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"Ahhh! Stop!" The captain of the motorboat screamed at the Bruxish biting into his boat.

"Guh!" Keats grunted as he looked at the Shiny Bruxish.

"Bruxbrux-ish!" The Shiny Bruxish exclaimed as the three regular colored Bruxish proceeded to stop biting into the hull.

Backing up, the Water and Psychic type Pokémon proceeded to give themselves some distance from the boat. Charging up energy from the dangling protrusions on the top of their heads, the weird looking fish-like creatures fired purple and white laser blast attacks at the ship.

"Ahhh!" The captain exclaimed as he and Keats fell onto their rears. "Why are they attacking us?!" He said towards Keats.

"Hell if I know!" Keats screamed.

"They're using "Psyzzzzhock!"' Rotom screamed as the phone Pokémon hid behind Keats.

"Bruxbrux!" The Shiny Bruxish said as it stopped firing "Psyshock" along with its counterparts and jumped out of the water.

Diving into the boat, the Shiny Bruxish's teeth glowed with a pink and purple hue as it opened its mouth wide and proceeded to bite onto Keats' right arm.

"Ahhh! Ahhh! Ge-get off!" Keats screamed in pain as the Shiny Bruxish gnawed on him. "I am not food!" He shouted as he swung his arm to throw off the Shiny Bruxish.

Seeing Keats getting chewed on, the captain intervened to help by pulling on the Shiny Bruxish, getting it off of the husky trainer and chucking it in the water. Landing back in the ocean on the opposite side of the boat from where the other three of its kind were, the Shiny Bruxish popped back up to the surface with a malicious grin on its face.

"You alright?!" The captain said as he looked at Keats.

"Better if I wasn't chewed on!" Keats exclaimed angrily. "I better not need a shot because of this!" He thought as he checked the bite indents in his arm and tears in his shirt.

"That one bit you with "Psychic Fangzzzz!"' Rotom said as it examined Keats' arm.

"What the hell is going on?!" Keats said in a frantic tone of confusion.

'"Xishxishish!"' The three regular colored Bruxish laughed before firing "Psyshocks" again.

'"Guh!"' The captain and Keats grunted as the Bruxish continued their assault on the motorboat, causing them to fall over again.

"Keatzzzz! Do something!" Rotom exclaimed towards Keats.

"I only have one shoe filled with concrete!" Keats replied as the captain turned his head with a bewildered expression.

"What?" The captain said.

"Not with that! With your Pokémon, zzzzt!" Rotom shouted.

"...Oh yeah." Keats said with an embarrassed tone and a sudden realization as he reached into his pocket and pulled out two of his Pokéballs. "Cloyster, Dragalge! You're on call!" He screamed as he opened the balls, his two aquatic Pokemon emerging on the side where the three regular colored Bruxish were attacking.

"Cloyster!" Cloyster exclaimed as she floated in the ocean.

"Drag..." Dragalge mumbled as he floated next to Cloyster. "Dragalge!?" The Poison and Dragon exclaimed as he noticed the enemies in front of him.

'"Xishishish."' The three Bruxish laughed in unison as they grinned at Dragalge, the sea dragon-like Pokémon now sweating with a nervous expression on his face.

"Dragl-age!" Dragalge screamed in a tone of fear as he turned around in the water and jumped into the boat.

"Hey!" Keats said in surprise as Dragalge was now in the boat, laying on his stomach in a terrified manner with his fins on his heads and his eyes shut tight. "What's wrong Dragalge?!" He said as he put his hands on Dragalge's backside.

"Cloyster?!" Cloyster muttered as she turned away from the Bruxish, confused by Dragalge's actions.

"Bruxish!" One of the regular colored Bruxish screamed as it swam at Cloyster while she was distracted and opened its mouth. "Ish!" The Water and Psychic type Pokémon grunted as it bit down on Cloyster's center horn.

"Cloyster!" Cloyster shrieked in pain.

