Chapter 5: The Rotom Pokédex Who Speaks!?
Dream
"Mm..." Kaito groaned as he slowly opened his eyes only to see something bright shining down on him! "What... Where am..." Kaito started until he noticed that he was underwater! The Alola boy widened his eyes as he struggled to breath until he realized that he was only having a dream for now.
"A dream... underwater? Why am I here...?" Kaito asked himself as he noticed bubbles coming out of his mouth as he realized he could breathe underwater, due to the scene being a dream. As Kaito swam around, he noticed many Water Type Pokémon swimming by him, as it looked like they had noticed his presence.
But as the Alola boy swam around, there were some Water Pokémon swimming besides him, as if they knew who he was. More and more came to his side, bewildering the Alola boy as he stopped swimming to see the underwater Pokémon surround him, as they made peaceful sounds from their voices.
"Why are you all... getting along with me? Is it something that you like from me?" Kaito asked as the Water Types responded by politely bowing down to him, as if he was part of royalty! This surprised the Alola boy as one of the Water Types gazed at him, as a voice popped up into the Alola boy's head.
"We've been waiting for you to come back, dear Prince." The Pokémon known as Lanturn said politely as some other Water Types followed along. The Sharpedo, Wishiwashi, Luvdisc, and the other Pokémon said their calls, greeting the Alola boy as a prince as Kaito looked around at the Pokémon surrounding him.
A sharp pain stung his head as the Alola boy floated down on the ocean ground, as he grunted in pain from the feeling he's getting to his head as he struggled to stay conscious from all the underwater Pokémon greeting him. "Prince... What... are you guys... trying... to say to me...?" Kaito grunted as he started to black out.
Before he knew it, he was starting to return to reality, to the part where he wakes up from his bed.
Reality
Sweat formed on Kaito's head as he slowly opened his eyes and woke up as he slowly turned his head to the window to see that the sun was up a little, but a bit early as Kaito slowly sat up from his bed. "That... was one heck of a dream..." Kaito groaned while holding his head as his voice woke his Sea Weasel Pokémon up from his sleep as Buizel yawned from his awakening.
He turned to see his human brother looking stressed about something as he walked over to him, before nudging his cheek with his nose in worry and comfort. "Bu bui? Bu bui bui?" Buizel asked in concern as Kaito smiled weakly at his Water Type starter as he scratched his head in reassurance.
"Sorry, Buizel... It's nothing. Just a disturbing dream, that's all." Kaito said as he turned to his desk to see his Z-Ring on top of it. The Waterium-Z on the Z-Ring was still there, glowing a little brighter than usual as the Alola boy noticed this, with Buizel noticing the glow as well. "What the..." Kaito said as he walked over.
He held the Z-Ring before he slipped it on his wrist. As he did that, the Z-Crystal began to glow even brighter, as it seemed to be responding to Kaito wearing it as the Alola boy narrowed his eyes in both worry and confusion. "Just what's going on with me today?" Kaito asked himself as Buizel frowned.
From what his human brother was stressing over, even he didn't have the answer to respond to that question, as there were still some parts that he didn't understand of.
(Pokémon Opening: Sun and Moon English Subbed)
Ash - "I'm Ash of Pallet Town. My dream is to become a Pokémon Master. This is my partner, Pikachu! Let's all search for Pokémon with full force!"
(The Japanese opening title shows on the screen)
There's no use in just standing around all the time
(Both Kaito and Ash pant under the hot sun with Pikachu and Buizel)
(Lana, Mallow, Lillie, Kiawe, and Sophocles all run over to help them)
I want to try and set out on a head-turning adventure
(Mallow, Lana, Kiawe, Sophocles, and Lillie appear in different sections)
(Bounsweet, Popplio, Turbonator, and Togedemaru appear with their trainers)
With the sun, the moon, Pokémon, and Pikachu
(The friends all slide down the school slide)
(They slide before crashing into each other by Alolan Exeggutor)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah!)
(They all recover and make repeated steps together)
It never stops being surprising and refreshing
(Kaito, Ash, and Prof. Kukui runs for the school)
(Litten shrieks before shooting Ember at Ash's face, much to his startle)
I'm here! I'm there! I'm over there! I can't stay put!
