ALOLA TO OUR SAVIOUR: Chapter 23: It's yah boi.
Disclaimer: Still don't own Pokemon :/
Between the two of them, Ash was the calmer out of him and Hau for Mallows trial. With having access to both Torracat and Salandit as fire types plus having flying type attacks from Dartrix was going to make this trial a piece of cake.
Hau on the other hand was worried.
Pichu's attacks would deal close to no damage, Brionne being a water type would be on the end of some hard hits. This left him with Eevee and Jangmo-o with the later yet to experience a trial.
They were still stationed in Konikoni city.
They had pestered Mallow for days about going to go do the trial but she had been putting it off.
The trio was still staying at Lana's place until they ventured off again.
Ash had popped out quickly, leaving Hau and Lillie in the lounge together.
"UGH! I'm tired of waiting!" Hau complained.
"Hau. The trial isn't going anywhere." Lillie responded.
"Mallow has a job to do! And I say she isn't doing a very good job at it!" Hau continued to complain.
"You go be trial captain then." Lillie responded yet again as she brushed Vulpix's fur.
Eevee glare at the baby Pokemon, still annoyed at his embarrassing defeat to when she was just a new born having fun.
Eevee had started to bond slightly more with the other Pokemon such as Cosmog, Salandit and Jangmo-o. But the rest was still a little iffy about the Kanto Pokemon.
Ash had left to help Lana with the groceries. It was the least he could do seeming she had let him, Hau and Lillie stay for as long as they had.
The duo was down at the markets.
"Ok. Moomoo milk is next." Lana read off the list.
Ash carried the basket while Araquanid carried the heavy stuff on his back.
Lana rushed ahead to find the stall.
"Ash over here!" she called out.
To Ash's surprise, he instantly recognised the person behind the counter.
"Kiawe?" Ash called out.
The fire type trial captain looked up to see both Ash and Lana standing out in front of the stall.
"Ash! Lana! Good to see you again!" Kiawe said as he shook both their hands.
"Hey Kiawe. One Moomoo milk please!" Lana asked.
"Ok, just one second." Kiawe told her as he turned to a fridge that was stationed.
He turned back with a large bottle of fresh milk.
"I'm surprised you are still here Ash. I thought you would have cleared Akala by now?" Kiawe questioned as he handed over the milk to Lana.
"Yeah… We ran into some complications…" Ash confessed.
"Like?" Kiawe asked.
Ash sighed.
"Mallow keeps putting off the trial date, as if she is trying to avoid it." Ash told the fire captain.
Kiawe looked down at Lana.
"You know about this?" he asked the blue haired girl.
"Yeah. Mallow has been acting stranger than usual…" Lana pondered.
"Wait? Could it be about the competition that is coming up?" Kiawe asked.
"Maybe… Never thought about that actually…" Lana confessed.
"Competition?" Ash said confused.
"Yeah. A yearly little competition that Olivia likes to host. It's knockout style till only on trainer remains. Trainers can register 2 Pokemon only. Winner normally gets some valuable evolution stone from Olivia or something along those lines." Kiawe told him.
"Why would Mallow not tell us about this then?" Ash said to the duo.
"Well you know how impatient Hau is… Giving him an alternate idea to the trials would set him off." Lana said.
"True."
Ash then felt a familiar presence walk passed him, flowing with the crowd.
He turned his head to see nobody he could recognise there.
"What's up?" Kiawe asked.
"Nothing… Thought I saw someone… Anywho I'm keen to participate in this!" Ash told them.
"Well if you want to win, you're going to have to get passed me!" Kiawe told him.
"Challenge accepted." Ash said nodding to him.
Little did they know, Gladion had slipped around the corner. He didn't want to make a scene with Ash in such open public.
Infact, he didn't even want to interact with him. He brushed it off and continued to go with the crowd.
Meanwhile on Ula'Ula Island…
"BOSS! I managed to smuggle a copy of the participating trainers at the Konikoni knockout competition!"
"Tsk. Didn't your mother ever tell you to KNOCK!" a man yelled. The grunt was cowering as the man snatched off the list off him.
Reading through it, he began to smirk.
"Well, well, well. Kukui and Molayne are participating huh." The man spat as he scrunched up the paper. "No sign of that blue haired bitch though. Would have loved to have crushed her."
He got out of his throne and began to head to the door.
"Boss? Where are you going?" a grunt asked.
"Yah boi here is gunna go say hello to a few old friends of his. Plumeria!" the man yelled.
"Yes sir." The lady with pink hair said.
"You're in charge till I get back. Get some dimwits to clean up the place, it's a mess!" The man told the women known a Plumeria.
She nodded as he turned to a few grunts.
"You two are with me. We are leaving now." He told them as he left the room.
Ash and Lana returned home with the groceries to find Hau and Lillie arguing. Ash sweat dropped as he could tell they were getting sick of this place.
"Uh guys?" Ash muttered, gaining glares from the duo.
"Please tell me we can go!" Hau moaned to Ash.
"Not quite yet, but I think I found something to kill time. And the reason why Mallow has been stalling." Ash told the duo.
Ash explained about the competition to the duo with Hau showing general interest in it.
"I don't understand why she would keep that a secret from us. She could have just told us about it?" Lillie questioned a Vulpix yawn whilst stretching on her lap.
"Well, we both know how impatient you know who is…" Ash told the blonde.
"Who is you know who?" Hau questioned, not picking up it was him they were talking about.
"Uh… I remember Kiawe said that sign ups close later today and it starts in the afternoon. We should probably go." Ash said.
"Well, if it gives me the chance to battle Mallow and crush her, then I'm in!" Hau announced.
The trio walked over to the same battlefield where Ash had fought Tapu Koko, except there was multiple stone battle fields over it. To the far left was two tents. One with a large line leading to sign ups and the other was food stall.
"Ash!" Kiawe called out with Lana and Mallow next to him.
"You guys all signed up yet?" Lana asked.
"Not yet. But Mallow was this the reason why you kept putting off the trial date?" Ash asked Hau's cousin.
She scratched her head sheepishly.
"Well kind of. It was primarily if we had of left, we probs wouldn't have gotten back in time for this and I didn't want to listen to Hau moan about it."
"Except he had been moaning about not leaving for the last couple of days!" Lillie told her.
