Toa Solaric: I don't own Pokemon as they belong to Nintendo. Welcome back to another chapter of Pokemon Sun and Moon: Michael's Journey. I hope that many like the previous chapter as I planned something different for this chapter to deviate differently from the series.
Pokemon Sun and Moon: Michael's Journey
Ch8: Meeting Siblings from Kalos!
"You got to be kidding me… where did you get that pokemon?"
"No way…"
Those are the voices belong to Mamane and Michael as they look at Mizuki's new pokemon. Mizuki told them that she got a new pokemon thanks to her mom. This made everyone in the class curious about what it could be before Mizuki released it. It a pokemon that not everyone can get so easily.
"Everyone, meet Porygon. Porygon, these are my friends." Mizuki said to the virtual pokemon who is currently observing the classroom with stoic expression.
"How did your mom get something like a Porygon?" Lillie asked curious and awe. She did research on Porygon before and known that they are hard to come by in the wild.
"She won it from the Game Corner in Celadon." Mizuki explains.
"Your mom must have a serious luck," Michael muttered in a surprised tone when looking at the virtual pokemon.
Back in his world, he hears about the Game Corner from sailors and that Porygon was the most expensive pokemon to win. Not to mention that Game Corner was once under control by the sinister organization Team Rocket in Kanto.
Kiawe went toward Porygon and curious waves his hand in front of the pokemon. But there were no reaction or blinking.
"This is one strange pokemon…" The Fire type user muttered.
"Porygon is different from normal pokemon since it manmade from SilphCo." Mamane explains. "But I never imagine that I will see one this soon."
Soon the Porygon turns around before approaching something on one of the student's table. And that is Mamane's laptop.
The Virtual pokemon looks at the object with stoic expression before poking the device.
"Huh…? What are you—" Before Mamane can finished, Porygon suddenly got suck straight into Mamane's laptop. "AAAAHH!"
"Porygon!?" Mizuki gasped in shock of the disappearance of her new pokemon. "Where are you?"
"What just happened?" Suiren asked, shocked at what happened.
Mamane soon went to his laptop as he checked to see what the virtual pokemon did. "Whoa… It seem that your Porygon is exploring the internet." He said, surprised.
Soon everyone gathered around Mamane's table and seeing Porygon flying freely around inside Mamane's laptop.
"It seem to be enjoying to be on the internet." Lillie said.
"It make sense that Porygon is made out of digital codes." Michael stated plainly before looking at RotomDex. "Rotom, what moves does Porygon known exactly?" he asked, curious about Porygon's strength.
"Porygon only knowns Lock-On, Zap Cannon, and Conversion." RotomDex said.
"Whoa… Lock-On and Zap Cannon are deadly combo." Mamane comment in awe after hearing the move sets.
Michael knows what Conversion do since it move belong to Porygon and Porygon2 line.
Mizuki sighed. "Yeah, I know… it will be even difficult to evolve Porygon without an Up-Grade disk. I don't know where to find one." She said.
"Not to mention a Dubious Disk to get to Porygon Z." RotomDex added with a picture of Porygon Z.
"Then I will find an Up-Grade Disk for you." Michael said to Mizuki. He is surprises that Porygon2 has another evolution, then again he come from a region with lack of knowledge on other pokemons from other regions.
"Thank you, Michael…" Mizuki said. Though she don't know how Michael is going to get one, but she is grateful to her friend.
"Though how am I going to get Porygon out of Mamane's computer?" she asked to others.
This made everyone looks back at each other as they don't know how to get Porygon out of the laptop.
"Hmm… maybe you can call on it first?" Lillie suggested. "After all, Porygon is still your pokemon."
It was around lunch time in the Pokemon School as everyone eating their lunches. But not just everyone seem to be enjoying the food.
(Pokemon Speech On!)
Velvet looks up from her meal as she stares at the new pokemon who joins the class, Porygon. The virtual pokemon seem to stare quietly at everyone who eating their foods.
"What is wrong, Velvet?" Bulbasaur asked.
"It's Porygon. It not eating Mizuki's foods." Velvet said, curious. Bulbasaur did notice that Mizuki's new pokemon seem to be not interested in the food and keep stares ate everyone with stoically expression.
"Porygon normally don't need foods consider that they are man-made." Espeon explains to Velvet's inquired about the new pokemon. But this made Velvet looks confused at the term 'man-made'.
"What does it mean of man-made?" Velvet asked to the lavender feline.
"It mean they aren't born as the same way as normal pokemon." Espeon said.
"You mean… Porygon is not born from egg?" The young eevee asked.
"Exactly." Espeon said.
"It seem you are inquired about my existence…" They turns around and seeing Porygon look at them with stoically expression.
"Yes, we are." Bulbasaur said as he studied Porygon curiously. "Though we are original curious if you can eat anything." He explains.
"I can if my trainer insist… but this place seem to be full of life with pokemons and humans chatting in warm atmosphere." Porygon said.
"I see. Do you have any goals or dreams?" Bulbasaur asked, curious.
"I want emotions." The virtual pokemon answers.
"Emotions?" This made the pokemons look surprised at Porygon.
Espeon looks at Porygon. "I see. That certain explains some stuffs I wasn't aware. When Porygon were built, you don't have any emotions in you?" he inquired.
"Yes. I was always locked in glass box for those humans' game in the Game Corner, but can't never get out like those real pokemon... not being able to enjoy life or feeling any emotions in me." Porygon said.
"But you got out because of Mizuki's mom, right? Won't that make you happy?" Bulbasaur asked. He knows that she treated pokemon kindly.
"I don't know. Though she seem nice, but I still cannot feel anything. I am not sure how am I be any used to my trainer if I can't felt any emotions?" Porygon said, shaking its head.
"Maybe you need friends to help you find your emotions." Espeon said. That might be one factor, but Espeon think that Porygon need to evolve to develop emotions since he recall Porygon2 have emotions. Though he doesn't know what Porygon Z be like.
"What are friends?" The virtual pokemon asked, curious. "Do they decide everything for you?"
"Friends are people who help you and those help you." Velvet said. "If you like, we can be your friend." She offered due to both of their trainers being friends.
"I want be friend too!" Popplio injected into the conversation.
Porygon looks strange at the pokemons in front of them and the strange interaction they shown.
After school, Michael was seeing walking to the city with his egg in his arms. Though he think about searching for trainers to battle, but he needs to look after the egg first and visit Nurse Joy in the Pokemon Center for a check-up on the egg.
But he wasn't the only one who is going there as few of his classmates decide to accompany him.
Lillie seem to have a similar idea as Michael like visiting Nurse Joy to check on the condition of her egg and that Michael accompany her made the trip a bit more safer.
Mizuki tag along with Michael into the city and getting along with Porygon, though she kept it hidden in the pokeball to prevent unwanted eyes due to Porygon being really rare and those wanted to take it. Until she learn how to raises Porygon careful, she might let it out more.
Suiren tag along with them than going straight to home. Not to mention she wants to try to get along with Michael a bit more. So far, it seem that she was able to get Michael being less hesitant around her, though he still not opened about his past except learning he is from an unknown region known as Orre and he has an younger sister.
"…You should try to learn how to keep your composition in check, you can't always let your family teasing you too much." Not to mention that Michael was the first guy even says that to her. Suiren soon watches Michael adjust with his egg.
"What is it?" Michael asked, caught her stares, making Suiren blushed. The blue haired girl can't believe she let herself get caught.
"Sorry… Michael." Suiren apologized.
"But why are you keep staring at me?" The redhead questioned, stoic.
"Michael…who was your first pokemon?" Suiren asked. She is curious about who exactly was Michael's first pokemon and can figure out his personality.
Michael let out a sighed. "You already know him since the first day." Though this seem fine to talk about since it not about himself.
