Chapter 7: Trio Trials Part 2

Back at it again! Let's see how Bronze plays with fire.

Bronze walked out of the Pokemon center with his Croconaw by his side. He was feeling good after his trial. Getting a new Z-Crystal that is compatible with BIGJAW meant he could use his strongest partner to his fullest potential.

Bronze had other things on his mind though. Like that Gladion kid. Who was he, why's he with Team Skull, and the most important question of all, why is he so damn edgy. Bronze was also concerned about that Frankenstein of a Pokemon. Like, what was up with that thing.

Bronze and BIGJAW kept walking forward. Bronze was lost in thought until he felt the familiar sting of multiple teeth on his leg, not enough to break skin though. Bronze yelled and dropped his stick, then proceeded to rub his leg. "Dale (Come on) BIGJAW", Bronze said in anger. It's like the third time BIGJAW bit him. The Croconaw pointed to an entrance to the town, but it was blocked by two Skull grunts, a short woman, and a huge horse with dreadlocks.

"Hey trainer", the lady said. "Come help me with these scoundrels".

Bronze and BIGJAW walked up to see the Skull grunts doing there 'intimidating' dance at a balloon Pokemon.

"Why do y'all low lives got to be harrasin' the poor Pokemon", Haph said, annoyed at their bullshit.

"It's a legitimate business, shorty. If you tryin' to stop us from makin' dough then yo got some rocks in yo skull", one of the grunts said.

"Yeah, Team Skull will mess you up, and it don't matter how many trainers you call", the other grunt sai. He soon changed his cocky appearance as he saw Bronze and BIGJAW were the trainers the woman called.

"It's The Sheriff", the grunt said with a hint of fear in his voice.

"Oh great, it's you again", Bronze said as he stabbed his staff into the ground and cracked his knuckles. BIGJAW bared his fangs and looked ready to kick some ass.

"I assume you're on familiar terms with these guys", the woman said.

"Yeah, they're the numskulls that I got to deal with frequently", Bronze said as he glared at the wanna be gangsters.

"You ain't scarin' us, cowboy. Team Skull neva' backs down from a scrap", the first grunt said. He then noticed that his partner had ran off. "Oh you fo real", the grunt said.

"Mudsdale, shall we stomp this scoundrel", the woman said. Her giant Mudsdale neigh and stomped the ground.

"We got this", Bronze said as he and BIGJAW looked ready for a battle.

"Bring it on", the grunt said as he sent out his Drowzee.

"BIGJAW, use Water Gun", Bronze said. BIGJAW unleashed a powerful torrent of water that hit the Drowzee and sent the grunt flying. Bronze and BIGJAW started to laugh, like hard. They had literally just pulled some Team Rocket shit.

"Thanks for the help", the woman said. "Are you gonna be okay getting home", she said to the Driffbloom. The balloon responded with a noise and floated off.

"No problem", Bronze said.

"Man, life in the big city is really somethings. These criminals are just roaming the streets", the woman said. "Oh, I didn't even introduce myself. I'm Hapu", the woman said. "What's your name, son".

"I'm Bronze and this guy is BIGJAW", Bronze said as he stuck his hand out to Hapu's.

"Bronze eh? That's a fine name", Hapu said. "I got to say, I like how you can just scare them off. Some one really has to teach them criminals a lesson".

"Trust me, I knew how that feels", Bronze said. He was remembering when Team Rocket had attacked Goldenrod City back in Johto. The anger he felt that day was the angriest he had every felt.

"Mudsdale and I are always wandering all about Alola to try to achieve our goals, so perhaps we'll meet again someday. I am indebted to you for your aid, after all", Hapu said.

"It really wasn't a problem. I just like to see them run off when I'm around", Bronze said. BIGJAW nodded in agreement.

Mudsdale neighed and looked at BIGJAW. "Ah yes. You may want to try your hand at a Battke Royal. Mudsdale thinks you'd be well suited, given how strong your Croconaw is", Hapu said as she got on her gigantic horse. "Hope we meet again".

"Adios", Bronze said as he waved to Hapu.

"I love myself a good Mudsdale. They're just so strong and sturdy", Rotom Dex said.

"Yeah. I think it looks kinda like Bruho", Bronze said. "He would of been happy to see this huge horse". Bronze then felt a tug and looked down at BIGJAW. "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that you did a good job", Bronze said as he petted his friend. The two then proceeded to walk into the city. Bronze saw the sign said, Royal Avenue.

Royal Avenue

The two walked into the city only get the scent of deep fried dough with a spicy aroma. Bronze and BIGJAW then saw their Malasada loving friend.

"Hola", Bronze said to his friend.

"Alola", Hau said with his happy attitude. "I just hit the motherload with these spicy malasada", Hau said as he took a huge bite out of one. "It's so… so...HOT", Hau said as his face went red and he started sweating. The boy looked as if he was gonna breathe fire. He screamed, "HOT, HOT", as he threw all his Spicy Malasada and ran around the town, all while he was sweating and red faced. Bronze and BIGJAW rolled their eyes and ran after Hau.

The boy ran and ran and ran all around. BIGJAW tried to use Water Gun on the boy but Hau running as if he had just eaten a burrito from Taco Bell.

Shit… I already used that joke. How about if he was eating at… Carl's Jr? Yeah, we'll go with that.

After that analogy i was trying to create, Hau ran int a pole. Bronze and BIGJAW rushed to his side and were making sure Hau didn't croak. Bronze gave him a slap to wake him up and Hau's eyes went wide. Hau screamed again and started sprinting once again. Bronze sighed as he and BIGJAW ran after them.

People who were walking into large dome in the middle of town laid eyes on a certi edgelord we met before. Gladion stood in front of the dome, that said Battle Royal Dome on it. "Every time something brings me down, I always come back here", Gladion said to himself as he looked at the Pokeball that housed Null. "Well Null, let's go bury our sorrow in the crowd", Gladion edged the most edgey line I've ever heard in all of Pokemon. He was about to walk in when he got knocked down by Hau. He fell to the ground but quickly picked himself up. He laid eyes on Hau, who was grasping his neck over the pain of the spice. "Fantastic", Gladion said sarcastically. Hau was on the ground, gasping for air, but whenever he would breathe in air, the spice would mix and only made the burning worse.

