ALOLA TO OUR SAVIOUR: Chapter 15 - The second trial.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon :/
Ash and Hau finished up breakfast as they waited for Lillie and Lana to wake up as it was still early in morning.
Sure, the loss to Gladion hurt, but he had suffered worse.
Liking getting to the semis of the Sinnoh league only to get knocked out by some dickhead with a Darkrai and a Latios. Also, the Kalos league happened with him finishing in second in the final.
But the loss againstGladion felt more… personal. Unlike Tobias and Alain,Gladion was only a few years older than him and to be following such a negative path really made Ash think.
It was the time in the morning were the Pikipeks were chirping away as it was a new day.
Lillie wriggled around in her bed as she slowly woke up.
She lifted herself up and yawned.
Looking to the side of the bed which was pressed against the wall was her very own Vulpix, snuggled up and fast asleep.
She smiled as she patted her.
Vulpix slowly woke up like Lillie did.
"Pix…" Vulpix said confused before giving out a little yawn.
"Morning sleepy head." Lillie said to the baby, rubbing the underneath of her chin.
"Pew?" Nebby cried as he flew out of the bag.
"Morning Nebby."
"PEW!" Nebby cried happily rather loudly.
"Nebby! Shhh! Lana is still asle-"Lillie warned Nebby.
"(Yawn) Was… asleep. Morning." Lana said as Lillie sweat dropped.
"Ha-ha. Morning? Nebby apologise for waking up Lana!" Lillie growled at the space like Pokemon.
"Pew!"
"Sorry." Lillie muttered as she yawned, while getting out of bed.
Vulpix skipped around on the bed as Lillie walked out the door, joined by Lana shortly.
The two girls noticed that both Ash and Hau were missing.
"Strange… Hau is normally still asleep at this hour in the morning." Lillie said to Lana as she walked towards the bedroom door where the duo was last seen.
Despite being in long pyjama's, Lana could see a small scar at the back of Lillie's neck, gaining curiosity.
Lillie saw Pichu still asleep and Brionne in her pokeball but Eevee and all of Ash's Pokemon were gone.
"Maybe they are already having breakfast?" Lana suggested.
"Yeah, but it is unlike Hau to leave Pichu or Brionne behind… Eh, whatever." she said out loud as she turned around and headed for the shower, leaving Lana alone to ponder.
"Lillie is such a caring person. She would never do anything rash or reckless… What was that scar?" Lana thought to herself.
She decided against having a shower as she was going to be in the water of Brooklet Hill soon enough.
Once Lillie was ready, which took forever, the two girls and there Pokemon made their way to the door to head off to the food court.
As they opened the door, Ash and Hau were standing on the other side with a surprise look.
"Finally, took you two long enough!" Hau blurted out as he was jabbed in the arm by Ash.
"Where have you two been?" Lillie grizzled.
"I decided to help Hau train Eevee this morning. Gain some experience on how to fight other types with strategies." Ash lied.
"What about Pichu and Brionne? Ash doesn't have the types to cover them?" Lana asked.
"I will admit, I was going out originally on my own…" Hau lied but also saying the truth in a way. "I was just going to do one on one training with Eevee but I accidently woke up Ash. And yeah. Once we finished up, decided to get something to eat. We decided against waking you both up knowing Lillie gets pissy if she doesn't get her beauty sleep." Hau joked.
Ash was having to stand in front of the Melemele native to ensure Lillie didn't beat him into a pulp.
Despite Hau's comments, Lillie shrugged her shoulders, buying the story as did Lana.
"I hope you two are fuelled on up for the trial. It is going to take 110 percent from both of you!" Lana explained.
"Any clues on why it will take that much effort?" Ash questioned with a bit of humour.
"Hmph. Not saying anything till we get to the trial site." Lana muttered, not giving any hints at all.
"So, if we beat the totem, we get the waterium-Z right?" Hau asked.
Lana nodded, resulting in a bright grin from Hau, knowing that Brionne would benefit from the power.
The two girls went and grabbed something to munch on while Ash had a shower and Hau fed Pichu and Brionne.
Once Ash was out, Hau went in.
