"I shall start with the first islands totem - which would be me" Tapu Koko continued, his voice filling with pride as he spoke, "I am the guardian of Melemele Island, and have been since times long gone, long before humans found the region of Alola. I take pride in my ability to protect the island's pokemon and human invaders that live on my island"
"Your island?" "Yes. My island. When i was created by Lord Arceus, i was tasked with the life long duty of protecting the island alongside my siblings" Tapu Koko stated as it began flying over the Kanto region, "We totem pokemon keep to ourselves. We do not like to be with other's, especially humans"
"Why is that?" Ash slowly voiced, his eye brow raised as he looked down at the flying pokemon, "Many human's believe they can catch and train us totem pokemon to do their bidding. We had long since expcepted that battling with pokemon is what you humans use as a pass time, but it is not something we wish to partake in, as many pokemon in this world believe, it is a cruel pass time that shouldn't be enforced, but Lord Arceus condomes it for whatever reason"
Ash's eye twitched slightly at the pokemon's words, "I wouldn't say pokemon training is cruel - we help pokemon reach their potential and we become friends with them"
Tapu Koko laughed softly at the boys words as they passed Kanto and were now flying over the ocean once more, "Be that as it may, many trainers as they call them are not nice or friendly to there pokemon - can you deny this? From what Lord Arceus has spoken about you, you have known trainers that think that pokemon are little more than tools of war"
"But i am not going to get into this kind of debate, besides we are nealry in Alola - you will have to learn about the other Totems as you go along" Tapu Koko finished as Ash went o say something, shutting the boy up as he looked ahead, noticing four decently sized islands in the distance.
Landing on the beach, Totem Koko waited as Ash dismounted from his back before turning to face the 17-year-old boy, "Welcome to Alola - i must be going, ahead of you is a small building containing what you humans call the region's pokemon professor. Talk to him for more information - i will come for you when the time is right" Before Ash could say anything of blink, Tapu koko took to the air, a trail of electricity flowing behind it as it disappeared form sight.
Ash cursed under his breath as he looked around, "It's too bright in this region...i miss home already, don't you buddy?" Pikachu, who had been asleep the whole trip, nodded in agreement, moving his tail to shield his eyes from the brightness of the sun as Ash began walking int he direction of the small house.
"Ahhh! You must be the last of the chosen ones!" A voice caught Ash's attention, making him stop as a man around his height ran up to him. The first of the four, the one who had shouted stood a few inches taller than Ash with short, dark brown hair covered by a white forward facing hat: covering his matching brown eyes was a green visor, and on his body he wore an open lab coat and green khaki shorts.
"You must be Ash!" The man, who Ash assumed was the professor, continued with a wide smile on his face, "It's great that you got here alright cousin, my name is Kukui!" Ash just nodded silently, making Kukui's eye brow raise as he looked a the 17-year-old, "Ahh, so your the quiet type? Thats cool cousin, but this isn't the place to chat! Let's go to my lab so you can meet the other's!" Ash just shrugged, still not speaking as he nodded and began following the man, who continued to ramble on and on, to which Ash blocked him out.
"Hey cousin! Were here, how about that? Time sure goes by fast when your having fun!" Ash just rolled his eyes silently - time had actually dragged on for the raven haired boy, so he was just glad he was finally there. He was hopeful that the professor would shut up for five minutes.
"Well! Let's not stand around, let's go meet the other's!" Ash sighed at the mans loudness, missing his quiet home more and more as he followed Kukui into the small, make-shift looking lab.
"Hey everyone! The final chosen one is here!" Kukui shouted as he kicked open the door to the building, stomping in loudly as Ash just watched in bewilderment, slowly following him into the building.
In the corner, to the left, stood three people, - who Ash assumed were the other "Chosen Ones". The first of the three "chosen ones" turned to towards Kukui with a large smile, "Professor! Your back! So Tapu Koko finally found the elusive third chosen one aye?" The boy continued, making Kukui smile as he nodded, stuffing his hands into his pocket, "You bet Tapu Koko sure did cousin! This here is Ash! Ash, this is Zack, Darwin and Nicole!"
The first one, Zack, smiled at Ash and held his hand out to be shaken, "Nice to meet you Melemele chosen one, I'm Zack, I was chosen by Tapu Bulu of Ula'ula island" Ash looked at the hand with a blank look, making Zack shift slightly as he withdrew his hand - it was clear Ash wasn't going to shake anyone's hand at this point.
Instead, Ash looked at Zack with a blank look, scanning his eyes over the boy. Like it was said before, Zack stood a few inches taller than Ash. From the what Ash could tell, Zack had a toned body, "At least that means he works out and isn't a slaker..." Ash thought as he continued to look over the boy. He sported a blred fedora with a black stripe that covered up his messy charcoal black hair that hung over his piercing blue eyes: Other than the red fedora, he also sported a plain red shirt, blue shorts, large brown boots (like super marios) and a black belt. Another thing Ash noticed was a large hammer attached to the back of his green bag pack.
"Whats with the hammer?" Ash finally spoke, raising a brow as Zack blushed and shrugged, "It was a gift from my auntie, so i always carry it around for good luck" Ash just shrugged, looking away from Zack as the two other "Chosen One's" approached him.
The other boy - who Ash clearly guessed was Darwin - look almost identical to Zack in terms of features, with his clothes being the only real difference between the two boys. He wore a green shirt instead of red, blue jeans and a green, zipperless hoodie.
"So your the one Tapu Koko was talking about? Nice to meet you, my name is Darwin" Darwin introduced himself, making Ash roll his eyes at the obviousness. It was obvious that the girl wasn't Darwin, so of COURSE he had to be Darwin.
Finally came Nicole, who stood starring at Ash with a bright pink colour dotted across her cheeks. She looked similar to the other two, except more feminine of course: she wore a pink fedora, a plain pink shirt and blue jeans.
"So, by default, I'm Nicole..." Nicole followed up quietly, making Ash smile slightly, "She's the quietest...i like her the most already" Ash thought, his smile dropping after a split second as he looked over the three, "So...when do we get started?" Ash questioned flatly, "I don't want to be away from my home any longer than i have to be, so can we just go save the world and get it over with?"
Zack, Darwin, Nicole and even the professor recoiled in shock at the boys words - did he not realise the seriousness of the situation? Or was he just being rude? Either way, the three trainers weren't looking forward to working with the 17 year old.
Kukui on the other hand frowned as he looked at the boy, removing his visor to look at him with hard eyes, "This isn't the boy that Tapu Koko spoke off at all...did something happen to change his personality?"