"Water Gun", Bronze said. BIGJAW blasted bitter water into Hau's mouth. Hau coughed from relief of the heat and the bitterness of Water Gun.

"Yuck", Hau said. "BIGJAW needs some breath spray". The croc glared at Hau as he tried to get the taste out of his mouth.

"Must you always be this idiotic", Gladion said. Bronze glared at Gladion, he wasn't appreciating the comments about his friend.

"You again", Bronze said as he faced Gladion.

"I see we meet again", Gladion said. The two glared at eachother for a good while. Hau was just watching, and he was feeling REALLY uncomfortable. He had learned that Bronze got very physical himself, so the thought of him fighting a person scared him. Bronze was thinking what Hau was predicting. He really wanted to throw down right here and now but there were too many people around and did not want to cause a commotion, even though people were already circling around them. Gladion had on a glare that could put a hole through your soul while Bronze's left hand was in a fist and his stick starting to shake in his right. Bronze had just thought to himself that he had a new rival. Gladion was a tough opponent and they both absolutely hated eachother right now. Hau while is also his rival is more of a friend to Bronze who he's a bit competitive with but Gladion is someone he absolutely despises.

"ALOLA", a man screamed, the crowd turned to see a man in a wrestling mask and had no shirt on. He looked like a mexican wrestler. "Come on kids, let's settle this in a Battle Royal", the man said. "You too young man", the mysterious man said a she pointed to Hau. "Everyone needs a good Battle Royal every now and then". The man then pushed Bronze and Gadio into the dome and Hau followed.

They made it into the fancy dome and were walked up to the receptionist's desk. "Four please", he said.

"Professor", Bronze asked. BIGJAW was confused about the whole situation but also kinda relieved that his trainer wouldn't be fighting himself.

"Who" the man asked confused. "I'm the Masked Royal", he said. "Who might you be", he asked.

"Kukui… cut it out… I know it's you", Bronze said.

"Hah, the heat must be getting you", the Masked Royal said. He then laid eyes on BIGJAW, "I must say though, this Croconaw looks very strong". "How did you acquire this pokemon, Totodile are not native to this region".

"How would you know that", Bronze said.

"Well, where do you find Totoile here then", the Masked man said

Bronze eventually gave in to this whole charade and said, "Okay, you win. I'm Bronze and this is BIGJAW".

"I bet you must be a mighty trainer", the masked man said. "Who might you be", he asked Hau.

Hau knew it was Kukui too but he wanted to play along with his act. "I'm Hau, and this is my partner, Datrix", Hau said as he let out Datrix, who was sleeping.

The Masked Royal then face Gladion and said, "Welcome back". "I know you're a regular here, Gladion". Gladion stayed silent.

"So how does this work", Bronze asked.

"Four trainers", the masked man said as he held up four fingers. "Four trainers, yeah, each pick there own Pokemon to battle in an all out battle. When a Pokemon can't battle anymore, the match ends and one trainer will come out victorious". "Now, let's get battling".

The door was opened and the four walked to it to prepare for the battle. The dome was full of people cheering and had a bunch of banner that showed that the Masked Royal was pretty popular.

The masked man walked into the ring and said, "Let's show these kids what a proper Battle Royal looks like". He unleashed a Rockruff who looked ready for battle.

Gladion sighed and pulled out a pokeball. "Null, let's vent out our frustrations", Gladion said a she unleashed Null. The pokeman landed and looked ready to really mess up the competition.

"Datrix, let's have some fun", Haus said. Datrix was just asleep on the stage but waked up when he heard his rival's name.

"Alright BIGJAW, let's blow the roof off of this place", Bronze said as BIGJAW jumped into the ring and bared his fangs. All four talents and Pokemon were ready to go all out in this battle.

"Tackle", Royal said.

"Pursuit", Gladion commanded.

"Peck", Hau said.

"Crunch", Bronze yelled.

The Pokemon all ran at eachother with their attacks at the ready. BIGJAW jumped and bit down on the axe head of Null. BIGJAW then got a peck to the face but he kept his grip. Rockruff then tackled Datrix but the owl quickly recovered and flew around the arena. Null kept trying to shake BIGJAW off but he wasn't budging. BIGJAW finally let go when he was hit by Razor Leaf. The Croc then shot water at the owl in an attempt to knock it out of the sky.

Rockruff used rock tomb and knocked the owl out of the air. BIGJAW launched itself with Water Gun and used Metal Claw to attack the owl. He slashed at the bird and smacked it to the ground. BIGJAW landed on the ground but got hit really hard by Null.

"Rockruff, use Rocktomb", Royal said. The pup summoned rocks and launched them at the Frankenstein pokemon. Null curled up in an attempt to block out some damage. Null whipped its head and sliced one of the rocks in half with it's head axe thing.

BIGJAW used Metal Claw but Datrix dodged the attack. "Use Razor Leaf", Hau said. The owl the let out a wave of sharp leaves in BIGJAW's direction.

"Dodge and use Crunch", Bronze yelled. BIGJAW ran at Datrix avoided the leaves the best he could. A few made direct impact but the croc roughed through it and propelled itself with Water Gun. The croc grabbed onto the owl and he held on for dear life as Datrix tried to shake him off.

"Use Peck to get that Croconaw off", Hau said. Datrix then turned his head completely around and started to peck at BIGJAW's hand. The croc was losing his grip so he blasted water in the owl's face. The two then spiraled out of control in the air.

Rockruff and Null were trying to knock each other down as they butted heads. Rockruff was really able to compete against Null raw strength thanks to getting off a few Howls. The two then stopped their tussle to look up, only to see a crocodile and an owl barreling toward them.

"Jump off", Bronze said. BIGJAW then let go of Datrix and used Water Gun to really smash Datrix into the ground hard. The owl was blasted down and hit Null right in the head. The owl then hit the ground and fainted. Null was a bit dazed by the getting hit with a damn owl. It shook its head and saw its trainer do his signature 'it's not a faze mom' pose.

