Episode 111: Twirling With A Bang!
A few days had passed since Kairi had caught herself a Raichu; the first fully evolved Pokémon in her possession. And since then, Kairi and her new Raichu have formed a bond together despite getting off on the wrong foot.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, and the Alolan nine continued on with their journey and so far not a single sign of Team Rocket was seen or they haven't heard anything about any Ultra Beasts since dealing with all those Poipole and Naganadel. But, little do they realize that silence was about to come to a halt.
An Ultra Wormhole had opened and a creature that resembles the headless horseman wearing a jester's outfit. It has a slender torso and wide hips are yellow with alternating blue and pink stripes. There is a white sphere in the middle of its body and another on its back in place of a tail. It has thin arms with white frills on its wrists and teardrop-shaped hands. The right arm is pink, while the left is blue. Each arm has a spherical bulge near the shoulder. Its legs are shaped like white high-heeled boots with curled toes. Each foot has a sphere on it: blue on the left and pink on the right. Around its neck is a white frill with a hole in the center. Its head is a white ball with a multitude of pink and blue dots, which are a collection of tiny sparks. On either side of the ball are stars that are blue on the outside, pink on the inside, and have a yellow dot in the center. It took off its head and did a little twirl on its finger. The creature is the Ultra Beast known as Blacephalon. Blacephalon hops and flips around into the worldit is unfamiliar with.
Elsewhere, Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, and the Alolan nine made to the town's local Pokémon Center to stop for the night. And they came just in time.
"Man, so glad we came here when we did," Sora said.
"Me too," Lillie said. "I heard there's going to be a fireworks show tonight."
"And not to mention, the carnival had just come to town," Sophocles said. He starts rubbing his belly. "I can just imagine the food they're going to have there. Candy apples, cotton candy, corn dogs, caramel popcorn, pies, fried bananas." Before Sophocles could say more, Hapu places her mouth on his mouth.
"You're going to make us hungry just thinking about it," Hapu said.
"Sophocles has the right idea about the carnival. What I wanna check out is the haunted house," Acerola said. "I do mean," Acerola sang in a dark tone, "When the crypt doors creak. And the tombstones quake. Spooks come out for a singing wake Happy haunts materialize. And begin to vocalize. Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize." Acerola cackled hauntingly.
Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all laughed.
"Okay, okay, we can check it out once our Pokémon are a hundred percent," Sora said.
"I second that," Illima said. "After all, it'll be much more fun when our Pokémon take part of the festivities."
"Sure would," Mina said.
After retrieving their Pokémon from Nurse Joy, they all headed down to where the carnival was located. As predicted, not only the people were enjoying the carnival, but there were some Pokémon there as well.
"Look at that," Kairi said.
"Everybody must be having a great time if they have come to gather here," Kiawe said.
"Then what are we standing around here for?" Sora asked. Kairi and the Alolan nine all agreed and went off to have some fun. But, Kairi had placed Togepi in the care of Lillie while she and their and the Alolan nine's Pokémon while the human group had their own fun. Luckily, there was a place for the Pokémon to have some fun, when an Alolan Raichu with a pink bow came to greet them. Kairi's Raichu was instantly smittened with it since it was a female. He held out a boquet of roses for her, but turned him down. Kairi's Raichu hung his head in defeat as Pikachu patted his evolved from on his back.
Over to Sora and Kairi, the couple used this carnival as an opportunity for a date.
"It's nice to be by ourselves for a change," Sora said.
"Yeah it is," Kairi said. "Just wanna be able to spend time with my favorite boyfriend." Kairi placed her head on his shoulder. Sora smiled as he puts his arm around her. The ride they both went on was a tunnel of love. The couple held each other closely as they rode on the heart shaped boats. They kissed each other several times.
Acerola got her wish having fun in the haunted house and Sophocles ended up being scared out of his mind while Kiawe and Hapu ended up laughing at his predicament.
Lillie, Mallow, Lana, and Mina went their own way when several of the guys there were checking them out.
"Look at that fellas. Don't you think those girls look cute?" One of the boys asked.
"Sure do. I kinda like the one with the blue hair," the second boy said.
"My eyes is on the blonde in the white dress," the first boy said. "What about you?"
