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This here is part 1 of the eighth arc of a fanfiction of my own version of the Pokémon anime, called Ash's Pokémon Journey, where Ash and Pikachu ended up on the Alola region and decided to try out the trials there to earn some Z crystals, I hope you'll all like this. [Note: Please don't leave any mean or dirty comments about this story, other than that, please enjoy.]
Enter Alola and the Alolan Pokémon egg.
It was a beautiful day in the Alola region, when a plane landed in the airport, and out of it came Ash and Pikachu, who were very confused. Ash: “Hey… this isn't Kanto… where are we?” Pikachu: [Uh… Ash… I think we got on the wrong plane…] Ash: “I think you might be right…” Pikachu: [Great… not only did we got on the wrong plane, but we're now in a region we've never been to before…] Ash: “Well at least we still have each other, and we can go look for a professor and ask him if we can make a call with Professor Oak, but while we're here, we might as well check it out.” said Ash, before he and Pikachu began to explore the region, which they soon learned that it's more like a group of islands, known as the Alola region. Suddenly, the pair heard the sound of a girl screaming, and rushed to see a pale blonde girl named Lillie (voiced by Laurie Hymes), holding a Pokémon egg, was surrounded by the Team Rocket trio, who were now in Alola too. Jessie: “Hand over the egg, little girl.” James: “Yes, that's all we want.” Lillie: “You're out of your minds!, Professor Kukui gave me this egg to help me be responsible!, there's no way I'll let him down!” Meowth: “That wasn't a request, that's an order.” Lillie: “What the?!, a talking Meowth?!, wait… you don't look like a normal Meowth…” Jessie: “What does that mean?” James: “Beats me.” Ash: “Team Rocket!, leave her alone!” called out Ash, before he runs up to the scene and came in between the trio and Lillie, who was surprised by the boy's sudden appearance. Jessie: “Oh great, it's the twerp.” James: “No surprise he's here, we were on the same plane he was.” Meowth: “Though I can't believe that he mistook the plane to this place for the on to Kanto.” Ash: “I was in a hurry!, and another thing, don't you have anything better to do than just ganging up on a girl?” Jessie: “Yes, and that's to steal Pikachu at long last.” Meowth: “That's right!” Ash: “Not happening…” Jessie: “Why so relaxed?” asked Jessie, before Ash pulls out his Pokéballs, and out of them came his Kalos team, which made the trio gulp. Ash: “This is why… guys… you know what to do.” said Ash with a smirk, before his team used their attacks to hit and send the Team Rocket trio flying out into the sky and out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Ash recalls his team, and went over to the girl. Lillie: “Uh… thank you…” Ash: “No problem, I'm Ash by the way.” Lillie: “I'm Lillie, it's a pleasure to meet you… I must say that I never saw Pokémon like the ones you just used before…” Ash: “Yeah, I caught them in Kalos, funny story… I was supposed to be on my way to Kanto… but it seems that I went on the wrong plane and ended up here, is there a professor I can talk to?” Lillie: “Well there's Professor Kukui, I can take you right to him, as a way to thank you for helping me.” Ash: “Thanks, that means a lot.” so with that, the trainers went to a lab, which belonged to Professor Kukui (voiced by Abe Goldfarb), who was talking to Professor Oak through a video phone. Professor Oak: “Ash?, is that you?, what are you doing in Alola?” Ash: “I uh… got on the wrong plane by mistake…” that was when Delia, Ash's mom, came next to Professor Oak, and she was relieved. Delia: “Ash!, thank goodness… I was beginning to worry about you.” Ash: “Sorry about that, I'm okay, and I think I found where I should go for my journey next…” Professor Oak: “Well I'm happy to hear that, but you do know that you already have a full team, so if you want to catch and train the Pokémon of the Alola region, you'll need to send me your Kalos team.” Ash: “Sure thing.” said Ash, before he puts the Pokéballs into a machine that transports them back to Professor Oak, who was eager to study them. Delia: “Ash, I want you to make sure to get on the right plane the next time you go on a flight, so something like this doesn't happen again.” Ash: “Sure thing mom, I promise.” Delia: “And another thing, you better be changing your underwear.” Ash: “Mom!” this made both Pikachu and Lillie laugh a little, causing Ash to feel more embarrassed. Delia: “Come on Ash, I'm not trying to embarrass you, I just want to make sure you're taking care of yourself, then maybe one day you might get a girlfriend.” Pikachu: [Funny that she mentioned that as you already got one.] whispered Pikachu to Ash, who only him can understand what the electric type said. Ash: “Uh…” Delia: “Oh what am I saying, it's still a little early to think about that, but please try to be more careful, okay?” Ash: “Sure mom, and I'll send my Kalos gym badges home through mail, that way I can have room to get new badges here.” Delia: “Sure thing, see ya sweetie.” said Delia, before the call ended. Professor Kukui: “Uh… did you said that you're planning to earn gym badges here in Alola?” Ash: “That's right.” Lillie: “Um… Alola doesn't have gym leaders…” Ash: “What?!, then how do I enter the Pokémon league here?” Professor Kukui: “Actually… Alola doesn't have a league either…” Ash: “What?!” Lillie: “Sorry Ash, Alola is a little different from the other regions… like it doesn't have gym leaders or a league…” Ash: “Oh man… then what am I supposed to do here…?” Professor Kukui: “Well… while Alola doesn't have gym leaders or a league… we do have Trail Captains, which are kind of like gym leaders, if you beat them in a challenge, they give you a Z crystal.” Ash: “A what crystal?” Professor Kukui: “They're a type of crystal that allows a trainer's Pokémon to use a special move, but only if the bond between them is strong and the right kind for a certain type or Pokémon… you might say they're like gym badges of Alola that can give your Pokémon a special move.” Ash: “Wow… that sounds really cool…” Professor Kukui: “Yes, and it might make you feel happy that we're working on having Alola a Pokémon league of it's own.” Ash: “That's great, I hope it'll be fun.” Professor Kukui: “That's what I'm hoping too.” Ash: “Well in the meantime… I should start getting those Z crystals.” Professor Kukui: “Well before you do that, you would need a Z-Power ring, in order for the Z crystals to work.” said the professor, before he gives Ash what looked like some sort of wrist watch that had a crystal shaped hole on top, which is where the Z crystal is supposed to be placed. Ash: “Is this it?” Professor Kukui: “Correct, and I managed to update your Pokédex to have the info of the Pokémon here.” suddenly, the Pokémon egg that Lillie was holding started to glow, and started to crack up until a baby Pokémon hatched out. The baby looked a little like a Vulpix, but it was white instead of red, and the first thing she saw was Lillie, and which made her believe Lillie is her mother. Ash: “What is that?, it looks like a Vulpix… but different…” Professor Kukui: “That's an Alolan Vulpix, there are some Pokémon here that you might have seen before here, but they not only have a different look, but different type as well to live in the habitat of this region.” Ash: “Wow… that is so cool…” Lillie: “It's all white like snow…” Ash: “Actually, she's a girl.” Lillie: “Hmm?, how do you know?” Ash: “Uh… lucky guess…” Lillie: “Hmm… I think a nickname should do…” Professor Kukui: “Okay, what will you call her?” Lillie: “I like to call her… Snowy.” Ash: “I like it, it fits her well.” and so Ash has begun the next chapter of his journey to be a Pokémon master in the Alola region, who knows what could be next for our hero as the journey continues.
The first catch in Alola.
On Alola, Lillie was teaching Ash about how people in the region say hello. Ash: “So… you say the name of the region as a way to say hello or goodbye here?” Lillie: “That's right, it's an old tradition, and it's fun to say.” Ash: “Yeah you're right, Alola to all!” Pikachu: [Try not to wore it out.] Ash: “Don't worry, I won't.” Lillie: “You won't what?” Ash: “Uh… never mind… oh right, I almost forgot, I haven't looked up on Snowy here.” said Ash, before he pulls out his Pokédex to scan Snowy, to know more about her. Pokédex: [The Alolan form of Vulpix is an ice type instead of a fire type like the normal Vulpix, and it's breath can reach a temperature of 60 below zero, freezing anything it touches.] Lillie: “Wow… I've heard their breath would be very cold… but not that cold…” Ash: “I didn't even knew there was another version of certain Pokémon I've seen in Kanto before I got here.” Lillie: “Yes, some Pokémon have a different