(Kaito pops up, until Shiho and Seita pulls at his two arms)
(Buizel lands on his head as the two grin at each other)
C'mon, there's still so, so much more to see
(Kaito and Ash leads their friends and Pokémon across the island)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah!)
(Samson Oak dances a little, until Komala bashes him away)
In intense battles, I choose you!
(In intense battles, I choose you!)
(Ash, Kaito, Lana, Mallow, Sophocles, and Kiawe all appear with their Pokémon partners)
(A Pokémon Egg floats in front of Lillie)
And it's time to catch 'em all!
(And it's time to catch 'em all!)
(Kaito throws a Pokéball at a Rockruff, catching it with success)
(Ash throws a Pokéball at a Grubbin, catching it with success)
(Their classmate watch their success together)
(Go!)
(Ash sends Pikachu out for battle)
Burn brighter, sun!
Take off with your pulse burning! (Okay!)
(Pikachu defeats Mimikyu with Iron Tail)
(Pikachu then defeats Yungoos, Alolan Rattata, and Salandit with Thunderbolt)
(Solgaleo appears besides the little Electric Type)
Your courage is overflowing, moon!
You will light up the dreams!
(Kaito sinks underwater into the abyss, unconscious)
(Then, a bright light flashes, showing a silhouette that looks just like Kaito)
Come on, feel the maximum energy with your all
(Ash and Pikachu perform Gigavolt Havoc)
(Kaito and Buizel perform Hydro Vortex)
Shout it out, "Alola!"
(Both boys run to say their Alolan greeting in the school)
(Opening End)
Changing into his outdoor attire, the Alola boy and his Sea Weasel Pokémon headed downstairs to see Shiho and Seita eating breakfast, with Shizuka cooking for the morning meal. At noticing her son coming down, she called to the Alola boy with a message from someone that contacted her this morning.
"Honey? Prof. Kukui just called a few minutes ago and wants you to come to his house right away." Shizuka said with a smile, catching the Alola boy off guard. "Prof. Kukui? Did I get in trouble or something, Mom?" Kaito asked as Shiho and Seita both widened their eyes in surprise.
Their brother had never got in trouble before with school, so this would be a surprise for them to hear and see. Shizuka shook her head with a caring smile and explained the reason for the call. "He said that there is something that he wants you and Ash to see together, so he wants you to come over as soon as possible." Shizuka explained.
Both Shiho and Seita sighed in relief, as they now know their brother wasn't in trouble as the Alola boy folded his arms with a frown. "Something that he wants me and Ash to see...?" Kaito asked himself as Buizel cocked his head in confusion. "Bu bui..." Buizel said as he felt stumped, too.
Making a decision, Kaito started to head for the door to head for his teacher's house as Shizuka widened her eyes to see her son leaving already. "Huh? Honey, aren't you going to eat?" Shizuka asked as Kaito called back with a reason.
"No thanks, Mom! If this was something he and Ash wanted me to see, I'm sure he would like me to see it now!" Kaito called back as he ran for his teacher's house as the mother watched her son leave as Shiho and Seita came over. "Isn't big brother going to be hungry, Mom?" Shiho asked in concern as Shizuka sighed.
"I don't think he will feel it, honey. Your brother after all is a boy that eats lightly." Shizuka said as Shiho reluctantly nodded in agreement. Seita, on the other hand, felt worried as his brother faced trouble with Tapu Koko yesterday, because of him being hed hostage by the Guardian of Melemele Island.
"Big brother..." Seita said silently as he watched to see his brother out of sight, possibly far from the house.
Meanwhile...
A few minutes had passed as Kaito and Buizel together arrived at Prof. Kukui's house, where they waited for the Professor to come as the Alola boy had rang the doorbell immediately once they've got here. Footsteps was heard as Kaito didn't see Prof. Kukui opening it, but Ash instead, to the Alola boy's surprise.
"Ash...?" Kaito said in surprise as the Kanto trainer grinned at seeing his Alola friend. "Hey, Kai! So, Prof. Kukui called you here, huh?" Ash said as the Alola boy nodded slowly before he frowned at seeing his Kanto friend and Pikachu in the house.