"I think the one with the flower in her hair is the one for me," the third boy said. "Then again, there's the one with the paint on her face."
The boys went over to mingle with the girls. Elsewhere, Illima has hit the game booths amd many of the girls there were very interested in him.
He had stopped at a booth with baseballs throwing them hitting the empty milk bottles knocking them over.
"We have a winner," the carni said handing Illima a prize, a plush Pikachu doll. He handed it to one of the girls.
"Perhaps, you will enjoy it more than I will," Illima said.
"Thank you," the girl said blushing.
"Anytime," Illima said smiling. The girls could have sworn they saw his teeth sparkle as he took his leave.
After several hours of fun at the carnival, Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine had picked up their Pokémon just before they caught the fireworks show.
Everyone had gathered around for the fireworks show to begin, when they happen to spot a familiar face. It was Kris along with a Croconaw.
"Sora, Kairi, and their friends," Kris said smiling. "I never expected to bump into you here."
"Kris," Sora recognized.
"Haven't seen you since we took down Team Rocket at the Slowpoke Well," Acerola said.
"How have you been?" Lana asked.
"I've been good," Kris said. "I guess all of you can say the same thing." Sora set his attention on Croconaw.
"Your Totodile evolved!" Sora said.
"Wani-Wani evolved just a week ago. And it was against a Graveler," Kris said.
Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all smiled feeling happy for the girl. Just then, Lyra was walking with a yellow saurapod dinosaur-like Pokémon with small leaves around its neck and a large leaf on its head like Chikorita.
"There's some familiar faces," Lyra said making everyone turn to her.
"Lyra," Mallow said.
"Alola Lyra!" Lana greeted.
"It's good to see you again," Kairi said.
"Same to you, Kairi," Lyra said setting her attention on Togepi. "And you too, Togepi."
"Toge, Toge, Togepi."
"Togepi seems to agree," Sora said turnimg to the Pokémon next to her. "Was that Chikorita?"
"Until Chikorita evolved into a Bayleef just three days ago. It was a sight to beheld," Lyra said.
"Bay, Bay!" Bayleef said. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned the evolved Pokémon.
Bayleef, the Leaf Pokémon
The evolved from of Chikorita
Type: Grass
Bayleef's neck is ringed by curled-up leaves. Inside each tubular leaf is a small shoot of a tree. The fragrance of this shoot makes people peppy.
"Peppy huh?" Sora said putting his Pokédex away.
"So Sora. Did you win that Gym battle against Bugsy?" Lyra asked.
"Yeah, I did," Sora said showing her the Hive Badge. "That Scyther of his was pretty something. Also, it turns out he's heard of me."
"Well, I'm not surprised," Kris said. "You are the Indigo Platue Pokémon League champion after all."
"I think it's best you ease up with that before you draw some unwanted attention this way," Hapu said.
"Hapu's right. I just don't wanna see any girls coming onto him," Kairi said.
"Pikachu."
"Toge, Toge."
"Yeah. The show is about to begin," Kiawe said.
The fireworks show had began and everyone all watched in awe. During the course of the fireworks show, Sora and Kairi held each other's hands enjoying the fireworks display.
Some of the fireworks displayed images of a Pikachu and the Johto starters. It even displayed images of various Pokémon as well.
"There's Chikorita!" Mallow said.
"It's Totodile!" Lana said.
"Cyndaquil too!" Lillie said.
As the fireworks show raged on, Blacephalon has shown up and witnessed the fireworks display. Blacephalon was impressed, but it decided to make an appearance once the show has concluded.
"Those are so cute!" Kairi said.
"Next one up is the finale," Kiawe said.
Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine, and the Pokémon were at awe at the finale as was the whole crowd. A series of oohs and aws rivaled the exploding fireworks blast.
"That was so amazing!" Lillie said.
"Memories of a lifetime," Acerola said.
"Aren't fireworks the best?" Sora asked.
"They are," Kairi answered. She held Togepi up. "Did you have a good time watching the show, Togepi?"
"Pi, Toge, Toge, Togepi!"
