At a Lab on Alola, Lillie and Tammy embraced each other lovingly as Elio awaited something with grim feelings. He, Pikachu and Mimikyu kept Daphne and Leon asleep as they watched Tammy give Lillie a kiss on the cheek. Neo was cowering in a corner as Lillie noticed something was wrong. "...What happened?" Tammy took a deep breath and looked at Elio. "...It's about what is going on at Dad's work. You are right in that he is hiding something from you... only you. If you were going to Aether Paradise right now, you would find out everything." Lillie gasped, looked at an anticipating Elio and faced her eyes to Tammy. "And... you're not going to tell me?"

Tammy shook her head and expected the worst. "Dad is scared you would eventually assume the worst! If you haven't chatted with anyone else on Alola lately, they might tell you." Lillie snapped her fingers and asked. "The worst, I think I know what you are talking about, but Elio wouldn't do that... ever."

The Alolan champ raised his hand meekly. "Though Lana know of my little secret before you. So that's something." Lillie chose to ignore that remark. "What... is that secret about?" The adopted daughter took a deep breath, bowed gracefully. "It's a pokemon from the Galar region that is related to a pokemon we find on Alola when we fish by the shore. Corsola... Galar has their own subspecies of familiar pokemon much like Alola and the environment can really change a pokemon around."

Lillie nodded and asked. "That is wonderful to hear, but I was told that already. How does this involve the Aether Foundation and why you are all wanting to keep the secret of Galarian Corsola from me?" The masculine Rotom Dex wished to know as the feminine Rotom send a message to him. The Dex buzzed in shock and he flew to Elio. "BZZT! Holy... BZZT! Just take our word for it, you don't want to know. BZZT!" The feminine Rotom agreed. "Profezzor Lillie, it iz recommended you zlowly prepare yourzelf for when you zee it."

Elio agreed with both Rotom Dex's and confessed. "It isn't just one Corsola that looks to be hurting, but the whole population on Galar seems to be like it. The guys stationed there are trying to study what has happened so it doesn't happen to any of the Corsola we know over here." Lillie gasped. "Those poor Corsola." Tammy agreed and promised her. "When... when we get the chance, we will show you. I got a whole month here and it is better to see it together." She took out a heal ball and let out a healthy blue Corsola that looked depressed, Tammy picked her up and agreed. "I know Coeru."

Lillie looked at Elio in apology, like she had no idea the scope of the issue was. "All... all right, at least I know enough." She approached and sat by her husbands side, the man blushed as Lillie apologized. "I'm sorry that I doubted you." She gave him a hug from behind and the man apologized back. "I'm sorry for not being more open about it." He exhaled as Tammy sat next to her siblings, thinking something away and asking. "So... anything new happened while I was gone? It looks like there is a contest going on-" The parents shook their heads, Lillie answered. "Not on Alola, but a friend of yours from Johto wanted to talk to me about moves. She is finally a trainer."

Tammy wondered who Lillie was talking about and gasped. "...Pipi?! Nice!" Lost agreed and went to get a remote to turn on the T.V. Showing a gathering towards a contest hall.

At a Port City in Johto.

Pamela lead Pipi and Yang towards a gym close to town and cheered. "Welcome to Olivine City! The best port in the whole Indigo Region!" Pipi and Yang were taken aback by the beautiful sunset as Pamela kept guiding, unaware of a familiar woman returning to the Gym. The woman had long brown hair, two strands of hair sticking out from the left and ride side of her head, she had a light blue dress with white shoulders and to compliment it all was a set of light brown eyes. Pamela bumped into her by accident and both fell on each other, the silver maiden blushed. "M...Mama?" The mother blushed as her daughter helped her up, brown eyes meet grey eyes and the woman greeted her. "Pamela,you're back from your trip in the mountains?"