"Bronze has successfully gotten Hau out of the match. Bronze wins", a voice from the intercom said.

Hau saw his friend fainted and was a bit sad about losing. He put a smile on his face though, cause he always tries to be positive. "Man, that was really something", Hau said.

"Yeah, that was really fun", Bronze said. "We got to fit his more often".

"Maybe even he had some fun", Hau said as he pointed to Gladion, who returned Null to it's pokeball.

"You did your best", Gladion said. "We just have to get stronger". He then sighed as he saw Hau coming over to him.

"How did you like the Royal", Hau said with a smile on his face. "I thought it was great".

"How can you be so optimistic after losing", Gladion said in a annoyed tone. "You're pokemon deserve betteR", he finished as he walked out of the arena.

"Buzzkill", Hau said.

Bronze walked up to his friend and said, "Don't let him bother you". "But if he gets to be too much, let me know and I'll be happy to take care of him".

"Ha, I can always count on you, Bronze", Hau said, feeling better. "You're right, I shouldn't let him get me down. We still got an adventure of smiles and good times to be brought down by some emo".

The two then felt a hand on their shoulders. "What did you two think of your first Battle Royal", the Masked Royal asked.

"It was fun", Hau said. He then picked up Datrix and started pettinghis head to make it wake up.

"Yeah, it's kinda cool having to fight a lot of opponents at once", Bronze said. BIGJAW hissed in agreement.

"I'm glad to hear it", Royal said. "I'm happy to have you guys over here again, and I'll be happy to take you two on in any battle".

Malasada Shop

Bronze and Hau were sitting at a booth at the Malasada shop and catching up with each other while enjoying some more mild Malasada. Their pokemon were out of their balls and eating the same food.

"I'm glad I caught my Eevee", Hau said. "He's really strong but I just don't know what I should evolve him into. There are just so many flavors to choose from", Hau said. "It's like trying to pick out a Malasada but seeing all the different fillings you can get. That doesn't stop me 'cause I'll just eat them all", Hau said as he chomped down on his Malasada.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. I didn't even know what Luna would evolve into, but even if I did have my heart set on a specific evolution, it's already set in stone", Bronze said as he looked over to his Umbreon.

"I see you already caught a new one too", Hau said as he looked at Bruho, who has just gobbled down his Malasada.

"He's as tough as he is stubborn but he learned to like me", Bronze said as he took a bite of his deep fried pastry.

"So, where are you heading to next", Hau asked.

Rotom Dex flew out of the bag and said, "Well, he's going to his trial on Wela Volcano Park".

Hau nearly choked on his Malasada and said, "Wait, you finished your first trial already".

"Yeah, but if it makes you feel better, I had no clue where it even was", Bronze said.

"I gotta go catch up", Hau said. "I'll see ya later", Hau yelled as he gobbled down his Malasada and ran off. His pokemon followed the boy to Lana's trial grounds.

"Man, that guys something else", Bronze said. BIGJAW nodded in agreement. Luna was taking a nap but then woke up and started to walk around. The sun had set and now Luna was being much more active. White Fang was still a love sick puppy dog and followed Luna everywhere she went. Bruho was still adjusting to his teammates and personally found White Fang annoying. Bruho didn't care much for Lun since she slept most of the time and really only had interest in BIGJAW. The croc was a strong, fierce pokemon who had shown time and time again that he was no croc to mess around with and Bruho respected that.

The donkey felt a hand on his head and it was the hand of his trainer. "How are you liking the other", he asked. The donkey replied by snorting in annoyance. "Well, get used to it", Bronze said as he returned the donkey, fox, and pup to their pokeballs. The cowboy then sihed and said, "I guess this one's on me too". He walked into the shop and was surprised by confetti and and the sounds of noisemakers.

"Congratulations on being our 100 customer of the day", the lady said. "For this you ten Dusk Balls to help you on your trial", she said as she pulled out ten black pokeballs that had red button and green spots.

"Thanks", Bronze said as he put the tech in his bag. "How did you knwo I was a trial goer", Bronze asked.

"You have the amulet", the lady said as she pointed to Bronze's stick that he just so happened to tie the amulet to. "And that will be 150 for the Malasada", the lady saud. Brone sighed and pulled some money out of is hat.

Wela Volcano Park

Some time has passed and our heroes have been climbing the park for about a good half hour. Bronze hadn't see any trainers, which was surprising since they normally love to battle. Bronze did see something interesting to him though. Some new salamander like pokemon were running amok. They seemed to be gathering food and shiny stones.

Bronze continued to walk with his partner. Then the two stopped, heard flapping in the distance. The two then looked up to see something black with a sparkle in the air.

"What in the world", Bronze said. BIGJAW was on guard as he saw the giant black thing in the sky. The two kept walking forward, but then they saw something that was unsettling. Melted rock that looked like magma was all around a certain part of the Mountain. No, this is not volcanic lava. This is out of place melted rock. The two saw scorch marks on the stone of the mountain and claw marks in some dead trees. Bronze kept a tight grip on his stick and BIGJAW was one edge. The two then saw a bunch of the salamanders from before running around. A few of them started to shoot out Sludge Bombs into the air.

Bronze and BIGJAW heard the flapping again and then saw the two Salandit who were trying to attack run out of the area. The two then saw the black sparkly thing again but it was heading towards the at a rapid pace. The two then jumped out of the way and landed, BIGJAW landed a bit more gracefully than Bronze. The two then got into fighting stances as they saw what they were dealing with. It was a Charizard but it looked different. It's normal orange skin was as black as charcoal and it's wings and eyes were blood red. The faux dragon's underbelly was white and the flame on it's tail was red hot and big. The Charizard even had a sparkle to him.

Bronze knew he should've been ready to give out orders but he was so distracted by the sheer badassness of a Shiny Charizard. Charizard's shiny is just so, so badass. Bronze was really tempted to just start throwing pokeballs and hoping the would work. The faux dragon roared and flapped it's wings. It's tail whipped back and it got ready to breathe fire. Bronze snapped back into reality and BIGJAW bared his fangs. The croc and dragon locked eyes and were ready to battle. "BIGJAW, use Water Gun", Brone said. The croc blasted water just in the knick of time. The dragon used Flame Burst and when the two elemental attack collided they created a bunch of steam.