type version compared to the original to adapt their environment.” that was when Pikachu noticed something sleeping on a tree. Pikachu: [What's that?] Ash: “Huh?” Pikachu: [That Pokémon sleeping in that tree.] said Pikachu, pointing at the mystery Pokémon. Ash: “Who's that Pokémon?” Lillie: “That's a Rowlet, one of the starters of Alola… but what's a Rowlet doing there?” Ash: “They're not normally found in the wild?” Lillie: “No, they aren't…” that was when a young man named Llima (voiced by Michael Liscio Jr.) with his Eevee, came to the scene. Llima: “Alola, are you new here?” Ash: “Yeah, my name's Ash Ketchum, and I'm planning to challenge the Trial Captains.” Llima: “Funny when you mention that… for I happen to be one of them.” Ash: “Really?” Llima: “That's right, name's Llima by the way.” Lillie: “Wait… the Llima?!, the ping pong champ of Alola?!” Llima: “That's me, but I'm not the type who rubs that title on the face of others, so uh… is that your Rowlet?” asked Llima, looking at the sleeping Rowlet in the tree. Then there was trouble, Rowlet began to lean over, and fell off the tree. Ash was able to catch him just in the nick of time. Rowlet: [Huh…?, what happened?, morning already?, who are you?] Ash: “Uh… I'm Ash, but you should have been more careful, you fell off the tree while sleeping.” Rowlet: [I did?, oops…] Ash: “Don't worry, you're safe now.” said Ash, before he pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about the grass type bird. Pokédex: [Rowlet is the Grass Quill Pokémon, and the grass type starter of Alola, it can also store energy during the day through photosynthesis, and can swoop down without making any noise and unleashes a powerful kick without being noticed.] Pikachu: [Wow, that's pretty cool.] Rowlet: [I guess so… but can I get back to my nest, I need some more rest…] Ash: “Sure.” said Ash, before he puts Rowlet back into his nest. Llima: “Hmm… interesting… if I didn't knew better, I would say that you could talk to the Pokémon…” Ash: “Uh… really?, well I was only guessing on what Rowlet was trying to say… by the way, would you mind if I challenge you for a Z crystal?” Llima: “Not at all, I was hoping to get a challenger sooner or later.” so with that, Ash and Llima went to battle each other, a battle between Pikachu, and an Eevee. Llima gave Ash a Normalium Z crystal, to learn how to use it and to see if he is worthy of it. Unfortunately, the battle was interrupted when the Team Rocket trio showed up, trying to steal both Pikachu and Eevee with a net. Jessie: “Got cha now Pikachu.” James: “And there's no escape this time.” Meowth: “That's right!, and we got an Eevee as a bonus!” Ash: “Let Pikachu and Eevee go or else!” Jessie: “Like what?, we know you don't have your Kalos team with you this time, so give it up.” that was when Rowlet came to the scene, and swoop down to kick the Team Rocket trio, who dropped the net, freeing Pikachu and Eevee at last. Llima then used a Z crystal to use a Z move for Eevee, which somehow summoned all of Eevee's evolutions, and all of them used an attack to send the Team Rocket trio flying out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Ash and Llima continued their battle, and in the end, Ash was able to win, and earned himself the Normalium Z crystal. Llima: “Well done Ash, I hope you do well in the trials ahead of you.” said Llima, before he leaves the scene, while Rowlet came over to the boy. Ash: “Hey Rowlet, thanks for helping me get Pikachu back earlier.” Rowlet: [Well you helped me before, so it's only fair if I do the same, and uh… would it be okay if I join your team?, I mean I want to become stronger, but I want a trainer with a good heart… and you already shown that when you saved me from my fall.] Ash: “Sure, I'd be more than happy to have you in the team.” said Ash, before he catches Rowlet in a Pokéball, making the grass type bird become Ash's first catch in Alola. Lillie: “Ash… you were able to understand what Rowlet was saying a little too well…” Ash: “Uh… well… the thing is… I have the ability to talk to Pokémon…” Lillie: “Really?!” Ash: “Yeah, but it's supposed to be a secret, so don't tell anyone, can you promise me that?” Lillie: “Sure, I doubt anyone would believe it anyway.” Ash: “Fair enough.” and so Ash has earned his first Z crystal and caught his first Alolan Pokémon, who knows what could be next for our hero as the journey continues.
The rock type puppy.
