ALOLA TO OUR SAVIOUR: Chapter 13 - Welcome to the team!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon :/
"Brionne! Use water pulse!" Hau called out as his female water starter let loose the water based attack at Ash's Dartrix.
"Fly out of the way and use leafage!" Ash called out this time to his grass type.
Dartrix did as told as he dodged the water attack ad flung his grass like darts at Brionne.
"Use bubblebeam to slow them down!"
A swarm of bubbles flowed out of Brionnes mouth, but the darts popped right through them. Some of the arrows got to wet and resulted in them slowing down, but some managed to find their way through to Brionne.
The water starter got cut up by the remaining grass darts and was barely staying conscious at that point.
Hau just growled but came up with an idea.
"Brionne, use disarming voice and try to hit Dartrix into that mud puddle!" Hau shouted.
Using the last of her energy, Brionne used disarming voice on the bird which made contact. Dartrix lost composure in the sky and landed in the mud puddle.
The grass flying type looked at itself and started to panic as it was covered in mud.
"Dartrix! Come on!" Ash moaned as he knew that whenever Dartrix got covered in dirt or mud, he instantly started to clean himself, ignoring Ash completely.
Hau grinned as he saw the opportunity.
Meanwhile, Torracat was just laughing at the misfortune of the bird while Stufful was practising to control his flail move better. Pichu was cheering on the side for Hau. Eevee however, was still contained in his Pokeball.
Lillie and Lana sweat dropped as the watched the battle.
Lillie had the egg in her arms as Nebby was eating a berry next to her, while Lana was patting her Araquanid.
"Poor Dartrix." Lana chuckled slightly.
"Just one more thing Ash has to overcome…" Lillie said. She was still bothered by the fact Ash nearly had sex with Mallow the other night.
"Brionne, time to finish this! Aqua jet!" Hau said with a grin.
The water type covered herself in water and zoomed straight at Dartrix, making direct contact.
Dartrix was flung back into a tree and fell unconscious.
"We did it!" Hau celebrated as did Brionne and Pichu.
Ash sighed as he knew this was one more thing he had to overcome.
"Alright, return Dartrix." Ash said, returning Dartrix to his Pokeball. "You did well, we just need to train a little more."
Ash walked over to Hau and shook his hand.
"Alrighty then! It should only be another hour or two until we get to Paniola town!" Lana said as the two boy walked over to them.
It had been a day since they had left Heahea city and they decided to camp for the night.
Lillie and Ash had not however been able to continue their talk about the Mallow incident though. She was going to pursue on with it later when they had some alone time.
They packed up their stuff and continued on trekking to Paniola town.
Ash saw plenty of Pokemon he recognised whilst also seeing mons he had never seen before. He wanted to catch more Pokemon, but felt that he want to keep diverse as possible and also give quality time to the ones he already had with him.
"So Hau." Lillie said, deciding to make a conversation. "How is that Eevee of yours going along?"
Hau frowned.
"He won't listen to me at all. Every time I try to befriend, he either runs away or attacks me." He explained.
Lana looked at him.
"Maybe you just need a bigger scarier pokemon to help out?" Lana suggested.
"What do you mean?" he asked confused.
"Well, due to Araquanid size and appearance, most little pokemon as afraid of him until he shows he is not a threat. From what I have heard, your Eevee thinks of himself as the biggest and strongest Pokemon around. He still thinks he can take on the Pokemon that are still reasonably small, but what about if he takes on a Pokemon bigger than a human? You know? Teach him a lesson or two to make him realise he isn't in complete control?" Lana suggested.
Hau thought about the idea.
"Maybe. Let's try when we get to Paniola city." He agreed.
About an hour later, the group of four arrived at an old wooden town that was very western based.
"Woah! Check this place out!" Hau said.
"Wasn't this the film location of the multi award winning film, Cowboys VS Pokemon?" Lillie asked Lana.
She nodded.
"Yep. My grandfather was an extra in the film as a part of the outlaws." Lana explained.
She pointed towards the Pokecenter.
"We should get a room and stay her for the night so you have enough energy for tomorrow if you take on the trial."