"Wait… you are saying that Espeon is your Starter?" Lillie asked, surprised. She originally thought Michael's starter will be one of the trios from different regions. Beside it rare of getting an Eevee as a starter pokemon.
"That is right. Though not everyone can get the common starter of grass, water, and fire." Michael pointed out.
"I thought that Espeon might be your first pokemon and it looks like I am right." Mizuki said smiled. She notices that Michael have a strong confidant in Espeon and have a suspicious.
"Hey, give that pokemon over." A voice said as this caught the attention of Michael and his classmates.
Once again, they saw the members of the Team Skull. It seem that they are targeting a young girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes. Her pokemon resembled Pikachu, but much smaller, and was primarily orange, with a few hints of brown and a pale yellow belly. Its tail was long with a star shaped end and it had two red circle on its cheeks, just like Pikachu, with whiskers coming off of them.
"That is a Dedenne. An Electric and Fairy Type, but I only heard they are from Kalos." Lillie recognized.
"I won't give you my Dedenne, you big bullies!" The young girl stated serious.
That girl looks familiar… but where did I seen her? Mizuki thought confused.
"Then that will be a serious problem yo. Yungoos, come out!" The member of Team Skull said before throw four pokeballs and released the same pokemon.
But before the rest of Team Skull members can do the same, the member and his Yungoos got frozen in solid ice, making them and the young girl look shocked.
"W-What just happened?" The young girl asked.
"You seriously of thinking of picking on a young girl, you ill-educated adults?" Michael injected while standing with his Milotic who shows hostile expression.
"You think that you can take on the rest of us after that stun!?" Team Skull members taunted before getting out their pokeballs.
"I get better idea, how about living in frozen prison? Milotic!" Michael commands as the water type pokemon soon let out another powerful ice beam and frozen the members of Team Skull entirely.
"Whoa… no mercy." Mizuki comment in amazed.
"Your Milotic is really powerful!" The young girl said before approached them.
"Dedee!" Her pokemon said, impressed.
"It not a problem." Michael said before returned Milotic back to the pokeball.
"Ah! You are raising a pokemon egg." The young girl said excited, noticing the egg. "Do you know what is inside?" she asked.
Before Michael can response, they heard another voice and it belonged to a tired young man with blonde hair and glasses, in a blue jumpsuit and backpack.
"Hey big brother!" The young girl greeted. "It take you long enough to get here."
"Bonnie! I told you not to run off like that…" The young man said, breathing heavily hard from the running.
This guy looks familiar… Michael thought to himself.
"There were these guys wearing weird black clothes and bad grammars, but he save me and Dedenne from trouble." The girl who now known as Bonnie explains to her brother.
The blonde hair teen with glass looks at Michael with grateful expression. "I see. Thank you for helping my sister."
"It not a problem." Michael shrugged. "But you guys don't look like you are from around here…" he noted.
"Yeah. This is our first time coming here for vacation. My name is Clemont and this is my sister Bonnie." The young man introduced.
This soon made Mizuki's eyes went wide after hearing the name. "No way…" She gasped. "Are you guys Bonnie and Clemont? Ash's companions in Kalos!?" she asked.
This made Michael, Lillie, and Suiren looks shocked back at the blonde hair siblings. They soon remembered them before and that is from Mizuki's video.
"No way…" Suiren said with surprised.
"Hey brother. It looks like we are famous here." Bonnie said.
"Y-Yeah, but do you think we can go to the Pokemon Center first?" Clemont said awkwardly.
"Oh, we are going there as well." Lillie added. "Why don't we go together?"
"Sure."
(Pokemon Center)
Michael and his classmates are sitting with Clemont and his sister in the diner area of the pokemon Center after Clemont give his pokeballs, Michael and Lillie entrust eggs for checkup by Nurse Joy. Though for the students of Pokemon School, this is one of their rarest day that they even have. Who would thought they will end up meeting companions of Ash Ketchum from Kalos.
"I see… so you guys go to school where students and pokemon learned together." Clemont said surprised after learning that things in Alola is a bit different.
"And I am the great RotomDex!" RotomDex said.
Soon Clemont's glasses start to shined when seeing RotomDex. "Wow… what an intriguing mode! Do you mind if I take you apart to see your internal parts?" he requested excited as a child on Christmas present.
This made RotomDex startled as this reminds him of Mamane and hide behind Michael in the process. And behind Michael was the safest place he knew about.
"We don't really have a Pokemon league, instead we have Island Trials and Michael is prepared to take on them." Lillie explains about Z-Moves to them. They learned that the blonde hair siblings from Kalos happened to be taking on vacation to Alola after their father won tickets for them.
"So do you all have pokemons?" Bonnie asked.
"Almost everyone except for Lillie who still have a phobia around pokemons." Michael informed... tough her Egg can be classified as a Pokemon technically is still an Egg.
"Y-You have phobia of pokemon?" Clemont asked surprised to Lillie since such a phobia was truly rare.
"Y-Yes… though I studied hard at Pokemon School so I can overcome it." Lillie explains.
"Hey! Can I see what other pokemons you have beside your Milotic?" Bonnie requested to the students.
"I guess that it fine." Michael said before released his pokemons than Milotic into the room. Mizuki and Suiren toss out their pokeballs.
Suddenly appeared out of the pokeballs is Espeon, Velvet, Bulbasaur, Popplio, and Porygon. Mizuki take out Rowlet who still sleeping from her backpack.
Bonnie soon approached the pokemons as she is familiar with some. She patting Espeon, Velvet, and Bulbasaur. But Popplio and Rowlet caught her attention as she doesn't recognized. "So these are Alola Pokemons?" she asked.
"Yes." Suiren answers.
"Alola Pokemon are so adorable…!" Bonnie said, hugging Popplio and Rowlet at the same time. Though this startled both of them by the young girl's surprised hug.
"Be careful, Bonnie." Mizuki said before takes Rowlet back into her arms. "Rowlet have very strong grip and he might accident scratch you."
Dedenne soon approached the other pokemons before greeting them, "Dedenne!"
"Whoa… is that a Porygon?" Clemont said, adjusting his glasses to the virtual pokemon. "I never seen one before."
"I just got it before and still hadn't train it yet." Mizuki said, petting Porygon's head.
"I must say Michael, I am surprised that you have an Espeon. Since they take times to raise and care." Clemont said before looking at Espeon and Velvet. "Though what are you evolved the other Eevee?"
"An Umbreon." Michael answers.
Bonnie then approached Lillie who seem to be a bit uncomfortable around other pokemons. "Hey Lillie, I think that you are really pretty." She said.
This made Lillie a bit surprised to hearing from a 7 year old girl. "Umm… Thank you?" she said before the unexpected thing happens.
Bonnie got on one knee and asked, "Will you please marry my brother one day?"
Those words flew right into Lillie's ears, caused her to widen her eyes in shock and turns white, "W-W-W-WHAAAT!?" she screeched.
Michael and the pokemons blinks while Mizuki and Suiren look bewildered when hearing what Bonnie says.
"D-Did she just ask Lillie…" Mizuki uttered in disbelief.
"To married her brother?" Suiren finished with same expression.
"Is that a proposal?!" RotomDex gasped in shock.
"I-Isn't it too early of thinking about marriage?" Lillie asked.
"Bonnie, why are you doing this again!?" Clemont gasped in shock. He thought Bonnie will stop doing it, but it turns out that she might thinking of finding someone in Alola!
"Come on, big bro. Lillie is pretty and smart. And I am sure you can helped her to overcome her fear around pokemon! I am sure that she will be a great bride for you!" Bonnie said. But unknown to her, this made the poor girl to blushed hard in embarrassment and used her sunhat to covered her face.
