Episode 164: Trouble's Brewing
Several days had passed since bumping into Caesar again and the group have made a stop to train. Before getting to it, Sora had accessed his Pokédex and exchanged Xatu, Meganium, Typhlosion, and Feraligatr for Ursaring, Meltan, Kabutops, and Spearow. Sora figured he would test out his newest Pokémon's luster in battle.
"Okay, everyone, are you ready?" Sora asked everyone.
"Ready when you are, Sora," Mallow said.
"Okay. Let's get down to it," Sora said.
Sora and Lillie got into position to battle. Sora took out a Pokéball and Lillie took out her Ultra Ball.
"You're up, Magearna!" Lillie shouted. Magearna had bowed its head upon entry.
"You're in, Meltan!" Sora shouted. The Pokéball had opned and Meltan had began drooling at the sight of Magearna and all the metal goodness. Sora caught onto Meltan's hungry huffs. "Hey, Meltan! This is training! Not a time to be eating! You can eat when we're done!" Meltan pouted, because of its hunger.
"Don't underestimate Meltan just because of its size. It was able to take down other Pokémon bigger than you," Lillie warned. Magearna nooded as it understood.
"Wanna make the first move, Lillie?" Sora asked.
"Sure. Magearna! Iron Head!" Lillie ordered. Magearna charges right towards the smaller Steel Type Pokémon.
"Meltan! Dodge and use Heabutt!" Sora ordered. Meltan dodges Magearna and lands a Headbutt on Magearna on the head. The hex nut Pokémon's stomach bagan growling in hunger, wanting some metal to eat.
"Magearna! Fleur Cannon!" Magearna opens its hand and fires a pink beam from it at Meltan.
"Meltan! Harden!" Sora ordered. Meltan's body hardened up and takes the hit. Meltan was doing a good job at defending, but it was taking damage at the same time. Magearna had ceased fire and saw Meltan was still standing, but barely standing.
"Meltan is really taking it," Acerola said.
"Yeah," Mina agreed.
"I agree. Meltan may have raised up defenses, but I don't think it'll be enough to keep going," Illima said.
Meltan had taken such heavy damage from Magearna since Magearna is way more experienced in battle than Meltan is, but that wasn't going to stop Sora one bit.
"Magearna! Fluer Cannon again!" Lillie ordered.
"Meltan! Flash Cannon!" Sora ordered.
Both Steel Type Pokémon fired their attacks and they both collided with each other. Both were powerful attacks. They both held on, not one of them was baking off one bit. They both held on until an explosion had occured. Both of Meltan and Magearna were knocked out from the battle. Both Sora and Lillie went up to their exhausted Pokémon.
"Are you alright, Magearna?" Lillie asked. Magearna nodded in response, but slowly. "I'm glad to hear it. You should rest up for a while." Lillie calls back Magearna.
"You too, Meltan. You should rest for a while. Until your stength comes back," Sora said as he calls back Meltan. He looks right at Lillie. "Wanna continue, Lillie?" She miles and nods.
"Yeah," Lillie said. She took out a Pokéball and threw it. "It's your turn, Ponyta!" Her Pokéball opens and Ponyta whinnies upon entry. Sora takes out a Pokéball and threw it.
"Go for it, Spearow!" Sora shouted. Spearow lets out a loud cry upon entry. "You ready for your very first battle since becoming my Pokémon, Spearow?" Spearow didn't need to be told twice since he was ready to battle. "Okay Spearow! Move in with Drill Peck!" Spearow rotates his body around and dove down at the fire horse Pokémon.
'ponyta! Dodge and use Fire Spin!" Lillie ordered. Ponyta galloped out of the way and fired a stream of fire from her mouth. Spearow beame surrounded by the wall of fire to keep Sora from calling him back. "Now use Flame Charge!" Ponyta stomped her front hoves and charges right at Spearow.
"Spearow! Use your Aerial Ace!" Sora ordered. Spearow does a backflip and dives right towards Ponyta and lands a successful hit. "That was great! Now use Sky Attack!" Spearow's body glows in a light blue aura and flew right into Ponyta. The fire horse Pokémon wasn't gonna down down that easily and she snorts. "Ponyta has gotten stronger since you first got her, Lillie. Gladion is gonna be proud of that." Hearing Sora say that to her made her smile.
"Thanks Sora. I really appreciate that," Lillie said. "Flame Charge again, Ponyta!" Ponyta charges right towards Spearow again.
"Up!" Sora ordered. Spearow flies straight up to avoid Ponyta. "Aerial Ace again!" Spearow dashed right towards the equine Pokémon and successfully lands a hit. Ponyta skids across the ground. Spearow flies straight up and then he began to evolve. Everyone were amazed by the sudden evolution, Spearow was going through. Spearow was now a Fearow. "Wasn't expecting that to happen."
"Congratulations on your Spearow's evolution, Sora. You wanna keep going?" Lillie asked.
"With pleasure," Sora said. "Fearow! Use Drill Run!" Sora ordered. Fearow flew down to the ground and spins his whole body around like a drill and dashes right towards Ponyta.
"Alright Ponyta! Flame Charge!" Lillie ordered. Ponyta charges right at Fearow with her body surrounded by fire and ended up into a collision with each other. Fearow had won over Ponyta and lands a stab on her. The attack had knocked her out.
"Wow. That was amazing," Lillie said.
"Thanks. Your Ponyta put up a great fight too," Sora said. One more round?" Lillie calls back Ponyta and takes out another Pokéball.
"You know it, Sora. Go! Snowy!" Lillie shouted. Her Pokéball opens and Snowy enters the battle. Sora takes out his Pokéball containing his newest catch.
"You're up, Larvitar!" Sora shouted. The Pokéball opens and Larvitar enter the battle ready.
"I know Sora has the advantage since his Larvitar is a Rock Type, but Snowy has it too because Larvitar is a Ground Type Pokémon," Lillie said her thoughts. She ordered, "Snowy! Ice Beam!" Snowy fires Ice Beam right towards Larvitar.
"Larvitar! Dodge and use Rock Slide!" Sora ordered. Larvitar dodges Ice Beam and forms some rocks and sends them at the white fox Pokémon.
"Snowy! Powder Snow!" Lillie ordered. Snowy fired Powder Snow right at Larvitar. Sora wasn't going to have that.
"Larvitar! Dodge and use Crunch!" Sora ordered. Larvitar manages to dodge Powder Snow and ran towards the Alolan Vulpix to land a bite.
"Powder Snow again!" Lillie ordered. Snowy waited until Larvitar was close enough. Once he was, she fired right into Larvitar, causing heavy damage.
"Lar!" Larvitar screamed.
Sora had to think of something fast, otherwise, Larvitar was gonna get turned into a popsicle. He had to come up with just one thing; he just it works.