"Alright then." Ash agreed.
Lillie looked at him and realised that this was her chance.
Ash went and got a place with a kitchen, two bedrooms, and living room area with a TV.
The two boys got the beds spilt in one room as did the girls.
Lillie placed the in a bed of cushions that was on the couch.
She saw that Hau was searching the kitchen fridge for something to eat.
Lillie walked into the room where Ash was unpacking. She shut the door and locked it.
"Oh god…" Ash moaned, knowing what this was about.
"Ash. This is serious! I thought you would have known better!" Lillie growled.
"Alright. I caught on that Mallow was flirting with me. I caught on with that the first day we met. I drank too much that night and well, yeah. That's that. Cue Lana and you know the rest." Ash explained.
Lillie sighed.
"Look. I'm sorry I reacted the way I did. I was just concerned that the worst case scenario could have happened." Lillie said, referring that last bit to pregnancy.
Ash moaned again.
"God, the way you are talking to me is if you actually were my moth-. Never mind, I would be offending you if I compared you to her." Ash spat towards the end.
"Listen, what about next time?" Lillie asked.
"What?" Ash blurted out.
"You are going to have to confront Mallow again. She is a trial captain after all." Lillie told the boy who only just came to that realization.
"FUCK!" Ash yelled as Lillie scratched her hair a little.
"Maybe you could rekindle your friendship back together?" Lillie suggested.
"Doubt it. Things I said to her and behind her back might not be so easy to repair…" Ash said guiltily.
"Right…" Lillie said. "At least she is getting some help now, thanks to Kahili's father."
"GUYS! COME HERE QUICK!" Hau shouted out quickly.
Ash and Lillie looked at each other and rushed out into the living room area to find Hau and Lana staring at something on the couch that was glowing.
Lillie gasped at the source of the glow.
The egg she had been caring for was cracking apart as the glow shined brightly.
After a few more seconds, the egg had fully cracked apart and the glow had stopped.
Ash widened his eyes as he instantly recognised the Pokemon, yet it was different.
It was an Alolan Vulpix.
Instead of being red, its body was a snow white with the tuff of fur on top of its head being like a clump of fluffy snow. Its tail was still roughly the same but white and puffed out more. The Alolan forms eyes were a light blue with tint of white in the eye.
The baby pokemon gave out a long yawn and looked at the humans.
"Pix?" the baby said confused.
Rotomdex appeared and proceeded to scan the newly hatched pokemon.
"Alolan Vulpix, the fox Pokemon. It can exhale air colder than -58 degrees Fahrenheit. In the hot summers of Alola, it creates ice like shards thanks to its 6 tails and covers itself in them to keep cold. This is the Alolan form of the Kanto Vulpix".
The baby Vulpix sneezed out cold air and proceeded to investigate its surroundings, confused on where it was.
"Pew?" Nebby said to the Vulpix, who jumped a little.
"Vu? Pix?" the ice type said to Nebby.
Lillie walked over and picked up Vulpix, cradling the small Pokemon in her arms.
"We need to contact the professor!" Lillie suggested.
Ash and Hau organised a video call while Lillie feed the baby with a bottle of milk.
The Professor eventually picked up.
"Oh! Ash, Hau? Alola! It's been awhile hasn't it?" Kukui said. "Caught anything new?"
"I caught a Stufful and Litten evolved into Torracat." Ash said.
"Popplio also evolved! And I got an Eevee too." Hau added in.
"That's great! With Stufful being a fighting type, you'll be able to take advantage of that fightnium-Z Hala gave you Ash. And Hau, with Eevee having so many evolutions, who knows what Z-crystal you may be able to use?" Kukui explained. "Now. Why exactly were you guys calling? Where is Lillie by the way?"
"Professor!" Lillie called out as she made her way into the room with Ash and Hau moving out of the way.
The Professor's eyes widened as he saw the baby Vulpix.
"The egg hatched!" Lillie said to the screen.
Vulpix placed its paw on the screen, confused by the functions of the video machine.
