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Haina Desert

The next morning, everyone goes to Aina's Kitchen for breakfast while discussing their plans for today.

"Are you ready to take on the Ula'ula Grand Trial, cuz?" Shane asked Lincoln.

"I'll do the best I can." said Lincoln.

"That's all we ask." said Mallow.

"What kind of Pokemon do you think the kahuna has?" asked Shebly.

"Do you think Acerola would know?" asked Lynn.

"Probably." said Lincoln.

"Maybe you can ask when we get to Ula'ula Island." suggested Alola Lana.

"Nah, I want it to be a surprise." said Lincoln.

"If that's what you want." said Lillie.

"Wouldn't be surprised if Larry lost." said Chandler.

"Stay out of this, McCann." Lynn said as she holds her fist out towards the annoying redhead. "You should worry more about your next Island Trial."

"Yeah, yeah; whatever." said Chandler.

"You should train your Pokemon before your Grand Trial, Lincoln." suggested Mallow.

"That sounds like a good idea." said Lincoln.

"So where's my next trial?" asked Chandler.

"At the Hokulani Observatory on Ula'ula Island on top of a high mountain." said Sophocles.

"Hope you like long hikes." said Lynn with a smirk.

"Hey, if Larry can do it, then so can I." said Chandler.

"I'll bring you there; I am the Trial Captain." said Sophocles.

"Whatever." said Chandler.

After the group eats breakfast, the Louds and their Alola friends call for some Charizards to bring them to Ula'ula Island while Chandler walks over to the marina to get a boat there.

"Should we tell Chandler that there's a bus that goes to the top?" asked Kiawe.

"Nah." everyone else replied.

"Does he know the Hokulani Observatory Trial would require thinking?" asked Lincoln.

"Then we shouldn't count on him passing it anytime soon." said Shelby.

Everyone climbs onto the Charizards, with Mallow riding with Lincoln with her arms wrapped around his chest, making him blush; they soon take off for Ula'ula Island.

Ten minutes later, everyone arrives in Malie City and climb off right before Chandler arrives.

"So what's this place?" asked Chandler.

"This is Malie City." said Lillie.

"Thanks, babe." said Chandler, making Lillie cringe.

"Let's get going." said Sophocles as he begins leading Chandler to the site of his next Island Trial.

"Good riddance." said Shane.

"I feel bad for Sophocles for having to be around Chandler by himself." said Shelby.

"We all do." said Shiloh.

"Come on, Lincoln; let's get to where your Grand Trial is." said Lynn.

"Where is that exactly?" asked Lincoln.

"You don't know?" Shelby asked.

"No one's told us how to get there." said Lincoln.

"That stinks." said Lynn.

"Alola, everybody." a familiar voice calls out, making the group look to see Acerola running over to them with Mimikins floating after her.

"Alola, Acerola." Lillie replied; when Acerola reaches the group, she looks over at Lincoln and blushes before shyly looking away.

"A-Alola, Lincoln." Acerola says, making Lynn and Shelby chuckle.

"Alola, Acerola." Lincoln replied.

"Hey, Acerola; do you know where the Ula'ula Island Grand Trial is?" asked Mallow.

"Yes." Acerola replied. "It's in the Ruins of Abundance."

"Could you show us where they are?" asked Lincoln.

"Sure, Lincoln." Acerola says as she looks at the white-haired Loud with adoration. They all began heading down a road to the south of Malie City.

Meanwhile, on Route 10, Chandler and Sophocles were walking down a path going through it. As they do, Chandler hears a tree, rustling; he looks to see a Pineco coming down it.

"Sweet; another Pokemon to dig stuff up for me at the Poke Pelago." said Chandler. "Hey, Sophocles; I'll catch up with you."

"Fine." replied Sophocles. 'At least this way, I could spend less time with him.' Sophocles continued walking down the path towards the Hokulani Observatory while Chandler pulls a pokeball from his waist.

"Let's go, Vullaby!" said Chandler, throwing Vullaby's pokeball and releasing her; the Pineco sees Vullaby and glares at it. "Vullaby, use Leer!" Vullaby glares at Pineco and her eyes glowed red, weakening Pineco's defense. The Pineco leaps at Vullaby and slams into her with incredible force, knocking her back; Pineco winces in pain.

