Toa Solaric: I don't own Pokémon. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome back to another chapter of my Sun and Moon: Michael's Journey. I thought about coming back to this fic again due to after seeing enough of what going on with the canon anime of Pokemon Sun and Moon.
Sun and Moon: Michael's Journey
Ch19: The Grandson of Oak
In front of Professor Kukui's house, Michael and Mizuki are seen standing on opposite side while having their early pokemon sparring.
"Shelgon, Dragonbreath!" shout Michael to his Endurance Pokemon who released a thick, green beam at Mizuki's Litten.
"Dodge and used Fire Fang!" Mizuki command in countered his command.
Litten followed the order by moving to the side before coming straight with hot searing flame emitting from his front teeth. Shelgon flinched in pain upon being bitten by the leg.
"Not bad… you know well that attacking Shelgon's shell will be difficult." Michael stated with a calm expression.
"I know that it will be impossible to pull it off after the incident with Palossand." Mizuki said.
"But that is not enough to let you win. Shelgon." Michael said before a hint of glee appearing in Shelgon's eyes. "Dragonbreath."
Soon Litten become surprised when Shelgon firing a close-range green beam at him and sending him rolling across the sands.
"Litten…" Litten soon shrugged it off and growls as this made Mizuki regains her composition once again. "Alright, if that what you want. Let's keep going."
In the Airport of Melemele Island, there are many people who are currently waiting to get their bags. But our attention focused on a young man with brown spiky hair and looks around the age of 16 was walking holding his backpack behind his back. Walking beside him was a Pokémon with a black sleekly body and red eyes.
"So this is the Alola region that Gramps was talking about." The young man noted as he give his first impression of Melemele Island. "He wasn't kidding when he says that pokemon have their forms altered here." He said, noticing Alola Raichu passing by.
"Umb!" The moonlight pokemon agreed.
"Alola, grand-nephew!" A familiar voice said as the young man turned around and see Samson Oak.
"You're Samson Oak, right…?" The young man asked as this is the first time he even met a distant family of his gramp.
"Of course, Gary." Samson answered smiling. "The last time I saw was your picture that Samuel send to me. You've grown a lot."
"He did, huh?" The young man known as Gary muttered.
"Umbreon!" Umbreon spoked as Samson noticed Gary's companion.
"And this is Umbreon." Gary introduced his pokemon to his distant-grandfather.
"It's nice to meet you, Umbreon." Samson greeted to the moonlight pokemon.
"I heard that you want me to teaching one of your classes about Kanto, is that correct?" Gary asked to him. Samson nodded.
"That is what I told Samuel about it." He said. "Come, I already got a ride for us." He pointed to a wagon driver with a Tauros in the front. "It beat better than slowpoke of walk~!" he added with a slowpoke expression on his face.
"S-Sure…" Gary said, looking strange at Samson's facial expression. Even Umbreon sweat dropped at the sight of Samson's expression.
At Pokemon School, everyone were waiting for what announcement that their teacher, Professor Kukui was going to announced for them.
"Today, we're going to get an interesting guest who is going to be the temporary teacher who is going to give you an overview of the Johto region." Professor Kukui said as this made the class look surprised. He soon looks at the entrance of his classroom and giving a gesture for the guest to come in.
Gary made his way and standing in front of Professor Kukui's table as he facing against the class.
"Hello or Alola, my name is Gary Oak. And I will be your temporary teacher for this week." The young man introduced himself.
"No way…" Mizuki gasped in slight surprised.
I never expected to see the grandson of Professor Oak here… Michael thought. Back in his world, the grandson of Oak goes by the name Blue.
"Are you related to Principal Oak by any chance?" Kiawe asked curious.
"Yep. He is my grand-uncle and brother of my gramps. But I'm also from the Kanto region." Gary answered.
"How come you're teaching us about Johto pokemons when you're from Kanto?" Mao asked confused.
"Because I have traveled there for the Silver Conference in the past." Gary explains.
"I see… did you participated in the league over there?" Mamane asked.
"Not really since I choose the path of being researcher after my times in Johto." Gary answered while he looking over Professor Kukui's class. "I heard things are different here in Alola compared to other regions. Like there is no league?"
"The thing here we have is the Island Challenges instead of league battle and we earned Z-crystals from doing them." Kiawe explains, showing his Z-bracelet.
"How interesting…" Gary said. "So there are three of you in the class…?" He heard about the power of Z-crystals and won't deny the chance of seeing them up close.
"Do you have any Johto Pokemon on you?" Suiren asked curious.
"Of course." The grandson of Kanto Professor replied.
"Can't we see them?" Mao asked.
"How about after class was finished? I want to know all about you guys and what you dream to accomplish for the future. It will be fair since I already told you about myself." Gary said, smirk.
The progress of the class was interesting as Gary get to know about each students and gave the first impressions of them.
Kiawe is calm and collected, but he is a total hothead when it comes to pokemon battle. He used mostly fire type pokemon.
Suiren is quiet and have quite a knowledge about all there is to water pokemon. This made Gary mused that Suiren reminded him of someone else he know that love water type pokemons. It won't be hard for him to guess what water type pokemon she have.
Mao is quite upbeat and cheerful daughter of restaurant chief. Maybe he will go there and tried some of their dishes later.
Mamane have a knack for inventions and know how to take care of electricity pokemons.
Lillie is a young girl who seems to be quite intelligent and knows a lot about pokemons. But her classmates say that she have somewhat of unknown phobia that caused her to unable touched any other pokemons and frozen if she does. The only pokemon she can touched was the baby Alola Vuplix on her.
Mizuki is like him from the Kanto region and want to know more about pokemon in her way keep up with her younger brother. However, she have different types of pokemons compared to others.
But the most interesting one would be Michael. He is from a region that no one, not even himself heard of. Not to mention the looks in his eyes shown solitude but also experiences. Experiences of a stronger trainer... but in a school for rookies. But what else intrigued Gary was Michael's goal. Michael want to facing against Ash Ketchum sparks attention in the grandson of Oak. He wasn't surprised that his old rival and childhood friend gain this after winning the Kalos league. Maybe he can see how good Michael will be against Ash.
Gary soon giving lecture about the pokemons from the Johto region and the students listening careful. Just when things going fine in class… until they have another visitor make their appearance into class.