"Seems to be a healthy baby female Vulpix. But boy, she sure was far from home…" Kukui said to the group. He then noticed Lana in the background. "Lana? Is that you?"
"Alola Professor." Lana chuckled.
"Ha-ha! I see you crossed paths with two trial goers!" Kukui joked.
"To more serious terms now. Who was the first person that the baby saw?" Kukui asked with interest.
"Me?" Lillie said as the Professor grinned.
"Alright then. Lillie, you are the mother of the Vulpix."
"Wait. WHAT!" Lillie yelled as Vulpix panicked a little.
"You have been the one caring for it while it was an egg? You were the one she first saw. In other words, I'm saying you are her trainer now. Your first OFFICAL pokemon." Kukui explained.
Lillie looked down at Vulpix who smiled happily at her.
"Ok then…" Lillie said unsure. She had Nebby, but she technically wasn't his trainer as she hadn't caught the space like Pokemon as he just resided in her bag.
"Here." Lana said to Lillie, handing her a luxury ball.
Lillie tapped the ball on Vulpix and the small ice type was sucked inside. The ball didn't even wobble, it instantly clicked, signalling the capture.
"Hahaha! Seems like she really wanted to be with you Lillie! Congratz on your first Pokemon!" Kukui congratulated the blonde as she brought the baby back out and into her arms.
"Vulp!" Vulpix cried happily as Lillie smiled back at her and patted her on the head.
"I've got to get going. I'm heading on a trip and I don't want to be late. Talk soon! Bye!" Kukui said as he hung up.
The group went outside with Vulpix in front of Lillie.
"Alright everyone! Come out!" Ash called as he released his Pokemon as did Hau and Lana.
Torracat, Stufful, Dartrix, Brionne, Pichu and Araquanid appeared as Nebby joined them.
"Vulpix?" the baby ice type said to them all as they all greeted the newest member.
"It seems they have all welcomed her into the group." Lana suggested.
"Ara!" Araquanid said to Vulpix, who blew cold air on to the water bubble helmet, freezing it slightly. He managed to break it away instantly.
"Hey Hau? Should we try that little practise with Eevee?" Lana asked the Melemele native.
"Why not?" Hau said as he released the normal type, who looked agitated from being awoken from his sleep.
"Vee…" he groaned in annoyance.
Dartrix, Torracat, Stufful, Brionne and Pichu all growled at the Eevee while Nebby and Araquanid had no issue with him.
Eevee couldn't be bothered with this and decided to go back to sleep.
Ash laughed slightly as Vulpix was in Lillie's arms.
"Tora!" Torracat yelled at Eevee.
Eevee opened one eye and glared at the fire type.
"Vee." Was the response from the pissed off normal type.
Torracat pushed Eevee slightly as Eevee got up and growled back.
"Evee!" Eevee hissed as he stuck his head into Torracats as the two's foreheads collided as they growled intensely at each other, glaring furiously at other another, pushing one another back and forth.
"Well they clearly don't like each other…" Lana sighed.
Araquanid walked over to them and stood over the bickering Pokemon.
"ARA!" Araquanid roared over the two of them.
Being a fire type, Torracat was slightly terrified of the water bug spider.
Eevee however, proceeded to spit into the water bubble that surrounded Araquanids head for the fun of it.
"EEVEE! Don't do that!" Hau yelled.
Araquanid used his giant leg and smacked the stuck-up Kanto Pokemon.
Eevee got up growling and fired a shadow ball into Araquanid which the bug just sliced in half.
"Why did Hau catch that Eevee in the first place. It has been nothing but trouble so far…" Lillie asked Ash.
"That is exactly like me asking you why did you take the egg in the first place." Ash replied, gaining a look from the girl.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that you took the egg to care for it and to hatch it in which it did. Hau wants to train Eevee but due to its troublesome past, it's not going to happen in a day." Ash explained.
"You sound like you are talking from past experiences." Lillie muttered.
"Trust me. This is nothing. They'll get around it." Ash laughed slightly with Hau's troubles reminding him of times when Charizard would not listen, except Charizard isn't a small brown fluff ball.
