"Well, that's it."
"Pathangle and Angietus are gonna be okay," Ash and Mallow grinned.
"That's for sure. Now, that we got them back on our side, let's look around for Snookie and Manu and get out of here before Tiki Jaws shows his ugly mug again," Race replied just as the girl in question suddenly appeared and looked fine, surprising everybody.
"Snookie?" Kiawe called, causing her to turn to them and scream in fright before disappearing into the tunnel behind her. "Was it something I said?"
"Oh, dear. The poor girl must be terrified," Delilah frowned.
"Something's not right, Your Majesty," Lana interjected in realization.
"Yeah, why would Snookie be terrified to see us when the Wiki-Tiki's the one that's been terrifying everybody and sent his Hohona Lohavas for locals like her and Manu instead of the tourists?" Sophocles added, starting to become suspicious.
"Come on. If we go after her and question her, she might tell us the truth," Sarah nodded just as the Wiki-Tiki reappeared to get in their way once more.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" Rubble screamed in fright as he scrambled to hide behind Ryder.
"It's Tall, Dark, and Creepy again!"
"The Wiki-Tiki!" gasped Liberty and Zuma in disbelief.
"It looks like he finally found us!"
"We'll never get out of here with him around!" Vikavolt and Togedemaru screeched in panic.
"CHARGE!" the Poms cried as they quickly scampered to the Wiki-Tiki to try and fight him.
"No, you little puffballs!" Liberty yelped, immediately going after the Poms just as the Wiki-Tiki shot a fireball at them.
To his surprise, he saw the fireball shoot past them from above while Sarah manipulated it before it could hit her and her group and threw it into the lava below with her Elemental Manipulation ability, realizing that the pups coming at him were too small to be hit.
"POM POM ATTACK!" the Poms shouted as they jumped onto his legs and batted them with their paws, leaving the spirit unimpressed as he deadpanned at them.
"Alright, you fluffy little munchkins, come down from there," Liberty ordered as she gently took each of them off of the evil spirit's legs with her mouth and rushed off with them before the Wiki-Tiki fired another fireball at the heroes before Race brandished his wand and used Protego to shield everybody. "Now, stay with us and leave that surfing giant to the real rescuers!"
"Uh, guys! Any ideas on how we can outwit, beat, or dupe the big guy?! I don't know how long I can hold the shield before he shatters it!" Race shouted.
"And, I'm not sure that charm Auntie Mahina gave us would be of any help!" Ryder added.
"But, we gotta do something!"
"We need to tell him to chill out somehow and fast!"
"Otherwise, he'll fry us all to a crisp before we can solve the mystery and question Snookie!" Marshall, Everest, and Chase put in.
Realizing their savior, their family, and their friends (old and new) needed help in dealing with this unexpected threat, Pathangle and Angietus wanted to do something but hesitated as they feared using their powers once again. They were unsure if they could help them after what happened in the past but recalling everything they were told in their minds and after getting a loving nuzzle from their mother (which they had long for after being sealed away for five centuries), they quietly nodded to her and each other and steeled themselves for what's next.
Acting quickly, the Shadow Guardian Pokemon and Shine Guardian Pokemon emerged from behind the shield and combined Thunderbolt and Flamethrower into a beam of fire and lightning (at a controlled power rate) which struck the Wiki-Tiki and knocked him down, but thankfully (for the Pokemon in question), didn't kill him as he grabs the cliff face before he could touch the lava.
"Good job, Angietus, Pathangle! Now, let's find out where Snookie went!"
"You said it! I want a word with her about all of this!" Chase and Cadence cheered as everybody went through the tunnel Snookie disappeared in.
The Wiki-Tiki managed to climb back onto the altar and saw his enemies getting away down the tunnel Snookie went through. He shot another fireball at them but missed the heroes by a margin just as they finally caught up with Snookie.
"There you are, Snookie!"
"You and the Wiki-Tiki and his tiny cronies sure gave us a lot of trouble, especially with us not knowing where you are in this place," Skye and Astrid remarked.
"Are you alright, by any chance?" Hayden asked, trying to not sound suspicious, knowing he would tip her off somehow given her previous reaction.
"I'm fine, thank you for finding me," she replied, thankfully not catching on.
"Well, now that we found you, we'll need to track down Manu and get out of here," Aurora put in just as the Wiki-Tiki reappeared and pursued them.
"Uh-Oh, here comes Mr. Hawaiian Double Trouble!" Donphan gasped.
(Background Music - Aloha Scooby Doo, Chase Scene #2)
"Quick, follow me! I know the way!" Snookie called, leading the heroes as they ran from the evil Tiki spirit as fast as they could by first going over a series of three bridges on different levels, a network of pathways from a cavern hub they popped in and out of, back through the bat cave as they accidentally woke up the bat-like Pokemon and the bats (who were not happy about being spooked as they did) until they returned to the cavern hub and got separated.
With Gogoat and Braixen, the Wiki-Tiki chased after them until they came across a dead-end and then figured out how they could trick the monster and trap him inside the tunnel they were in so they and their family and friends could come back for him later. Hiding behind two large rocks on either side and after Gogoat discreetly brought out his vines and placed them on the ground, as soon as the Wiki-Tiki showed up, they pulled the vines on either side and tripped him up which caused him to slide on the ground and smack into the cliff wall in front of him face-first.
In doing so, he inadvertently caused a cave-in as the caverns started to shake and the rocks above them from the stalactites began to fall. The evolved Fire and Grass Types bolted out of the tunnel and left the Wiki-Tiki behind as he became buried under a pile of rocks, rejoining their family and friends along with Snookie as they regrouped in the cavern hub.
"It's a cave-in!"
"We'll be buried alive or crushed if we stick around here!" Heart and Tail cried in alarm.
"Let's get out of here and fast!" Sarah warned as everybody bolted to a random tunnel, all of them barely managing to pass through a rock slab that sealed the pathway they went through shut (just as, unbeknownst to the heroes, the Wiki-Tiki managed to break free from its rock trap and search for them again).
"We're sure glad you're okay, Snookie. For a minute there, we thought the Wiki-Tiki already went through with his human sacrifice ceremony," Leo said to Snookie.
"I barely got away after I was brought here and have wandered through this place for days. But, that thing still has Manu and I don't know where he could be," Snookie replied as everybody followed her to yet another cavern.
"Snookie, I'm not sure if this is the way out judging by your sense of direction."
"You've been here for nearly three days so you should've found an exit by now."
"Where are you taking us?" Rory, Buddha, and Tot replied, unsure of where they were going now.
"Trust me, the exit is in here. I found it by luck while snooping around here, come on. Hurry!" she encouraged as they went down another tunnel and she followed from behind, eventually arriving in a dark chamber before the Wiki-Tiki got the drop on everyone yet again.
Snookie yelped as she was grabbed by the monster and the Wiki-Tiki gave off a menacing cackle at the heroes, even going so far as to tauntingly point at Kiawe as he held Auntie Mahina's amulet at him before he rushed off and the cavern was sealed off before any of them could chase after them.