"BONNIE! I told you to stop doing that a million times!" Clemont said as a robotic arm came out of his backpack and lifted her away from Lillie.
"I'm really sorry. She just does that a lot of people in Kalos, just ignore what she said." Clemont said to Lillie.
"I-It's fine… Though I might refusal, Bonnie." Lillie said awkwardly. Though she is still felt really awkwardly by Bonnie's proposal for her own brother.
Michael looks at the interaction between Clemont and his younger sister. It can't help make him wonder if his relationship with his own sister be different if they live in somewhere nice as Kalos.
"But please think about it, Lillie!" Bonnie said with big smile.
"Bonnie!" Clemont shout in embarrassment.
(She is so bold…) Espeon comment in awe. This made Velvet and Bulbasaur sweatdropped at the way Espeon reacted.
"Well... I guess you find a lot of people in the world." Said Michael as he watched a bit amused how the pair of siblings acted.
"So what is it like in Kalos?" Suiren asked to the blonde hair siblings. Though she read books on it, but she want to hearing from those who actually live there.
Bonnie was the one who answers her question. "There are a lot of amazing things you can see and pokemons and people you can meet! But I can't wait to see what is here in Alola and I can't wait to tell Ash about the experience when we see him again." she said.
"How is he doing anyway? I mean your friend." Michael asked. Though he read on the internet that Ash is going back to Kanto in preparing his pokemons to face the Elite Four in Kalos, but he is curious about his current activity.
"Oh, he is back in Kanto training with his pokemons to prepare against the Kalos Elite Four. Our friend Serena choose to stays in Kanto with Ash until he finished training with his pokemon before faced the Elite Fours." Clemont said.
"I see…" Lillie said.
"So it true, then… she really like him." Michael muttered plainly.
"Eh!? How do you know that?" Clemont asked, surprised. He and Bonnie never mention anything about Serena like Ash. Even the girls sitting beside him look surprised.
"Oh. It just that I see the clip for the Kalos Finale and seeing how she hugged Ash different from what I seen from most people. No doubt she accompany him back to Kanto, not just out of simple friendship," Michael explains, still made his friends look shocked at his deduction. "Am I right?"
"Yeah, but Ash is really dense…" Bonnie said.
"I-I am surprised you are that good at reading that from the clip is astonished…" Clemont admit amazed at Michael's observation.
"Michael also wants to fight Ash someday." Lillie revealed to the blonde siblings. Michael rolled his eyes to the side. He didn't want Lillie revealed to Ash's companions about his desire of fighting him.
"Really?!" Clemont asked, looking surprised at the redhead.
"Though I am not ready yet..." Michael said. Not to mention he still wants to be sure if Ash can truly be the one who can bring joys of Pokemon battle back into him or not…
"So how powerful are these Z-moves? Are they strong as Mega Evolution?" Bonnie asked.
"There is no one in school can used Mega Evolution… To be sure." Michael said. "Though I am interested in understand how Mega Evolution works." He said.
"I see that you have a Bulbasaur, which means you want to evolve him into a Mega Venusaur?" Clemont asked. Michael nodded.
"Bulb!" Bulbasaur said in affirmation tone.
"Well, I am interested in studied them since I got this one." Clemont said before taking out a stone from his pocket.
"—That is a Mega Stone!" Lillie gasped in shock. This is her first time of seeing one for real!
"Really?" Suiren and Mizuki gasped in shock.
"But which one is it for?" Michael asked.
"It is an Ampharosite." Clemont answered.
"Then it will be for Ampharos. The Light Pokemon." RotomDex said before showing the picture of Ampharos on his screen.
"Once Ampharos Mega evolved… he will have the dual types of Electric and Dragon." Clemont revealed.
"So Ampharos can Mega Evolution…?" Michael said slight shock.
(Ampharos… she will be speechless to learn that her kin can evolved beyond... She would be happier to do it with you.) Espeon muttered to Michael who mentally agreed about their fallen teammate. To think that one of their comrades would have potential reach high level, it made Michael felt guilt about his irresponsibility as her trainer and never seen her again.
Suiren notices that Michael's fist clenched tight when looking at the Ampharosite with awe... and sadness?
"Our dad lend his Ampharos to big brother to help with his study." Bonnie explains.
"Does it mean you have a keystone as well?" Mizuki asked.
"Not yet… though I am planned on visit Korrina and her grandfather. Korrina is the fighting type gym leader in Kalos and her grandfather is the one who know how to make Keystones." Clemont explains as Michael taking in the details from him.
'I see... so they are the ones who I have to see if I even make it to Kalos. No doubt they know more about Mega evolutions. I need to know if Mega Evolution is truly the light over the Shadow Pokemon researched…' Michael thought to himself.
"Is this Korrina person strong?" Michael asked curious. Bonnie nodded to the redhead.
"Yes, and her partner is Lucario who can Mega evolved." She added.
"But how do you find Mega stones?" Michael asked.
"They are really hard to find. Though the pokemon of their stones would sense their presence more than anyone else. I heard that in other regions, but I am not sure if it possible to find them in Alola." Clemont answers.
"I see…" Michael muttered.
Soon they heard Nurse Joy made an announcement with their names as Michael, Lillie, and Clemont went to the main table in picking up their respective stuffs.
"Anyway, I remembered that we supposed to be heading to the hotel to check on our room. It best that we get there soon." Clemont said to them.
"I hope that we will see you guys again." Bonnie said with Dedenne climbed onto her shoulder.
"Be aware around of Team Skull." Michael added. "They sometime come in group." Though he hadn't figure out who is the leader and admin consider the rest of the Team Skull are nothing but cannon-fodder.
"Thanks." Clemont said.
"We will see you tomorrow!" Bonnie said, waving her hand.
The girls waved while Michael looking at the two siblings from Kalos leaving the Pokemon Center.
"Hey Michael, what do you think of Bonnie?" Mizuki asked.
"She is very eccentric about getting her brother a bride. Though it hard to believe this girl is one of Ash's companions in Kalos…" Michael said.
"This is quite normal for those who traveled with Ash. I heard from that Ash once travel with the former Pewter Gym Leader Brock and he flirt with every women he seen." Mizuki said, making Michael blinks in surprised.
"Hey Michael, do you think that we can help train with Porygon?" Mizuki injected between the two.
This made Michael looks at Mizuki. "Very well. Though I will warn you that just because Porygon knows one deadly move, doesn't mean it a powerful pokemon yet." Michael said stern.
After spending time with Michael, Mizuki start feeling unafraid of the seriousness show on Michael's face and nodded. Though it might be painful for Porygon at first, but the virtual pokemon will be used to it eventually.
"Okay!" Mizuki said.
Soon Michael and the girls left the Pokemon Center after finished their business there. But they didn't notice few people are talking together nearby.
"Hey did you read the news about the rampage Dragonite near the Beach of Melemele Island?" The first person said to his friend.
"Yeah, I did. It rare to hear such pokemon being on the Island and it supposed to be really powerful and aggressive. But the Aether Foundation send helps in subdued that Dragonite before it can harm anyone else and take it away."
"Oh man, I wished I can catch that Dragonite… what a powerful house it could be on my team."
After arrived into the hotel, Clemont and Bonnie soon settle down in their new room which have two large beds.
"This is so nice…" Bonnie said as she and Dedenne laying on the bed relaxing, "Don't you think so, big brother? Dedenne?" she asked.
"Dedee…"
"I have to agree, Bonnie. The travel on the plane was longer than I expected." Clemont said as he experienced the bed for himself.
"Wished that Ash and Serena were here to enjoy this." Bonnie mused. "I bet Ash will be excited to see many pokemons."
"Especially those Alola form of Kanto Pokemon. I wonder if Kalos Pokemon experienced any changes here while staying in Alola," Clemont said.