Before he could ask, he heard a bark, coming from Rockruff, who lived in the house with the Professor! "Rock! Rockruff!" The Rock-Normal Type barked happily as he jumped onto the Alola boy and nuzzled his neck with his rock collar, causing Kaito to flinch a little before he got used to the small pain.
"Ngh! Come on, Rockruff. You know I'm happy to see you, too (Ow...)" Kaito said as he managed to not show his pained expression or words as Rockruff nuzzled Buizel too, who managed to withstand the pain as his human brother did by giving a small smile to his playful Rock Type friend.
"Bu bu bui." Buizel said with a small pained look on his face as the Alola Professor came into Kaito's view, seeing the Alola boy arrive at the scene. "Hello there, Kaito! You came just at the right time!" Prof. Kukui said as the Alola boy smiled to see his teacher and gave a nod to him.
"So, Professor... What did you call me here for?" Kaito asked as Prof. Kukui explained while showing a red device to the Alola boy. "I was going to give Ash the Alola Pokédex for his Island trials, but since you're taking part in them as well, I thought it'd be best for you two to take care of the Pokédex together!" Prof. Kukui explained.
Both boys looked at the Professor in surprise as they didn't expect to hear this from him as they looked at the device in the Professor's hands. "You mean, we're sharing the Pokédex together?" Kaito asked as Ash smiled at the idea. "That makes sense... and it's a good idea! Don't you think, Kai?" asked Ash.
The Alola boy blinked before he gave a small chuckle to his Kanto friend. "I guess..." Kaito said as Buizel and Pikachu smiled together, both knowing that they're going to have fun together in their adventures in Alola as the Alola Professor cleared his threat to give a reminder to the two boys about their device.
"Now then... Let's activate the Pokédex!" Prof. Kukui said, as he earned nods from both Ash and Kaito. With the agreement done, the three humans and the three Pokémon headed down to Prof. Kukui's work room to activate the Pokédex as the Alola Professor turned on his system to check and see whether it would work or not.
Once the system showed to have no error, the Alola Professor smiled, seeing that the opening was a success. "Perfect! We're all connected!" Prof. Kukui exclaimed as Kaito watched. Suddenly, just as he was about to say something, the lights started flickering on and off all of a sudden, causing him and Ash to look around in surprise!
Pikachu, Buizel, and Rockruff all turned in surprise as well as the Professor let out a chuckle for what's coming. "Here it comes!" He called out, leaving the Kanto trainer confused as he cocked his head to the side. "What?" He could only say as the lights kept flickering on and off, enough to scare Rockruff as he whimpered next to Ash.
"Professor, what's coming?" Kaito asked as Kukui chuckled, before giving him the smile. "Just watch! You'll see!" Prof. Kukui said as Kaito frowned. He was about to ask again until something came out of one of the plug sockets! It went wild, zipping out and in from every corner of the Professor's Lab!
At seeing the face and the appearance of the Pokémon, Ash knew who it was. Kaito noticed it too, as they both recognized the one that is zipping around the lab. "It's a Rotom!" The two cried out together.
They struggled to keep up with its speed as the three Pokémon had to move fast to catch the fast Pokémon's speedful movements! As Rotom was zipping around, the Professor made a fact of Rotom and the Pokédex together. "Now, we just have to wait for Rotom to go inside." Prof. Kukui said as Kaito blinked in surprise.
"A Rotom going inside a regional Pokédex? That's a new one..." Kaito said as he never heard of Rotom going inside a Pokédex before. While he heard about Rotom being able to go inside several electrical appliances, he never heard of a Rotom going inside an important device like a Pokédex before.
Even Ash looked confused until Rotom took notice of the Pokédex! It zipped its way down and went inside, to the shock of Ash and Kaito as they widened their eyes in surprise to see the Electric-Ghost Type go inside as Pikachu, Buizel, and Rockruff all watched in both interest and surprise as Ash looked at the device.
Nothing was going on with no sound or movement as the Kanto trainer frowned at nothing happening. He took a closer inspection on the Pokédex to check if Rotom was really there or not. "Is Rotom... in there? Hm... Hey, Rotom!" Ash called out as there was suddenly a beeping sound occurring!
