Chapter 10: The Water Pokémon to Charm!
Last time on "Pokémon Alola Journey", Kaito awoke early to test whether what he had witnessed or done was true or not. As he did so by using the water from the bathroom sink, his eyes hadn't deceived him on that night, making the Alola boy unsure on what to think or say.
Taking Shiho and Seita to the Pokémon School as Shizuka wasn't around for some reason, the Alola boy realized in class today that he and Lana were in charge for the marine Pokémon extracurricular class for tomorrow.
As Prof. Kukui reminds everyone to bring a Fishing Rod, Ash walks with Lana to borrow one of hers, with Kaito accompanying them. As Kaito parts with his two friends to bring Shiho and Seita home, he meets Shizuka, who seemed to have found a new job that had someone acquainted with Kazuma.
While confirming that his mother was okay despite her exhausted looks, Kaito was soon near Lana's house as he had headed out again, until he decided to show Buizel his newfound powers with the sea, which seemed to have surprised Buizel by a lot.
Despite of that however, this didn't change the bond between the two as Buizel is thankful for being shown about this, now that he knows that his human brother was able to do this kind of trick with water.
With their bond strengthened, the two met up with Ash and Lana again to meet Harper and Sarah, the twin sisters of Lana as they cause Pikachu to shock everyone that was inside the house, leaving the Pokémon and the humans paralyzed for a while.
"You've... got to be... kidding me... Why me?" Kaito groaned as he puffed out a smoke before he fell over, with Buizel doing the same thing. "Bu bui..." Buizel groaned as he felt the same thing as his human brother felt as he fell onto the floor, too.
"Buzz buzz buzz..." The twins groaned together as Ash twitched his body a little, feeling the pain all over his body from the shock he had just felt from his partner's Thunderbolt.
"Thought that would happen..." Ash groaned weakly, as Rotom copied the twins' recent words while still paralyzed. "Buzz buzz buzz..." Rotom buzzed as Pikachu rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, realizing on the mess he created from his attack just now.
By the time everyone had recovered from their recent shock, Lana led the boys to where her fishing rods were outside as the Kanto trainer was amazed with how many Lana had in store. "Wow...!" Ash exclaimed as Lana smiled to how amazed Ash looked.
"You can borrow whichever you want!" Lana reassured as Ash frowned, looking from one rod to another as choosing one out of all was difficult for him to pick. "It's so hard to choose! Which one should I pick...?" Ash asked as Pikachu looked at the rods as well.
The Alola boy put his hands on his sides and sighed with a smile. Tomorrow was going to be a wild, but wet day once they start the extracurricular class. He turned to Buizel, who put his paws on the back of his head with a cheeky smile. The Sea Weasel Pokémon knew what his human brother was thinking.
The next day...
With the sun shining bright in the sky, all the classmates were near the ocean where Prof. Kukui greeted them all for coming to the marine Pokémon class. "Alola!" The Professor said, causing the seven classmates to shout their 'Alola' greeting as well.
But there were surprises, as everyone noticed Lillie wearing some kind of outfit that protected her head and body from touching real Pokémon! "Whoa! Lillie's secret weapon is amazing!" Sophocles commented as Kaito sweat dropped, realizing how thick the outfit was from the outside.
"I can take part in the fishing and Ride Pokémon classes now!" Lillie declared as the Alola boy wasn't impressed. "So you're going to wear that huge thing during all Ride classes? I can't believe how scared you are for you to wear something like that..." Kaito said annoyingly.
"I'm not scared, Kaito! I already said this many times! I can touch Pokemon whenever..." Lillie started to say, with the Alola boy finishing it off with an annoyed expression. "Whenever you like, sure... I've heard of this before." Kaito said bitterly, while causing Mallow and Kiawe to chuckle.
"Come on, Kai... Give her a break! She'll learn when to touch them properly again!" Mallow reassured as Kiawe gave a reminder to the Alola boy about his own fears of Pokémon. "And there are some Types of Pokémon you're scared of too. Like Poison and Dark Types?" Kiawe asked teasingly.
That snapped the Alola boy as he glared at the Fire Type user for his teasing. "I don't need you to remind me of that, Kiawe... Just thinking about those miserable Types is giving me a headache already!" Kaito said bitterly as Ash cocked his head in confusion.
"Huh...? Kaito's scared of Dark and Poison Types?" Ash asked as Lana shook her head, while correcting his words.
"Actually, rather than scared... Kaito hates Poison and Dark Types because of what they did to him and his siblings..." Lana said sadly, catching Ash's attention as Kaito listened, letting Lana explain the reason for his bitterness towards the two Types.
"One time, a Dark Type Pokémon attacked Shiho and Seita once out of fun, believing that attacking little ones whether they were Pokémon or not was a great time. So, that's when Kaito got furious and chased that Pokémon out with Buizel at his side..." Lana explained.
Ash widened his eyes as Kiawe continued on with the Poison Type this time. "Not only that, there was one time when a Poison Type tried to pollute the ocean and poison Seita once, which got Kaito mad as he and Buizel fought them off until the Poison Types ran off to a different place." Kiawe explained.
Prof. Kukui nodded, as he remembered on how angry and desperate the Alola boy looked when he had witnessed the two Types doing the things that he didn't like as this caused him to have bitterness towards the two Types.