"So what did you think of Lillie and others?" Bonnie asked.
"They seem to be nice. Though Michael is a little be cold despite raising an Espeon. But you shouldn't pressure Lillie in the first place." Clemont said slight strict to his younger sister.
This made Bonnie have a pout expression. "But Lillie is pretty, but not to mention other girls in Alola... What will happened when I leave on my own journey and who will be taking care of you especially feed you?" she asked.
"Then I will built a robot to do cooking for me." Clemont said. After building a Clembot, he certainly that he can build another one but specialty for cooking!
"But everything else you built will end up exploded." Bonnie reminded, making her brother twitching at the fault of his inventions.
(Next day- Pokemon School)
"No way…! One of the greatest engineers of Kalos is here in Alola!?" Mamane gasped in shock after hearing Mizuki's story when it around lunch time.
"Yeah, apparently he and his sister happens to be on vacation." Mizuki said, notices stars glowing in Mamane's eyes.
"It hard to believe we have a Gym leader from Kalos being here…" Kiawe said, rubbing his chin. "How strong is a Gym leader?" he wondered.
"I still find it hard to believe when you mention that his sister proposal to Lillie for him…" Mao said suspicious expression.
"Trust me, Mao. She remind me of my sisters…" Suiren said.
Soon the unexpected thing happens…
"So this is where you guys are!" A familiar voice said as everyone turn around and see a small blonde haired girl at the entrance of their class. Bonnie.
"Bonnie…?" Mizuki asked in surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"Hi everyone!" Bonnie said, waving her hand.
When Lillie saw Bonnie, she soon picks up her egg and ran to one place she believes to be safe… that is behind Michael's back. After what happens, she is not ready to deal with Bonnie's advancing proposal to her. But in front everyone.
"Bonnie, why did you have to run so fast!?" Clemont said who was not far from behind her.
"So you two decide to visit our class…" Michael said calm.
"This place is so big with many kids and pokemons. Though I preferred traveling and experienced things than just staying in one place to learn everything." Bonnie said.
"You are interesting one." Michael said, can't help smile at the young girl's thought.
"The purpose of the school is prepared everyone before going out in the world." Mao said.
Suddenly Bonnie have stars in her eyes when looking at Mao. "She is perfect…!" Bonnie said before she approached her and going on her one knee. "Will you please marry my brother one day?" she requested.
"W-W-W-What?!" The forest green haired girl stammered at the response. This caused everyone in the room looks speechless at Bonnie.
"I don't believe it. S-She really moved on from Lillie to Mao…" Mizuki uttered in disbelief. Even Suiren look speechless at the younger girl with bewildered expression.
Clemont immediately grew pale and yelled, "Bonnie! What are you doing?!"
"Since Lillie refused, I think that she can work and no doubt she will be more beautiful older. She's perfect for you! What do you say Miss Mao?" Bonnie asked.
"L-Listen… I don't know what is going on. I am not interested now-" Mao said, but Bonnie intervene.
"Then that is perfect!" Bonnie said as she tried to muster up cute Lillipup eyes. "Then you can have my brother in the future! Pwetty Please~!" she pleaded.
"Bonnie! I told you before that I don't need you find me a wife!" Clemont cried out in embarrassment again.
Lillie felt relief that Bonnie wasn't after her again… but could not help feel bad for Mao who is in the situation.
"You know I won't be surprised if your sister be like Bonnie someday when looking someone for you?" Mamane chuckled quiet to Kiawe.
"There is no way my own sister will do something like that to me." Kiawe said, scowl. But the idea of his sister being like Bonnie… somewhat disturbed him.
(Never imagined the cook who distrust us is caught in the most awkwardly situation…) Espeon mused mischief to his brother who watching the scene with amusement.
Michael have to admit that seeing Mao being Bonnie's next target seems quite refreshing. She always seem to be on his case when she is convinced he is suspicious, but it felt right to see her being in a situation Bonnie puts her in. It looks like things getting quite amazing in his class today.
It wasn't long until Clemont got his extend hand from his backpack and grabbed his sister away from a VERY flustered Mao. "I'm so sorry! Please ignore what she says!"
Unknown to the residents of the Melemele Island, there was a large ship with black and red colors. The one who looking at the screen was a large chubby man in red outfit with red tie and red boots. His hair happens to be red and has red goggles.
"When should we start the attack?"
"When we revealed ourselves and then activated the weapon. Then no one will stops us from reaching our goal." The chubby redhead man said as this made the shadow figures behind him smirk.
"Then we will take the legendary guardian of this island before the next one."
"It will be the other three pokemons onto other island next. With their power, we will exact our revenge and fulfill our former leader's dream."
He then looks at the keyboards before pressing some buttons while the submarine continued move closer to Melemele Island. "Alola will be the first step for the Neo Team Flare… in accomplishing his dream," he said.
"This is quite an impressive laptop you made, Mamane." Clemont said after looking at Mamane's hand-made laptop.
"Thanks! I am quite impressive with extra arm you built in your backpack!" Mamane said to Clemont.
Things went quite interesting when Clemont and his sister Bonnie visit the class during their lunchbreak. The siblings seem to be fascinating with the new pokemons find in the Alola region. Mamane is excited of interaction with Clemont especially about the invention and Mamane giving him some advices about what he could do to make his invention not blow up. Though Michael would want to join on the conversation between Clemont and Mamane, but he decide it might be bad idea due to have nothing worth to show them.
The Alola natives are curious about what is the life of Gym leader was like as they confront Clemont about it as the natives of Alola are not familiar with the Gym battle settling in other regions.
Bonnie is still not giving up on Mao with her offer… this made the poor forest green haired girl flustered and stutter when the young girl brought up the offer. Suiren tries to talk some sense into Bonnie, but Bonnie with a teasing grin.
"Then will you takes her place and being my brother's bride someday?" Bonnie asked. This time it Suiren's turn to turned redden and speechless.
"W-What!? Bride!?" Suiren exclaimed.
"Bonnie! Now you are after Suiren!?" Clemont exclaimed in shock.
Lillie would want to help Suiren, but she is afraid that Bonnie will set her eyes on her again and she isn't sure how she will handle it. So she settle down and talking to Michael and Mizuki quiet while this going on.
Thankfully, Clemont make sure his sister made her apologized to Mao and Suiren while they still flustered.
"That was so embarrassing…" Clemont sighed after what happens. He then see Kiawe approaching him with a serious expression.
"Hey Clemont, I wish to challenge you to on a one-on-one pokemon battle." Kiawe said. "I wish to see the strength of a Kalos Gym Leader."
"Sure. There is a pokemon I am going to bond with and this battle might be a good idea for it." Clemont answered with a smile.
It wasn't long until they meet Professor Kukui on the way as the Professor gladly join them to see the battle and being referee. Michael and others are sitting on the sideline as they waited for the battle to occur.
"Ampharos, this will be our first battle together." Clemont said before he throws the pokeball and materialized out of it was the Light Pokemon.
Michael can't help but feeling a bit nostalgic when seeing the yellow, bipedal Pokémon with a white belly. He can't think back to his own before the mistake occurs and let out a mental sigh. 'No, I can't let myself get caught up…'
"So that is Ampharos…" Mizuki said.
"Ampharos, the Light Pokémon and the final evolved form of Mareep. Because Ampharos's light can be seen from a great distance, people once used that light to communicate by sending signals back and forth." RotomDex said.
"Amp!" The Light Pokemon said, scanning his surroundings and notices Kiawe and Turotator.
"Turotnator," said Kiawe, "We are going to see the strength of the Gym leader. So let's give it all we have, okay?" Turotnator nodded in agreement before stepping into the battlefield.