Just when everyone was about to call it a night, Blacephalon made its presence known by tossing its head in the air. Everyone were caught off guard by its sudden appearance. Its head exploded in pink and blue, and then reformed itself. Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Kris, Lyra, and the Alolan nine were surprised by the sight. Blacephalon's head bounced around in the air freaking all of them out.
"WHA?!" Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine, Kris, Lyra, all exclaimed. Togepi waved his little arms enjoying the encore.
"Toge, Toge, Toge, Toge, Toge, Togepi!" Togepi waved his little arms while cheering.
"I never expected this to happen!" Sora said.
"Must be a new evolved of fireworks!" Kairi said.
"Yeah! And it's not over just yet!" Mallow said. Illima checked the program having a feeling something was very off.
"That's odd. This dosen't make sense," Illima said.
"Illima's right. That should have been the finale," Kiawe said.
"You don't think they had some extra fireworks right?" Acerola asked.
"I dunno," Mina said.
"I don't know what's going on, but the rest of the crowd seems to be enjoying it," Lyra said.
"Bay, Bay!" Bayleef said.
"Maybe so. It's like an encore," Lillie said.
Blacephalon's head returned to its host and glows a greenish yellow aura among returning to its body. The group saw the Ultra Beast out in the distance.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked.
"What is that?" Kris asked.
"I don't know," Sora said.
"Is someone in there?" Kiawe asked.
"I think it's more like something," Illima said.
Blacephalon bounced and rolled its head around just like a beach ball. It did some tricks making everyone gasp at awe.
"Look at that," Kairi said.
"Toge, Togepi!"
"It's like magic," Lana said.
"Yeah," Mina said.
"Check it out," Sora said.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
Blacephalon jumps right over to where Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Alolan nine, Lyra, and Kris are waving its hands around and the head starts gllowing. Everyone all winced as they all knew what was coming next. The head explodes catching everyone off guard.
"That was a shock," Hapu said.
"I thought was going to stop," Sophocles said.
"My heart is still pounding," Lillie said.
The head rettaches to Blacephalon's body and did a moonwalk right in fron of the group before it tossed its head in the air and exploded quite a few times.
"You gotta admit, that is pretty cool!" Sora said.
"It's like rocking fireworks," Kiawe said.
"That just gives me an idea about what to use in a music video," Kris said. The head reattaches itself and Blacephalon gives a bow to the crowd before exploding again. Everyone all applauded to the Ultra Beast as it gives off the same glow.
Blacephalon continued to showoff for the crowd captivating everyone watching the display. But, not too far, another Ultra Wormhole has openedand let out a tree that looks like it has been crossed with electrical wiring. Its hands are made out off copper wiring, and it has feet designed to look like plugs. Its head resembles a spiky lamp or treetop of some sort. The creature also has a tail that extremely resembles an ordinary household plug. Its white "leaves" are probably cable ties, used to hold various cables and cords together. This is an Ultra Beast called Xurkitree.
Back to Blacephalon, it one last bow to the crowd before hopping away in the distance.
"Looks like the show's over," Sora said.
Everyone took their levae of the carnival grounds and returned to the Pokémon Center to turn in for the night. But, during the next morning, the sudden appearence of the mysterious creature has the whole place in an uproar, talking about how its head was able to regenerate itself after exploding.
"You gotta admitted that fireworks dance was pretty amazing," Sora said.
"Yeah, but I wonder what was that all about?" Sophocles asked.
"I don't know to be honest," Sora said.
"But what was it anyway?" Lyra asked.
"A Pokémon?" Lana asked.
"It might be," Acerola said.
Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine had a grave suspicion that it had to be an Ultra Beast, but they weren't a hundred percent sure..
"Well, I made contact with Lusamine just before I went to sleep just to make sure. She, Wicke, and Profesoor Burnet are looking into it right now," Sora said. "Just to play it safe." Kairi and the Alolan nine all agreed it was a good idea to contact Lusamine just to make sure. And speak of the devil, Sora's device starts going off. He turns it on as Lusamine appears on the screen along with Wicke and Professor Burnet. "Hey Lusamine. What did you find out?"
"Before I answer, I just want to say that you made the right call to contact me when you did. Also, the scans had confirmed your suspicions. It was an Ultra Beast that all of you saw last night," Lusamine confirmed.
