Episode 159: The Legend Of The Blinding One
Last time on Pokémon: Sora's Journey:
Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine, Hau, Takato, Henry, Rika, Jeri, Kazu, Kenta, Melody, and the Pokémon were told about Necrozma, Solgaleo, and Lunala being in the world and they left the Pokémon Center as Weevil and Rex were asleep; staying awake all night because of Sora's snoring.
But, Lugia had challenged Solgaleo and Lunala into a battle and that brought the group over to the scene. Just as the battle intensifies, Necrozma had arrived and briefly battled Lugia and the Pokémon of legend fell victim to Necrozma's assault.
Sora's Silvally battled Necrozma, but it couldn't overpower Necrozma enough as Solgaleo and Lunala had battled Necrozma, but it set its attentions on Lunala and the two had merged. How can Sora and his friends will be able to deal with that? This chapter shall answer that to you.
Sora, Kairi, Hau, the Alolan nine, Takato, Henry, Rika, Jeri, Kazu, Kenta, Melody, and the Pokémon were in shock, seeing Necrozma had merged with Lunala.
"What was that?!" Hau asked.
"Either Lunala got itself some new gear or Necrozma just placed itself on Lunala," Sora said.
"How can this be possible?" Henry asked.
"I don't know," Lillie said.
Sora gave off a small stream of sweat wondering how he could face a legendary Pokémon merged with an Ultra Beast. He had to admit he was way over his head. He had dealt with impossible odds before; but this was too much. He turned to Hau for support.
"Hau," Sora said.
Hau nodded as he understood what Sora was thinking, "I'm right with you, Sora." He took out Decidueye's Pokéball since he knew he had an edge over Necrozma since its vulnerability to Ghost Type attacks. The only downside is Decidueye will be vulnerable to Ghost Type attacks since being a Ghost Type Pokémon. But, it was a risk he had to take. "Go! Decidueye!" The Pokéball opens and Decidueye awaits for instructions from Hau. Kairi steps in.
"Don't you boys even think about leaving me out of the fun," Kairi said, taking out her Pokéballs as well. "Abra! Raichu! Cubone! Raticate! Magby!" Kairi had let out her Pokémon to join Silvally and Decidueye. Sora took out three of his Pokéballs and threw them.
"Meganium! Quilava! Feraligatr! Join in!" Sora shouted. The Pokéballs open as Meganium, Quilava, and Feraligatr are now joining the battle. He turns to Pikachu. "You up for it, Pikachu?"
"Pika!" Pikachu answered and nodded.
"Figured you would be, buddy," Sora said smiling. He rubs the mouse Pokémon on the head.The Alolan nine were about to join in too when Hau stopped them.
"Not this time, guys," Hau said.
"What? Why not?" Hapu asked.
"We're going to need you to be on standby just in case. Nothing personal, but the rest of you with us will just be overkill," Hau said.
"Hau's right. There will be too many players on the playing field as it is," Illima said.
"We'll be here for moral support," Lana said.
"And you're never going to know when someone comes along to fill in," Kiawe said.
"Go get 'em, guys!" Kazu said.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt! Meganium! Petal Blizzard! Quilava! Flamethrower! Feraligatr! Water Gun! Silvally! Air Slash!" Sora ordered. Pikachu, Meganium, Quilava, Feraligatr, and Silvally fired their attacks right on Necrozma and it took the hit, but it wasn't even phased. "No way!"
"Not even a scratch on it!" Hau stated.
"This is even tougher than I thought," Sora admitted.
"Let's try even harder!" Hau suggested. Sora and Kairi both nodded in agreement.
"Right," the couple said.
"Magby! Incinerate! Raichu! Thunderbolt!" Kairi ordered. Raichu and Magby fired their attacks right at Necrozma. Both the beam of fire and stream of electricity combined with each other and struck Necrozma hard. "Okay Raticate! Flame Wheel! Cubone! Bonemerang!" Raticate rolled into a ball of fire and Cubone threw her bone right towards Necrozma. Raticate tried first only to be blocked by the claw attached to Lunala and the bone to miss its mark when Necrozma used Lunala's Phantom Force. Cubone looked around and Necrozma appeared right behind her. "Cubone! Behind you!" Cubone turns around and gets struck hard by Lunala. "Cubone! Raticate!"
"Decidueye! Spirit Shackle!" Hau ordered. Decidueye prepared an arrow from its wing and fired it right at the Ultra Beast merged with Lunala. Necrozma prepared to fire Prismatic Laser right at all of the opposing Pokémon, but Solgaleo charges at Necrozma before it did. Necrozma attacks with Moongeist Beam and strikes Solgaleo. Lugia reemerged from the sea and launched an attack onto Necrozma. Lugia began with a Dragon Rush and it struck Necrozma hard. Lugia was shocked to see the Ultra Beast graphed on Lunala like that.
"Lugia has recovered from its injuries," Acerola said.
"Yeah," Mina said.
"But, how did it recover so fast after taking that kind of abuse?" Mallow asked.
"Lugia must have been healed by the sea," Lillie guessed.
"And I can say Lugia is back with a vengeance," Takato said.
"Charmeleon," Guil said.
"Impidimp," Impidimp said.
Lugia had once again used Rain Dance and it once again started raining. Magby ran around desperately trying to stay dry. Quilava did the same thing since fire and water don't mix at all. Lugia prepared to fire Weather Ball and it turns out to be a ball of water. Lugia fires it right at Necrozma, but blocked it and performed Prismatic Laser and multicolored lasers shot out and hit Meganium, Feraligatr, Decidueye, and Solgaleo hard. Solgaleo fell right to the ground.
"Meganium! Feraligatr!" Sora gasped.
"Decidueye!" Hau also exclaimed.
"We've got to help Solgaleo!" Kiawe said.