"Vullaby, use Pluck!" said Chandler. Vullaby flies at Pineco while her beak glowed white and she jabs Pineco with it, dealing super effective damage. Pineco leaps at Vullaby and rams into her, dealing damage.

"Vullaby, use Gust!" said Chandler. Vullaby flaps her wings and releases a gust of wind at Pineco; a green force field appears around Pineco that blocks Vullaby's gust. Pineco spins around towards Vullaby and rams her, knocking her back; energy begins surging through Pineco.

"Vullaby, use Punishment!" said Chandler. Vullaby jumps at Pineco while one of her wings glowed purple and she slaps Pineco with it, dealing damage, and knocking Pineco to the ground. Chandler takes out an empty pokeball and throws it at Pineco, hitting it, and it gets sucked into the pokeball. The pokeball wiggled for a few seconds until it clicked. "Yeah! I caught a Pineco!" After Pineco's pokeball vanishes and gets transported to storage, he returns Vullaby to her pokeball and he continues walking up the path.

Moments later, Chandler reaches the foot of the mountain; he sees a bus going up the road that went up the mountain.

"Hey, wait up!" Chandler yelled as he begins chasing after the bus, but couldn't catch up with it. Chandler sees Sophocles through the back window who was waving at him, smirking. Chandler growls before he walked up the road towards the Hokulani Observatory.

Back with Lincoln and his family, friends, and Acerola, they were all riding up Blush Mountain on the backs of Mudsdales to avoid walking on the sharp rocks that covered its path.

"Should we tell Chandler about these rocks?" asked Shelby.

"Nah, let him find out the hard way." Lynn replied.

"He doesn't even have a Mudsdale, or a Ride Pager to call for one." said Mallow.

"And he'd probably cry a second after it gets moving." said Shiloh.

"Who's Chandler?" asked Acerola.

"He's not a nice person." said Shelby.

"Kind of a creep." said Lillie.

"And he usually gives Lincoln a hard time." said Alola Lana.

"I already don't like him." Acerola replied before she looks over at Lincoln who was focusing on the path ahead and blushes a bit.

They soon reach another path that leads rigbt through a large desert with a strong wind blowing sand everywhere.

"What's this spot?" asked Shelby.

"The Haina Desert." said Acerola. "The Ruins of Abundance are on the other side of it."

"We should be careful to avoid getting lost." suggested Lillie.

"Stay close together." said Lincoln.

"Maybe you can hold hands with Mallow or Acerola, or maybe both at the same time, cuz." Shane said with a grin, making his white-haired cousin, Mallow, and Acerola blush.

Everyone soon begins to start riding through the desert; as they travel, sand kept getting into their eyes.

"Wish we had some goggles to wear." Lincoln says as he shields his eyes.

"Just keep going, bro." said Lynn as the group continues on; they all try to navigate the desert, but with the sandstorm, that was easier said than done.

"It feels like we're goingin circles." said Lincoln.

"Wish there was landmarks to follow." said Lillie.

"Hey, Lincoln." Lynn calls out. "Do you think your Rotom Phone has a map we can follow?"

"That's a good idea." Lincoln replied as he takes out his Rotom Phone and brings up a map of the area; everyone else follows after him as he leads them through the sandstorm while talking to let everyone know where he was so they didn't lose him.

As Shiloh looks at the desert ground, he sees a small lump coming out of it; an orange Pokemon with a large round head and four stubby legs pops up to the surface.

"Hey, Lincoln." Shiloh calls out to his white-haired cousin. "What's that Pokemon?" Lincoln points his Rotom Phone at the Pokemon.

"Trapinch, the Ant Pit Pokemon. Its jaws are strong enough to crush rocks but so heavy that it can't get up if it flips over. Sandile seize those moments as their chance." said Lincoln's Rotom Phone.

"Can we take a minute to let me catch it?" asked Shiloh.

"I can spare a bit of time." Lincoln replied. "And this says that Trapinch is a ground type, so Leafeon or Wailmer would be your best choices.

"Thanks, Lincoln." Shiloh says as he lets his Wailmer out of his pokeball. "Wailmer, use Water Pulse!" His Wailmer spits out a pulsing mass of water at the Trapinch, hitting it, and dealing super effective damage; the Trapinch suddenly burrows into the sand.