"Ultra Beast?" Lyra asked. She turned to Kris who just shrugged having no idea what she was talking about.
"I knew it. It was an Ultra Beast after all," Sora said.
"Indeed," Lusamine said.
"According to Faba, this Ultra Beast has been identified as UB Burst, AKA Blacephalon," Professor Burnet said.
"No wonder it got that name," Kairi said.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
"It did do a lot of showing off last night," Sophocles said.
"But, there's also more," Wicke said. "We had picked up another Ultra Wormhole not too far from your current position. It's possible that we are dealing with more than Ultra Beast just like last time."
"Last time?" Kris asked Lillie.
"It's a long story," Lillie said knowing an explanation was coming later.
"So, how many Ultra Beasts are we dealing with?" Sora asked.
"Two that we know of. We don't know the identity of the second Ultra Beast just yet, but we'll contact you as soon as we do," Lusamine said.
"Great. We'll keep our eyes open for the Ultra Beasts and catch them as soon as we see them," Sora said.
"Thank you, Sora. And good luck," Lusamine said before breaking contact. He puts the contact device away and takes out his Pokédex. He exchange Kabuto and Noctowl for Silvally and Poipole to deal with the Ultra Beasts. He looked over to the two girls.
"I guess we got some explaining to do,"
Sora chuckled nervously. "Where should I start?"
"You could start by telling what eexactly are Ultra Beasts," Lyra suggested.
"Are they Pokémon or something like that?" Kris asked. Sora didn't know where to start or if there was a right way of explaining, but Lillie spoke up.
"Ultra Beasts are Pokémon; but they are not from this world," Lillie answered.
"Pokémon from another world?" Kris asked not understanding.
"You mean they could be aliens from another planet?" Lyra asked.
"From another planet, but from a different dimension," Sora said.
"They came to our world before," Kiawe said.
"Many centuries ago, the Ultra Beasts came from their world and into ours. They battled against the Four Island Guardians Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini," Kairi explained.
"But their battle almost destroyed the Alola region as a result," Hapu said.
"The legendary Pokémon Solgaleo and Lunala had created small Pokémon called Cosmog and left them in the care of the Four Island Guardians until they have matured into a Solgaleo or a Lunala," Illima said.
"We know all about it because we had experienced it before," Acerola said.
"And now, the Ultra Beasts are coming back over to our world causing all sorts of trouble," Sophocles said.
"So my mother had tasked us to capture the Ultra Beasts when we come across them and send them back into Ultra Space," Lillie said.
"And I have a Pokémon that can deal with Ultra Beasts," Sora said taking out his Premier Ball. "And it's a Pokémon none of you ever heard of. Riku and Lillie's older brother Gladion has one too."
Lyra and Kris were at a loss not believing what they heard. Everything about Pokémon from another dimension, legendary Pokémon, pretty much everything else.
"So, that thing from last night. You think that was one of those Ultra Beasts?" Lyra asked.
"Just gotta look it up," Sora said taking out his Pokédex to see what Blacephalon is.
Blacephalon, the Fireworks Pokémon
Type: Fire/Ghost
This Ultra Beast slithers toward its opponent. Then, without warning, it triggers the explosion of its own head. It then takes advantage of opponents' surprise to rob them of their energy.
"It kept surprising us a bunch of times," Sophocles said.
"Just so as it could absorb our energy," Kiawe said.
"At least that one we know of," Sora said before the whole Pokémon Center went into a blackout. "What the?!" Sophocles starts freaking out because it's so dark.
"Wah! I'm scared! I'm scared! I'm scared!" Sophocles shouted when Togedemaru got out of her Pokéball and starts glowing. The two of them ran into each other. "Thanks Togedemaru."
"What just happened?" Hapu asked.
"I don't know. The whole place just went black," Acerola said. Everyone started panicking when some backup power came on.
"Backup power is on," Kris said.
"I could do without that happening," Sophocles said. Sora's device went off again. Sora activated it and it displayed a map of the area and a flashing red dot.
"I think I know what's causing it. According to the scanner, the signal's coming from a nearby power facility," Sora said.
"You think it could be Blacephalon?" Mallow asked.