"KOKOOOOOOO!"
Gary and Professor Kukui's class turned to the window at the call as their eyes widen to see Tapu Koko is levitating there.
"Tapu Koko…" Professor Kukui said, slight surprised.
"It showed up again…" Kiawe muttered surprised.
Lillie shrieked in fear as she runs to one place that she was safe from her previous kidnapper… behind Michael's back. It looks like she still hadn't recover from the time when Tapu Koko kidnapped from her class and dragged her to the woods.
"So that is the legendary island guardian… Tapu Koko." Gary said, surprising when seeing his first Alola legendary pokemon in present.
Michael knows what Tapu Koko come for and that was him by the way of the Island Guardian was stares intensely at him than anyone else in the classroom. It remind him on his first official day in the Pokemon School when Tapu Koko shown up.
"You want a fight, don't you?" The redhead asked. This will be a good way to see if he can handle a legendary with his current team. This is also for the sake of fighting against Tapu Fini.
Tapu Koko nodded in respond.
"Unbelievable…" RotomDex uttered in surprised.
"Alright. I accept but not in the classroom." Michael answer serious. Tapu Koko soon left through the window already.
"H-Hey Michael, are you sure that you can take on Tapu Koko…?" Kiawe asked, slight nervous.
"After all, I want to see if I still got it…" Michael said before he left the classroom.
"M-Michael, wait!" Lillie said before she and others ran outside after the redhead.
How interesting… Gary thought amused. It seems that Michael is quite familiar with legendary pokemon and getting to see his battle style in person sooner than he expected.
It wasn't long until Tapu Koko and Michael were standing on the school ground as they looking each other at the opposite sides.
Michael soon tossed two pokeballs into the air as Espeon and Ivysaur materialized into the area with serious expression upon their faces.
"He used two pokemons against Tapu Koko…?" Gary wondered in surprised. Not to mention that he surprised that Michael has an Espeon.
"That is how Michael does in pokemon battles." Mizuki explains.
"Espeon, Ivysaur, let's start with—" Michael started before being interrupted by Tapu Koko.
"Koko! Koko! Koko!" Tapu Koko yelled furious. This seems to surprise both Espeon and Ivysaur at what he says.
"What did Tapu Koko says?" Mizuki asked.
"He told Michael to use his full power on him." RotomDex translated for her and others. Michael got a similar message from Espeon through mental command.
"Tapu Koko wants Michael using all of his pokemons?" Kiawe gawked slight sweatdropped.
"But why?" Mao asked with great concern.
"You got to be kidding me…" Professor Kukui said. What is the island guardian's motivate in this?
(What do we do?) Espeon asked.
Michael was skeptical about Tapu Koko want him to use all of his pokemons against him. Something is going on with the island guardian. Using all of his pokemons will be too reckless.
Do you remembered the great switching route trick against the Hexagon Brothers? Michael thought as Espeon shown surprised expression.
(I see where you're going. It's good that Ninetales want to spend time with her nephew today.) Espeon said before briefly explain a plan to Ivysaur who nodded.
"Espeon… Ivysaur… Attack Formation Alpha." Michael commanded.
Ivysaur soon starting shooting Sludge Bombs at Tapu Koko who used Electro Ball to counter as the two attacks collided with each other to created smoke. Tapu Koko soon zoomed through the smoke in order to find the two pokemons but find them nowhere in sight.
It wasn't long until Tapu Koko felt his body being restrained and couldn't move anywhere. The island guardian spotted powerful light emitting from the dust explosion. Tapu Koko recognized the attack as Solar Beam before he breaks out of the psychic power at the last moment and using his shield like arms to protect himself from the attack as he was sending skidding back a bit.
"That is not bad…" Gary said, looking impressive.
Soon Tapu Koko looks enraged before soon gathering electricity before using to call the familiar field of Electric Terrain.
Tapu Koko soon released multiple thunderbolts at Espeon and Ivysaur before creating a large explosion in the process. It make it hard for others to see what happened with Michael's pokemons.
Soon Tapu Koko stood where he was and waiting for them to come out. But it wasn't until a sharp flamethrower emerging and Tapu Koko nearly dodging the attack.
"Where did that flamethrower come from?!" Suiren exclaimed, looking surprised.
The smoke faded away to revealed Shelgon was standing where Espeon and Ivysaur were. Soon the ground beneath Tapu Koko crumbled as the island guardian was smacked away by a certain Sylveon.
"Sylv!"
"When did he switched his pokemons?!" Mao question surprised.
"I think it happened during the explosion." Professor Kukui theorized.
"But that isn't allowed in a normal battles." Lillie said.
"However, Tapu Koko given him the command so I imagined that Michael coming up with interesting plan." Professor Kukui pointed out.
"Why isn't he giving commands?" Asked Suiren.
"I heard from Michael that he was trying something different so opposite trainer won't expect." Mizuki recalled.
Soon Tapu Koko got back before ready to slam his fist to the ground, causing a tremor with pink lighting eruption from them.
"Defense Pattern Delta." Michael said.
Velvet soon leap onto Shelgon's side as Shelgon conjured a familiar green barrier to protected them from the attack.
"What in the world was that?" Mizuki asked, confused.
"That was Nature Madness." Professor Kukui answered. "A fairy move would half the health of your opponents."
After they deemed that Nature Madness was gone, Velvet charged forward and conjured a bright red orb into the air and made the battle ground more brighter than before. This also caused the Electric Terrain to vanish.
"That was Sunny Day." RotomDex said.
"At least, he didn't need to worried about Electric Terrain being in effect. But Tapu Koko is still part Fairy Type." Mamane said.
"Attack Pattern Beta." Michael said.
Soon the Sylveon gathering her feelers to conjured toxic substance before firing at Tapu Koko. Tapu Koko using his shield like arm to blocking the incoming while keeping an eye on the enemies.
Soon Shelgon glows red and looking intimidating at Tapu Koko, this caused Tapu Koko's eyes turned red and growl angry than before.
"What was that?" Mamane asked.
"I think that was Swagger." Gary said.
This made Tapu Koko charged forward and unleashing another Discharged at the two Pokemons before an explosion occurs in the area. This made those in the audience cannot seen what's happened to both Michael's pokemons.
