xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Hau'oli City, Melemele Island, 10:34 a.m. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Uggghhh..." Keats grumbled as he sat in a seat aboard a plane as it touched down on the runway in the Alola region.
Getting up from his seat, sporting a new attire consisting of a black long sleeve shirt with two open buttons around the collar, a red and green fisherman's style vest, a set of orange sweatbands around his wrists, a pair of jean shorts and dark sandals, Keats grabbed his twin messenger bags from the overhead compartment. Walking off the plane and towards the airport, he sported a scowl on his face that made him visually unapproachable as he entered the building and approached a front desk.
"Alola!" The front desk man said in a chipper tone.
"Uggghh!" Keats groaned as the man was taken aback by the suddenly hostile attitude Keats had towards him.
"Um... Wel-welcome?" The front desk man said, confused and frightened.
"Yeah, yeah..." Keats said with a displeased tone as he handed his ticket and passport to the guy.
"Alright, everything seems to be good here. How was the flight, if you don't mind me asking?" The front desk man asked.
"Better if I didn't have to take it to this place..." Keats thought, wishing to say that. "It was a flight to Alola..." He said, trying to hide his frustration.
"...Uh-huh... Says in the record from the airport you came from in Johto, you had a bit of an issue with some items you wanted to bring over here?" The front desk man said confused as he read the list of objects Keats tried to bring to another region. "Several stress relieving candles, bottles of alcoholic beverages and... A pair of sneakers filled with concrete that had a sticky note that read "self-defense weapon" on them?" He said, growing more and more perplexed.
"They let me keep one shoe at least..." Keats thought while biting his lips. "Can I go?" He asked.
"...Sure, have a nice time in Hau'oli City." The front desk man said as he handed Keats his passport as he walked away with Rotom popping out of his pocket.
"Keatzzzz, seriously, stop being so grumpy." Rotom said in a concerned and judgmental tone.
"Ugggghhh!" Keats groaned once again.
"And stop doing that, zzzzt!" Rotom exclaimed in frustration.
"Fine, whatever!" Keats said with annoyance as he walked out of the airport and into the streets of Hau'oli City. "Stupid Alola region... Stupid flight... Stupid Wailord stopping shipping routes I saw while overhead out the window!" He thought as he continued to whine.
Walking through the streets, Keats looked up at the sky as the hot tropical sun was beating down on him as he shook his head in annoyance as Rotom floated next to him. Reaching into one of his messenger bags, Keats pulled out a chocolate bar and began to eat it.
"At least I managed to get some of my snacks on the ride over here." Keats said to himself as he walked down the sidewalk in the city.
"Why are you zzzzo angry about being here?" Rotom asked.
"Oh, you wanna know?" Keats asked with an annoyed attitude. "Because I'll tell you. I'll tell you till the Miltanks come home." He continued, agitated as he stopped in the middle of the walking path. "I hate the tropiiiiiics!" Keats screamed loudly as people turned to look at him, echoing through the city in the middle of broad daylight.
"Why, zzzzt?" Rotom questioned.
"Marie likes to acknowledge my faults every now and then. Well, this is one I hold against her." Keats said as he pointed at the floating phone Pokémon. "It all started fourteen years ago when I was nine. My sister wanted to compete in the league in the Orange Archipelago, so it wound up being one big family trip with our parents. One mega cruise from Valencia Island to Pummelo Island." He said, remembering the past.
"Oh, I zzzzee. And because you can't handle boats, you were sick the whole trip." Rotom said.
"It was twenty-one days!" Keats whined. "We were on an ocean liner for twenty-one days while my sister traveled to the towns where the Orange Island Crew had their gyms set up. At the same time, my parents are enjoying the "fresh ocean air" and the delicious cruise food while I am holding a bucket in our cabin for days and days at a time!" He ranted.
"Ahhhh, thizzzz is making some sense now." Rotom said.