Ash was training both Pikachu and Rowlet, to pass the time while looking for the next Trial captain. Rowlet: [Oh man… I'm getting tired… can we take a nap?] Pikachu: [How can you be tired already?, we haven't trained for more than 5 minutes?” Rowlet: [Sorry, I'm just not used to train this much… actually I haven't trained myself before until now…] Ash: “Well you need to work on your stamina and other things, otherwise you'll be beaten by your opponent before you could say ow.” Rowlet: [Well… when you put it that way…] that was when Pikachu saw something at the beach, and went over to take a look, which made him gasp in shock. Pikachu: [Ash!, come quick, I think this Pokémon needs help!] called out Pikachu, before Ash went over to Pikachu, to see that he was next to what looked like a little puppy like Pokémon covered in bruises. Ash: “Oh no… what could have done this…?” asked the boy to himself, before he picks up the injured Pokémon and takes it to Professor Kukui, in hopes to heal the poor thing. Professor Kukui: “This is Rockruff, a rock type, and you did the right thing to bring it here.” Ash: “Wait, it's a rock type?” Professor Kukui: “Yes, it might not look like one compared to other rock types, but it is, and Rockruff is more unique as it can evolve into two versions of Lycanroc, one of midday during the day, or one of Midnight during the night.” Ash: “Wow… that's amazing… but what could have hurt this one?” Professor Kukui: “I don't know… if only we can talk to Pokémon… then we could ask it… but the chances of that happening are not likely…” Ash: “Uh…” Pikachu: [Should you tell him?] Ash: “Tell him what?” Pikachu: [You know… about your gift…] Ash: “I don't know… there's already a handful of people who know about my secret…” Pikachu: [I know… but the longer we're here, the more likely that he'll discover it… so either he'll know now or he'll learn it later…] unaware to the pair, Professor Kukui was watching them, and began to realize that they were having a conversation that both sides understood. Professor Kukui: “Uh… Ash…?, are you having a conversation with your Pikachu?… and understanding him?” Ash: “Uh… maybe… look, you can't tell anyone about this, you have a… special ability to talk to Pokémon, but if the wrong people discover it, me and my Pokémon could get in danger.” Professor Kukui: “I understand… still… I never imagined there could be someone with an ability like that… how did you get it?” Ash: “Through something called Aura… I'm not an expert about it, but it's supposed to be something that all living things have, but few can use it for battle… like a Lucario for example.” Professor Kukui: “Oh yes, I've heard about them… and I once heard legends about the Aura Guardians… are you by chance…” Ash: “No I'm not an Aura guardian, just someone who can use Aura… though I don't have experience with it yet… other then being used when I'm in danger or something.” Professor Kukui: “Interesting…” said the professor, before Rockruff finally started to wake up. Once the little rock type pup saw Ash and the professor, he freaked out. Rockruff: [No please!, don't hurt me!, I never meant to be so weak!, I'll try to be stronger!, just don't…] Ash: “Whoa there little guy, we're not gonna hurt ya, honest, otherwise we wouldn't have helped ya.” Rockruff: [Huh?… you're not gonna hurt me?] Ash: “Of course not, why would I wanna hurt ya?” Rockruff: [Well because… wait… you can understand me?] Ash: “Yeah, I can talk to Pokémon, my name's Ash Ketchum by the way.” Rockruff: [… So you're the one he wanted revenge so badly…] Ash: “Who wanted revenge on me?” Rockruff: [My former trainer… his name is Damian…] Pikachu: [Damian?!, he's in Alola too?!” Ash: “Damian… that rotten trainer… it's always him…” Professor Kukui: “Damian?, who's he?” Ash: “The most rotten trainer I know…” said Ash, before Lillie and Snowy came to the scene, surprised to see Rockruff on a table. Lillie: “What's going on?” Ash: “Huh?, oh Alola Lillie, what brings you here?” Lillie: “I came to give Snowy a checkup, what's with the Rockruff?” Professor Kukui: “Ash found it at the beach earlier, and learned that it used to be own by someone named Damian.” Lillie: “Really?, so are you planning to give it back to him?” Ash: “If only it were that simple… but you see… Damian is the one trainer that doesn't deserve to be a trainer in the first place…” Lillie: “What do you mean?” Ash: “Well… let me tell you my past encounters with him during my journey before I got here…” said Ash, before he did just that, and both Lillie and Professor Kukui were shocked. Lillie: “No way…” Professor Kukui: “My goodness… no wonder you speak so low of him…” Ash: “I know… it's cruel to say, but he really was the