"Vip?" Vulpix said to her trainer as Lillie brushed the fur on her head. Vulpix was watching Araquanid simply slice through any attack Eevee through at them.
Eevee was panting now and getting frustrated that everything he did was not even fazing the bug.
"Eevee! I can help you grow stronger alright. But the only way you could do that is if you trust me!" Hau spoke to his Pokémon who glared at him.
Eevee turned his head to noticed that the rest of the Pokémon were separated away from Ash and Lillie but one which was in Lillie's arms.
Eevee smirked as fired a shadow ball straight at Ash and Lillie.
Everyone gasped as Dartrix and Torracat tried to stop it with leafage and ember, but their attacks both missing.
"LILLIE! DUCK!" Ash yelled as he shielded himself over the blonde.
Vulpix reacted, wiggling her way out of Lillie's arms and in front of Ash.
"VULPIX! NO!" Lillie cried as now her Pokémon was in the way of the ghost type attack.
However, despite only being hatched a few hours ago, the ice type used powered snow on the shadow ball with the thick heavy snow covering the ghost attack. The move slowed down and eventually fell apart on to the ground near the humans. Vulpix proceeded to roll around in the snow happily.
Eevee's jaw dropped as his attack had just been faulted by a Pokémon that is not even a day old.
Some of the other Pokémon laughed as he was humiliated by the baby, who was now being praised by her trainer. Dartrix flew next to Ash in case another attack occurred.
Which did as Eevee growled again as he used swift.
But Vulpix saw this as another chance to have fun. Using powered snow yet again, she froze the zooming stars that were heading in her direction. The swift slowed down and floated towards her with some breaking apart into blue sparkles.
Eevee lowered his head with his confidence completely shattered.
"Eevee."
The normal type turned around and saw his trainer kneeling beside him.
"Listen. Both you and I know the only way you are going to get stronger as if you listen to me, your trainer. You are not wild anymore. I can help." Hau said sternly to his Pokémon.
Eevee shook his head and glared up at his trainer.
"Vee…" Eevee reluctantly muttered, hating the idea of being ordered by someone else.
Hau's eyes glittered up.
"Alright!" Hau shouted as he was about to pick up Eevee until he hissed at him.
"Right… No touching. Got it." Hau said as everyone laughed.
(Later that night)
Vulpix was asleep on the end of Lillie's bed as she was reading a book. Lana had already fallen asleep a while ago.
She flicked the page and scanned it intensively, dissecting everything on it.
She could hear Vulpix snore softly at the end as she smiled at her first official Pokémon.
Lillie then turned to Nebby, who was asleep in his bag.
It was getting late and they had an early start to the day seeming Lana's trial spot was not too far away now.
A long sigh was released from Lillie which ended up waking Vulpix.
"Vul?" the baby ice type yawned.
"Oh, sorry Vulpix… Did I wake you?" Lillie asked.
"Vip!" Vulpix said happily to see her trainer.
"Hey come here. I want to show you something!" Lillie said to the Alolan form who made her way up the bed.
Lillie pulled out a photo from her bag of what appeared to be her at a younger age alongside someone else.
"This is my big brother. We use to always play together." Lillie explained, pointing at the male. He was taller than the younger Lillie. He had blonde hair like her which was in like a bowl cut, had green eyes like her and the same skin colour as her.
"Vulp!" Vulpix said to Lillie, placing her paw on the picture.
Lillie frowned.
"He… He had to leave a few years ago, Important business. Yeah…" Lillie sighed. "It's late. We should get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning!"
"Vulpix!"
Lillie turned out the light and fell into the land of sleep.
Author's note: A very short one but the egg hatches and its a Vulpix. I thought I'd hatch it now as the anime has just hatched it right now.
Reason why this is short i'm probs not goign to be able to upload in the next few days so I thought I'd get one up now.
And Eevee is going to listen to Hau slightly more now, but not every command. It's going to take a lot more than just a shattered confidence check.
Next chapter, I'll give this hint though, our favorite edge lord and Ash are finally meeting.
So as always review, suggest or PM me. Spectre out.