"Larvitar! Earthquake!" Sora ordered. stomped the ground and everything was shaking. Kairi and the rest of the Alolan nine were shaking along with the ground. Snowy lost her footing as she stopped firing her ice attack. "Now use Rock Slide!" Larvitar forms rocks once again and sends them right to Snowy. The Alolan Vulpix got hit by the rocks and it was a heavy blow. "Now use Dark Pulse!" Larvitar fired Dark Pulse and it struck the white fox Pokémon and it knocks her out. "You did great, Larvitar! I knew you could do it!"
"Larvitar! Lar, Larvitar, tar!" Larvitar cheered, having to win his victory being Sora's Pokémon. Sora picks Larvitar up and swings him around. Larvitar smiled and cheered having to enjoy the ride. Kairi went up to her boyfriend and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Win or lose, that'll be your prize," Kairi said. She giggles having to kiss him again on the same spot. Lillie smiles sweetly at the couple as did Snowy. The rest of the Alolan girls were captivated by the sight. Kiawe walked up.
"Okay, lovebirds. How about we get some more training down?" Kiawe said, interuppting their loving embrace. Lillie, Mallow, Lana, Acerola, Mina, and Hapu glared at him as Illima and Sophocles had backed away. He looked right at the two boys and winced. "I shouldn't have interuppted them, right?" Kiawe asked in a high and squeaky voice. Sophocles and Illima both nod to confirm it. The Alolan girls all drew daggers for him and he felt himself wetting himself in fear. "Sora. Kairi. Would it help that I said sorry."
"I don't think it would," Kairi said.
"Yeah. You're on your own, Kiawe," Sora said.
Kiawe was really on hos own and he went into the corner and decided not to say any more since he didn't want to risk shooting his mouth off.
"Now that's taken care of; how about you have a round with me, Sora?" Illima challenged.
"You're on, Illima," Sora accepted.
Both trainers got into position for battle. Both had taken out one Pokéball each to prepare to battle.
"Go forth, Stantler!" SIllima shouted. The Pokéball opens and Stantler stomps his hooves in entry. Sora had seen how stronger Stantler had gotten since Illima saved him from that Pokémon hunter. Sora thought he would use a Normal Type against a Normal Type.
"Go right in, Ursaring!" Sora shouted. Ursaring let a loud roar upon entry. But, he then he let a yawn and scratched his belly. Sora wasn't expecting that from his Ursaring. He remembered that sometimes a Pokémon's personality can change after evolving. "You ready, Ursaring?" Ursaring nodded. "Okay! Ursaring! Metal Claw!" Ursaring's claws gave off a metallic glow and came right at Stantler. Illima smirked, because he anticipated that move from Sora.
"Stantler! Use Confuse Ray!" Illima ordered. Stantler fired a golden-orange light from his antlers and sent right at the bear Pokémon. Ursaring became confused as several little birds fly around his head. Sora didn't doubt Illima had been studying his tactics just by watching him battle for so long and from the previous times they battled.
"Ursaring! Try to snap out of it! Fury Swipes!" Sora ordered. Despite being confused, Ursaring swipes at the caribou Pokémon, but he just dodges a couple of times, but got hit a few times. "Now use Slash!" Ursaring tried to use Slash, but he ended up hurting himself in his counfusion.
"Stantler! Zen Headbutt!" Illima ordered. Stantler comes right at Ursaring with his head surrounded by a light blue aura and smacks the ursine Pokémon right on the mark. But, it wasn't enough to take Ursaring down. Ursaring makes a smirk at Stantler and he began to worry. Sora was quite the opposite.
"You still up for it, Ursaring?" Sora asked. Ursaring nodded. "Great! Okay! move in with Slash!" Ursaring goes right towards Stantler to land a Slash on Stantler.
"Stantler! Confuse Ray!" Illima ordered. Stantler fired another Confuse Ray right at Ursaring, but Sora wasn't going to fall for that again.
"Duck out of the way!" Sora called out. Ursaring ducked out of Confuse Ray's path and landed a hit on Stantler. "Great! Now finish up with Fury Swipes!" Ursaring swiped his claws on Stantler, not giving him a chance to dodge. Statnler was down for the count. Illima wasn't surprised to see Sora had won again.
"Well done, Sora. You getting better with each battle," Illima said, calling back his Stantler for some rest.
"Yeah. But, your Stantler has gotten stronger since he was a baby. You should be proud of him," Sora said, shaking his hand. Illima smiled as he knew Sora was right.
"You are correct, Sora. Shall we continue this?" Illima asked.
"I guess," Sora said. The group continued on with their training for half-an-hour and then they rested when they got done training. As they finished, they continued to make their way to Mahogany Town, but to get there, they would have to make a stop in Ecruteak City for a bit. "Ecruteak City, we made it." He smiled.
"So glad we came here again," Sophocles said.
"Yeah. But, since Ecruteak City was just a fork between Olivine City and Mahogany Town, why did Morty suggest we go there first?" Mallow asked.
"I guess we can ask him when we see him. But, in the meantime, let's hit the Pokémon Center. Our Pokémon could use a rest and so can we," Sora suggested.
"I like that idea, because, I could use a rest," Lana said.
Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine, and the Pokémon headed off for the Pokémon Center to rest for a bit of rest since departing from Olivine City. As they arrived, Sora and Kairi were the first to have their Pokémon checked in as the Alolan nine had followed.
After doing so, Sora had accessed one of the picture phones to call Professor Oak to check in on things back home. He dialed the number and he found it odd that nobody is even there.
"Um, hello! Isn't anybody home? Professor Oak? Lea? Isa? Anybody?" Sora asked. Mimey comes by and sees Sora on the screen.
"Mime, Mr. Mime?" Mimey asked.
"Mr. Mime? If you're there, then does that mean..." Sora asked. His mother had shown up.
"Mimey? Is something going on?" Delia asked. She turns to the screen to see her son calling. "Sora! Hello! It's so good to see you!"
"Hey mom. It's been a while. Sorry I haven't been calling much," Sora said.
"Oh, it's alright, honey. I'm sure you were busy from your travels," Delia said. Somehow Sora had doubts about it. "So, how are things between you and Kairi? Is she keeping you out of trouble like she promised?" Sora smiled.
"You know it, mom. She and I are doing great," Sora told his mother. "And so are Lillie and the others. The same for Riku, Gladion, Hau, and everyone else so far."
"How wonderful," Delia beamed.
"But, what are you doing in Professor Oak's lab?" Sora asked.
"You know me, hun. Just helping him around the place. Kairi's grandmother has also been doing the same. Also, she's been adjusting nicely ever since she's moved to Pallet Town," Delia said. Sora smiled having to know how well she's fitting in. He saw the Comfey Kairi had brought for her floating by. "In fact, Mimey and Comfey have been getting along very nicely. I'm just happy to see he has made a new friend. Right Mimey?"
"Mr. Mime!" Mimey agreed.
"So, Comfey and Mimey have been hanging out so much since we for Johto, huh? Glad to hear it," Sora said. Just then, Professor Oak Kairi's grandmother, Isa, and Lea come along and see Sora on the screen.
"Sora, how wonderful to hear from you. I was just thinking about you," Professor Oak greeted.
"Hello there, dear," Kairi's grandmother added.