Suddenly silk-like web coming out of the smoke and made Tapu Koko leap away. But powerful freezing like blast struck one of Tapu Koko's shield like arm is blast next.
"Michael switched again!" Suiren exclaimed.
Soon Tapu Koko released a powerful thunderbolt at the direction of the Ice Beam. But there were no reaction as this made Tapu Koko look confused before the smoke faded away.
It revealed that there is a familiar green barrier around Milotic and Charjabug before vanishing completely. Soon Charjabug moving the dirty underneath her, before hurling stream of muddy and hits Tapu Koko.
But Tapu Koko using his shield like arms to protected himself again.
"Let's go, Milotic!" Michael shouts before activating his Normalium-Z. "BREAKNECK BLITZ!"
Milotic glows before she charging directly at Tapu Koko who stood his ground against the charge and created an explosion.
Lillie have to hold her hat and skirts to prevent them from flowing up. Kiawe soon stand in front of Mao and Mizuki to prevent them from being blown away. Professor Kukui and Gary watching the battle with serious expression.
Soon the smoke revealed and shown that Tapu Koko was pressed only few feet away by the attack. Tapu Koko shakes his head before releasing powerful thunderbolts in the air to shocked both Milotic and Charjabug in the process.
"Koko!" Tapu Koko snapped angrily at Michael as the redhead felt that was an insult to him.
Michael soon returned them back to his pokeballs, he know that they done enough to help him with gauging the battle with Tapu Koko. There is no doubt that he got Tapu Koko slight tired out from the switching route plan that he crafted up.
If it take long for Tapu Koko to get tired, then it means the same for Tapu Fini… Michael thought serious before got two pokeballs and sending them into the air.
"Espe!"
"Saur!"
"What is Michael going to do?" Suiren asked with worried.
Michael soon take out the Psychium-Z crystal and replacing the one on his Z-ring with it. Before looking back at Tapu Koko with a serious expression.
Tapu Koko soon turned into a blur before them and acceleration forward.
"Attack Plan Geyser." Michael commanded.
Espeon's tail glow immediately before smacked it hard to the ground and causing the entire field to erupted into the air in the instantly.
"He destroyed the field?!" Gary exclaimed in shock.
The surprised impact on the field force Tapu Koko to materialized into the air when both of his targets weren't present. But it soon smell something worse as purple powder that coming toward his direction and forced him to coughing from accidently inhaled some of them as he looks up. Ivysaur was in midair while spreading the poison mist.
"He got Tapu Koko poisoned?!" Mamane gawked even others look surprised at what Michael did.
Espeon tried to land an Iron Tail on Tapu Koko, but Tapu Koko managed to get away and keep his distance from them despite his posion state.
"Let's go, Espeon!" Michael said serious before activated his Psychium-Z crystal. "PSCYHO SHATTER!"
Espeon focused on his remaining psychic power before wrap the area of the battlefield into the colorful dimension.
Tapu Koko was forced to bounce back and forward in the strange colorful field before it shattered entirely. The guardian of Melemele Island was still breathing despite it's poison state and glaring at Michael and his pokemons.
"KOKO!" Tapu Koko soon glowing with electrified light as a Z-crystal descend in front of the island guardian.
"A Z-crystal?" Mizuki asked surprised.
"NO! Everyone get back!" Professor Kukui shouted in shock at Tapu Koko was going to use that move here.
The Z-crystal soon broke into dust and landed on the ground, resulting in cracks to run wild on the ground. "KOKO!" he roared again as he closed his shields.
A large clear fist punched through the ground as another hit the ground to blow up the large, clear, headless, humanoid body. Tapu Koko slammed on the top as the body turned yellow with electricity flowing from it before he slammed his fist on the ground in front of Espeon and Ivysaur before blowing them back. The impact of the attack was so powerful enough to knocked Michael away as well.
"Michael!" Lillie screamed in shock as Michael was sending flying back hard.
But someone was there to catch him and his pokemons before great harms come to them. That was none other than Tapu Lele herself!
"Tapu Lele…" Michael uttered in surprised.
Tapu Lele growls at the Melemele Island Guardian for his action of using his Z crystal form.
Tapu Koko stares down at them before it was aching in pain from the poison. Soon Tapu Lele let Michael and his pokemons down gently before assisting her fellow Island guardian.
"Professor Kukui, what in the world was that Z-move?" Mizuki asked with worried.
"That was none other than Guardian of Alola, specific for Tapu Koko and other guardians." Professor Kukui said grim.
"But why Tapu Koko do that?" Gary questioned.
"I don't know…"
Tapu Lele then using the move Teleport on herself and Tapu Koko as they moved away from the school.
It wasn't long until Professor Kukui, Gary, and others hurry toward Michael.
"Michael—" Mao started.
"…I'm fine!" Michael growl, gritting his teeths as he got himself despite the attack he enduring. "I am going to get my pokemons to the Pokemon Center."
"Don't worry, I give you a ride there so you won't walk on your own." Professor Kukui reassured calm to his student.
"I will come as well." Gary added.
Michael nodded and return his pokemon back to their pokeballs and following the teachers while his classmates were giving him the look of concern.
Elsewhere on the Island of Melemele Island, two guardians were having a dispute with each other.
"Why did you have to interfere, Lele?" Tapu Koko asked after recovering from his poison state.
"I have to make sure that you don't try to kill him and his pokemons. Guardian of Alola is way out of line to test him." Tapu Lele pointed out.
"I was testing his capability." Tapu Koko said. "He isn't anywhere close to be ready when 'they' return."
"Maybe… but how were you poisoned in the first place?" Tapu Lele teased as she can see some tick marks on Tapu Koko. "Last time I recall… there are only few trainers who ever got you poisoned."
"Anyway, were you aware that boy is going after Fini for her water?" Tapu Koko asked, sharply.
"I already know. I think it's quite noble for him." Tapu Lele mused happily.
"I think it's a fool's errand." Tapu Koko scoffed. "So many people did tried to get their hands on Fini's water and they perished."
"True… but I doubt that will happened." Tapu Lele said.