"Agreed," Illima concured. He took out a Pokéball and threw it. "Go Bewear!" The Pokéball opens and Bewear is unleashed from the Pokéball. "Bewear! Go help Solgaleo!" Bewear ran towards the lion-like Pokémon to tend to it.
Solgaleo manages to regain consciousness and lifted back into battle before Bewear even reached it. Solgaleo rams into Necrozma and tried to seperate Necrozma from Lunala.
Lugia rushes into Necrozma with Dragon Rush once Solgaleo had let go. Solgaleo got into its Radiant Sun form and rams into Necrozma and it was enough to seperate Necrozma from Lunala. Lugia fired Weather Ball right at Necroma.
"Silvally! Multi-Attack!" Sora ordered. Silvally started to run and then it jumped in the air surrouned by ghostly energy and its claws glowing red. Silvally successfully landed a bit on Necrozma. "Pikachu! Thunderbolt! Meganium! Petal Blizzard! Quilava! Flamethrower! Feraligatr! Water Gun!"
"Raichu! Thunderbolt! Magby! Incinerate!" Kairi ordered.
"Decidueye! Leaf Storm!" Hau ordered.
Sora's, Kairi's, and Hau's Pokémon have sent out their attacks and they all combined together and struck the black Ultra Beast and it fell into the sea. Lugia looked over to the humans and saw how well they work with their Pokémon.
Not too far in an aircraft, it turns out that a Team Rocket squad led by Napolean were observing the battle closehand. Cassidy and Butch were accompaning him as well.
"Dang. Lugia, Solgaleo, Lunala, and that new black one. The boss is going to shit a solid gold brick when we bring these back to him," Napolean said.
"Indeed, Napolean," Cassidy agreed.
"We'll be an unstoppable force when we bring them back to him," Butch said.
"Prepare to capture them!" Napolean instructed.
"Sir!" The Team Rocket grunts acknowledged.
Solgaleo had tened to Lunala having to be seperated from Necrozma, but Solgaleo gets struck by a beam of electricity from the aricrafts probe.
"Mr. Napolean! We managed to make a successful hit on Solgaleo!" One of the grunts said.
"Yes!" Napolean said. "Activate the electro magnetic nets and turn up the juice as far as it'll go." Another grunt turned to him.
"But sir. We might end up detroying ourselves if we do," the second grunt said.
"Just do what I freakin' say! Gosh!" Napolean groaned.
"Sir!" The Team Rocket grunts acknowledged. The craft fired a net and it shocks both Solgaleo and Lunala in the process.
"Where did that thing come from?!" Henry exclaimed.
"I don't know, but they're not going to get away with it!" Sora stated. "Pikachu! Silvally! Cut that net! Thunderbolt and Air Slash!" Both of Sora's Pokémon fired their attacks and cuts the net. Solgaleo fired a Flash Cannon and it hits the aircraft.
"Sir! We've been hit!" The third grunt said.
"Retreat for right now! We need to rethink our plan!" Napolean said.
"Sir!" The Team Rocket craft turns and takes off. Sora saw the Team Rocket logo and he knew it couldn't be Jessie, James, or Meowth, but someone like Attila and Hun.
"Team Rocket," Sora said in a low tone. He clinched fist at the memories of their takeover back at the Pokémon Tower back in Lavender Town, their attempt at poaching all of the Slowpoke in the Slowpoke Well, and when Attila and Hun tried to take Raikou and use it to take over the world, plus all those times he had to deal with Jessie, James, and Meowth.
Kairi took notice of Sora's angered expression.
"Sora?" Kairi spoke in concern. He turned to her. "Is something wrong?" Sora could tell she was worried about him. He didn't want her to worry so much.
"I'm fine. I'll tell you later," Sora said. Kairi was still worried, so she nodded to him. She looked back to Solgaleo and the whole group gasped when Necrozma came right back up from the sea.
"Holy schickies!" Sophocles exclaimed.
"Necrozma!" Sora, Kiawe, and Hapu exclaimed.
Necrozma charged towards Solgaleo; and Solgaleo charged right back at Necrozma. Necrozma did the exact same thing as it did to Lunala and merged with Solgaleo giving it armor all around its body.
Necrozma's tail splits into two and attaches to the sides of Solgaleo's torso and its large claws extend from Solgaleo's back. The front feet have five black claws attached to it with two V-shaped crystals on top of it while the back foot has only three claws. It has a triangular helmet with a long, thin antenna on each side and Necrozma's brain prism prominently displayed. Solgaleo's own eyes and nose are visible as bright, blue lights. The host's tail gains a three black spikes attached to each other, as well as three spikes under the chin. A structure similar to one of Necrozma's legs extends from its back. The Solgaleo merged with Necrozma gave out a loud roar.
"No way," Sora said.
"Just like before," Melody said.
"And I thought Lunala getting all that black armor was bad. This is very bad," Sora said. "Silvally! Multi-Attack!" Silvally attempted to launch its signature attack when Necrozma had used Sunsteel Strike by making the same glow as before and taken Silvally down. "Silvally!" Necrozma then fired Prismatic Laser and it strikes the chimeric Pokémon as well as the rest.
"Pika, Pi!" Pikachu exclaimed.
Before the Alolan nine could do a thing about anything, an Ultra Wormhole opened and Necrozma had rushed right over towards the Ultra Wormhole. Lugia wasn't going to let it get away so easily, so it tried to stop it, but Necrozma fired Photon Geyser and it struck Lugia hard. making the silver legendary Pokémon fall right into the sea. Necrozma had escaped and the Ultra Wormhole had closed.
"Sogaleo!" Sora shouted.
"Sora!" A familiar voice called out. Sora, Kairi, Hau, Melody, the Alolan nine, Takato, Henry, Rika, Jeri, Kazu, Kenta, and the Pokémon turned to see Riku, Naminé, Eevee, Azurill coming along with some people Sora had not met before. They had a Zeraora with them.