"Hey everyone. Just calling just to check and see how everything is going," Sora said.
"Funny you should mention it. Things have been quiet ever since the Necrozma incident Lusamine had told me about. Just glad that everything has worked out for the better. But, since then things have been quiet; for the most part," Professor Oak said. Sora raised a brow.
"What do you mean by most part?" Sora asked. "Is something wrong?" Professor Oak laughed.
"Oh, no, no. Just about a couple weeks ago, a group of Hoppip, Skiploom, and Jumpluff have come migrating here, but they have stumbled on the turf occupied by Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, and Bellossom and a fued began. But, that was over a small pond occupied by Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, and Politoed. Before we knew, it became a three-way fued. But, luckily, your Venusaur was able to put a stop to it before things escalated," Professor Oak explained
"And no, in case you're wondering; your Poliwrath wasn't involved in the fued," Lea said.
"But, we figured Venusaur had experience with these sorts of matters since helping out injured and abandoned Pokémon back when he was a Bulbasaur. So, he got your Sandslash and some other Sandslash involved into digging up a new pond for Grass Type Pokémon to share," Isa said.
"I'm just glad to hear Venusaur is doing great. The same for Sandslash. How about my and Kairi's other Pokémon?" Sora asked.
"They're all doing wonderfully, Sora. There were times your Charizard and Incineroar would go at it, but luckily, your Venusaur would break it up," Professor Oak. Sora had figured some fueds between some other Pokémon in Professor Oak's research ranch were going on, but he was glad to hear things were going great. "Anyway, where are you right now?"
"We're in Ecruteak City. We're on our way to Mahogany Town for my seventh Johto Gym battle," Sor answered.
"Ah, so you have earned six Badges already. I'm glad to hear that things are going well for you, my boy," Professor Oak praised him. "Anyway, since you have already earned a Badge there, I recommend you check out the local tea ceremony there. They're very famous in Ecruteak City and I am certain Kairi will enjoy it."
"Well, I should talk to her about that and take your word for it. And it was great talking to you again. I'll let you go back to your research, professor," Sora said.
"Thank you for your consideration, Sora," Professor Oak said.
"And be sure to tell Kairi how proud of her I am," Kairi's grandmother said. He smiled.
"I will," Sora said.
"And keep training hard, Sora. Love you," Delia said.
"Love you too, mom. Bye," Sora said. Everyone back home said bye as Sora had hung up. Sora joined up with his girlfriend and the Alolan nine when they were picking up their Pokémon from Nurse Joy. Kairi stood up and placed Togepi down next to Pikachu and his adoptive little brothers.
"So, how is everything back home, Sora?" Kairi asked. Sora smiled when she asked that.
"Everyone is doing great. Long story short, Venusaur has been breaking up fueds and your grandma said hi and she's proud of you," Sora said. Kairi smiled knowing how proud her grandma is if her. She then hugged her boyfriend and he hugged her back.
"Thank you, Sora. Thank you for telling me," Kairi said. The Alolan girls have swooned at the sight.
"Also, how we try out the tea ceremony while we're here?" Sora suggested. "What do you say?" Kairi's face lit up when she heard him offer her a date at the tea ceremony.
"Sora," Kairi said in a low pitch voice. "I would love to." Sora smiled how he knew how she would react, but better.
"Thank you, professor for the idea," Sora said in his thoughts. Sophocles rolled his eyes at the thought of attending one of those.
"Ugh. A tea ceremony sounds so boring. Can't we just head to an arcade or something?" Sophocles questioned.
"Sophocles, you of all people should like to go to one of those because of the tea cakes they have there," Mallow chided him.
"Hey! I like food just as anyone, but even I have my limits," Sophocles said. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan eight weren't buying what he said. They all knew he wanted to partake in on the food there.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
He took a look with just one eye and he saw that they were still skeptical about his claim.
"What? You all should know by now," Sophocles said. "Gimmie some credit!"
"Your credit is not good for it," Sora stated.
"Not good for it," Mina repeated. Sora laughed.
"See? Even Mina agrees with me," Sora stated.
"Okay, okay! You've got me! I wanna eat the tea cakes there! Happy?!" Sophocles exclaimed.
"Happy that you're being honest with us, Sophocles," Kairi said. Sora turned to her. She giggled. "Your line?" Sora nodded. She stuck her tongue out at her boyfriend. His cheeks puffed up in defeat. Mallow, Lana, and Acerola laughed along with Kairi.
"Wasn't funny," Sora pouted. Kairi giggled.
"Was so," Kairi kisses him on the cheek. "You're so cute when your cheeks puff up. You look like a chubby-cheeked chipmunk when you do that." She kisses him on the cheek again. Sora just couldn't stay mad at her, so he caved in.
"Anyway, let's check the ceremony out and head there," Sora said.
"We could, but I wanna check out that one kabob place. Terra and Aqua treated us to one of those just before we got to the Gym," Sophocles suggested.
"That sounds like a good idea. Those kabobs were so yummy," Mallow seconded that.
"Yeah," Mina added.
"We never got to have those," Sora pointed out.
"Trust us, Sora. You and Kairi are going to love it," Acerola said.
The group made it to the cafe the Alolan nine treated the couple to the kabobs their friends were talking about. Sora and Kairi loved the tasty treats as did Pikachu, Togepi and the Pichu.
"These are tasty," Kairi said.
"Told you you guys are going to love it," Acerola said.
"These are even tastier than I remember," Lana said.
"You've said it, Lana," Hapu said, taking a bite.
"These might sell well at Mallow's resturant," Kiawe said.
"How yummy for my tummy," Sophocles said in a childish tone. He took another bite.
A lone Eevee wonders the streets and looks around.
"Vee, vee, vee," the Eevee chirped.
The group turns to see the lost little Pokémon.
"Oh, it's an adorable little Eevee," Lillie said.
"You don't think this Eevee is lost, do you?" Kiawe asked.
"She has to be," Kairi said. "And judging how she looks, she has to belong to someone," Kairi said.
"I agree. She has been groomed and just recently too," Illima said.
"Eevee!" A girl's voice called out. Eevee's ears perked up.
"Eevee!" The little Eevee chirped. The owner of the Eevee is a girl with her magenta hair tied in pigtails and her hairbands being pink pearls. She also has blue eyes. She wore a lavender shirt and blue shorts along with a pair of white shoes.
"There you are!" The girl said, running towards the group. "I've been looking all over for you. You had me worried sick about you." The group all knew that Eevee had to belong to the girl. She picks up her Eevee. "I'm sorry about that. I hope my friend here didn't cause you any trouble."
"Not really. She just showed up just a little while before you did," Sora said.
"I'm glad she didn't, because Eevee can be very naughty sometimes. And I'm sorry," the girl said.
"For what?" Sora asked.
"For not introducing myself. My name is Sakura," she introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you, Sakura. I'm Sora and this is my girlfriend Kairi," Sora introduced.
""Pi, Pikachu," Pikachu said.
"It's very nice to meet you, Sakura," Kairi said.
"Toge, Toge," Togepi chirped.
