Last chapter I made a bit of a mistake. I said on the removed character's list I'll show the character's would be shown the chapter after they've been removed. I meant they'll be shown the chapter WHEN they've been removed. So, I think that Pokemon Lunar Moon has gone on permanent hiatus. I think doing 1 main project with some side projects is the best way to go. It's a little hard to focus on 2 at a time (especially because I've lost interest in Pokemon Lunar Moon. Even though I've been writing with Platinum since i was 6, and was excited to finally be able to share that character). Like I said last chapter, I'm going to try and make the chapters longer. So far the longest chapter for anything I ever wrote was chapter 4, at 2,336 words. My goal is to at least get this one to be the longest since i just started that 'longer chapter' thing. But anyways, on to the story.
"I have a meeting I have to go to." Lillie walked away. "Well, I guess I'm off by my self then!" Mercury thought. He kept thinking about something Lillie said on Melemele. She wanted him to help her find Nebby's real home, where ever that is. Mercury went up to route 4. He got stopped along the way by 2 random people. "Stop right there!" one of them said. "Ah ha ha! We didn't mean to surprise you. You must be doing your island challenge." the other one continued "I'm Dexio." The other one who was a girl walked over. "And I'm Sina!" she said "A beautiful name for a beautiful lady!" "She must be full of herself." Mercury thought. "We're here seeing the sights of Alola." Dexio said "Its unique tradition of the island challenge... It's pretty fascinating, I've got to say." Sina came up with an idea. "Oh, I've got an idea!" ...yeah, I... I just said that Sina... "You and Dexio should battle!" Mercury agreed to the plan. "Then let's let our partners go wild!" Dexio said.
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Dexio sent out Slowpoke.
Mercury sent out Brawler.
Slowpoke used confusion.
Brawler fainted!
Slowpoke wasn't very powerful. The only reason Brawler fainted was because it was already weak.
Mercury sent out Thunder.
Thunder used Thunder Shock.
Slowpoke used Water Gun.
Thunder used Thunder Shock.
Slowpoke fainted!
Thunder was a little rusty (no pun intended) from not being used in a while, well, used without immediately fainting (actually, yes, pun intended. Pun very much intended). Slowpoke let out a quiet "slo-o-o-o-o" from being hit. Slowpoke were known for being quiet. Thunder charged more electricity and struck again, defeating Slowpoke.
Dexio sent out Espeon.
Mercury switched to Raider.
"Alright, let's do this buddy!" Mercury said. He knew if Raider was able to finish off Hala, Raider could handle an Espeon.
Espeon used Confusion.
Raider used Razor Leaf.
Espeon cried a "Eon-n-n-n..." To give an example of what it sounds like, kinda like... Milotic in the anime. I haven't heard Espeon in the anime, so i went with one i HAVE seen. But anyways, Raider couldn't win the battle himself, so Mercury had to switch after another hit. But he managed to keep Raider alive by using potions. I'll skip the rest because it's kinda boring...
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"Well, you're Rowlet is pretty powerful!" Sina complemented Raider. "It's name is Raider." Mercury said. Raider suddenly started glowing, followed by an explosion of light. "What's happening?" Mercury asked. "I think it's evolving!" Dexio suggested. What came out was a larger owl, about a foot taller. It had darker feathers, spots on it's wings and hair covering it's eyes. Rotom Dex came out of Mercury's bag and started randomly talking. "Dartrix, the Blade Quill Pokemon." Rotom said. "Oh, so NOW you decide to tell me about new Pokemon!" Mercury said. Rotom continued. "A bit of a dandy, it spends its free time preening its wings. Its preoccupation with any dirt on it's plumage can LEAF it unable to battle." Everyone tried to ignore that horrible pun.
"So this must be the new Rotom Dex i heard about." Dexio said "It's fasinating... it has a Rotom controlling it... hmm..." Sina looked over at Mercury. "Hey, Mercury." she said "I have something for you. It's very important" She handed him a strange object. "It's a Zygarde cube." Sina explained "We need you to go around Alola looking for Zygarde cells. Well explain later, but for now, just look around for these." She showed him a picture of a Zygarde cell. Mercury went off to route 4. It wasn't very bad, maybe a few Pokemon stopping him in the way. He got Paniola Town, and noticed Hau sitting around with his Pokemon.