Both boys blinked in surprise to see some kind of pulse line on the Pokédex, as a pair of eyes blinked from the Pokédex! This shocked Ash and surprised Kaito as the Kanto trainer dropped the device, allowing the Pokédex itself to float in the air!
As the Pokédex floated, a familiar face revealed itself on the device as it popped its arms and legs out! "Ah! The Pokédex is Rotom and Rotom is the Pokédex!" Ash exclaimed as Kaito was also surprised, too. Rotom on the other hand seemed to be gathering data as it scanned the excited Rockruff, the confused Buizel, and the amazed Pikachu!
It then scanned both Ash and Kaito where Ash said his Alolan greeting to the device. "Alola, Rotom!" "Pika Pika!" Ash and Pikachu called out together as Kaito said his greeting too, with Buizel climbing up onto his shoulder.
"Alola." "Bu bui!" The two cried together. As they said their greeting, a voice came from the Pokédex, which seemed to belong to Rotom as it buzzed out its voice. "Language selection complete." buzzed Rotom, catching both boys by surprise as Ash was in awe to hear the Pokémon talk!
"Wow! Rotom just talked!" Ash exclaimed as Kaito gave a small smile to this. "It could be because he's in the Pokédex that he's able to talk like that." Kaito guessed as the Professor gave a small wave to Rotom, before giving him a small request to do for both Ash and Kaito.
"Rotom! Please lend a hand to Ash and Kaito from now on, okay?" Prof. Kukui asked, which he understood as Rotom buzzed out his understanding before turning to the two boys and their starters.
"Understood! Ash! Kaito! User registration complete! Pokédex now booting up... 100%! Alola! Nice to meet you, Ash! Kaito!" Rotom buzzed as the Kanto trainer was once again amazed on how Rotom was able to talk. "Wow! We can even have a conversation?" Ash asked as the Pokédex buzzed in confirmation.
"Of course! Rotom-Dex is equipped with all the assortments of languages! I have been programmed to communicate with people from all different kind!" Rotom explained as Kaito expressed his amazement with a smile. "I'm impressed... All languages, including people from other regions?" Kaito asked.
"Of course! It's just as I said!" Rotom buzzed. "That's awesome!" Ash exclaimed as Rotom picked up o the word, causing him to buzz out in confusion. "Awesome! Does not compute. Does not compute." Rotom buzzed, causing Kaito to sweat drop as he face palmed at the confusion Rotom was getting.
"Looks like he doesn't get the compliment..." Kaito said silently to Ash, who smiled sheepishly at this. That was when the Alola Professor stepped up, explaining the words to the Pokédex. "Ash was just saying that he is very impressed with your capabilities!" Prof. Kukui explained, allowing Rotom to finally comprehend.
"I understand! So, awesome means excellent! And that means that Rotom-Dex is excellent!" Rotom buzzed confidently, causing the Alola Professor to laugh.
"Ah ha ha ha... Believe it or not, I'm a Professor! Professor Kukui! You'll be a great help!" Kukui explained with a smile, earning the greeting back from the Rotom-Dex. "Pleased to meet you, Prof. Kukui! And you two as well, Ash! Kaito!" Rotom buzzed, earning a small from both boys as they introduced their partners to Rotom.
"Hey, thanks! And this is my friend, Pikachu!" Ash explained, causing Pikachu to cry out his greeting. "Pikachu!" The Electric Yype cried out as Kaito stepped up with Buizel on his left shoulder. "And this is my partner and friend, Buizel." Kaito explained, earning a smile from his Water Type starter.
"Bu bui!" Buizel said happily as Prof. Kukui explained the situation to Rotom. "Ash and Pikachu are staying at my place! Along with Rockruff!" Prof. Kukui explained, as Rockruff let out a bark to confirm his presence.
"Pleased to meet you, Pikachu! Buizel! And you too, Rockruff!" Rotom said as he turned himself around to take a picture, confusing Ash and his Electric Type partner, as Kaito only raised an eyebrow to see the device taking a picture of Buizel too! Rockruff was joined into the scene as the data gathering was complete.
"Pictures taken! Pikachu! Buizel! Rockruff!" Rotom buzzed as Ash asked, with curiosity in his mind. "So, wait... Why did you take a picture?" Ash asked as the device explained.