"Hey, are you Mallow?" an unknown voice said behind the group.
Everyone turned around to see a boy with a Litten and a Lucario next to him. He had light skin and an average build. He wore a blue hoodie with black jeans and regular running shoes. He had spiky brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. He looked about 16.
Kiawe and Lana briefly remembered the face.
"I'm Mallow. Who might you be?" she asked.
"My name is Zach. I just wanted to know when the grass trial was going to be open next?" he questioned.
"Oh. Um, most likely tomorrow. These two over here are also going to be taking it on as well." Mallow explained as she pointed back to Ash and Hau.
"Hey, I'm Ash." Ash introduced himself.
"Hau." Hau added on.
"You guys are taking the trials as well?" Zack asked curiously.
The duo both nodded.
"You guys participating today as well?" he asked again, with the duo nodding again.
"You don't exactly sound like you're from Alola Zach?" Lillie asked curiously.
"That is because I was born and lived most of my life in Unova. I now live in Heahea city. We moved here because my parents who are scientists, were both offered high paying jobs at the Aether foundation." Zach explained.
"The Aether foundation!?" Hau, Lana, Mallow and Kiawe said stunned, while Ash stood their unsure what was going on. Lillie however, gave a nervous look of fear, but thankfully no one saw.
"Yeah. However, due to their overprotective nature, I never got to participate in the Unova league so really the trials are my first experience as a trainer." Zach explained.
Ash remembered his time in the Unova league. Thankfully, it seems like Zach doesn't know who he is.
"Uh, what is the Aether foundation?" Ash asked.
"You don't know what the Aether foundation is!?" everyone but Lillie screamed.
"From Kanto remember?"
"They are like heroes. They save and care for stolen and hurt Pokemon, while also arresting grunts from Team Skull. They also run summer time activities for school kids as well to learn out space!" Mallow explained.
Ash blinked.
"Sound like good people." Ash confessed. Lillie felt sick inside hearing that.
"You two should probably go and register before it is too late." Lana told Ash and Hau.
The duo did so and returned to find the group talking to Professor Kukui and another man.
He was tall and slim, pale as well with messy dark blonde hair. He wore a white shirt with a blue jacket over it with undone tie around his neck. The biggest feature was the glasses he wore.
"Professor?" Ash asked.
"Ash! Hau! So, good to see you again!" Kukui said. "I was just catching up with young Zach over here!"
"I'm not that young…" Zach grumbled.
"Not going to introduce me Kukui?" the blonde man said.
"Everyone this Molayne. A former trial captain based on Ula'Ula Island." Kukui said.
"Former?" Hau muttered.
"Yeah. I stepped down and handed over the responsibilities to my cousin." Molayne explained.
"When we were younger, we travelled together and took on the trials when were your age." Kukui explained.
"Tsk, you can't forget about Kahili." Molayne smirked. The professor blushed slightly when Molayne brought up the name of his childhood crush.
"That was a long time ago." Kukui mumbled.
Everyone sweat dropped.
"Aww. Gunna forget about me?" a new voice called out loudly as Kukui and Molayne both froze on the spot.
They both slowly turned around to see a man with two skull grunts. He had a mild white skin colour with white hair and black rings around his eyes. He wore a white undershirt with a silky jacket over top with bagging pants as well. Around his neck was a chain with it ending with the skull logo. His arms were covered in tattoos.
"You've got to be kidding me…" Kukui muttered.
"Guzma." Molayne finished off the sentence.
The trials captains and Zach's eyes widened.
"Whosma?" Hau said dumbly.
The man smirked.
"Got balls to make fun of my name kid. I don't care if you're the grandson of the 'great and powerful' Hala!" Guzma taunted.
"You know who I am?" Hau stuttered.
"Not a bright one now are yah?" Guzma said as he approached Kukui. At this point, Olivia had made her way over.
"What are you doing here Guzma?" Kukui asked sternly.
"Come on Kui! Am I not allowed to have fun battling as well? Just like the good old days?" Guzma said with a hiss. "We are fellow rejects you know? Four eyes over there became a captain and we all know that blue haired bitch became the island champion, her rich daddy made sure everyone knew. Us rejects gotta sick together."
"You're the only reject here Guzma. I chose a different path in becoming a professor! And what did you do?" Kukui said with stern look.
"I run a successful business."
"I think it is time you leave Guzma-"Kukui said as he grabbed Guzma's arm, only to be slammed back. A large Pokemon appeared standing behind the skull boss. It was hunched over with two little claws on each side and one large one with two large talons at the end which it used to attack Kukui. It had two purple antennae spiking back off its head. The bulk of its build was covered in what appeared to be hard plate like shell, minus it's front which was visible with soft purple flesh.
"You know, it is rude to touch someone without their permission." Guzma said slyly, as everyone run over to Kukui to make sure he was alright.
Rotom appeared and scanned the Pokemon.
"Golisopod, the hard scale Pokemon. Golisopod battles skilfully with its six arms, slashing away with its giant claws – so fast, it cane cleave through both water and air, right in two. This is the evolved form of Wimpod"
"You remember Golisopod dontcha? He remembers you two…" Guzma said, pointing at Kukui and Molayne.
"What do you want?!" Ash cried out, gaining a look from Guzma.
"And you are?"
"Ash. And I'm going to be the next Island champion!" he told Guzma.
"Cute. You've got dreams. Guess what? Life isn't all rainbows and sunshine kiddo! Now if you excuse me, I got a reclaim my title." Guzma announced as he walked off with his bug type Pokemon. "Don't disappoint me Kukui. I want to have the honour of crushing you myself!"
"Kukui you ok?" Oliva asked. Zach looked at her with a blush.
"Ye-Yeah. That was noth-nothing. But his Golisopod is a lot stronger than before." Kukui muttered.
"I feel for whoever had to face him round one!" Lillie said with concern as she tended to the wound on Kukui's chest that Golisopod left.
"Can't you prevent him from entering?" Kiawe asked.
Olivia shook her head.
"C-c-can't yo-you just make hi-him face the strongest trainer?" Zach stuttered while talking to female Kahuna.
"I wish. The draw would have been made already." Olivia sighed. She left and returned with a piece of paper.
"Ok. Kiawe, I'm sorry but you're up against Guzma." Olivia said with sympathy.