Professor Kukui stepped forward. "This will be a one-on-one Pokemon Battle." Said Professor Kukui, "One side wins when the opposing side is unable to continue. Furthermore, Z-Moves will be allowed. Do both contestants agree to these conditions?" he asked.
"Agreed!"
Kukui smiled, then, raising a hand in a chopping motion, declaring, "Then let the battle begin!"
"Turotnator, Flamethrower!" Kiawe shout. Turotnator breathed out a long steam of flame from his nose, sending it at the Light Pokemon.
"Ampharos, charged forward!" Clemont said.
"Amp!" The Light Pokemon running passed the flamethrower and ran around the Blast Turtle Pokemon.
"Wow. That Ampharos is fast." Mamane comment surprised.
"It looks like Turotnator couldn't keep up with Ampharos's speed due to being bulk and not to mention his shell is a weapon for a close range attack." Clemont said, making Kiawe looks surprised at his deduction.
"Ampharos, used Confused Ray up close! Then followed up with Thunder Punch!" The light pokemon fires hypnotic wave with the red gem on his forehead, making Turotnator looks confused immediately. Ampharos soon charged up his fist with electric and slammed it straight to Turtonator's chest, sending him skidding few feet back.
"Hooray Ampharos for the first hit!" Bonnie cheering with her Dedenne for the light pokemon.
"Turtonator!" Kiawe called out. Turtonator stood up slowly, shaking his head and then nodded to Kiawe after getting out of the confusion.
"I have to admit that you notices that from once glance of Turtonator. But it our turn." He said to the blonde hair engineer.
"Turtonator, Flamethrower!" Kiawe shout as Turtonator fired flamethrower once again and hits Ampharos.
"Ampharos!" Clemont cried out. Luckily for Clemont, Ampharos manages to get back up from the ground and shakes his head out of daze. "Ampharos, are you alright?" The light pokemon nodded.
"It doesn't look like Ampharos got hurt due to being Electric type." RotomDex observed.
"Ampharos, used Power Gem!" Clemont shout as this made Kiawe have serious expression. Ampharos let out a cried before summoned rocks at the Fire Turtle Pokemon.
"Turtonator, Dragon Tail to slammed them away from you!" Kiawe said as Turtonator's tail glow and slammed those rocks aside. "Now used Flamethrower once again!"
Those two aren't bad… Michael thought as he observed the battle.
"Get close to Turtonator." Clemont said as Ampharos dodged the flame and ran toward the Fire Turtle Pokemon. "Now Thunder Wave!"
"What!?" Kiawe exclaimed in shocked.
Ampharos points his tail at Turtonator and fired electric waves before Turtonator start to struggle to move due to status problem.
"No way! Ampharos paralysis Turtonator!" Mao said in shock of the fight.
"Ampharos, used your Dragon Pulse!" Clemont command before the Light Pokemon fired a close range dragon type attack at Turtonator.
This caused a huge smoke in the middle of the battlefield as everyone watching with anticipation. Is this over for Kiawe and his Turtonator? Soon the smoke faded away to revealed Turtonator who is still standing despite being paralysis, but Kiawe knows that Turtonator might not last much after the Dragon Pulse attack.
"Turtonator… we will be in trouble if we let this battle goes on. Let's focused our every energy into our Z-Move…." Kiawe said. Turtonator nodded.
"So you are going to used it despite his status?" Clemont asked.
"We aren't going down that easily, Clemont." Kiawe said serious before doing his poses as his Firium Z. "My full power, body, and soul!" Kiawe chants as he and Turotator doing the same poses. "My whole body burns like hot flames of Akala Mountains!"
Soon Kaki glowing with flame aura before the energy transferred into his pokemon. Turotator then focused the flame into a giant large orb. This made Clemont and Ampharos look surprised at the unexpected attack.
"Inferno… Overdrive!" Kiawe shout as Turotator unleashed the massive blast. The blast send direct to Ampharos and the whole field exploded in the process.
"Ampharos!" Clemont cried out in shock.
It wasn't long until the smoke faded away as Ampharos appear on the floor unconscious with swirling in his eyes. Professor Kukui rush to the light pokemon and looks at the swirling in his eyes. "Ampharos was unable to battle. Turtonator is the winner, which means that the victory goes to Kiawe."
It wasn't long until Turtonator let out a loud sighed after Professor Kukui's announcement and collapsed on the ground tiredly.
Kiawe soon hurry to Turtonator's side. "That was a close one… Turtonator. You deserved a good rest." He said before returning him back to his pokeball.
"You did a good job even though it our first time battle, Ampharos." Clemont said to Ampharos before returned him back to his pokeball.
Clemont then looks at Kiawe. He still felt surprise when seeing what a Z-move does. If he somehow mastered Mega evolution... will it been possible for Ampharos to stay a bit longer in battle?
"You were great, Kiawe. Thank you for helping me train with Ampharos." Clemont said.
"You're welcome, Clemont." Kiawe said.
(Sometime later)
It wasn't long until school was over. Michael was seen accompanied with Mizuki, Clemont, and Bonnie as they going into the Pokemon Center.
"Hey Michael, there is something I wonder," Bonnie said to the stoic redhead. "Aren't you enjoying yourself when watching my brother and Kiawe fight or when fighting in pokemon battle?" she asked.
"Why does it matter?" Michael asked.
"It because trainers should be able to enjoy fighting with their pokemons. But you seem different from trainers I've seen back in Kalos." Bonnie said. This made Mizuki looks a bit surprised that Bonnie picks up during the fight.
"That is something I am curious about too. Lillie says that you want to fight against Ash, but I cannot understand why." Clemont said when looking at the redhead.
"I cannot feeling any joy from Pokemon Battles." Michael answered as this surprised the companions accompanied him.
"I heard from others about your Double fighting style… But why is it that you cannot felt joy?" Clemont asked while studied the redhead. But Michael remain silent before he felt a hand on his arm and looks at Mizuki with confused expression.
"To me, Pokemon Battle is always a mean to the end. To reach a personal goal, but when I fight. It never meant for joy. Not every battle meant to be peaceful or fun for me where I am from." Michael said stoic. "But when I saw Ash fought against Alain, I cannot help but being touched by the fight… I heard that he never made it to league champion before the Kalos league. I thought that he will end up quit after being stress about not being a Champion for six years, but he somehow did in the end… and smile with his pokemons. I wonder why couldn't I never have the feeling like that… Maybe some people aren't meant to."
Soon Clemont, Bonnie, and Mizuki cannot help but feel bad for Michael.
"I see… so you are living a situation that won't allow you have fun." Clemont said. He knows what Michael meant that not all Pokemon battles are fun, he still remembered the encounters with Team Flare grunts.
"I guess that is why you hope by fighting Ash, you will find your answer?" Mizuki asked.
"Pretty much… but where am I. I am nowhere close to his level." Michael said.
Before Bonnie could say something, something on the television changed immediately as this got everyone's attention.
"This is just in." The newswoman said on the screen, "It seems that the same people that orchestrated the Kalos Crisis- the notorious Team Flare- was sighted at the dock. Officer Jenny and other officers try to arrested them, but something stopping them in the track as if it something invisible." Then the woman on the screen shows police officers and their pokemon seem to be struggling for air by unknown threat.
"Team Flare!? But how?" Clemont gasped at the news.
"You mean the same ones who attacked after the Kalos League?!" Mizuki exclaimed with shock and disbelief. "I thought that they were gone when the leader Lysandre guy was die."
"Yeah. I thought they were gone…" Bonnie said with worried tone.
Soon Mizuki notices Michael went up to Nurse Joy and asks her to looking after his egg for some time before turning around for the front door.
"Michael, where are you going?" she asked before coming to his side.