"Oh! And we decided to make a pitstop in Mandarin Island because my sister wanted to see some Elite Four-member lecture. While over there, I wanted to buy some stuff, but my parents told me; "no, look at how expensive everything is!" Of course, it's expensive! It's a stupid tropical island, everything's overpriced! Just get me the stupid Venusaur plushie with the weird leaf pattern! But nooooo! The guy on the boardwalk didn't look reputable!" Keats continued to complain as he finally started to walk down the street once again.
"This is going to be another thing, huh?" Rotom thought with an annoyed face on its screen as it floated behind Keats as he ranted.
Walking through the city, Keats looked around at the multiple buildings of the shopping district as he glanced around at the various people coming and going, a suspicious look in his eyes.
"What are you doing, zzzzt?" Rotom questioned.
"Trying to get a read on this "Imani Snagem" person." Keats said with squinted eyes, looking at every female passing by.
"You look like a pervert, zzzzt." Rotom said as Keats turned his head to look at the talkative phone.
"No I'm not!" Keats exclaimed. "Don't know what she looks like either." He thought.
"Do you have any leadzzzz?" Rotom asked.
"Besides the fact that punk kid told us she's here in Alola, that's all we got..." Keats said as he looked at Rotom.
"Then we're walking around blind... And there'zzzz a possibility Carter told Imani we are looking for her zzzzo she may be in hiding now." Rotom said as Keats bit his lip.
"Well, I am actually "walking" around blind. You're floating." Keats said, stating the obvious. "Maybe we need to consult the team." He said as he took out one of his Pokéballs.
"Whoa wait, zzzzt." Rotom said.
"Huh?" Keats muttered.
"Don't take out your Pokémon here. Do it zzzzomewhere where we won't draw too much attention before releasing them if Imani is watching." Rotom explained as Keats looked at the phone.
"Right... Right..." Keats said, agreeing as he put away the Pokéball and walked away towards the beach.
Reaching the beachfront, Keats proceeded to step down the stairs and onto the sand. His feet sinking into the ground, Keats looked down with annoyance as he felt the sand slinking into his sandals.
"You know, I really hate the tropics." Keats complained once again. "I have no idea how anyone can find this relax-ing!" He continued to rant as he walked onto the beach before falling forward onto his face and chest. "Blagh! Guhh!" Keats sputtered and spit as some sand entered his mouth.
"Hey, you okay, zzzzt?" Rotom asked.
"No, I'm not alright! I just tripped on something!" Keats exclaimed in annoyance as he got up and wiped his face of sand as he looked backwards. "What the heck did I trip on?! A rock?" He said as he reached down and picked up what caused him to fall forward, a small clear rock that matched the color of the nearby ocean. "People really need to stop leaving their decorative stones everywhere, I swear!" Keats thought as he shook his head before putting the stone in the pocket of his shorts.
Heading over to an open space, Keats looked around at the beachgoers before taking off his messenger bags and placing them on the ground. Taking out his three regular Pokéballs and one Ultra Ball, he pressed down on them to open them up and released out his Pineco, Timburr, Stunky and Druddigon, respectively.
"Pineco!" Pineco said as she stood on the sand.
"Timburr!" Timburr said as he held up his wooden log over his right shoulder.
"Stunk-tunk!" Stunky said as he was on all fours as he farted out a bit of yellow gas from his rear.
"Drudd-gon! Gon!" Druddigon roared until some of the gas from Stunky wafted near the Dragon types face and begun to cause him to cough from the stench.
"Stunky..." Stunky said in an apologetic tone.
"Stunky said he is sorry for the gazzzz." Rotom translated.
"Druddigon!" Druddigon exclaimed angrily in the skunk-like Pokémon's direction.
"Coco-pineco." Pineco said, attempting to mitigate the problem.