Michael was seen sitting on a chair while leaning on a wall of the Pokemon Center. Nurse Joy told him that it will take a couple of hours before his pokemon recovered and he wasn't leaving them. His injuries from Tapu Koko's special move Guardian of Alola didn't bothered him despite having some bandages on him.
He was thinking about the match he have with Tapu Koko. Though it turns downhill for him and his team, but Michael got a better grasp of the power that Tapu Koko possessed when the Island Guardian become serious.
Michael sigh depressed at the thought of his team being crushed by a single punch from Alola Guardian move. It's like facing against Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno. But Legendary Pokemon with their unique Z-moves are truly formidable. This shown that he still has a lot of gaps that he needs to cross.
It wasn't long until he hears footsteps and turned around to see Gary with two cans in his hands.
"I thought that you might need a refreshment while you waiting for your pokemons to recovered from the fight," Gary offered a can to him.
Michael takes the can and opened the lid as he drinking few sips of the can.
"So why are you still here for?" Michael inquired to the older teen.
"Well, I want to talk to you about your battle against Tapu Koko." Gary said. "I'm impressed that someone like you can handle yourself against a legendary pokemon like Tapu Koko."
"Thanks, I guess… but I still have a long way to go." Michael said.
"That is why I thought about personally coaching in helping with your goal." Gary said.
"Huh?" Michael blinks at him in surprised.
"You says that your goal is beating Ash, right?" Gary asked. "Then I can help despite retired from battle, but I know enough about Ash's fighting style."
"Why are you going that far to help me?" The redhead asked, confused.
"Two reasons. The first one was that even though Ash and I went our separated paths, our rivalry never ends there. After seeing him win the Kalos League, I questioned my decision of giving up as a trainer. But, every time I questioned my decision I always find something new and exciting to study. I thought that maybe coaching you in beating Ash, it will me to close the gap between him and me as well." Gary said.
"What's the second reason?" Michael asked curious.
"I guess you can say that we're similar in the way of caring for our Pokemons. Look." Gary said before opened one of his pokeballs.
Materialized out beside Gary was none other than Umbreon.
"Umbre?"
"You have an Umbreon?" Michael looks surprised at the moonlight pokemon. Umbreon looks curious at the redhead.
"Yeah. Just like you with your Espeon. I didn't forced her to evolve into any other forms." Gary said.
"I can tell since you really take good care of her by the way her coat shine." Michael said, caress Umbreon's head gently. Though it unfortunately that he didn't get an Umbreon either.
"So how about it, Michael? Do you want me to be your coach on how to face Ash someday?" Gary asked.
Michael thought about it for a few moments. He can worried about what to do about becoming strong to face Tapu Fini and more on his goal of defeating Ash. It will do some good for him in learning from Ash's oldest rival and childhood friend about Ash's battling style.
Michael and Lillie were eating dinner together at the diner room while the pokemons are eating nearby. The redhead noticed that Lillie was glancing at him with worried expression.
"Lillie, is everything alright?" Michael raising an eyebrow at Lillie's unusual behavior.
"Are you still hurt?" Lillie asked quietly.
"I'm fine." Michael answered.
"It just that I am worried because… Tapu Koko's Alola Guardian is so powerful and you could get hurt or even worse." Lillie explains.
"I didn't get hurt that much." Michael said.
"I-I-It just that the power of Tapu Koko is frightened…" Lillie said.
"That is what made them different from other Pokemons. But they still help the world in their unique ways." Michael replied. "The next time, I see Tapu Koko again… I will settled the score with him." he said, making Lillie react.
"But what happens if he used that Z move again? Will you get hurt again?" Lillie asked, increasing worried.
"No one can be sure if that will even happens again in the future." Michael said.
"Will you promised not to get yourself hurt like that again?" Lillie asked with worried expression.
"That is something I cannot promise exactly…" The redhead replied.
"But—"
"But I will tried least to stay alive." Michael continued.
Professor Kukui was seen talking with Officer Jenny in the Police station in discuss about a recently incident that caught Kukui's attention.
"So another of Alva's research shown up again?" Professor Kukui asked surprised.
"That is right. We stop a recently battle." Officer Jenny said. "Most of our forces were several injured in detaining a Mega Tyranitar." This made Professor Kukui flinched in shock at the name of the pokemon.
"I see. What about the Mega wave device and the pokemon who been exposed to the device?" Professor Kukui asked.
"Unfortunately, it was destroyed before we can even touched it. Nurse Joy and other doctors say that it will be hard to determine when it will regain consciousness." Officer Jenny said.
Professor Kukui wasn't surprised due to what Mizuki and others told him about the mega wave device and want to keep an update for any news. As their teacher, his job make sure that his students didn't get into serious dangers.
"Were you able to get anything out from the trainers like who sell the items?" Professor Kukui asked.
Officer Jenny shakes her head in dismay. "We did make them confession… but they don't recalled anything about the seller's appearance."
"What do you mean?" Professor Kukui clarified.
"We have Alakazam to checked their mind and find their mind being tempted by psychic abilities." Officer Jenny said.
"It looks like another dead-end with these Mega wave technologies." Professor Kukui concluded with concerns. "Whoever made these devices are certainly making sure that they won't traced it back to them. Any words from the Kalos Official?" he asked.
"They still haven't get anything out of Alva. But they weren't sure how to deal with it." Officer Jenny said, gritting teeths. "But who were giving these devices are still on the loose... I fear that many people and pokemon would be endanger." She said.
Professor Kukui sighed. "I agree. But whoever created the device must have interesting with Melemele Island. If I am not mistaken, right?" he said.
"There weren't any words from other stations on other islands about them." The officer said.
(Two days later…)
Michael and Espeon were seen walking through the hallway of a hotel before spotted the number on the certain room. The redhead pressed the doorbell.
It wasn't long until the door open and they saw Gary opened the door for them.
"Morning Michael, I'm glad to see you made it." The brown hair young man said. "Come on, inside."
"Then pardoned us." Michael said as he and Espeon coming into Gary's hotel room.
"Umbre…" A voice greeted as both Michael and Espeon turned to see Umbreon come to greeted them.
"Esp! Espeon!" The lavender feline greeted his moonlight counterpart Eeveelution before the two Johto Eeveelutions went into a conversation.
"For our first course of training to help you against Ash will be knowing the pokemons that he currently have on him. I have put up a list of pokemons that Ash used in the past and to right now." Gary said, pointed to the small laptop on the table next to the large couch.