"Only one way to find out," Sora said. Kairi, the Alolan nine, Kris, and Lyra all agreed and set off to the source of the disturbance. Sora had let out Poipole as back up. The group ran through the town, then Pikachu's cheeks starts sparkling.
"Pi!"
"Are you picking up on something, Pikachu?" Sora asked.
"Pika, Pika," Pikachu nodded. Togedemaru started sparkling as well.
"It's Togedemaru too," Sophocles said.
None of them was sure it was Blacephalon, but why would it just cause a blackout? They all had to find out. Pikachu and Togedemaru's sparkling became stronger knowing they were getting close. They saw one of the Ultra Beasts, but it wasn't Blacephalon at all. Xurkitree waved its arms around absorbing electricity.
"There it is," Hapu said.
"It's not Blacephalon, that's for one thing," Kiawe said.
"But it is an Ultra Beast," Sophocles said.
"But, what is this one called?" Kris asked.
"Only one way to be sure," Sora said taking out his Pokédex.
Xurkitree, the Glowing Pokémon
Type: Electric
Xurkitree stand around unmoving, like trees, with their arms and legs stuck into the ground. Astonishing electric shocks emanate from its entire body.
"Xurkitree. And it turns out to be our second Ultra Beast," Sora said.
"Weren't we just after Blacephalon just a moment ago?" Lyra pointed out.
"We'll deal with Blacephalon after we get Xurkitree. It'll just absorb more electricity if we just leave it alone," Sora said.
"Sora's right. Xurkitree is our priority right now," Illima agreed. Xurkitree took notice of its visitors and raised its hand to launch an attack while its spikey head starts emitting electricity.
"What is it doing?" Sora asked.
"It's sparking!" Lana said.
Xurkitree fires its electricity from its plug-like hands making everyone scatter.
"We can't get close!" Sophocles yelled.
"Executing a capture is going to be hard," Kiawe said. Xurkitree continued absorbing electricity and sparks course through its body.
"What could it be doing?" Lyra asked.
"I think its abosrbing electricity," Lillie said.
"Maybe that's why it attacked us. It was mad because we were interrupting its meal," Kairi guessed. Sora's device went off again. Sora answered it with her face on the screen
"If you're calling to ID this Ultra Beast to us, the Pokédex already beat you to it, because it's called Xurkitree," Sora said.
"That's one of the reasons I'm making contact. But there's another. We were able to confirm the situation that all of you are currently in. Wicke had made contact with the local power company and ordered an emergency shutdown just so Xurkitree couldn't absorb anymore power into itself," Lusamine said.
"That's good," Sora said. "I hope." He hung up. Xurkitree couldn't absorb anymore electricity and it became enraged by this.
"Why is it so angry?" Kris asked.
"Just because the power is shut off, it won't be able to absorb anymore," Mallow said.
"It's sparking and angry," Lana said.
"We'll have to draw its attention to us somehow," Kairi said.
"I think I have an idea," Sora said. "You, me, and Sophocles will have to draw Xurkitree's attention with the electricity from our Pokémon."
"Right Sora," Kairi nodded.
"Got it," Sophocles said. Poipole flew up to Xurkitree to annoy it. "Poipole! Get away from there! It's dangerous without electricity!"
Kairi had let out Raichu while Sophocles let out Flaaffy, Magnemite, and Vikavolt to draw the Ultra Beast's attention.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered.
"Raichu! You use Thunderbolt too!" Kairi ordered.
"Vikavolt! Triple the Thunderbolt! Togedemaru! Use Zing Zap! Magnemite! Use Discharge! Flaaffy! Use Shock Wave!" Sophocles ordered. All of the Electric Type Pokémon let out their electricity to attract the Ultra Beast's attention and it seems to be working.
The Ultra Beast chased after the Electric Type Pokémon to absorb the electricity for the rest of the Alolan nine to take advantage of the distraction.
"Okay, everyone. Sora, Kairi, and Sophocles has gotten Xurkitree's attention. Everyone get a Beast Ball ready; one for us should have make this catch," Kiawe said. Everyone nodded agreement getting out a Beast Ball.
"That's it, Xurkitree! Come and get the yummy electricity!" Sora said with the Electric Type Pokémon drawing the Ultra Beast to them.