"Ahhh so it wasn't just me the whole time. Thought I heard someone pass wind at points in the trailer when it wasn't me." Keats said with a smirk as Rotom looked at him with a bewildered face on its screen. "Now then, back to stupid Alolan business." He said with furrowed brows as he reached into one of the messenger bags and pulled out a long towel, laying it on the sand as he sat down on it. "So... Welcome to "The Counsel of Alola Sucks."' Keats said with a smirk to his team.
"Timb?" Timburr said as he put down his log and sat on it, mimicking Keats.
"Oh, if you guys are curious, I don't like the fact we're sitting on a beach. Or in the tropics in general." Keats said with a clearly unhappy expression on his face as his Pokémon looked at him.
"Pineco." Pineco said as she hopped over to Keats as if to check on him.
"I already told Rotom that being in the tropics brings up bad memories of me losing close to fifty pounds in vomit, so I'll just leave it at that." Keats said to his concerned Bug type as the others looked at him with raised eyebrows. "So... Let's get started everyone." He said as he reached into one of his messenger bags and pulled out a board and a marker.
"Stunk?" Stunky muttered towards Pineco as she hopped back over to the grouping of Keats' Pokémon.
"Pineco." Pineco muttered in an unsure tone.
"We are here." Keats said as he stood up and put four circles on the marker board, each representing the four islands of the Alola region. "Specifically, this circle." He said as he randomly pointed at one of the circles.
"You're pointing at Akala Izzzzland. This is Melemele." Rotom said as Keats looked at the phone Pokémon before turning back to the marker board.
"Oh, who the hell cares!" Keats exclaimed as he wrote on the marker board and drew "Alola Sucks" on it, flashing it towards his Pokémon.
"He was confused and strange in Unova, now he's confused, strange and angry here." Rotom thought with an exasperated expression on its screen as Keats cleaned off the board.
"Now, we need to find this person." Keats said as he drew a stick figure with a skirt and hair that read "Imani Snagem" over it. "And she has my sister's Sableye and Mega Stone... Now... How do we find her?" He said while looking at his Pokémon with a face that was expecting a legitimate answer.
In response, Timburr and Stunky looked at each other with confusion as Pineco and Druddigon just looked at Keats with a face of concern. Keats, making a face that was trying to hide his frustration, proceeded to throw his board away like a frisbee. As it flew through the air, the board whacked a man setting up an umbrella in the back of the head.
"Grafh-plugh!" The man exclaimed as he fell forward, face first into the sand and the umbrella he was setting up falling forward and hitting him in the same spot while he was down.
"Great! We got nothing!" Keats exclaimed as he sat back down on the towel and looked up at the sky, a series of unfamiliar bird-like Pokémon flying overhead.
"Keatzzzz?" Rotom asked.
"What now?" Keats said in a complaining tone, not looking at the floating phone.
"Can I make a zzzzuggezzzztion?" Rotom said as Keats turned towards Rotom.
"Depends. Does it involve buying razors to shave off my beard or buying a power washer to cut objects for fun?" Keats said.
"...No, zzzzt." Rotom said. "Why would I suggest those?" The phone Pokémon thought.
"Okay, then what?" Keats asked. "Oh thank god, one more day without someone saying something about my facial hair! Haha!" He thought triumphantly.
"What I was going to suggest was catching Pokémon, zzzzt." The phone Pokémon said as Keats raised an eyebrow.
"I have Pokémon." Keats said as he pointed at his quartet of Pokémon in front of him and Rotom.
"Still not getting it..." Rotom thought as it looked at the chubby young adult male. "Did you remember to get Pokéballzzzz, at least?" The phone Pokémon asked as Keats looked over at one of his messenger bags and pulled out a random regular ball.
"I got close to a dozen regular balls, two weird ones that look like clocks and one that is very similar to a regular ball but has a lightning bolt on it." Keats said as he held it up. "Don't know why you told me to get these other odd ones, I could have just got an Ultra Ball like the one Druddigon's in." He said.