"That is way too close. I am going to see what is going on." Michael said before heading out of the door, "You should get back home with Professor Kukui." He added before he starts down the street in a hurry.
Mizuki looks surprised at Michael who left in a hurry and possible to the location where Team Flare was sight.
What should she do? Should she listen to Michael's order and go back to Professor Kukui's place where is safe? But it will ends up leaving Michael alone against Team Flare, the very same people who nearly destroyed Kalos…
"Wait for me!" Mizuki said before ran after him.
After Michael get close to the scene, he felt something come at him. Espeon materialized out of his pokeball and set up a Protect to shield themselves from an invisible attack.
"Espeon, I take it that you sense something was there…?" Michael asked.
(Yeah. But it felt so unnatural and creepy at the same time.) Espeon said.
It proves that there is something unseen here. But the question is how they could fight against something they can't see?
(Michael, look out!) Espeon said before jumped to his partner and pushed him down to the ground when something was about to impale him went to the floor.
"Damn it. If only we can see what is attacking us…," Michael cursed grim at their situation.
(Michael, what about trying to use the Aura Reader?) Espeon asked. Michael looks at Espeon as if he was crazy.
You know that only used for… Michael thought.
(I know, but the Aura Reader is the only thing we have that can let us see the unnatural in the world.) Espeon pointed out serious.
Michael decide to trust his partner who never let him down before and takes out his Aura Reader, he always carried it on him. He soon placed it against his left ear before activated it.
Soon Michael can see the invisible vines that weren't there before and notices dark red glowing from them. It hard to believed such device that allow him to see shadow aura of Shadow Pokemon can give him such insight of these invisible vines. It truly sad that he couldn't tell Professor Krane and others about their Aura Reader was more incredible than it originally intention.
"I see… how interesting that these vines couldn't been seen by either human or pokemon." Michael observed before a serious expression form upon his face. He then looks at the struggling officers and their pokemons. "Espeon, you know what to do…" he said to his partner.
Espeon nodded before his eyes suddenly glowing before snapped every invisible vines around every police officers and pokemons with ease. Soon the pieces of the vines reappeared as they fall to the ground.
However, this seem attract attention in form of men in red jackets and pants with red sunglasses as they noticed the destruction of the vines.
Michael got the feeling that these are the grunts of Team Flare. Though they seem to have better fashion sense than Cipher grunts with their white armors.
"Hey brat, how did you do that!?" The red grunt demands.
"Those who are about to be crushed do not need to know my name." Michael stated coldly.
Espeon didn't need any command before firing up a Protect again to block the Dark Pulses. Espeon then leap into the air and slammed hard on the ground with Iron Tail, creating a huge crater that disrupted Team Flare and their pokemons' balance.
"Hyper Beam…" Michael said as his Psychic Starter fired the orange beam and struck them hard as they lie on the floor unconscious.
"Michael!" Michael turns around and seeing Mizuki with Bonnie and Clemont behind her.
"Those vines…" Clemont muttered before his eyes wide. "Wait… Those vines are like the ones that attacked after the Lumiose Conference!" Clemont said after examining the breaking vines.
"But they were somehow invisible when I got here…" Michael said.
"But how is it that you can only see them when everyone else couldn't?" Bonnie asked, confused.
"From what I can tell that the source of the vines is within that ship." Michael said.
"Then we need to shut it down and stop Team Flare." Clemont said serious. He especially don't want what happens in Lumiose be occur here in Melemele Island especially when this supposed to be his and Bonnie's vacation.
"Are you sure that you shouldn't be staying here with your sister to make sure she is safe?" Michael questioned with raising eyebrow.
"Michael, I think they have a point." Mizuki said, making him look at her. "What if there more vines here, but no one except you can see them?" she pointed out.
"Espeon, what do you think?" Michael asked.
(Just keep them close with us might be better. Clemont have some strong pokemon to protect himself and his sister.) Espeon said.
"I will stay out here where it safer…" RotomDex said before hiding behind bunch of wooden boxes.
"Then let's go." Michael finally said.
He, Mizuki, Clemont and Bonnie went aboard the ship. It wasn't long until they been notice by the Team Flare grunts with their pokemons mainly Dark or Poison types ready before launched their attacks. Michael and others ran to avoid the incoming attacks which weren't good at hitting them.
Michael and Clemont got out their respective pokeballs before throw them.
"Milotic, Hydro Pump!"
"Luxray, Discharge!"
Soon the two pokemon materialized out of their pokeballs as Milotic fired powerful blast of water at the Grunts and their pokemon. Then Luxray let out a roar before shooting flare of electricity especially at the ones who already been hit by Milotic's Hydro Pump.
Michael then told Milotic to freeze the grunts in solid ice before returned her back to her pokeball and then summon out Bulbasaur. The hallway will be too narrow for Milotic being able to move, but Michael will call her later if something bad happens to the ship.
"I don't know what can occur in there, but be on your guard." Clemont advice to Michael and Mizuki as the two nodded.
The same man from before in the ship looking at the security footage.
"This is unexpected…" The redhead scientist said with a frown.
But somehow the redhead boy is capable to detected the presence of the weapon when Officer Jenny and the officers couldn't, starting to destroying them in the process with his pokemon. Not only that, he also recognized Clemont from and still have bitter memory about his defeats.
But with his intelligent… Team Neo Flare will be rebuilt much faster… The man thought serious to himself.
Espeon and Luxray charged forward as they take down more vines with their claws as they made way for their trainers and others went through.
But they suddenly hear strange sound nearby before come into a large room with pokemon in what looks metallic cells.
"Holy Arceus… Did Team Flare kidnapped many pokemons from Kalos?" Mizuki asked with worried expression.
"It looks like it. We should try to find a way to set them free." Bonnie said with worried expression.
Michael seem to have an angry expression after seeing these pokemon being held prison. Kidnap pokemon from their home regions made Michael disgusted and gritting his teeths. Even in this world, he still see such activities except for the making of the Shadow Pokemon.
"These aren't simply break with a normal key… Luxray, try to short circuit them." Clemont suggested to his pokemon who nodded.
While others are trying to help break the cells, Michael noticed his Bulbasaur's attention focused on a chest on a nearby table.
"Bulba… Saur." Bulbasaur said in strange awe tone that Michael wasn't aware.
But the redhead know it must be doing something with the small chest on the table and decide to open it. His eyes went wide in surprise of seeing what inside the small chest. Michael literally have no idea that such things would be inside the chest.
"Well, at least this trip might be worth something. Don't you think so, Bulbasaur?" Michael said before looking at Bulbasaur who nodded in agreement.
Michael soon place the small chest into his backpack. It wasn't until Michael saw Sludge Bomb coming at his face, but Bulbasaur swap it away with his vine whips.
"Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur growl angry. Michael also glared at the ones who tried to attack them with the sneak attack.
"Look at what we find…" A female voice said from the shadow as two female Flare Grunts appeared. Standing with them is the electric type pokemon Manectric, a giant scorpion like pokemon and a purplish panther pokemon.
"You two! What are you doing here?!" Clemont demands angry.
Michael give Mizuki a silent gesture to protect Bonnie and hide somewhere while he watching the two women careful.
"Do you think that we won't forget about you and your friends for ruined our leader's plan?" The purple female said with a mocked tone.
"Why don't you come quiet when you know that you are completely outnumbered?" The green hair Team Flare grunt asked. "With your intelligence, we will get rid of humanity and created an even perfect world like Lysandre dream."
"Like I will joined Team Flare!" Clemont stated angry.
"He is right. We aren't going anywhere with the like of you." Michael stated serious.
"Then we will have to use force… Manectric, Flash! Drapion, Pin Missiles!" The purple hair member of Team Flare snapped.
"Liepard! Dark Pulses on that Espeon!" The green haired member of Team Flare added.