"I see..." Ash said worriedly as the Alola boy kept the bitter look on his face. For the Alola Professor, he realized that the subject was getting out of hand as he gave a reminder to all his students to keep them on the right track again.
"Alright then... It looks like both Kaito and Lana will be the instructors for this class!" Prof. Kukui said startling Lana as she froze before she struggled to get to her position as the Alola boy just followed along, trying to get the bitter look off of his face.
"Ah... Right! I guess... I guess..." Lana stuttered until Kaito took her left hand, startling the Water Type girl as she noticed the Alola boy smiling at her. "Stay calm. We'll get through this together." Kaito reassured, causing Lana to blush as Mallow cheered for the two to go on.
"You can do it, you two! Instruct us!" Mallow called out. "Boun! Bounsweet!" Bounsweet cried out happily as Kiawe smiled along.
"Do your best, you two." Kiawe added as Lana gulped, before she looked up at the rest of her classmates. As Kaito turned to the others, Lana made a question for the others. "Um, everyone? Do you have your Fishing Rod?" Lana asked as Ash grinned, before he took out the one he borrowed from Lana!
"You bet I do!" Ash said, holding his rod with the Pikachu lure! But as soon as he took it out, another Fishing Rod lure swayed in front of him, having the style of a Togedemaru! Immediately, both Ash and Pikachu were amazed with the style Sophocles had.
"Awesome! That's so cool!" Ash exclaimed as Sophocles gave a sheepish, but confident smirk.
"Yeah, I guess so! It's my Hyper Rod with the top notch bend abilities! It won't snap even when luring in a Wailord! An amazing Rod that can throw 300 times a second! It's a Fishing Rod that has everything! The Ultra-DX Master 02!" Sophocles called out as he presented his own Rod to everyone.
At the lure being present, Togedemaru happily grabbed onto the lure! Lana just smiled as she turned to the others, noticing that they all had a Fishing Rod, including the Alola boy himself. As soon as everyone was set, the Alola boy took his turn as an instructor.
"Alright then... Everyone, please get onto your Ride Pokémon. As for our destination, I'm sure both Wailmer and Lapras will know the best place to fish!" Kaito said, causing the five Lapras and two Wailmers to cry out happily at their names being mentioned.
With the instructions said, everyone got onto their Ride Pokémon. Prof. Kukui, Kiawe, and Sophocles got onto the two Wailmers, while Ash, Lana, Kaito, Lillie, and Mallow got onto the five Lapras, each seating one Lapras at a time.
By the time they've gotten a bit far from the shore, Lana asked to stop at the spot they were in as she gave the classmates the reminder of their location that they're at right now.
"This is the Fishing spot we'll be using! There are lots of marine Pokémon living here! Some of them live in shallow waters, some deep. This, is an unusual spot where they both mingle!" Lana explained as Kaito gave a few glances on some of the ocean spots.
He noticed a small shadow on the water surface, like a Pokémon trying to surface from the ocean. This caused the Alola boy to frown, realizing that the marine Pokémon had already spotted the Alola boy. And with his "ability" as a Water Charmer, he could bring many Water Types at any minute!
"You can even catch Kyogre!" Lana added, shocking Ash the most, along with Pikachu and Rotom. "Wha!? Kyogre!?" Ash exclaimed as Lana giggled, imagining herself catching the Legendary Water Type Pokémon. "Yes! The Legendary Pokémon!" Lana said happily.
That happy thought was interrupted by Mallow as she gave a knowing look to her Water user friend. "Now, now... You really should stop teasing him, Lana." Mallow said sternly, causing the Water Type user to stick her tongue out teasingly.
Kaito stood up, readying his Fishing Rod as Ash got up, determined to catch a giant Water Type, despite of it not being Kyogre. "Yes! I'm gonna catch a big one!" Ash exclaimed as Kaito lowered his Buizel lure, before making his demonstration to the group.
"Alright, everyone! Prepare your Fishing Rod! Because this is where your patience and timing test begins!" Kaito said, causing everyone to ready their Rods. As soon as they did so, the Alola boy nodded to Lana, who nodded back as the two said the next words together.
"Now, cast the lure with all your might!" They said in unison as everyone casts their Fishing Rod lure onto the ocean. Once the lures have all been set, this is where the Pokémon School students get ready to fish in their marine Pokémon.
Pikachu seemed to want to do the same as he dipped his tail into the water to catch himself one! Buizel followed suit, using his twin tails to use as a lure. Sophocles however, didn't launch his lure as he was too busy calculating on where the marine Pokémon would most likely be!
With everything set except for Sophocles, Lana took her turn to become the instructor again as she demonstrated on what to do if the timing is correct. "If your float moves, that's when you make your move! Find your timing..." Lana started to say.
Her words were interrupted by something tugging onto her Rod! In response, she quickly began to reel it in! "Then, quickly! Reel it in!" Lana grunted as she reeled in a Water Type, which was revealed to be an Alomomola, much to Ash's amazement as he pointed it out.
"An Alomomola!" Ash exclaimed as Lana fed it a Pokémon food from her pouch. "And once you catch your Pokémon, give it Pokémon food and be friends!" Lana added as the Alomomola seemed to enjoy the taste of the food that the human girl gave her just now.