"Watch out, Shiloh; it could come out from anywhere." said Lincoln. Shiloh looks around for any sign of Trapinch's location and sees a small mound of sand rising up.

"Wailmer, use Whirlpool over there!" said Shiloh. Wailmer releases a spiraling whirlpool of water from his blowhole at the spot Shiloh pointed out; the Trapinch gets pulled out of the sand as it gets caught in the vortex while taking super effective damage.

"I think it's weak enough." said Lincoln. Shiloh nods as he takes an empty pokeball from his backpack and throws it at the Trapinch, managing to hit it, and sucks it in; the pokeball wiggles a few times before clicking.

"Yeah! I caught Trapinch!" said Shiloh. Lincoln looks up his cousin's newest Pokemon as it gets sent to storage.

"This says that your Trapinch is a girl, she knows Sand Attack, Bite, Feint Attack, Bide, Mud-Slap, Bulldoze, Sand Tomb, Rock Slide, Dig, Crunch, Earth Power, Feint; she has the Arena Trap ability which prevents a trainer from returning their Pokemon to their pokeballs during a battle with her." said Lincoln.

"Hey, Linc; what's that?" asked Lynn. Lincoln looks to see a tan Pokemon with red markings, flat arms, a spike on top of its head, and another below it, spinning towards them. Lincoln points his Rotom Phone at the Pokemon.

"Baltoy, the Clay Doll Pokemon. Depictions of Pokémon similar to Baltoy have been found on the walls of caves where primitive humans lived." said Lincoln's Rotom Phone.

"I saw it first, so I'm catching it." said Lynn as she pulls out a pokeball. "Go, Kabutops!" She throws Kabutops' pokeball and releases him. "Okay, Kabutops, use Aqua Jet!" Kabutops leaps towards Baltoy while water surrounded his body and he rams Baltoy, dealing super effective damage. Baltoy fires a beam of multicolored energy from the spike on top of its head and it hits Kabutops, dealing damage.

"Kabutops, use Slash!" said Lynn. Kabutops lunges at Baltoy while one of his arm blades glowed white and he slashes Baltoy with it, dealing damage. Baltoy releases a stream of mud from its body and it hits Kabutops, dealing super effective damage.

"Kabutops, use Absorb!" said Lynn. Kabutops releases red beams of energy from his blades and they hit Baltoy, dealing super effective damage while healing Kabutops' wounds; Baltoy collapses.

"Catch it, Lynn!" said Lincoln. Lynn nods before taking out an empty pokeball and throws it at Baltoy, hitting it, and sucking it in; the pokeball wiggled until it clicked.

"Yeah! Baltoy's mine!" cheered Lynn. Baltoy's pokeball vanishes and gets transported to storage. Lincoln use his Rotom Phone to look up Baltoy's information.

"This says your Baltoy's a girl, she knows Harden, Confusion, Rapid Spin, Mud-Slap, Heal Block, Rock Tomb, Psybeam, Ancient Power, Cosmic Power, Power Trick, Self-Destruct, and Extrasensory." said Lincoln. "She has the Levitate ability which makes her immune to ground type moves."

"You know, Lynn; Baltoy is part ground so it would have an advantage against Kalani's Graveler." said Mallow.

"And Baltoy's part psychic so she'd have an edge against her Hawlucha." said Alola Lana.

"I'll definitely train her then." said Lynn.

The group head down a small canyon area and reach a dead end.

"Let me check my map." said Lincoln as he pulls out his Rotom Phone.

"What's that?" Shelby asked as she points at a nearby pedestal; they went closer to it and see a pink Z-Crystal that had an emblem of an eye in it.

"It's a Z-Crystal!" said Lynn; she hops off her Mudsdale and walks over to the pedestal; she grabs the Z-Crystal and looks it over.

"What kind of Z-Crystal do you think it is?" asked Shiloh.

"Maybe the Kahuna would know." suggested Lincoln.

"Then we should get going." said Lynn as she pockets her Z-Crystal before getting back on her Mudsdale.

Lincoln, along with his family and friends, are on their way to his next Grand Trial. What challenges await them as their Alola adventures continue?

