"Let me guess - this is your grandpa?" Ash spoke slowly as he looked at the smiling man, making Hau nod, his smile slightly smaller than its normal ear-splitting size, "Yup! Thats my gramps! And-" "He's the Kahuna of the island" Ash finished Hau's sentence with a roll of his eyes - if the round white haired man was Hau's grandpa, the obviously he was the Kahuna of the island.
"Yeah..." Hau said slowly before shrugging and turning to look at the older man, "Tutu, what do mean the battle's over? I still have one more pokemon!" The white bearded man, still grinning, let out a hearty laugh as he walked up to the wooden battlefield, "Why, its quiet simple my boy! I have been watching the battle since the very start - it is clear this trainer is more than worthy of battling old Hala" Hala replied as his laughing died down, making Hau blink as Ash just watched the exchange silently.
"What's a Kahuna?" Hala and the others all turned to Dawn, who bore a confused look at the word "Kahuna". "What's a Kahuna? Why! A Kahuna is the strongest trainer on the island! They are chosen by the island guardian to protect the islands inhabitants!" Hau exclaimed passionately, his smile turning into its normal ear-splitting size.
"Really?" Ash rolled his eyes once more - this exchange was pointless in his eyes. He just wanted to get the battle over and done with. The sooner. The better.
"Anyway," Ash's voice seemed to boom, making everyone turn to him, "If your the Kahuna, can we hurry up and battle? I wish to move onto the next island challenge" Hala just grinned and nodded as he made his way up the battlefield at the same time Hau jumped down, his fists clenched and his eyes wide with excitement.
"First, i shall introduce myself! I am Hala, the Kahuna of Melemele Island, and i accept this Kahuna challenge!" Ash held in rolling his eyes at the loud man - He had already introduced himself before, so this introduction was unnecessary and pointless.
"I, the Kahuna, am permitted to use only three pokemon, whilst the challenger is permitted to use as many as they wish!" Ash just shrugged - so far the battle with the Kahuna's didn't seem to different from a gym battle, "I shall reveal my first pokemon - Come to my side!" Hala continued, un-clipping a poke'ball of his white belt and throwing it into the air, revealing the Hoenn native pokemon known as Hariyama.
"A fighting type, huh?" Ash mumbled under his breath as he looked to Pikachu and nodded. The electric mouse nodded back, his cheeks sparking as he jumped onto the wooden battlefield, a battle ready grin on his face as his cheeks continued to crackle with electricity, "Alright Hariyama! Let's crush this pipsqueak! Shock them with your Fake Out!"
Hariyama's large hands began glowing orange as it slammed them together, sending a vibrating shock wave towards Pikachu, "Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed, gripping tightly onto the wooden boards as the shock wave blew past him. Ash grabbed a hold of his hat as the shock wave blew past him as well, making him raise a brow, impressed at the sheer power Hala's pokemon was displaying.
"Whilst there stunned! Use Arm Thrust!" Hariyama let out a low cry before stomping towards Pikachu, its hands glowing a bright white as it began thrusting them forward, "Use Agility into Quick Attack" Ash commanded calmly, watching as Pikachu disappeared from where he was standing, making Hariyama stop in its tracks as it looked around in confusion, small swirls filling its eyes as Pikachu darted around the wooden field rapidly
"Pika! Chu!" Pikachu exclaimed, skidding to a halt before shooting towards Hariyama, striking the fighting type square in the back, "Quick! Grab Pikachu and use Seismic Toss!" Hariyama, who was still slightly dazed from Pikachu's previous running around the field, shook its head before grabbing a hold of Pikachu's tail with both hands, jumping up and swinging the electric pokemon around several times.
"Thunderbolt!" Ash called out, watching with slightly wide eyes as his most loyal pokemon was thrown around like a rag doll, "Pika-CHUUUU!" Pikachu shouted as he let loose his signature move, "Hariya!" Hariyama cried as the electricity travelled through its hands and into the rest of his body, "Withstand it Hariyama!" Hariyama ground its teeth as the electricity continued to travel through it, its hands still firmly clapped around Pikachu's tail, "Now! Throw!" At the command, Hariyama snapped its eyes open, twisting its body and hurling Pikachu into the air, where the electric type flew several feet up, crying his name in shock at how high he was thrown.
"..." Ash stayed silent at first as he watched Pikachu fly up. It wasn't until he started to fall that Ash finally shouted out, "Iron Spin!" Making everyone blink in confusion at first until Pikachu began spinning vertically, his tail glowing bright silver and a small shock wave surrounding him as he fell down so fast the Hariyama couldn't dodge, and his tail hit the fighting type right on the top of its head.
"Hariyama!" The fighting type cried out in pain as the steel like tail hit its head. Pikachu pushed his feet against the fighting types head, pushing himself off and spinning as he landed on his hind legs in front of Ash.
"Hariyama! Are you okay?" Hala called out in concern, watching as his strong looking pokemon moved his hands to grip its head in pain, "Hariyama...Hari!" Hariyama grunted at first, shaking the pain away and slamming its foot down, raising its hands, ready to continue the battle, "Alright! Get in there with another Arm Thrust!" Once again, Hariyama's hands began glowing orange as he stomped towards Pikachu, "Agility once more" Ash instructed, watching as Pikachu once again disappeared from his spot.
"Behind you!" Hala suddenly shouted, making Ash's blink, his eyes widening as Hariyama swung its body around and thrust its left hand forward as Pikachu went to run past it, sending the electric pokemon skidding back across the wooden flooring and towards Hala.
"Impressive..." Ash mused as he watched Pikachu get to his feet, both him and Hariyama now both panting, "Let's end this Hariyama! Seismic Toss one more time!" Hariyama, despite its heavy panting, ran at Pikachu, who braced himself, "Jump up and use Thunder Punch" Pikachu, still panting, narrowly managed to leap out of the way, turning his body quickly, his small fist crackling with electricity as it flew down, hitting Hariyama in the chest.
Hariyama let out a cry as the attack hit, sending him flying down with surprising strength. Crashing into the wooden floor, Hariyama struggled to push itself up eventually falling forward with swirls in its eyes.
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