"Hey there Mercury!" Hau said "How's Rowlet doing?" Mercury looked at him "Ya know, I'm having some strange deja vu moment, but his name is Raider." Mercury said "And also, it evolved into Dartrix." Hau was surprised. "Hey, Popplio evolved, too! Now it's a Brionne!" Rotom Dex came out of Mercury's bag. "Brionne, the Pop Star Pokemon." Rotom said "A skillful dancer, it creates a sequence of water balloons as it dances, and briskly bombards its enemies." Hau smiled. "So, we gonna battle or what?" Hau asked "My gramp's actually gave me a Z-Ring after my grand trial! So lets see who's better!"
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Hau sent out Pikachu.
Mercury sent out Brawler.
Pikachu used Electro Ball.
Brawler used Force Palm.
Pikachu charged up electricity and released it all on Brawler in a compact ball. Brawler countered Pikachu by punching it, launching it towards Hau. Brawler was weak and couldn't take another hit, but Pikachu was still perfectly fine. Pikachu got angry and charged strait at Brawler.
Pikachu used Quick Attack.
Mercury sent out Poltergeist.
Pikachu used Electro Ball.
Poltergeist used Night Shade.
Pikachu charged electricity. Poltergeist used night shade, dealing damage equal to it's level.
Okay, can i just skip this battle. It REALLY isn't interesting, so please let me do this.
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A/N: I Recently learned how to use emojis on Windows 10 😁😜😢😃😂😆😊😘 and then i start using them unnecessarily.
"Woo, that was a great battle!" Hau said "You know, Pokemon battles are like, sometimes you win, sometimes you don't. But your only really a loser if you don't have fun while your at it, right? Anyway, I'm heading off to Paniola Ranch!" Hau ran off. "Hey Mercury." Lillie said, walking up to him "Hau just ran off didn't he?" Mercury smiled. "Yeah, he's pretty energetic!" Mercury answered "At least he left before you got here. We don't have to worry about him shipping us..." Mercury thought a bit. "...Until we get to Paniola Ranch..."
Mercury went to the Pokemon Center to heal up and get some Super Potions. Mercury and Lillie walked to Paniola Ranch. They noticed Mallow was at the ranch at that time. "Thanks for stopping by!" Mallow said "The Moomoo Milk from Paniola Ranch is the best. It's so rich and creamy wh-" she got cut off. "Please stop talking about milk." Mercury said. Mallow stopped a bit. "Oh, by the way!" Mallow said "Since I was lucky enough to run into you here, I'll do you a little favor." She put a Stoutland in Mercury's Ride Pager. Mallow explained what Stoutland did (It just replaces the Item Finder) and said the same thing about Lana being up on Brooklet Hill. She left after that.
"So, I guess we're off to Brooklet Hill, huh?" Lillie asked. Hau ran up to the 2. "...wait... HAU DON'T YOU DA-" Mercury's thoughts got cut off by "Hey, hows it going Lercury?" Mercury and Lillie walked away. "Alright, off to Brooklet Hill then." Mercury said. The 2 walked over to the next route, where Brooklet Hill was. "Hey, Mercury." Lillie pointed out a horse-like Pokemon "Isn't that a Mudbray?" Mercury pulled out a Great Ball. "Yes it is..." He threw the Great Ball. It shook once, twice, and finally the third shake, and it stayed in. "Yes!" Mercury shouted... and also Hurricane learned Aerial Ace!
"Hmm..." Mercury looked at Mudbray "I'll name you Quake!" He sent Quake to a PC box since he was facing a water-type trial next.