"Druddigon." Druddigon said with a smirk forming on his face, feeling proud of being caught in an Ultra ball as opposed to a regular Pokéball.
"Hey, don't you act all special. You have just as many losses in this group as anyone else." Keats said, deflating Druddigons ego.
"Druuuuud!" Druddigon exclaimed sadly as he reached his claws into the sand, dug a hole out of the beach and placed his head inside of it.
"And Druddigon is depressed again, zzzzt." Rotom said as Keats looked at the Dragon type with a nonchalant face.
"Pineco... Pineco..." Pineco said in a reassuring tone as Timburr stood up and walked over to Druddigon, patting him on the back while Stunky looked on, confused.
"Excuse me." An unfamiliar male voice said as Keats turned his upward and noticed a short haired lifeguard in a white shirt, red shorts and sunglasses. "This beach has a "one Pokémon per trainer out at a time" limit, so please put away your other Pokémon if you plan to be on the beach." The lifeguard said as he walked away.
"Another reason to hate this place." Keats said with a headshake as he pulled out his Pokéballs and recalled his Pokémon before standing up. "So... What were you saying?" He said as Rotom floated up to him as Keats put away the blanket he was sitting on.
"Training, Keatzzzz. And catching Pokémon." Rotom said with a stern tone. "You tied in that battle against that strange man back in Johto, it's obvious you need more practice as a trainer." The phone Pokémon stated.
"Easier said than done. I don't see any wild Fighting types like Sawk and Throh wandering around to act like teachers for us like last time." Keats replied back as he walked away towards the edge of the water. "And how does catching more Pokémon help anyway?" He asked with a skeptical tone.
"Improving yourzzzzelf as a trainer has just as much benefit on your Pokémon as it does you. With better skills in battling with them and bonding with them, it will make the battles ahead easier too." Rotom explained as Keats sighed, still struggling to understand completely.
"Okay, I get that, to an extent. But the "catching" thing is something new. How does getting more Pokémon mean anything other than more responsibilities by having more Pokémon to keep track of?" Keats replied.
"There's more than one way to improve your Pokémon, zzzzt." Rotom said.
"I thought the only way to get more experience was to battle?" Keats questioned.
"In most cases, yezzzz. But, and this is proven scientifically, Pokémon can get experience through the simple act of bonding with their trainer and even get stronger in the presence of other Pokémon in the trainer's possession. Hence why people catch more than just the base six that every trainer is allowed to carry and keep on a regular rotation by having as much as possible, at the trainer'zzzz personal discretion." Rotom said with its screen providing more visual aids as Keats raised an eyebrow.
"...This just gets more and more complicated..." Keats thought as he walked further down the beach with Rotom following beside him. "And just how does this help us find Imani Snagem?" He asked, skeptical.
"It's better than uzzzz walking down the beach with zero idea where she is. You'd be more prepared for the battle that is definitely going to happen too. I'm close to one hundred percent sure she has tougher Pokémon than Carter had that wasn't just the stolen and brainwashed Pokémon that belong to your sister." Rotom explained.
"Once again... Can't fault that." Keats thought.
"So, are we in agreeance for once, zzzzt?" Rotom said with a stern face on its screen.
"Alright, fin- wahh!" Keats said until he suddenly felt something in front of his left foot, causing him to fall forward and onto the sand. "Damn it, not again!" He exclaimed in an agitated tone as he picked himself up and turned around to look at what he tripped on.
"Keatzzzz?" Rotom said, confused as Keats was on the ground.
"It better not be another stupid blue rock- huh?" Keats said as he looked back and noticed something that definitely wasn't a rock.
Where Keats' foot was wasn't near a rock or a piece of trash but rather, a Pokémon. A small round and black Pokémon with an ovoid body, pink beady eyes, small pink horn-like protrusions and a weird white end and odd mouth, facing the direction of the water.
"The heck is this thing?" Keats said as Rotom looked at the Pokémon.