"Riku," Sora said. "Hey."
"Right back at you. What happened here? And where's Necrozma?" Riku asked.
"It's gone," Sora answered.
"What do you mean Necrozma is gone?" Riku asked.
"It's like this," Sora started. He told Riku everything that happened when they saw Solgaleo and Lunala battle against Lugia and then Necrozma had appeared. Sora explained that he, Kairi, and Hau tried to bring Necrozma down, but it was too strong. Sora told them even how Necrozma had absorbed Lunala after battling with it and Solgaleo. He even told them about a Team Rocket aircraft showing up and attempted to take both Solgaleo and Lunala. Pikachu and Silvally had stopped the attempt and Solgaleo fired back at them, making them retreat. Kairi knew his anger weren't for nothing. And when Lugia had appeared again and ended up with the same results after Necrozma had done the same with Lunala and escaped through an Ultra Wormhole. "And that's when you showed up."
Riku was pretty surprised to hear all that and he figured that explained why Necrozma was chasing after Solgaleo and Lunala, but he didn't know why it was doing so. Naminé, Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan, Bakura, Mai, Duke, and Serenity were just as shocked, not believing what Sora had told them. Zeraora looked over to Yugi and he back at the yellow Pokémon. Zeraora even looked over to the injured Lunala. They both nod to each other knowing it wasn't good.
"Whoa. I wasn't expecting that to happen, but jeez," Riku said.
"That explains why those two Pokémon tried to get away from Necrozma. They must have known what it was going to do," Yugi said.
"We knew that from the moment when Necrozma first did that to Lunala," Henry said.
"But, the only thing is, we don't know why it absorbed Solgaleo like it did with Lunala and then escaped through an Ultra Wormhole," Illima said.
"Maybe my mother should know something about this. We should make contact with her and tell her," Lillie suggested.
"I was thinking the same thing, Lillie. But, first we should get Lunala to the Pokémon Center and get it treated as soon as possible," Sora said.
Everyone agreed. Kiawe had called out Charizard and Turtonator to carry Lunala back. Natu even tagged along and sat on Sora's shoulder like a parrot on a pirate's shoulder. As they were taking Lunala to be healed, it was absolutely bringing some attention. Weevil and Rex woke feeling fully rejuvenated from their sleep.
"Man, that was quite a nap," Rex said in a yawn.
"Boy, you've said it. I haven't felt so relaxed since, I don't even remember," Weevil said.
Weevil put on his glasses and they both looked at each other with a scream when they saw the doodles on their faces.
"WHAT'S WITH YOUR FACE?!" Weevil and Rex both yelled. They washed off their faces and ran out of the room they were staying in and that was when Sora and the rest have came back with Lunala injured. They both stopped when they saw the legendary Pokémon in the very same Pokémon Center they were staying in.
"What is that?" Rex asked.
"It can't be. It's Lunala," Weevil said.
The two trainers apprached the group and they had taken notice of them.
"Glad that you two can join us, because you missed out on the action," Hapu said, pretending to care.
"What the heck happened and how did Lunala get here?" Weevil asked.
"Would you guys believe it was with Solgaleo and they battled Lugia?" Kiawe asked.
"Are you serious? Lugia and Solgaleo?" Rex asked.
"Yeah. And another Ultra Beast too," Sophocles said.
"Not another one!" Weevil and Rex groaned, remembering having to deal with Pheromosa and all those Kartana.
Sora had taken out his communicator and used it to make contact with Lusamine. She answered him.
"Yes Sora?" Lusamine greeted.
"Lusamine, we have some news that you will be able to believe," Sora told her.
"What is it?" Lusamine asked, wanting to hear what he had to hear.
"Okay, it's like this. We found Solgaleo and Lunala on the island and it was battling Lugia and during the battle, Necrozma made itself known; Kairi, Hau, and I tried to bring it down to catch it, but it was too strong and then it absorbed Lunala," Sora explained. Lusamine got wide-eyed when he said that.
"Necrozma absorbed Lunala?!" Lusamine questioned.
"Yeah. We managed to get Necrozma off of Lunala, but then Team Rocket had shown up and tried to poach them, but we put a stop to that. But, more importantly, Necrozma and Lugia didn't stay down for long and then Necrozma did the same thing to Solgaleo and then escaped through an Ultra Wormhole."
"Necrozma absorbed Solgaleo as well? And on top of that, it escaped through an Ultra Wormhole?" Lusamine asked.
"Um, yes?" Sora responded. "But, the thing is we don't know why it needed Solgaleo and Lunala, so we thought we let you know about this."
"You were right to come to me, Sora. And you did your best. And judging by what you said, what you witnessed was Necrozma in both of its Dawn Wing form and Dusk Mane form," Lusamine explained.
"Dawn Wing and Dusk Mane?" Sora asked.
"Yes. Ever since Riku made contact with me about Solgaleo's, Lunala's, and Necrozma's appearence from an Ultra Wormhole, We have been doing some research and we have made a startling discovery," Lusamine said.
"What?" Sora asked, becoming curious.
"Perhaps you and the rest should wait and see when I get there. I think it'll best that we spoke face-to-face; because it's something you should all hear," Lusamine said. Sora nodded as he understood.
"Okay. I guess we can wait for you to get here and hear what you have to say, Lusamine," Sora said.
"Good. I will see you all soon," Lusamine said, before breaking contact. Sora placed his communicator in his pocket and he went back to his friends as they got to know Yugi and his friends. They all saw Sora come back and wondered what Lusamine had said.
"What did Lusamine say, Sora?" Mallow asked.
"Well, she said she's coming here," Sora said.
"What? You mean my mother is coming here?" Lillie asked, fearing imminent embarrasment.
"She is. She said she found something out and she's coming all the way down here just to talk to us; something she felt we should all hear," Sora said.
"You think it has something to do with Solgaleo and Lunala getting that black armor makeover?" Kazu asked.