"SNOOKIE!" the Poms cried in horror as the Buddies got a strange feeling in them as they exchanged looks and quiet nods with Chase, Harmony, Sarah, Raven, and Ryder (their suspicions now raised). "We're locked in!" cried Tou-Tou as he scratched against the door.
"Now, what are we going to do?!" groaned Falcon in annoyance.
"I'm sick of that crazy muscular skyscraper!"
"Me, too!" Flygon and Snowflake huffed.
"I can't believe that monster got away with poor Snookie again!" Skye fretted, worrying about Snookie's fate now.
"Well, I can't believe that this amulet didn't do a thing," Kiawe huffed as he looked at Auntie Mahina's amulet.
"I don't want to put a damper on the poor lass but this little trinket she gave us is nothing more than a piece of Muggle garbage," grumbled an unimpressed Tsukumaro as he looked at the amulet and threw it away before Rocky (Mixed Breed) saved it with a claw from his Pup Pack.
"Well, if you ask me, there's a definitely 96% chance that something doesn't seem right. And, this whole thing was a set-up, like Snookie wanted to deliberately trap us for some reason," Nitro replied, giving his own thoughts on the matter.
"Highly probable, Mr. Nitro. There was indeed something off about that Snookie woman and doesn't it seem strange to any of us that we didn't find her tied up for the Wiki-Tiki's sacrificial ceremony in the altar we were in earlier?" Calculator agreed thoughtfully.
"Of course! If the Wiki-Tiki meant for her to be his prisoner along with Manu, we should've seen them bound together and with those horrible walking miniature nightmares with him. But, Manu wasn't with Snookie when we saw her and she's not hurt in the slightest! No wounds at all since he didn't abuse her one bit!" Stoutland gasped in realization.
"Are you guys saying that lady's been deceiving us ever since we met up with her?" a surprised Prinplup interpreted, getting grim nods from the Totem Vikavolt, the old Stoutland, and Metagross.
"We'll figure that out later because right now, we need to find another way out of here 'cause it looks like Snookie forced us to take a wrong turn earlier," Race informed as he took another torch he found off of the cavern wall before the heroes made their way down the stairs to the bottom level.
"SSSSSSSSStop! There's something ahead of us over there," Medusa called to everybody, hearing a hissing noise as she and Seviper came forward and saw what was in front of everybody.
"And, sssssssince it wasssss not from either of usssssss, that hissssssing issssss coming from...them!" Seviper said, pointing at a massive pack of poisonous coral reef snakes, cobras, and yellow-bellied sea snakes as Race's torch showed them in the light.
"AAAAAHHHHH! Snookie's led us all into a snake pit cave!" Sophocles freaked as he jumped into a shocked Ryan's arms while Vikavolt fluttered behind him and Togedemaru got in her trainer's arms, both of them frightened by the snakes as well. "I do go with snake Pokemon but this is even worse than what we went through with Evox even though he was a snake-like computer virus!"
"Cobras, coral reef snakes, and yellow-bellied sea snakes?! Talk about your Top 3 on World's Deadliest Snakes!" James remarked in shocked horror.
"And, by the looks of it, they're not too happy about us being in their territory," gulped Nikki, seeing the snakes looking angry at them as they saw who was trespassing on their domain.
"Big deal, snakes like them can't hurt us, right?" Snotlout snorted.
"Actually, Snotlout, I once read that those three snakes are the most poisonous kinds of snakes that had been discovered. Some snakes that are considered non-poisonous are the milk, garter, Eastern hognose, and California King snakes," Lillie quivered, shocking everybody.
"AHHH! NO! I don't wanna be poisonous snake bait!"
"Me, too! I don't want to die from being poisoned by a real snake!" screamed Quilava and Lopunny, getting on Nebby's back in fear.
"What'll we do now?!" Mallow fretted.
Ryan looked around for a solution to their predicament and then, he saw some vines hanging down from a small cliff on the other side and said, "Look, over there, on the other side! If we can figure out how to get past those snakes, we can get to those vine roots and pull ourselves out of this chamber."
"But, there's no way we'll be able to get through without fighting them!"
"And, even if we can, they'll turn their anger on us and retaliate in response!" Mei and Blue replied.
"Así es, it's perfectly advisable that you should restrain yourself from fighting with the snake, especially should you give them an opportunity to attack during a moment of surprise," Tracker nodded grimly.
"What about snake charming?" Lana suggested, suddenly causing Liberty to get an idea from a brainstorm she had over Lana's suggestion before she turned to Sarah.
"Lana's got it there, girlfriend! Why not sing them a lullaby to make them happy or put them to sleep?" she quizzed.
"Sing them a song as a snake charmer? They're venomous snakes out in the wild, Liberty! Not the defanged snakes in countries like India and Morocco and besides, Snake Charmers are banned for a reason!" Sarah spat incredulously at her pet dog.
"I once heard that people can hypnotize a snake by using a pungi flute and waving it around while you're playing it. And, didn't somebody once say, 'Music soothes the savage beast'?"
"But, I've never sung for wild animals before; who knows how they'll take to me or any of us singing to them? We don't even have a pungi flute with us."
"We can help ya with that, Mom," Danny suggested as he and Danielle came over.
"Go on, Mommy. Everybody back home loved to hear you sing when necessary, especially during the Alolan Open House at school two years ago and when we did that song battle against Jigglypuff," Danielle agreed, wanting Sarah to try out Snake Charming.
Sarah gulped but eventually gave in, "Okay, here goes..."
(Getting Lucky - The Chipmunk Adventure (ft. The Chipettes))
As the coral reef and yellow-bellied snakes and cobras slithered closer to the heroes, Sarah took a deep breath and quietly looked at Lana, Lillie, and Mallow (mentally asking for their help) as they nodded to her and they eventually began to sing with her and Danielle while Danny acted as a living pungi flute.
Sarah (chorus) - Honey, you're a sweet thing~
The little princess elbowed Lillie and nodded to Lana and Mallow to sing with her as she and Danielle sang.
Sarah & Danielle - And, you look so fine~
Mallow, Lana, and Lillie gulped and joined them to offer their help. As they began their song, one of the cobras brought its head up and eyed them with suspicion as it, the rest of the snakes, and the cavern turned purple.
Mallow, Lana, and Lillie - All I wanted, is to make you mine~
The wild snakes all gave small hisses as they closed in, supposedly moving to the beat of their song while everybody else watched on warily.
Give me a clue, tell me what I need to do to get lucky with you~
At first, the four girls and the female Meowstic were starting to warm up to the snakes while Danny did his best to keep playing the music and floating about through his psychic power. One of the other cobras, however, hissed at the quintet, scaring them and making them run across the chamber before they bumped into a yellow-bellied snake that seemed to take a liking to Danielle.
Sarah - Boy, I really love you, with my heart and soul~
A coral reef snake (that was also infatuated with Danielle) soon appeared and snagged the female Psychic Type as she started to swing and dance around with it.
Honey, won't you take me, where I want to go~?