"Pyuku." The Pokémon said.
"Let me zzzzcan it." Rotom said as it flipped over to scan the unknown creature. '"Pyukumuku, the Sea Cucumber Pokémon, a Water type. Pyukumuku inhabits beaches and shallow ocean waters. It can expel its internal organs and use them to grab food or attack enemies."' The phone Pokémon explained, reading the PokéDex entry for Pyukumuku.
"...Whoa, wait. This thing can spit out its entrails?" Keats said in surprising interest. "No lie, that's cool..." He thought, genuinely intrigued by the Water type Pokémons weird entry.
"It looks like it wazzzzhed ashore." Rotom said as it looked at the Pyukumuku facing the water.
"What's it looking at?" Keats questioned as he turned in the direction of the Pyukumukus sightline.
Out in the water, Keats and Rotom saw three pink fish-like Pokémon with blue and yellow spots, an odd protrusion sticking out of the top of their heads and all sporting large sets of lips. Looking at the Pokémon, Pyukumuku proceeded to spit out a white appendage in the shape of a four fingered hand and proceeded to raise it slightly in the air, extending one finger in an offensive manner.
"Pyuku." Pyukumuku said with a glare in its small eyes as Keats and Rotom looked at Pyukumukus surprising action.
"Those are Bruxizzzzh!" Rotom exclaimed.
"I'll pretend the multiple "z's" are actually one "s" so what's a "Bruxish?"' Keats asked as he looked at the ugly fish-like Pokémon as Rotom scanned them for their Dex entry.
'"Bruxish, the Gnash Teeth Pokémon, a Water and Psychic type. It stuns its prey with psychokinesis and then grinds them to mush with its strong teeth."' Rotom said. "They're also said to be known for being a predatory creature. Targeting smaller Pokémon than it." It continued as Keats looked down at Pyukumuku and noticed its vastly smaller size in comparison to the three Bruxish in the ocean.
"And because it's on land and away from them, it's flipping them off. Wow... I'm liking this Pokémon more and more." Keats thought, impressed by the sea cucumber-like Pokémons tough attitude. "...Why don't I catch this little guy?" He said towards Rotom.
"You want to catch Pyukumuku, zzzzt?" Rotom questioned.
"Yeah, this little dude has quite the ego. I think he'd be right at home with our group." Keats said with a smile on his face. "You said earlier that catching more Pokémon to add to the team helps the others improve by association so... Why not?" He continued.
"Well... You need to catch Pokémon to help the otherzzzz so go for it." Rotom said, noticing Keats smiling for the first time since he arrived in Alola.
"Awesome, let's- hey!" Keats said as he reached to grab one of his free Pokéballs until he noticed a pair of child-like hands grab Pyukumuku off the ground.
Looking forward, Keats was confused to see a boy and girl, the male with short brown hair and the female with long twin tail hair, both wearing lifeguard style outfits. In the boys' hands was Pyukumuku, its entrail hand returning to the inside of its mouth.
"Found another one!" The small boy said.
"Fifth one today!" The small girl said as Keats looked at the pair of children with a clearly upset expression.
"Hey! I was going to catch that!" Keats said, angrily.
"Oh, sorry mister." The small boy said, not noticing Keats at first. "We were put in charge of throwing back the Pyukumuku that wash ashore so they can go back in the water." He explained.
"...That's a thing?" Keats said, confused.
"It's a big thing in Alola to return Pyukumuku back to the ocean when they come on land." The small girl said as Keats' eyes shifted in the direction of the Bruxish in the water as the trio made evil smirks on their faces.
"...So... I can't have this Pyukumuku?" Keats asked out of curiosity.
"Sorry. We have a job to do, and we have the Pyukumuku in our hands soooo..." The small boy said as Keats' left eye twitched.