"Pichu," the Spiky-eared Pichu chirped.
"Pichu, Pi," the Shiny Pichu said.
"My name's Lillie."
"I am Illima."
"My name's Mallow."
"I'm Kiawe."
"I'm Lana."
"The name's Sophocles."
"I"m Acerola."
"Mina."
"And I'm Hapu."
"Say, Sakura, you wouldn't happen to know anything about the tea ceremonies being held here, would you?" Kairi asked. Sakura laughed when she heard her ask that. Kairi wondered what was so funny.
"That's the tea ceremony my sisters perfrom," Sakura said.
"Your sisters?" Kairi asked.
"Uh-huh," Sakura nodded. "My sisters and I all live here and they all have an evolved form of Eevee. My family have been hosting the tea ceremonies held here for many generations."
"Is that right?" Lillie asked. She paused for a moment as she remembered something. She remembered seeing a performance of young women wearing traditional Japanese clothes and they had a Jolteon, a Flareon, a Vaporeon, an Umbreon, an Espeon, a Glaceon, a Leafeon, and a Sylveon. "Say, Sakura. You mentioned that your sisters has an evolved form of Eevee and you have an Eevee. Don't they perform in the dance theater as well?" Sakura giggled.
"They also do that, but they have been busy running the tea ceremonies at our homes, so there's a different family that has a similar trait for Eevee, just like mine. Why?" Sakura asked.
"It's just, we've been here before and most of us attended the dance theater the last time we were here," Lillie said.
"And it have been a different family just as Sakura said," Illima said. Sakura turned to look at the group.
"Have you all been here before?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Well, it was just to earn a badge from Morty. And I will tell you, Morty was a tough contender," Sora said. Sakura got interested when he mentioned something about a badge.
"Sora, how many badges did you win?" Sakura asked.
"Six. The latest one I got was from the Olivine City Gym," Sora said. "Why?"
"Just curious. Anyway, you have to be pretty good if you have six badges already," Sakura said. "Also, here's what I heard; I heard that there was a Pokémon trainer that came here not too long ago and he had a Pokémon that nobody even knows about. And it took down Morty's strongest Pokémon like it was no big deal. And from what I heard about this mystery Pokémon is that the same trainer has it battling some strange Pokémon that been appearing all over Johto lately." Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all knew she was talking about Silvally and the Ultra Beasts.
"Can you describe this trainer, Sakura? I mean, if to make sure you heard right," Sora stated.
"Since you asked, the rumors says that he has spiky brown hair and is wearing baggy clothes. He also has a necklace shaped like a crown and he has a Pikachu with him. And he was seen with some other train-" Sakura paused when she realized she's with those exact people. She turns to look at Sora and she can see that he matches the exact description. Sora chuckled nervously. "Wait a minute. You mean, you're that Pokémon trainer?"
"You really guessed right," Sora nervously admitted. Sakura shifted her eyes on the people she was talking to and she saw it was the exact trainers with him.
"If you're that Pokémon trainer, then do you know about those weird Pokémon that have been showing up?" Sakura said.
"We know all about it. But before we get into any detail, can you tell us is you have seen any one of them?" Illima asked.
"I did come to think of it. It wasn't too long ago when a weird thing just came from out of nowhere. It was all white and it was mixed with some blue and purple. What came out from it was a big thing that looked like a bunch of blocks, but it had eyes. Some of the blocks were looking like legs when it stood up," Sakura described. Sora took out his Pokédex and looked up Stakataka. The image of the Ultra Beast pops up.
"Does it look like this?" Sora asked, showing it to her.
"Yeah. That's exactly it," Sakura said.
"Just what happened after that?" Kiawe asked.
"Well, it was just in my home for a short while, but that same thing from before came back and the thing got sucked back in," Sakura said. "Have you seen it before?"
"We did," Sophocles said.
"What do you know about it?" Sakura asked.
"For starters, what you saw appearing on your doorstep was an Ultra Wormhole. And what came out of it was an Ultra Beast; Stakataka," Sora said.
"Ultra Beast?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah," Mina said.
"They started showing up on Johto just a short time after the Indigo Plateau Pokémon League tournament. But, there was one that came just before it ended," Kairi said.
"But, we can explain more later, since we have to get to the tea ceremony," Sora said. Sakura suddenly remembered what she was doing.
"Oh, right! I was leading you there! And don't worry, I won't ask you anymore about it right now," Sakura said. She led the group to her home. It happens to be one of those traditional Japanese mansions. "Here we are. This is my home." She entered the mansion gates and the group were amazed by how it looked. "If you like, we can get you dressed up with some rental kimonos." Sora had already seen Kairi in different dresses; he couldn't help but wonder how she would look in a kimono.
"That would be great," Sora said. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine didn't waste any time to get dressed for the occasion.
Sora wore one that is suited for boys of Japan, but still wore his necklace. It was red and black from his top to bottom. He wore yellow sandals.
Kairi wore a pink kimono with heart-shaped Pokéballs patterns on the sleeves. She had a white sash tied around her waist. She wore white sandals.
Illima wore a similar kimono, similar to Sora's, but his is light brown and he wore black sandals.
Lillie wore a white kimono with a turquoise sash and white sandals. Her hair was tied in a ponytail.
Mallow wore a tropical green kimono with cherry blossoms on the sleeves as well. Her hair was tied in a bun.
Kiawe wore an orange kimono, but just like Sora and Illima. He had a red fire-shaped pattern on the right side of his chest and the bottom was black. He wore red sandals.
Lana wore a cerulean kimono with an indigo sash tied around her waist and she wore purple sandals. Her kimono had bubble patterns on the sleeves.
Sophocles wore one similar to the other boys and it was yellow and black. His had a lightning pattern on the chest.
Acerola wore a dark purple kimono with a ghostly pattern and wore a black sash and black sandals. Her purple hair was tied in a ponytail.
Mina wore a white kimono with glitters of golden yellow stars on the sleeves and a crescent moon pattern on her right. She had a silver sash tied around her waist and she had her hair tied in curls instead of a bun. She wore pink sandals.
Hapu wore a slate gray kimono with dark gray Pokéball patterns on the sleeves and wore gray sandals.
Sora smiled at the sight of his girlfriend in a kimono; she looked even better than he would have imagined. She giggled.
"So, Sora. How do I look?" Kairi asked her boyfriend. Sora was speechless for a second, until Hapu snapped her fingers, snapping him out of his trance.
"Come on, loverboy! Say something nice about her!" Hapu said to him.
"R-R-Right," Sora said, regaining his words. He smiled. "You look so very beautiful. You look even better in a kimono than I thought you would." Sora blushed when he was complimenting her. Kairi smiled and giggled.
"Thank you. You look great too," Kairi said. She and Sora kisses each other on the lips. They departed lips when Sakura stepped out.
"I hope I didn't keep you waiting for long," Sakura said. She is dressed in a kimono the same coloe as her shirt.
"You didn't," Mallow said.
"You also look so great, Sakura," Acerola said.