worst trainer I've ever met…” Lillie: “No joke… that kind of treatment to Pokémon and other people… I can't believe he didn't get arrested…” Ash: “Believe me, nothing would make me more happier than that… well except maybe becoming a Pokémon master…” Professor Kukui: “Hmm… well I think it's safe to say that Rockruff should stay here for a bit, at least until it fully recovers.” Ash: “Yeah… I'll stick around to make sure he recovers.” said Ash, which made Rockruff surprised as he never witnessed a human being so kind to him before. Suddenly, the Team Rocket trio showed up and they tried to capture Pikachu and Rockruff with a net. However, Ash still had Rowlet, who used his talons and beak to break the net. Once both Pokémon were free, Pikachu used Thunderbolt while Rockruff used Accelerock to send the Team Rocket trio flying. Jessie: “Oh come on!, we didn't get a lot of time in this chapter!” James: “At least we were mentioned…” Meowth: “Never mind that… we're blasting off again!” shouted Meowth, as he and his teammates were sent flying out of the scene. A few days later, Rockruff got a whole lot better, and he began to feel attached to Ash, looking up to like an idol as he keeps hearing the boy's stories of his adventures. Rockruff: [Hey Ash… can I ask you something?] Ash: “Sure, what is it?” Rockruff: [Um… you've been so kind to me… and after hearing about your adventures from Pikachu… and saving me from those Team Rocket jerks, I wanted to be strong too… and to prove Damian wrong about me… can I be part of your team?] Ash: “Sure Rockruff, I'll be more than happy to help ya get stronger and show Damian wrong too.” said Ash, before he catches Rockruff inside a Pokéball, marking the rock type puppy as the boy's newest catch. The boy then pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about his new rock type catch. Pokédex: [Rockruff is the Puppy Pokémon of the rock type, and they've been with humans since ancient times, and train themselves by running around.] Some time later, Ash meets another Trial captain, who uses electric types, he taught Ash how to use the Electrium Z crystal, and when he tries it in a battle, Ash was able to prove he was worthy of it, meaning he had the right to keep one. Pikachu: [Alright, a Z crystal that's my type.] Ash: “Yeah, I wonder what other Z crystals we'll get…” and so Ash has caught a Rockruff and earned the Electrium Z crystal, who knows what could be next for our hero as the journey continues.
The Fire type kitten.
It was a nice day in Alola, when Ash was training his new Pokémon, Rowlet and Rockruff, who are already showing they're getting stronger. Ash: “Okay you guys, I think we should take a break for now.” Rockruff: [Oh… but I was about to go to another level, just a longer?” Ash: “Hey I know, but let's save it for later, we can't overwork ourselves, we all need a break once in a while in order to have enough energy to work some more.” Pikachu: [He's right, it's close to lunch time anyway, and I'm feeling a bit hungry.] Rowlet: [Me too.] so with that, they went on their way back to Professor Kukui's lab, when they saw something on the ground, which was a Pokémon that looked like a kitten, but it was covered in bruises and sand. Ash went to pick it up and brought the little guy to Professor Kukui's lab, where the professor was surprised to see Ash has brought back another Pokémon that was in poor condition. Professor Kukui: “Poor Litten… looks like it went through a lot of fights lately…” Ash: “Yeah…” that was when Lillie came in with Snowy, and she was surprised to see another Pokémon in poor condition, right after Ash finding Rockruff not too long ago. Lillie: “Poor thing… what happened to Litten?” Ash: “Is that what he is?” Lillie: “Yes, I'm guessing you haven't talked to it yet.” Ash: “Well I just found him, so no.” Professor Kukui: “Even if he was talking, you're the only one here who can understand him.” Ash: “Yeah… but my gift won't do much now… not until Litten speaks, which might take a while until he wakes up.” said Ash, before Litten suddenly started to wake up, and he was in a panic. Litten: [Huh?!, no please!, don't hurt me!, I'll try to get stronger!, I promise!] Ash: “Whoa there!, we're not gonna hurt ya.” Litten: [You expect me to believe that?, my old trainer said that before and he still hurts me…] Ash: “Your old trainer did what?!” Litten: [Wait… did you… understood me?] Rockruff: [Wait… Litten is that you?] Litten: [Rockruff?, what are you doing here?] Pikachu: [Hold on, you two know it's each other?] Rockruff: [Yeah… we used to be teammates under the same trainer.] Ash: “Wait… was your trainer by any chance… named Damian?] Litten: [Yeah… you know him?] Ash: “Yeah… so he abandoned