"That was it seems like to me, Kazu," Illima said. "Did she say she knew about why it absorbed them like that?"
"She only said what we saw was Necrozma in its Dawn Wing and Dusk Mane forms," Sora said.
"Dawn Wing and Dusk Mane?" Kairi asked confused.
"What's she called them. She didn't say anything more after that," Sora said. "Except she was coming down here to talk to us."
"Do you think maybe she knows more than she was saying?" Duke asked.
"If it is, we're about to hear it," Mai said.
"Yeah," Mina said.
"If it is, then we should have to wait and hear what she has to say. But, till then, let's just try to get our minds off of it, because I could use something to distract me for a little while," Sora said.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"I second that. We haven't heard much about you anyway," Yugi said. "Anyway, Sora. My name is Yugi Muto." Yugi held out his hand and Sora smiled and shook it.
"Good to meet you, Yugi," Sora said.
"And this is my partner, Zeraora," Yugi introduced his partner; Zeraora bows its head in respect.
"My name is Téa Gardener," Téa introduced herself.
"I'm Joey Wheeler. And this girl with the long hair is my little sister Serenity," Joey introduced.
"I'm happy to meet you, Sora," Serenity said.
"I'm Tristan Taylor," Tristan introduced.
"I'm Duke Devlin," Duke introduced.
"My name is Bakura," he introduced.
"And I'm Mai Valentine," Mai introduced.
"I wonder if her middle name is funny," Sora said in his thoughts.
"We already know about Hau and the others through Riku; and he told us some things about you and Kairi," Joey said. Sora looked at Joey for a moment and he remembered battling someone named Joey and he came from Vermilion City. "Is something up, Sora?"
"You just kinda remind me of someone. But, I don't think you're him," Sora said. Joey grinned and chuckled.
"I can bet you think that I might be a movie star," Joey guessed.
"The only movies I can think of that face of yours would be suitable for the movies would be horror flicks," Tristan joked. Joey didn't like joke one little bit.
"Hey! What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Joey hissed.
"Let's face it, Joey; you're not exactly get any leading roles in action movies; except for someone with a deformed face," Tristan said. Joey snapped at him and Tristan snapped back at him, starting an argument between the two.
"Definitely not that Joey. I mean, the Joey I battled was an impatient cheater," Sora said in his thoughts
Meanwhile in Vermilion City, the Joey there was drinking at the local bar and he was drinking himself stupid. In fact, he was drinking until he puked his guts out.
"I was supposed to be champion; but no... I was thrown out just for breaking one silly little rule. And they gave it to that kid and he got to battle Prince What's-his-name and that four eyes," the Vermilion City Joey said in a hiccup. He downed another drink. The bartender turned around and saw how drunk he was getting.
"Jeez, buddy. I think you've had enough," the bartender said. The Vermilion City Joey grabs him by the shirt.
"I'LL LET YOU KNOW I HAD ENOUGH, YOU KNOW-NOTHING BOOZE JOCKEY!" The Vermilion City Joey screamed. Having enough, he just throws him out into the streets.
"Get out! And stay out! You're a problem for the cops now!" The bartender yelled out. He slams the door. He got up on his feet and he drunkly stumbles around town until he was picked up by Officer Jenny and brought to the police station.
Back on Ogi Island, the group got to have their lunch in the messhall for lunch and to kill some time before Lusamine arrived.
"So, what do you guys wanna know about?" Sora asked. Mai grinned slyly.
"Well, for one thing, I am curious how you two lovebirds first meet," Mai said. Serenity got all giddy wanting to hear it. Sora looked over to Kairi and she nods indicating that it was okay to tell them.
"Okay, it's like this. It all started when I just became a Pokémon trainer and I had already gotten Pikachu as my very first Pokémon. I was trying to make my very first catch; and that didn't work out as I planned," Sora explained. He still felt embarrassed about how stupid he felt when he tried to catch a Pidgey using his pajama shirt.
"What do you mean? You said Pikachu is your first one, right?" Tristan pointed out. "Couldn't you have your Pikachu battle the wild Pokémon first?"
"You're right to point that out, Tristan. But, the only problem was I had a Pikachu that wouldn't do a thing I told him to do," Sora said. Pikachu chuckled a bit, remembering the mistakes Sora made.
"Your Pikachu wouldn't listen to you?" Serenity asked. "I didn't think that could happen."
"You would tyhink so, but it happened. I wasn't close to giving up and I accidentally found a Pidgey in a cage," Sora said.
"A cage?" Téa asked.
"Yeah. And it was set by a couple of Pokémon hunters with a huge flock of Spearow. They even set their sights on Pikachu," Sora said.
"But, that doesn't answer what that has to do you and Kairi," Mai stated.
"The thing is, I was kidnapped by those very same hunters," Kairi said.
"What?!" Joey hissed.
"How did that happen?" Duke asked.
"I was out on a nature walk just outside of Viridian City when I saw a Caterpie in a cage. I felt sorry for her, so I got her out of the cage and she escaped. And that's when those guys took me from behind and brought me to their camp," Kairi said. "They told me they were going to kill me when they finished."
"Those assholes!" Joey said, slamming his fist on the table.
"Well, this is the part where I come in," Sora said. "Pikachu and I managed to get away from the hunters and the Spearow when we accidentally stumbled on their camp. And that's when I found Kairi in a burlap sack in their tent."
"Pikachu," Pikachu nodded. He remembered the blush on Sora's face when he first saw her.
"So, it was love at first sight, hm?" Téa asked teasingly. Sora and Kairi couldn't help but blush at the question. Riku, Hau, and their old classmates laughed a bit.
"You could say that," Sora said blushing making his face even redder; then his entire head turned red in embarrassment. Kairi's entire head was just as red as Sora's.
"So, what happened after that? I mean, did those guys ever find you?" Yugi asked.
