Ash and Dawn are now ready to go and continue onwards. After calling professor Kukui, they agreed to meet up with him at the gardens. Kukui told him that he found out from Hau about the Ultra Wormhole, and the ultra beast. But the most important information came with his next destination. It was on Mount Hokulani, and he said that he'll meet them at the bus stop at route 10 to get there. So they went to Route 10. They ran into Lillie by the library. She said that she wants to learn more about the ancient ruins here, so she said she'd be here awhile. So Ash and Dawn headed up the bus stop together.

Once Ash and Dawn made it to the bus stop, they ran into the skull grunts. They turned around once they got there.
"What? You never seen someone take a bus before?" one of them asked.
"You ain't taken our bus stop here. Go find your own!" the other shouted.
"…Man, what's with these guys?" Dawn asked.
"Who knows," Ash replied.
The team skull grunts sent out their pokemon as did Ash and Dawn. And ash and Dawn easily took care of them.
"Whatever yo. It back to living large at the mansion," one of them shouted.
Then they both left.
"Woah. How do goons like them have a mansion?" Ash asked.
"Probably harassed the original owner out of their home," Dawn replied.
Ash glared in their direction. "Should we go after them?"
"Well… Professor Kukui is planning on taking us on the bus. We can always deal with them later."
"Right…"
Then Kukui showed up.
"You two ready to go?" he asked.
"You bet!" Ash shouted.
Then the bus came.
"Alright, let's head on."
They went on the bus and it took them to the top of Mount Hokulani. At the top there was an observatory, but Kukui led the two towards the edge that faces another mountain.
"This mountain that we are on is the second tallest in Alola. And the tallest…" Kukui faced toward the other mountain in the distance. He pointed to it. "Mount Lanakila. It's the closest you can get to the legendary pokemon of Alola, who's said to be the sun incarnate!"
"Wow, so cool!" Ash shouted.
"On that peak, is where I'll make our pokemon league, yeah!"
Dawn looked at him with a confused look. "…but, how is that going to work?"
Kukui smirked. "Well, it might not work as well as how your pokemon leagues work, but have a little faith, yeah. I'll have it up and running in no time! We'll gather everyone who's completed the island challenges and battle it out for the title of island challenge champion!"
Ash looked back at the mountain with a big smile on his face. "Alright. Can't wait, Kukui!"
"Thanks Ash! It's about time Alola gets its name out there with its own elite four and pokemon league! So, good luck with your challenge, Ash."
"Thanks. Good luck with getting the pokemon league together."
After that, they went on to the observatory.

Once they arrived at the front door, there was a guy standing in the front door.
"Hey there!" Kukui said.
"Hey Kukui," he said.
"Let me introduce you two to Molayne. He runs the observatory but is not the caption here!"
Ash and Dawn both said hello and introduced themselves.
"I was the caption once. Thanks for coming up all this way. Though Caption Sophocles is always so busy. So, let me test you to see if you are ready to face him," Molayne said.
"Fine by me!"
It was agreed to be a three on three, and Molayne started out with a skarmory. So Ash sent out Pikachu. Pikachu started off with a Volt Tackle, but Skarmory dodged with Agility. Pikachu tried to attack with Thunderbolt, but got attacked with Fury Attack. With the last attack, Pikachu slammed on the ground hard, but quickly got up hearing Buneary shout.
"Yeah! Alright Pikachu! You can do it!" Dawn shouted.
Pikachu went with a Quick Attack, but Skarmory used Sand Attack and was able to dodge the attack. Pikachu used Thunderbolt again, but completely missed, which caused him to get hit by another Fury Attack. Fortunately, Pikachu's static came into effect, and Ash smirked.
"Alright, Pikachu! Return!" Ash shouted.
Pikachu slowly hopped back to Ash's side.
Molayne laughed. "Ah. I see what you did there. However… was slowing down Skarmory a good sacrifice for getting your poor pikachu so worn?"