"Oh no!" The captain said as he saw Keats' Cloyster get attacked as Keats turned away from Dragalge as Rotom floated over the Poison and Dragon type.

"Cloyster! Use "Ice Shard!"' Keats ordered as Cloyster made an angered expression.

"Cloooooy!" Cloyster said as she charged up a whitish-blue energy between her top two spikes and an icicle formed above her body.

Shooting the "Ice Shard" attack forward, Cloyster managed to point blank hit the Bruxish that was biting onto her horn. Flying back, the attacked Bruxish knocked into the other two as they scrambled around in the water.

"Bruxbrux!" The Shiny Bruxish on the opposite side of the boat ordered as the other Bruxish regrouped, readying their energy for another series of "Psyshock" attacks.

"Cloyster, use "Withdraw!"' Keats ordered as Cloyster closed up her shell.

Shooting their Psychic type attacks once again, the Bruxish fired off energy blasts against Cloyster's body with the Water and Ice type Pokémon wincing with each hit. As Cloyster defended the boat, Rotom continued to look at Dragalge, still in the same position.

"You were attacked in the water and forced to evolve... And were weaker than- that's it!" Rotom thought as it turned its phone body towards Keats. "Keatzzzz!" The phone Pokémon shouted.

"What?!" Keats said as he watched his Cloyster take hit after hit.

"The Bruxizzzzh! They're the ones who attacked Dragalge!" Rotom exclaimed as Keats turned towards the phone.

"Huh?!" Keats muttered in surprise.

"Dragalge zzzzaid whatever attacked him to prompt him to evolve was stronger." Rotom said as Keats looked at the phone and then turned away with a contemplative expression.

"Stronger than a Poison type... Psychic type!" Keats said as he came to a realization as he turned towards Dragalge. "Are they after him?!" He questioned.

"Maybe zzzzo- wait, no..." Rotom said until something didn't seem right. "They attacked Keats before they even knew he had Dragalge on him in a Pokéball." The phone Pokémon thought as Keats continued to look at Dragalge as the boat started to rock.

"Ahhh!" The captain screamed once again. "We're starting to sink!" He shouted as he looked over the edge and noticed the holes that were made from when the Bruxish bit into the hull were starting to make water leak.

"Keatzzzz! We have to fill the holes!" Rotom shouted as Keats put his hands on his face and bent forward. "Keats, we don't have the time!" The phone Pokémon exclaimed as Keats entered his thinking pose.

"Okay!" Keats shrieked as he stood back up quickly as he reached into his pocket, pulling out Druddigon's Ultra Ball. "Druddigon, you're on call!" He said as he opened the ball.

"Druuuudigon!" Druddigon said as he stood on the boat as the ship started to sink faster from the added weight.

"Get off the boat!" Keats shouted angrily as Druddigon winced.

"Drudd-drudd!" Druddigon said as he flapped his wings and was now flying above the water as he faced the direction of the Bruxish on the one side as the Shiny Bruxish looked on from the opposite side.

"Druddigon! Use "Roar!"' Keats shouted as Druddigon breathed in.

"Druuuuuudd!" Druddigon bellowed as Bruxish stopped attacking and proceeded to make expressions of nervousness.

'"Brux!"' The three regular colored Bruxish muttered in unison as they turned around and swam underwater.

"Ish!?" The Shiny Bruxish grunted in surprise as it followed after its allies.

"That bought us some time!" Keats said. "And am super grateful my lazy ass didn't change anyone's moves yet!" He thought, slightly embarrassed.

"Good thinking, zzzzt!" Rotom said as Cloyster and Druddigon turned around to look at Keats as Dragalge looked up to notice the Bruxish were gone.

"Draaag?" Dragalge said as he looked around.

"They're gone. See?" Keats said towards Dragalge.

"My boat!" The captain exclaimed with tears in his eyes as he saw the damage to his vessel. "It's going to take a fortune to fix all of this!" He cried.

"It's called insurance..." Keats thought as he scratched his head.

