Looking to the quickly darkening sky, Ash sighed before casting his eyes over the beach, "Now where to go...i don't even know this place...what do you think bud?" Ash asked, looking to Pikachu, who just shrugged as he jumped from the boys shoulder and began sniffing the ground, "Pikapi! Pi-Pikachu!" Pikachu stated with a smile, indicating for Ash to follow him, to whish Ash did. Following him until he got to a large, open mouthed cave.
"Good job buddy - this place should protect us in case it rains" Ash praised the electric type as he walked into he cave, Pikachu grinning proudly at his ability to find caves - it was a skill Ash didn't understand, but he didn't complain. It was how they had found there home in the first place, all thanks to Pikachu's uncanny ability to find caves.
Walking into the cave, Ash finally slouched his shoulder in relaxation - it had been to long of a day with to much information to process. All he wanted to do was to spend time with his pokemon, and maybe get some sleep so tomorrow would come faster.
"Alright, come on out everyone" Ash stated as he released his pokemon, watching as they stretched, clearly having become uncomfortable from being inside their poke'balls - back at home Ash rairly, if ever returned his pokemon unless they asked, so they weren't accustom to being in the cramp confides of the poke'ball for long periods of time.
Watching as his pokemon got comfy in the larger than normal cave, Ash sighed as he sat down on a perfectly, bench shaped boulder, "Strange..." Ash thought as he sat down and looked at the bench, shrugging slightly as he looked back to his pokemon, who were looking at him expectantly, "I am sorry to say, but i don't think we will be returning home for a little bit" Ash spoke solemnly, a sad look crossing his face, "There is more to this than that dam Tapu whatever said..." The group of pokemon growled at the mention of the Totem pokemon, still angry that it had attacked two of their friends without warning.
Sceptile was more angry that he had been taken by surprise. He knew if he had a fair shot, he would have been able to take the electric type down: same went for Servine, who was upset that she wasn't given a fair shot at battling the electric pokemon.
Ash went on to explain to his pokemon what else they would be required to do before they could go home, and be left alone in peace, "...but if nothing else, it does give us a chance to see how much stronger you guys all our, so i'm sure these battles with these captains and kahuna's should be a breeze. Then we can save the world, and go home and be left alone in peace" All the pokemon nodded, accepting the information their trainer had given them with a pinch of salt - they were sure of their own power, but they weren't sure about the powers of what their trainer called "Captains" and "Kahuna's".
"But all that starts tomorrow, so let's get some sleep before then, alri-" Ash started, stopping when he heard the snapping of a twig, making him turn around quickly, all his pokemon jumping into a fighting position, ready to protect their trainer at all costs.
"Servine, use Vine Whip" Ash instructed, watching as the Unova starter shot her vines, "Hey, what the-?!" A familiar, male voice exclaimed as Servine's vines wrapped around his body.
Watching as Servine's vines withdrew slowly, Ash's eyes hardened upon seeing the sneaking boy, "Zack. What are you doing here?" Ash spoke in a hard, but somewhat monotone voice, watching as the boy blushed slightly as he glanced at Ash, his arms and body still tightly wrapped by the vines, "I wanted to talk to you"
"I don't want to talk. Now leave" Ash simply stated, waving a hand towards Servine, who nodded, using her vines to turn the boy around and push him away from the cave.
Zack blinked as he regained his ability to move, glancing back at the cave with a torn look. In the end he decided to leave the boy alone, "I will get you to talk Ash...I need to know what has hurt your Aura so bad to turn it from blue to red" Zack thought as he made his way back towards the lab, a determined look on his face.