"Thanks Acerola. I have to greet the rest of the guests, but you guys go ahead and enjoy the tea ceremony," Sakura said to them.
"Thanks Sakura," Kiawe said.
The Alolan nine didn't waste time getting accustomed for the ceremony, while the couple and the Pokémon spent some time together. Kairi walked with Sora holding his arm.
"It feels like we gone back through time since being here," Kairi said. Sora wasn't even going to bring up that one time he and Kairi went back in time when they met Celebi again.
Just then, a young woman wearing a lime green kimono with dark green hair comes up to the couple and bows her head. She also has blue eyes, the same as Sakura.
"We welcome you. We're hoping that you enjoy the tea ceremony," she greeted. Sora and Kairi had to assume that this was one of Sakura's older sisters.
"It's good to be here," Sora said.
"I hope you two will enjoy your partake in the ceremony," the young woman said.
Sora and Kairi wondered the grounds they spotted Lillie and Mallow in a flower arrangement class; to those who don't know what it is, it's known as ikebana. The lesson is taught by a another young woman, but she has purple hair and she had brown eyes.
The couple wondered around some more and they listened to a musical sound with another young woman with red hair, but wearing light blue kimono playing on her shamisen. She's revealed to have green eyes upon opening them.
"So beautiful," Kairi said.
"Toge," Togepi chirped.
"Pichu," the spiky-eared Pichu also chirped.
"Pi," the Shiny Pichu added a chirp.
"It sure is," Sora said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
The couple and the Pokémon came to the area where the tea would be served. They were greeted by another young woman with dark blue hair and she has red eyes. She wore a blue kimono with a white cresent moon with a black spot to represent night. She sat on her knees and bowed to them.
"Welcome, honrable guests," she greeted. Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, and the Pichu all came in and all bowed back.
"Thank you," Sora and Kairi both said, bowing their heads back.
"Please feel free to enjoy the tea," the young woman said.
"Thank you offering the tea for us," Kairi said.
She began to stir the tea for the couple.
"It is tradion to turn the cup around before you begin drinking it," she said to them Sora and Kairi turned the tea cup in their hands and began to drink it.
"Wow. This is the best tea I have ever drank," Sora said.
"Same here," Kairi said. She smiled.
"I'm glad to see that you like it," she said to them. Not too long, Sakura came along to check on them.
"So, Sora, Kairi. How are you liking the tea my sister makes?" Sakura asked.
"It tastes great," Sora said.
"Hey Sakura," she greeted. She turns to the couple. "I should introduce myself. My name is Satsuki." The rest of the young women came in.
"My name is Koume," the red haired young woman introduced.
"My name is Sumomo," the dark green haired young woman introduced.
"And my name is Tamao," the purple haired young woman finished the introductions. "And we're all Sakura's sisters as you can guess." Sora and Kairi chuckled a bit.
"I can guess that you two are enjoying yourselves?" Sumomo presumed.
"Yeah we are," Sora said.
"Us and our other friends too," Kairi added.
Not too far, there were a couple of guys sneaking around the mansion grounds. They climbed over the walls. One of them has sunglasses and is bald and fat while the other was skinny and he has green spiky hair and wore a skull crossbone necklace.
"This looks like the place. You ready to crash the place?" The fat bald guy asked.
"Ready when you are," the skinny spiky-haired guy asked. He laughs very idiotically. They both fall to the ground, but the fat guy breaks the skinny guy's fall. "I call that a ten; on the Ricther scale." He laughs again.
"Shut up!" The fat guy said, covering his mouth. "You wanna get us caught and thrown out? Or worse, have the cops haul us off to jail again?"
"Sorry, Bulk," the skinny guy said.
"Come on Bone-head. We should to the main house. There should be all sorts of valuables inside it," Bulk said. The two party crashers went off for the main house to take whatever valuables were inside and to sell for high money. They went up to the house and made sure nobody was around. The went in through the window and crept quietly, not wanting to get caught. They made to one of the rooms and started to look around. "Come on. There's gotta be something here we can use; some jewels, cash, some of the art junk. Anything." They kept looking around, making a mess in the process. Bonehead went to a dresser and found it was full of women's underwear. He chuckles pervertedly.
"Hey Bulky! There are loads of ladies undies in here," Bonehead said. Bulk kicked him on the leg.
"We're here for valuables; something we can make a big buck off of! Not panties! Now, get away from there and help me look!" Bulk said. Bonehead shuts the drawer halfway and continues to search. One secrurity guard is roaming the halls when he heard a sound coming from the room.
"What was that?" He asked to himself. He sneaked to the room, not wanting to alert whoever it was in there. He takes a peek at the door and saw what was going on. He even saw one of the darwers on the dresser was opened. "I knew it! Mansion crashers." He takes out a Pokéball and lets out a Machoke. "Let's go get 'em, Machoke."
"Machoke," Machoke nodded. They both entered the room.
"Stop right there the both of you!" The secrutiy guard shouted.
"Crap! We've been caught!" Bonehead exclaimed.
"Not yet!" Bulk said, taking out a Pokéball. "Go Stunfisk!" Bulk threw his Pokéball and it lets out a brown flat-fish like Pokémon with two short brown fins on either side of its flat body, and a bright yellow tail fin. Two yellow markings run down its back. It has round eyes with black pupils, and pale brown lips. And it has yellow exclamation marking runs from its tail to the center of its body. "Stunfisk! Use Mud-Slap!" Stunfisk sends a small ball of mud right at Machoke.
"Dodge it!" The secrutiy guard called out. Machoke ducks out of the Mud-Slap's path. "Use Ice Punch!" Machoke's fist emitted Ice and came at Stunfisk. Bonehead takes out another Pokéball and threw it.
"Go! Yamask!" The Pokéball opens and it lets out a small black, shadow-like Pokémon with two long arm-like limbs protruding from its upper body. On the end of its long slender tail like thing, it cradles a gold mask that resembles a human face. Its eyes are red with a small black pupil in the middle. "Use Hex!" Yamask's eyes glow purple and red. It then creates a sphere of black energy with a red eye in the middle. The eye then releases multiple dark blue rings of energy at Machoke. Machoke took a bad hit. The two intruders began to retreat. He takes out a walkie-talkie.
"We have two intruders on the premises! They have a Stunfisk and a Yamask in the posession!" The secruty guard said.
Not too long, an alram starts blarring. It catches everyone's attention. Sora, Kairi, Sakura, her sisters, and the Pokémon ran towards the main mansion and are joined by the Alolan nine. They bump into the intruders.
"Stop right there!" Sakura called out.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Sumomo exclaimed.
"Making a getaway," Bulk said to them.
"And you're not gonna stop us!" Bonehead added.
"Stunfisk! Go in there!" Bulk said. Bonehead takes out another Pokéball.
"Go right in, Cofagrigus! Join Yamask and Stunfisk!" Bonehead shouted, throwing his Pokéball. The Pokéball lets out a gold-plated sarcophagus-like Pokémon with a blue trimmed headpiece. It has intimidating, slanted red eyes, and a malevolent grin with numerous sharp teeth. Four long, shadowy arms stretch out of the side of its body when they started coming out. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned the new Pokémon in front of them.