Unknown to them, a woman with dark blonde hair and blue eyes; she's also wearing a black top with purple pants with a sweater tied around the waist and wearing wearing black shoes is holding a camera and getting it to catch the action.
"Just when unusual Pokémon appear, another one just as unusual makes an appearance," the woman said getting camera ready and snaps some pictures. She sees Sora, Kairi, and Sophocles, running with their Electric Type Pokémon with Xurkitree chasing them. "What are they doing? Don't they realize the danger they're in?" She spots some of the other kids running behind the Ultra Beast when suddenly, Blacephalon's head appears in front of them.
"It's taken the bait! Now!" Kiawe shouted as the rest of the Alolan nine got a Beast Ball ready to capture Xurkitree, but then Blacephalon's head floated in front of them. "Oh crap!"
Lillie, "Is that-?"
Lana, "Could it be-?"
Mallow, "From last night?!"
Blacephalon's head exploded right in front of them and just strong enough. The woman's eyes got wide when she saw the Ultra Beast.
"That's the fireworks dancer from last night. But what is it doing here?" The woman asked in her thoughts. "Better get a picture all the same." She takes a picture of the Ultra Beast. The flash draws the attention of the Ultra Beasts and they set their sights on the woman. She got ready to take another picture when they started to come towards her. Sora, Kairi, and Sophocles saw her with the camera.
"Lady! Get away from here!" Sora called out. Xurkitree fired its electric attack right at the woman. She gasped with fright, but Sophocles had to think fast.
"Togedemaru! Jump in front of that attack!" Sophocles called out.
"Togedemaru!" The hedgehog-like Pokémon jumps in front of the woman absorbing the electricity in her body. "Good job, Togedemaru!"
Sora and Kairi ran up to the woman who was stunned by what just happened.
"You okay?" Kairi asked.
"Yes I am. But what are you kids doing here?" The woman asked them.
"We should be asking you the same thing," Sora said.
"Pika!" Pikachu called out grabbing their attention. They all saw Blacephalon had arrived and started to make another fireworks show using its head while Xurkitree started sparkling.
"But that'll have to wait for now," Sora said.
"Agreed," Kairi said.
The rest of the Alolan nine, Kris, Lyra, and the Pokémon gathered to where Sora, Kairi, Sophocles, and the woman were standing.
Blacephalon continued with the explosions while Xurkitree started to sprinkle electrical sparkles in the air.
"What are they doing now?" The woman asked.
"Boom-boom and spark-spark," Lana said.
"So it's a boom-boom spark-spark battle, huh?" Sora asked.
"That's what it looks like," Illima said.
"What does that mean?" Mallow asked while Mina shrugged her shoulders.
"Wait. Look close. It does look like they're competing with each other," Lillie pointed out.
Xurkitree fires electricity from its hands while Blacephalon jumps out of the way and hurls its head at Xurkitree and explodes on contact.
"You're right, Lillie. It does look that way," Illima said.
"Maybe can catch them while they're competing," Sophocles said.
"Everyone get a Beast Ball ready," Kiawe said taking one out. Sora, Kairi, and the rest of the Alolan nine took out a Beast Ball while Lyra, Kris, and the woman looked at the balls knowing they never seen those before.
"And here we go!" Sora said throwing the Beast Ball. Kairi and the Alolan nine all threw their Beast Balls as well, but they're reflected with the Ultra Beasts comepeting. "No use!"
"The Beast Balls are bouncing off that booming and sparking!" Mallow said.
The booming and sparking battle has raged on between the two Ultra Beasts and it looked like it could go on for days or even weeks.
"I don't think they'll be stopping any time soon," Lillie said.
Xurkitree spins its arms around as the static electricity collides with Blacephalon's fireworks making it look like a nebula. The group was captivated by the sight.
"Look at that," Lyra said.
"Do you see what I see?" Acerola asked.
"That's neat!" Lana said.
"It's like outer space," Sophocles said.
"Wait a minute! This is no time to stand around and watch!" Hapu shouted.
"Hapu's right. We have to try something," Kairi said.
"Toge, Togepi."
"Wow, it don't look good," Mallow said.