"Keatzzzz, they're going to come back!" Rotom said as Keats looked around at the water before turning his head, looking up at the massive Wailord still blocking the pathway towards Ula'Ula Island.

"We need to move this thing..." Keats said as the still slumbering Wailord was in the way.

"But how do we do that?" The captain said as he looked at Keats, who shrugged in response.

"Firzzzzt things firzzzzt." Rotom said as it floated over to the side of the motorboat. "The damage to the ship is going cause greater leaks soon enough if we get any more damage. This right now is manageable." The phone Pokémon said as Keats and the captain looked at one another.

"And we're still too far enough away from Ula'Ula." The captain said in a concerned tone.

"I know, I know..." Keats thought as he scratched his beard. "We'd drown before we'd even get close enough to the island." He said.

"Cloyster..." Cloyster said in a worried tone as Druddigon flew above the ground with his arms folded and Dragalge looked at Keats.

"Captain, is there any way the ship will make it?" Keats asked as he put his hands over one of the indents causing the leak to plug it up.

"It can... If we don't get attacked again by the Bruxish..." The captain said as he walked over to the wheel. "But the damage she's sustained already is going to make it a bumpy ride unless we do some patching." He continued as Keats looked at Cloyster.

"Cloyster, come over." Keats said as he motioned for the bivalve mollusk-like creature to come closer to where he is. "Can you generate some ice? Maybe patch the dents and breakage?" He asked towards Cloyster.

"Cloyster." Cloyster replied with a nod as she lowered herself into the water.

Generating cold energy between her overhead spikes, Cloyster started to freeze some of the water near the parts of the ship that had damage, creating patches of ice to steady the ship.

"Druddigon, be on watch if you see the Bruxish." Keats said towards the flying Dragon type as Druddigon nodded. "Okay, okay... Uhhh..." He said as he started to look around. "Think, think, think!" He thought frantically.

"Keatzzzz, I'm going to look up more information on Wailord. I'll see if I can find anything useful to getting it out of the way." Rotom said as its screen shifted to different article entries on Wailord.

"Good." Keats stated. "...Oh!" He muttered as he pulled out another Pokéball. "One more thing! Pineco, you're on call!" Keats said as he opened up Pineco's ball.

"Pineco!" Pineco muttered as she landed on the edge of the ship.

"Pineco, use "Spikes!" Form a peri-mater around the ship!" Keats asked of his Bug type Pokemon.

"...It's pronounced "perimeter."' The captain said as he looked at Keats, who made an embarrassed expression from his verbal screwup.

"Whatever!" Keats exclaimed.

"Piiiine-co!" Pineco said as she jumped into the air above the boat with a spin and let loose caltrop-like projectiles into the water that proceeded to disappear into thin air, forming a boobytrapped protective layer around the boat.

"That should help us some- oh no, here they come!" Keats thought until he looked up to notice something approaching.

"Druddigon! Drudd-drudd!" Druddigon shouted with a point of his right claw as the Shiny Bruxish and three regular ones had returned, surfing along the water with hostile intent.

"Draaaag..." Dragalge muttered in fear once again as it proceeded to duck and cover with his fins on his head again.

"Hope this works..." Keats said as the Shiny Bruxish swam forward. "Cloyster, whatever happens. Just keep repairing the boat with your ice!" He said as he looked down at Cloyster.

"Cloyster!" Cloyster said in response as she tried not to turn to look at the approaching enemies.

"Brux-bruxish-bruxh!" The Shiny Bruxish said as it entered the area of the "Spikes" as a series of firecracker-like explosions along the water were let off, damaging the Shiny Bruxish and halting the other three Bruxish's advance.

"Brux!" One of the regular Bruxish said in surprise as the three saw their different colored leader recoil in pain.

"Ha-ha!" Keats muttered with satisfaction. "Druddigon, use "Slash!"' He exclaimed as Druddigon's right claw glowed white.

"Druudddd!" Druddigon said as he flew over and proceeded to swing his right arm and scratched into one of the Bruxish.