Stunfisk, the Trap Pokémon
Type: Ground/Electric
It conceals itself in the mud of the seashore. Then it waits. When prey touch it, it delivers a jolt of electricity. Its skin is very hard, so it is unhurt even if stepped on by sumo wrestlers. It smiles when transmitting its electricity.
Yamask, the Spirit Pokémon
Type: Ghost
These Pokémon arose from the spirits of people interred in graves in past ages. Each retains memories of its former life. Each of them carries a mask that used to be its face when it was human. Sometimes they look at it and cry.
Cofagrigus, the Coffin Pokémon
The evolved form of Yamask
Type: Ghost
Grave robbers has mistaken this Pokémon as a sarcophagus belonging to an ancient pharaoh and ended up being swallowed up and turned into mummies. They bait their victims with their gold-covered bodies and then devour them. Their favorite things to eat are gold nuggets.
Sora winced at the last entry, imagining himself being mummified alive.
"I am never watching mummy movies again because of that Pokémon," Sora said in his thoughts, putting his Pokédex away.
"Just who do you think you are?" Satsuki questioned.
"The name's are Bulk and Bonehead. And we came down from Unova to have all sorts of treasures in our mitts!" Bulk said.
"Yeah! In our mitts!" Bonehead echoed. He laughs stupidly.
"Somebody call the zoo, because there are a couple of dumb animals out on the loose," Sora joked. Kairi stifled her laugh at the joke. Hapu rolled her eyes.
"Hey Bulk, that kid just said there are dumb animals out on the loose," Bonehead said, laughing.
"He's talking about us, bubble-brain," Bulk hissed. Bonehead laughed some more and then he realized Bulk was right.
"Hey!" Bonehead exclaimed. "You can't call us dumb animals and get away with it!"
"We're going have to teach you respect, you little spiky-haired runt!" Bulk said.
"First, you're going have to go pass us," Satsuki said. Sakura, Tamoe, Koume, and Sumomo all stepped in. "I choose you, Jolteon!"
"Eevee! I choose you!" Sakura shouted.
"I choose you, Flareon!" Koume shouted.
"I choose you, Vaporeon!" Sumomo shouted.
"I choose you, Umbreon!" Tamoe shouted.
Sakura and her sisters have sent out their Pokémon to deal with the intruder's Pokémon.
"Eevee! Tackle on Stunfisk!" Sakura ordered. Eevee charges towards Stunfisk. Eevee lands a hit on the trap Pokémon.
"Jolteon! Use Thunderbolt on Yamask!" Satsuki ordered.
"Flareon! Flamethrower on Cofagrigus!" Koume ordered.
Jolteon and Flareon fired their attacks on the two Ghost Type Pokémon.
"Vaporeon! Water Pulse on Stunfisk!" Sumomo ordered. Vaporeon forms a ball of water and sends it towards Stunfisk.
"Stunfisk! Dodge and use Mud-Slap on the weakest one!" Bulk ordered. Stunfisk sent out a ball of mud right at Eevee, landing a hit.
"Umbreon! Feint Attack!" Tamao ordered. Umbreon vanishes into thin air and strikes Stunfisk.
"Help me out here, Bonehead!" Bulk growled.
"Yamask! Shadow Ball! Cofagrigus! Use Shadow Claw!" Bonehead ordered. Cofagrigus swiped its shadowy hand right at Umbreon.
"Vaporeon! Stop Cofagrigus with Ice Beam!" Sumomo ordered. Vaporeon fires Ice Beam right at the coffin Pokémon, freezing it into a block of ice.
"Yamask! Hex!" Bonehead ordered.
"Flareon! Fire Fang!" Koume ordered. Flareon came at Yamask with its fangs emitting fire and lands a burning bite. It toss Yamask down to the ground, next to its evolved form.
"Stunfisk! Use Shockwave!" Bulk ordered. Stunfisk fired a beam of blue electricity and heads right towards Eevee. Satsuki wasn't going to have it.
"Jolteon! Get in front of Eevee!" Satsuki ordered. Jolteon got in front of Eevee and absorbed the electricity into its fur. "Now Jolteon! Swift!" Jolteon fired Swift and struck Stunfisk on the spot.
"Vaporeon! Ice Beam!" Sumomo ordered. Vaporeon fired Ice Beam and it freezes both trainers and their Pokémon.
"Brr," Bulk and Bonehead both said, shivering. A few minutes later, the Ecruteak City police came and apprehended the two felons. The trainers and Pokémon were placed in the police truck.
"We're going to remember this," Bulk said.
"Yeah! We're going to remember this," Bonehead said.
The door slams shut and the truck drives off.
"Glad that's taken care of," Satsuki said. She turns to the group. "I'm sorry about that. None of us were expecting anything like this to happen. We just wanted our guests to have a good time and we didn't want to disappoint them."
"Don't worry about it, Satsuki. We're used to this sort of thing," Sora said.
As soon as the things have calmed down, all that was left was for Sakura and her sisters do a dance performance for the guests on the next day; so the group had changed back into their casual wear. Sakura wanted to get to know Sora and Kairi while the Alolan nine went off to buy some fresh supplies for their Pokémon. Pikachu, Togepi, and the Pichu played with Sakura's Eevee while they talked.
"So, Sora and Kairi. How long have you two been a couple? I'm just curious to know," Sakura said.
"For a while now," Kairi answered. Sora puts his arm around Kairi's shoulder.
"But, it feels like forever," Sora said. "And that's a good thing."
"I am curious about how you have met. I mean, I would like to hear it," Sakura said. The couple chuckled.
"Well, it started out just like any other day for me. I was out on a nature walk when I saw a Caterpie in a cage and I was kidnapped by a couple of poachers," Kairi said.
"It was the day I became a Pokémon trainer and got Pikachu. I got a Pidgey out of that cage and those same guys tried to take Pikachu. But, we managed to get away and we stumbled onto Kairi in their camp," Sora explained.
"Ever since that day, we've been traveling together," Kairi said. "And that's when I fell for him." Sakura was hanging on to it, word for word.
"Also, I've been curious about your necklace, Sora. I did hear that it is shaped like a crown. Is there a reason for it? Are you descended from royalty or something?" Sakura asked. Sora laughed.
"Nothing like that. But, you're not wrong to think it. This necklace has been in my family for many generations. My necklace is a symbol of knighthood," Sora said. Sakura was at awe to hear him say that.
"Knighthood?" Sakura asked at awe.
"Yeah. My mom told me a long time ago that I'm descended from a long line of knights in the old days. And all of the boys in my family wore this to symbolize it. Back in those days, the people would believe that all of the boys in my family were knights in their eyes.," Sora said.
"You mean you have the blood of a knight in your veins? That is very romantic," Sakura said feeling moved. "When you told me how you met, it just sounds like you're Kairi's knight in shining armor. I have to admit, Kairi I am envious of you. And when I first saw you together, I just thought you were a very cute couple. But, what about Lillie, Illima, and the rest? Have you been traveling with them for a long time?"