She tilted her head at the two. "...Pipi, you're a trainer now?" The ninja nodded. "Yep Miss Jasmine. I'm here to get that Mineral Badge." She introduced her psychic friend. "This is Yang, she is traveling with me." Yang politely waved. "Its a pleasure to meet you. Would... you please talk to Pipi before she gets herself and her pokemon hurt?" Jasmine wondered why as Pipi groaned. "Alright, I get it. This town's Gym is all steel, I'm poison." She stormed off to the pokemon center south and grumbled. "I'll go bother Cianwood City then." Jasmine gasped and requested to Pamela. "Go show Yang home. I'll try to talk to Pipi." Pamela understood and guided Yang to a gorgeous house by the sea side. "I'll... give you a tour once things are under control. Okay?" Yang figured and followed.

At the Pokemon Center.

Pamela waited for the Nurse Joy to heal her pokemon as Jasmine came in, she wasn't too pleased by the rude behavior and asked the Ninja. "Pipi, why are you rushing?" The Ninja listened to the tone and realized what she did, she looked ashamed and answered. "I... wasn't, it's that there is a lot to do in a short time. I kept getting told that you would be difficult, much more than I fought while at Goldenrod... yet I don't hear nearly as much rumors about you."

Jasmine hummed and lowered her hands, placing them together as she thought of it. "Many trainers think twice before battling Whitney. But this is different. You know why." Pipi agreed and worried. "I also need to visit the move tutor near the city. Munci and Kuīnpin both need it."

Jasmine cringed and warned Pipi. "Those require battle points and I don't think you even have a card. I think there is someone who does. Where did Alex go?" The ninja sighed. "East... to check on a place I explored. So... what now?" The gym leader answered with a tone of kindness. "Once your done here, you can come with me. Pamela should have Yang settling at home and you are a guest as well."

Pipi took it as the Nurse gave her the five pokemon back and recommended it. "If you are going to be here for a couple of days, it wouldn't hurt." The ninja agreed, thank the nurse and followed Jasmine to a house by the City's shore, a gorgeous, three floored building. Jasmine opened to find a blue interior and a vast living room, Pamela and Yang were on a black couch, talked about various things as a green eared Clefairy was dancing, a Scizor leaning on a wall with his hands folded and a Magnezone resting with a purple Audino. Pamela saw Pipi and offered her a seat. Pipi took it as Jasmine sat next to a grey chair. Jasmine was concerned for the missing person and Pamela shrugged. "Alex will be fine, he explores mountains and caves for rare stones all the time."

By a cave near Mount Mortar.

Alex got off of a silver Metagross and let out a Mawile and Excadrill to begin a dig. The flamboyant Mawile squinted his eyes and asked. "Maw?" Alex answered proudly as his Metagross joined in an excavation. "Because this could be a place in this mountain that is largely unexplored. Even if it is minor, exploring is worth it, Trapjaw."

The Mawile crunched a loose rock with his jaw and spit out the remains as the Excadrill drilled through a rock. Finding an odd variety of shining stones, the Metagross stared and thanked the Excadrill as he sorted the rubble from those of value, elemental gems, a stone of golden light, a light green stone and a strangely shapped stone not of the world. The Metagross gasped. "META!" Alex was taken aback by the loud shout and saw the collection. "Thank you Robot, thank you Foreur, now lets see what we fo-" One particular stone took his interest and he placed it in his bag, the otherworldly stone. "...A moon stone... that was easy." He placed the elemental gems and the other two stones into another slot. "I'll see what we can do with the shiny stone, dawn stone and gems later later. This... is exactly what our friend needs."

The Excadrill blushed proudly as the Metagross lowered himself, Alex let Foreur and Trapjaw ride with him. The Metagross climbed out of the cave with a river and the boy blushed. "Always explore these kinds of places, you never know what you will find." He was more embarrassed. "Father and especially Mother won't live this thing down."

The Metagross focused his eyes up to Alex and he grunted, the boy felt like he agreed. "Yes... I know it isn't that big of a deal. But... you seen what happened after we got home from that Meltan project." He enjoyed the memories of a blue eyed woman with brown hair that was in a star shapped bun, she was in a stylish black attire that was complimented by a black sun hat, she broke all forms of constraint and was embracing him, saying all forms of compliments after hearing of a trip to Alola. Alex broke from the memories and sighed. "I never get tired of that... even if I am too old for it. Sigh!