At her words, she began to reel in more Water Type Pokémon! The second was a Corsola, the next three were a group of Luvdisc! And the last one she reeled in was a Finneon! Kaito followed suit by reeling in two Chinchous, a Lanturn, a Feebas, a Horsea, and a Seadra!
At the sight of the two Trainers pulling in lots of Water Types, Ash was amazed with how well the two of them were fishing together. "Wow! Way to go, Lana! Kai!" Ash complimented as Mallow called out to the two as well. "Whoa! Special pros, the two of them!" Mallow cried out.
The Alola Professor noticed this too, as he smiled, seeing that he was right to let Kaito and Lana be the instructors for class today. "Well, would you look at that? The two Fishing Masters at work! Everyone looks happily at work!" Prof. Kukui said as he looked to see the other students trying hard.
While Sophocles kept measuring the possibility of the catch rate of the Water Types and measuring on deep or high he should do with the lure, Ash and Mallow seemed to be having trouble, unlike how Kaito and Lana did.
For the Kanto trainer, he noticed his float moving thanks to Pikachu's warning as he quickly reeled it in! Unfortunately, nothing came out of it, much to Ash's disappointment. "Aw..." Ash groaned as he was excited about getting a new Pokémon friend.
Rotom floated down to his user, explaining the reason for the failure. "Your timing was a bit too fast!" Rotom buzzed as the Kanto trainer blinked. For Mallow, she noticed her float moving as she slowly took the chance to reel it in!
"Got one... Huh? Oh..." Mallow sighed as she realized that nothing was biting her lure as Rotom explained the reason for her failure! "Your timing...? A bit too slow." Rotom said, annoying both her and Ash as they yelled at the Rotom-Dex to mind his own business.
"STOP! BE QUIET!" The two snapped, startling Rotom as he floated off to watch more of the fishing scene.
For Kiawe, he sighed, feeling rather bored for all the waiting he had to do for a marine Pokémon as Mallow called to him. "Kiawe! Catch anything?" Mallow asked as the Fire Type user grumbled before he made his answer.
"No, but I'm not surprised. I'm a Fire Type Trainer. So, I don't do well with Water Types!" Kiawe said loudly, causing Mallow to smile nervously before she turned to Sophocles, who was still getting his measurements and calculations done! "You, Sophocles?" Mallow asked.
At being called, Sophocles kept focusing on his great Fishing Rod, as he asked Mallow to not distract him.
"Stop distracting me. I'm adding data on the wave height, the speed of the wind, and water temperature to find the optimal fishing spot! Now, if I also enter the encounter rate..." Sophocles started to say until Kiawe reminded him to put his lure in the water.
"But first, why don't you put your lure in the water?" Kiawe suggested as Sophocles glared at the Fire Type user for creating another distraction. "I said, stop distracting me!" Sophocles snapped back as he kept on going with his new Rod, causing both Mallow and Kiawe to sigh.
This Electric kid was never going to stop until he believes he got every calculations and predictions correct.
For Kaito, he kept staring at the blue and calm color of the ocean water as he frowned. Remembering on how he discovered his powers, the visions he kept having, the Alola boy began to feel uneasy of staying near the ocean as he shook his head.
"Calm down, Kai... It was just a vision last night two nights ago, and you didn't have any the night after that. It must be just your silly imagination getting to you..." Kaito thought as sweat formed on his forehead as he tried to tell himself that it was all his silly imagination.
"Um, Kai!? Look around you!" Ash cried out in shock, causing Kaito to blink out of his thoughts and open as he turned to see some marine Pokémon gathering around him, Lapras, and Buizel! The Alola boy jumped back in shock to see so many as Buizel lifted his twin tails in shock.
"Bui!?" Buizel yelped as the Alola boy sweat dropped, realizing that his title as a Water Charmer was about to be proven as the Water Types all began to smile at him, with some little ones crying out their names, as if they were trying to call for the Alola boy.
Kaito on the other hand, began to stutter as he expected the Water Types to surround him during the extracurricular class, but on a timing like this...
"Whoa! The marine Pokémon! They're surrounding Kaito over there!" Mallow exclaimed as both Kiawe and Lana frowned at this as the Fire Type user sighed, seeing this scene occur again. "There they go again..." Kiawe grumbled as the Alola boy gave a sheepish smile to the Water Types.
"Um... I know that you all like me around, but can you please leave us alone for a while? I'm in the middle of something important with my friends here...?" Kaito nervously requested. To his surprise however, the Water Types complied as they dove back underwater.
The Alola boy and his Sea Weasel Pokémon both blinked in surprise as they didn't expect them to listen to Kaito at all. The others except Lillie and Sophocles were surprised to see this as the Alola boy sighed in relief.
Prof. Kukui only watched in amusement to see that his student was surrounded by the marine Pokémon once again like a few times in the past, as he watched to see his students and their Pokémon continuing their fishing activity.
While the students kept waiting, both Buizel and Pikachu felt something on their tails as they struggled to reel it in! As they jumped up to get the Pokémon out of the water, both Kaito and Ash were surprised for what their partners had caught. While Pikachu caught a Magikarp, Buizel caught a Feebas!
"A Magikarp!?" "That's a Feebas!" The boys cried out together in surprise.