Kiawe gave a nervous nod.
Olivia left to go announce the draw with Zach watching her every move.
"Dude, you have a thing for her or what?" Hau muttered to the unovan born. Zach shifted into a defensive stance.
The first round was here. Kukui swept through a guy that was just here to have fun. Kukui made sure he had to get to Guzma.
Kiawe was in the middle of his battle with Guzma. Turtonator fell to the ground as Golisopod stood over him.
"Turtonator can no longer battle. Trainer bring out your second and final Pokemon!" the ref shouted.
Kiawe flinched as his Pokemon was deemed no longer able to battle. He heard Guzma snickering in the background.
"Come on Kid. Your boring me. I thought trial captains are meant to be tough? Or they are going soft these days?" Guzma taunted.
"Grr. Marowak!" Kiawe yelled out as the Alolan form of the Kanto Pokemon appeared, twirling its club around.
"Golisopod introduce yourself to him. First Impression!" Guzma commanded.
"Shadow bone!" Kiawe yelled back.
Marowak's bone got covered in a ghost like aura as he slammed it in to Golisopods giant claw. The two moved back due to the force.
"Again!" Kiawe shouted.
"Metal claw." Guzma said with a calm grin.
Golisopod claw turned metallic as they collided again.
"I'm confused? Golisopod is a water type up against Kiawe's fire type, why doesn't he just finish this." Lillie said with a great amount of worry.
"Guzma was known to toy with his foe, regardless of the type match up because his Pokemon was always stronger." Kukui said with a bland tone.
Lillie had a question that was playing on her mind.
"What did he mean by fellow rejects?" she asked.
"Not now."
"Huh?"
Kukui looked down at the blonde with a serious look.
"That will be a story for another day…" he muttered.
"RAZOR SHELL!" the duo heard.
They turned back to the battle to see Marowak sent flying.
"Marowak is unable to battle! Guzma is the winner and will progress to the quarter finals!" the ref announced as Kiawe rushed over to Marowak.
"Good job. Let's get out of here." Guzma told Golisopod, who nodded as they walked off stage.
"Steenee use razor leaf!" Mallow shouted.
"Jangmo-o! Protect!" Hau shouted back.
The shiny dragon used the normal type move as all the sharp leaves bounced off.
Mallow was shock to see her dimwit cousin had managed to find a shiny Jangmo-o on Akala island of all places. Plus he had the upper hand as the dragon managed to take out her first Pokemon being a Fomantis.
"Dragon tail!"
Jangmo-o rushed at Steenee and slammed his tail into her with the dragon like aura. Steenee stumbled slightly but managed to stay up.
Hau grunted while Mallow gave a look of struggle, unsure what to do next against the dragon.
"Double slap when he gets close again!" Mallow told her Pokemon. Steenee nodded and got into a defensive stance. Hau glared as now close range attacks were out of the picture. That's when he came up with a plan.
"Roar to knock her over!" Hau told the dragon type.
Jangmo-o let out a huge roar with the soundwaves forcing Steenee to tumble out of her stance.
"Dragon tail her into the ground!"
As before, Jangmo-o's tail was surrounded with dragon energy as he slammed it down on Steenee, with the pure grass type fainting.
"Steenee is unable to battle! The winner is Hau who will progress to the quarter finals!" the ref announced.
Mallow sighed a she returned Steenee as Hau picked up Jangmo-o to celebrate with him. She looked at her cousin and had mixed thoughts in her head. He was still Hau but he had matured slightly in the battling kind of way.
She walked over.
"Good battle I guess." Mallow said as she placed her hand out to shake Hau's. Hau placed down Jangmo-o and shook her hand.
"I won so I'm better!" Hau muttered slyly. Mallow had taken back all the thoughts she just had of him maturing.
"I hate you." She hissed back as the duo walked over to Kukui, Lillie and Kiawe with Lana and Zach walking in the same direction.
"Good job Hau. I'm surprised you managed to get yourself a shiny Pokemon and being a Jangmo-o as well!" Kukui congratulated him.
"Funny story how we met but it was meant to be!" Hau announced.
"How did you go Lana?" Mallow asked her friend.
"2 – 1 to Zach. I managed to knock out his Litten in a close match with Araquanid who fell to a burn shortly after. Then his Lucario defeated my Buizel in a flash." Lana confessed as Zach stood proud about his achievement.
"It was close though. Litten did amazing getting the burn!" Zach said to the group.
"Mind me asking but why is Litten still a Litten? Ash had one but evolved to Torracat." Hau asked the Unovan born.
"Litten wants to prove himself that evolution isn't always the key to success. Though he fainted, he still managed to take down Araquanid with him in a way." Zach explained. "Ash battled yet?"
"I think he is up now!" Lillie said as she pointed to the far platform which had Ash facing a trainer none of them knew.
Stufful was facing off against a Rockruff, who was growling intensely at the normal fighting type.
"Begin!" the ref called.
"Rockruff use sand attack!" the female trainer called to her Pokemon.
"Stufful, use brick break on the ground to force the field up as a shield!"
The bear did so and a piece of the stone field flung upwards with the sand crashing in to it.
"Flail break!" Ah commanded.
"Flail break?" Zach muttered.
"Yes. One of Stuffuls strongest combinations with a mix of his tendency to flail his arms rapidly plus brick break." Lillie explained Ash's choice of moves.
Stufful rushed forward with his arms being waved around with the brick break energy surrounding them. He slammed into Rockruff, flinging him in the air and unconscious when he landed on the ground.
"Rockruff is unable to battle. Trainers! Choose your Pokemon!" the ref announced.
"Stufful come back!" Ash called as the bear walked over to Ash, gaining a pat on the head. Before he never liked being touched, but now he allowed Ash too. "Go Salandit!"
The toxic fire lizard appeared with a grin on her face.
"A fire and poison type. Blast! Ribombee!" Ash's opposition muttered as she released a Pokemon Ash had no idea about.
It was smaller than Salandit with the bulk of its body being covered in soft yellow fur. It had thin black arms and legs. It appeared to have a brown scarf wrapped around its head and body with two large bug like wings on its back. Its eyes were large and black with a small mouth and had two little antennas popping offs its head.