you too… that no good…” Rockruff: [Oh Ash… it's okay…] Litten: [I take it… this boy is your new trainer?] Rockruff: [Yeah, and he much nicer than Damian ever was or ever will, he trains me with love and trust, and if you want… you can join the team.] Litten: [I don't know… it'll be a while before I can trust a human again…] suddenly, a little black ball with a red 'R' on it, broke through the window, and out of it came sleeping gas, which knocked everyone out. By the time they woke up, Ash, Lillie and Professor Kukui saw that they were inside a cage, and the Team Rocket trio were in front of them, laughing in an evil way. Ash: “Sleeping gas again?, seriously?” Jessie: “It's an old move, but it's still very effective…” James: Yes, and now we got your Pokémon, including Pikachu.” Meowth: “That's right, and the cage they're in is voice activated, which can only work when one of us say open.” said Meowth, before the cage with the Pokémon inside opened up, much to everyone's surprise. Jessie: “You idiot!” Meowth: “Don't blame me!, it was your idea to program it to open by a simple password!” James: “Never mind that!, they're getting away!” shouted James, unaware that the cage that Ash, Lillie and Professor Kukui were in opened up as well, due to having the same opening code as the other cage. Jessie: “Better send out our new Pokémon, go Mimikyu!” James: “You go too, Mareanie!” shouted Jessie and James, before sending out what looked like a Pokémon hiding under a disguise that looks like a poorly designed Pikachu, and a water/poison type that had tentacles that look like hair, and Ash went to check out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Mareanie is the Brutal Star Pokémon, and their head spikes are poisonous and attack by turning upside down and trap their prey with their 10 legs.] [Mimikyu is the Disguise Pokémon, a ghost/fairy type, and wears a ragged head cover to look like a Pikachu in hopes for popularity.] Mimikyu: [One way or another, I will have my revenge on all Pikachu!, why do they get to have all the popularity while I have to live in the shadows?!, it's not fair!] Pikachu: [Wow… this one has issues…] said Pikachu, which only Ash and Mimikyu understood, and the ghost/fairy type got more mad and went to attack Pikachu, who managed to dodge it but Litten was about to be hit instead. However, before the attack hit, Ash blocked the attack with his body and got hit instead, much to the little fire type's surprise. Pikachu: [Oh my gosh!, Ash are you okay?!] Ash: “Yeah… but what about Litten?, is he alright?” Litten: [Me?, but you were the one who got hit!, why did you took the hit for me?!] Ash: “Because unlike Damian, I care for the well-being of Pokémon.” Mimikyu: [Annoying twerp, out of my way!] shouted Mimikyu, before Pikachu used Iron Tail to block the ghost/fairy type's attack. Pikachu: [If you got a problem with me and my kind, leave Ash out of it!] shouted Pikachu, before he used a powerful Thunderbolt to hit Mimikyu and sending it flying right into the Team Rocket trio. Litten, who wanted to protect Ash like how he protected him, then used Flamethrower to burn the Team Rocket trio, before Pikachu used another Thunderbolt to send the trio flying out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Litten went to rub his head on Ash's leg, as a sign of affection. Professor Kukui: “Looks like you have earned the little fire cat's trust.” Ash: “Yeah… so it seems… hey Litten… would you like to join our team?” asked Ash, before Litten used Flamethrower on Ash's face with a smile, while the boy was covered in smoke. Litten: [That's my way of saying yes.] Ash: “Oh… in that case… happy to know… welcome to the team…” said Ash, before he fells to the ground. Soon, the boy went to check on his Pokédex to learn more about his newest catch. Pokédex: [Litten is the Fire Cat Pokémon, the fire type starter of Alola, and it's known to show little emotions and prefers being alone, and it normally takes a lot of time to gain it's trust in any way.] Pikachu: [And yet, Ash was able to earn his trust in just one day…] Ash: “That's odd to you?” Pikachu: [Not really, you always had a knack on earning trust with your kindness and all that.] some time later, Ash gets to meet another Trial captain, who gave Ash a Grassium Z crystal to try out, and with the teamwork of Rowlet, Ash was able to earn the right of keeping one. Ash: “I managed to earn three Z crystals… I wonder what other Z crystals I could get before the first Alola league starts…” Pikachu: [Only the future can tell us that.] and so Ash has caught a Litten and earned another Z crystal, who knows what could be next for our hero as the journey continues.
The new form of the dusk.