The two Water Types released Pikachu and Buizel's tail as they landed on the boys' arms! While Feebas just flopped around on Kaito's arms weakly, Magikarp had the strength to use its tail to slap Ash's face multiple times before getting out of his grip!
The Fish Pokemon splashed back into the water, much to Pikachu's dismay as he lost his catch. Kaito on the other hand, turned to Buizel, who nodded in understanding. Nodding back, the Alola boy let Feebas go by letting the weak Water Type jump into the water again as he lowered it.
The Feebas dove back in, before giving the Alola boy a thankful look as it disappeared underwater again as the Alola boy scratched the back of his head. "At least both Magikarp and Feebas weren't in the crowd of the marine Pokémon that surrounded us..." Kaito said with a sigh.
"Bu bui." Buizel said in agreement. But as they were getting comfortable for the peace they were finally getting after the Water Type issues they've had just now, the two heard Lillie shrieking in surprise as this caught everyone's attention! They all turned to see Lillie catching something.
"I've... got one!" Lillie gasped as she struggled to reel it in! With the force of the Pokémon being very strong, it meant that Lillie had caught something big! As Lillie struggled to decide on what to do, the Pokémon she caught revealed herself by diving out and into the ocean water!
Everyone gasped for what they had seen as Ash immediately knew who this was. "A Milotic!?" Ash exclaimed as the other classmates were amazed, while the Alola Professor was impressed. "Nice job, Lillie!" Prof. Kukui complimented as Sophocles watched, with little jealousy in his mind.
"Wow... That's such a rare catch!" Sophocles commented as Lillie gasped, realizing how big she had caught as she struggled to move and reel Milotic in as everyone used their Ride Pokémon to get to Lillie's.
"Stay calm, Lillie!" Lana called out as Ash tried to jump to where Lillie and Lapras were! "Hold on! We're coming!" Ash exclaimed as he tried to jump onto Lillie's Ride Pokémon, only for him to be intercepted by Milotic! The Tender Pokémon knocked Ash out of course and sent him into the water!
Kaito and Buizel both sweat dropped at this, both knowing that it was reckless for the Kanto trainer to jump in like that. But as soon as Ash was knocked out of the way, the line of Lillie's Fishing Rod snapped, causing her to squeal in surprise before she fell back.
The Alola boy noticed that while Milotic was making her leave, he didn't miss Milotic giving him a small glance before she dove back underwater, as Ash surfaced to see that the Tender Pokémon was gone and out of sight. "H-Huh? Where's Milotic?" Ash asked as Kaito made the answer.
"It's gone back under, Ash... Where do you think it could've went?" Kaito asked, as he helped Ash onto his Ride Pokémon before the Alola Professor blew his whistle!
"That's enough! It's time to take a break!" Prof. Kukui called out, causing all the students and their Ride Pokémon to head for the nearest shore that seemed to be small, but big enough for everyone to walk on.
As soon as everyone got off of their Ride Pokémon, both Ash and Pikachu called to them in reminder to wait for them until their break was over. "Don't leave us, okay?" "Pika Pika!" The two cried out, allowing the seven Ride Pokémon to cry out, all saying that they wouldn't.
As everyone began to relax a little during the short break, the Alola Professor reminded his students on how much time they had. "Fifteen minutes!" Prof. Kukui said in reminder. At the reminder, Lillie took this chance to take some deep breaths as she wiped the sweat off her forehead with her handkerchief.
Pikachu, Buizel, Popplio, and Bounsweet all ran around to play tag or have a race as Kaito stood near the water, having his shoes taken off as he relaxed by the feeling of it. This was the same feeling he gained from when he was "called" by the sea once. But it was more calming than that night.
Ash walked besides his Alola friend, striking up a conversation. "Man... That was a bummer... I couldn't even catch a single one!" Ash sighed as he gave a glance to Kaito, who looked back with a teasing look on his face.
"Right... And not only that you, you were quickly defeated by the Milotic that Lillie had managed to catch. What were you thinking, jumping off of Lapras like that?" Kaito asked as the Kanto trainer gave a sheepish look and smile on his face at the question.
"Don't know... Guess it was kind of my guts telling me to do so. Or, maybe it could be my instinct to save or help a friend?" Ash asked as the Alola boy raised an eyebrow. Unsure on how to talk back, the Alola boy looked out at the sea until Ash raised another question.
"So, um... About those marine Pokémon that surrounded you during our fishing time... Was that...?" Ash started to ask as the Alola boy smiled bitterly at the processing question.
"Yeah... It was one of those times that got me the title, 'Water Charmer', because of my supposed ability to attract Water Type Pokémon from the ocean, rivers, and the sea... Even from a lake, too." Kaito said with a sigh.
Ash listened, before he was amazed with how strong his Alola friend's "ability" was as the Alola boy continued on with his story, remembering on how it first happened when he was having his fun at the beach one time.
Flashback
Nine-year old Kaito was running with Buizel on the beach as they were given time to have some fun time at the beach as he and Buizel were enjoying their time running to the water to feel the cool feeling from the ocean. "Bet I can beat you at swimming, Bui!" Kaito declared out loud.
The Sea Weasel Pokémon smirked at the challenge as the two raced around in the water, with Buizel being the victor of all the swimming races they had. At the multiple losses from the sport he was great at, the Alola boy pouted at the losses while Buizel stood on a rock proudly.