"You ok, buddy", Bronze said. BIGJAW responded with a hiss. BIGJAW then heard a growl as the Charizard used its wings to blow away the steam. Bronze's hat nearly flew off from the powerful gusts of wind coming from the Charizard's wings. The dragon charged at the croc and it's first started to crackle with electricity. Bronze said, "Dodged it". BIGJAW tried to dodge the moved but the Charizard was way too fast. It then punched the croc and shocked it with electricity. The force of the punch knocked BIGJAW int a boulder, leaving a Croconaw shape in the stone. It then fell face down on the ground. The croc struggled to get up. It had electricity crackle around it from the Thunder Punch out he was still able to battle.

"Shoot, this pokemon is way too much for BIGJAW to handle on his own", Bronze said to himself. "Luna, White Fang, Bruho, give BIGJAW a hand", Bronze yelled as he summoned the rest of his team. "White Fang use Rock Tomb on the Charizard, Bruho use stomp on it, and Luna got help out BIGJAW", Bronze commanded.

White Fang summoned rocks and launched them at the dragon. The dragon flew through the air and dodged the rocks, but another hail of rock was heading right for it so the Flame pokemon used Air Slash and destroyed the rock with the sheer power of the flying move. Bruho then jumped and used stomp on the dragon. The Charizard was knocked onto the ground. The dragon saw that White Fang was charging up another Rock Tomb. The Charizard saw Bruho charge. The Charizard flew straight at the donkey and used Dragon Tail to make sure he knocked it back hard. The donkey was flung and hit White Fang hard.

Luna helped BIGJAW walk his way to some cover. Bronze would of done this himself but he's got to give some directions for Bruho and White Fang. BIGJAW had gotten some Paralysis from the Thunder Punch and was barely able to walk.

"Bruho, use Rock Tomb. White Fang, use Bite", Bronze said. Bruho summoned rocks and launched them at the dragon. The Dragon was about to fly away when it felt a sharp pain on its wing. White Fang was growling as his teeth dug into the blood red wing. The Charizard use Flame Burst and melted some of the rocks. He then punched a rock to pieces. Bruho then charged and kicked the Charizard in its stomach. The Charizard used Thunder Punch but the attack only boosted Bruho's defense and the Thunder part of the punch had no effect thanks to being a Ground-Type.

The Charizard then shook his wings and flung the puppy off. It went flying through the air but Bronze used his lasso to catch the puppy and pull him from the sky. White Fang then was safe in his arms. Bronze set him down and saw BIGJAW was really weak and was barely moving with the help of Luna. Bronze was about to go help him when he saw Bruho was thrown into a boulder.

The Shiny Pokemon with a loud roar charged at the fox and croc. With a snapping sound dragon was stopped in it's tracks though. The dragon tried to fly forward but it was yanked back. Bronze had successfully gotten his lasso around the Charizard's foot. The dragon was charging up a Flame Burst to burn the rope off. Bronze then yanked the lasso so he could bring it down to ground level.

Luna saw that Bronze was trying to distract the dragon so she ran at the rare pokemon. Luna jumped and used Quick Attack. She lunged herself at a fast speed and hit the dragon right in it's gut. Charizard fumbled in the sky and felt itself get yanked to the ground. It landed with a thud. Without its constant flapping of wings to keep it in the air Bronze would have no trouble at all yanking it down. "Thanks, Luna", Bronze said.

The Charizard opened it's eyes and roared. It then flew into the air with Bronze still hanging on to the lasso. Bronze had dropped his stick because he was holding into his hat. The dragon spun, flew in circles, and even nearly hit the ground but Bronze was still hanging on. Roping Tauros for so many years really helps you get a firm grip. The dragon tried to go low once again. Bronze went wide eyed as he tried to keep his limb off the ground. He then saw his was laying on the ground. Bronze stretched his arm out and grabbed his stick. Bronze took a breath in relief since he didn't get his hand ground off.

BIGJAW was trying to stand and saw that Bronze was being dragged through the air. BIGJAW glared and slowly walked in the direction where the two were going. Meanwhile Luna picked White Fang in her mouth, like how wolves, foxes, dogs, cats ect. do with their young. Bruho had just busted through some of the stone of the mountain. The donkey was dazed and off balance. Bruho then fell down and fainted. Luna just looked at the donkey and sighed. She then looked back to see how BIGJAW was doing and saw he was walking off. She dropped White Fang without thinking and ran after the croc.

Charizard flew through the air and saw BIGJAW and Luna. He then flew straight down and were about to use them as a way to get Bronze off him. Bronze didn't want to get his Pokemon even more hurt than they already were so he used his stick to whack the dragon's wing. The dragon to are roared in pain and the two landed on the ground with a thud. The two got up weakly and the dragon got loose of the lasso. It then charged up a Flame Burst but was stopped when he saw Luna running at him. She jumped and was about to use Bite but it then got a Dragon Tail to the face. The fox and was knocked back and rolled on the ground.

The dragon was about to use Flame Burst but it then a fist smashed against it's face. The dragon stumbled back and looked pissed. It then saw Bronze had squared up and dropped his stick. "Bring it", Bronze said. The dragon then laughed but stopped when Bronze sucker punched it in the face. The dragon then spat on the ground and it's fists started to crackle with electricity.

Bronze was sweating, and it wasn't just because of the heat. He had balls of bronze but this is something where even he knew this was more than he could chew. Hell, this is more than he can fucking bite off. He was literally about to box an eight foot dragon with thunder fists. Well, there was really no point in backing out now. Bronze stepped forward and threw a punch.

BIGJAW was inching towards the battle site. He was weak, hurting, and was barely able to move. But as he saw his trainer get punched by a huge ass dragon as he tried to fight back, he had a bit more motivation. The dragon finally whacked Bronze with his tail. The Johtonean was knocked to the ground, he tried to get up and fight but he was under paralysis. The dragon then walked forward and charged up a fireball. Bronze turned his head to see BIGJAW, slowly inching towards him. "Go BIGJAW. Run to safety", Bronze said.