"You think?" Lana deadpanned when a piece of paper hit her in the face. Sora's communicator starts going off and answered it.
"Lusamine! We have a serious problem here," Sora said.
"I thought you would since we were picking up the increase of Ultra energy in your area," Lusamine said.
"Mother, how could this have happened?" Lillie asked.
"It would seem because of their powerful performances, they are here competing with all their might. It's possible that it's the first time in their lives that they have met someone who could match their capabilities," Lusamine said.
"So they're rivals," Kiawe said.
"And not one of them wants to lose," Sora said.
"It's hard to tell if this competition escalates. We need to send them back to their world as soon as we can," Professor Burnet spoke up.
"That's a problem. We all tried to throw a Beast Ball while they were competing, but their performance just caused them to bounce back right into our faces," Sora said. "If only I could figure out how to get their attention just like this lady and her camer-" Sora stopped as he just thought of an idea. "Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" He looks over to the woman. "The flash from your camera!"
The woman blinked twice, "What about it?"
"Xurkitree attacked you because it thought you were a competitor. Blacephalon would have done the same thing if it had noticed you," Sora pointed out. The woman nodded her head.
"That makes sense. But what does that has to do with anything?" She asked.
"Yeah Sora. Fill us in," Kris said.
"If they want a performance, then they're going to get one. We're going to have much bigger fireworks than theirs!" Sora said. Everyone else was confused by what Sora has proposed.
"Bigger fireworks?" Kairi asked.
"But how Sora?" Mallow asked.
"We can make one just by borrowing power from our Pokémon," Sora said.
"Pikachu?" Pikachu was at a loss to his idea.
"We can have a create a huge flash of fireworks just by combining their moves," Sora said.
"I see what you have in mind. The Ultra Beasts will be drawn to our display and they will think we were stealing their thunder," Illima said.
"Then, I can send in Silvally using a Ground Memory to have Multi-Attack to break up the act," Sora said pulling out Silvally's Premiere Ball. He turns to the woman. "Do you have any Pokémon with you? And if so, do any of them know Fire Blast?"
"I have a Dragonair, a Rapidash, and a Ninetales; and they all know Fire Blast. Why?" The woman asked.
"Because we're going to need it," Sora said. He filled to the rest of the group on how it'll work. He called out Cyndaquil and Silvally to help out. Lyra has called out her Marill. "Is everybody else ready?"
"Ready as we'll ever be!" Mallow said.
"Just say the word!" Lyra said.
"Sophocles! You first!" Sora said.
"Right! Vikavolt! Electroweb!" Sophocles ordered. Vikavolt fired an electrified web in the sky. "Great! Togedemaru use Zing Zap!" Togedemaru used her signature attack and adds to the web.
"Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered.
"Raichu! You use Thunderbolt too!" Kairi ordered.
Both mouse Pokémon fired Thunderbolt into the combined attack.
"Marill! Use Bubble Beam!" Lyra ordered. Marill fired Bubble Beam into the combined attack.
"Tsareena! Magical Leaf! Let's go!" Mallow ordered. Tsareena let out Magical Leaf and contributes to the fireworks plan.
"Turtonator! Flamethrower!" Kiawe ordered.
"Cyndaquil! You use Flamethrower too!" Sora ordered. Both Fire Type Pokémon fired Flamethrower into the combo attack.
"Cloyster! Ice Beam!" Lana ordered as Cloyster fired Ice Beam into the combo attack. Sora turns to the woman.
"Your turn!" Sora said.
"Right," she nodded not needing to be told twice. "Dragonair! Rapidash! Ninetales! Fire Blast!" All three Pokémon let out a combined Fire Blast and sends it into the fireworks display in progress drawing the attention of the competing Ultra Beasts.
"Snowy! Top it off with Powder Snow!" Lillie ordered. Snowy used Powder Snow into the combined attack. Poipole sprays a red-violet powder into the fireworks display making it sparkle.
"It's so beautiful," Kris said.
"It is," Illima said.
"But too bad we can't say the same about them," Acerola said.
The Ultra Beasts had taken the bait. Blacephalon took off its head and got ready to make it bigger than before to let out a much bigger explosion. Xurkitree began building even more power than before. Sora gave Silvally the Ground Memory to put the final phase of his plan into effect.