Seeing her best friends and Danielle and how they were faring, the little princess could see that they'd followed her lead before she grabbed the tail of another cobra slithering by her and used it as a microphone while the cavern lighting changed to yellow.
Give me a clue, tell me what I need to do to get lucky with you~
"Oh, brother...…" muttered Eternatus in quiet exasperation as he shut his eyes and turned away, realizing what everybody was in for.
"What the devil...?"
"Uh...….."
"What is she...?"
"Oh, my goodness!" blinked Tschowl, Houratta, Mizuara, and Spherialla in total bewilderment as Pathangle and Angietus looked on in silent shock, their eyes bugging out at the absurdity of what they were seeing.
"Don't ask," Braixen replied, not wanting to explain more.
"That's my Mother," Silvally sighed simply as he just shrugged while the cavern became a dance hall amidst a pink light as the snakes and the girls continued to dance and Danny kept on playing.
Sarah and Danielle - Getting lucky, mmm, getting lucky is really what it's all about~
Mallow, Lana, and Lillie - Getting lucky, mmm, getting lucky is something I can't do without~
The dance party with the snakes continued as the coral reef snakes, cobras, and yellow-bellied snakes got into a shuffle-line dance while Sarah and a random cobra flirted with each other.
Sarah - Honey, I've been waiting, waiting patiently. Let me unlock your heart, boy, I think I got the key~
As the five girls and Danny continued the song, Sarah looked up and saw the other side of the cavern within reach and sprinted away, leaving the cobra infatuated with her to fall to the ground but not before she took a glimpse at Danielle continuing to dance with her one of the yellow-bellied snakes and quickly pulled her away while it danced away. Mallow, Lillie, and Lana came to the same realization and joined them as the little princess gestured the entire group to follow her, quietly following the shadows of the dancing snakes as they came to the pillar with the vines.
Mallow, Lillie, Lana, Sarah, and Danielle - Give me a clue, tell me what I need to do to get lucky with you~
Oh, ho, ho~!
Give me a clue, tell me what I need to do to get lucky with you~
The snakes were still partying around so none of them took any notice of the heroes leaving with the adults climbing up the vines first and Nihilego Lillie carefully picked up her older sister, floating her up to the top of the ledge while Danny, Danielle, and Mew lifted everybody else up with Psychic. As Sarah was the last one up the vines, a yellow-bellied sea snake appeared from behind her to snag her back for another dance but a coral reef snake slithered around its waist before it could bring her back and dragged it back before the heroes finally disappeared.
Oh, ho, ho~!
Give me a clue, tell me what I need to do to get lucky with you~
Danielle - Oh, honey, honey~!
Mallow, Lillie, Lana, Sarah, and Danielle - Give me a clue, won't you tell me what I need to do...to get lucky with you~!
"That was way too close," Sarah sighed with relief as everybody was away from the snake chamber before she glared at Liberty who just smirked smugly at her. "We are NOT doing that number again."
"But, you gotta admit, it was kind of fun dancing with all those snakes," Mallow admitted, smiling.
"I never thought dancing with and singing to some wild snakes who would love girls like that could be so fun!"
"It was great!" agreed Lillie and Lana, giggling.
"I gotta admit, Sis, that was some great singing you did back there. You got some good vocals," Danny complimented Danielle.
Danielle blushed, smiling at her brother, "You didn't too bad yourself as a pungi flute, Bro."
"Well, now that we're all finally out of that nightmare pit, we've got one last obstacle to tackle here," Angel reminded.
"The Wiki-Tiki," the Poms said together, getting a confirming nod from her.
"And, Snookie knows something about this mystery that we don't know yet so we should keep our eyes peeled for her. I want to have a good talk with her about playing us for fools as she did with that clear diversion from her and the Wiki-Tiki," Hayden said, his suspicions still afloat.
"What are you talking about, Hayden?" Marshall puzzled in confusion.
"Didn't you see how she reacted to seeing us when she finally appeared? She took one look at us and screamed before the Wiki-Tiki attacked us moments later and what's more, he didn't flinch to Auntie Mahina's talisman earlier when it was held out in front of him. If that monster was the real deal, wouldn't Snookie also have run in another direction to get away from him?"
"Like he knew her somehow and he let her pass!"
"And, wanted to throw us off course so we don't rescue her as she might've intended by leading us into the snake pit," Ash and Tsukumaro realized.
"Yeah, and Manu seemed awfully knowledgeable about the Wiki-Tiki since he heard of the local legends many times given he was the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna," Kiawe pondered, holding a thoughtful right pointer to his chin.
"Not to mention he disappeared so suddenly earlier this morning and after he wanted us to stay away after we were running from the monster only that we didn't hear any growling from him," Sophocles added suspiciously.
Lillie gave a determined nod as she gave her own thoughts on what they had witnessed and learned about, "Maybe everything we saw throughout our stay and the time the Wiki-Tiki terrorized the island before our coming here is not as real as it looks. So, Snookie and whoever she's working with must've planned all of this for some reason."
"That's what it looks like to us, babies," Angel nodded.
"What's even stranger is that during the three days he and his minions were running loose whenever they attacked, Snookie wasn't thrown into the volcano. It defies the supposed 'legend' Manu and Auntie Mahina told us about since spirits would usually follow through on their threats and customs and not without sending a warning to the victims to precede them," Ryan noted with suspicion.
"So, if this whole business with the Wiki-Tiki we're going through is fake, who's the joker behind this play?" Donphan questioned.
"I have a feeling, Young Donphan, that we'll find out once we get to the heart of this volcano. That is unless we have more evidence to back up our suspicions and find Manu and Snookie for questioning," Doug replied to the Armor Pokemon.
"But, how do we get there?" Skye asked.
"Pardon us, are you lost?"
"Perhaps we could be of help," two voices called out.
Everyone turned to the owners of the voices and from another cavern emerged a pair of Sky Torcher dragons which were the same dragons that posed a threat to Berk and the Hidden World. But, the odd thing about the Sky Torchers in question was that there were no other dragons with them, it was just the male and female alone and nobody else living in Mount Pulanana.
"AAAAAHHHHH!"
"SKY TORCHERS!"
"WAH, AH! GET AWAY!" Dart, Pouncer, and Ruffrunner shrieked with fright as they scrambled behind their parents with Zap, Splattertail, and Googles sharing their fears as they scurried behind their own parents and Aegis.
Winter, Shadow, Gale, Haze, and the Night Light elder snarled threateningly at the Sky Torchers as they stood over their children protectively and the other dragons grew wary of them as they also gave threatening growls and snarls which surprised and amused the Sky Torchers as they gave off friendly smiles.
"We're sorry, we did not intend to startle you," the male Sky Torcher chuckled.
"Hardly a welcoming sight since your species takes very well to calling places with a volcano your home. Especially with what we had to go through with your kind," Winter huffed bluntly.
"Yeah, sorry to rain on your parade but we got enough trouble coming from a fire-breathing freak already," Sarah added, a little exasperated.
The Sky Torchers just chuckled again as the male warmly replied, "Forgive us for surprising you all like that, my mate and I were unaware that Mount Pulanana would have visitors at its volcanic doorstep given that it was supposed to be dormant."