BIGJAW saw as his trainer struggled to get up and the dragon ready to make him into barbeque. The croc made his hand into a fist and shook off the status affect. BIGJAW then blasted a stream of hot water out of it's mouth. The dragon felt a burning pain and stumbled back. He then got hit by a Metal Claw to the face. BIGJAW then used hot scalding Water Gun on the Charizard once again and grabbed Bronze. The Charizard flew up and used Flame Burst. The attack missed and melted the rock right next to BIGJAW. The croc used the hot Water Gun to propel itself and Bronze into the air and away from the danger.

Luna was running after BIGJAW with White Fang and Bruho limping behind. They then saw BIGJAW dragging Bronze towards them. Bruho had his bag with him so he threw it on the ground. Rotom Dex then flew out of the bag and said or quite frankly yelled, "WHAT HAPPENED". Rotom Dex starting having pixelized sweat on it's screen.

BIGJAW explained what happened in it's own Pokemon language. Rotom Dex, being a Rotom, understood what he was saying and dug through the bag. "Ah here we go, give him this berry", Rotom Dex said as he pulled out a Leppa Berry. BIGJAW shoved the berry in his trainer's mouth. Bronze swallowed the berry and started to move again. Bronze tried to stretch but felt pain as he tried to move his torso. He pulled a Oran Berry out of his bag and gobbled it down. He started to feel the magic of the berry and started to stretch without any worries.

Bronze then jumped as he saw the dragon land onto the ground and roar. "Aww, shut up", Bronze said as he tossed his lasso and caught the dragon by its snout. Bruho ran at the dragon and was ready to stomp it into the ground but it got knocked into a boulder by Dragon Tail. The impact made a huge explosion of dust that could be seen in the distance. White Fang and Luna charged at the dragon. The both used bite but the Charizard roughed it out and flapped it wings. It then grabbed the two and tossed them aside and then there were two. Bronze and BIGJAW glared at the beast and faux dragon gave its own glare.

Bronze tried to yank the dragon but it whipped its head and Bronze was lifted off his feet. He landed on the ground and the dragon took the rope off it's mouth. The dragon was about to attack BIGJAW when it got hit upside the head. Bronze was holding his stick like a bo staff. The dragon would of attack if it didn't have a very painful bite on its shoulder. BIGJAW used Crunch on the Charizard's shoulder, which earned him a roar of pain. The dragon then glared at Bronze flew in the air. Charizard spun and then was able to unhinge BIGJAW's jaw from it shoulder. The croc then was thrown to the ground only to have Bronze run in to break his fall. Bronze then set down his Croconaw.

"Man, that's a tough one", Bronze said as he looked in the sky and saw the black dragon in the distance fly into a mountain. BIGJAW looked up too and started hissing. "And one day, I'm gonna catch it", Bronze said to himself. Bronze the. Looked down and saw his teammates scratched, bruised, and dirty. "Let's get you guys to the Pokemon Center. BIGJAW went wide eyed and grabbed his trainer pants leg. He tried to pull him over so he could keep going but barely had the strength to move him a inch. Bronze picked up the croc and said, "You need it especially, I got berries but y'all really got your behinds handed to you. You guys deserve some proper care", Bronze said. BIGJAW then stopped struggling and felt defeated a she heard the sounds of the pokeballs returning.

The two then walked back to Royal Avenue and BIGJAW was still down. Bronze noticed BIGJAW was down so he said, "If it makes you feel any better, you looked pretty awesome when you were trying to save me". "Gracias", Bronze said. BIGJAW felt a bit better and smiled a bit.

One Pokemon Center Treatment Later…

Bronze had a smile on his face as he saw his Pokemon were feeling in tip top shape. "Croconaw and the others are feeling much better", Nurse Joy said as she brought back a tray of Pokeballs and BIGJAW who was stretching. "How did they get so hurt", she asked.

As Bronze grabbed his Pokeballs he said, "A crazy rare and strong Charizard".

"Wait, the black Charizard in Wela Volcano Park", the nurse asked.

"Yeah", Bronze said. "How did you know", Bronze asked as he petted BIGJAW.

"That Charizard is always sending trial goers to the Pokemon Center", Nurse Joy said. "It seems to really hate trial goers for some reason and the only time trainers make it to the top is when it' sleeping", Nurse Joy said.

"Well, wish us luck", Bronze said. BIGJAW followed him out the door and was feeling a hell of alot better. The croc then hissed and ran to the direction of Wela Volcano Park. The croc was about to burst the the exit of Royal Avenue when a lasso was around him. He was then pulled back and landed in Bronze's arms. He had to put him down though because he was bigger and heavier than his previous form. "Look, I want to complete the trial too, but we got to train because I think that the Charizard isn't too fond of us", Bronze said. BIGJAW sighed but he had to agree that the shiny Charizard did give them quite the ass whoopin'.

Bronze then unleashed the other three Pokemon on his team. Bruho, White Fang, and Luna all materialized and stretched out. Bronze then snakes his stick against the concrete road and said, " Guys, we all have to agree we've had better days. That Charizard gave us quite the beat down", Bronze said. "But we have to complete this trip if we are supposed to complete the Island Challenge. We all have to train, including myself", Bronze said. "Next time that Charizard wants to mess with us, it's gonna be in a world of hurt".

BIGJAW and Bruho started jumping and showing their hype. The two were some of the strongest Pokemon in Bronze's team and didn't like the fact that they got their asses handed to them on a silver platter. White Fang jumped up and down because he's just extremely hyper and happy. Luna just nodded at Bronze. She's really the most mellow of the team and not much of a hype man as White Fang was. Bronze then looked at the Battle Royal Dome and said, "And I know just the place to train".

Wela Volcano Park

A few Salandit were carrying berries across the rock terrain. They made it to a den and rested for a bit. They jumped as they heard flapping and turned around to see the shiny beast. It landed with a thud and had a shimmer in its wings. The two Salandit started to shake in fear. The dragon had anger in its red eyes and it roared. The two Salandit then sprinted off in a Looney Tunes fashion. The dragon watched them scurry off and looked down at the berries. The Charizard ate the berries curled up in its den.