"Ribombee, the bee fly Pokemon. It rolls up pollen into puff like balls which it can use to heal itself and use as a method of attack in battle. The pollen puffs are highly nutritious and are sold from sealers at high prices. This is the evolved form of Cutiefly"
"Typing?" Ash asked Rotom.
"Bug fairy." The Pokedex responded. Ash grinned as Salandit was the perfect match up.
"Poison gas!"
Salandit spewed out the poison gases as it surrounded Ribombee.
"Fairy wind to blow it away!" the female trainer called out as the bug used the move to clear away the toxic gas. "Now use pollen puff on yourself!"
Ash was confused why she was using an attack on herself, but soon remembered what the dex entry said in that its balls of pollen can heal.
"Flame burst!"
The female lizard let loose the fire attack as Ribombee fell to the fire move with the toxic gases still being in effect.
"Ribombee is unable to battle! The winner is Ash who moved to the quarter finals." The ref announced as Ash went to shake the other trainer hand.
A few minutes later, Ash went down to the group to see they were having something to eat.
"Good job Ash!" Zach said to the Kanto born.
"I guess I got partially lucky with type match up but eh." Ash confessed. "Where you guys get the grub?"
"There are actually a few food stalls just behind the back fields." Hau told him as he latched down on a malasada.
"Oh ok. I might grab something then whilst I have time." Ash told everyone.
"Mind if I come along? I'm still a little peckish." Lillie asked.
"Just don't go overboard again…" Hau muttered, remembering the last time Lillie over ate. She heard this and Hau earned himself a sharp glare.
The duo left and headed towards the stalls to grab something before the quarter finals. There were burgers, malasadas, pies, candy, ice-cream and lots more.
"I can shout if you want. I don't mind." Lillie told Ash.
Ash was a little blown back by the offer but readjusted.
"Oh ok, thank you." Ash thanked as Lillie lined up in the ice cream line. Ash joined her.
"Any new leads on Nebby?" Ash asked.
"Nothing yet."
"I'm just saying this. I'm pretty sure he is nothing more than like a space fart or something."
Lillie started to giggle at this.
"Pew?" Nebby cried out of Lillie's bag.
"Yeah. You heard your name."
Lillie then started to laugh with her eyes closed.
Meanwhile, Gladion was flowing through the crowd with Riolu on his shoulder. He had heard word that Guzma was here. There were two voices in the back of his head saying go fight him and stay low and observe.
Plus, he knew Ash and assumingly Hau was here.
Riolu was looking around until he noticed a quick spike in emotions coming from a girl with a large white hat in the distance. It was a significant increase in happiness.
"Lu!" Riolu cried in his trainer's ear, pointing at a girl with a large white hat not too far away.
"What is it Riolu. Better not be another random trainer emot- "Gladion started to only stop instantly as he saw the blonde girl in the white hat. She was smiling her face as she turned in the same direction as him with her eyes closed but with that giant smile on her face that he got to see time to time.
Gladion didn't know what do. Did he approach her and say sorry? Run away and leave it for another. He was mainly relieved that she got away from the psycho bitch.
What he saw night made his blood boil. Ash was with her.
Gladion wanted to rip him apart, but knowing that if he stormed over, she would probably rip him apart first before he could even touch Ash.
Riolu was confused as he felt the change in emotions from his trainer.
"Ri?" Riolu asked.
"It's fine. Let's go." Gladion muttered he turned the other way.
Lillie opened her eyes and looked in the direction.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing… I… I thought I saw someone I knew. Doesn't matter." She muttered. They got the ice-cream and returned to the group.
Shortly after, Olivia was standing in front of microphone.
"The quarter final match ups are: Kukui VS Ash."
The professor and Ash looked at each with both giving a determined look.
"Hau VS Mellody. Guzma VS Zach." She announced.
Zach felt special that the certain female Kahuna he admired called out his name, but he also felt a sense of dread going against Guzma.
"And lastly, Molayne VS Jennifer. All four matches will start at the same time. In approximately 10 minutes! Good luck and may the best trainers win!"
Ten minutes later, the remaining 8 made their way to the fields they were going to be battling on.
"Lycanroc!"
"Stufful!"
Kukui and Ash released their Pokemon. Kukui's was clearly the evolved form of Rockruff being it bigger with sharp spiky rocks piercing out of its mane.
"Begin!" the ref called out.
"Charge Stufful while using brick break!" Ash commanded.
"Bite him when he gets close."
Ash's eyes widened.
"Pull out!"
But it was too late, Stufful was too close as Lycanroc latched down on his arms, now shacking the poor bear around.
Ash had to come up with something and quick.
Meanwhile, Zach's Litten was squaring off against Guzma's Masquerain.
"Give up. Your weak cat isn't touching us. Why bother?" Guzma taunted.
"Grr! That's the whole point, to prove evolution isn't everything! Will-O-Wisp!" Zach shouted angrily. Litten spat out the fire balls as they headed straight at Masquerain.
"Air cutter, slice em in half."
Masquerain waved its wing at the balls of fire with the attack slicing right through them. Zach grunted.
"Gust!" Guzma called out as Masquerain flapped its wings.
"Dig your claws into the ground and stay put!"
Litten shoved his claws deep into the cracks that where on the stone fields as the gust attack created heavy winds.
"Bug buzz!"
"Ember to burn it!"
The two moves collided, creating a mini cloud of ash.
Guzma smirked.
"Quiver dance then baton pass!"
Zach's eyes widened as he heard Masquerain dance around before switching out. Guzma reached for his pocket and calmly chucked out Golisopod.
"First impression!"
The bug water type charged through the cloud of ash and slammed his claws into Litten, flinging him off the boarding. Litten managed to get up but was struggling.
"Impressive. I always thought the term, cat has nine lives was just some made up bullshit. Guess I was wrong."
Zach looked at him angrily.
Ash came up with an idea that could just work.
"Stufful use flail but with your legs on Lycnaroc's under belly!" Ash told the bear. Kukui's eyes widened as Stufful kept kicking Lycanroc, with the wolf eventually letting go.
Ash gave a smirk as he turned his hat around and pressed the orangey brown z- crystal in his Z-ring.
"All out pummelling!" Ash cried out as Stufful released the blasts of fighting energy at point blank range. After the Z-move finished, Stufful was standing over a fainted Lycanroc.
"Lycanroc is unable to battle!"