That's why I preferred living with Father." The Metagross walked towards Ecruteak City and was aware of the bystanders looking at the scene strangely.

Alex noticed and was unaware of what he was doing as a Flygon with blue markings, orange transparent covers over his eyes and orange trimmings on his wings land, on his back was a blue haired teenage boy with blue eyes, he was in a green t shirt and red pants. He asked Alex. "...A lot of people bring their pokemon out, but don't you think you're doing too much?" The teenager from Hoenn looked around and felt awkward. "That... might be why they're looking at us strange... or because Robot's color isn't like a normal Metagross... or because he is a Metagross. What about your Flygon?"

The boy looked at his Flygon for a moment and blushed, he kept calm and agreed. "You might have a point, name's Percy... you heading to Olivine?" Alex nodded with a passion in his heart. "Some friends of mine are waiting and ma petite amie would like to know about where I went off to." Percy gasped in disbelief. "That language, you're from Kalos?! Are you that kid I read about in a Magazine? Alex Stone?"

Alex answered yes and was worried even more, Percy looked at him with a hint of envy and was tempted to ask something, he dismissed it and apologized. "This is the problem with being famous like that or related to famous people, the Paparazzi tend to nose in where they don't belong and your name is everywhere. You picked Steel types like Johto's top coordinator and I-" He took a deep breath as Alex answered. "I... am dating Pamela... we have a lot in common. What are you doing here?" Percy answered clearly. "I wanted to head to the Pokeathlon until I saw you, I needed to get away from some drama going on at Blackthorn City, my mom and my first cousin once removed are getting into another battle... again."

Alex felt that of an interest. "Blackthorn?! If I may ask, do you... specialize in dragon types?" Percy nodded and patted his Flygon on the shoulder, the mystic pokemon buzzed in embarrassment and worry as the trainer answered. "Antoraion was my starter before I went traveling with my second cousin once removed. Lewis is kind of a jerk if you never met him, he likes to show off and I heard is coming over to help my Mom with what is kind of a winter camp... mostly because of his own starter. Charbdis... a purple Kingdra." The Flygon didn't wish to be reminded and Percy agreed. "They need to either commit to being a coordinator or grow up." He and his partner exhaled as Alex pieced it together. "I think I know who your mother is, do... you want to talk about that?" Percy cringed stubbornly. "No, Mom takes her position as a dragon type gym leader seriously and she is pretty tough. She said that if I want to run the gym one day, I need to beat her in a full on battle."

He dropped a sweat. "I... got beaten badly and I need to learn what I'm doing wrong, so until then I need to learn what responsibilities I'm getting myself into. What of you?" Alex answered with a whistle of friendship. "I'm learning how to run a company...Father said it will take years before that happens. I managed to beat him and Mother in a battle... but that isn't the end of anything."

Percy nodded impressed. "Beating both Steven and Diantha? That must have been tough." The dragon specialist saw people looking at him awkwardly and how he and Alex are at the otherside of the city, Alex noticed and apologized. "...Sorry for taking your time. I'll let a traveler I know, know about you when I can." Percy found it like wise and waved goodbye. "Or just know about what is going on at the Dragon Den. If she has a dragon type or a pokemon that becomes one." The Flygon guessed what was going to happen as his trainer whispered to him. "The later would be pretty cool. Come on, lets get back on course." The Flygon agreed and took flight, leaving Alex and his pokemon to continue traveling.

At Olivine City.

Pipi was on a beach looking at the sea as Yang made a vow with her Slowking. "Starting tomorrow, we will travel to Cianwood together, after everything today, we need some rest." Pipi appreciated it as Pamela arrived with a smile of good news. "Mama has a match arranged for when you get back. If... you have a pokemon that can at least do something against hers, she doesn't want any of your pokemon to get hurt." Pipi sighed and accepted it as reality. "Fine, I suppose I can at least do that..." Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! "Meta!" The three girls saw a Metagross arriving and Alex jumping off, he had his bag ready and had wondrous news. "Pipi, I found something for Kuīnpin." He pulled a moon stone out of the bag and gave it to the ninja, who was gasping. "Wha..." She nodded to Alex. "Th...thank you!" The boy appreciated it and asked. "Shall we go to the Frontier Frontier? I... think I can afford the cost for Pipi's pokemon."

