Sounds of knocking waked Professor Kukui from his usual afternoon nap. He get off the sofa, walked toward the door of his house, and opened them.
The first thing he saw was a woman's boobs. It took him a few seconds to realize who they belong to and notice the rest of the breast's body. It was Selene. Despite his wife being half nudist, he still didn't use to seeing casually naked girls on daily basis. Along with Selene, there was some young blond girl, fully clothed as opposed to Selene.
"Oh. Alola, cousin. Did you get things back on track with your mom already?"
"Yeah! She allowed me to go on my journey!" replied the nudist.
"That's nice to hear. And who is that girl behind you?"
"Huh, that's Lillie, my new friend. I met her in Ruins of Conflict"
"Alola Lillie. What brings you to Melemele?"
"I... actually got here by accident"
"What do you mean by that?"
"N... Nebby teleported me"
She reached for her bag and patted the object lying within it.
Weird pokemon looking like a purple and blue cloud emerged from the back and started levitating before Lillie. Professor Kukui gave him a closer look.
"Huh. That's weird. I never saw such a Pokemon before. And you know. I'm not called Pokemon Professor for no reason."
"It's very rare Pokemon"
'How did you get your hands on it?"
'It's a long story. I'm sorry, mister, but I don't want to talk about that."
Professor Kukui laughed.
"No need to call me mister. You can call me just Kukui. Or professor, if you want to be more formal. Ok, that's your business if you don't want to talk about it. But from what I understand, you have nowhere to go?"
"Y-yes"
"That's not even close to being a problem. I can hire you as my assistant if you want. It's not hard work at all. Well, I cannot say it's well paid, but it consists of caretaking, you can sleep there" he pointed at the ladder leading to a room under the roof. "How does that sound to you?"
Lillie once again flushed.
"That would be great"
"Then we have a deal. You start... right now. You can help me with preparing my present for Selene. That's why you're here in the first place, right?" He turned to the nudist.
"Yup. You said you have something for me?"
"That's right. Follow me, ladies" he turned around and went toward the stairs leading to the basement. Both girls went after him.
Downstairs was a medium-sized room looking like a lab. The most notable thing inside the room were tons of books, weird machines looking like incubators, and training equipment.
"For whom is this boxing sack for?" asked Lillie.
"For me, of course," said Kukui. "Aside from lab work, I like to keep myself fit." he punched his chest. Due to the fact he wore no shirt, both girls had a perfect view of his abs.
"What do you specialize in for anyway, Professor?"
"Pokemon moves. It's a very vast field of knowledge that we still don't explore yet. For example, one of the secrets of Pokemon moves are the so-called Z-Moves. Are you familiar with them?"
"I heard something about them. They are powerful moves that can be used when Pokemon is holding special crystal?"
"Basically, yes. This is the ancient technique most common here, on Alola. No one really knows their origin. And we're still learning many things about them," he grabbed a brown crystal lying on the table. "For example, until recently it was thought that there are only 18 types of Z-Crystals, one for each of known Pokemon types. Yet, a few years ago, this crystal was found." he showed them closely. "This crystal looks kinda like Rockinium Z but works only with Lycanroc. Furthermore, instead of allowing Lycanroc to use Continental Crush, it upgrades Stone Edge into a completely new move called "Continental Crush". So now I'm also working on looking if there are more species-based Z Crystals like this"
"That looks... complicated"
"It sure is. But, going back to the reason you're here..."
He reached for a square red object next to Kukui's Z Crystals on the table.
"Since you're planning to become Champion, I don't need to explain to you what is Pokedex and why it's so useful," he said to the nudist girl "However, most people tend to keep their Pokedexes in their pockets. For obvious reasons, this can't be the case for you. And keeping it in a backpack isn't comfortable, since you may need it in case of emergency.
"Yeah. And what is your solution for that?"
Instead of responding, he gave Selene a red object to hold, walked toward the weird machine in the corner. and knocked on it. Sounds of buzzing started releasing from the machine.
"Prepare your Pokedex, here it comes!"
Fast lighting bolt-like object flew out of the machine and began to fly around the room with great speed.
"Moon, quickly, put the Pokedex up"
Confused nudist put the red object above her head. Object flying around the room turned toward the Pokedex and flew inside it with a loud zap. Suddenly, weird face appeared on the screen of the Pokedex.
"Rotom Pokedex ready to action!"
"The fuck?" asked confused Selene.
"This Pokemon is called Rotom. This electric ghost is known for being able to possess various devices, like Fan or Fridge, and recently scientists came up with the idea to make it inhabit other things, like Pokedex. And it worked!"
"Trainer Profile: Name: Selene. Age: 19. Hometown: Hau'oli City. Current occupation: Pokemon Trainer, nudist. Species registered: 5," Rotom started to recite.
I already customized it for you," said Kukui.
"Days since last being clothed: 402" added Rotom.
"Precise to the day," nodded Moon. "Can I call you Rotom Dex? It's easier to say than Pokedex"
"Sure, master," agreed Rotom. "I'm Rotom Dex, your personal assistant"
"Now, you got Pokedex set up, you can go on your adventure and fulfill your dream!" said Kukui.
"Wait!" Moon stopped his enthusiasm. "There is also one last thing I want to show you," she said and pulled up her hand with Z-ring on it.
"Kukui almost jumped toward Moon and started looking at the bracelet."
"That's Z Ring. There's no doubt about it. How did you get your hands on one of these?"
"It was given to me by Tapu Koko?"
"It was what to you by whom?"
Nudist girl told Kukui about the events of this morning.
"Fascinating. Tapu Koko for some reason chose you and gave you a rare Z Ring" Kukui looked at both girls. "Welp, that changes my plans about you Lillie. It will be better for you to stay near Moon. I also give you the quest to observe how Selene uses Z Ring and take notes as a sort of field research. Can I put trust in you, Lillie?"
"You sure can, Professor"
"Fantastic. I'll give you money enough for you to buy the necessary traveling equipment in Hau'oli City. Selene, your first step will be Island Trial in Verdant Cavern, right?"
"That's right"
"Very well, we'll get there. I have works to do. By now you need to find captain Ilima in Hau'oli City"
"I'll sure do"
"Wonderful. Selene, Lillie, your new adventure begins now. I wish you the best of luck!"
"Let's go, Lillie!" said Selene.
Both girls left the lab.
"So, how does the Kukui's assistant job sound to you?"
"I... I think it will be fun"
"Well, at the very least we can spend more time together, right?" she got close to Lillie.
"Y... yeah," Lillie blushed, having caught herself staring at Selene's dark skin.
"Anyway," said Selene, seemingly not caring about that "we need to enter Hau'oli City now"
"You're afraid?"
"A little. Hau'oli City is the biggest city in the region, and thus there are more people here that would down upon nudists"
Lillie grabbed Selene's back. The nudist girl blushed.
"You can do this. You are already brave enough to become a nudist. I wouldn't be able to do that"
Selene seemed like she regained confidence.
"Yeah, you're right. Here I come, Hau'oli City! You're my first step to becoming naked champion!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author's note: This chapter is shorter than the last one and there isn't much happening here too, But I hope actual action will start from the next chapter onward.
also, as user Farla pointed out in their review, Selene's skin would be a sunburn after so time if she had pale skin, so I can now confirm that she is indeed dark-skinned. Not that I will pay too much attention to that detail, just something to know.
Hope you'll enjoy it!