"Bruxish!" One of the Bruxish screeched in pain as it was sent backwards from the attack.

"Yes! Nice work!" The captain said in a happy tone as he watched on.

"Drrraaaagggg..." Dragalge said as he lifted his head to see Keats and his Pokémon battling their attackers.

"Brux-brux!" The Shiny Bruxish shouted towards its fellow Bruxish as the one that was attacked by Druddigon regained its composure. "Bruxish!" The Water and Psychic type exclaimed as they all breathed in and fired a torrent of water at Druddigon.

"Druddigon!" Druddigon said as four blasts of water had battered the Dragon type and sent it flying backwards over the boat and into the water.

"Druddigon!" Keats exclaimed as he looked at Druddigon emerging from the sea. "Pineco! Attack with "Spikes!"' He directed towards Pineco as the Bug type Pokemon leaped into the air again.

"Pineeeeco!" Pineco said as she spun in a circle and let loose caltrop-like projectiles in the direction of the Bruxish.

"Bruxish!" The Shiny Bruxish instructed as the four Bruxish breathed in and fired another torrent of water from their mouths, destroying the "Spikes" before they could even make contact.

"Pineco!?" Pineco said in surprise as she descended back down.

"Guh!" Keats grunted as Pineco landed back in the motorboat. '"Spikes" is a Ground type move and that was "Water Gun." So, they must have known about the move advantage..." He thought.

"How are these Bruxish so organized?!" Rotom thought with confusion while still scanning information on Wailord. "Keatzzzz! I found something." The phone Pokémon exclaimed after finally finding something to aid the group in their situation.

"Oh thank god!" Keats exclaimed as him and the boat captain turned to look at Rotom. "Please tell me it's something useful!" He said towards the phone Pokémon.

"Wailord hazzzz one natural predator, a Pokémon known as "Dhelmise." It's native to the Alola region." Rotom explained as it flashed an image of a Dhelmise on its screen.

Looking at the image, Keats stared at the photo of a Pokémon that had a head similar to a broken pirate ship wheel and an eye like a compass. The majority of its body consisting of a chain connecting to an anchor and from top to bottom was wrapped in a disturbing amount of green seaweed.

'"Dhelmise, the Sea Creeper Pokémon, a Ghost and Grass type. The soul of seaweed adrift in the waves became reborn as this Pokémon. It maintains itself with new infusions of seabed detritus and seaweed."' Rotom said, reading off the PokéDex entry for Dhelmise.

"Oh that's nice- how does that help us now?!" Keats said as he pointed at the Bruxish before turning his head upward at the Wailord blocking the way.

"I read more, zzzzt! There's a Pokémon that Dhelmise tends to get along with!" Rotom explained.

"And?" Keats questioned.

"Skrelp, zzzzt." Rotom stated.

"But I don't have a-" Keats said until he looked over at Dragalge on the floor of the boat.

"Dragalge is the evolved form of Skrelp!" The boat captain said as he looked at Keats, who proceeded to bend down towards his terrified Poison and Dragon type Pokémon.

"Hey, hey." Keats said as Dragalge opened his eyes and looked at Keats. "I know those things over there are probably what attacked you, right?" He said towards Dragalge as he turned his sight away from his trainer.

"Drag..." Dragalge said as the sea dragon-like Pokémon backed away.

"Look, you don't have to fight if you don't want to, but we really need your help right now." Keats said towards Dragalge as the Poison and Dragon type Pokémon turned to look at him. "We need you to find this guy." He said as he motioned for Rotom to float over to him and showed Dragalge an image of Dhelmise. "This guy will talk to you; you need to convince it to come help us get that out of the way." Keats instructed as he pointed at Wailord.

"Dragalge..." Dragalge replied nervously.

"Come on!" Keats exclaimed. "We'll cover you, so the Bruxish won't attack you!" He shouted as Dragalge locked eyes with Keats, seeing his seriousness. "I made you a stupid promise to protect you from them, didn't I?" Keats asked as Dragalge looked at Pineco.