"Ash did it!" Lillie said happily.
"He still has to take out Kukui's other Pokemon."
"Hey guys!" Hau said walking over.
"Hau, your done already?" Mallow asked her cousin.
"Yeah. The girl I was facing had two water types so Pichu just swept." Hau said, fist pumping his electric type. "Semi-finals here I come! How is Ash doing against the professor?"
"1 nil to Ash. But he has used his Z-move already." Lana told the Melemele island native.
"Rufflet go!" Kukui shouted as the Unova Pokemon appeared.
"Wing attack!" Kukui told his Pokemon, who flew towards Stufful with his wings glowing.
"Brutal swing to try and knock him away!"
Stuffuls front legs glowed dark as he started to flail at Rufflet. Both took damage, but due to wing attack being super effective, Stufful took the worse of the damage.
"Stufful!" Ash cried as the bear struggled to stand.
"Wing attack again!"
"Bide!"
Stufful began to charge the energy as Rufflet collided with him again.
"Hold on Stufful." Ash called out with the bear having close to no energy left.
"FINISH THIS!" Kukui cried.
"Wait for it!"
Rufflet wings continued to glow as he flew in once more.
"Wait for it…"
"NOW! Release the bide!"
Using the last of his energy, Stufful unleashed the bide attack on Rufflet, with the bird falling out of the sky and on to the ground. Stufful also collapsed due to fatigue.
"Both Pokemon are unable to battle! But due to still having one Pokemon left! Ash is the winner!" the ref called out.
Kukui returned Rufflet.
"You did great bud." He said to the pokeball as Ash picked up the worn out normal fighting type.
"Be very proud Stufful, you did it for us!" Ash told the bear as Kukui approached him.
"Congratz Ash. You've come a long way so far since being here. But I do warn you this. Be wary of Guzma." He told him.
Speaking of Guzma, Golisopod and Litten were still standing off. Guzma decided to play with him and just dodge instead of attacking. He could tell it was pissing Zach off.
"Aren't you going to attack!?"
"If you insist! Razor shell!"
Using the water move, Golisopod slashed down on Litten as the fire starter finally collapsed.
"Litten is unable to battle."
Zach returned Litten and smiled at the ball.
"You did your best. Last shot… Lucario!" Zach shouted bringing out the aura Pokemon.
"Ooo. Time to put down that big blue mutt." Guzma smirked.
"Aura sphere!"
Lucario created the ball of aura.
"Slash then charge with rock smash.
Lucario released the aura ball as Golisopod merely slashed through it. He charged at Lucario with his claw glowing brown.
"Block him with bone rush!"
Lucario created a long, glowing white bone and used it to protect himself from the bugs attack.
"Tsk. Stalling huh? Kick him in the leg then use swords dance!"
As hard as he could, Golisopod slammed his short but powerful leg into Lucario, who lost composure. He then used swords dance to raise his attack.
"Grab him by the neck!" Guzma shouted.
Golisopod grabbed the Sinnoh Pokemon by the neck as Lucario tried to free himself. Zach was fresh out of ideas, unsure what to do.
"Rock smash right in his gut!"
Using his other claw, the bug water type repeatedly smashed it into the stomach of the fighting steel type. After about 20 hits, he let go of the unconscious Lucario.
"Lucario is unable to battle. The winner is Guzma who will progress to the semi-finals."
Zach fell to his knees as he could barely even land an attack on Guzma. The skull boss, like before just left.
"Lucario… I'm sorry." Zach called out. The group saw the ending of his match as both Ash and Hau gave determined looks.
"I'm going to crush that punk!" Ash hissed.
"Same." Hau agreed.
Molayne managed to win his battle with relative ease as well.
Olivia once again returned to the mic to announce the semi-final draw.
"Ahem. The semi-final win commences in 10 minutes. Ash VS Guzma and Hau Vs Molayne." She announced.
Ash healed up Stufful and arrived at the field where Guzma was waiting.
"Oh, how I've been waiting for this…" Guzma said with a dirty grin.
"I can say the same thing after what you did to Kiawe and Zach!" Ash hissed.
"Come on kid! It was just battle. Doing what I gotta do to win. Kukui may be out and I'm not versing four eyes. But to put out the flame of one of his students might be even better than what I was bargaining for!" Guzma announced.
Ash looked at him with an angry look as he reached for his Pokeball as did Guzma.
"Trainers! Bring out your first Pokemon!"
"Salandit!"
"Masquerain."
"Begin!"
"Poison gas!" Ash commanded as Salandit spewed out the poison gas.
"Blow it back with gust!" Guzma commanded as well.
Masquerain created the powerful winds and blew back the gases on to Salandit, poisoning her instead.
"Wh-what!?" everyone but Ash, Kukui and Guzma cried.
"Salandit's ability corrosion always her to poison both steel and poison types meaning Guzma just used it against her…" Kukui explained.
"I'm going to crush you!" Guzma hissed as Ash grunted.
"Gah! Flame burst!" Ash called out.
"Gust."
Like before, Masquerain just blew back the attack as the fire attack landed in front of Salandit, who had suffering from the poison.
"Think Ash! Think!" Ash shouted at himself inside his head.
Meanwhile, Hau was up against Molayne and his Togedemaru. He had Jangmo-o out.
"Togedemaru! Spark!" Molayne shouted as Togedemaru let loose the electric energy.
"Protect!"
Jangmo-o protected as the electric attack exploded over the shield.
"You can't protect every round! Roll out!" Molayne shouted as Togedemaru rolled into a ball and charged at the shiny dragon.
"Headbutt her away!"
Jangmo-o charged at the roly poly Pokemon and the two collided. Togedemaru went flying in the air and Jangmo-o stayed stationed but was effected by the electric steel types ability, iron barbs.
Togedemaru landed with a hard thump but got up instantly, only dazed by the landing.
Hau gave a funny look.
"Time to bring out the big one. We learnt this just for this battle! Brick break!"
Jangmo-o rushed at Togedemaru who was still dazed from impact as he slammed his tail into her.
Molayne was impressed at Hau's preparation for this battle as Togedemaru was now panting.
"Spark again!"
"Protect!"
Again, Jangmo-o used protect as the electric attack exploded. But this time, Hau had a plan.
"Now! Brick break!"