Ash changed into his clothes and looked out the window, looking at the large series of lakes that Lana called Brooklet hill.
Hau finished up and walked out in his usual attire with Pichu on his shoulder.
"Come on! Let's go see if Lillie and Lana are done yet! I need me that Z-Crystal!" Hau suggested as he opened the door.
Lana blinked at Lillie, stunned by the amount of food she had ordered.
Lana had merely gotten some toast and a cup of coffee, which she had finished shortly ago.
Lillie got bacon, eggs, breakfast sausages, toast, cereal, pancakes. And she was eating them with very little ease.
"Lillie. No offense, I never would have expected you to have such a big appetite…" Lana said as Lillie finished up.
"I was… Abnormally hungry this morning. That's all." Lillie answered, patting up mouth with a napkin.
Ash and Hau walked in as Lillie went and paid for both hers and Lana's food. They got a discount due to Lana's status as a trial captain.
"Alrighty! I think I've kept you two waiting long enough. Ash! Hau! Are you ready?" Lana announced as she stood in the doorway of the Pokemon center.
"Always!" Hau said confidently.
"Of course." Ash smirked.
Lana nodded as she walked outside as the group followed.
She pointed towards a lone path turning left into a jungle almost.
"Well? Come on! Let's go!" Lana shouted as she took the lead down this path.
They followed the blue haired girl down the path which lead to a series of lakes.
Next to the nearest lake, was a wooden house.
Out of the house, two little girls ran out of the door.
"Big sister!" they said in sync as they hugged Lana.
They trio watched as the little girls jumped on Lana.
"Harper! Sarah! Stop! It's nice to see you but I'm about to start a trial!" Lana growled.
The two girls which were identical twins, turned to Ash, Lillie and Hau.
"Who are they Harper?" Sarah asked her sister.
Sarah took interest in Ash particularly.
"Maybe a boyfriend Sarah." Harper responded, pointing as Ash.
Lana blushed furiously as Ash stood awkwardly.
"MUM! GET THESE TWO AWAY FROM ME!" Lana screamed.
An older woman with blue hair peeked out of the window of the house.
"Sarah! Harper! Come in quick and you can help me decorate the cake we made!" Lana's mother called out.
"Oh, the cake! Come on Sarah!" Harper said to her twin.
"Cya later big sister. Bye big sisters friend! Bye big sister's boyfriend!" Sarah laughed as her and Harper ran off.
"HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" Lana screamed as the trio sweat dropped.
Lana turned to them and sighed.
"Sorry about that… Those two will get a piece of my mind later. Ehem! Lapras!" Lana called out.
Out of nowhere, two Lapras's appeared with a saddle on the back of its shell.
"You both each are going to have to work together for the trial! My trial is, find the totem Pokemon!" Lana explained. "Your allowed two Pokemon each. Make your pick."
Ash's logic choice was Dartrix and Stufful due to Torracat being a fire type.
Hau had Brionne and Pichu out beside as Eevee went and sat under a tree.
"Alright! Once you're ready, step on board of the Lapras and find that totem! Good luck!" Lana finished off, waving in the process.
Ash and Hau got on to a Lapras each as Brionne dived into the water and Dartrix took fight while Stufful and Pichu sat next to their trainers on board.
Lana sat down next to Lillie.
"So what are they going to expect?" Lillie asked as Lana smirked.
"Well. They are going to have to work together on this one. Beating the totem by themselves would be too difficult." Lana confessed, sending a worried look on to Lillie's face as Nebby and Vulpix were playing around on the bank as they watched Ash and Hau depart off.
The two boys had no idea what they were looking for.
Ash passed by a few Pokémon he recognised such as a few Magikarps, a Starmie or two, a few Woopers.
And then there was one he came across he had never seen before.
It was like Lana's Araquanid but smaller, so Ash concluded that it was the pre-evolution. It had 3 small legs branching off its tiny body. It's head like its evolution was covered by a water bubble but was cradled by three leg like structures.
Rotom appeared and scanned the pre-evolution.
"Dewpider, the water bubble Pokemon. When it requires food, it will crawl on to land to find things to eat. The bubble on its head allows it to survive on land and to protect its soft head. The water bubble can be used as a form of defence as it can smash it on enemies to distract them but it must repair the bubble or return to water as soon as possible.