"Pineco!" Pineco said as she turned around to look at Dragalge for a moment before turning back to face the group of Bruxish.

Making a face of concern and then wincing, Dragalge proceeded to slam its fins on the bottom of the boat and used the momentum to dive into the ocean. Upon seeing Dragalge, one of the regular colored Bruxish from before dove into the water and attempted to swim after him.

"Bruxish!" One of the regular colored Bruxish shouted as it attempted to attack Dragalge with its teeth glowing for a "Psychic Fangs" attack.

"Drag!" Dragalge grunted upon seeing the Bruxish approaching, stopping in fear.

Before Bruxish could attack Dragalge, however, an icicle had appeared out of nowhere and struck the Bruxish mid-attack and knocking it out of the way. Shifting its gaze, Dragalge looked over and saw Cloyster, now fully submerged in the water, as she smiled at Dragalge.

"Cloyster!" Cloyster said towards Dragalge as she went back up to the surface.

"...Dragalge!" Dragalge exclaimed as he swam deeper into the ocean to begin to search for help.

Further and further down, Dragalge passed by numerous other aquatic Pokémon that resided in the sea but failing to find anything matching the Pokémon that he needed to find to assist Keats and the others on their motorboat. Continuing in his search, Dragalage shifted through some seaweed on the ocean floor and discovered a shipwreck of a decade's old ocean liner. Approaching, Dragalage looked through the some of the still intact windows to see if anyone was around until noticing something moving.

"Draga!" Dragalge exclaimed as he swam backwards to make room as a large creature had emerged from the wreckage.

Coming out of a massive hole in the structure was a very large creature with a head like a dilapidated pirate ship wheel and one eye that looked like the needle of a compass. Attached to it was a chain that was connected to a large anchor and its whole body was wrapped in green seaweed with three leaves sticking out of the top of its anchor. Combining the wheel and anchor together, a Dhelmise had appeared as it floated over to Dragalge.

"Dheeeeeellll!" Dhelmise bellowed as Dragalge made a face of nervousness.

"Dr-drag... Dragalge." Dragalge said in an anxious tone as the wild Dhelmise extended its wheel head to get closer to Dragalge.

"Dheellll... Dhelmise-mise." Dhelmise said with a judging gaze before speaking with a calmer tone as Dragalge looked at Dhelmise.

"Dragalge-drag." Dragalge said towards Dhelmise.

"Dhelmise." Dhelmise said as it looked at Dragalge.

"Dragalge-algedrag. Dragdrag!" Dragalge said as he pointed one of his fins towards the surface as he explained the situation to Dhelmise.

"Dhelmise." Dhelmise said with a left and right shake of its wheel head.

"Dragalge! Dragalge!" Dragalge said, pleading with the seaweed covered anchor-like Pokémon.

"Dhelmise!" Dhelmise exclaimed in response, showing a lack of interest.

"...Draaag..." Dragalge said in a defeated tone, unsure of what else to say. "...Dra! Dragalge!" The Poison and Dragon type Pokemon said as he pointed his fin upward once again as Dhelmise looked at him.

"Dhelmise?" Dhelmise questioned, now showing more intrigue.

"Dragalge! Dragalge!" Dragalge said with a nod.

"Dheeeeell..." Dhelmise muttered in contemplation.

Meanwhile, topside, Keats was still trying to fight off the Bruxish with his Pokemon as Wailord was still blocking the way to Ula'Ula Island.

"Druddigon! Use "Dragon Tail!"' Keats ordered as Druddigon's tail glowed green.

"Druddigon!" Druddigon shouted as he swung his tail into two of the regular colored Bruxish.

'"Brux-brux!"' The two injured Bruxish exclaimed in pain as they were swatted away from Druddigons attack.

"Good job!" Keats said as Pineco fired off another set of "Spikes" into the water as the one remaining Bruxish approached.