Pamela nodded and lead the way, she giggled at what creative moves Pipi would try out. "Are you excited to learn more about your pokemon? When a T.M or tutor can help you unlock that hidden potential, it can work you up." Pipi agreed as she and her friends followed to a tropical gate way that had a pokemon center, a shop and a house that had a trio of men returning to after a grocery trip. Alex shouted and waved. "Hey, we are here to ask you something about moves." The identical men turned around astonished and looking for business. One holding the most asked. "It's off season but we can help." He walked in as the one holding the least asked. "What pokemon do you need to learn some moves?"

Alex gestured to Pipi. "I do not, but she does!" He showed his battle point card and the man holding more than his brother but less than the brother in the house sensed the intention. "A traveling trainer? That could be arranged. Which pokemon needs to learn moves?" Pipi opened a poke ball to let out a Trubbish. "Munci first, he is pretty predictable!" The two men looked down and then at each other, they asked the group to wait and went into the house. Pipi looked excited and asked Munci. "Are you ready to try something new? You are becoming pretty predictable and we should change things up." The Trubbish agreed and giggled, Pipi sent out her Nidorina and had the stone ready. "Kuīnpin, I finally have a moon stone, are you ready to evolve?"

The dazed Nidorina shook herself from the shock of being sent out for a question, she looked at the stone and became interested, she barked a question Pipi understood. "Because I heard you can learn a LOT of moves as a Nidoqueen. With your power, we might be able to defeat Jasmine!" The Nidorina remembered the name and gave a determined stare at the stone, she stood up and raised her arms in the air, giving a roar of yes. Pipi placed the stone down and crouched, taken aback by how Kuīnpin tackled the stone and nearly rammed a fence. She gave a glow with the stone and grew larger, more spikes and into a more reptilian form. PEW! The glow stopped and the Nidorina was in a form looking more feminine. She blinked awkwardly on a realization and blushed, she roared louder to let Pipi know she was ready to advance. Yang sensed a change in thoughts and looked away. "That moon stone altered Kuīnpin's brain a little bit... its more developed." The Nidoqueen looked at Yang annoyed and asked her not to remind her, Pamela giggled at a positive. "But she is still Kuīnpin if she was caught recently."

Click! The trio of men came out with a card slider and they saw the Nidoqueen, they felt like they have much to work with, the strongest of the three asked. "Is there anymore you are missing?" Pipi wondered and took out a beast ball. "Maybe... Sutikki needs something that is better than peck."

She opened to let out a Poipole that was taken a back by the Nidoqueen, he blushed and squeaked something that caused Kuīnpin to nearly giggle. Pipi and Yang looked amused as the Trubbish stepped forward for his lesson, the ninja started with him. "I... need Munci to learn a better poison move than sludge bomb and some moves that can... help him battle steel and ground type pokemon. Do you know?" The strongest of the three men listed three. "Gunk shot, drain punch... and this rather specific move called seed bomb... let's start with the easier moves."

At Alola, in a restaurant run by a particular green haired woman.

Lillie was enjoying some soup by herself as a blue haired woman, wearing a white vest, showing a dark blue swim suit underneath, wearing long blue pants, the woman revealed blue eyes and her hair to be tied in a fish like pony tail. "She asked. "Is this table taken?" Lillie looked up and recognized her. "It isn't Lana, phew! What a long day at home, Tammy came back to Alola and she and Elio offered to look after the children while I have time to myself." Lana listened and was concerend about something, she tried to think of a joke and felt dry in humor. "...Did the champ finally tell you of what he was doing?" Lillie nodded. "And I know about the particular Corsola being looked after. I heard he showed you. Anything... particular about it?" Lana shook her head and went to eating. Sip! "Everything you should have known by now. It's as bad as he and Tammy made it out to be."