"Dewpider huh?"
Dewpider was looking around on the ground for food when it took notice of Ash and Lapras looking down on it.
"Pider!" it said happily and used one of its legs to wave.
It then grabbed a small oran berry and offered it to them.
"Oh, thank you. Eat up Lapras."
Hau meanwhile, had progressed down to another lake in search of totem Pokemon.
Brionne was swimming around in the water, enjoying herself.
Pichu was asleep on the back of Hau's seat he was in.
He felt bad for leaving Eevee out, but it was too soon to throw him straight into a trial and a totem battle. Plus, Brionne had an advantage being a water type and taking the full use of the water and Pichu being an electric type was a boost as well.
In the corner of Hau eye, a small white fish jumped out of the water and used its tail to slap him in the face.
Hau yelped in pain, waking up Pichu.
The fish jumped back into the water.
Growling, Hau stood up on the saddle, gaining Lapras's, Brionnes and Pichu's full attention.
"ALRIGHT! NOBODY! I mean NOBODY! Slaps a future Kahuna in the face and gets away with it!" he roared.
The small fish jumped out of the water and flailed its tail at Hau again.
However, the Melemele native saw it this time and caught it.
"Wasi! Sha!" the fish panicked.
It was a Wishiwashi.
"Huh. A Wishiwashi huh.
"Washi!" it cried again, flopping around in Hau's hand.
"Hey! Stay still."
"WASHI!"
The water in all the lakes began to ripple and waves formed.
Storm clouds formed over the lake.
"Uh oh…" Hau muttered.
Elsewhere, the lake where Ash and the Dewpider met also turned chaotic.
"What the hell is going on!?" Ash grunted.
In panic, Dewpider fled for the nearby bushes, crying in fear.
"Hey wait!" Ash called out.
Ash looked to the water and saw a lot of the same unidentified Pokemon swim off to the Lake Hau was at.
"What is happening?" Lillie asked Lana as it began to rain.
Torracat panicked and fled for shelter.
Lana smiled.
Her two younger sisters ran out of the house with their arms up.
"YAY! Totem battle time!" they said in sync.
Lillie eyes widened as her pupils shrunk, turning to Lana.
"Looks like one of them found the totem Pokemon."
The lake Hau was out was the worst as the Wishiwashi in his hand was still trying to break free.
Surround Lapras, hundreds of Wishiwashi's jumped around her.
They began to swim more and more closer together, joining up. The cluster of Pokemon dived under water and resurfaced.
Transforming from a Pokemon that was only just bigger than his hand, Hau was staring down a Pokemon that was bigger than a Gyrados. It was structured like a submarine and was dark blue.
Hau's jaw dropped as the Wishiwashi in his hand broke free, dived in the water and jumped back out into the giant Pokemon.
"WASSSSSHIA!" it roared with the totem aura appearing on it.
"Th-this thing is the totem!?" Hau muttered. He then realised what had happened.
"Urg. I remember grandpa reading a book to me once. About a blue demon that can destroy ships at free will! The school form!"
"WASHI!"
The roar could be heard everywhere.
"Come on Sarah! Let's go watch the battle!" Harper suggested.
"Yeah! Come on big sister! Let's go watch your friend and your boyfriend battle!" Sarah yelled running off.
The rain that fell on Lana evaporated due to her fuming at her sisters.
"FOR THE LAST TIME! HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" she screamed, making Lillie block her ears.
"Sorry."
"Don't worry. Let's go!" Lillie suggested as the two ran off with Vulpix, Nebby and Eevee tagging along.
Ash was rushing towards were the last roar could be heard.
"HAU! HAU!" Ash called out.
The totem dived under the water and re-appeared, nearly tipping over Lapras.
"Pichu! Thundershock!" Hau commanded.
Pichu did as told but the attack barely fazed Wishiwashi as it roared again.
"Brionne! A little help would be nice!?" Hau yelled out as the water type zoomed in using aqua-jet, slamming into the side of the monstrous Pokemon.