Getting closer, the Bruxish was pushed back as the "Spikes" exploded into firecracker-like explosions once again, prompting it to stop its approach. Looking on, the Shiny Bruxish made an agitated face as it started to glow with a blue tinted aura as it formed an orb over its glowing protrusion.

"Bruuuuuxxx!" The Shiny Bruxish said as the orb had continued to grow in size

"Wha-what's that?!" The captain said loudly as he pointed at the Shiny Bruxish.

"I-I don't know!" Keats said in an anxious tone.

"Oh no!" Rotom said as Keats and the captain looked at the floating phone. "That'zzzz "Surf!"' The phone Pokémon exclaimed as it floated over to Keats' bags to hide.

"What does that mean?!" Keats said towards the captain.

"Just duck and cover!" The captain screamed as he grabbed Keats and pushed him down towards the floor of the boat.

Throwing the orb at the water, a wave formed beneath the different colored Bruxish. Forming underneath the Shiny Bruxish, it smiled with a malicious grin on its face as Druddigon, Cloyster and Pineco looked up in shock as a massive wall of ocean was heading straight for them as it crashed into the boat.

'"Ahhhh!"' Keats and the captain screamed in unison as the boat suddenly was submerged in the ocean before popping back up out of the water.

"Blaugh! Ugh! Ptooah!" Keats grunted as he spat out water from his mouth.

"Pineco!" Pineco said as she rolled over onto her side inside the boat.

"Gah! Guahgh!" The captain grunted as he struggled to breath as well as Druddigon and Cloyster popped out of the water. "Where-where's your Dragalge!?" He said as he tried to get back to his feet.

"He only juzzzzt went a moment ago!" Rotom exclaimed as it popped out of one of Keats' bag.

"I don't know man?!" Keats replied towards the captain as he was on his hands and knees as he looked up at the Wailord still blocking the front of the boat. "Hey asshole! Wake up!" He shouted in the direction of the Wailord, still with its eyes closed.

"Bruxishishish!" The Shiny Bruxish exclaimed as it barked an order towards its three cohorts.

'"Ishishish!"' The three Bruxish laughed as they swam over to the boat and past Cloyster and Druddigon, biting into the boat again.

"Cloyster!" Cloyster said in shock as she and Druddigon turned around and noticed the Bruxish had broken through the ice patches in the motorboat and through the hull.

"Nooo! My boat!" The captain said as the three Bruxish pierced through the ship and were now sticking their heads through the boat, locking eyes with Keats and the captain.

"Think we have something worse to deal with man!" Keats said as the three Bruxish were charging up energy for "Psyshock" once more. "At this range, we're good as dead!" He thought as Keats, Pineco and the captain backed up to the edge of the motorboat.

"Shishishi-xish!?" The Shiny Bruxish laughed until it suddenly felt the water below it shifted.

Turning around, Dragalge had emerged from the water as it locked eyes with its enemy. Grinning with the same hostile attitude, Dragalge backed up slightly as Bruxish charged up for "Psyshock" until something had begun to emerge from behind the Poison and Dragon type Pokémon.

"Dragalge!?" Keats said as he pointed at his Pokémon in the water as everyone turned to look at Dragalge.

Looking upward, everyone glanced in shock at the sight of a massive floating pirate wheel and green mossy chain coming up from the water. Upon looking at the appearance of Dhelmise, the four Bruxish made faces of surprise as Dhelmise's threatening gaze had locked eyes with the four Water and Psychic type Pokémon.

"Brux-brux!?" The Shiny Bruxish exclaimed as it looked up at the Dhelmise.

"Dragalge! You did it!" Keats said towards Dragalge as the sea dragon-like Pokémon swam past the Shiny Bruxish and over to Druddigon and Cloyster.

Taking the opportunity amidst the distraction, Druddigon swam over to the boat and proceeded to grab the three Bruxish by their tailfins. Throwing them away from the boat at full force, Druddigon had saved everyone aboard.