It wasn't too happy about having to fly away from a trainer that didn't even have most of his Pokemon fully evolved. The dragon though did admire one thing about them though, the trainer. He thought back to how Bronze was so willing to protect his Pokemon, even bruised and barely able to move he was willing to fight and he wasn't even a Pokemon. The dragon also respects the fact that his Croconaw broke out of its status and was ready to jump in even after getting his ass served. The dragon then had a flashback about a similar circumstance.

Flashback

A golden Charmander was knocked to the ground. It struggled to get up and halted as it saw its opponent. The Salandit had an evil grin on it as it picked up a berry that had claw marks on it. The Charmander had anger in it eyes as it saw the Salandit run away and snicker with it's berry. The Charmander then loudly grunted at the Salandit. It turned around and cackled at the Charmander, then it taunted it by sniffing the berry and licking it's lips. The Charmander was really angry and it started glowing. The Salandit looked confused as the charmander started to grow and change shape.

Charmander stopped glowing and revealed that it evolved into Charmeleon. He was a foot taller than the previous. He turned a darker shade of gold and had a horn grow behind his head. He now had sharp claws and was bigger. He had much sharper features and his flame was bigger. He now looked more like a dinosaur then a lizard. It roared and charged up a fireball in its mouth. The Charmeleon then used Flame Burst and launched the fireball at the Salandit, who had braced itself for the attack. A cloud of black smoke was all that could be seen for a while. The smoke cleared up, revealing some scorched rock and a burnt berry. Charmeleon then saw the Salandit limping away in the distance. The Charmeleon looked down at the burnt berry and sat down, he then started to eat it. He felt accomplished and happily took another bite of the ruined berry.

The Charizard then flashed back to a less ideal memory. A large crowd of Salandit were all hissing and jumping around a crater. Charmeleon had used Flame Burst and had smoke protruding from it's nostrils. A rush of wind cleared some of the smoke and the Chameleon was whacked. It fell to the ground to see it's opponent standing over him.

It was a large Lizard that looked like Salandit but it was much bigger and sleaker. It was a large Salazzle that looked over him with a cheeky grin. It's harem of Salandit cheered it on as it was about to deal the final blow. The Charmeleon then used Dragon Tail to knock back the Salandit. The Charmeleon then charged a to use Slash but took a Sludge Bomb to the face.

Charmeleon then laid on the ground fainted, covered in sludge. The Salandit cheered for their Salazzle. Time had passed and the Chameleon had finally woken up. He was angry and used Flame Burst in the sludge that surrounded him. The sludge dried up and cracked. The Charmeleon looked at the moon with anger in its eyes. It then roared started to glow white.

The Charizard then snapped back into reality and looked at its hands. He clenched them into fists and thought back about his latest battle. Charizard flapped his wings to clear the smoke caused by the collision of water and fire. He then charged and his fist crackled with electricity. The Croconaw's trainer commanded it to dodge. The Charizard landed and raised its electric fist. The Croc tried to jumped out of the way but the dragon still punched the croc. The impact plus electricity of the attack had done some major damage. He then saw the trainers Rockruff and Mudbray run at him and the Unbreon coming to the Croconaw's aid. Charizard made quick work of donkey and pup and went in to finish off the fox and crocodile.

The dragon was about to strike when he felt something wrap around his leg. He really couldn't care less for the Umbreon, Rockruff, and Mudbray, but the trainer and Croconaw were the ones that gave him interest. Charizard relented how shocked it was that the trainer had stopped him with a lasso. Charizard then remembered how difficult it was to knock him off but he ended up crashing because the trainer hit his wing with a stick. The two landed and the dragon tried to rub its aching wing.

It then turned around to see the Croconaw was under Paralysis and slay walking towards him. He admired his persistence and was about to attack when he felt pain in the back of his head. He then turned to see what had attacked him was the trainer who ready to box. Charizard was really laughing at this, a trainer out of all things was wanting to battle. His hysterical point of view of the situation changed immediately when he got punched in the face. He made quick work of the cowboy, thought he still got a few good hits off on the dragon. He then remembered how the trainer and his Pokemon then surrounded him and we're ready to start fighting again, even though the nearly lost in previous attempts. The dragon then remembered flying away to its den and felt ashamed about it. He was a strong pokemon but not strong enough. He wanted to defeat the totem pokemon but he just couldn't seem to beat her.

Charizard then was snapped back into reality as it heard the sound of tapping against the stone ground. The dragon then flew out of its den and saw it was the trainer using his staff as a walking stick. His Croconaw was on guard and constantly looking around. The dragon watched Bronze climb the steps and then started to think long and hard about an idea he was having.

Bronze saw the entrance to his trial and took a deep breath, then started coughing as the air was full of soot. BIGJAW started at the entrance and remembered back to when he got his scaly ass handed to him by that charizard. He was gonna use that bad memory to fuel him in his fight. The two then walked through the entrance. Bronze and BIGJAW then saw a dark skinned guy dressing up in a battle skirt, wearing sandals, some fangs as a necklace, and had fiery hair. He was spinning a staff on the trial grounds and stopped spinning the staff when he saw Bronze raise his own staff.

"Greetings trial goer", the fiery guy said. "I am Kiawe, the Captain of Wela Volcano Park".

"I'm Bronze and this is BIGJAW", Bronze said.

"So you're the trainer Kukui has been telling us about", Kiawe said.

"Yep", Bronze said. "So, are we gonna start the trial now".

"Yes, let us proceed", Kiawe said as he banged his staff against the stone and then three Marowak appeared from thin air. Bronze and BIGJAW jumped from the shock of this.

"Woah, what's wrong with those guys", Bronze asked. BIGJAW even went wide eyed at this.

"These are Marowak", Kiwe said, confused about what Bronze was saying.

"Why are they dark purple and having their bone's lit on blue fire", Bronze asked.

"That's just how they are, Fire-Ghost type", Kiawe said, still confused.

"Where I come from, Marowak are ground types", Bronze said.

"Let us drop this and begin the trial" Kiawe said. "This trial will test your observation skills. You will watch this dance and tell me what is different about it".