She managed to knock off a few Wishiwashi's, but they simply just joined back on.
Lana and Lillie caught up with Harper and Sarah and saw Hau facing off with the totem.
"A school form Wishiwashi is the totem?! Aren't they capable to destroy ships!? Hau and Ash will get themselves killed!" Lillie questioned.
"Relax. I trained all the Wishiwashi's since they were all babies. They won't hurt Hau. But his Pokemon I can't say the same." Lana reassured.
Wishiwashi turned around and use its tail to create bigger waves as they all crashed into Lapras.
She lost composer and began to get caught by them.
Wishiwashi dived under water again with only the top visible and swam fast at them. Jumping out, it was now above Lapras looking down at her, ready to use body slam!
"LEAFAGE!"
Razor sharp leafs crashed into Wishiwashi. They didn't do too much damage but it did enough to stop the attack on Hau.
Dartrix flew above them and continued to fire leafage at the totem.
Ash and his Lapras swam in and saw the monster like Pokemon.
"THAT'S THE TOTEM!?" he yelled as Rotom appeared yet again.
"Wishiwashi, the small fry Pokemon. It is small and weak by itself. But when facing trouble, it will call out to other Wishiwashi's and form the feared school form. According to old Alolan legends, Wishiwashi school form is strong enough to sink multiple sail ships at once."
"SO! HOW THE FUCK DO WE BEAT THIS THING!" Ash yelled at his pokedex.
"Yeah beats me… Good luck buddy." Rotom joked.
"Language Lana's boyfriend." The twins joked as Lana pounced on them with Lillie sweat dropping.
Ash turned to the totem as Wishiwashi used brine.
"Lapras! MOVE!" Ash called out as the Kanto native Pokemon dashed out of the way as the water crashed on the surface.
"Leafage again!"
The razor-sharp leaf's hit Wishiwashi, but barely effected it.
Diving under water as it went dead silent.
Everyone kept their eyes on the body of water.
Ash's Lapras sudden rose out of the water as they were hit from underneath, with Wishiwashi flinging them upwards. Ash and Stufful fell off the saddle.
Lapras went a separate direction from the others as Wishiwashi was only focused on Ash.
"ASH!" Lillie screamed.
"Disarming voice! Thundershock!" Hau commanded as his Pokemon did so.
Stufful, in panic, was flailing his arms everywhere at a rapid pace. Wishiwashi got too close to the flailing bear and was smacked by Stufful.
A dozen or so normal Wishiwashi was hit off which Ash saw.
This lead to a plan.
They all fell in the water as Ash swam with Stufful to a nearby rock in the middle of the lake.
Wishiwashi was waiting for the next move.
"Hau! Throw Pichu and send Brionne behind the totem!" Ash called out carefully.
"What?"
"Just do it and follow my lead!" Ash snapped.
Brionne swam over behind as the Melemele native threw Pichu on to a nearby rock.
"Attack all at once! Leafage! Disarming voice! Thunder shock!" Ash commanded.
The three Pokemon attacked all at once as Wishiwashi didn't know who to go for first.
"Stufful do you trust me?" Ash said to the bear.
He nodded back with a confident look.
"Dartrix! Grab Stufful and fly him into Wishiwashi's mouth!" Ash told the bird.
"What!?" Hau cried out.
"Why would he do that big sister?" Harper asked Lana, who had calmed down.
"I don't know…" Lana muttered.
Lillie looked on at the trainer she travelled with, confused as everyone else.
Until she saw his wrist.
Stufful stuck him arms out as Dartrix flew down and grabbed him.
Pichu and Brionne were still battling the totem as Wishiwashi took notice of the income flying duo.
It shot out a powerful hydro pump at them.
"DODGE IT THEN DROP!" Ash yelled.
Dartrix did a 360 and let go of the little pink and black bear, as he fell into the Wishiwashi's mouth.
Ash grinned.
"If we can't defeat them as one! Well, let's attack when they aren't one!" Ash roared as the z-crystal on his Z-ring glowed.
"Hau! Attack the Wishiwashi as they get hit off! You too Dartrix!" Ash announced.