It was a nice day in the Alola region, when Ash was training Litten to get stronger. But the training had to halt for a bit as Rockruff was acting strange lately, as he was acting more aggressive and biting everything he sees, including Ash. Pikachu: [Any idea what's going on with Rockruff?] Ash: “Well… from what Professor Kukui told me… Rockruff would only act like this when they're close to evolving…” Litten: [I think you're right, I've seen it before from other Rockruff in the wild.] Pikachu: [The Pokédex mentioned that Rockruff can evolve either a Midday form or Midnight form of Lycanroc… guess it depends on what time of the day Rockruff will evolve…] Ash: “Yeah… speaking of Rockruff…'' said Ash, before he sees Rockruff sitting in the corner, feeling guilty and sad. It wasn't long before Ash came over to Rockruff, who couldn't have the courage to look back at his trainer. Rockruff: [Ash… I am so sorry for biting you… I don't know what's come over me… you must be mad at me…] Ash: “No Rockruff, I'm just worried about you… and I learned from Professor Kukui that you're just in that mood you get when you're ready to evolve.” Rockruff: [Really?, I'm gonna evolve soon?] Ash: “Yeah, but as what you'll evolve into… that's your choice to make…” Rockruff: [Hmm… my choice, huh?] Ash: “That's right.” Rockruff: [Well… I don't know… either of the forms seem cool… but I got this feeling that I wanna be something… different…] Pikachu: [Really?, different how?] Rockruff: [I'm not really sure…] Ash: “I'm sure what form you choose, it's alright with me.” a few hours later, the sun was beginning to set, and Rockruff couldn't help but stare at it, like he was in some kind of a trance. Pikachu: [He's been looking at the sunset for a while now…] Ash: “Yeah… it must be hard for him to decide…” suddenly, as the sun was almost gone, Rockruff started to glow, as he was starting to evolve. However, his new form was neither midday or midnight form, but somewhere in between, had orange and white fur and looked like a crossover of the two forms. Lycanroc: [I… evolved…] Ash: “Whoa… Lycanroc… you look amazing…” Lycanroc: [Thanks… but what form is this?] Pikachu: [Looks like a crossover between the midday and midnight forms…] said Pikachu, before Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Lycanroc is the Wolf Pokémon, and the evolved form of Rockruff, current form of this Lycanroc is unknown.] Ash: “Unknown…?” that was when Professor Kukui came to the scene, and he was surprised by the sight of Ash's Lycanroc. Professor Kukui: “What in the world…?” Ash: “Hi Professor, what form is Lycanroc?” Professor Kukui: “Well to tell you the truth… I don't know… I've never seen this form before… it must be a newly discovered form…” Ash: “Really?” Professor Kukui: “Yes, tell me, when did Rockruff evolved?” Ash: “When dusk settled.” Professor Kukui: “Hmm… then maybe we should call this Dusk form Lycanroc, nice ring to it, right?” Ash: “Yeah, you like that Lycanroc?, sound good?” Lycanroc: [Yeah, it's catchy… and I think this is the form for me…] sometime later, in a new day, Ash was helping Lycanroc how to battle in his new form, but soon learned that the rock type goes savage whenever he gets dirty, which was ironic as he used to love getting dirty when he was a Rockruff. With some patience and training, Ash was able to help Lycanroc control his rage even when he gets dirty. Eventually, Ash meets another Trial captain, who gives the boy a Lycanium Z crystal, to test the boy to see if he was worthy of it. Luckily for the boy, he and Lycanroc were able to pull off the Z move, and earned the right to keep the Z crystal. Suddenly, there was trouble, as the Team Rocket trio showed up, in hopes to catch not only Pikachu, but Lycanroc as well. They brought some sort of robot that was bigger than a house, with a giant butterfly net in it's hands. Jessie: “Ha, ha, ha, ha!, with this mega bot, not only will we finally get Pikachu, but that new Lycanroc as a bonus.” James: “Yes, that Lycanroc is no doubt rare, which should make a great gift for the boss like Pikachu.” Meowth: “That's right!” Lycanroc: [Do they actually think they can catch Pokémon with that thing?] Pikachu: [What really surprises me is the fact they're still going after me even though me and Ash beat them more times than I could count…] Ash: “Get ready guys, this could be tough.” Meowth: “You bet it will, time to press the catching button!” said Meowth, before his paw pressed a button. Suddenly, the robot exploded, and the Team Rocket trio were being sent flying into the air. Jessie: “You idiot!, you pressed the self destruct button!” James: “Why did we even had that button in the first place?” Meowth: “Cause the writer wanted us to…” Jessie: “I hate writers… as much as this…” Team Rocket trio: “Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!” shouted the trio, as they flew into the sky and out of the scene. Ash: “Uh… did that really just happen?” Lycanroc: [Well… that was awkward…] Pikachu: [Tell me about it…] and so Rockruff has evolved into a new kind of Lycanroc and Ash earned another Z crystal, which is meant for Lycanroc, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.
Here is link to part 2 of story's eighth arc. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54961465/
Here is link to story's Prologue. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54928638/
Enter Alola and the Alolan Pokémon egg.