"Got it, Bronze said with thumbs up. BIGJAW then sat down. He was only gonna watch some dances anyway, so might aswell take a load off. The Marowak then began to dance. The spun their bones and moved around in circles they then posed at the end.

"Again:, Kiawe said to his Marowak. The Marowak then proceeded to do the same dance and posed at the end. Bronze looked at the Marowak and tried to think of what was different. It was on the tip of tongue but then realized the example was on tip of a bone. The flame on the middle Marowak's bone was gone.

"It's the bone. The bone is not on fire anymore", Bronze said.

"Good", Kiawe said. In the games he praised you way too much for noticing extremely obvious differences. The middle Marowak then grunted and charged at Bronze and BIGJAW. BIGJAW used Scald on the pokemon and it was knocked back. It had steam emit from it a bit since the water move was hot. Also, BIGJAW learned Scald, yay. The MArowak tried to whack BIGJAW with his bone club but the croc dodged.

"BIGJAW, use Crunch", Bronze said. BIGJAW opened it's mouth and chomped down on the Marowak's side. It made a loud noise in pain and then fainted.

"Marowak was just testing your strength", Kiawe said. "It seems your Croconaw as a monstrous bite because Marowak does not go down that easily".

The two remaining Marowak proceeded to dance while a random hike jumped in. They all then posed. The hiker had a smile on his face and was mocking the Marowak. They then proceeded to do the same dance and posed. Bronze then had to guess what was different about this dance. He obviously knew what was going to happen because the pose the hiker used was a pose of him holding a pokeball. The hiker then unleashed a Ryhorn that roared for battle. BIGJAW was about to step up when he had the stick put in front of him. He then looked up at Bronze, unamused. "Save your strength for the Totem Pokemon", Bronze said. "Plus, this is perfect for Bruho. Bronze then unleashed Bruho was ready to kick some rocky behind.

The Ryhorn charged at Bruho. Bruho charged too. The horn hit Bruho dead center on his face but his defense rose and minimized the pain. Ryhorn then whipped its head up, launching Bruho into the air. Bruho used Rock Tomb to slow down the rock rhino but it charged past the rocks. Bruho then ran straight at it and jumped. The donkey used double kick and really delivered some powerful blows thanks to it strong legs. Bruho then finished it off with Bulldoze. The Ryhorn fainted and the hiker sighed as he returned it to its ball. "Man, you're tough", he said as he gave him 500 dollars and walked off.

"It was a bit obvious but I'll still give it to you", Kiawe said. The Marowak then started dancing. They were doing something extremely different. The two then posed but used their bones to make an X. Bronze and BIGJAW looked at eachother a bit confuzzled. Yeah, I like to use confuzzled. Bronze and BIGJAW heard the pitter patter of footsteps. The two then started looking around. BIGJAW then saw a fast flash a purple and black. The two braced themselves for battle and finally they saw their challenger.

It was a large lizard that was extremely skinny and stood on it's hind legs. It looked like a Salandit but much more feminine. It hissed and got into fighting position. "Alright, let's do this BIGJAW", Bronze said. BIGJAW was about to get in front but then they heard flapping. "You have got to be kidding me", Bronze said and BIGJAW thought. The flapping got louder and the shiny Charizard landed on the ground and smoke came out from it's nostrils.

"Why must you interfere with every trial", Kiawe said. "I apologize for this but this Charizard always does this. I'll try to remove it quickly", Kiawe said as he pulled out a few pokeballs.

"What is with you", Bronze asked. "We already fought before and you nearly won. Why do you have to come mess up my trial". Bronze then whacked his stick against the ground. BIGJAW was letting out a low growl that was meant to intimate the Charizard.

The Charizard glared at the Salazzle. The Salazzle snickered and didn't see the black Charizard as a threat. The Charizard was about to attack when it stopped itself. HE then thought of himself, he had the power but he let her get into his head. If he would give in to the taunting he would make stupid moves during battle. He knew he couldn't defeat he ron his own so then he finally made up his mind. The Charizard looked back at Bronze. "What", Bronze said. BIGJAW glared at the dragon and was thinking to himself, "What's his game".

You know, Charizard is obsessed with beating this totem pokemon", Kiawe said. "Time and time again he loses. He has power but very little direction and discipline". "He see's something in you and now he's interested", Kiawe finished. Bronze then looked at the dragon, he saw the fire in his eyes as he looked at him. "I think Charizard wants you to help it in this battle".

Bronze couldn't help but crack a smile. BIGJAW was on the other side of coin. He was pissed about not being able to battle totem pokemon. "Alright Charizard, let's bring the heat", Bronze said. The Salazzle had it's aura flash to life and it glared. Charizard roared and sparkled.

Sallazle then started off the battle by using Sludge Bomb. "Dodge and fly up", Bronze commanded. Charizard flew up and avoided the bal of sludge. "Air Slash", Bronze said. Charizard then flapped it's wings and let out air based projectiles at the Salazzle. The sleek salamander swiftly ran across the battle area with ninja like speed and agility. It then jumped on a few rocks and lunged at Charizard. It used Sludge Bomb in the air. "Use Flame Burst", Bronze said. Charizard charged up a fire ball and shot the fire bomb at the sludge. Black smoke then emitted from the collision that mad charizard started violently coughing. "Use you wings to blow away the fumes", Bronze said. Charizard then flapped it's wings and blew away the toxic fumes. Charizard then saw Salazzle was nowhere in sight. The pokemon snuck up on it with ninja like stealth and kicked Charizard out of the air.

The dragon fell to the ground. "I'm coming", Bronze said as he then saw Charizard shadow. Bronze then slid on the ground and tried to break Charizard' fall. Charizard grunted in pain and saw Bronze was under him. He tried to break his fall. The dragon helped Bronze up. BIGJAW then started to angrily hiss at Bronze. "Hey, I do the same for you and sometimes they are even more risky", Bronze said. BIGJAW crossed his arms and at down.