The 2 continued to Brooklet Hill. Lillie went back to Paniola Town to rest since it was getting dark. Mercury saw some of those Team Skull idiots squatting in some place. "Doing squats really uses all your muscles!" one of them said "My legs are shaking so hard, I can't move!" The other one responded. "I'm not doing Alolan sumo! I'm not!" he said "I'm definitely not trying to be like kahuna Hala!" They wouldn't let Mercury continue, so he just went back. He went to a different path. There was Hau and some edgy kid. The stupid emo was wearing a black sweater with a cosmetic cut on it that looked like a huge scare. He had some bag around his waist, green eyes and blonde hair going over his eyes (and also deifying the laws of physics with a part going strait up). Kinda similar to Lillie (foreshadowing).
"Ha ha ha! Man, I lost again!" Hau said. The kid you know has said "LEAVE ME ALONE MOM" a dozen times responded to Hau's statement. "Are you even taking this seriously?" Mr. Edge said (got a new running gag making fun of *can't say his name because I haven't revealed his name yet* being edgy). "I am! So seriously! I'm seriously enjoying it!" Hau said. Edgy Mc Edge continued being edgy. "...Enjoying it?" ttub ygde said "You can enjoy Pokemon battling when you put everything you have into it... which clearly you haven't." Mercury walked over to them. "How much edge does one person have?" Mercury said. Edge butt tried to think of a come back. "Whoa! Hey, Mercury!" Hau said "This guy is plenny scary!" Mr. I think I'm cool cause I'm edgy was stuck for a comeback.
"At least I have personality, your more boring than a rock." Edgy Mc Edge Butt said. A random, seemingly invisible group of people laughed. "What the Muk was that?" Mercury asked. "So, your Mercury?" G*****n said (I'm proud of that censoring his name thing). Mercury was kinda scared of Mr. Edge. "Uh... who?" Mercury asked. "Hmm. So you have enough sense to be wary. Not bad..." Edgy Edge Emoface (first, middle, and last name) said "I'm Gladion. I battle for my partner, Null, to make it strong. Though most of our time gets used up doing small jobs for Team Skull. Battle me. I won't take no for an answer."
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Gladion sent out Zubat.
Mercury sent out Raider.
Zubat used Wing Attack.
Raider used Peck.
(x3)
Zubat swooped down at Raider and used a powerful attack. They slashed Raider with there wings. Raider charged at Zubat a jabbed it with his beak. Now just imagine that 3 more times.
Zubat fainted.
Gladion sent out Type:Null.
Mercury switched to Hurricane, cause Wynaut?
Null used Tackle.
Hurricane used Aerial Ace.
(x2)
Type:Null charged at Hurricane. Hurricane flew and charged at Null, but Null attacked back, and Hurricane fainted.
Mercury sent in Vortex.
Null used Tackle.
Vortex used Water Pulse.
Null used Tackle.
Vortex fainted!
Mercury sent in Thunder.
Null used Pursuit.
Thunder used Thunder Shock.
Null's attack didn't do much, but that may be because Thunder's made of steel. Thunder charged electricity, and released it all on Type:Null.
That last thing 3 more times.
Thunder fainted.
Blah blah, he sent in Poltergeist, used it to heal Raider, then defeated Null with Raider.
{
Raider grew to level 20!
HP + 3
Speed + 1
Everything else + 2
}
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"Hmph... It's not like me to slip up like that." Gladion said "I've got to keep fighting stronger opponents. Looks like I'm still not ready..." Mercury was confused. "What?" he asked. "That kid there. His Pokemon aren't weak." Mr. Edge said "And sure, it's fine to enjoy battling... But this brat... he's just using that as an excuse not to try hard because he can't beat the kahuna." The Team Skull bone heads from before came. "I guess it's no surprise a homeless kid would turn out spineless, too, huh?" one said "No worries! We've got enough backbone to cover for you!" One of the Team Skull grunts walked over to Mercury. "Just give it up already." Gladion said "You know you can't beat me. You'll just get your Pokemon hurt for no reason. They're good Pokemon."
"Listen up good, Gladion..." one of the grunts said "The boss likes you. That's true. But you're just some hired help we keep around for when we need you. You aren't part of Team Skull. And you'll never really be. Got it?" Gladion and that grunt left. "Thanks, Mercury. And Dartrix, too." Hau said "It was a good battle!" Mercury looked at him. "It's Raider." Mercury said. "Looks like i gotta train up my team if I'm gonna take on that trial at Brooklet Hill next!" Hau said. Hau gave Mercury some Revives and ran off. They continued to Brooklet Hill. "Hey Mercury, you go first!" Hau said.