It wasn't long until the two young men sat on the couch as Gary pressed on a file. Gary shown him the list of pokemons that belonged to Ash.
"I'm sure that you noticed that Ash used quick and hard hitters. Back then, he always relied heavy on Pikachu and Charizard due to how often he count on them for battles. Unfortunately, that caused him lose against Garrison in the silver conference in Johto." Gary explains.
Michael remembers watching the fight. "That because their battle styles are similar to each other." He answered. "But I know that Snorlax isn't meant for the list due to how heavy the pokemon was."
"That same goes for his Torterra and Boldore." Gary said. "You should know the one he always have on him at all time." He soon clicked on the picture of Pikachu.
"I know that Ash's Pikachu will be his strongest due to be his starter pokemon." Michael replied.
"So who exactly is your starter?" Gary asked curious. "Is it Ivysaur?"
"Espeon." Michael corrected as the Sun Pokemon was seen chatting with Umbreon. "I have him back when I was younger." He said.
"Do you think that your Espeon can compete against a Pikachu?" Gary asked.
"Well… I have face a Pikachu and Raichu before coming to Alola. I know how tough they are." Michael answered. "I won't have him go for physical attacks due to being affected by paralysis despite Espeon's Synchronize."
"That is understandable." Gary said. "But the problem will be that Pikachu will used his speed to get close with Espeon as possible or using Thunderbolt at long range distance." He said.
"I see." Michael said, looking at the list of pokemons that Ash possessed. "I noticed that some of pokemons that Ash have… they could still evolved or even possessed the quality to Mega evolved. But I still don't see why he ignored them."
"Yeah I can see that but Ash choose not to." Gary replied. "He believed in his pokemons and that they can make it and only evolved when they felt like it. Its possibility why how he was about to have Greninja with special form in the first place."
"I see… but I didn't think it fair for one to receive more power than others. After all, pokemon are just like people and they can get bitter about it." Michael said.
Gary didn't seems to be fazed by it. "I can understand how you feel as everyone have different ways of training. But that is something that cannot be enforce on others." Gary said.
"That is just what I think." Michael said.
Meanwhile Espeon is watching Umbreon using psychic power to pouring water into the bowl before them.
"It's rare to find Umbreon with can used psychic due to being dark type." Espeon remarked at her ability of using psychic so well.
"What? You think that we always used Bite all of the time?" Umbreon snorts sarcastically.
"Bite is still the strongest offensive attack for Dark type in comparison to Pursuit." Espeon mused.
"Wow… where your region sound like it really far off from the rest of the world." The moonlight pokemon mused. "Due to how my Gary is going to coaching your trainer on fighting Ash… that means we are going to see a lot of each other."
"That is true. I hope that it didn't take your mind that I'm not interested in a long-term relationship." Espeon grinned to let her know that he was joking.
This gave the moonlight pokemon a short laugh. "I know that. Someone like you didn't seem to be interesting in that sort of stuff."
Espeon soon take a sip in the cold water.
"So what is like in your region?" the Moonlight pokemon asked.
"Everything around the area is mostly desert which the temperature won't be good for any wild pokemons. I doubt that your human will find it due to no one will ever goes to that place." Espeon said. It's a good thing that this Umbreon cannot read his mind.
"I see…" Umbreon murmured before drinking the water.
It wasn't long until Michael and Gary were seen walking on the beach course where the next training that Gary arranged for Michael.
"Okay, Michael." Gary said. "The next one is obvious… you and me having a pokemon battle."
"You already seen how I battle against Tapu Koko." Michael pointed out.
"That is true I saw your battle with Tapu Koko… you have a balance team which mixed with your Double Battle styles. You using their strengths to covered each other's weaknesses. The Z-moves are your trump cards." Gary said.
"That was how I was taught back in my region due to Double Battle being natural to me." Michael replied.
"True that Double Battle is your strongest. But I want you to work on being adaptive in single battle and I brought some of my old pokemons who fits the fast and hard hitter that Ash would have." Gary explains, showing that there are six pokeballs on him.
"I see…" Michael said before looking serious. This will be certainly interest to see if Gary still can battle like he used to before becoming a researcher.
Gary soon got out a pokeball and tossed into the air.
Appearing in front of Gary was a red bipedal insect pokemon with a red, metallic exoskeleton. It has dark yellow eyes. It has broad shoulders and thin, segmented arms ending in large, round pincers.
"Scizor!" the pincer pokemon declared.
"Milotic, let's go!" Michael said before the slender pokemon materialized beside him gratefully.
Both Scizor and Milotic glaring at each other as they waiting for their trainers' command.
"Hydro Pump!"
"X-Scissor to counter it!" Gary shouts.
Scizor's pincer like hands glowing blue before crossing its arms, to hold back against Milotic's Hydro Pump. Soon Scizor charged forward before slammed Milotic back a few feet. Milotic soon shake head out of shock and growls at Scizor.
"Used Bulldoze!" Michael shouts.
Milotic slammed her tail to the ground and causing the sand ground to erupt toward Scizor as the pincer pokemon was sending flying into the air.
"Return with Steel Wings!" Gary shouts as Scizor spread his wings and they glowing in metal like colors. Soon Scizor come charging at Milotic with glowing wings.
"Aqua Tail to block it." Michael said.
Milotic soon swing her tail which is covered in water to counter Scizor's Steel Wing in the process as this forced both pokemon to move back from each other.
"Now used Recover." Michael said as faint glowing light emitting from Milotic and the bruises on her slowly vanishing.
"Bullet Punch!" Gary said.
Soon Scizor turned into a blur and moving toward Milotic at a rapid speed and smacked her in the gut.
"Grab hold of Scizor with your tail!" Michael shouts as Scizor's body trapped by Milotic's tail.
"What!?" Gary and Scizor look surprised at this unexpected development.
"Ice Beam!" Michael shouts as Milotic firing a powerful blast of ice at Scizor and frozen the red pincer pokemon in the process.
"Scizor, return!" Gary recalled his pokemon back to it's pokeball. He soon took out another pokeball and tossed it into the air.
Soon materialized out of the pokeball was none other than a giant with yellow fur and black stripes and a pair of antennae with bulbous tips.