Charizard ran at Salazzle and tried to use Dragon tail. The salamander dodged the attack with no effort and kicked Charizard in the face. Charizard got extremely pissed and started wildly swinging. Charizard didn't even get off a single hit. "Hey, fly up and cool off", Bronze said. The Charizard sighed and flew into the air. "You can't be going A-wall on me", Bronze said. Charizard responded with a grunt. Then it saw Salazzle jump up rocks. Charizard angrily looked at Salazzle but tried to contain himself. Salazzle then unleashed Flame Burst. "Fly straight towards it", Bronze said. Charizard nodded and flew into the enemy fire.

It dodged the attacks while in the air and saw Salazzle charging up a powerful fire move. The fireball formed in the back of it's throat. Charizard was flying faster towards it. Bronze knew what to do. Salazzle was way too fast for Charizard to keep up with, but luckily he has a move to deal with that. Salazzle then finished charging up it move and unleashed a Fire Blast. "You know what to do", Bronze yelled. Croconaw then looked up in awe. Charizard use flame burst a cloud of black smoke emitted from the collision. The Salazzle tried to cover itself but the smoke and fire was starting to hurt it. "Thunder Punch", Bronze yelled. The Salazzle saw electricity crackled but it was too late to dodged. The smoke cleared and Charizard had it's Thunder Punch ready. It then punched with all its force. Electricity crackled with the impact and it got hit to the ground. Salazzle hit the ground multiple times. Charizard then landed on the ground and saw it's opponent. He felt a sense of pride knowing he did that much damage from one Thunder Punch. Salazzle struggled to get up. Electricity crackled each time it moved a muscle.

Salazzle then used Sludge Bomb. Charizard dodged the attack. "Use Air Slash", Bronze commanded. Charizard then sent air projectiles to Salazzle. It tried to dodge but the Paralysis really slowed it down. It dodged maybe 1 or 2 but got hit by most of the Air Slash. It took a knee and electricity started to crackle even more. "Let's finish this with Dragon Tail", Bronze said. Charizard the ran up to the totem pokemon and and whacked it with it's tail. The attack's knockback hit it so hard that it sunk 4 inches into the stone wall of the trail grounds. Charizard then looked back to Bronze who was running up to him. "Man, you killed it", Bronze said. Charizard responded with a grunt. BIGJAW then came to his trainer and congratulated him. Charizard then stared at Bronze as he held up BIGJAW and rubbed up against them. It was obvious the two were really close.

Bronze then saw Charizard was staring and said, "High-Five". Charizard then High-Fived Bronze and smiled.

"Congrats for completing your trial, Big Boy", Rotom Dex said through Bronze's bag.

Kiawe then walked up to Bronze and said, "You've more than earned this". He then handed him a red Z-Crystal. "That is Firium-Z". "Here is the pose", Kiawe said as he went through the Z-Move dance of fire. He then finished the final pose and said, "Use it well".

Every one then jumped a powerful and majestic cry was made all of a sudden. Kiawe was the only one who was calm. He then said, "The Tapu was impressed with you". Charizard then looked a Kiawe. "Charizard, you are the first wild Pokemon to defeat the totem pokemon of Wela Volcano Park". "The Tapu would like to bestow upon you the honor of being the Totem Pokemon". Salazzle then shot it's head up in fear. Charizard had finally got what he wanted. He was the strongest pokemon of Wela Volcano Park, defeated his rival, and is now a Totem Pokemon to boot. Charizard though, felt something was missing. This should've been the happiest moment of his life but he had a empty void that needed to be filled. He then heard the voice of what filled the void.

"Hey don't forget about us, you hear", Bronze said. "Next time we meet, I want a rematch. Adios", Bronze said. BIGJAW grunted a goodbye and the two walked away. Charizard then had a tear in it's eye and roared as it flew to Bronze and BIGJAW. Kiawe then ran after Charizard.

"What are you doing", Kiawe said.

"Yeah, don't you got some Totem Pokemon things to do. Now you can stop trial goers and it will be completely justified", Bronze said. Charizard then looked at Bronze and he saw something in his eyes. He saw a sparkle in his eye as Charizard looked at him. "Wait, you want me", Bronze asked. Charizard nodded. "Wait you'd be willing to give up your title, your territory, everything, just for me", Bronze said. Charizard nodded. "Well, I'm no one to object", Bronze said as he pulled out a Dusk Ball. Charizard's eyes lit up and had joy in his heart. "Now are you sure about this", Bronze asked. Charizard didn't even answer, he just clicked the button of the Dusk Ball and was materialized in with purple energy. Bronze then unleashed Charizard and said, "Welcome to the team, Charizard". Charizard then shook its head and pointed at BIGJAW. "What now", Bronze said.

Rotom Dex then fire up and got out of Bronze's bag. "He want's a nickname", Rotom Dex said.

"Ok then. Man, there are just so many cool things I could call you", Bronze said. He thought about it for a bit and said, "How about, Night Wing". Charizard nodded in agreement. He really liked the name. "Alright then Night Wing get some rest, because you're gonna be doing a lot of work in our next trial", Bronze said as he returned Night Wing to his ball.

"Bronze, take care of Charizard", Kiawe said.

"I will", Bronze said as he waved. BIGJAW and Rotom Dex followed him.

"Alright Bronze, off to your next adventure", Rotom Dex said. Bronze then felt his Poke'Gear vibrate and pulled out his phone to see it was Kukui calling.

"Hey", Bronze said.

"Yo cousin", Kukui said. "I would of hit you up through Rotom Dex but I forgot I had this old thing lying around", Kukui said.

"So, what're you calling me for", Bronze asked.

"I want you to meet me at Lush Jungle", Kukui said.

"Got it", Bronze said. "Adios". Bronze hung up and continued walking. He was feeling great, he now has a super strong Charizard by his side which is definitely gonna be helpful during his trias. He thought that he made Night Wing's dreams come true by winning against the totem Pokemon. What he really felt great about was that Night Wing found a friend in him and that was something he was not taking for granted.

Well, here ya go. This chapter is shorter than my normal stuff but it was at least longer than last chapter. Look, I do have a Charizard in pokemon sun. No, he isn't shiny but don't be giving me crap. You know you would want to have a badass shiny on your team. Also, was the Charizard thing nice or was it too much. That's all I got for now, see ya next time, adios.

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