"Oh thank god!" The captain screamed in relief as Keats happily sighed.

"Nice job Druddigon!" Keats said as Cloyster and Dragalge stood on guard in the water as the Shiny Bruxish locked eyes with the other aquatic Pokémon.

"Xiiiiish." The Shiny Bruxish growled.

"Dheeeelll!" Dhelmise screamed as everyone turned their attention towards the giant ghostly anchor creature.

Floating out of the water, the Dhelmise proceeded to lock eyes with the Wailord blocking the motorboat. Its eyes still shut but it's body starting to sweat, the Wailord opened them and noticed the presence of the predator known for targeting its kind.

"Dhelmise!" Dhelmise exclaimed as the three seaweed leaves on the top of its anchor stretched out and jabbed into Wailord, glowing green as Wailord suddenly opened its mouth.

"Waaaaaiiii!" Wailord screamed in pain as Keats and the captain covered their ears from the loud noise.

"What's it doing!?" Keats questioned.

"Dhelmizzzze is using "Giga Drain" on the Wailord!" Rotom said as it looked on.

"Waiiiiii!" Wailord screamed again as it stirred before beginning to submerge into the sea.

"Dhelmise!" Dhelmise exclaimed once again as it chased after Wailord to the bottom of the ocean.

"Wahhh!" Keats shouted as he and the captain held onto the boat from the intense water shifting caused by the Wailord and Dhelmise resubmerging back into the sea.

"It-it's finally leaving!" The captain said with a smile on his face as the four Bruxish looked on.

"One hurdle down! Four to go!" Keats said as he looked at the Bruxish and pulled out the Pokémon balls for Druddigon, Dragalge and Cloyster." "Everyone, come on back!" He said as he recalled everyone other than Pineco as he turned towards his Bug type Pokémon. "Pineco!" Keats said.

"Pineco?" Pineco said in response.

"Just like old times?" Keats said with a smirk as he lifted up a life preserver that was in the motorboat.

"Pineco!" Pineco said with a look of determination on her face as she knew what Keats wanted to do.

"What are you doing?" The captain said as Rotom floated over to him.

"You are going to want to drop the anchor, zzzzt!" Rotom said as the captain went over to the front of the ship and pressed a button.

"Pineco!" Keats said as he placed the life preserver around Pineco and lifted her overhead. "Use "Explosion!"' He said with an angry look in his eyes he threw Pineco in the water, in the direction of the Bruxish.

"Bruxish!" The Shiny Bruxish said in shock as Pineco landed in-between it and the others of its kind.

"Piiiiiiine..." Pineco said with a confrontational look in her eyes as her body began to glow.

Glowing white, Pineco prepped her body for an explosion as the three regular colored Bruxish had expressions of fear that kept them from moving. Unlike its counterparts, however, the Shiny Bruxish took a chance to escape and dived into the water and swam away, leaving behind its cohorts as Pineco blew up.

'"Ahhhh!"' Keats and the captain screamed as they held onto the boat as the force of the blast caused the boat to go flying slightly through the air.

Landing in the water, Keats and the captain breathed heavily as they got back up and looked over at the sight before them with Rotom floating between them. Unconscious with swirling eyes was the three Bruxish, floating in the water until they all suddenly sank into the sea and finally disappearing. Still afloat from the still intact life preserver around her body was Pineco, whose body was covered in black soot and her eyes swirling from the usage of "Explosion."

"We... Survived..." The captain said as he took off his captain's hat as Keats took out Pineco's Pokéball.

"Pineco, return." Keats said as recalled his Pokémon. "You deserve some rest and a date with a Revive pill." He thought as he looked at her ball before noticing the leaks were starting to occur again. "We gotta get out of the water..." He said towards the captain as he used his hands to try and plug up the holes.

"Aye..." The captain as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a Pokéball.

'"Huh?"' Keats and Rotom mumbled.

"Mantine, come on out!" The captain said as he opened his ball and out came a dark blue stingray-like Pokémon.

