older version of Lillie explained as they walked into the room, her gazes fixated on Zach for a moment before a lightbulb went off in her head. "Ooh, it's you! The friend Ash asked me to sponsor, hello!" Lusamine gave him a sudden wave and a smile before returning to her serious talk and explanation. "Ultra Beasts aren't native to our world so they behave differently, some attack while others are simply confused as to how they got here and not sure how to react, risking harm to themselves and Pokemon around them if left unattended."
"Aw," Zach hung his head at the explanation while May placed her hand on his shoulder.
"I'll make sure you're the one to catch it, at least you can say you did it if nothing else!"
"More help is always welcome, as Wicke said over the announcement there are two portals but one produced a bigger wave of energy which never happened before so we can only assume that there is more than one present at that location! So I think out most experienced Guardians should go there; Kiawe, Ash, Lillie, Lana, Sophocles... and why not her?" Lusamine randomly pointed at Marnie. "The rest will go to the singular beast with Mallow!"
"Is that all?" Marnie asked with a tilt of her head.
"Oh right, silly me! You'll also need these uniforms, they'll protect you from any potential harmful energies the Beasts could give off! And you'll have need ride Pokem-"
"Marnie can ride with me on Charizard, I don't need to borrow Garchomp this time." Ash was quick to explain.
"And I'll ride on Dragonite with Zach!" May chimed in, pulling him closer to her with a warm look of affection as the two smiled at one another.
"Alright then I'll give you a Pidgeot to borrow," Lusamine spoke as she handed Chloe a Pokeball, Chloe took it with an appreciative look while Lusamine handed out uniforms to the ones that needed one. They looked just like the rest, the white remained on the chest but Zach's outfit was black, May's a red coloring while Kiawe's was a darker shade, Marnie's a vibrant magenta color similar to her gym uniform, and Chloe's was a lighter shade of pink than Lillie's.
"Feels a bit tight... but it looks good on you!" Zach commented resulting in May letting out a light giggle and giving his cheek a light peck before climbing onto Dragonite's back alongside him. Lucario and Cinderace climbed on behind them.
Ash helped Marnie onto Charizard's back while Kiawe's Charizard locked eyes with Ash's, the two Charizard gave each other a respectful nod as Marnie wrapped her arms tightly around Ash's waist. She didn't mind flying like this but that didn't necessarily mean she was comfortable with it, she had a fear of falling!
"Both portals are located on Akala Island," Lusamine directed as she handed a device to Ash while giving Mallow the other one. "Do be careful as we're not sure what will be waiting there!" The two nodded before leading their groups off in separate directions.
"Akala's the one with the massive volcano right?!" Chloe shouted over the wind as she held tight to Pidgeot's back.
"Yep! I'm sure the three of you will love it, the beaches are the best in all of Alola and the entire island is quite beautiful!"
"It sure looks beautiful from up here!" May commented, holding tightly onto Zach as she glanced over Dragonite's side to view the approaching island.
"We should start our descent now," Mallow directed with a light wave as Flygon began descending upon the island, Dragonite and Pidgeot following in the Dragon's example as they descended upon the ground before eventually landing. Finding the Ultra Beast didn't take a whole lot of searching as several Pokemon laid on the ground looking as if they were drained of energy while a large muscular looking mosquito Pokemon could be seen hard at work draining a Salazzle of it's energy.
"Okay that is definitely a Bug type," Zach commented as he looked the Ultra Beast over while hopping off of Dragonite's back. "Cinderace use Pyro-"
"Wait!" Mallow held up her hands as she jumped in front of him. "Ultra Beasts are quite strong and it's best to avoid a fight when you can, last time we met a Buzzwole we managed to distract it by... well flexing."
"Flexing... like flexing muscles? You're joking right?" Zach narrowed his eyes lightly as Mallow sweated.
"No, it's the truth! Ash and Kiawe flexed their muscles and Buzzwole thought they wanted to compete in a show of muscles, while it was distracted we threw a Beast Ball at it and managed to capture it!" Mallow explained. "And you're the only male here so..."
"Is this an excuse to see my boyfriend with his shirt off?" May lightly growled with an irritated look, Mallow's cheeks burned brightly as she realized that's what would happen. A smile formed across her face for a brief moment before she frantically waved her arms about. "Yes-Nono! It's not an excuse, honest! It'll work, or at least it should!"