"Espeon, used Psychic to throw Manectric at Liepard! Bulbasaur dodged and used Magical Leaf!" Michael said.
Espeon's eyes glow before Manectric find himself being thrown straight to Liepard before they were sending flying backward to the wall. But Drapion fired green like missiles from its tail at the pokemons, but they dodged while Bulbasaur sending Magical Leaf at Drapion.
"Drapion, Night Slash at that Espeon!"
"Luxray, used Thunder Fang!" Clemont shout.
The Dark/Poison Type soon move forward with dark energy slashing with its left claw, but Luxray jumps in the way and bite the claw with electric powered fangs. After caught Drapion's claw in his jaws and swinging him around by it like a chew toy.
"Manectric used Crunch on that Luxray!" The purple haired Team Flare commanded.
"Bulbasaur, Vine Whips on Manectric then used Toxic on it." Michael said.
Manectric was soon got caught by the vine whips from Bulbasaur before it can going anywhere near Luxray and fired sludge from his bulb.
"Liepard, get that Bulbasaur with Shadow Claw!" The purple haired Team Flare said.
Before Michael can make an order, an unexpected thing happens with Liepard being shoot by a powerful electric attack and turn around to see Mizuki commanding her Porygon in battle.
Well that is unexpected… Michael thought to himself.
"Drapion, hurry up and used Cross Poison on that Porygon!" The purple haired Team Flare girl said to her scorpion like pokemon.
"Porygon, used Conversion!" Mizuki said.
Soon the virtual pokemon starting to glow immediately before Cross Poison hit the virtual pokemon, but the attack doesn't seem to do much damages on it.
"Porygon, Lock-On on Drapion then fired Zap Cannon!" Mizuki said.
"This is not good…"
Porygon's eyes started to glow red before firing a red ring at Drapion's body. Then Porygon's mouth started to glow immediately and fired electric beam at Drapion. The attack was powerful enough to struck Drapion and sending it straight back to the female grunts of Team Flare as they are paralysis.
Though Porygon was still sending flying backward due to over firing the attack and land on the ground.
"We will look make sure the pokemons here are free." Mizuki said, looking at the two boys. "You two go on ahead."
"Good luck, big brother…" Bonnie said.
"Let's go, Michael." Clemont said to the redhead who nodded as the two boys and their pokemons moved on ahead the hallway.
But before they can go any further, they were attacked by light blue glowing saw disc-like energy blades from out of nowhere and sending straight to the ground.
"Owww…" Michael groan as he tries to opens his eyes. Espeon was knocked to the floor and Bulbasaur seem to be knock straight to unconscious due to the swirling in his eyes.
"Clemont, can you get up?" Michael asked to the blonde hair genius.
"Y-Yeah, I think that I am fine." Clemont said before struggling to get himself up.
Before anything could happened the two were soon grabbed in the air as they are glowing and brought forward against their own will. Clemont then saw someone he never imagined to see once again and his pokemon resembled a dark squid.
"So these are the two intruders… But I never thought of seeing you once again," The redhair scientist said as he looks at Clemont.
"You… how are you alive?" Clemont questioned.
"Who is this guy, Clemont?!" Michael questioned, got a feeling that these two do know each other, but on a bad term.
"He is executive scientist that work for Team Flare. I battle him back then during the incident." Clemont said. "However, I remember right… You lost and never seen once again along with the rest of Team Flare."
"You remember correctly. I have indeed lost to you once back then." Xerosic said, reminiscing the fight with Clemont. "But… you now witness my successful revival! Soon I will bring forth Team Neo Flare and fulfill Lysandre's goal once again!"
"Neo Flare!?" Clemont exclaimed in shock. "You are still going through with that plan!?"
"I never would imagined though we have our faith reunion again. But with your knowledge, we will conquer Alola as the first step in showing the mark of Team Flare." Xerosic said.
"There is no way I will do that!" Clemont said with outrage expression. This made Xerosic chuckled before looking at his pokemon. "Malamor, show him why he shouldn't reconsider…"
Soon Malamor's eyes glowing red before Michael suddenly felt jolting pain as this made Clemont look shocked with worried.
"Michael!" Clemont cried out with worried.
"Don't listen to him, Clemont. There is no way I will be abided by your demands!? Not to mention putting others at risk!" Michael snapped angry as he struggling against the pains.
"Struggling as how much… there is no way someone inexperience trainer like you can overcome my plan. What can a single insignificant nobody like you can do to me?" Xerosic said as his pokemon continued further pain to Michael.
In a way that the scientist of Team Flare was right about Michael. To this world, he was nobody…
"Stop!" Clemont said.
"If you refused to listen, then I will be sure to go after those two companions of your." Xerosic said with darken expression.
Michael may not care about what happens to himself. But he cannot help feeling angry. Angry that someone is going to lay waste on Alola. Angry that Xerosic was going to harm others.
How. Dare. He.
"I won't let you… I won't let you harm anyone else!" Michael snapped as his emerald colored eyes replaced with dark purple iris.
Then the unexpected thing happens when Michael break out of the psychic bind made by Malamor and punched the pokemon hard to cancel out the psychic bind on Clemont.
"How did you…?" Xerosic asked disbelief.
Michael's eyes return back to normal before breathing heavily as sweat rolled across his eyebrow.
"I endured worse than that… I won't allow another vile adult commit crime to more children lost those matter to them." Michael stated cold. "And how longer are you going to keep on sleeping there?"
Soon Xerosic become startled when his Crobat being hit by powerful psychic beam from Espeon who still have some bruises.
(Not long…) Espeon said.
"Malamor, used Psycho Cut!" Xerosic snapped. The dark squid pokemon releases a pink cresent-like blade of energy from one of its tentacles at Espeon, but Espeon leap away to dodge the attack.
Espeon soon fired psychic at Malamor, but the attack doesn't seem to have any effects on Malamor as this made Michael and Espeon blink in surprised. But Luxray soon jumps in to help by firing stars from his tail at Malamor.
"Psychic won't hurt Malamor much due to being part Dark type." Clemont explains to Michael.
"Malamor used Shadow Balls!" Xerosic said as the dark squid pokemon fired rapid shadow balls. But both Luxray and Espeon dodged them without any problems.
"Then how about this? Iron Tail!" Michael said.
"Luxray, Thunder Fang!" Clemont said.
The two pokemon then charged at blinding speed and attack Malamor hard as the dark squid pokemon sending to the floor in pain.
Xerosic couldn't bear this anymore before he returned both of his pokemon. "You won't take me alive!" Xerosic said before slammed his fist on a large red button.
Soon the two boys and their pokemon hearing the ship alarm starting to ring.
"WARNING! SELF-DESTRUCTION ACTIVATE IN ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES!"
"What did you do!?" Michael demand serious.
"Someone who is gifted with intelligence and knowledge, I will fulfill Lysandre's dream. There is no way for children standing in my way of making a perfect world." Xerosic said before making his way to the hallway.
But he notices that he couldn't move any further to the exit and looks down to see he was lift into the air.
"You aren't going anywhere, Xerosic." Clemont said serious.
Michael soon hurry to the keyboards and trying to type commands to override the self-destruction command. But he soon finds that nothing would work before slammed his fist on the board.
"You even locked out those who trying to override the command, didn't you?" Michael growl as he glared at the man. Both Espeon and Luxray are also growling at the scientist of Team Flare.
"Hang on, maybe I can do something…!" Clemont said before hurry toward the keyboard.
"There is no way for someone like you to overwrite the program that made by my own intelligence!" Xerosic countered serious.
Soon the siren stop to ring in the incident as everyone looks at Clemont who wiped the sweats from his forehead.
"That should do it." Clemont said with a satisfied smile.
"SELF-DESTRUCTION SHUT DOWN!"