Jumping out of the explosion cloud, the dragon slammed his tail on Togedemaru, knocking her out. Molayne grunted as the Pokemon landed in front of him.
"You battled well Togedemaru. Good job Hau." Molayne congratulated the Melemele native. "But you'll have to do better for this! Metang!"
The middle evolution of the Hoenn pseudo legendary appeared and gave off a metallic robotic cry.
"A Metang huh? Jangmo-o come back, I have an idea. Pichu go!"
"Quiver dance then air cutter!" Guzma commanded.
Masquerain danced around as it gained the boost then used air cutter.
"Ash hasn't even been able to land a solid attack yet…" Lillie said with concern.
"I faced the same issue. He has to take out Masquerain before he uses the same combo as he did on me." Zach told the group.
"What? Quiver dance then baton pass?" Mallow asked the unovan born who nodded.
"With Golisopod having that boost, then first impression. Not much is making it out of there. Plus, with Salandit having her own ability work against her…" Zach muttered, unsure how Ash was getting out of this one.
"Use smog to create some coverage!" Ash told his Pokemon. Salandit covered the field with the toxic fog as she ran into it. Masquerain was flying above.
"What are you playing at?" Guzma questioned.
Ash smirked.
"Flame burst."
Guzma's eyes widened as he knew that the fog with highly flammable.
The toxic fog was sight alight as the flames managed to singe and burn Masquerain. With the smoke rising also affected him as well.
"You may have used Salandits ability against her, but you can't turn fire against a Pokemon that bathed in lava!" Ash said confidently. Guzma grunted.
"You sure do know how to piss someone off!"
"Aww. Getting pissy cause it's not going your way?" Ash taunted. "Flame burst!"
Masquerain couldn't tell where Salandit was in the fire field as bits of fire were shot upwards at the bug, hitting several times.
"That's it! Baton pass!" Guzma roared as Masquerain disappeared and Golisopod appeared. "Use Surf and get rid of this damn fire and that stupid lizard!"
Golisopod made the ball of water and put the fire, hitting Salandit as well. Once it stopped, the fire lizard was unconscious in front of Ash's feet.
"You did great Salandit. Stufful! Go!" he called.
The fighting normal type appeared and felt a sense of nerves looking at the giant bug.
"Sweet kiss Pichu!" Hau called out. Pichu used the fairy move and managed to confuse Metang. "Nasty plot!"
"Metal claw Metang!" Molayne cried, but failed as Metang hurt itself in confusion.
Hau smirked.
"Come on! Pichu, nasty plot again!" Hau said.
"Pi!" Pichu cried as he set up with the dark type attack again.
"Snap out of it Metang!" Molayne shouted.
"Metng!" Metang cried metallically. "Metal claw!"
"Thunder shock!" Hau yelled.
Pichu with the boost of two nasty plots released a powerful bolt of electricity, shocking Metang who tried to force its way through the attack with its metal claw but failed as he fell to the ground, still fighting but under serious damage.
Hau took a long breath of air.
"Ok Pichu! Finish this with- "
"I forfeit" Molayne announced.
"Wait what?" Hau blurted confused.
"Firstly, your passion for battles, I want to see you against Guzma. Plus, I do not wish to see Metang sustain anymore damage." Molayne told Hau.
"Well, it was a good battle!" Hau said as the duo shook hands.
There was another reason floating through Molayne's head, but it would be best not to tell Hau just yet.
"Razor shell!"
"Brick break!"
The two moves collided as the Alolan based Pokemon bounced back in front to their trainers.
"Stuff round two for this!" Ash told the bear who nodded as Ash hit the Z-ring. Guzma showed an insane grin.
"All out Pummelling!"
"PROTECT!" Guzma shouted.
Golisopod protected as the fighting type Z-move only did minor damage through the shield as Ash grunted more.
"HAHAHA! Oh, this is getting good now! I think it's time we show you a true Z-move!" Guzma announced as Ash's eyes widened.
Guzma revealed a murky green Z-crystal as grasped on to it. He did the usual beginning of the dance before lifting his arms up above his head with his hands cupped downwards then making a sharp swipe to the right. The aura filled Golisopod as Stufful gave a nervous look.
"Savage Spin-Out!" Guzma roared.
Golisopod spewed out strings of silk around Stufful, creating a ball as the bear was trapped inside. Golisopod lifted it up in the air and then slammed it in to the ground, breaking the surface of the field. He began to spin around as the ball of silk dug into the stone field. Golisopod finally threw the ball into the air in the direction of Ash as he cut it apart. Stufful went flying into Ash, as you could hear a something in Ash's arm crack.
"Stufful is unable to battle! The winner is Guzma who will move into the final!"
"ASH!" Lillie cried as she led the group running towards the hurt trainer. Kukui stayed where he was.
"He had been holding back this whole time…" he muttered to himself.
"Ful…" Stufful moaned, sad he lost so fast.
"He-hey. Don't be sad GAH!" Ash told his Pokemon, wincing in pain.
"ASH!" Lillie shouted as she dropped her bag on the ground (With Nebby in it) and rushed down to his side. "Are you ok!?" she questioned.
"I'm fi-fine…. AH!" he confessed before clutching his shoulder in pain.
"We need to get you to a doctor or some medical expert!" Lillie told him as she grabbed her bag while returning Stufful.
"Mallow."
The green haired girl looked at the blonde.
"Take him to some one that can fix him up. I'm going to go heal Stufful and Salandit. Hopefully we get back in time for the final between Molayne and Guzma."
"Actually, the final will be between Hau and Guzma. Molayne forfeited" Olivia told them.
"WHAT!?"
"Hau is in the final?" Lana said with a small and faint blush.
"Why did Molayne forfeit?" Zach asked as Olivia shrugged her shoulders. He blushed slightly in the fact she acknowledged him.
"Go-good." Ash moaned.
"Huh? What is good?" Lillie asked with concern.
"Hau… Can be the on-one to kick Guz-Guzma's arse!" Ash told them.
"But he managed to beat Kiawe, a trial captain. Zach with a type advantage plus a strong Pokemon in Lucario. And, you!" Mallow told the boy.
"Believe in him then!" Ash told everyone.
10 minutes later, the crowd was around the field with a nervous Hau and a chilled Guzma staring at each other. Ash was now in a sling as they had front row seats to the battle.