Zach took a deep breath as he looked at the plies of drained Pokemon around them, he knew that if he picked a fight the Pokemon would likely get hurt from Buzzwole's attacks. If there was a non combative way to handle this then he'd take it!
"Buzzwole!"
"Buzzz?" The Ultra Beast looked up as he heard somebody call out before noticing Zach and Lucario approaching, Lucario had a defensive stance as he cast his trainer a worried look. Zach looked eyes with Buzzwole and gave the creature a challenging smirk before tearing off the top half of his guardian outfit as he started to flex. Lucario bit his lip nervously as he flickered his gaze towards Buzzwole, a sigh of relief escaped the jackal's lips as Buzzwole dropped the Salazzle and started flexing. Unfortunately Buzzwole wasn't the only one to get pulled into the muscle standoff as Zach actually seemed determined to beat him after awhile!
The show wasn't anything May hadn't seen before so she wasn't easily distracted by him showing off, didn't mean she wasn't guilty of admiring it for a bit though. She was quick to snap out of it as she realized he'd be in danger if Buzzwole was a sole loser, or if Buzzwole simply struck out after the beast won! She turned to Mallow to ask what to do, noticing a bright blue cosmic looking Pokeball in the girl's grasp as she was entranced by the show, her face burning bright red as drool poured from her mouth. May let out a frustrated growl as she yanked the Beast Ball from her grasp, Mallow hardly reacting as it was thrown towards Zach.
"Babe, catch!" May called out, snapping Zach out of it as he heard his girlfriend's voice. He turned only for the ball to smack him right in the face, leaving a huge red mark as May sweated and quickly called out an apology. "Sorry!"
"D-Don't worry about it!" Zach responded as the ball landed in his grasp, he flexed for one final time to ensure that he still had Buzzwole's attention, the Ultra Beast replied with another series of flexes as the Beast Ball was sent flying right at him! The Ultra Beast disappeared in a beam of red light as the ball hit the ground and started to rapidly shake before eventually chiming to announce the capture!
"Buzzwole the Swollen Pokemon. Buzzwole goes around showing off its abnormally swollen muscles. Witnesses saw it pulverize a dump truck with a single punch!"
The Rotom Phone chimed out as Buzzwole's data was registered.
"Huh, I guess miss Lusamine shared the data her company gathered with the Pokedex database." Chloe spoke up while giving the ball a fascinated look. "I'd like to learn more about Ultra Beasts!"
"Xurki!" Two Xurkitree were visible on the ground, an Electric Terrain appeared to be surrounding them as they blasted at the approaching Ultra Guardians with various electrical attacks, managing to strike Kiawe's Charizard and the Dragonair that Lana were riding as they careened towards the ground!
"Psychic!" Sophocles shouted out as Metang dove after them to stop the Pokemon's rapid descent and get the two Pokemon to safety alongside their riders. Leaving only Ash and Marnie atop Ash's own Charizard while Lillie was still atop her Altaria having only just narrowly missed an electrical shock fired at her!
"Well it looks like we're getting a fight with these two!" Ash shouted out as panic lined the crowded streets of Heahea City, tourists and locals were hurriedly making an escape from the two rampaging Electric types.
"First Fula City and now this! Can't I just have a vacation without some rampaging Pokemon screwing it up?!" A random tourist groaned out as he fled alongside his family.
Ash and Lillie's Pokemon landed allowing the three trainers to disembark as they reached for their Pokeballs. Ash decided to start off with Pikachu seeing as how he was the strongest Pokemon.
"Alright Pikachu, use Volt Tackle!"
"Pipi!" Pikachu rushed forward as electricity coated his body, the electrical mouse aimed to slam into one of the Xurkitree only for him to reach out and ensnare him in it's electrical plug-shaped tentacles! Pikachu let out a painful cry as the Xurkitree started draining him of his electricity, Xurkitree let out a pleased sounding groan as if he was enjoying a delicious meal!