"In order to add the images of the Pokémon I need to in my memory! The Rotom-Dex is a self-learning Pokédex that updates its data each and every time when it meets a new Pokémon!" Rotom explained as this left the Kanto trainer bewildered for a moment as there were some parts that he didn't understand.
"Not sure what you mean... But you're totally awesome, Rotom!" Ash exclaimed as Kaito chuckled. "You're not the type of guy who's into complicated explanations, huh?" Kaito asked as the Kanto trainer admitted with a sheepish look on his face.
"I don't think so..." Ash said as Rotom buzzed up, calling Ash and Kairos name. "User Ash! And User Kaito! I am not simply Rotom now. In fact, I am now Rotom-Dex! Which means I am the Pokédex Rotom version!" Rotom explained as this once again bewildered Ash as he struggled to say the right words again.
"Hold on... Pokédex? Rotom... version? Uh..." Ash started to say, causing both Kaito and Rotom to sweat drop at Ash's inability to follow the names Rotom had given itself. With the complication it gave, Rotom sighed as it made a suggestion to the Kanto trainer.
"Very well... You can just simply call me Rotom-Dex, User Ash! User Kaito!" Rotom buzzed as Kaito corrected Rotom with a small smile on his face. "You can just call us by our regular names, Rotom. Just Kaito will be fine for me." Kaito said as Ash agreed to what his Alola friend was saying.
"Yeah! And you can just call me Ash! That'll make it easier to say, won't it?" Ash asked, which Rotom comprehended as it buzzed once again to confirm his understanding.
"I understand, Ash! Kaito!" Rotom buzzed as the Kanto trainer made a small request to the device. "Hey, Rotom-Dex? I want to hear on you describe Pikachu in the Rotom-Dex! Can you do that?" Ash asked, which Pikachu agreed to. "Pika Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed as Rotom buzzed in with a smile on his face.
"Right away, Ash! Pikachu, the Mouse Pokémon. An Electric Type! It uses its tail to sense its surroundings. If you pull on its tail, it will bite!" Rotom explained as it pulled into Pikachu's tail! As if by instinct, the Electric Type gasped and used Thunderbolt, accidentally shocking Ash and Rotom in the process!
Trying to help Ash, Prof. Kukui got himself into the shock, as the two humans screamed, with Rotom feeling the pain as well! "AHHH! IT DOESN'T BITE YOU, IT ACTUALLY SHOCKS YOU!" Rotom screamed as Kaito sweat dropped at the sight, with Buizel sighing as well.
Rockruff barked in surprise as he tried to call for the Professor and Ash as the Thunderbolt had finally ended, causing all the victims to the Thunderbolt to stagger and slump down on the floor. "Well, in that case... What does the facts say about Buizel, Rotom-Dex?" Kaito asked as Rotom struggled to stay afloating.
"U-Understood... Buizel, the Sea Weasel Pokémon. A Water Type. It uses its twin-forked tails to swim like a propeller. It uses its collar as a flotation device when inflated." Rotom explained as the Alola boy raised an eyebrow, while Buizel smirked, feeling impressed with himself.
"Mm hm..." Kaito said as he watched Ash and Prof. Kukui twitch from the shock they took from the Thunderbolt attack as Pikachu scratched the back of his head sheepishly, realizing that he went a bit too far.
Later...
Soon, Kaito and Ash left with the Professor to head for the Pokémon School, where Rotom revealed himself to the classmates, amazing Mallow, Lana, and Sophocles, while Lillie and Kiawe seemed to be cool with meeting a new Pokémon friend. "Hi, Rotom! My name is Mallow! Nice to meet you!" Mallow cried out.
"Nice to meet you!" Lana said timidly as Rotom smiled, before saying his greeting back. "Nice to meet you!" Rotom buzzed as Lillie expressed her interest in seeing a Pokémon as part of the Pokédex!
"A Pokédex operating with a Pokémon inside? That's incredible!" Lillie exclaimed as Rotom caught the word 'incredible', as he defined it for himself. "Incredible? Incredible means... awesome! In other words, Rotom-Dex is... awesome!" Rotom cried out, which Lillie nodded to with a sweet smile on her face.