"They did. They sent their Spearow after us and they all just attacked Pikachu," Kairi said. "We had to get to the Pokémon Center as soon as possible and get away from those hunters."
"I was gonna stay behind and take whatever those birds and the hunters would throw at me, but Pikachu got on his feet and jumped right in front of those Spearow and shocked the entire flock and the hunters," Sora explained. That left a huge shocked look on the newcomers faces. "Pikachu ended up using up what bit of energy he had left and we headed off to the Pokémon Center in Viridian City to get Pikachu healed up." He left out the part of Ho-Oh appearing in the sky above them, but that didn't escape Zeraora's notice. The Thunderclap Pokémon sifted its eyes over to Yugi and he caught on.
"Sora and I traveled together just soon as after Pikachu was all healed up; and we both been traveling together ever since," Kairi said.
"Riku told us that you and he first met in Cerulean City and you two battled," Bakura pointed out.
"Yeah. I battled Riku and he creamed me like it was nothing," Sora said.
"Yeah I did," Riku said proudly. "But as time went on I saw how much stronger he was getting each time we saw each other. Lillie and the rest of our old classmates came down to Kanto from Alola just to see me and they ened up traveling with the lovebirds here."
"Eevee," Eevee nodded.
"We all got to know Sora when we started to travel with him," Lillie said. "We were pretty curious if they were a couple."
"But as soon as I asked, they just quickly denied it," Mallow said.
"What? Really? Don't tell me it was just friends excuse," Mai said laughing.
"That's exactly what it was," Kiawe said.
"His aunt and uncle even knew there was something going on with them just like Sora's cousin Ven and his two friends Terra and Aqua," Hapu said.
"You mean they weren't a couple when you met them?" Téa asked. The Alolan nine all shook their heads.
"The whole problem with the two of them was that they didn't know if one had the same feelings for the other," Illima said. "But, we all saw it was very obvious."
"The girls spoke with Kairi and the boys spoke with me. They encouraged us to confess how we felt for each other. An it was after Kairi kissed me on my lips when I was sleeping." Kairi blushed at that memory. "And we sealed the deal with a real one the very next night." Serenity was incredibly moved by the story, taking in every word of it.
"And ever since then, they've been open with each other about their feelings," Sophocles said.
"Sora and Kairi had met never met me before when I first came down to the Kanto region, but seeing Lillie and the rest was a real treat for me. I battled Sora and I lost," Hau said. "But, man was that a fun battle!"
"My thoughts have been on Togepi. How did you ever end up with that one?" Duke asked. "Togepi are extremly rare Pokémon and not many people has seen one."
"Togepi was just an egg when we first found him," Sora said. Pikachu glared at his trainer. "Pikachu and some my other Pokémon found him actually. Right?" Pikachu smiled and nodded, feeling satisfied.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"So, we decided to let Kairi have the egg since she was the only one of us who didn't have a Pokémon of her own yet; so Togepi became her very first Pokemon," Sora said.
"And just after Togepi was just a few days old, you tried to teach him how to battle," Kairi said.
"Hey! I only did that once!" Sora argued. Everyone laughed. He rubbed his head, remembering how much of a headache he ended up with. "But, at least it was once." Togepi got out of Kairi's hold and went over to Sora. He smiled and picked the little Pokémon up.
"Pi! Toge, Toge!" Togepi chirped.
"You won't believe this, but Togepi managed to take care of a Pokémon hunter along with Mina's Clefairy with Metronome, turnng into Sacred Fire," Sora said. "And he had some pretty agressive Pokémon."
"Pika, Pika," Pikachu said.
Meanwhile, Napolean had made contact with Giovanni and his four executives, Archer, Proton, Ariana, and Petrel.
"Have you anything to report, Napolean?" Giovanni asked.
"I would like to say that we have come across some awesome Pokémon and we made it our plan to catch them for you and bring them right to you, sir," Napolean said. "But, we kinda hit a snag when we were doing it."
"I'm sure it's nothing you and your forces can't handle," Ariana said.
"I hope so, because I can hardily do it with all these idiots we got working for us," Napolean said.
"I can understand, Napolean. IT's hard to get good help these days," Petrel said.
"But, we have great news. Our senssors have picked up some Ultra energy and we are thhikning of going in through an Ultra Wormhole and bring back loads of Ultra Beasts and bring them back to you," Napolean said. "Especially the Blinding One."
"We hope you make good of your promise, Napolean. I'm sure you won't want to end up failing like Attila, Hun, and Raspuin did on their missions," Ariana said.
"No," Napolean said. "I'll make contact with you again when our mission is a success," Napolean said, breaking contact.
A few hours later, Lusamine along with Faba, Wicke, Professor Burnet, and even Professor Kukui had finally arrived on Ogi Island's Pokémon Center. Sora, Kairi, Riku, Naminé, the Alolan nine, Hau, Melody, Takato, Henry, Rika, Jeri, Kazu, Kenta, Yugi, Téa, Joey, Tristan, Bakura, Mai, Duke, Serenity, Weevil, Rex, and the Pokémon have been waiting for Lusamine to arrive.
"We've been waiting for you," Sora said.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. Is Lunala inside the Pokémon Center as well?" Professor Burnet asked.
"Yeah. We brought it in to be healed," Riku said.
"Good. Because we have much to discuss," Lusamine said. The Pokémon Center had been closed down for an emergency and trainers won't be able to have their Pokémon healed up until the very next day. A lot of other trainers were asked to leave, and Nurse Joy did apologize for this developement. Everyone except for Sora and the rest had cleared out. "Now, if I would remember when you last made contact with me, you said that Necrozma had merged with Lunala and then with Solgaleo shortly, correct?"
"Y-Yeah. That's what happened. And you mentioned them being Dawn Wing and Dusk Mane forms. What did that have to do with anything?" Sora asked.