"Yeah we did," Sora said.
"How did you two meet them?" Sakura asked.
"We met them when were heading for Celadon City for my fourth Gym battle in Kanto. It was when I had my battle against a trainer named Riku," Sora explained.
"Was Riku pretty good?" Sakura asked.
"He is. I gave it everything I had against him and I lost. He beat my Pikachu with his own Eevee," Sora said.
"Riku has an Eevee of his own?" Sakura asked.
"He does. And he's just as cute as yours," Kairi said. She giggled at their first meeting. "He had a similar hairstyle as Riku; and that just made him cuter."
"I can bet," Sakura said. "But, there's also one more thing that I'm envious of you about, Kairi." The couple both looked at her.
"What?" Kairi asked.
"Yeah, what?" Sora asked.
"The thing is, I'm anvious of you two. You get to travel around and see the world and meet all sorts of people and Pokémon. It must be exciting," Sakura said.
"It is," Sora said.
"It's been my dream to travel around and see the world like you," Sakura said.
"I'm not gonna lie, it had been tough, but traveling with Sora and the others have made the adventure pretty exciting," Kairi said.
"Also, I have been wondering something about those strange Pokémon. I remember that you called the one that appeared here an Ultra Beast. Just what are Ultra Beasts to begin with?" Sakura asked.
"They're Pokémon that came from a different dimension called Ultra Space. And as you already get, we had our share of run-ins with them," Sora said.
"So, these Ultra Beasts came here from another world? Why would they come here?" Sakura asked.
"That we don't know. But, it's not the first time that they did," Kairi said. Sakura blinked twice.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"The tale we're about to share with you took place a long time ago in the ancient days of the Alola region. That's where Riku, Lillie and the rest of our travel comapnions came from. They came here when Ultra Wormholes were opened by an Ultra Beast called Necrozma. Several of them came right over, so the four Island Guardians, Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini battled them. Their battle almost destroyed the Alola region. Solgaleo, the legendary Pokémon of the sun, and Lunala, the legendary Pokémon of the moon, created a small Pokémon called Cosmog and left them in the care of the four Island Guardians until they were fully evolved," Sora explained. Sakura was amazed to hear such a legend.
"Wow," Sakura said.
"I know, we could believe it either," Kairi said.
"And what about that one Pokémon that you used against Morty? Where does it fit in?" Sakura asked.
"The one you're talking about is Silvally. It's actually a synthetic Pokémon created by Faba, a scientist who works for the Aether Foundation. Riku has one and another trainer named Gladion has one," Sora said. "And no, in case you're wondering, I don't have it with me right now."
"Where is it?" Sakura asked.
"It's at Professor Oak's lab. He's a great Pokémon researcher," Kairi said.
"Sounds like you never have a dull day," Sakura said.
"I guess you can say that," Sora said.
"Well, the thing is, I always wanted to travel around and see the world. To go on my own Pokémon journey. But, the thing is, I don't want to do it by myself; I mean, not yet. So, if it's okay with you, I would like to learn what I can about being a Pokémon trainer just like you," Sakura said.
"You know, that's not a bad idea," Kairi said.
The couple and Sakura met up with the Alolan nine as soon as they got what they need.
"Good timing, you guys. We were about to go looking for you," Hapu said.
"Got the necessary supplies?" Kairi asked.
"Sure did," Lana said.
"We got stocked up with some medicines, so we should be good to go," Lillie said.
"That's good to know, guys," Sora said. "Especially if it means there's one more Pokémon to take care of."
"Why? Is Eevee sick?" Sophocles asked.
"What Sora means is I wanna learn about training Pokémon just like you," Sakura said. "If that's okay." The Alolan nine all smiled at that.
"I don't have any problems with that," Mallow said.
"Me neither," Acerola said.
"We can teach you what we can, so you can be the best trainer you can be," Kiawe said.
"Yeah," Mina agreed.
"The more the merrier, Sakura," Illima said.
"It'll be fun to have you come along," Lana said. That made Sakura happy to hear that.
"Oh, thank you! I have a dance performance for a tour group tomorrow afternoon and I'll break the news to my sisters as soon it's over. I'm going have to ask their permission to learn from you," She pleaded her new friends. "Please be there!"
"We'll be there to support you," Kairi said.
On the very next afternoon, Sora, Kairi, the Alolan nine and the Pokémon watched Sakura and her sisters do their dance performance and it seems to be going rather well; except for Sakura dropping her umbrella, but she manages to recover just a little. As soon as their perfomance was over, Sakura had announced her intentions of learning what she can about Pokémon training from her new friends. Sora, Kairi and their friends have stood by her side as they promised. Her sisters were pretty shocked to hear such a request.
"You know how much I love Pokémon and you don't need me here, so please let me learn what I can from them," Sakura pleaded.
"Why is it so important?" Satsuki asked.
"It's just, I want to get stronger. I want to prove that I can be the best Pokémon trainer I ccan popssibly be. I wanna prove it not only to you, but also to myself," Sakura said.
"Why now?" Koume asked.
"You haven't even mastered everything in the tea ceremony yet," Sumono pointed out.
"That's right. If you can't master your umbrella, how can you master Pokémon?" Tamoa asked.
"Oh please, let me," Sakura pleaded.
"You can see that your sister's mind is made up. I promise that we will do our best to teach her what we know," Kairi said.
"And I understand that you have some concerns for her; I have a little sister too and I worry about her every chance I get," Kiawe said.
"The same for me. I have twin little sisters myself and they can be such a handful. So, it shouldn't be a problem for me," Lana said.
"So, you can put your worries to rest since she'll be in very good hands," Sora said. Satsuki thought for a moment.
"Well, all of you look look like you know what you're doing. So, I guess it's okay," Satsuki said. Sakura smiled. "But, there's is going to be one condition."
"Okay. Name it," Sora said.
"We all wanna see how good you are in a Pokémon battle. If you can beat us in a Pokémon battle, then we will let her learn what she can and set off on her own journey when she's ready," Satsuki said.
"You've got yourselves a deal," Sora accepted.
Everyone stepped outsode on the mansion grounds. Sakura's sisters changed into their casual clothes just before they did.
"I know we ignore her, but I'll miss Sakura if she went away," Koume said.
"Let's see if our sister wants to learn from them after we have our battle," Satsuki proposed. "We'll have four one-on-one Pokémon battles? Any four of you against all four of us." It was obvious Sora and Kairi were stepping up. Mallow and Acerola also stepped up also. Sora nodded as the choice had been made.
"You got yourselves a series of battles," Sora said. "Which one of you is up first?"
"I'll get things started," Sumomo said, taking out her Lure Ball. "Vaporeon! Go!" Sumomo threw her Lure Ball and it lets out her Pokémon.
Mallow volunteered to have the first battle and she knew the right one to use.
"Go! Tsareena!" Mallow shouted, throwing her Pokéball. The Pokéball opens and lets out her partner Pokémon. "Tsareena! Magical Leaf!"