"You could've just let me win once, you know... For you to take all those races seriously and leave me behind? That's so not cool..." Kaito said with a pout as Buizel gave his human brother a teasing look before he jumped off the rock to join Kaito in the water again.
Showing affection and an attempt to comfort Kaito, the Sea Weasel Pokémon nuzzled his nose onto the young boy's cheek, causing Kaito to chuckle and accept the Water Type's attempt for comfort. "Thanks, Buizel..." Kaito said softly, earning a small 'Bui' in response.
But before the two could get going back to the shore, the Sea Weasel Pokémon noticed another Water Type Pokémon behind his human brother as he looked at to who it was, while causing Kaito to look behind him and see a Wailmer behind him, much to his surprise.
"Whoa! A Wailmer!? What are you doing here?" Kaito asked questioningly, as he was unsure on why the giant Water Type was behind him, only to earn a nuzzle from the Ball Whale Pokemon, causing the young Alola boy to giggle at the unexplained affection.
"What's with the sudden affection?" Kaito asked as another Pokémon came to the surface, this one being an Alomomola! Buizel cocked his head in confusion until the Caring Pokémon nudged the young Alola boy's back, startling Kaito again until more and more Water Types began to appear!
By the time the young Alola boy could realize it, he was surrounded by a large number of Water Type Pokémon, which was something even Buizel was surprised of! "Ah! What... What are you all doing here!? What's going on!?" Kaito cried out in shock.
But to his dismay, instead of getting answers, by the time he managed to get out of the ocean and back to the shore, thanks to Buizel's help, the young Alola boy was left with more questions than answers as he was unsure on what to think or how to feel with the situation he was in just now.
Flashback End
As the Alola boy finished his small tale for the reason for his title, the Kanto trainer was in disbelief, now understanding why the Water Types seemed to be "charmed" at seeing Kaito around as the Kanto trainer scratched the back of his head while he made a guess.
"Could it be because... you had something in you that they liked, which is why they surrounded you?" Ash asked as the Alola boy gave a bitter look at the answer. "If that's the reason, then what did I have?" Kaito asked loudly, causing the Kanto trainer to blink in surprise.
Then, with the face of not knowing how to answer, the Alola boy shook his head before he apologized to the Kanto trainer.
"Sorry... I shouldn't be using my problems to be mad at you... You were only curious of why I go to the title 'Water Charmer' from other people." Kaito said apologetically, causing the Kanto trainer to smile back in understanding.
"It's okay! I mean, I would be kind of confused too if I were in a situation like that..." Ash said reassuringly, causing the Alola boy to give Ash another glance, before he nodded lightly. By the time the boys were done with their conversation, the Alola boy felt something tap onto his left leg.
He looked down to see that it was Buizel, as he seemed to have noticed the bitter look on his human brother's face while he was running around with his other Pokémon friends. "Bui? Bu bui?" Buizel asked, as the Alola boy gave a soft smile to his partner.
Rubbing his orange furry head, the Alola boy reassured to his Water Type partner that everything was alright for now. "Nothing to worry about, Bui. I was just thinking about my title as the Water Charmer, before discussing it with Ash here." Kaito said, as Ash nodded in affirmation.
Realizing that Kaito was telling the truth, the Sea Weasel Pokémon accepted his words before he smiled back. But before the Alola boy could speak again, something came out from above and snagged all the Ride Pokémon in a net, catching everyone and their Pokémon all by surprise!
"Alola, fair students!" A familiar voice chuckled as everyone watched as Lana and Kaito were the first to exclaim their shocks at the Ride Pokémon and the Water Types being snatched away! "Oh no!" "What the...!?" The two cried out as Popplio and Buizel glared at the culprits that were on a Meowth balloon!
"What is with you people!?" Mallow snapped as her question was answered by a familiar motto!
"Did someone ask something? We're here to find out!"
"Noble answers are what we're all about!"
"The beauty so radiant, the flowers and moon hide in shame!"
"A single flower of evil, in this fleeting world: Jessie!"
"The nobly heroic man of our times!"
"The master of darkness fighting back against a tragic world! It's James!"
"It's all for one and one for all!"
"A glittering dark star that always shines bright!"
"Dig it, while Meowth takes flight!"
"Team Rocket, let's fight!"
"That's right!"
"Wobbuffet!"
At their motto being finished, the evil trio smirked st their enemies as they began to taunt them for their success on capturing the Ride Pokémon! "Heads up, school twerps!" Meowth started as James began the explanation of their plan!
"We've appointed Lapras and Wailmer as Team Rocket's Ride Pokémon!" James declared as the students all ran for the Meowth balloon! "No way! Get back here!" Ash snapped as the seven students began to run after their enemies, with Lillie and Sophocles struggling to keep up!
But before the evil trio could get far, Jessie made the call to stop the balloon in their tracks! "Stop! I think there's some unwanted catch there!" Jessie said, noticing the Pokémon that weren't Ride Pokémon, along with Rowlet!
"I see some puny Pokémon!" James added as Meowth added the salt to the emotional wound. "No small fry! Just Lapras and Wailmer!" Meowth snapped as the mentioning of small fry and puny sparked both Kaito and Lana as they glared at the evil trio for their insults.