"Maybe I can take one of my bags that filled with stuff, whack these kids out cold, take Pyukumuku and run." Keats thought violently until he shifted his eyes in the direction of the lifeguard on the beach, looking in his general direction in front of the kids. "Or not..." He thought while biting his lip. "...Fine... I'll just look for a different one. Just... Do me and this little guy a favor and throw him back far away from this spot so it doesn't get killed by those Bruxish." Keats said with a disappointed tone.
'"Okay! Good luck!"' The kids say in unison as they walk away to put the Pyukumuku back in the water far away from where Keats was.
"Damn kids..." Keats said, quietly and angrily.
"There'zzzz a whole beach here if you want to find another Pyukumuku." Rotom said towards Keats as the young adult trainer walked away, looking down at the sand.
"Okay, let's see, let's see." Keats said to himself as he looked away along the shoreline to see if another Pyukumuku would come on land.
With luck, as the tide rolled in, Keats looked down to notice something was suddenly swept ashore. Something round and small with a long appendage out of one end.
"Oh! Pyukumuku!" Keats exclaimed in a chipper tone as he reached down to grab the Pokémon out of the water. "Got you- huh?" He said until he noticed what he had in his hands wasn't a Pyukumuku like he thought.
While the creature in his hands was small and rounded, its black body was inside of a purple clamshell-like layer and instead of what would be a hand-like organ was actually a wide tongue. Opening its round white eyes, the creature looked directly in Keats' face.
"Shellder." The clam-like Pokémon said.
"A Shellder?" Keats said, confused as Rotom scanned Shellder for its Dex entry.
"Allow me, zzzzt." Rotom said as it turned its screen over towards Keats. '"Shellder, the Bivalve Pokémon, a Water type. At night, this Pokémon uses it broad tongue to burrow a hole in the seafloor sand and then sleep in it.'" The phone Pokémon explained.
"Shellder." Shellder said as Keats looked at the Water type.
"Translation?" Keats asked towards Rotom.
"It's zzzzaying "hello."' Rotom translated.
"Uhhh, hey, uhhhh..." Keats said, embarrassed and confused. "I was looking for a Pyukumuku, different Water type." He thought. "Well, this is awkward. But neat to see one of these again." Keats said as he examined Shellder in his hands.
"What doezzzz that mean?" Rotom questioned.
"Oh, this isn't my first time holding a Shellder. Back in middle school, I had an issue with a bully, so I found a Shellder in a local pond, agitated the hell out of it and then put it in his backpack. The week-long suspension was totally worth it if you saw the look on his face when it used "Icy Wind" to freeze him solid. Hehe." Keats said with a chuckle as Rotom stared wide-eyed at Keats.
"...You're a lunatic..." Rotom thought with bewilderment.
"Hey look, I'm sorry but I didn't intend to pick you up." Keats said apologetically to the Shellder in his hands.
"Shell?" Shellder said, confused.
"I was looking for a Pyukumuku to wash ashore. So, I guess I'll do this place a service and put a good Kantonian Pokémon back in the water." Keats said as he raised Shellder overhead to throw it back in the ocean.
"Shellder! Shellder!" Shellder said frantically as Keats looked up to notice the fact it was shaking in his hands.
"Whoa hey, what's up?" Keats said as he pulled Shellder back down to eye level.
"It'zzzz saying that it doesn't want to go back in the water right now." Rotom said, translating.
'Why is thaaaa- uhhhh..." Keats said as he turned to look into the water and noticed something unsettling.
In the water, looking in his general direction, was the three Bruxish from before. Looking at them with confusion, Keats was surprised to see them showing their razor-sharp teeth and licking their lips at him. Turning his eyes down towards Shellder, he noticed the clam-like Pokémon shaking in his hands.
"Hey uhhhh... Rotom..." Keats said with a concerned tone in his voice.
"Yeah, Keatzzzz?" Rotom asked with a similar tone.
"Is there any more to Bruxishs' PokéDex entry?" Keats asked as Rotom checked.