"Dodge it, Vaporeon!" Sumomo called out.
Tsareena sends Magical Leaf to strike the bubble jet Pokémon, but Vaporeon had avoided it like it was no problem. "Now fire Ice Beam!" Vaporeon fired Ice Beam to freeze the fruit Pokémon.
"Tsareena! Dodge and use Trop Kick!" Mallow ordered. Tsareena avoids Ice Beam and lands a kick as Tsareena's leg glows tropical green. "Now use Solar Blade!" Tsareena's leaves starts to take in sunlight to strike at Vaporeon.
"Vaporeon! One more Ice Beam!" Sumomo ordered. Vaporeon fired Ice Beam to hit Tsareena. The fruit Pokémon did take the hit, but it wasn't enough to stop her, so she got Solar Blade ready to strike at the Water Eeveelution and she landed a successful blow. Vaporeon was down for the count. "No way! I lost!"
"I knew you could do it, Tsreena!" Mallow praised her. She gives her partner a hug and she hugs Mallow back.
"Not bad, Mallow. You're better than I would have thought," Sumomo said, calling back her Vaporeon.
"I'm up," Koume said, taking out her Friend Ball. "Flareon! Go!" She threw her Friend Ball and Flareon enters the battle. Kairi had stepped in and drew out her Pokéball.
"Go! Marowak!" Kairi shouted. Marowak twirls her bone upon entry.
"A good call on Kairi's part for sending a Ground Type against Flareon," Haou said.
"Will it be enough?" Illima asked.
"Flareon! Fire Fang!" Koume ordered. Flareon came at the bone keeper Pokémon to land a burning bite.
"Marowak! Bone Club!" Kairi ordered. Marowak smacks the flame Pokémon with her bone. "Now use Headbutt!" Marowak moves in to deliever a Headbutt.
"Flareon! You use Headbutt too!" Koume ordered. Both Pokémon charged into each other head first. "Now use Flamethrower!" Flareon fires Flamethrower and it lands a hit on her. It wasn't enough to bring Marowak down.
"Marowak! Bonemerang!" Marowak threw her bone right at Flareon.
"Dodge it!" Koume called out. Flareon jumps over the bone. "Now use Fire Fang!" Flareon came at Marowak to land a hit, but it got hit from behind by Marowak's bone. Marowak catches it in her hand.
"Great job, Marowak! Now use another Bone Club!" Marowak came at Flareon and gives the flame Pokémon another strike with her bone and Flareon had gone down for the count.
"Oh! I can't believe I lost" Koume cried.
"Don't sweat it, Koume," Tamoa said. I'm up next." She takes out her Fast Ball. She throws it. "Go! Umbreon!" Umbreon is let out and lets out a loud cry. Acerola steps in for the match. She takes out her Pokéball and threw it.
"I choose you, Mimikyu!" Acerola shouted. When Mimikyu is let out, Satsuki, Sumomo, Koume, and Tamoa were fightened by Mimikyu's appearence. Sakura was a bit intimidated by its appearence since she thought it was a Pikachu for the moment.
"What kind of Pokémon is that?! It looks so scary!" Koume gasped.
"I think that's a Mimikyu. I heard if you look under the cloth it wears, you'll die from fright. And that's what makes it so scary," Sumomo said.
'Scary or not, it's still going to lose," Tamoa said. "Umbreon! Snarl!" Umbreon releases multiple purple and black rings of energy from its mouth right at Mimikyu. Mimikyu did take the hit; the head on the cover falls on the side. Koume and Sumomo winced with fight when they saw that.
"Mimikyu! Shadow Ball!" Mimikyu sends out a ball of shadow and sends it right at Umbreon.
"Umbreon! Dodge and use Iron Tail!" Tamoa ordered. Umbreon charged towards Mimikyu with its tail giving off a metallic glow to strike the disguise Pokémon.
"Mimikyu! Block it with Wood Hammer!" Acerola ordered. Mimikyu blocks Iron Tail with Wood Hammer. "Now use Play Rough!" Mimikyu rushes over to Umbreon and starts to pummel the moonlight Pokémon in a dust cloud. Once the dust cloud was clreared, Mimikyu was still standing and Umbreon was beaten.
"Okay. One more battle," Satsuki said. Sora had stepped up. He takes out a Pokéball to get ready to battle. He takes out a Pokéball and Satsuki takes out a Moon Ball. "Go! Jolteon!"
"Go! Kabutops!" Sora called out. Larvitar had entered the battle against the lightning Pokémon.
"Jolteon! Double Kick!" Satsuki ordered. Jolteon moved its legs forward tp land a kick on the rock prehistoric Pokémon.
"Kabutops! Dodge and use Ancient Power!" Sora ordered. Larvitar manages to dodge Jolteon kicks and gave a hurl of rocks. Jolteon had gotten hit by one of the rocks. "Now use Bubble Beam! Kabutops fires Bubble Beam right at Jolteon.
"Not bad, Sora. But, Jolteon has the edge because your Kabutops is a Water Type," Satsuki pointed out.
"Yeah. But, it takes more than Types to win Pokémon battles!" Sora said. "Kabutops! Slash!" Kabutops charged right at Jolteon and lands a slash with his scyhes.
"Jolteon! Thunderbolt!" Satsuki ordered. Jolteon fired Thunderbolt and it strikes Kabutops on the spot. Kabutops had taken heavy damage.
"Kabutops! Hang in there!" Sora urged him. "Mud Shot!" Kabutops fired Mud Shot to strike at Jolteon.
"Dodge it!" Satsuki ordered. Jolteon dodges Kabutops's attack, but Kabutops kept fring until Kabutops had landed a successful hit. "Jolteon!"
"Move in with another Slash!" Sora ordered. Kabutops has landed a Slash attack on Jolteon. The lightning Pokémon struggles to get up on its feet, but falls onto the ground, having to lost to Sora's Pokémon. "And that makes four."
"It does," Satsuki agreed. She smiled. "You're even better than I thought. Even if you had lost, I still would have let Sakura learn what she can from you."
"Satsuki? You really mean it?" Sakura asked.
"Yes. You have our permission to learn from Sora and your other friends. And you may go on your own journey once you're ready," Satsuki said.
"You have our word, we'll do our best to teach her," Sora said. Satsuki smiled.
"I already know you can, Sora," Satsuki said. She turned to her youngest sister. "Just be sure that you follow their instructions through, li'l sis."
"I will! And thank you!" Sakura said.
"What you said to me earlier is reason enough; and so is having such good friends, even though you have known them for a short time," Satsuki said. Tears slid down her eyes. "I only wish mom and dad were here to see this. They would be so very proud of you." Sakura hugged her oldest sister and not too long, her other sisters joined in. Sora, Kairi, and the Alolan nine all smiled at the sight.
With that settled, Sakura has officially entered bootcamp and her instructors have vowed to whip her into shape when it comes to training Pokémon. i wonder how it'll go for the group when they try their best to play teacher. Just wait and see in the next chapter.