"I highly doubt we'd buddy-buddy with you two right away given we, Mom, Dad, and the rest of us nearly got roasted when the last Sky Torcher picked a territorial fight with us, TWICE," spat Pouncer doubtfully as he, Dart, and Ruffrunner continued to hide behind their parents.
"Well, on behalf of Sky Torchers who don't share the mindset of the other more violent beasts among us, we also apologize for the actions of the one who brutally attacked you."
The female Sky Torcher nodded knowingly as she replied, "Indeed, we apologize. The one you were most unfortunate to have met is my sister, Blister. She's a nasty piece of work and she's the reason why we abandoned her and the Hidden World's Fire Realm before we eventually found refuge in Hanahuna's only volcano. Much more peaceful and a wonderful place under the surface and often funny superstitions about volcanos, really."
"That is until a hooligan by the name of 'Wiki-Tiki' showed up after all this time and ended up causing trouble for the islanders," continued the male Sky Torcher, looking disgusted by the Wiki-Tiki. "Never one to show manners for our new home even though we've lived here for Odin knows how long and scaring the people around this region, honestly."
"Lucky you two have manners compared to that brat that nearly torched us out forever," Inferno replied with a light scoff.
"Or else, you would've been the victims of a full-blown revenge bust had your sister and everybody else with her found and tried to pick us out," Sunflare agreed, glaring suspiciously at the Sky Torchers.
"We understand. But, tell us, why are you all so interested in going to the heart of Mount Pulanana?" the female Sky Torcher inquired.
The Sky Torchers nodded understandably as the male replied, "If it's the heart of the volcano you want to go to, we'll take you there. We really appreciate you putting a stop to that monster's madness, he's been going at this whole scary thing for three days ever since he showed up. It's maddening!"
With the gang and Sarah climbing aboard the female dragon and the others getting onboard the male dragon, leaving Mew to carry everybody else with Psychic, the heroes made their way to the heart of the volcano as the Sky Torchers led everybody down a path they obviously knew. After flying through a series of passages over an underground river, the heroes and their new allies/acquaintances eventually arrived at the heart of the volcano where they came across a seemingly blocked entrance and an empty torch holder.
"This wall may look like a dead end but this is the entrance to the heart of the volcano. My mate and I would sometimes take magma baths in it," the female explained as Sarah, her friends, and the Pokemon with them got off of her.
Race noticed the empty torch holder and he placed the torch he still had with him in it, the holder and torch acting as keys as they caused the wall to open, revealing a hidden entrance and a plethora of Hohona Lohavas behind it (only that they're seemingly not alive and they just fell over in a pile), surprising the heroes.
"Don't wake them up, they're most likely sleeping," Fishlegs whispered.
"But, that's not possible, Fishlegs. If they're asleep, how come we don't hear any snoring or breathing?" Jazz replied skeptically as Aurora gasped and walked ahead of the others, the entire group entering what looked to be a homemade workshop for the Hohona Lovanas.
"Wow, check it out, you guys!"
"What's all this?" Kiawe and Lana gasped, seeing computer equipment, a remote control, and a robot that was made into a Hohona Lohava along with several plastic and metal Tiki heads.
"Great Thor!"
"No way!" breathed Ash and Snotlout.
"This setup here is not something people like myself would call ancient Hawaiian decor. This looks like it's been made in the 21st century and that's out of place in a volcano that's several years old like this one," Nikki stated.
"You're right, Nikki. This is a workshop for all of those Tiki terrors that ravaged the surfing contest before and the Luau from last night. And, Jazz is right, Fishlegs; they're not sleeping, they've just been turned off. Watch," Aurora explained as she picked up the remote control with her Pup Pack's robotic arms after she summoned them and moved the control sticks to make the three robots she was standing in front of on the table move around and chant 'Wiki-Tiki, Wiki-Tiki!' through voice boxes.
"So, that's it! Those Hohona Lohavas are nothing more but little robots," Lillie gaped in amazement.
"Very sophisticated ones, at that. They've all been expertly crafted and programmed to do one thing and one thing right: to scare everybody on the island," Aurora frowned as she examined the robots.
"That explains why they started sparking while we were beating them up," Ash realized while Zuma looked around and noticed something in a corner of the workshop.
"And, why none of them have mystic powers!"
"They're just toys!" Nano and Tot grinned.
Silvally had to laugh as he kicked one of the robots away, "That Wiki-Tiki's got such a weak fighting force with these playthings!"
Tsukumaro blinked as he noticed a wired-up control panel with some levers on it that worked a giant smelting pot suspended by two large placeholders on either side, hanging over the edge of the lava. Curious, he pulled one of the levers and everybody saw the large pot being lowered before it tipped over and poured cold water onto the lava, creating a steam cloud.
"That's steam that was coming out of the volcano!"
"How do you like that?"
"No wonder there had been smoke coming out of this place, it's manipulated steam for effect!" Skye, Rubble, and Chase gasped.
"Yeah, that was quite the set-up; by using that giant smelting pot and these controls along with the water from the river we went over on the way here, the mastermind behind the Wiki-Tiki scheme would fake the smoke effect using the steam created when the water touched the lava," deducted Hayden.
"Then, the steam would act as the symbol for anybody working these bad boys out to go bananas and freak everybody out," Liberty added, amazed.
"Hey, dudes, look at this!" Zuma called everybody in surprise and shock as he found what looked like a familiar surfboard but with one thing that the surfer pup picked out on both sides. "It's the Wiki-Tiki's surfboard and check this out, it's got the Goha Aloha logo on it!"
Everyone was surprised, Nikki more so as she remembered that it was the same company that Jared worked for, "Goha Aloha? That's the same company Jared's working for so why would that monster who's over 10,000 years old be riding one of the company's surfboards?"
"Because he's got good taste?" Zenna quipped.
"No, dudette, that surfboard doesn't look 10,000 years old because it's not as ancient as the monster. Someone's been taking advantage of Hanahuna's local legend about him to frighten everybody off, someone who's an extremely good surfer," Zuma replied, having a hidden tone of betrayal and sorrow in his voice like he now knows something the others didn't know (even if they didn't pick up on it yet).
"Zuma's right, Sarah and her blood family are technically 500 years old and her parents, grandparents, and Tsukumaro are still trying to get accustomed to modern-day human society and everything we do including surfing," Lillie nodded in agreement.
"And, you guys mentioned that Sol and the other Spirits of Harmony are more than 1,500 years old because of their Animus Enchantment!"
"Including everybody else in Dragonstone!" Ruffnut and Tuffnut added, getting a nod from Lillie as she took out her camera with her and scrolled through the pictures she took.
"And, while I was going over the photos I took last night before we went to bed, I noticed something very peculiar. Check it out," she said, showing everybody the pictures of the Wiki-Tiki and his surfboard and zoomed in on the surfboard itself, showing everybody the same Goha Aloha logo on it.