"Maaantiiiine!" Mantine said as it jumped into the water.

Reaching into the supply chest on the ship, the captain pulled out a rope and tied it around the wheel of the boat. Throwing the other end towards Mantine, the stingray-like Pokémon grabbed the rope with its mouth and proceeded to pull the boat in the direction of Ula'Ula Island.

"...May as well..." Rotom thought as it scanned the Mantine. '"Mantine, the Kite Pokémon, a Water and Flying type. On sunny days, schools of Mantine can be seen elegantly leaping over the waves. It is not bothered by the Remoraid that hitches rides."' The phone Pokémon said as it read off the PokéDex entry for Mantine.

"Oh, that's neat- wait, you had that Mantine on you this whole time?!" Keats said before angrily shouting towards the motorboat captain.

"Aye but she's not much of a fighter." The captain said with a nonchalant tone as Keats shook his head in annoyance.

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With Mantine pulling the boat into a pier, Keats and the captain proceeded to get off the vessel and then stood on the dock.

"Man, that sucked..." Keats said as he rubbed his stomach with Rotom floating next to him.

"And why did thozzzze Bruxish attack us like that?" Rotom said, confused.

"Doesn't matter to me." The captain said as he caught the attention of Rotom and Keats. "All I know is that I want to go home, kick my feet up, call my provider and hope I can get my ship repaired." He said as he recalled his Mantine into its ball.

"I wish I could go home..." Keats muttered as the captain walked away from the chubby trainer and the phone Pokémon.

"Well at least we made it to the island." Rotom said as Keats and the phone Pokémon turned around and walked off the docks into the city streets.

"How big is this island?" Keats asked.

"It's the biggest izzzzland in the whole region." Rotom replied.

"...Greeeaaat..." Keats muttered sarcastically. "It's like a "step forward, step back."' He thought in frustration.

"You should probably call Marie, zzzzt." Rotom said towards Keats as the phone Pokémon floated next to him as they went down the street.

"Yeah, I almost died and-" Keats said until he stopped to notice something that caught his attention.

"I thought about that for a moment. Thozzzze Bruxish couldn't have just been after Dragalge, they might have had another motive for attacking the boat. What do you- huh?" Rotom said until turning to the side and noticing Keats was gone. "Keatzzzz?" The phone Pokémon said as it looked around for its companion.

"Yo, Rotom!" Keats exclaimed as Rotom turned around and finally found Keats, standing on the opposite side of the road and in front of a handrail. "Check this out!" He said with a smile while pointing.

Standing back slightly, a familiar large brown mouse-like Pokémon had jumped up onto the rail and proceeded to rail grind on it, using its tail like a skateboard. Leaving behind an electrical current, Keats reached his hands onto the rail and the static on it caused every strand of hair on his head to stand up, even straightening out the hair on his beard.

"Rai-rai!" The mouse-like Pokémon said in a happy tone as it floated on its tail next to Keats.

"Look at my hair! Hahaha!" Keats said with a chuckle.

"Nearly died at sea and now he's hanging out with a Raichu..." Rotom thought with a bewildered expression as it looked at Keats and an Alolan Raichu.


Never change Keats... Never change my dude... While stuck because of an enormous Wailord, a dangerous group of Bruxish had assaulted Keats and the ship he was on. Using his Pokémon in an effort to fight back, Keats had managed to survive the encounter through the unlikely success of Dragalge finding help through an even more dangerous ally, a Dhelmise. Beating back the Bruxish, Keats and Rotom are now on Ula'Ula Island and now are ready to begin their hunt for Imani... Once Keats finishes up hanging out with a Raichu. What will happen next! Hell if I know! I'm just the ending announcer!

Keats' Pokémon:
1. Pineco.
2. Timburr.
3. Druddigon.
4. Stunky.
5. Cloyster.
6. Dragalge.

Authors Note: (Can you tell my motivation is high as hell right now given the speed of my postings of chapters? :P)