"Yes! You're very awesome!" Lillie said as Sophocles gave a mischievous look to the Rotom-Dex as he pulled out a screwdriver with a sneaky request in mind. He walked up to Rotom with a smirk, twirling his screwdriver in the process.
"Ah! So it obviously learned on how Ash and Kaito talks! I wonder just how this Rotom-Dex is programmed! I'm going to analyze your programming for just a second, alright?" Sophocles said as Rotom immediately shook his head with a hint of fear in his tone of voice. "No! Thank you!" Rotom said frantically.
This made Sophocles even more sneaky as he inched his face closer to Rotom! "Aw, come on! Don't be like that, please! Just a look, hm?" Sophocles said mischievously as this made Rotom even more frantic as he shook his body and head in refusal.
"No! I refuse! I refuse!" Rotom said frantically as Kaito sighed. "That's enough, Sophocles. You don't need to freak Rotom out when you just met him..." Kaito said sternly as Sophocles gave a sheepish look at his classmate.
"I was just joking, Kai! There's nothing to be serious about here! Although, I DO wonder what kind of programming Rotom was given though in that Pokédex..." Sophocles said as the Alola boy sweat dropped at his friend's curiosity and mischievousness. "That's making me even more worried about your current personality." Kaito said with a sigh.
As he said that, a familiar chuckle came across the room, catching everyone's attention as they turned to see Principal Oak coming in with Prof. Kukui!
"Oh! A Rotom-Dex! Well, you seem to have quite an interest in that item there!" Principal Oak said with a chuckle as Kaito blinked in surprise to see the principal come in. "Principal Oak?" Kaito said in surprise as Buizel climbed up his left shoulder again. Ash introduced the principal to Rotom, who seemed curious at the new human.
"This is the principal of the Pokémon School! Principal Oak!" Ash explained as Rotom nodded and floated over to the principal as he said his greeting to the Pokémon School Principal.
"Pleased to meet you!" buzzed Rotom as this startled Oak, while cooking up his amazement as well. "Hi hi, Psyduck! Arbok!" Principal Oak said, while making imitations of a Psyduck and an Arbok, confusing Rotom as he was confused with what the principal was doing with his greeting.
"What is 'Hi hi, Psyduck! Arbok'? Does not compute. Does not compute." Rotom buzzed in confusion as Kaito and Mallow stepped up, as they explained the Principal's methods of befriending and imitating Pokémon.
"Don't worry about it! It's simply his way of saying hello! The Principal is always making Pokémon gags!" Mallow explained as Kaito scratched the back of his head with slight annoyance in his mind. "And to that, it's also kind of annoying, while not making sense at the same time." Kaito explained sternly.
"Making Pokémon gags? Annoying?" Rotom repeated as he began to say the same imitation that Principal Oak had just done, amusing the principal as he chuckled at Rotom making multiple gag phrases of his recent Pokémon gag. "Ha ha! Excellent! I think you're getting the hang of it!" Principal Oak said with a chuckle.
"I'm not Dragonized down! As a matter of fact, I'm Claunchering off! Hit! Wooper-dee-do!" Rotom buzzed happily, as he made his own Pokémon gags! The Alola boy sweat dropped as he was starting to get even more annoyed with the weird Pokémon gags coming from both his principal and now from Rotom!
"Great... We have another Principal Oak in the school, except that it's a Pokémon in a Pokédex..." Kaito said annoyingly, as he earned a pat on the shoulder from his Water Type friend. "Bui bui..." Buizel said softly as the Alola boy sighed before he shook his head. "Calm down, huh... Sure, I guess..." Kaito said, earning a smile from his Sea Weasel Pokémon.
"Excellent! You're really the cut above of your gibberish Wynaut! And with the plus Mawile!" Principal Oak said as he imitated both Wynaut and Mawile this time, causing Rotom to imitate Wooper again! Both Oak and Rotom exchanged Pokémon gags, causing all the students to sweat drop while causing Kaito and Kiawe to shake their heads in annoyance.
Once the imitation battle was done, Prof. Kukui explained their roles for today. "Alright, class. For today, let's do some fieldwork! So, Ash! Kaito! Now that the two of you gotten yourself a Rotom-Dex, let's catch a wild Pokémon!" Prof. Kukui cried out loud. The suggestion left the classmates amazed as some cheered for fieldwork, especially Mallow.