"Amazing! It's the exact same Goha Aloha surfboard that Zuma just found," Ryan breathed in awe before he gave a determined frown and nodded as he crossed his arms in satisfaction. "When we finally bring that charlatan posing as that monster to justice, Angel and I will have to take that board of his for evidence to the Hawaiian state government."
"Now, that's one tricky Tiki," Sophocles quipped.
"Please! I'm the tricky one given my species and I'm gonna file a complaint with that loser," Zorua huffed with a raspberry.
"It's just as we suspected; the entire Wiki-Tiki and volcano blowing up thing is just a big fat lie just to scare everybody out of Hanahuna Bay," Chase stated.
"Now, that's the most obnoxious thing I've ever heard somebody do!"
"And, a stupid one that could land the idiot doing this and his accomplice with a hefty sentence behind bars," Stoutland and Kurma scoffed in disgust.
"But, who exactly would go through the trouble of frightening everybody off using the Wiki-Tiki stories?" David questioned, still in disbelief over everything.
Zuma, heartbroken on the inside and now mad, frowned determinedly as he turned to everybody and said, "I have a good idea who's responsible and given what we've dug out here but we need to be sure regarding one thing and that's who's owning the entire place right now."
"You mean the county registry, Zuma?" Sarah asked, getting a determined nod from the surfer pup before she returned it and turned to Aurora, Hayden, and Trooper. "Aurora, Hayden, Trooper, would you two mind inquiring about the county registry when we get back to the hotel?"
"Can do!"
"Wilco!"
"M'am! Yes, M'am!" the three pups in question saluted.
"Good thinking," Lana agreed.
Zuma nodded as he continued, "This could work in our favor because today's the surfing contest and I have a hunch Mr. Tiki Waves won't resist making an appearance to scare everybody off for good."
"That means we trap him!"
"Together!"
"And, we take him down once and for all, solving the mystery!"
"YEAH!" cheered the Poms.
"And, we'll have to work fast since it's almost time for the contest!" Ryder warned as he checked his clock on his Pup Pad, realizing that they were running out of time.
"And, Zuma and I are going to be in the front lines, waiting for that creepazoid to make the first move once he shows up."
"Come morning, dudes and dudettes, it'll be time to catch the big one and wrap things up for him. And, I've got a plan on how to do it," Sarah and Zuma stated.
"Alright, what's the lowdown?" Budderball quizzed, eager to hear about the plan.
Before long, morning came and it was time for the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest with Zuma and Sarah amongst the surfers preparing to take to the waves (the little princess wearing a one-piece swimsuit since she refused to wear a bikini). It took every ounce of self-control and a few helpful slaps from his Spinda for Race to keep himself from drooling as he blushed once he saw her in her new look for the contest.
As with her family, they were resting on the beach along with their new Sky Torcher allies as they decided to have a change of scenery from their Hawaiian volcano home and wanted to make sure their new acquaintances kept out of trouble should the Wiki-Tiki finally arrive.
Then, when everything was ready, Molly came up to the stage and announced to everyone, "Aloha, Hanahuna, everybody! And, welcome to the 4th annual Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest! Today's going to be a beautiful day for sun, surf, and sand, don't you think?"
Everyone cheered but Little Jim remained silent, glaring in the distance as he saw smoke rising from the volcano for the third time.
One of the tourists joining the contest couldn't help but smirk at him as he taunted, "Dude, that stupid mountain of yours can smoke all it wants, But, I'm still going to smoke all newcomers busting up here, if you catch my drift, dig?"
"I think it's time to stop talking the talk and start walking the walk as you should be doing, dude!" Little Jim snarled, getting an annoyed grunt from the tourist as he walked off to stand somewhere else.
Before joining the other surfers, once they were ready to go surfing themselves, Sarah and Zuma met up with their friends and her family as they braced themselves for their chance to finish off the Wiki-Tiki perpetrator and close the case on the monster for good.
"Okay, does everybody remember the plan?" Zuma asked.
"Yep," the heroes all nodded.
Then, Ryder cleared his throat as he asked the pair (while acting the part out), "Well, Sarah, Zuma, you two ready to surf?"
"Ready to shred, Ryder!"
"Time to ride the wave!" they answered.
"Good luck," Ryder whispered, wishing his surfer pup good luck.
"Island Girl!" Race called to Sarah just as she got on her Mantine and Zuma went out first on his wind surfboard, making her turn to him. "Be careful..."
The little princess nodded before she ushered her Mantine and joined Zuma as they headed out into the waves, the surfing contest finally beginning. Out on the water, all of the surfers taking part began to surf at their very best but to the annoyance of Little Jim, the tourists in the contest seemed to be more interested in showing off than playing far including the tourist that taunted him earlier.
Sarah and Zuma, on the other hand, kept to the customs and traditions of Hawaiian surfing and the crowd seemed to be very pleased with their surfing so far. Even Little Jim couldn't help but feel impressed by what he saw from the two as he gave them a smile of respect, seeing how they were being fair and respecting his fatherland and ancestors' greatest and most-valued tradition.
"Isn't this just lovely, so hunky-dory, folks? I hope we all remember what a fun time we had come election day. Now, without further ado, let's all enjoy t-!" Molly continued before she was cut off by the sight of more smoke coming from Mount Pulanana.
Everybody gasped when they saw this and they were even more shocked when they saw the Wiki-Tiki coming out of nowhere, finally revealing himself to the public and launching a fireball from his mouth at the cocky surfer, the sight of the monster making him lose his balance on his surfboard and dive in the water before he bolted past.
"Whoa! Peace out, dude!" the surfer shouted before he screamed in panic as another wave crashed down on him and he ended up being washed up back on the shore.
"Are you okay, dude?" Little Jim asked, forgetting his anger and helping the surfer up.
"Yeah, thanks," the surfer nodded, relieved to be in one piece.
(Background Music - Aloha Scooby Doo! (Chase Scene #3))
The fake Wiki-Tiki soon started scaring everybody off which was the signal for everybody on the heroes' side to take their places and begin Zuma's plan to wipe out the monster.
"Alright, everybody! This is it, it's on us to save Hanahuna, once and for all! When the going gets tough, what do we do?" Kiawe called from his walkie-talkie while riding aboard his Charizard as Ash and Pikachu joined him while riding aboard Skystorm.
"Bury our heads in the sand?" Fishlegs answered before he, Rubble, and Sophocles dug their heads in the sand, looking like sleeping ostriches while Togedemaru and Vikavolt hid behind the humans despite their backs being turned.
But, the fake monster appeared and saw them, blasting them by their bottoms with his fireballs and making them yelp in fright and pain. They booked it to a nearby cabin but he shot another fireball and destroyed it, exposing the quintet and making Fishlegs and Sophocles run to their own surfboard and Mantine Ride Pokemon with Togedemaru riding on her Bug Type Brother.
Hurricane Harrigan, who was also taking part in the surfing contest and was also playing by the rules, joined the heroes after seeing and hearing the Wiki-Tiki causing trouble again. Seeing Zuma and Sarah surf by, he joined them and gave them a thumbs-up and wink, agreeing to help them with whatever plan they had to stop the monster from terrorizing everybody (which they greatly appreciated).