"Mega Punch!" Lillie cried out as she threw forth a ball, releasing a Wigglytuff that pulled back it's arm before delivering said Xurkitree a powerful blow that caused it to cry out before releasing Pikachu from it's grasp! Wigglytuff then proceeded to hoist Pikachu into it's arms before racing towards Ash and dropping Pikachu in front of him. Marnie's Grimmsnarl rushed forward and began attacking Xurkitree with an immense amount of force as it utilized Spirit Break! The Ultra Beast let out a cry before delivering a powerful shock that immediately decommissioned Grimmsnarl as he fell face first against the ground in defeat!
"Grimmsnarl!" Marnie called out.
Ash gritted his teeth as he gave the two Beasts a glare before reaching for a Pokeball and feeling quite thankful that this Pokemon just happened to be with him today. "Latias let's show off our bond with Mega Evolution!" He called out while activating his Mega Ring as Latias burst out. Latias let out a cry of delight upon seeing her master again before the pink glow surrounded her body, transforming her into Mega Latias once more! Her eyes landed upon the Ultra Beasts once the light faded, focusing her gaze on them for the first time.
"Those are some strange looking Pokemon, master Ash!" Ash sweated as Latias refused to simply refer to him as just Ash. "The power radiating off them is quite scary!"
"Don't worry about that Latias, I want you to ram into both of them with Zen Headbutt!" Latias flashed her trainer a smirk and delightfully nodded her head as a pink glow surrounded her head. She blasted off in a bright pink and red blue as the Mega Pokemon bashed her head against one Xurkitree and caused it to ram against the other as she carried it across the sky! Both Xurkitree cried out before appearing visibly outraged by this as electricity out of their tentacles started blasting wildly out of their electrical plugs! Marnie was quick to dive out of the way of an incoming blast and Charizard flew to protect his trainer from an incoming one, uttering out a grunt as he took the attack before firing off an enraged Flamethrower at the two Ultra Beasts without waiting for a command from Ash! Lillie winded up tripping as she attempted to avoid an electrical current, the blast continued flying straight towards her and Ash was quick to react by diving in the way and shielding his friend from the attack, uttering out a loud groan as electricity surged through his body. He'd spent years taking Pikachu's electrical blasts whenever he upset or made his buddy frustrated so he thought he'd be able to handle it... but he was wrong. Ash slumped over unconscious from the electricity and the last words he could hear were the concerned cries of Marnie, Lillie, Charizard and Latias crying out for him!
"Ugh, where am I?" Ash awoke and found himself in an infirmary hours later, discovering all of his friends along with Charizard and Latias were present as they all let out a relieved shout upon him waking up.
"Ash!"
Charizard, Latias and Pikachu all rushed forward and hugged him causing Ash to let out a pained grunt before giving them a push. "O-Ow... W-What happened? What happened to the Xurkitree?!"
"It's okay, Ash. Gladion showed up not long after you were knocked out and Silvally made swift work of the Ultra Beasts! He and Zach handed over the Beasts to miss Lusamine and she transported them back home!" Sophocles explained.
"We're glad you're okay, you had us worried for awhile!" Lana exclaimed.
"That was both brave and very stupid of you," Marnie shook her head before giving Ash a warm smile. "At least you're okay!"
"So it's all over? Nobody got hurt?" Ash quickly glanced around the room and spotted every Ultra Guardian was accounted for. "That's good..." He breathed out, leaning back against the bed before Lusamine and Wicke entered the room.
"It's far from over," Wicke addressed as she looked at her clipboard. "Before today the last Ultra Space portal that opened was the Guzzlord incident at the Alola League, something has to be going on."
"And whatever is happening, no doubt it's not the cause of anything good. Ash I hate to ask this of you but we need all our Ultra Guardians for this, can you stay for awhile until we resolve the situation?" Lusamine asked.
Ash didn't mind too much as he loved Alola and having a small break from his World Championship stuff wouldn't hurt too much. Saving people and Pokemon was far more important anyways, he cast his traveling group a brief glance as most of them nodded while Zach gave a thumbs up, it appeared they were all okay with that as well. "Don't you worry, I'll stay and help you deal with whatever's going on, I promise!"
Hours prior to the portals opening up a Cosmog appeared out of a smaller portal that would easily go unnoticed by the Aether Foundation's sensors. The Cosmog cast a confused glance around before floating around the forested road of Akala Island with a curious look.
"Well well, what do we have here?"
"Pew?" The Cosmog looked up as two human figures stood before it.
