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Chapter 8

"Alright Ash, this will be a one on one battle. Me and Passimian vs you and a pokemon of your choice!" Kalani called out from across the make shift battle field. "Sounds

Good! Okay Rowlet, I choose you! Lets start off with leafage!" Ash cried out, eager to begin the battle. "Okay Passimian dive through those leaves with an iron head!" Kalani

replied immediately. "Quick Rowlet, fly high out of Passimians reach!" Rowlet just managed to dodge the attack. "Hmmm, if that's how you want to play… Passimian, use the

trees to jump to Rowlet and hit it with a close combat!" With immense speed, Passimian shot up the tree and glided straight to Rowlet before releasing the attack. After the

final punch Rowlet was sent flying towards the ground, "No! Rowlet!" Ash cried out trying to see through the smoke only to be blinded by a bright light which developed

Rowlet. As the light dissipated Rowlet was replace by a new pokemon. Ash caught Rotom talking to their friends on the side lines and heard him refer to the new form as

Dartrix. "Awesome Dartrix! Now I know we can win! Use peck!" Ash cried out with joy. "Passimian, predict the attack pattern and hit it with a rockslide." "Dartrix pull up and

use razor leaf!" Ash countered. The move hit home, throwing Passimian to the ground. "That was a good trick Ash! It'll take more than that though! Passimian use the trees

once again but this time let's use an Iron head!" Kalani said with excitement. As the attack launched and made contact as called up to Dartrix "Recover Dartrix and use

bravebird to finish this before Passimian hits the ground." As Ash called out his strategy he noticed Kalani smile. "You got me Ash, but I have one last ditch effort. CATCH IT

PASSIMIAN, USE SEISMAC TOSS!" as brave bird hit harder than expected Passimian took a significant amount of damage but still managed to grab Dartrix and unleash his

own attack. As the dust cleared both pokemon were breathing heavily. "Okay Dartrix, lets finish this with a Z-Move!" As Ash set up the move Kalani just smiled at his

pokemon, "Well buddy, we did our best" Kalani said with a smile as he watched the match end with one last move. As he returned Passimian to his pokeball. He looked to

Ash and congratulated him. "That was a good battle Ash! Next time we battle I'll make sure to have my best team with me!" Kalani said smiling. "Ya, We'll battle again real

soon!" Ash said joyfully as Kalani handed the pokeball over to his father before he introduced them all to his dad. Then they returned inside for tea and snacks. "So Ash,

what are your plans now?" Kalani asked once everyone had finished there snacks. "Well Me and Serena are gonna go on an adventure with Gary and Lillie. I plan on winning

the island challenge!" Ash said excitedly. "Ya, I'm finishing up some research for a paper I have to write and I was asked to show Lillie the ropes while I was at it." Gary

answered, as Lillie blushed at being mention. "Serena! You didn't tell me you were gonna be going on an adventure!" Shauna cried out to her friend. "Well it was kind of a

last minute decision." Serena said with a laugh. "What are you two going to do?" She then asked Shauna. "Ummm, I think were gonna hang around here for a while longer!

Then go find some cool pokemon for next years master class!" Shauna finished excitedly. As it started to get late Ash and the gang said their goodbyes to Kalani and Shauna

as they all went home. They had to meet up early the next morning to leave on their journey. Gary was the first person to show up to the meeting place the next morning, "I

guess I should make myself at home, knowing Ash he'll probably be late. Thankfully we chose to meet up here." Gary said as he ordered a Komala Coffee as he waited. As

his drink was ready Gary noticed Serena enter the Café. "Hi Gary." She said as she went to the counter to order herself a drink. "Goodmorning Serena." He replied. After

they both sat down at the table to enjoy their drinks Serena asked, "Isn't it crazy that after all these year you, Ash, and I all went to the same camp and are going on an

adventure now? Isn't that crazy?" She asked with a smile before sipping her coffee. "ya it is. The odds have to be extraordinary, but now as big as you having found him in

Kalos though." Gary said laughing. "You did have a pretty big crush on him back at that camp, I was always having to separate you two." He finished before drinking his

own Coffee. Serena got a serious look in her eyes, "You K-knew? You know, you actually really use to make me mad when you'd always show up at the worst possible time

to take Ash from me.." Serena said finally coming to grips with the Idea that people knew her feelings. "I'm sorry about that. Ash is just such a goofball, and you can't let

him out of your sights for too long" Gary said laughing as he scratched the back of his head. "Alola guys!" Lillie and Ash said as they came through the door to the café.

"Ash, you're on time? I can't believe it." Lillie said jokingly. "Oh, I'm never late when it comes to a journey!" Ash Exclaimed throwing a fist in the air. "Except for your first

one!" Gary said bursting into laughter. Ash turned bright red at that one, "Garyyyy, that one wasn't my fault!" Ash said defensively and with that they all broke out into

laughter. As they prepared to leave, all of their friends had gathered around the exit to the city to say their goodbyes. After everyone said farewell Kukui handed Ash an

envelope with a wink before sending them off on their adventure. "All right guys! Were finally doing this thing! This time though, we're gonna win! Right Pikachu?" "Pika Pi!"