"Huh...? Puny?" Lana said darkly as Kaito narrowed his eyes angrily. "Who are they calling small fry...?" The Alola boy said dangerously as the Kanto trainer got ready to fight off his enemies and free the Pokémon hostages at the same time!
"Let's go, Pikachu!" Ash called, allowing the Electric Type to get ready for battle! But before the Kanto trainer could call for an attack, Meowth and James smirked at Ash, as they both gave a reminder as to who they might strike with Pikachu's Thunderbolt attack.
"Ah, no you don't!" Meowth said tauntingly as Jessie pointed to the Pokémon hostages! "You sure you want to attack us? You're only going to make it worse for them!" Jessie taunted as Kaito and Kiawe gritted their teeths at their cowardice and refusal to fight.
"You cowards!" "Morons..." The two said angrily as an idea came to the Kanto trainer's head. "Rotom! Don't move a muscle!" Ash called, causing the Rotom-Dex to be confused until the Kanto trainer turned to Pikachu, who nodded back in understanding.
"Pikachu! Let's free them to the sea!" Ash cried out. Pikachu nodded as he ran and jumped towards Rotom! The Rotom-Dex turned in shock as the Electric Type jumped onto it and lunged towards the net! "Alright! Pikachu, use Iron Tail!" Ash yelled, causing Pikachu to do so!
The Steel Type attack made a clean hit, slashing the net apart while causing all the Water Type Pokémon to drop down! "No way!" The trio gasped as Ash grinned at the successful hit. "Afraid so!" Ash smirked until Kaito noticed the flaw of what Ash had done.
"Wait... they're not going to land on the sea, they're going to land on the rocks below them!" Kaito gasped, causing Buizel, Ash, and Pikachu to all gasp as the Kanto duo realized their mistake of freeing the Ride Pokémon. But as the Water Types began to fall down, Lana took her chance to save them all!
She and Popplio ran up as the Water Type user turned to her partner. "Popplio, let's do it!" Lana cried out. The Sea Lion Pokémon nodded as she swam to where the sharp rocks were as she jumped out to make her action! At being in the air, she blew a large water balloon!
Kaito, Ash, Pikachu, Buizel, and Rotom were all surprised with the size of the water balloon as the Rotom-Dex was the most to be surprised of it! "Man, that's a huge balloon!" Ash gaped in amazement while Rotom calculated the size of it!
"Unbelievable!" Rotom buzzed as Lana made the timing correctly!
"Launch the water balloon!" Lana yelled, causing Popplio to do so as she threw the balloon right above the rocks, and just in time as well! The Ride Pokémon and the other marine Pokémon all bounced off the balloon and safely landed on the ocean water without any more damage taken!
"We did it!" "Pop Pop!" Lana and Popplio exclaimed as Ash and Pikachu were amazed with how quick and successful the balloon rescue was. "So great!" Ash commented as Rotom expressed his disbelief for the success as well.
"I just witnessed a true phenomenon!" Rotom buzzed as Kaito sighed in relief. "Wow... They did it! And just in time, as well!" Kaito said, as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Bu bui! Bu bu bui!" Buizel cried out happily as he cheered for his friend's success.
As Buizel cheered for it, the Sea Lion Pokémon ran to Lana, who hugged her in response, as she believed in her partner in every second when Popplio shot its balloon. "You did it, Popplio! You saved everyone with your balloon!" Lana said happily as Popplio cried back happily along.
"Pop Pop!" Popplio exclaimed as she clapped her paws together. Team Rocket on the other hand, were enraged by their loss once again. "HEY!" Meowth bellowed as Jessie and James followed along, while Wobbuffet just wiggled his body all around in despair.
"Of all the nerve!" Jessie shrieked as James added his complaint to the bowl. "They were to be our Ride Pokémon!" James snapped as Lana glared at the three, until Kaito stepped up, glaring at the evil trio angrily for their selfish desires as he clenched his fists.
As he did so however, the waves began to crash each other a little, causing the ocean to become a little rough as everyone else noticed. "Um, guys? Is it just me or is the ocean getting a little rough here...?" Sophocles asked as Lillie shook her head, saying that she's them, too.
"It's not just you, Sophocles! All of us are seeing this!" Lillie gasped as Kiawe and Mallow looked around in surprise, while Ash, Lana, and Prof. Kukui looked around, unsure of what to think as Buizel widened his eyes at his human brother.
With the waves being rough on each other, this could only meant one thing: his powers were becoming active and wild, due to the intense anger he had on the morons that's causing all of this trouble to happen! "Bui! Bu bu bui!" Buizel cried out as he tried to ask his human brother to stop.
"You morons... are really starting to get on my nerves! You and your selfish desires!" Kaito said dangerously as Jessie didn't see or sense any danger as she grew furious with the words the Alola boy was speaking. "ZIP THE LIP! Mimikyu, go!" Jessie screamed.
At being sent out, the Ghost-Fairy Type took its place, before it noticed Pikachu on Rotom! Having the chance to destroy its enemy, Jessie gave it that chance by calling out an attack! "Use Shadow Ball!" Jessie yelled, forcing Mimikyu to do so as the Ghost Type attack was launched!