"A lot, I'm afraid," Lusamine said. She turns to Faba. "Whhy don't you begin, Faba?"
"Of course, Faba said. He clears his throat. "A short time after Riku had made contact with Lusamine and stated that Necrozma had pursuded Solgaleo and Lunala through an Ultra Wormhole in Olivine City, we have been doing some research and at the same time, we were repaing our tracking system, and we have made a very startling discovery."
"Necrozma's entire body is made of crystal and it needs light in order to survive," Professor Burnet said.
"That's what the Pokédex said," Sora stated.
"Well, there's more to it," Wicke said. "More than it says."
"What do you mean by that?" Kairi asked.
"What I mean is, Solgaleo and Lunala has what Necrozma needs; light," Wicke explained.
"Light?" Yugi asked.
"Is that why it merged with Lunala and Solgaleo at first?" Takato asked.
"Yes. It turns out that Necrozma is trying to regain its true form," Lusamine said.
"True form?" Sora asked.
"You mean, it's not supposed to look like it did when it first got here?" Riku asked.
"That's right, Riku. Our reseach has come down to this," Faba said, taking out a document and he showed everyone an old mural of the ancient days of Alola and the Alolan Pokémon. In the mural was Solgaleo, Lunala, and a third Pokémon that looked like a dragon with four wings and it appears to be made entirely of light as the mural indicated.
"What you are seeing is Necrozma's true form; Ultra Burst Necrozma. Or as the ancients have called it: The Blinding One," Lusamine said.
"The Blinding One?" Everyone asked.
"It was so long ago. The ancient people of Alola have worshipped these three Pokémon as they gave light and life to the Alolan Islands. But, then Ultra Wormholes have began openeing all over adn Ultra Beasts have began appearing," Lusamine said. "It happened as Necrozma had lost its power. The Island Gurdians battled the Ultra Beasts, but their conflict nearly destroyed the Alola region."
"So, Solgaleo and Lunala went with the other Ultra Beasts when, but Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini were beaten by Solgaleo and Lunala," Sora remembered.
"Yes. And that's when started," Lusamine said.
"Necrozma needed the power of light from these legendary Pokémon in order to be able to use turn into its true form, but it kept losing power as a result," Professor Burnet said.
"And that's why Necrozma had been pursuing them for all this time," Faba stated.
"And when Necrozma came here, it got into a battle with Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres," Yugi pointed out.
"The same with Suicune when it battled Pheromosa," Melody added.
"None of us had come across legendary Pokémon battling with Ultra Beasts when we cam across from them. Why's that?" Illima asked.
"I have a theroy that none of them saw the other Ultra Beasts as a threat before, so they must have sensed Necrozma the same why the Silvally did before," Faba said. "Suicune must have thought Pheromosa was that threat."
"And that's probably why Lugia attacked Solgaleo and Lunala when it did," Sora guessed. "And you said that Necrozma needs the power of light to turn back into its true form?"
"That's right, Sora," Lusamine said. "That can create a problem for everyone when Necrozma does regain its true form."
"And that's a bad thing because?" Téa asked starting to get worried.
"The longer Necrozma is in its Dusk Mane Form, the closer it'll be in its Ultra Burst Form; and as a result, Ultra Wormholes will open from all over and then we may end up with more Ultra Beasts than we will know what to do with," Lusamine said. A collection of gasps spread all around and all their faces went pale at the thought of Ultra Beasts coming from Ultra Wormholes and then taking the entire planet within days.
"That doesn't sound good at all," Joey said.
"It sounds like a total disaster," Henry said.
"Now, we will need you to take us where the battle with Lugia, Solgaleo, and Lunala had taken place before Necrozma had shown up," Lusamine said.
Wasting no time, the group led the adults to where it had occured
"Right here," Sora said when he, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, and Natu had led the adults to the spot where it took place. "This is where it took place."
"Oh my," Wicke said.
"That's what we all thought," Kairi said.
"And where is Lugia now?" Faba asked.
"Probably still in the ocean, recovering from that battle," Sora said.
"I see," Faba said, stroking his chin. "And you said that an Ultra Wormhole had opened here as well?"
"Yeah," Sora said.
"Where are you going with this, Faba?" Professor Burnet asked. He looked around for a bit.
"I have an idea about the Ultra Wormhole," Faba said. He turns around. "With your permission, Lusamine, I would like to stay here and try to see if I could get the Wormhole opened again."
"Of course," Lusamine said, seeing no objections. "We'll let you get to it."
Sora, Kairi, Lusamine, Wicke, Professor Burnet, and the Pokémon had turned to head back to the Pokémon Center, but they were unaware of the Rockruff sniffing around and then followed the group having such an interest in them.
The group returned to the Pokémon Center and the rest of the group were waiting for them to come back.
"Guys. Your timing is just perfect," Riku said.
"What's up Riku?" Sora asked.
"Nurse Joy had just stepped out and she said Lunala is going to be just fine. All it needs is to rest for the night," Riku said.
"That's great news, Riku. We can let Lunala go after a goodnight's sleep," Sora said. Unknown to them, Cassidy and Butch were outside, listening to their conversation.
"You hear that, Butch? The kiddies are planning to let Lunala go after getting some rest," Cassidy said.
"I suppose they won't mind that we take it right off of their hands and present it as a gift for the boss," Butch said.
"We better get to planning and then make our move," Cassidy said.
Not wasting anytime, Cassidy and Butch got to planning to swipe Lunala from the Pokémon Center, so the needed some pretty good disguises to get in. They dressed up as news reporters and wore wigs to hide their hairstyles, since they would stick out like a sore thumb.
"Great idea on the disguises, Cass. Those kids won't be able to recognize us in this getup," Butch said.
"And when the time should arrive, those kids will think twice before meddling with us back in Lavender Town," Cassidy said. She hasn't forgotten about how Sora and the Alolan nine had beaten her and Butch.