End of Chapter 88

Pokemon that Lincoln has with him: Incineroar (M), Rufflet (M), Trevenant (F), Gyarados (M), Lycanroc Dusk Form (M), and Lucario (M).

Pokemon in Lincoln's collection: Incineroar (M), Grubbin (M), Pikachu (F), Lycanroc Dusk Form (M), Ekans (F), Misdreavus (F), Crabrawler (F), Zubat (F) Noibat (F), Makuhita (F), Smeargle (M), Spearow (M), Rufflet (M), Mankey (F), Hawlucha x 2 (one M and one F) Flabebe (F), Oricorio (M), Whimsicott (F), Clamperl (F), Corsola (F), Gyarados (M), Sableye (F), Carbink (no gender), Machop (M), Spinda (M), Mudbray (F), Miltank (F) Herdier (M), Raticate (M), Sylveon (F), Grimer (M), Trevenant (F), Mantyke (M), Milotic (F), Caterpie (M), Yungoos (M), Pikipek (M), Bonsly (F), Munchlax (M), Drifloon (F), Gastly (M), Bagon (M), two Igglybuffs (both female), Eevee (M), Kecleon (F), Paras (M), Tyrunt (M), Gumshoos (F) Trubbish (F), and Elgyem (M).

Pokemon in Lana's care: Ekans (F), Mankey (F), Mudbray (F), Grimer (M), and Trubbish (F).

Pokemon in Lucy's care: Misdreavus (F), Zubat (F), Noibat (F), and Gastly (M).

Pokemon on Lynn Jr's team: Crabrawler (F), Hawlucha (M), Machamp (M), Talonflame (M), Kabutops (M), and Passimian (F).

Pokemon in Lynn Jr's collection: Crabrawler (F), Hariyama (F), Hawlucha (M), Machamp (M), Talonflame (M), Remoraid (M), Eevee (F), Kabutops (M). Passimian (F), Minccino (F), and Baltoy (F).

Pokemon in Lola's care: Flabebe (F), Clamperl (F), Corsola (F), Carbink (no gender), Milotic (F), Sylveon (F), Happiny (F), and Igglybuff (F).

Pokemon in Lily's care: Spinda (M), Herdier (M), and Minccino (F).

Pokemon in Morticians' Club's care: Sableye (F), Drifloon (F), and Shuppet (F).

Pokemon in Ronnie Anne's care: Hawlucha (F).

Pokemon in Liam's care: Miltank x 4 (F), and Tauros (M).

Pokemon in Leni's care: Pikachu (F).

Pokemon in Lisa's care: Archen (M)

Pokemon in the care of Lola's pageant friends: Sylveon (F), and Igglybuff (F).

Pokemon in Zach's care: Elygem (M).

Pokemon on Shelby's Team: Persian (F), Sudowoodo (M), Jynx (F), Seel (M), Espeon (M), and Ampharos (F).

Pokemon in Shelby's collection: Persian (F), Sudowoodo (M), Jynx (F), Seel (M), Espeon (M), Ampharos (F), Stufful (M), Cranidos (M), Natu (F), and Dedenne (M).

Pokemon on Shiloh's Team: Lycanroc Midday Form (M), Snorlax (M), Leafeon (M), Tirtouga (M), Pupitar (M), and Wailmer (M).

Pokemon in Shiloh's Collection: Lycanroc Midday Form (M), Snorlax (M), Leafeon (M), Mantyke (M), Tirtouga (M), Pupitar (M), Wailmer (M), Torkoal (M), and Trapinch (F).

Pokemon on Shane's Team: Toucannon (M), Mareanie (M), Wigglytuff (F), Oranguru (M), Lileep (M), and Pineco (M).

Pokemon in Shane's Collection: Toucannon (M), Mareanie (M), Wigglytuff (F), Oranguru (M), Lileep (M), Pineco (M), and Vanillite (F).

Pokemon on Chandler's Team: Arbok (F), Vullaby (F), Jolteon (M), Pinsir (M), Bruxish (M), and Boldore (M).

Pokemon in Chandler's collection: Raticate (M), Tentacruel (M), Arbok (F), Vullaby (F), Jolteon (M), Salandit (M), Pinsir (M), Dunsparce (F), Boldore (M), Bruxish (M), Yungoos (M), Lillipup, Grubbin, Magby, Shieldon (M), and Pineco.