"Electivire!" The electric pokemon declared.
Michael didn't need RotomDex to know who this was as he know this is none other than the final evolution of Elekid. It is also his first time even seeing one up close and personally. He then looks at Milotic who is still barely recovered from the battle with Scizor.
"Milotic, return…" Michael said before returning her back to the pokeball. He soon reached for one of his pokeball on his belt and enlarged it. "Velvet, Standby!" Michael shouts.
"Sylveon!" The Intertwining Pokemon make a flashing appearance.
"Thunderbolt!" Gary shouts as Electivire unleashed powerful wave of electricity.
"Fairy Wind!" Michael shouts as the Intertwining Pokemon released wave of pink gust.
The two attacks hold their ground against each other before created an explosion.
"Used Attract!" Velvet spins around and winks at Electivire as heart flying across the battlefield.
"Jump into the air with your tail!" Gary said as Electivire slammed his tail to the ground and lift up into the air at surprising height. "Iron Tail!" Gary shouts as Electivire come down with double glowing tails at incredible speed.
"Countered with your own Iron Tail!" Michael shouts. Soon Velvet brought up her feelers as they glowing and turned into steel color and blocked Electivire's attack until Electivire slammed her away. Velvet got herself back up from the ground and glaring at the large electric type.
Even though Gary says that he quit as a trainer, but Electivire of his is strong… Michael thought as Electivire having a playful grin upon his face.
"Electivire, Thunder Punch!" Gary shouts as Electivire soon charged at Velvet with electrified fist.
"Now… Sand attack!" Michael shouts as Velvet used her feelers and unleashed wave of sands at Electivire. The sand got onto Electivire especially into his eyes and caused the electric type to briefly stop for a moment.
"Shadow Ball!" Michael shouts as Velvet hurried rapid barrage of dark orbs at Electivire and sending him backward in a few feet.
"Electivire, are you alright?" Gary asked to the thunderbolt pokemon who still wiping the sand from his eyes. "Now Moonblast!" Michael shout to make sure that Electivire didn't have any chances... Not if Gary has anything to say about it. "Protect, Electivire!" Gary shouts as the thunderbolt pokemon ejected a green shield to protect himself in time to shield from the attack. "Now used Thunder Punch!" Electivire soon jumps forward with electrified fist in hand. "Used Quick Attack to Dodge. Then Dig!" Michael shouts.
"Sylv!" The Intertwining Pokemon complied as she dodged the Thunder Punch before it struck her and soon digging her way down to the sandy ground.
"Electivire, watch yourself for any movements." Gary instructed serious as the thunderbolt pokemon looking around the area carefully. It wasn't long until Velvet appeared from behind and ready to pounce on Electivire. "Catch her," Gary ordered as Electivire lifted his hands up and turned around.
Catching the fairy type Eeveelution by her neck, Electivire grinned at his opponent. "Now toss her! And used Thunderbolt!"
"Quick, used Fairy Wind to counter!" Michael shouts as he saw the twin bolts of lightning approaching the Intertwining pokemon.
Fixing her position in midair, Velvet swings her feelers to channel the winds as Thunderbolt coming from below. The two attacks collided with each other before creation a powerful explosion that sending Velvet rolling across the sand.
"Sylv…" The Fairy Eeveelution said weakly before she get back up from the ground.
Michael know that there is a chance Velvet won't last long before Gary's Electivire does something.
"Velvet, used Wish!" Michael said as Velvet glowing intense with bright blue light.
"Electivire, Thunder Punch!" Gary shouts as the fairy type pokemon was slammed far into the air after Electivire sending her into the air.
Michael immediately return his passed out fairy type pokemon back to her pokeball.
"I know what you were trying to do, but I doubt that your Sylveon finished Wish." Gary said.
"I won't be so sure about it." Michael said. Grabbing a different pokeball, he tossed it out towards the field.
"Ivysaur, standby!"
"Ivysaur!" Ivysaur cried out as he landed in front of Electivire. Not seeming fazed by the large pokemon in front of him, Ivysaur let out a growl and stomping his ground.
"Ivysaur, Sludge Bomb!" Michael shouts.
"Saur!" Ivysaur fires globs of sludge from his mouth and heading towards Electivire.
"Electivire into the air!" Gary shouts as Thunderbolt pokemon slammed his tails down and heading for the air.
"Grabbed him with Vine Whips!" Michael shouts serious. Ivysaur soon released two vines and reaching for Electivire in the air before grabbing him by the waist.
"Electivire, Thunderbolt!" Gary shouts serious. Soon Electivire shot powerful lighting and struck Ivysaur in the process due to Vine Whips connected to Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur, hold on and fire Solar Beam!" Michael shouts as this made both Gary's and Electivire's eyes wide in surprised. Ivysaur gritting his teeths as he focused the energy into his pink blub and it wasn't long until the energy was completely.
Soon the blast was fired from his bulb and head straight for Electivire as this caused an explosion in the process. Electivire soon landed on the ground and collapsed into unconsciousness. Gary soon returns his pokemon back to his pokeball and looks at Michael and his Ivysaur.
"Not bad, Michael." Gary said. "You successfully in taking out three of my pokemons. You and your pokemons are in synch with each other, but you still have a long way to go before ever coming close when it comes to face Ash and his pokemons."
"Coming from someone who is his first rival…that is a lot." Michael said. Not to mention that this battle between himself and Gary wasn't that bad since Gary wasn't a pushover.
"But there are others who will seek come after Ash." Gary continued with his serious expression. "I see those people and they got stronger as Ash got stronger since the day he win the Kalos league. Do you think that you have what it take to surpassed them before getting to face Ash?" he asked.
Without any hesitation, Michael's eyebrows narrow with determination and he stated firmly, "I will surpassed them including you!"
This made Gary smirk. "I see. Then let's continued with the battle…" Gary said before taking out another pokeball. "Let's do this, Dodrio!" He shouts before tossing the pokeball into the air.
Materialized out of the pokeball was a three-headed bird pokemon that Michael is familiar with. Michael checked on the condition of his Ivysaur was giving a short breath.
"Ivysaur, I want you to take a short break before I call upon you again." He said before recalling his Ivysaur back into the pokeball.