Lillie nearly lost her appetite as the fisher woman had good news. "But, that Corsola is being taken cared of and seeing that blue Corsola made his day better. Necoral should be allowed to move out of a lab and into the deck if he becomes that social." The nickname caught Lillie's interest. "Necoral?" Lana nodded. "Like necro... Corsola from Galar are apparently ghost type pokemon. Is that enough info for you?"

Lillie nodded and felt a chill. "It is... this was why Elio was being secretive and awkward around work the other day?" Lana nodded, took her left hand and spun it next to her head. "And he thought he was making it look worse than it is. That heart of his is like a pearl, but his brain... kind of like the rest of the Shellder. Cute." Lillie agreed and giggled. "Cute indeed. Are... you going to that contest coming up? It's on Melemele right next to Hau'oli." Lana snickered. "Can't, I have an opera to go to." Lillie heard what was said and realized what she heard, she nearly burst into laughter as a certain green haired woman in a kitchens attire snorted out air. "PFFHAH! You and your puns." Lana stuck her tongue out at the woman and asked. "Like how you were going to a ballet at the same time, Mallow. Heh!"

Back at Johto's Frontier front.

Munci looked in awe at a large wad of gunk and punched a dummy with a draining punch. Leaving just one particular move the man wished to talk about. "Now for that grass move that even certain grass type pokemon tend to have difficulty learning. Seed bomb." The man took out a peach seed, placed it in his mouth and spit it to the ground, Yang was interested and asked. "It... is that simple of a move, but... don't most moves form with in a pokemon's body?"

The man nodded at the answer. "Yes, but some pokemon don't do that and use these moves in their own ways. For example... a pokemon like Delibird uses this move by doing what I did a moment ago... or even better. Rowlett... a grass type pokemon." Pipi gasped. "So it is as you said... so... Munci just needs to eat a big enough seed and he would use the move?" The Trubbish found it simple and rummaged in the trash as the man took out an avacado and tossed it at him. The Trubbish was given a warning, turned around and opened his maw to catch the fruit. He swallowed it whole as the second man watched a Poipole shoot a signal beam from his eyes and the weakest of the three men watched the Nidoqueen stomp the ground and unleashed earth power. Alex felt he was nearly spent on battle points as he asked. "Sutikki seems to be doing well in learning signal beam in place of peck and Kuīnpin was quick in learning earth power for helping hand. I think there might be a place in Mahogany town if you want to find the T.M for sludge bomb. I heard that the Goldenrod Game Corner gives out the other t.m's you might like. They are top shelf prizes."

Pipi puffed her cheeks up and sighed. "...Fine, I'll do that part at my own time." She let out her Dustox, Mareanie and Golbat to watch the progress, with good news to them. "So tomorrow we will go visit Cianwood City and get our next badge. What do you think? Are we ready to take Chuck on? I heard he specializes in fighting types."

The Golbat gasped at the thought and looked at the three pokemon impressed, she perched watching as the Mareanie watched the Trubbish spit out a seed that bounced back. Munci ate the seed and spit again, Acanci clapped amused and giggling as Dasuti watched the Nidoqueen and Poipole practice their new moves. The Dustox flapped his wings and joined in on the fun as he spit out an electroweb and maneuvered with a string shot, Pipi sighed and explained that move. "Mother had Dasuti learn that move while we were visiting Alola. It's handy."

The men agreed as the Trubbish spit out the seed again, it glowed and on impact with the ground, let loose an explosion. Munci giggled, opened his maw and caught the seed once more. Gulp! Pamela clapped at the sight and cheered for Pipi. "It looks like you would be ready no matter what storm comes your way." She giggled as Pipi got the joke, puffed her cheeks half amused and thanked the move tutors. "This was a good stopping place. Thank you for helping my pokemon."

Alex sighed at his battle point card as the trio appreciated it, the boy asked. "If it makes tomorrow less painful. Anything else?" Pipi shook her head and began her goodbyes to the tutors, with business done, Pamela lead the way home. "We should celebrate this, it looks like all your pokemon are forming well as a team." Kumo agreed and looked at the sea, like there was something she decided on.