"Surprised a snowflake like you made it this far!" Guzma taunted.
Hau gulped.
"There is more to me than meets the eye! I may be happy and all, but I'm strong!" Hau shouted as he grabbed his Pokemon.
"Tsk. I see an image of myself in you kid. Dumb. Gullible. A happy going, being the good guy kind of guy! Makes me want to throw up thinking it about it!" Guzma announced, hissing at the end.
"This final will be between the Guzma and Hau! Trainers pick your first Pokemon!
"Wanna see what destruction looks like? Here it is in human form! It's your boi!" Guzma shouted as he released Masquerain. Hau let loose Jangmo-o.
"Begin!"
"Air cutter!"
"Protect!"
The Pokemon did the moves as nothing occurred with the first round of moves.
"Quiver dance!" Guzma shouted.
"Dragon tail!" Hau shouted in return.
Masquerain danced around to gain the boost, but was on the receiving end of a hard dragon tail.
"Hau got the first hit." Lillie said out loud as everyone heavily focussed on the match.
"Bug buzz now Masquerain!"
Little spores glowing green appeared in front of Masquerain as he fired it at Jangmo-o.
"Protect!"
Jangmo-o protected as the bug buzz attack faded away.
"Tsk! Can't believe you fell for that!" Guzma smirked. Hau gave a confused look. "Quick attack."
At a fast speed, Masquerain slammed into Jangmo-o as he fell on his back. He got up instantly as the bug flew back in front of Guzma.
"Air cutter!"
"Dragon tail!"
Masquerain fired the purified air but Jangmo-o's tail slammed right through it.
"Again!"
"Bide Jangmo-o!" Hau shouted.
Jangmo-o glowed white as he stored the energy but received a knock from a powerful air cutter.
"Just gunna stand their!? Bug buzz!" Guzma commanded.
"Hold your ground Jangmo-o!" Hau cried as the dragon continued to store the energy as he received the hit from the bug move.
"FINISH THIS ALREADY!" Guzma screamed.
Masquerain repeadtly gave off air cutters, firing them one by one at Jangmo-o.
"Now Jangmo-o! Release the power!" Hau shouted.
"JANG!" Jangmo-o roared as a white beam of energy slammed straight into Masquerain as he was hit by the onslaught of air cutter attacks.
Once the bide was over, Masquerain was on the ground out cold, but Jangmo-o also fell to the air cutter onslaught.
"Both Pokemon are unable to battle. Trainers bring out your final Pokemon!" the ref announced.
The crowd roared excitedly at the thrilling finale.
Gladion was watching at a far, surprised that Hau managed to even land a hit. Maybe he wasn't as much of a push over as he thought he was.
"Nice going Masquerain. I'll let you kick some more ass another time." Guzma said to the Pokemon. He may be a complete jerk and a vile human being, but he did seem to care for his Pokemon.
"Awesome job Jangmo-o, you got us through that first one. Pichu, up to you now!" Hau shouted as the tiny mouse Pokemon appeared.
Guzma sent out Golisopod, who smirked at his opponent.
Pichu back off a little.
"Come one Pichu! Have some faith in yourself!" Hau told his Pokemon, who nodded back.
"Tsk. Give up, you'll save yourself the embarrassment." Guzma called out.
"Ever heard of David vs goliath?" Hau responded.
"Your call. Razor shell!" Guzma shouted.
"Hold back with thunder shock Pichu!"
Pichu shocked Golisopod, doing some damage but very little to hurt Golisopod.
"This should be over with soon enough…" Zach moaned.
"NO! I believe in Hau pull through!" Ash hissed. He was hoping on one thing that would happen, even if it made him feel sick.
"Come on! Hau!" Lillie shouted from the side lines.
"Go Hau!" Lana cried as well.
"Cute. Got yourself a fan club? A shame they showed up for nothing!" Guzma roared. "Golisopod, razor shell again!"
"Tail whip to lower his defence!"
Pichu used the non-attacking move, but was shortly hit back by the water attack.
Pichu got up but was covered in scratches and bruises.
"Pichu… If you don't want to continue… I don't want to see you get too hurt!" Hau called out to his Pokemon. The crowd gasped at that sentence as Guzma smirked.
"Is… Is he going to forfeit?" Mallow questioned.
Ash kept the same look, hoping he had figured out what Hau was going to do.
"Pi?"
"We have been through tough times! Though the trials, versing team skull, eating Malasada's together. Remember back to that school battle, we it was our first ever real serious battle! We can do it again!" Hau called out.
Pichu nodded and looked back at a bored looking Golisopod.
"Touching. I'll let you have one free move just for that speech." Guzma laughed.
"Thunder shock!" Hau told his Pokemon.
However, Pichu ignored his trainer and began to shock itself with all its energy it had left.
"What is he doing?" Kiawe questioned as did everyone. Ash was the first to notice and began to grin despite not going to like the outcome.
A ball of electricity began to form out of Pichu's tiny tail as that is where all the electricity went as Pichu began to form it into a ball.
"What is he trying to do?" Mallow asked the professor.
"It appears to be electro ball but… Pichu can't learn electro ball… UNLESS!" Kukui shouted as Pichu began to glow white. Everyone gasped as Pichu changed shapes. Guzma began to growl as the ball of electricity began to perfect itself.
"Pichu! Pichu! Pic! Pi! PIKA!" Pichu scream as he released the electro ball as a rapid pace at Golisopod, getting a clean hit. Pichu stopped glowing and was now a Pikachu.
"Pichu! You evolved!" Hau said happily as the crowd roared in excitement.
"PIKA!" Pikachu roared, sending sparks off his checks as Golisopod recovered from the hit.
"Game on." Ash muttered.
"Stupid evolution isn't going to help you!" Guzma roared.
Hau pulled out a normal Pokedex and scanned Pikachu to see he had learned a whole bunch of new moves.
"Razor shell!" Guzma shouted.
"Pikachu! Use quick attack to dodge then nuzzle!" Hau told his Pokemon with a calmer tone now. Pikachu dodge out of the way with a fast pace and used nuzzle on Golisopod, with the move being super effective and getting the guaranteed paralysis.
"Golisopod slash!" Guzma cried. Golisopod tried to move, but was held back thanks to the paralysis as Guzma grinded his teeth.