'"Its skin is thick enough to fend off the spikes of Mareanie's. It burrows beneath the sand, radiating psychic power from the protuberance on its head. Even the shells on Shellders are no match for its... Teeth..."' Rotom said, reading off more of the information on Bruxish.
"...Oh boy..." Keats thought with a feeling of dread rising within.
"Keatzzzz..." Rotom said, trying to get Keats' attention.
"...You know what..." Keats said as he reached into one of his bags and pulled out a regular Pokéball. "Hey, Shellder." He said as he looked at the clam-like Pokémon.
"Shellder?" Shellder said as it shifted its eyes towards Keats.
"Try not to shake around too much, okay?" Keats said as he pressed on the ball and tapped Shellder on the top of its body.
Digitizing into energy, Shellder went inside the Pokéball. After a series of three shakes, it stopped moved to signify a capture.
"Shellder has been registered to your PokéDex!" Rotom exclaimed as Keats caught a new Pokémon.
"That gonna happen every time I make a catch?" Keats asked with an annoyed look in his eyes.
"Yezzzz." Rotom replied bluntly. "But you know what, good call on catching Shellder." The phone Pokémon said.
"I'd rather not think about what was going to happen if I chucked it in there with those... Things." Keats said as he pointed at the Bruxish who were looking at Keats with angry and upset eyes. "Hey! Don't look at me like that, you freaky fish! I'm not the one being a dick to others!" He exclaimed loud enough for the other people on the beach to look at him with annoyance and confusion.
"Wanna zzzztill look for a Pyukumuku?" Rotom asked as Keats turned around back towards the town.
"Hmmm.. Nah. I already used a ball on Shellder. Might do something else now until I'm up for it again." Keats replied as he walked away from the beach towards the stairs to leave the beach.
"We're going to need to find some way to track Imani Snagem down, zzzzt." Rotom said as it floated behind Keats up the stairs as they walked along the streets of Hau'oli City.
"Ain't got a single clue how the heck we're gonna do that." Keats said with a headshake. "Maybe I'll try the shopping district in town... I'll go buy some pancakes or something." He thought as he looked around at the people on the streets.
"Keatzzzz, maybe we can ask one of your Pokémon for an idea?" Rotom said, trying to get the large trainers attention.
"...Yeah, my brain is fried from this awful sun bleaching air. Let's see if anyone has any bright ideas." Keats said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out one of his Pokéballs. "What's going through Timburrs mind right now?" He said as he opened the ball and out from the light was his Fighting type Pokémon.
"Timb!" Timburr said as he raised his arms.
"So Timburr, we need an idea of where to start lookin- hmmm?" Keats said as he looked downward at Timburr until he stopped speaking to notice something strange. "Uhhh... Timburr?" He said as Rotom's eyes widened as he noticed what Keats was looking at.
"Timburr?" Timburr said, confused.
"Timburr, you missing something?" Keats asked as Timburr raised an eyebrow.
Looking down at himself, Timburr tried to look around and see what his trainer was referring to until it suddenly hit the Fighting type what Keats meant. Staring at his small hands, Timburr realized that he didn't have his squared log anywhere on his body. Shifting his head around, he noticed the log wasn't even on the ground either.
"Timburr?!" Timburr exclaimed in confusion and shock.
"The heck?! Where's your log?!" Keats said in similar confusion as he started to look around as well.
"I don't zzzzee it here!" Rotom exclaimed as the phone Pokémon joined in.
"Timburr! Timburr!" Timburr said frantically, desperate to find his log.
"Oh no, this is bad! You without your log is like an egg without the yolk! We need to find it asap!" Keats said.
"Wait, the beach, zzzzt!" Rotom said as Keats and Timburr looked at the phone and then each other. "It might have been left on the beach when you recalled Timburr, zzzzt." The phone Pokemon said as Keats grabbed Timburr and threw him over his shoulder.