His help couldn't have come at a better time because as they were surfing together, they soon caught sight of the Wiki-Tiki now targeting them as he came up alongside, intent on knocking them off their boards and into the water below. But, they weren't about to go down without a fight as they dodged and weaved around him, making him swipe at them but miss his targets from all angles. Ash, Kiawe, Pikachu, Skystorm, and Charizard soon came up from behind them along with the Viking Teens on their dragons and with their Pokemon.
Kiawe and Ash tried to throw a net at the Wiki-Tiki to snag him but he burned it with ease with a fireball and launched a few more, forcing Loki, Axew, and Dratini to use Aura Sphere, Dragon Pulse, and Thunder to destroy the fireballs that would've hit Kiawe, Ash, and their team before they scattered.
The Wiki-Tiki tried to get at them again with his fireballs but Zuma, Harrington, and Sarah surfed within range again before they dodged a few more swipes from him and smacked him in the face three times after flipping and spinning.
The monster was humiliated by this and he growled at them but Sarah's blood and adoptive families burst in on their own Mantine (with the Poms and Buddies joining them to really hurt the Wiki-Tiki), surfing over his foot and making him scream in pain, turning his sights on them. Sarah quickly joined her family on their left and Zuma and Harrington joined them on their right just as they went over a huge wave crest, leaving everybody in shock as they watched on from the beach (especially Little Jim who was left speechless).
By now, the Wiki-Tiki was at his wit's end and he decided to finish things with his enemies once and for all as he chased after the royal family, Zuma, and Harrington with murderous intent.
Sarah, her two families, Harrington, and Zuma saw him coming, and after exchanging knowing nods with each other and with one loud "GO!" from Zuma, the group scattered as the surfer pup first took on the monster alone. Drawing from all of his experience and training in the PAW Patrol, Zuma expertly controlled his wind surfboard as he made a right turn and went into the wave's crest with the Wiki-Tiki after him. He was soon rejoined by Sarah and Harrington in the crest as they dodged their pursuer's attempts to swat them off their boards before Doug, Delilah, Nikki, James, Tsukumaro, David, Donna (former queen), the Buddies, and the Poms reunited with the trio and they surfed up to the top of the wave.
"Happy landings, Mr. Freaky Tiki!" Sarah taunted as the Wiki-Tiki tried to pursue them again but ended up getting himself thrashed about, tumbling off his board with a defeated roar and splashing into the water before he washed ashore on the beach.
Everybody cheered as the menace of the Wiki-Tiki was finally over with the royal family, Nikki, James, Harrington, Zuma, the Buddies, the Poms, and Sarah still reeling from the fact that they'd defeated the fake monster and saved all of Hanahuna.
"YAY!" the Poms cheered.
"We, we did it!"
"Alright!"
"Right on!"
"It's over!"
"So emotional!" Rosebud and her brothers cried happily.
James and Nikki hollered excitedly but Sarah's blood family was left in amazement, realizing that they'd beaten the Wiki-Tiki by surfing before they were broken out of their thoughts when Sarah and Zuma cheered loudly, "We did it! We did it, Mom, Dad, Granny, Gramps, Tsukumaro! We saved Hanahuna!"
"Sick moves, royal dudes and dudettes! You washed up the Wiki-Tiki!"
"You and your pups with you are, like, totally radical!" grinned Harrington.
To the cheers of everyone gathered, Sarah, her blood family, Nikki, James, Zuma, the Poms, the Buddies, and Harrington surfed along the wave back to the beach with the Mantine Ride Pokemon gently bringing them ashore as the others regrouped with them.
"Way to hang ten on the big top, Your Majesties!" Angel cheered as Sarah and Zuma exchanged congratulatory hugs, handshakes, and puppy kisses with the rest of the heroes including the PAW Patrol and Dragonstone Patrol.
"Fascinating surfing, Your Excellencies," added Ryan as he bowed to the royal family before he turned in amusement to the Poms and the Buddies. "And, as for you little vagabonds, while it was unexpected and dangerous to see you surfing with them and fighting the Wiki-Tiki behind our backs...… Ha-ha, good work!"
"Now, that was some Mantine Surfing!" chuckled Ash. "Groovy at its finest!" agreed Pikachu, grinning brightly.
"Now, the only question everybody wants to know is who exactly is the Wiki-Tiki," Mallow put in, looking at the washed-up monster. "Well, I think it must be Molly's real-estate agent, Reuben Lahuna. Wasn't he trying to get more people to sell the island's property to him?"
"Isn't it actually Jared Moon? That surfboard Zuma found in the volcano was from his company and its brand and he was making a killing with those charms and talismans which probably didn't work."
"I'd hate to point fingers but I'm afraid Miss Mahina wasn't honest with us about the legend and that amulet she gave us attests to that," Sophocles, Hiccup, and Tsukumaro suggested.
"No, dudes, it can't be them because there's only one person in all of Hanahuna that would be the Wiki-Tiki," Zuma replied as he went over to the Wiki-Tiki while Race and Asha restrained him by his back to prevent him from escaping until the police come. "Let me ask you, dudes and dudettes! Who do you think is the best surfer in all of Hawaii?"
Everybody gathered gasped in shock, disbelief, horror, and anger as they all answered, "MANU/MANU/MANU?!"
"Okay, wasn't expecting that," Prinplup blinked, bewildered.
It was indeed Manu, the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna, as he looked down in shame and disgrace before everybody heard, "Manu!", as Snookie (shaken by her boyfriend being hurt when he ended up washed ashore) pushed through the crowd to get to him.
"Snookie!" Ash, Mallow, Lana, Sophocles, Lillie, and Kiawe gasped in shocked disbelief as Snookie reached Manu and hugged him tenderly.
"Oh, Manu, baby! Are you okay?"
"Freeze!" the Buddies and Poms shouted, all of them snarling and growling angrily at Snookie and Manu and not happy about their deception and betrayal of them and everyone else.
"Manu and Snookie, you're both under arrest for domestic terrorism, scamming, lying, and assault!" Chase added as he and the PAW Patrol joined their fellow pups and surrounded the pair.
"If you surrender to us now, you and Snookie will suffer less in the end. If not, consider this your end as the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna and of your reputation as the best surfer in all of Hawai'i!" demanded Cadence.
"But, honey! How is it possible? Manu got himself kidnapped by the monster in the jungle this morning!" Delilah asked her daughter, flabbergasted.
Sarah shook her head as she told her blood mother and everybody else, "That's what I promised to tell you all, Mom. Manu wasn't really kidnapped by the Wiki-Tiki; he played us for fools by making us think he was kidnapped. So, to prevent us from solving the mystery after he found out what we were doing, he faked his own kidnapping. Too bad he didn't notice I was eavesdropping on him with my invisibility and when I found that microphone he used to make the Wiki-Tiki's roars. Having seen actual spirits myself, I know that they're meant to have supernatural powers so they can capture more than two people at once and have minions more powerful than the ones who kept attacking."