He slammed the Z-crystal and began doing the same dance Hala did in the grand trial. He punched the air in front of him a few times, getting faster and faster before stopping and slamming his foot forward with one last punch.
The aura of the Z crystal went inside of Wishiwashi.
"STUFFUL! USE ALL-OUT PUMMELING!"
Inside of Wishiwashi was Stufful, combining his skill as flailing rapidly, he used the fighting type Z-move as punches began to hit the insides.
Ash and co watched closely as a brown fist shot out of the side of the totem, with a lot of Wishiwashi being thrown into the air.
"NOW!"
Pichu used thundershock and knocked out the water types.
More punches began to burst out of the body of the totem as Dartrix and Brionne joined in the attack.
"He used the Z-move to destroy some of the school form!" Lana explained. "Genius!"
"Aww. Lana is totally crushing on her boyfriend Harper!" Sarah whispered to Harper.
Lillie looked in awe as she could not take her eyes off the battle.
"You're not going to hog all the fun!" Hau laughed as he pressed the normalium-Z.
"Brionne! Breakneck blitz!"
Zooming at high pace was Brionne, who went right through the fin of the totem's alternate form, knocking out all the little Wishiwashi's.
Punches were still being thrown through as Stufful stuck his leg out and a ball of energy formed which soon turned into a fist.
He let go as the tail through to the torso of the totem exploded, with Wishiwashi being flung everywhere.
The remainder of the Wishiwashi fell apart and all swam away as the water and sky return to normal. Stufful fell into the lake because of this
"He did it." The twins said in sync happily.
Ash swum out and picked up Stufful then went to check Lapras.
His water travel was fine as he took them back to the shore along with Hau were Lana, her younger twin sisters, Lillie and there Pokemon they did not take.
"Ash! Hau! Congratulations! You have defeated the totem Pokemon of Brooklet Hill!" Lana announced.
"With the result of this, I present you both with these!"
Lana dropped two small blue crystals into their hands. It had a little tear drop in the middle of it.
"That right there is the waterium-Z! Allowing you both access to the Z-move, hydro vortex!" Lana explained as she did the actions to the dance.
"Your next trial is at the wela volcano park with a guy named Kiawe who specialises in fire types."
"Thanks for everything Lana!" Hau said to the girl.
"Yeah, thanks for stopping… You know." Ash thanked this time.
Lana scratched her sheepishly.
"Aww! Big sister is embarrassed that her future husband is praising her!" the twins said yet again in sync, causing the two teens to blush madly.
"WE ARE NOT A COUPLE!" they scream in sync.
Hau laughed at the misfortunes of the pair.
"Lunch is ready!" Lana's mother called out.
"you guys can stick around for a bit if you want." Lana suggested.
"Are you asking him on a date?" Sarah asked as Lana grabbed them both by their shirts and dragged them inside as Ash and Hau followed inside.
Lillie stood there.
"Food?"
On a table was a whole bunch of finger foods Lana's and the twins mother had prepared.
"Help yourself!" she announced.
Ash, Hau and their Pokemon dug in as Lillie entered.
"Come on Lillie!" Ash called out.
Lillie grabbed a plate, shacking, trying to resist but failed.
She ended up grabbing 3 of everything that was available, making a food tower and putting everyone to shame.
"Wow… You gunna be able to eat all that?" Ash asked.
"What can I say… All that watching sure kicks an appetite up!" Lillie said with a fake smile and began to eat.
Ash wasn't buying it but let it slip this once.
Authors note: The 2nd trial is done. Ash and Hau have both got the water Z-crystal now.
I've actually moved now so it semi explains the reason why this took a while and I also needed a day or two off just to relax.
I hope the battle with Wishiwashi was good. It sounded good in my head but what are your guys thoughts.
I've started school now so future uploads may be a little slow... But I have 16 done already as I knew what to do with easily.
And what was with Lillie at the end?
Find out next time ;)
ALSO! Thanks to all the support recently with the positive reviews especially the ones where they don't normally read things like this but are enjoying my story so glad I can help lol.
I will be honest, I get nervous opening the reviews up on my first big story after a chapter goes live, I will not lie lol.
So until the next, review, suggest or PM me. Spectre out!