"I absolutely adore fieldwork!" Mallow said happily. Bounsweet joined in with the cheer as she adored fieldwork too, due to many Pokémon friends to make, along with the nature that goes along with it. "For you two, Ash... Kaito... The Alola Pokémon will be a new challenge! We have a Destiny Bond to help him out!" Prof. Kukui explained, which Rotom caught!
"Destiny Bond! A Ghost Type move! When a Pokémon faints after using this move, the opponent that landed the knockout blow also faints!" Rotom buzzed, as the classmates stared at the device with surprise, as Kiawe only showed his not impressed look. The Professor on the other hand seemed to be impressed with this, though.
"Rotom-Dex, that was excellent." Prof. Kukui said, boosting the ego inside Rotom! "For Pokémon information, you can count on me!" Rotom buzzed confidently as Kaito smiled in amusement. "Well then, Rotom... We'll be counting on you to help solve our problems." Kaito said as he wore his backpack, with Ash doing the same.
"Let's go, Rotom-Dex!" Ash cried out, as he was the first to run out! Kaito followed, with Buizel and Pikachu on their trainers' shoulders! "Understood!" buzzed Rotom as he floated after the two boys. Kiawe, Lillie, Lana, Mallow, and Sophocles all followed the three, leaving the Principal and the Professor inside the classroom as they were to wait for the results to come.
As they were running to the forest where it was near the School, no one, not even Kaito noticed his Waterium-Z glowing even brighter, as it could be signaling that something had happened or something were to happen soon.
Meanwhile, back at the Ruins...
Kazuma held the torch to inspect all the pictures that could possibly define Kaito's role and his powers of bonding with Water Type Pokémon. The more he read and inspected, the darker his expression went as he felt like something bad could happen to his son.
"Kaito... Why did it have to be him? Could this all be real? Or can it all be false or possibly be talking about another child?" Kazuma asked himself bitterly. Remembering that his son was the only one attracting the Water Pokémon by his presence, the father shook his head in denial as he erased his recent thought in his mind.
"No... No one in the Alola region could attract that many Water Type Pokémon just by being near them... But why? If these ruins are telling the truth about my son... Then, how did he become a part of this family? Shizuka... Did you have anything to do with this...?" Kazuma asked as he thought painfully of his dear wife.
Back at Kaito's house...
Shizuka was washing the dishes in the kitchen as she kept the sweet and innocent smile on her face, as if nothing bad was happening right now. But then, she felt something glowing around her chest as she felt the object around her neck. She took off the item which was revealed to be a necklace! It had a glowing aura of a water droplet, looking very valuable, like from an underwater treasure.
To see it glowing left the mother frowning as she bit her lips. "Kazuma... Did you find out... about my baby's secret...?" Shizuka asked herself as she looked out the window, remembering that her eldest son was out there for now. With the glowing the necklace was giving off, it could mean bad... or good...
To be continued...
Kaito's Team:
Buizel (M): (Ice Punch, Agility, Rain Dance, Aqua Jet)
Next chapters:
Chapter 6: Mimikyu VS Pikachu! Fake VS Real!
Chapter 7: Rockruff is Tough or Shy!?
Chapter 8: Rowlet's Leafage! A New Bond!
Chapter 9: The Balloon Dream! Go, Popplio!
Chapter 10: The Water Pokémon to Charm!
Next chapter preview:
Ash: Just what kind of Pokémon are there that I can catch and make friends with?
Mallow: Take a look over there! That Pokémon looks kind of creepy, if you ask me...
Kaito: A Mimikyu... This one here seems to have a lot of grudge on Pikachu for some reason.
Ash: A grudge? Then, why is it dressed like one? It looks more like a costume that Pokémon is wearing.
Jessie: So, the twerp has arrived in the Alola region, hm? This is perfect for us to catch Pikachu!
James: We came too far to just sit back and lose, twerp! So prepare to fight and lose Pikachu!
Events that occurred:
- Ash and Kaito meets Rotom, who enters the Pokédex
- The classmates all decide to head into the forest to seek some Alola Pokémon out