The redhead take out another pokeball and tossed into the air as Charjabug materialized on the sand. Soon Charjabug then looks at who her opponent with her serious expression.
"Charjabug!"
"Though it a bug type, but it also an electric type." Gary mused at Charjabug's appearance as he remembered doing some studies about the pokemons in Melemele Island.
"Dodrio, Drill Peck!" Gary shouts as Dodrio soon charged at Charjabug with the beaks glowing and moving like drills.
"Dig!" Michael shouts as Charjabug soon moving straight underground to avoiding the incoming attack by Dodrio.
"I won't let you repeated what you're trying to do! Dodrio," Gary command, "Used Uproar into the hole!"
This made Michael's eyes wide in surprised at his plan.
"What!?"
Dodrio soon went up close to the hole and making blue sound waves out of their beaks and into the hole. It wasn't long until Charjabug was shot out of the hole and firing uncontrollable in the air.
"Now Tri Attack!" Gary shouts, serious. Dodrio opens its beaks and positions its heads so each beak becomes a corner in the shape of a triangle. An orb of energy then forms inside Dodrio's beaks, the right one colored yellow, the top one indigo and the left one red.
"Charjabug, String Shots on Dodrio!" Michael shouts. Soon Charjabug readjust herself in the air and sending it straight at Dodrio before the three heads fired the triangle. Charjabug soon pulled herself away from the triangle like blast and landing not far from where Dodrio was.
"Thunderbolt!" Michael shouts as Charjabug released powerful lightning bolt at Dodrio.
"Mirror Move!" Gary shouts as Dodrio released an identical attack at Charjabug and the two attacks were caused an explosion in the process.
"Now used Quick Attack!" Dodrio then charging forward in a rapid speed with streak of light behind it. "Dodge and used Acrobatic!" Michael shouts as Charjabug jumps out of the way and glowing light-blue before charged at Dodrio.
"Supersonic!" Gary shouts. Dodrio firing off a large blue wave at Charjabug and causing her to become confused in the process. "Raja?" Charjabug looks confused and couldn't continue with her moves.
"Jump Kick now!" Gary shouts. Dodrio jumped into the air and coming down at Charjabug right now.
"Get out of there now!" Michael shouts, but it was too late as Charjabug was sending rolling by Dodrio's kick. Charjabug was send rolling across the ground with bruises.
Just when they thought it might be over for Charjabug before bright shooting star appeared above her and showered sparkles onto the Battery pokemon, restoring her health in the process.
"That is certainly unexpected…" Gary remarked slight surprised.
"Can't you still fight?" Michael asked to Charjabug who give an affirmative nodded.
"Dodrio, Drill Peck!" Gary shouts as the beaks of Dodrio glow and starting to spin.
"String Shots on the legs!" Michael commanded as Charjabug shots webs at Dodrio's legs and tangled them up, causing the Triple pokemon to trip. "Now Thunderbolt!"
Soon Charjabug released a powerful bolt of yellow electric from her jaw and sending it at Dodrio before an explosion occurred. Soon Dodrio shown up with unconscious expression upon the three heads in the process.
Gary soon return the Triple pokemon back to its pokeball and take out another one.
"Go, Blastoise!" Gary shouts serious before tossed out the pokeball. Soon materialized out of the pokeball was the final form of the Kanto water type pokemon in all of his glory.
"Blastoise!" The water starter growl.
"Thunderbolt!" Michael shouts. Charjabug soon firing off another yellow lighting on Blastoise. But Blastoise didn't flinch as he shakes off the attack despite it being main weakness, making Charjabug and Michael look stunned.
"Charja…?"
"That attack is nowhere near the level that Pikachu does." Gary explains serious. "Blastoise, Hydro Pump!" Soon Charjabug was shot back by high pressure water and landed on the ground unconsciously.
Michael soon returns Charjabug back to her pokeball and looking back at Blastoise. He can be certain that Gary's Blastoise is quite fearsome despite not wearing any key stone on him.
Hmm… maybe he can used this chance to gauge himself with a Blastoise, Michael thought before get out a pokeball and tossed it into the air.
"Ivysaur!" Ivysaur said before his eyes wide in shock at Blastoise's presence.
"Saur…!" he growls in angry while Blastoise raising an eyebrow. It wasn't surprised that Ivysaur will be facing a Blastoise this soon. Though he can sense that it wasn't the same one that he know back in Kanto region, but the sight made him looks angry.
"Ivysaur, Seed Bombs!" Michael said as Ivysaur firing seed bombs at Blastoise.
"Blastoise, Rapid Spin!" Gary shout. The Shellfish pokemon soon went into his shell and began to spins rapidly in order to deflect the Seed Bombs to the side as the seeds exploded.
"Hydro Pump now!" Gary shouts as Ivysaur was send backward by the powerful water blast from Blastoise.
"Saur…" Ivysaur growls in angry before releasing magical leafs at Blastoise in the process. But they were blown aside by Blastoise's Hydro Pumps in the process.
"Ivysaur, calm down." Michael ordered while Ivysaur gritting his teeths in frustration. "If you attack reckless, it will make things worse for us!"
"Saur…!"
I would use vine whips to lift Ivysaur into the air, but Blastoise will just shots him down with Hydro Pump… Michael thought before an idea occurs to him.
"You better think fast, Michael! Hydro Pump again!" Gary shouts.
"Ivysaur, launched yourself into the air with Vine Whip and used Seed Bomb!" Michael shouts while extending his arms across the air. Ivysaur lifted himself into the air by his vine whips alone.
"Blastoise, fire Hydro Pump into the air." Gary said serious.
Ivysaur released multiple seeds from his pink bulb while Blastoise firing powerful blast of waters and caused quite an explosion in the air. Gary and Blastoise wait for the smoke to vanish in order to see where Ivysaur was.
They soon saw Ivysaur in the air but what surprising to them was the glow around the pink bulb.
Was that a plan to timing for a Solar Beam? But Michael didn't say anything… unless he signaled it… Gary thought concluded.
"Fire the Solar Beam!" Michael shouts.
"Fire Hydro Pump at Ivysaur!" Gary shout in respond.