Ash watched with a frown as Pikachu was heavily panting beside him. "I guess we'll see." He then sent out Dartrix. Dartrix used Razor Leaf and got some hits in. Skarmory used Air Cutter and hit Dartix for super effective damage, but Dartix used Synthesis to heal. Skarmory was going to use Air Cutter again but was stopped by paralysis. Dartix used Razor Leaf again and hit for a critical hit. Skarmory got up again and was able to use Air Cutter as Dartix went to finish for Ominous Wind, and both hit each other. Dartix went down from a critical hit, but Skarmory went down from getting hit as well. Next pokemon Molayne sent out was Dugtrio.
"Hey… That's an Alolan Dugtrio, isn't it?" Ash asked.
His Rotomdex came out. "Yes. And it's a Ground and Steel type!"
"…I see." Ash then sent out Crabrawler.
Dugtrio used Bulldoze and slowed down Crabrawler. Crabrawler tried to hit it with Brick Break, but Dugtrio quickly dodged it and used Sand Attack. That caused Crabrawler to fall backwards as it attempted to rub the sand out of its eyes.
Ash looked at Crabrawler with a worried look. "Crabrawler, you got to get yourself together!"
Crabrawler was struggling to get back on its feet, when Dugtrio was coming in fast with Metal Claw. Ash finally got an idea, and told Crabrawler to use Bubble Beam straight ahead of him, and hit Dugtrio straight in the face. Crabrawler got hit by Metal Claw, but the impact got it back on its feet. Dugtrio used Bulldoze, and Crabrawler used Bubble Beam to dodge it and came back down on Dugtrio with a Dizzy Punch and knocked it out. Crabrawler smirked and flexed its muscles for Buneary, but only Riachu cheered as Buneary was worried about Pikachu. Crabrawler closed her eyes with a sweat drop. Molayne sent out his last pokemon, Metang. Crabrawler came in with Brick Break, but Metang came in with a Take Down and knocked out Crabrawler.
Ash frowned as he returned his Crabrawler. He then turned to Pikachu. "Alright, it's all you, buddy!"
Pikachu nodded with its small fist up and jumped into the battle.
Metang came in with Take Down, while Pikachu dodged it and used Thunderbolt. It hit, but didn't do a whole lot of damage. Metang busted through the Thunderbolt with a Take Down, and hit Pikachu. Pikachu was knocked on the ground.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted. "Pikachu, can you get up?"
Raichu and Buneary shouted at Pikachu with a worried look on its face.
"Pikachu… come on," Dawn pleaded.
Buneary was teary eyed, and told Pikachu that it believes he can do it and pleaded it to get up.
Molayne sighed. "Well, I guess that's…"
Pikachu twitched, and slowly got up.
"Pikachu! Are… are you sure you can go on?" Ash asked.
Pikachu slowly looked up and saw her happy face as he was able to stand. Pikachu then started sparking and nodded to Ash.
"Alright Pikachu… Then we'll have to end it here!"
Molayne shook his head. "Well, I gotta say I'm impressed with your determination." Molayne commanded Metang to use Take Down as Ash went with Catastropika.
Metang came changing in as Pikachu came in with a full powered attack. In the end, Pikachu was feeling weak and dizzy from fighting so hard and using so much of its strength, but Metang feel down and fainted.
"Pikachu! You did it!" Ash happily shouted.
Ash, Dawn, Buneary, and Riachu ran up to it. But it wasn't long after that Pikachu collapsed in Buneary's arms.
Buneary got worried, but then blushed and smiled seeing Pikachu peacefully rest upon her.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted.
Molayne scratched the back of his head. "Well, you did manage to beat me, but… just barley. I'll let you go and try fighting Sophocles yourself as you did win, but he's much more challenging than I am. So I wouldn't get your hopes up."
"I guess we got a little sloppy while we had to recover from our illnesses…" Ash commented.
Dawn smiled. "Well there's no need to worry! Since I'm the reason you got sick in the first place, I'll gladly help you and your pokemon get back into shape!"
Ash brightly smiled at her. "Thanks Dawn! I couldn't ask for a better training partner!"
"What a great idea. And whenever you're ready, just step inside and tell me. Alright?" Molayne said.
"Right! Thanks, Molayne!" Ash got up as they both said their goodbyes. After that, Ash and Dawn headed for the pokemon center to rest up a bit before training.