"What!? B-But how did you do that!?" Xerosic exclaimed in shock. Even Michael wonder how did Clemont do it.
"It thanks to this invention of mine… The Override Chip." Clemont said before showing what looks like a flashdrive but shaped like a key. "I thought of something happened if something like this would happened. It let me bypassed the security in case someone making the cyber security hard to break." He explains.
"How dared you!" Xerosic said.
"With this, and my Clembot I already proved that my technology that used for benefits of human and pokemon will superior yours!" Clemont shout.
Michael have to admit that Clemont made impressive stuffs despite hearing from his sister about how they often exploded. Even though they were in a grim situation earlier, it hard to believe that he actually thought of something like this.
"What do you wanted to do with him now?" Michael asked.
"I wanted him to atone for his crimes." Clemont said with resolved.
(Later)
After getting out of the ship, Michael was seen in the Pokemon Center as he waiting for his Bulbasaur and Espeon to heal up while tending to his Pokemon Egg in his arms.
"This Aura Reader is amazing… So this is how you are able to see the vines?" Clemont asked, studied the Aura Reader.
Clemont confront Michael after talking with Xerosic for the last time while his sister and Mizuki are talking with Professor Kukui and Officer Jenny, Michael decide to show him the Aura Reader and tell him a brief summary of his life in Orre (But he kept the violence and Shadow Pokemon part out).
"I used to think it only let me see Aura of Pokemons… but this is more efficient than I thought," Michael said before getting it back.
"Does that mean your family have connection with Aura?" Clemont asked.
"To tell you the truth… the adults around me keep things from me so I don't know if we do." Michael said before placing his stuff away.
"I see." Clemont said.
"I have to admit that your inventions is quite impressive… but won't you worried about if someone misused them for bad intention?" Michael asked slight curious. Though he doesn't want to ruin Clemont's dream, he is a bit curious about his own thoughts about that possibility. After all, he is from a region that no one in his world cared about and that led to Cipher's plan of making Shadow Pokemon which robbed their free will.
"There is no way of truly answer that question or what to think about the future, Michael." Clemont said. "I am not strong at all. But if it wasn't for my friends and the adventures we went together… it why I believe people can work together to make a better future." He said.
So spending time with your friends on a journey made you think there is hope for the future…? Michael thought to himself. Though he would call it childish and naïve… but this is how someone like Clemont being strong.
Suddenly rushing into the Pokemon Center was none other than Lillie with Mizuki and Bonnie behind her. The paled blonde hair girl looks around before seeing Michael.
"Michael! Are you alright?" Lillie asked as she approached him.
"Lillie…what are you doing here?" Michael asked, confused.
"Apparently the news of the fight with Team Neo Flare was on television. Lillie come by the limousine… when we are on the way back here," Mizuki explains after catching her breaths.
"Oh…" Michael understand what this mean and faces Lillie who have a worried expression on her face.
"I am fine. I didn't walk straight into battle with the egg…" Michael said.
"But Michael… those people are the same ones who caused the disaster in Kalos! But what if something bad happens to you and others on that ship?" Lillie said.
Normally, she won't worried about Michael fighting in battle as she used to see him fight the members of Team Skull and other trainers. But Team Flare was different compared to Team Skull on a larger scale, they nearly almost caused the Kalos crisis and resources beyond what Team Skull possess...
"But nothing had happens to us. If you want to thank someone, you should thanked Clemont for his gadget." Michael said calm.
"But it still thank to Michael, he is really a strong person." Clemont said. Though he don't know how exactly Michael break out of Malamor's psychic.
Lillie sighed. "Just promise me that you won't go through something like this if there is nothing for you to gain." She said.
"I probably won't do something like that again, Lillie. Unless there is a reason…" Michael said before taking out the small chest from his backpack.
"Hey. Isn't that the chest you takes from Team Flare's ship?" Mizuki asked slight surprised. This made Lillie, Bonnie, and Clemont looks a bit surprised that Michael takes something from Team Flare.
"What is inside?" Bonnie asked, curious.
Michael opened the small chest as this made others look surprised at what inside of the chest.
"Those are Mega Stones!" Clemont exclaimed in shock.
Indeed. Inside the small chest was none other than Mega Stones for pokemons that needed to achieve their Mega stage.
"I never seen so many of them…" Lillie uttered in disbelief. "But why is it on the ship?" she asked to Michael.
"I assumed Team Flare were collecting them from their times in Kalos. But Bulbasaur was somehow attracted to the chest, I would guess that a Venusaurite is one of these." Michael concluded as he look at the stones. Until Bulbasaur regain conscious and tell him which one, he will hold onto rest of them.
"What are you going to do with the rest of the Mega stones?" Lillie asked.
"Well… I only wants the Venusaurite and few for my own studies on them. But I can't simply trust these stones to just anyone if they end up being misused…" Michael said, looking at the small chest.
"Maybe we can send them straight to Professor Sycamore for safe keeping." Clemont said, getting Michael's attention. "But Michael, what are you going to do about Keystones?" he asked to the redhead.
"I am still going to stay around in Alola for school, completed my Island Trials, and might look for leads on anyone capable of Mega evolution here." Michael said. "But I would like to see Kalos someday…" he added in a rare soft tone.
"If Michael is searching on Mega evolution… I wanted to learn about them as well!" Mizuki added excite.
"I am certainly that you will like Kalos, you guys!" Bonnie said.
"Dedenne!" Dedenne chirped.
"So how long are you guys will be here in Melemele Island?" Michael asked to Clemont.
"We will be here for few days before heading to Akala Island and then head back to Kalos." Clemont said.
"I see…" Michael said. Though he knows that Clemont and Bonnie will have to go back to their region, but cannot help feel a bit sad.
"But if you even come to Kalos," Clemont said before offering his hand, "… I would like the chance of fighting you in a Pokemon Battle someday."
Michael stares at Clemont before a hand offered to shake his hand. "Alright… I will." He said with a small smile.
Michael was seen in his room after placing the egg down on his bed and sat on his chair. Espeon soon takes his place on his bed and curling around the egg as he look at him.
"Espeon, do you have any idea about what happens back on the ship?" Michael asked to his partner. There is no one, but themselves as the two talk about what happens.
(I am not even sure, I don't recalled you have the ability to break Malamor's psychic. But I notices that your eyes turned purple… before return to normal.) Espeon said.
This made Michael looks surprised at Espeon's account. "Do you think it might does with the countless times we look after our comrades?" he asked.
(That is a possibility… It might be linger from times we got attacked by Shadow Pokemon. But Cipher never really did experiment their substance on human or our prior journey been really bloody.) Espeon said. Michael agreed with that the idea of shadowfied human will be really scared. Even though it strange experience, he doesn't want to rely on it often.
"But we got something out of it…" Michael said before takes out Venusaurite and looks at it.
"Venusaurite… At last, I finally have something that lead to Mega evolution." He whispered, looking at the stone. With the stone, it will be his closer step in finding out if Mega evolution can be the light shined over the Shadow Pokemon. In a way, this sort of his continued mission of saving those whose hearts sealed in darkness by looking at new possibility.
(But we still have long way to go before Bulbasaur evolved to used it. Though it too bad that there was never an Espeonite…) Espeon said.
"You already pretty strong on your own right. Though we still have to do trials and gain the Z-crystals." Michael said grin.
He suddenly hears the knocking sounds.
"Michael, I want you know that dinner will be ready in few minutes." Lillie said from behind the door.
"We will be there, Lillie…" Michael said.
AN: That is the end of this chapter. I bet you were surprised to see the event similar to what happens in episode of Greninja farewell, but remember things here are different. Anyway, be sure to review or message me for any questions, comments, or concern. And don't be afraid to look at my other stories.