Harmony nodded in agreement as he addressed Sophocles and Kiawe, "You were on the right track with your prediction about Reuben, Sophocles. But, his real-estate business was for real; the real-estate scam was run by Manu and Snookie the whole time. Manu knew about the ancient Hawaiian legends of the Wiki-Tiki and took advantage of them to scare off the tourists and locals so they'd sell their homes, shops, and tourism facilities including the hotel to him and his girlfriend so they'd claim them for pennies on the dollar."
"Hayden, Trooper, and I made inquiries with the hotel staff about the county registry and found out that all of the properties here were sold online last night were bought by Snookie A.K.A. Pamela Waeawa, who also happens to have degrees in rocket science and robotics," put in Aurora.
"Fascinating, so it's as you younguns said, the girl is a rocket scientist!"
"That's why she made all of those robots we found in the heart of the volcano thanks to the wild Sky Torchers we met earlier," Doug and Angel replied.
"That was until she decided to join forces with her horrible loved one to do all of those terrible crimes," Delilah frowned disappointedly at the two lovers. "I must say; by doing what you did, Young Manu, you and Snookie have brought dishonor to all of Hanahuna and shamed your people."
"How could you do this to us, Manu? You were once my idol, I looked up to you... But, now I see that you're nothing but a lying cheapskate who'd forsake everything just for money," Zuma snorted angrily at Manu, feeling betrayed as tears welled up in his eyes.
"That's about as low as low gets for dudes such as you, Manu. Cats like you and Snookie give us surfers a bogus rep, not cool," agreed an angry and disappointed Harrington as he crossed his arms, making Manu and Snookie turn away from the pair in their shame.
"But, all of this madness for money and property?" David puzzled, scratching his head.
"That is just preposterous!" Tsukumaro seethed.
"Sad but true; the technology in this era allows criminals of all kinds to perform these complicated schemes compared to using magic for these kinds of things, gramps, Tsukumaro," Sarah replied as a shocked and betrayed Little Jim rushed over to Manu and Snookie, unsure of what to say to his former friends.
"Manu, Snookie! How could you do this to your own people?" he frowned, feeling rather hurt.
"Sorry, Little Jim, I needed the dough. Being the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna doesn't exactly bring in the big bucks as I'd hoped," Manu admitted.
"All Manu and I have ever wanted to do was surf. We were gonna make a killing on the property once we had everything ready," Snookie added.
"And, we would've gotten away with it all if it hadn't been for you meddling kids and the princess and her family," Manu frowned with disdain at Sarah and the others before several indignant coughs forced him to acknowledge the pups, the Pokemon, the dragons, and the Cat Pack. "Oh, and your puny gaggle of magical creatures, cats, and dogs, too...…"
"Better/Thank you/Good," they grinned as the police came and six officers joined by Officer Jenny and her own Partner Pokemon, a Shiny Granbull and a Sensu-Style Oricorio, came to bring Snookie and Manu to the nearest police station.
"Sorry, dude, but it's all over for you and your girl. The only way you'll be kicking back will be behind bars for making fools out of everybody," Liberty sneered smugly.
"Yeah, but at least I'm still the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna and the best surfer in all of Hawai'i. No one can take that away from me," Manu retorted.
But, Molly, having heard everything and learning of Manu and Snookie's betrayal and scamming, begged to differ as she carried the winner's trophy and told him, "Not so fast, Manu. As mayor of our fine town, I am pleased to say that this year's trophy for the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest goes to...Hurricane Harrington, the Alolan Royal Family, and Zuma of Adventure Bay's PAW Patrol!"
Everybody cheered as Molly handed Sarah, Zuma, and Harrington the trophy, leaving Manu stunned and in disbelief as he watched the trio thank her, realizing that he was no longer the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna thanks to his and Snookie's crimes.
"A PAW Patrol puppy, the princess, and a mainlander? I lost to the princess, a mainlander, and a PAW Patrol pup?! No way...…!" Manu gawked before he sulked miserably.
"Trust us, Manu, losing your position as the Big Kahuna will be the last thing on your mind. You and Snookie just wait until your families, especially her father, hear about this," Officer Jenny warned as she, her Granbull and Oricorio, and her fellow officers took him and Snookie away.
"Well, that wraps up everything for this mystery. The president and Commander Harris will be pleased to hear it once we've filed a full report with them," Ryan sighed in satisfaction.
"And, as a bonus to you all for helping to uncover the truth behind the Wiki-Tiki and capturing him, you've also won a year's supply of Macadamia Nuts and Masaladas!" Molly announced proudly.
Fishlegs and Meatlug's eyes widened as they gave each other bright grins as they looked at each other and the former said, "Did you hear that, Meatlug? Finally, we're going to try out some Macadamia nuts!"
Meatlug nodded ecstatically as she licked her lips in hunger before two trucks came with boxes of the food the heroes had won and they, Ash, Sophocles, their Pokemon, and Barley bolted over to them to eat.
"Hey, guys! All that food's meant to last a year, remember?!" Sarah shouted incredulously.
"HEY! You mind saving the spicy ones for us Fire Types?!"
"Yeah, leave the honey for us, too, okay?! Ani-Chan and I are the Secret Armor!" Kaji and Hashimoto shouted as they and Ching Wan rushed over to get their share of the food while Wang Lun chuckled, shaking his head before he decided to join his Single-Strike and Rapid-Strike counterparts so he can get a taste of the honey they were so desperate for.
"Something tells me that's not gonna last a year, is it?" Hiccup puzzled, unimpressed.
"Unless Race, Tsukumaro, and I can cast Gemino on all that...…" Sarah trailed off before she, her blood and adoptive families, and the rest of the gang rhetorically chorused, "...Probably not."
"And, as thanks for saving our fair town, I'd like to present you all with these buttons," Molly finished as one of her employees came over with a box and she gave the group buttons with her face on them, leaving them dumbfounded and unimpressed before she continued, "Oh! And, uh...invite you all for tonight's luau in honor of your bravery and efforts."
"Did someone say 'luau'?" Fishlegs grinned as he, Meatlug, and the rest of their hungry party ate away at the food they were in.
That night, the new luau was in full swing and everybody was enjoying themselves to the fullest. The original property owners were not happy with Manu and Snookie when they were told everything and by the time the luau had commenced, all of the property they ripped off of them was rightfully returned with the owners sending some choice words to the former Big Kahuna and his girlfriend. As a result, with the reveal of the criminal behind the Wiki-Tiki fiasco, everything went back to normal.
The Poms were enjoying it most of all as they danced together with Liberty, the Dachshund taking a liking to them and seeing that they and the Buddies now look up to her in a way. To Eternatus and Silvally's dismay and the pup's delight, with Ryan and Angel's approval (as they grinned at the sight), she was permitted to accept them as her pupils and take them in as honorary members of her family.
The news also delighted the PAW Patrol as it meant they'll have some new recruits as well, feeling happy for Liberty with Cadence offering to become a secondary mentor for them which the former Adventure City pup accepted. Amazingly, even Nikki and James approved as they couldn't stop gushing over the Poms and their energy.