"You've said it, Cassidy. That only happned because Jessie and James were there cramping our style," Butch said.
"At least they're here to make that happen this time," Cassiday said. Both Team Rocket agents enters the Pokémon Center. Nurse Joy had called out to them.
"Excxuse me, but the Pokémon Center is closed for the rest of the day. You will have to leave," Nurse Joy said.
"Actually we are from the press," Cassidy said, taking out her press pass.
"And we have just heard word of a legendary Pokémon being here; Lunala,is that right?" Butch asked, holding his press pass.
Nobody could tell that they're fake. Zeraora got suspicious of the two of them.
"And besides, they're staying here," Cassidy pointed out.
"I supposed that's true," Nurse Joy said. She stepped out of the room to check on the inventory.
"Yugi!" Zeraora called out. He turns to his partner.
"What's wrong, Zeraora?" Yugi asked.
"I don't think those two are who they say they are. I don't know what they're planning to do, but I will have to watch them closely just so I won't cause suspicion," Zeraora said. Yugi nodded as he understood.
"Okay. I trust you. You've never stirred me wrong before," Yugi said. "I just hope you know what you're doing."
"Now we would like to talk to you, young man," Cassidy said.
"Um?" Sora said, not knowing where to start.
"How about you start by telling us what you know about Lunala and Solgaleo's sudden appearence and about Lugia's apparence as well," Butch said. That struck a cord with Sora since no one else saw those two and no one saw him or his friends there as well. He decided to play dumb to get them to drop their act, if he suspects they're with who he thinks they're with.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't really see anything," Sora stated. Kairi was about to retort on that, but he gave her a look that said play along. She caught on quickly.
"Right," Kairi said, speaking in a tone only Sora could hear. Riku caught on to what he was doing.
"Oh come now. I'm sure that you know so much about it. Like how Solgaleo had to come to Lunala's aide after battling that mysterious black Pokémon. How can you summerize on that?" Butch asked. The Alolan nine got suspicious pretty quick. Yugi began to suspect Zeraora was right.
"Yes, we would love to know all about it," Cassidy said.
"Before we answer that, we would like to know how did you hear about it," Sora stated. "Just how do you know about Solgaleo, Lugia, and that one black Pokémon? Can you sum that up?" Cassidy and Butch were in a real bind when Sora pointed that out.
(Cassidy)
"Prepare for trouble."
(Butch)
"And make it double."
(Cassidy and Butch)
"Here's our mission, so you better listen!"
(Cassidy)
"To infect the world with devastation."
(Butch)
"To blight all people in every nation."
(Cassidy)
"To denounce the goodness of turth and love."
(Butch)
"To extend our wrath to the stars above."
Both Cassiday and Butch tore off their disguises to reveal themselves.
"Cassidy!"
"And Butch, of course!"
(Cassidy)
"We're Team Rocket, circling Earth, day and night."
(Butch)
"Surrender to us now or you will surely lose the fight."
Sora, Kairi and the Alolan nine recognized those Team Rocket members.
"You're the ones from Lavender Town. You tried to make the Pokémon Tower one of your secret bases," Sora pointed out.
"And we know you're the same kid who gave Jessie and James a run for their money," Cassidy said.
"But, it ain't gonna be the same as last time, kid," Butch said.
"So now, we're here to take Lunala with us. And we'll get some payback while we're at it," Cassidy said, taking out a Pokéball. Butch took one out as well.
"It will be a pleasure to teach you lowlives a lesson just like with those losers. Also with those Team Rocket goons too," Sora said. Kairi joined in with her boyfriend, holding out a Pokéball.
"So, the only way you're going to get to Lunala is going to be through us," Kairi stated.
"If that's you want, then we'll give it to you, little girl," Cassidy said.
"We'll teach you to stay out of the affairs of Team Rocket," Butch added. Sora turned to Pikachu.
"move in, Pikachu!" Sira said.
"Pika!" Pikachu said entering the battle. Kairi threw her Pokéball in the air.
"Go Cubone!" Kairi shouted. The Pokéball opens as Cubone enters the battle with the Team Rocket agents.
"Go! Houndour!" Cassidy said, throwing her Pokéball.
"Go get 'em, Hitmontop!" Butch shouted.
Both Houndour and Hitmontop entered the battle against Sora and Kairi's Pokémon.
"Houndour! Use your Bite on that Pikachu!" Cassidy ordered.
"Hitmontop! Triple Kick on that puny Cubone!" Butch ordered.
Houndour and Hitmontop charges to deliever their attacks on their opponents.
"Pikachu! Dodge with Quick Attack!" Sora ordered.
"Cubone! Use Bonemerang!" Kairi ordered. Pikachu manages to dodge Houndour with his speed attack and Cubone throws her bone and it struck the handstand Pokémon as it came back and forth. "Now use Headbutt!" Cubone rams her head into Hitmontop.
"You little snot-nosed brat! You'll pay for that!" Butch hissed.
"And she will. Houndour! Smog on that Cubone!" Cassidy ordered. Houndour fired a smog from its mouth and it headed towards the Ground Type Pokémon.
"Pikachu! Blow that Smog away with your Iron Tail!" Sora ordered. Pikachu's tail gave off a metallic glow and sweeps Smog away. "Now use Thunderbolt!"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu shouted, letting out Thunderbolt and it struck the dark hound Pokémon.
"Hitmontop! Rolling Kick!" Butch ordered. Hitmontop perform a roundhouse kick and headed towards Pikachu.
"Cubone! Bone Club!" Kairi ordered. Cubone smacks the Fighting Type Pokémon with her bone, hitting him.
"Hooundour! Bite!" Cassidy ordered. Houndour lands a bite on Cubone.
"Pikachu! Quick Attack!" Sora ordered. Pikachu lands a hit on Houndour.