"We gotta hurry! Those douche lifeguard kids might be attempting to throw it back in the ocean like the Pyukumuku!" Keats said as he ran back towards the beach.
Running down the stairs, Keats sprinted on the sand with every movement of him raising his legs causing the sand to kick up at people laying on the beach. Headed down towards the sandbar, Keats proceeded to run around against the incoming tide to see if he could spot Timburr's missing log.
"Timb! Timb!" Timburr said while flailing about over Keats' shoulder.
"No! No! I don't see it- wah!" Keats said until he tripped for a third time on the sand, falling face first and accidently throwing Timburr.
"Plugh! Timb!" Timburr grunted as he landed on the ground.
"Damn it, not again!" Keats complained as he looked back to spot what he tripped on.
By his feet, Keats looked back to see another small stone similar to the one he had before but instead of a watery blue color like the one in his pocket, it was small and jaggy stone of a grey color and of a similar shape.
"I'm sick and tired of all these dumb rocks!" Keats exclaimed as he stood up.
'"Bruxbruxbrux!"' The trio of Bruxish laughed as Keats, Timburr and Rotom turned towards the ocean to see the three fish-like Pokémon laughing at his antics.
"Oh! You mocking me!?" Keats said with a face full of anger. "I bet you three pink freaks have Timburr's log!" He screamed loudly as he reached into one of his two messenger bags and pulled out a small folding chair, swinging it around the air violently.
"Whoa! Keatzzzz!" Rotom said, trying to calm him down. "Gah!" The phone Pokémon said as it tried to avoid Keats swinging the chair around, narrowly missing getting hit. "How'd that make it past airline customs but a second shoe with concrete in them didn't!?" Rotom thought.
"Come over here! I'm going to kick your tailfins if you don't hand over that wood!" Keats screamed loudly as he walked into the water to get close to the Bruxish.
''Brux-ish!"' The three Bruxish said in unison as they shot a torrent of water from their mouths.
"Ahhhhh!" Keats shouted as he put up the chair to protect himself from the attack by the Water and Psychic types.
"That's "Water Gun," zzzzt!" Rotom said as Keats was sent flying backwards onto the sand, covered in water and the chair landing on his chest.
"Ploooo..." Keats said as he spat out saltwater from his mouth. "...Have I mentioned I hate the tropics...?" He said, aggravated while looking up at Rotom as he was on the ground. "Forget Imani... Finding that squared log is more important." He thought with a twitch in his eye.
Ahhh the sun beaming down, the delicious taste of lime in a coconut, a Neapolitan ice cream sandwich halfway eaten and melting onto my belly. Keats needs to take a lesson from me, the tubby bozo. Anyway, wow, first day in Alola and it's off to a... Well, not-so-great start. Armed with zero knowledge of where to look and complaining about bad memories associated with the tropical island regions of the world, Keats manages to catch not just one Pokémon before arriving but also his first Pokémon in the new region so yay! More to the team! But with a new region comes new issues, no leads on Imani, no logs in Timburr's hands and no Pyukumukus in Keats' list of caught Pokémon. This is going to be rough... Let's see where this goes! Next time on Wannabe!
Keats' Pokémon:
1. Pineco. Gender: Female. Ability: Sturdy. Moves: "Spikes," "Explosion," "Bide," "Protect."
2. Timburr. Gender: Male. Ability: Guts. Moves: "Poison Jab," "Smack Down," "Focus Energy," "Scary Face."
3. Druddigon. Gender: Male. Ability: Rough Skin. Moves: "Slash," "Dig," "Roar," "Dragon Tail."
4. Stunky. Gender: Male. Ability: Aftermath. Moves: "Fury Swipes," "Poison Gas," "Smokescreen," "Focus Energy."
5. Shellder. Gender: Female. Ability: Shell Armor. Moves: "Tackle," "Water Gun," "Ice Shard," "Withdraw."