As the luau went on, the heroes as well as the returning locals and tourists continued to enjoy themselves as the Poms and Buddies were now running and scampering around Stoutland, having grown a fondness for the Big-Hearted Pokemon as well.
"So, what do you want to do with Stoutland when we return home, Sarah?" Lillie asked her best friend.
"...Don't know, really," Sarah admitted after thinking for a moment.
"Well, why not have him as another mentor for your Pokemon? He's learned a lot of tricks that the other Stoutland on Akala Island can't do and it will keep him healthy and fit!" Ash requested.
"He's very good at finding some of the clues we found to this mystery, too," Lana chirped up.
"And, you can have another Ride Pokemon alternative if you don't want to walk for too long," Mallow added.
"That's not a bad idea but I'll have to talk with Olivia and the Stoutland Ranch landlord and see what they think. The landlord still has custody over him as he was given to the ranch by his original owner when he died, I'll have you now. But, at the end of the day, I want him to decide what he wants to do now. After all, whether or not he decides to leave his home and come with me, that'll be up to him."
"Yay! Our first real trainee mystery solved!"
"Yeah! Sooner or later, we'll be real PAW Patrol members in no time!"
"We'll be heroes!" Nano, Mimi, and Tot cheered.
"Fun, fun, fun! He-he-he-he-he-he!" giggled Mew.
Soon, a grateful Molly and Reuben approached the heroes as they said, "Your Majesties, kids, on behalf of all of us here in Hanahuna, I just want to say thank you for all you have done for us! Because of your efforts, Hanahuna Bay is safe and went up one notch on the Charm-O-Meter."
"All of the property that Manu and Snookie bought has been returned and a deal will be worked out to help the original owners compensate for their crimes. One other thing, if any of you all have a hankering for some beachfront property, here's my card. Hook me up."
"Thank you, Sir Lahuna, we appreciate it greatly," smiled Tsukumaro as he was given a card for Reuben's company before he and Molly went off to enjoy themselves.
"Nikki! I heard the whole story, congratulations on solving the mystery behind that Hawaiian menace! Also, I've some great news; those wildlife photos you've sent me and the Goha Aloha company and the designs they're based on that you did in your spare time despite your retirement, they absolutely love them! And, since they're looking to buy them, I was just wondering, if you ever choose to take up your old job again and work with us...….?" Jared Moon called as he appeared to speak with Nikki.
Nikki chuckled as she told him, "Thanks, Jared. But, my place now is in Alola; I have a loving family to take care of and they're my real treasure. That's worth more to me than anything the fashion industry can give me right now."
Jared laughed in acknowledgment as he agreed and gave her a Tiki charm, "Well, it's worth a try, I suppose. Happy travels to you when you return to Alola, kid. Oh, and I want you to have this, compliments of the house."
"Oh, wow... My very own Tiki charm," Nikki smiled awkwardly as she took the charm and Jared left to enjoy the festivities.
At that moment, a grateful Auntie Mahina arrived (having also heard about Manu and Snookie's misdeeds and the confirmation of the safe return of Spherialla's eldest sons) and presented the humans with some Hawaiian lei, feeling grateful to the heroes for uncovering the mystery behind the Wiki-Tiki, "Well done, kids, Your Majesties! The real ancient spirits of Hawai'i are in your debt and I am forever grateful to you for helping to ease the pain of Spherialla losing her precious children to the darkness with Pathangle and Angietus' return."
"Gee, thanks, Auntie," chuckled Ash, bashfully rubbing his head.
"We were just doing what we do best and that's helping people and Pokemon whenever we can," Kiawe agreed.
"That's what we do," Lana smiled.
Then, just as Auntie Mahina left the heroes to themselves, the group heard some chattering coming closer to them before they saw the robotic Hohona Lovanas from Snookie and Manu's workshop inside Mount Pulanana.
"Oh, not those screaming meanies again!" Eternatus griped before everybody saw them doing the Hula dance in a strange fashion.
The heroes and Auntie Mahina were baffled by this but they heard the sound of laughing coming from behind one of the nearby totem poles and out came Aurora with Snookie's remote control for the robots as she joked (while quipping one of Rocky's catchphrases), "Don't lose it, re-use it!"
"Hey, that's my line, Aurora!" Rocky sniggered as he and everybody else burst out laughing.
"Princess!"
Everybody stopped laughing as they heard a Pokemon squawking from above and they all looked up to find a large raven-like Pokemon which was actually the Pokemon for the Galar Region's Flying Taxi service, the Taxi Pokemon: Corviknight. The Corviknight coming towards Sarah, in particular, was carrying a box by a ribbon with its beak before it landed before her, prompting the little princess to join the Flying Type.
"Hey, get a load of this, dudes and dudettes!"
"It's a Corviknight!" Rotoscope and Rotom-Dex buzzed in surprise.
Stoutland noticed the box it was carrying and gently paddled over before he sniffed it, "...Strange, there is a foreign smell to this box and its contents inside."
"What are you doing all the way out here, Corviknight?" asked Sarah confused.
"I was to deliver this package for you on behalf of a few scientists you know from the Paldea Region," the Taxi Pokemon answered simply after it gave her the box it was holding.
"Paldea Region?"
"Package?"
"Scientists we know?" puzzled Mallow, Lana, and Lillie in confusion.
"You mean the region where Chien-Pao, the Fidough Sisters, Link, and Zelda originally came from?"
"What does it say?" Ash and Sophocles quizzed as Sarah looked at the package in her hands.
"W-Well, what do you know? It's from Professor Sada and Professor Toro," Ryan answered, seeing no label on the package but only the words: "From Professor Sada and Professor Toro".
"Professors Sada and Toro?" blinked Race in surprise.
"What could they send you this time?" Mallow inquired curiously.
"Well, the only way we'll find out is if I open it," Sarah answered.
"Open it, open it, open it!" Slurpuff begged eagerly just as the little princess opened the package and found three more Premier Balls along with a note that said, "We hope from the bottom of our hearts they will have a better future than their past with you. Best of luck to you in the upcoming Pokemon League, Professor Sada and Professor Toro".
Now, the heroes were even more baffled than ever; the message may have been cryptic but Professor Sada and Professor Toro sent the Premier Balls holding whatever Pokemon inside them to Sarah for a reason. Everybody knew that they sent her Chien-Pao along with Muffin and her sisters for Spring Break during their return to Galar but what other Pokemon did they decide to send her this time?
"Better future than their past?" Sarah thought as she took the Premier Balls in her hands and looked at them.
Something told her that somehow, someway, things were about to get even crazier for her before the Alola Region's Pokemon League would finally come to pass.
(END)
To Be Continued in Trials of Sarah VOL 3 - Chasing Memories and Creating Dreams
Occurred Events
The history of the Rainbow Scepter and Orb are revealed
Sarah gains two Sky Torchers as family members: Neema and Tumaini
The truth about the Wiki Tiki is revealed
Manu is revealed to be the Wiki Tiki and his and Snookies' scam is revealed
Sarah gains three mysterious new pokeballs and pokemon from Toro and Sada with a strange message