But right at that moment, Kaito made his left arm move up fast, causing a giant wave to splash high in the air and be suspended a little, creating a water wall to block the Shadow Ball! Everyone, including the evil trio gasped in surprise while the marine Pokémon just watched.
They seemed to know who the Alola boy was Ash turned to his Alola friend in surprise. "Um, Kai...? What did you just do?" Ash asked, causing everyone else to lay their eyes on the Alola boy. But due to his annoyance of the evil trio's desires, Kaito ignored Ash as he glared at the three with intense hatred on his eyes.
"Do you think... you morons can just get away with things because you want it to happen? Well... I've got news flash for you... YOU WON'T BE GETTING ANYWHERE WITH THE WAY YOU MORONS ARE DOING THINGS!" Kaito bellowed out loud as he made a slashing movement with his arms.
Another giant wave splashed onto the balloon, causing it to lower down a little while making the evil trio gasp as they groaned for feeling heavy water on their bodies and clothes! But when they turned and recovered from the sudden splash, they saw that Kaito wasn't done yet.
"Morons like you have no right to be in a peaceful region like this! You guys are gonna be very sorry you ever stepped one foot into the Alola region!" Kaito bellowed angrily as he raised his arms up high, causing the ocean water to rise up high and tower above Team Rocket and their balloon!
Ash and the others watched in shock and disbelief as the Alola boy made some fierce, but strange movements with his arms to create a giant water ball, similar to a Water Pulse, but bigger and even stronger enoughto knock many people out from a large boat!
It splashed onto the balloon, knocking the evil trio out of their balloon, while their transportation exploded a little, due to the pressure from the water Kaito gave!
The evil trio screamed as they were sent flying high into the air, with Mimikyu flying at their side! But before they could do so, Bewear had caught them while running on water! This left the others surprised a little as Bewear quickly made its escape with the evil trio in its large paws.
"We're off with a new blast!" Jessie and James cried together before they were getting far from the Pokémon School students and the Alola Professor! Before Kaito could attack again, the evil trio had escaped, thanks to Bewear's close save.
By the time Kaito had calmed down while letting the ocean calm down as well, he fell to his knees on the sandy ground, causing the others to gather around him in worry, with Buizel worrying the most. "Kai... What was that just now?" Lana asked in surprise as the others shared their surprise as well.
"I've never seen anyone be able to do something like that..." Lillie admitted as she was the most surprised of all as both Kiawe and Sophocles were not sure on how to express this. "That was both amazing... yet, shocking at the same time..." Sophocles commented.
"It felt like you were, well... not holding back to attack Team Rocket when they were keeping all the marine Pokémon in danger." Kiawe said seriously as Mallow and Ash frowned. "Kaito... How long have you been keeping this from us? Why didn't you tell us?" Mallow asked worriedly.
"Kai..." was the only thing Ash could say as the Alola boy struggled to stand, but he managed to do so with Buizel and Prof. Kukui's help, as the Alola Professor didn't seem so surprised. But, he couldn't say he wasn't shocked, especially with the power the Alola boy had just revealed.
"I'm sorry... I didn't tell you guys earlier... Believe me, it was shocking to me when I found out a few nights ago, too..." Kaito said sadly as guilt began to eat up on him, now that he revealed the powers that he had kept from his friends.
"A few nights ago...? You mean, this happened before?" Kiawe asked as the Alola boy nodded in affirmation, as he explained on what happened at the night when he discovered his powers to control the ocean waves, and how he tested his ability again with the water in the bathroom sink.
"Unbelievable..." Sophocles said silently as Mallow seemed to be interested with the power her friend was able to use.
"So, maybe that's why you're called the Water Charmer! The reason why all the marine Pokémon were so attracted to you! It must be due to the power you have!" Mallow concluded, catching everyone's attention as Kaito gave a weak question.
"You think so...?" Kaito asked as he felt a hand on his shoulder, causing him to look up and see that it was the Alola Professor, who was giving him a comforting smile as he spoke.
"Let's talk about this another time. For now, I think the marine Pokémon wants to thank you for getting rid of the troublemakers that caused trouble here!" Prof. Kukui said, causing Kaito to turn and see the seven Ride Pokémon and some other Water Types all crying their thanks to the Alola boy.
Seeing how bright and happy the Water Types all looked, the Alola boy gave a small chuckle and smile, before he accepted their thanks. "You're welcome, everyone... I just hope that they don't try and do anything funny with you guys again." Kaito said weakly.
While he was saying that, Lana smiled at Popplio, before she looked up at her Water Type user friend.
"I guess there were two miracles that occurred today. One, was that you were able to use your balloon to save everyone, while the second was that Kaito used his powers to help all of us." Lana said softly, causing the Sea Lion Pokémon to nod happily and clap his paws.
Pikachu ran up to the Sea Weasel Pokémon, noticing how worried the Water Type was as the Electric Type spoke to his friend. "Pika? Pika Pika?" Pikachu asked, as he was asking Buizel if he was okay or not, now that everyone else discovered Kaito's powers.
"Bui... Bu bui..." Buizel said weakly, as he didn't know how to feel, whether he should feel happy now that Kaito didn't have to keep his secret anymore, or feel worried now that the beans have been spilled, which could possibly create a rift of Kaito's friendship with the others.