"Okay Silvally! Multi-Attack! Now!" Sora ordered. Silvally nodded and used its signature attack on the two Ultra Beasts causing them both heavy damage due to their Type weakness. The Multi-Attack was much more powerful than before. The Ultra Beasts began wobbling around feeling exhausted by the chimeric Pokémon's attack. Sora smiled as he knew his plan had worked to perfection. "Lillie! Lana! Now!"
"Right!" Lillie and Lana said each holding up a Beast Ball. Both girls threw the Beast Balls at their chosen targets and they both flow inside. Stars swirls around the Beast Balls confirming the catch. Sora accessed his Pokédex and sent the newly caught Ultra Beasts straight to Professor Oak's lab. He made contact with Lusamine again.
"Good news, Lusamine. Blacephalon and Xurkitree has been captured. Professor Oak should be sending them both to you," Sora said.
"Good work, Sora. And congratulations on your successful capture," Lusamine said. Sora broke contact with the Aether Foundation's president and gave off a big sigh.
"Another mission accomplished," Sora said. The woman was still with the group. He knew what was coming next. "I guess we have some explaining to do, huh?"
"Well, yes. I do have some questions to ask you since I am a journalist," the woman said. "Oh, by the way, the name's Nancy."
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Alolan nine, Kris, and Lyra all went back to the Pokémon Center along with Nancy to explain what happened, but as soon as they got there, Tai, Kari, and their friends were in the Pokémon Center as well.
"Ketchum! It's been a while," Tai said.
"Tai?" Sora asked.
"Pika?" Pikachu shared his shock.
"Kari!" Kairi greeted.
"Toge, Togepi."
The two groups had quite a tale to tell. Matt and TK had recognized the woman with the other kids.
"Mom?" Matt asked.
"What are you doing here?" TK asked.
"Just came to Johto for some vacation," Nancy admitted. "But you both look like you're doing well."
"You too, mom," TK said hugging her. Matt also hugged her. Nancy returned the hug to her sons.
"So, anything you wanna fill us in on?" Tai asked. He noticed the two girls with them. "And who are they?"
"First, I would to introduce you to Kris and Lyra," Sora introduced them. "Kris, Lyra. Meet Tai and his sister Kari. Those two happens to be Matt and his brother TK. The girl with the orange hair is Sara, the guy in the short red hair is Izzy. The girl with the long brown hair is Mimi. The guy in the glasses is Joe. The guy in the goggles is Davis. The girl with the glasses is Yolei. The guy in gray is Ken. And the kid here is Cody."
The two girls were pleased to meet Tai and his friends. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all explained to the girls and to Nancy about they know each other. Nancy spoke up asking them about what they were doing in the area when Xurkitree was absorbing electricity. They explained that they were sent to capture the Ultra Beasts and have them sent back to Ultra Space as soon they are caught. Tai, Kari, and the rest were shocked to hear about the otherworldly Pokémon. But they do remember seeing Poipole at Professor Oak's lab and hearing about them from Takuya and his group.
Nancy was incredibly shocked to hear it as well, as she remembered hearing stories of Pokémon from another world doing battle with the Four Island Guardians in Alola, but had always thought it to being a fairytale.
"I honestly don't know what to say," Nancy said. "But I have to admit I have not expected this to happen. Even when that Blacephalon appeared from last night."
"Well, I had my suspicions, so I made contact with Lusamine, Lillie's mom about it before heading to bed," Sora said.
"Now that those Ultra Beast things are back hime, now what?" Davis asked.
"Well, we'll be continuing on to Goldenrod City for my third Johto Badge," Sora stated.
"You wouldn't mind if we traveled with you for a bit, do you?" Yolei asked.
"Takuya and the others did say you did great in yoir battle against Sabrina," Sara said.
"And we even got more of a taste of your power in your other battles," Cody said.
"I don't see why not," Sora said.
The group decided to stay for one more night since Matt and TK decided to spend some time with their mom before they took off.
On the very next morning, they all said their goodbyes to Nancy, Lyra, and Kris as they took their leave for Goldenrod City. Now what awaits them ahead could be even more adventures. Things could be quite exciting.