"Hitmontop! Rapid Spin!" Butch ordered. Hitmontop spins around and strikes both Pikachu and Cubone.
"Pikachu!" Sora gasped.
"Cubone!" Kairi also gasped.
Natu watched the battle and saw how well Sora and Pikachu work together, despite taking a hit from the Team Rocket Pokémon.
"Nice work, Butch," Cassidy complemented her partner.
"Thanks. Now let's finish them off," Butch said.
"You're speaking my language. Houndour! Flamethrower!" Cassidy ordered. Houndour fired Flamethrower and Cubone manages to get up and block the attack using her bone.
"Cubone, what are you trying to do?" Kairi asked. Cubone just stood there and she held on as best as she could. Pikachu opened his eyes just in time for Cubone to evolve.
Everyone were at awe when Cubone was evolving. Cubone had evolved into a Kantonian Marowak and charged through the Flamethrower and plows right into Houndour, stopping the attack. Kairi was at awe to see her Cubone was now a Marowak.
"Cubone just evolved into a Marowak," Takato said.
"A Kantonian Marowak," Kiawe said.
Kairi was proud to see her Pokémon evolve. The newly evolved Marowak looked back at her trainer and she smiled at her. She turns to her boyfriend.
"Shall we finish this, Sora?" Kairi asked. Sora smiled as he nodded.
"Yeah! Let's!" Sora nodded. "Pikachu! Electro Ball!"
"Marowak! Bone Club!" Kairi ordered.
Pikachu forms a ball of electricity and hurls it right at Hitmontop while Marowak gives Houndour a swing of her bone. Both Pokémon fall to the ground, beaten. Cassidy and Butch calls them both back.
"Don't think that you've won yet," Cassidy hissed.
"We're just getting started," Butch added.
Both Team Rocket agents took out two more Pokéballs to battle the couple some more. Riku stepped in.
"I don't think so," Riku said. "Eevee! Swift!" Eevee fired Swift and it struck them both and they go out flying as the automated doors opened.
"We lost again!" Cassidy groaned.
"How can this be?!" Butch exclaimed.
They kept flying out as they went with the stars, passing by Rockruff.
Back inside the Pokémon Center, Sora and Kairi were relived having to give Team Rocket the boot, for now.
"Man, I'm glad that's over," Sora said.
"For now anyway," Riku said. "They'll try to get Lunala again."
"We won't let that happen," Lusamine said.
Nurse Joy came back and saw the mess the place was.
"Oh my!" Nurse Joy gasped.
"Sorry about the mess, we'll clean it up," Sora said.
"And we'll get started on that right away," Yugi said.
Everyone pitched in and started to clean up the mess that was made on the Pokémon Center making it almost like it was when they all came in and explained that those reporters were members of Team Rocket in disguise.
"Well, I'm just glad that you all took responsibilty for your actions; and I'm also glad you did it to protect Lunala," Nurse Joy said.
"It's a good thing that you're so very understanding, otherwise we would have been in hot water," Lana said.
"I know you didn't do intentailly. Next time, try to keep the damage to minimum," Nurse Joy said.
"We'll try to remember that," Sora said.
Rockruff manages to come inside and it sets its sights on Kairi. The little Rockruff went up to the girl and nudges her leg. She looked down and saw the puppy Pokémon.
"Hello there. Where did you come from?" Kairi asked. Rockruff nuzzles her as she bent down. Everyone took notice of the Rockruff. This Rockruff was different from the ones Sora and Riku had before evolving into a different Lycanroc. Sora's Rockruff was extremly energetic while Riku's Rockruff was a bit on the agressive side. Kairi took out a Pokéball and the puppy Pokémon flows inside. Stars swirls around the Pokéball confirming the catch. Sora's Pokédex starts buzzing, and he hands it to Kairi. It ass her if she wants to keep Rockruff or send it to Professor Oak's lab. Kairi chose to keep Rockruff in exchange for Raticate. Kairi now had her own Rockruff.
Lusamine and her staff went to check into a hotel while Sora and the rest went down to the messhall for some dinner.
"Gotta hand it to you, Sora, you did pretty good against those Team Rocket chumps," Mai said.
"Well, it helps if you have someone to have your back like she does," Sora said. Kairi smiled at that, knowing she always will.
"And it helps to know you'll always have my back as well, Sora," Kairi said. That made him blush as hbe knew she was right.
Mai had been wondering about how good Sora was as a trainer, and she got her answer when she and the others watched the battle with Cassidy and Butch.
"How did you know those two?" Joey asked.
"Just like we said, we met them in the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town. It was when we were on our way to Celadon City and when we heard Team Rocket were at the tower and kidnapped Mr. Fuji, we had to go and save him," Sora said.
"And those two were were there trying to stop us," Kairi said.
"And we drove them out of the tower," Acerola said.
"I think I remember hearing about how Team Rocket had muscled in the Pokémon Tower and they were then driven out. I never imagined it was you. Riku even told us that it was also you who did the same when they tried to poach all those Slowpoke in Azalea Town," Duke said.
"Yeah, but I don't think they'll give up so easily," Sora said.
Over to the downed aircraft, Cassidy and Butch made their report.
"You failed to nab Lunala?" Napolean snapped at them. "Idiots!"
"It wasn't our fault. Those kids just got in the way," Butch said.
"We were almost close we could pratically taste it," Cassidy said.
"Now, we won't get anywhere near the place because they'll know our tricks," Napolean said. "We'll have to wait for them to come and let Lunala go. And when they open the Ultra Wormhole, we'll follow it inside and nab as many Ultra Beasts as we can."
"But, what about Lugia?" Butch asked.
"We'll get that one too after we get back here," Napolean said.
What might happen if Team Rocket gets through an Ultra Wormhole and enter Ultra Space? And how will Sora and his friends be able to stop them before they get that far? And will happen when so many Ultra Beasts enters the world all at once? Those wanswers will come next time.