Ivysaur fired the Solar Beam first before Blastoise fired the Hydro Pump as both attacks hit their respective target in respond without making contact with each other. Blastoise was skidding a few feet back by the Solar Beam while Ivysaur collapsed onto the ground after landing hard on the sand by Hydro Pump.
"S-Saur…" Ivysaur groan as he barely got himself up from the ground.
"Blast…" Blastoise grunted.
"Let's do this, Ivysaur." Michael said, activating the Normalium-Z crystal. "BREAKNECK BLITZ!"
"Saur…!" Ivysaur roar as the power flowing straight into him as the grass type ready for one last attack.
"SAUR! SAUR! SAUR! SAUR!"
"Show him what we do… Hydro Cannon!" Gary shouts serious. Blastoise firing two powerful orbs of water from each of his cannons as Ivysaur charging at him. Ivysaur was still charging despite the pain from hitting by the powerful Hydro Cannon.
The two collided with each other before creating a more intense explosion as Gary and Michael used their arm to cover their eyes from the intense explosion. It wasn't long until the smoke was clear for them to see who standing as Ivysaur and Blastoise are back to back with each other.
But Ivysaur falls straight into unconsciousness while Blastoise collapsed to his knee due to exhaustion from using a powerful move like Hydro Cannon. Both trainers returned their pokemon back to their respective pokeballs.
"Not bad, Michael. Even though Ivysaur wasn't full evolved, he made Blastoise goes on one knee. But I am certain that he can become more powerful as Venusaur someday." Gary said. "I heard there is a grass z move, maybe you should use that for Ivysaur."
"That is true…" Michael said, looking at Ivysaur's pokeball. But Ivysaur wants more of mega evolved, it's unfortunate that using both z-crystal and mega stone together will be dangerous for them.
Soon both Michael and Gary got out their next pokeball as they got a feel about what each of them are going to use for the training battle.
"Let's go, Umbreon!"
"Espeon, standby!"
Soon materialized out of their pokeballs are the Moonlight and Sun Eeveelution. Both Espeon and Umbreon looking at each other with intense expression as they wait for who made the first move.
"Shadow Ball!" Gary shouts. Even though he knows that his Umbreon has the advantage from being a Dark type, he won't underestimate him.
Iron Tail to knock it away… Michael thought. Espeon knocked the Shadow Ball aside with his tail.
Gary didn't seem surprised since he is familiar with certain trainers who have psychic pokemon who can read their trainers' thoughts. This will certainly be an interesting challenge for him and his Umbreon.
"Quick Attack!" Same here… Michael thought as Espeon catching up with Umbreon in amazing speeds. Now both Eeveelutions are seen trying to outspeed each other with collided with another before skidding back from each other.
"Double Team," Gary shouts as Umbreon began to duplicate herself, "And used Skull Bash!" The Umbreon clones soon start charging at Espeon.
Swift now! Michael thought as Espeon unleashed mini stars from his mouth at the Umbreon clones. With each star struck a clone, the real Umbreon was knocked back but she able to land on the sand gratefully.
Iron Tail now! Michael thought serious as Espeon rushing forward with Iron Tail.
"Psychic to stop Espeon!" Gary said as Umbreon's red eyes glowing light blue in the process. Before Espeon can reach Umbreon, he was stopped in midair by Umbreon's psychic power and before feeling extreme pain.
"Espeon, show Umbreon who is better at psychic power!" Michael commanded serious. It wasn't long until Espeon regains enough sense before his eyes glowing as he mustered his psychic power to shattered the binding that Umbreon hold on her.
"Not bad, Michael… but don't you think that we're going to play around anymore?" Gary asked with a smirk.
Now Hyper Beam! Michael shouts before Espeon charging up an orange blast from his jaw.
Gary saw what this was and did the same thing.
"Umbreon, Hyper Beam as well!" Gary shouts. Umbreon's eyes glowing intense red and a ball of orange energy gathering in front of her mouth.
"Fire!" The two blasts of energy from both Eeveelution were launched simultaneously. They collided in the air at the exactly the same spot and their force was released in an explosion that shook the nearby trees.
Smoke poured from the collision point as if someone had thrown a grenade. And despite all of that, when the smoke clear, two pokemon were still standing. Both Espeon and Umbreon were panting heavily, but neither of them were injured.
Are you alright? Michael thought as he hearing Espeon's mental voice.
(Don't worry, I can still hold on. The same goes for Umbreon and her partner… one last move will decided everything.) Espeon said.
"Skull Bash!" Gary shouts as Umbreon charged forward with silver aura glowing around her.
After she comes close, used Iron Tail! Michael thought as Espeon stay where he was. Espeon soon sidestep Umbreon when she attacks, making Umbreon look surprised. The lavender feline sending Umbreon skidding across the ground hard with a glowing tail.
The moonlight pokemon falls straight into unconsciously. "Umbreon!" Gary shouts as he hurry to his pokemon's side.
"Umbre…" The Moonlight pokemon grunted, looking at her partner. Gary soon applied potion onto her bruises. Soon Michael and Espeon come toward their side.
"How is Umbreon?" Michael asked.
"She will be fine." Gary said to Michael. "But I'm impressed that how you and your Espeon held against my Umbreon."
"The same goes for you other pokemons," Michael huffed. "You always thought up perfect counters against my moves. You really hadn't lost your touch as a Trainer." He continued, sound impressive.
"But there is a point." Gary remarked, looking at Michael. "Because I want to know if you're really serious and that is by pushing you. Showing you what trainers in other regions can do."
"But it also felt like bullied." Michael replied absolution deadpanned. Nearly most of his team were almost thrashed by Gary's old pokemons before he managed turn around. The only one he didn't let fight was Magnus as he want to hold out before letting the scarly dragon fight. But it looks like that he didn't need to do so.
"Of course. If I failed to beat Ash again, then you will be the one who going to fight him in my stead." Gary said.
"I won't accept anyone to coach me if they aren't strong at all. But we both want… the same thing." Michael replied.
"True…" Gary said.
The redhead soon struck out his hand to meet Gary's, ending in a firm handshake.
AN: That is the end of the chapter here. Another old member from the original pokemon anime return and I choose Gary Oak and coaching Michael in a way that if he can't beat Ash then Michael does it. Not to mention that I added some of his original pokemons to spiced up in a six-on-six battle with Michael. 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.