"Double team then iron tail!" Hau shouted.
Pikachu raced at Golisopod, splitting into dozens of Pikachu's as they all jumped up as one.
"Cut em all apart with razor shell!" Guzma commanded.
Golisopod managed to attack this time around and slashed through many copies, but failed to hit the real Pikachu. From behind, Pikachu slammed his iron tail on the top of Golisopod's head and then to the side of his head as well.
Pikachu race back to Hau. Though the attack didn't do too much damage, Golisopod was clutching on to his head in pain.
Hau closed his eyes.
"Pikachu! This has been a long time coming but its finally time!" Hau announced as he slammed down on his Z-ring with the normal Z-crystal in it.
"PIKA!"
"Pikachu! Use Breakneck blitz!" Hau shouted.
Pikachu raced off at a blistering speed, with the floor being ripped apart behind him. Golisopod merely looked up and with his eyes widening,
"PIka! Pika! Pika! PIKA! PIKA!" Pikachu roared as he slammed straight into Golisopod, sending him flying as he landed in front of his trainer.
"Golisopod is no longer able to battle! Hau is the winner!"
"We did it!" Hau shouted in excitement as the crowd also roared.
Guzma returned Golisopod without saying a word as he then picked up a piece of stone that was ripped out of the ground thanks to breakneck blitz.
Kukui saw Guzma with the stone as his eyes widened.
"Guzma no!" Kukui shouted as Guzma slammed his head into the rock.
"GUZMAAAAA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING LOSING TO THIS LITTLE BRAT!" he roared at the top of his lungs as he slammed his head into the rock, opening up his forehead and also breaking his glasses. The crowd stopped celebrating and gasped in shock as there was blood all over the rock.
"Heh. Congratz kid. Next time won't be so lucky…" Guzma grunted with blood spilling down his face, storming off stage and leaving.
The crowd returned to celebrating as everyone congratulated Hau. Pikachu also ran into his arms, while also giving him a electric shock.
Olivia was at a microphone with Hau, Pikachu and Jangmo-o.
"Well after a thrilling final, Hau here has emerged out top!" Olivia announced as everyone clapped. "As a prize, you have won 500 dollars and a choice at a evolution stone!" Olivia told everyone, unveiling the rocks. Hau had already made his mind up.
"Thunder stone please." Hau asked as he was handed the stone.
"Thanks to everyone that participated and watched and have a safe trip home!" Olivia concluded as Hau walked off to meet up with everyone else. He had Pikachu on his shoulder.
"Good job again Hau. You managed to put Guzma in his place." Kiawe and Zach told the boy who rubbed his head.
"For now. He will be back. And I fear today, he wasn't taking it serious…" Kukui told everyone. "But that shouldn't get in the way that you did take down his strongest Pokemon in Golisopod."
"Yes… Good job Hau." Lana said nervously. Lillie noticed this and smirked.
"Well after a long talk, I have come to this conclusion. I know what happened in the past with you and Pikachu Ash, so this is way to clear it up!" Hau announced as Pikachu went on the ground with Hau handing him the thunder stone they won.
Everyone gasped as Pikachu began to evolve yet again.
He evolved into Raichu but not the Raichu Ash was familiar with. This Raichu was a darker brown with a cream belly. It was a lot more rounder and instead of having sharp ears, it had puff yellow ears. Its eyes were a straight blue. Both its stubby arms and feet went the same creamy white as the belly. Lastly, Raichu was now floating on its tail, still in the shape of a electric bolt but was duller and flatter, almost like a surfboard.
"Alolan Raichu, the mouse Pokemon. It uses psychokinetic energy to control its electricity and also uses the same psychic energy to stay afloat on its tail as a way of fast and swift movement. This is the Alolan form of the Kanto Raichu!"
"Rai!" Raichu cried happily as he flew around on his tail.
"Alolan Raichu huh. Hau you didn't have to evolve him just because of what happened with my Pikachu." Ash told the Melemele native.
"Thing is. I didn't want you to look at Pikachu and bring back the memories so I thought about and we both decided on the instant evolution! And with Pichu now being a Raichu we have a solid defence when it comes to Mallows trial." Hau announced.
Ash smiled.
"Thanks."
"Well, I guess there is nothing left here for now but go and do Mallows trail." Ash said out loud.
"I'll leave tonight and have it ready as soon as you guys get there." Mallow told them all.
"Hey. Um, it's cool if I tag along? I mean I'm up to Mallows trail as well." Zach asked.
"I have no issue with it." Ash said.
"Neither." Lillie agreed.
"Welcome aboard! Whoo! We can finally LEAVE!" Hau celebrated.
"RAI!" Raichu did as well, giving Hau an electric shock. He fell to the ground in pain as the zap was a lot stronger than what it was as a Pichu.
Everyone laughed as they all departed.
Authors note: AN UPDATE WOAH! Sorry for the lack of updates. Been really sick (Like bedridden sick) lately and school is a bitch.
So seem their has been a lack of updates, I decided to make this extra long (over 9000 words) and include our boi.
The trial will be next up as we concluded on Akala Island.
I'm sure plenty of you have notice I've been giving Hau a lot of attention (Jangmo-o, Now Alolan Raichu) lately! Trust me, getting down now. Ash will have its moments but too soon.
I cant believe I'm saying this (WHICH I SHOULD HAVE MENTION CHAPTER FUCKING ONE), Ash has his XY face. Guessing most of you assumed that but it took me 23 fucking chapters to finally remember to say something.
And yes, we are getting into game rumor season being May. At the time of uploading this Chapter, the following has happened in the past roughly around this time/week.
11 years ago: First Diamond and pearl info (Starters).
9 years ago: Platinum announced.
8 years ago: HeartGold SoulSilver announced on the day of this upload.
7 years ago: First Black and White info (Starters and legends).
4 years ago: First real info about XY (Kalos map, Boxart, new Pokemon. XY was a little different)
3 years ago: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire announced on the day of this upload (Or what I like to call, the day the internet broke)
THIS TIME LAST YEAR: First real info on Sun and Moon with the first gameplay and with Rowlet, Litten and Popplio being revealed.
The only main series game to not follow this trend in the last 11 years is Black 2 White 2.
We could get something this week.
So yeah. As always review, suggest or PM me. Spectre out.