Mercury continued through Brooklet Hill and saw a blue-haired girl. "Hello." the girl said "I'm Lana. I serve as captain of Brooklet Hill." Mercury smiled "So YOUR the Lana Mallow kept talking about!" He said. Lana continued talking. "You look like an able-bodied trainer." she said "Could I ask for your help with something?" Mercury thought a bit. "Uh... Sure?" Mercury answered. Lana continued "Then follow me. This way." she said. She walked away. Mercury followed her over to a pond. "Look, over there." Lana pointed over to some splashing "Look at that vigorous splashing! I wouldn't be surprised to find some fearsome Pokemon is the one causing it all. So, brave trial-goer, I would like to ask you to investigate that splashing over there and find out what exactly is causing it."
Mercury ran to dive, but Lana stopped him. "I won't ask you to swim out there. I have a lovely gift for you instead." She put Lapras in Mercury's ride pager. "If you climb atop Lapras there, you will be able to go over bodies of water." Lana explained. Mercury swam to the splashing and different fish Pokemon swam away. He went towards the remaining splashing to encounter a Wishiwashi. Rotom Dex came out of Mercury's bag. "Wishiwashi, the Small Fry Pokemon." Rotom said "When it's in trouble, its eyes moisten and begin to shine. The shining light attracts its comrades, and they stand together against their enemies. (A/N: Wishiwashi's Moon entry says it's 'notably tasty.')" Mercury battled, and defeated Wishiwashi. "So it was Wishiwashi kicking up all that water?" Lana said "Even a little Wishiwashi can make such big waves." They heard more splashing nearby. "What is that?" Mercury asked "I can heard wild splashing from over there..." Lana thought a bit. "It must be another Wishiwashi..." Lana said "I suppose we better go check it out."
Mercury ran ahead where Lana was. "Look! There it is..." Lana pointed to more splashing "Ah... I'm sorry. What was your name?" "Mercury." Mercury answered. "Of course! Mercury! It is a lovely name. Just lovely." Lana said "Now look over there. Do you see that? Whatever is kicking up such lovely splashes must be rather big." Mercury hopped on Lapras and went towards the Wishiwashi. Rotom came out of Mercury's bag. "Wishiwashi, the Small Fr-" Rotom got cut off. "You already said this." Mercury said. Mercury used Thunder and defeated Wishiwashi. It started raining. "Oh my." Lana said "So it was another Wishiwashi that was kicking up all that water? Hmm. How unfortunate." They heard harder splashing. "Oh my word!" Lana said "Now what is that? Even more furious splashing? It sounds as big as a Wailord." Mercury followed Lana even further to where the giant splashing was coming from.
Mercury went through the Totem's Den without even realizing. "Mercury. You've come all this way with me." Lana said "That's right. Didn't you notice? You passed through the captain's gate by my side. Witch means you will undergo my trial! To clear my trial, you must defeat the great Totem Pokemon known as the lord of the ocean!" Lana pointed to splashing water where the Totem Pokemon is. Mercury swam to the splashing. Once there, a giant fish leaped out of the water.
CLIFFHANGER! DUN. DUN. DUUUUUUUHHHH! I thought "what is the mid point of Pokemon Sun and Moon?" Many could say "Well, DUH! It's the Aether Paradise after Akala." COUNTER ARGUMENT! Just looking at trials alone (let's say BAP is 'Before Aether Paradise' and AAP is 'After Aether Paradise'), BAP has one more trials than AAP (of course USUM adds another trial to AAP). BUT, AAP is definitly longer than BAP because of story, AND Akala may have 3 trials, but they're very close together. I thought more than i should've and researched more than I should've, and came to the conclusion that the definitive mid-point (according to my research) is around after Po Town. That was a bit longer than it should've been, but I'm proud of it OKAY! According to a percentage calculator I did 110% of my goal, and from this one part, it's gone up to 3'000 words (111%). I have a community now... you can PM me if you wanna be staff... I know no one will...