"Pika! Pikachu! Pika Pi!" Pikachu reassured as he mentioned to Buizel on how Ash felt when the Kanto trainer saw his powers, causing the Sea Weasel Pokémon to smile sheepishly, realizing that the Electric Type was right, as Ash was the most impressed out of everyone else.
The Water Type turned to see one of the five Lapras nudging Kaito affectionately, as it seemed to be the one that Kaito rode on, as the Alola boy laughed a little for the affection as Mallow, Lana, and Sophocles just smiled and laughed for the affection the Alola boy was getting.
Ash on the other hand, was still amazed for the power Kaito had displayed a few minutes ago, while Kiawe gave a forced smile, showing that he was still unsure on what to think now that the secret from his 'rival' was revealed.
As for Professor Kukui, he didn't seem fazed, but rather interested with the power that his student had shown, thanks to his arms' movements and his feelings, which seemed to be the key that affected the waves' behavior.
At seeing how things haven't changed for his human brother and his friends, the Sea Weasel Pokémon smiled in relief, nodding to Pikachu, as if he was telling him that the Electric Type was right for what he had said. Nodding back in understanding, Pikachu ran back to Ash as Buizel watched Kaito.
Now that his human brother had shown his powers, there was one more thing to worry about. With Team Rocket witnessing his powers, would they blabber to the people in Melemele Island?
Not that it would be easy to convince the poeple, but from what the evil trio had seen, they would seem desperate enough to reveal this sort of incident, with the Water Charmer being the subject of their blabbering.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Alolan Sea...
Underwater was where there was an underwater kingdom, where no humans were alive, but people called merpeople (people that had the perfect appearance of half-human on their upper part of their bodies while their lower part has fish tails instead of legs).
It wasn't just the merpeople however, as there were many Water Type Pokémon that lived in the undersea kingdom as well, allowing the merpeople to socialize and be friends with them, while the merchildren became friends with young Water Types.
But in the kingdom was also where a large palace was in, the ruler being King Kaisuke himself. While the kingdom inhabitants were doing their usual times like the humans sometimes did, the Sea King was only pacing himself around in his throne room, where he had lots of things in his mind.
King Kaisuke was looking out at one of his palace windows, thinking about the son and wife he had changed into humans in order to keep them safe from the evil humans. But now that he was thinking about, the Sea King was reluctant to believe now whether his choice to trust Kazuma was right or not.
"Those times... and decisions... Have I made the right ones?" Kaisuke asked himself as he held his trident, the weapon he used to fight off the greedy humans that attacked his kingdom for his son... and the weapon he had used to transform his Queen and Prince to humans.
After his talk with Kazuma, the Sea King had remained in his palace, thinking of what his son would be like if he were to be here right now. And now that he gained two younger siblings, things would be a bit complicated for Kaito if he were to discover his true past and his true self.
As he was thinking this however, he felt the presence of someone as he turned to see a Horsea swimming to his way, as it seemed to be a young messenger that heads to the surface to see what was going on with the Prince as the Sea King listened eagerly for his son's condition.
"Your Majesty... the young Prince... Well, he..." Horsea started to say timidly as the Sea King gave a gentle smile to his young messenger. "Yes? How is he? How is Kaito... my son?" Kaisuke asked eagerly as Horsea blinked, before he shook his small head as he spoke again clearly this time.
"I believe he regained the aquakinesis ability." Horsea said as Kaisuke blinked in surprise before he smiled with a proud expression on his face. He remembered that the waves for some reason on the surface seemed rough.
But now that Horsea messaged him about Kaito having the aquakinesis ability again, this was certainly good news for him to hear. "Good... Good... He's regaining his powers again..." Kaisuke said in relief as this was one step closer for him to reunite with his son once again.
As he spoke to himself for the happiness he was about to retrieve after years, he dismissed the young Water Type, before thanking him for the reminder as Kaisuke sat on his throne, holding the trident in his hand. Looking at his weapon, he kept the soft expression on his face.
"It won't be long now before the time comes... Shizuka, Kaito... We'll all be together once again..." Kaisuke said softly as he closed his eyes a little, feeling joy and happiness in his heart.
To be continued...
Kaito's Team:
Buizel (M): (Ice Punch, Agility, Rain Dance, Aqua Jet)
Rockruff (M): (Bite, Sand Attack, Rock Slide, Howl)
Next chapters:
Chapter 11: The Small Underwater Expedition!
Chapter 12: Discovery of the Sea Gauntlet!
Chapter 13: The Sneaky Cat Thief, Litten!
Chapter 14: The Night Battle Against Persian!
Chapter 15: To Care an Egg! Kaito's Decision!
Next chapter preview:
Kaito: This power... Why do the Water Types admire me? Why can I control the waves...? I just... don't understand.
Lillie: I read about something in a book once... Something about when a person is attracting Water Type Pokémon...
Lana: It must be due to the connection you have with the legendary undersea kingdom, Kai!
Kiawe: You mean, where there are people called the merfolks? I thought they were just some children stories...
Kaito: If I'm having these visions and if the Water Types are attracted by me, then this can't be a mere coincidence...
Lana: I might have someone we can ask to help you reach your answer, Kai!
Events that occurred:
- Kaito reveals his aquakinesis ability to his classmates and Prof. Kukui
- Lana and Popplio succeeds in their dreams partially