"I've never seen nothin' like this!"
"Huh, seems like our luck is finally turning around. A rare Pokemon practically dropped right in front of us!"
"Let's get it before it escapes, go Beartic!" The large polar bear Pokemon burst out in front of Cosmog and let out a loud roar as it towered over him. Cosmog let out a shriek of terror, accidentally opening up a portal to a vast jungle world as a large mosquito Pokemon began stepping out behind the two men who were so entranced by the cosmic cloud they didn't even sense it's presence. Cosmog teleported away and reappeared about twenty feet away, the two figures gave chase while the cosmic cloud Pokemon continued teleporting away until they arrived in Heahea City! The Pokemon appeared in an alley way and glanced around before sighing from relief as it appeared to have lost the two only to let out a loud shriek that echoed loudly through the alley, a look of sheer terror as one of the men had dived down from the building above like a complete idiot and pinned it down!
"I got it, I got it!"
"Well done Cletus, mom will be so proud of us-Cletus look out!" Leroy shouted out as electrical plugs appeared out of a large portal that just opened up, Cletus looked up with a confused expression before going wide eyed and dropping Cosmog from shock as the Ultra Beast floated towards him, Cosmog teleported safely out of there while Cletus foolishly attempted to punch the creature before getting a heavy dose of electricity sent through his body!
"Cletus! Look whoever you are, you just made yourself Beartic chow!" Leroy leaped down and faceplanted right into a nearby dumpster. Beartic leaped down and roared intimidatingly at the Xurkitree before another flew from behind him and shocked him! The polar bear collapsed right on the spot while the two Ultra Beasts flew out of the alley and began reigning chaos upon the town.
Presently two humanoid figures appeared from a small portal, spacesuits covered their bodies and prevented any view of the bodies beneath. Though the tall one spoke with a male voice.
"Cosmog is nowhere is sight, some foolish human probably grabbed it." The male spat in disgust.
"Don't worry Dulse, we'll find it!" The shorter one spoke with a cheerful female tone.
"I hope so cause it's the key to freeing our home." Dulse spoke with a worried and anxious tone.
Ash exited Aether Paradise alongside the others, slowing his steps to walk alongside Gladion. "Good thing you came along when you did, you probably saved our bacon."
"Like I was going to let my sister fry, thanks for saving her by the way." Gladion spoke with his hands in his pockets as he walked along. "We never did find our father but I want to make sure that our family doesn't lose anyone else!"
"Well I hate to say it but if he's been in Ultra Space that long he's either dead or insane by now." Marnie spoke with a regretful tone. "You shouldn't really get your hopes up."
Gladion let out a sigh. "You're right, I was the one to suggest calling off the search. Despite not wanting to do so, our time is better spent protecting the people and Pokemon still here."
Ash pet his friend's shoulder with a supportive smile. "Well if you ever do happen to find him I'll still help you where I can!"
"Thanks Ash, you're a good friend to our family..." Gladion lightly smiled before separating as he walked off to be on his lonesome once more with Chloe staring after him as he left.
"MOR!" Morpeko suddenly activated his hungry form and raced on ahead as he spotted Zach buying Cinderace some sweets from a nearby food stall.
"Morpeko hold up!" Marnie called out as he quickly gave chase, leaving Ash behind with only Lillie standing nearby as everyone else was already ahead of them.
"T-Thank you for saving me," Lillie suddenly spoke up as she rubbed her arm, a nervous look on her face as she looked at her feet, her cheeks were burning bright red as she spoke.
"Don't worry about it Lillie, I'll always rescue my friends no matter what! You all mean something to me and I'd never let any of you get hurt if I can avoid it!"
Lillie's face burned brighter as she cast a quick glance around to make sure that nobody was watching before she reached out for his sides, getting a good grip on him as she turned him around to face her before placing her lips directly against his own! Pikachu's jaw dropped as he stared at up at his trainer while Lillie kissed him.
So yeah a new Cosmog is around and Dulse/Zossie, two of my favorite gen 7 characters, are coming after it while Team Rocket is also hunting it down although less successfully and unaware of it's true power. Ash will be in Alola for awhile as they try to work out the Ultra Space situation.
Oh yeah and Lillie revealed she likes Ash!