It was a beautiful day in the Alola region, when a plane landed in the airport, and out of it came Ash and Pikachu, who were very confused. Ash: “Hey… this isn't Kanto… where are we?” Pikachu: [Uh… Ash… I think we got on the wrong plane…] Ash: “I think you might be right…” Pikachu: [Great… not only did we got on the wrong plane, but we're now in a region we've never been to before…] Ash: “Well at least we still have each other, and we can go look for a professor and ask him if we can make a call with Professor Oak, but while we're here, we might as well check it out.” said Ash, before he and Pikachu began to explore the region, which they soon learned that it's more like a group of islands, known as the Alola region. Suddenly, the pair heard the sound of a girl screaming, and rushed to see a pale blonde girl named Lillie (voiced by Laurie Hymes), holding a Pokémon egg, was surrounded by the Team Rocket trio, who were now in Alola too. Jessie: “Hand over the egg, little girl.” James: “Yes, that's all we want.” Lillie: “You're out of your minds!, Professor Kukui gave me this egg to help me be responsible!, there's no way I'll let him down!” Meowth: “That wasn't a request, that's an order.” Lillie: “What the?!, a talking Meowth?!, wait… you don't look like a normal Meowth…” Jessie: “What does that mean?” James: “Beats me.” Ash: “Team Rocket!, leave her alone!” called out Ash, before he runs up to the scene and came in between the trio and Lillie, who was surprised by the boy's sudden appearance. Jessie: “Oh great, it's the twerp.” James: “No surprise he's here, we were on the same plane he was.” Meowth: “Though I can't believe that he mistook the plane to this place for the on to Kanto.” Ash: “I was in a hurry!, and another thing, don't you have anything better to do than just ganging up on a girl?” Jessie: “Yes, and that's to steal Pikachu at long last.” Meowth: “That's right!” Ash: “Not happening…” Jessie: “Why so relaxed?” asked Jessie, before Ash pulls out his Pokéballs, and out of them came his Kalos team, which made the trio gulp. Ash: “This is why… guys… you know what to do.” said Ash with a smirk, before his team used their attacks to hit and send the Team Rocket trio flying out into the sky and out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Ash recalls his team, and went over to the girl. Lillie: “Uh… thank you…” Ash: “No problem, I'm Ash by the way.” Lillie: “I'm Lillie, it's a pleasure to meet you… I must say that I never saw Pokémon like the ones you just used before…” Ash: “Yeah, I caught them in Kalos, funny story… I was supposed to be on my way to Kanto… but it seems that I went on the wrong plane and ended up here, is there a professor I can talk to?” Lillie: “Well there's Professor Kukui, I can take you right to him, as a way to thank you for helping me.” Ash: “Thanks, that means a lot.” so with that, the trainers went to a lab, which belonged to Professor Kukui (voiced by Abe Goldfarb), who was talking to Professor Oak through a video phone. Professor Oak: “Ash?, is that you?, what are you doing in Alola?” Ash: “I uh… got on the wrong plane by mistake…” that was when Delia, Ash's mom, came next to Professor Oak, and she was relieved. Delia: “Ash!, thank goodness… I was beginning to worry about you.” Ash: “Sorry about that, I'm okay, and I think I found where I should go for my journey next…” Professor Oak: “Well I'm happy to hear that, but you do know that you already have a full team, so if you want to catch and train the Pokémon of the Alola region, you'll need to send me your Kalos team.” Ash: “Sure thing.” said Ash, before he puts the Pokéballs into a machine that transports them back to Professor Oak, who was eager to study them. Delia: “Ash, I want you to make sure to get on the right plane the next time you go on a flight, so something like this doesn't happen again.” Ash: “Sure thing mom, I promise.” Delia: “And another thing, you better be changing your underwear.” Ash: “Mom!” this made both Pikachu and Lillie laugh a little, causing Ash to feel more embarrassed. Delia: “Come on Ash, I'm not trying to embarrass you, I just want to make sure you're taking care of yourself, then maybe one day you might get a girlfriend.” Pikachu: [Funny that she mentioned that as you already got one.] whispered Pikachu to Ash, who only him can understand what the electric type said. Ash: “Uh…” Delia: “Oh what am I saying, it's still a little early to think about that, but please try to be more careful, okay?” Ash: “Sure mom, and I'll send my Kalos gym badges home through mail, that way I can have room to get new badges here.” Delia: “Sure thing, see ya sweetie.” said Delia, before the call ended. Professor Kukui: “Uh… did you said that you're planning to earn gym badges here in Alola?” Ash: “That's right.” Lillie: “Um… Alola doesn't have gym leaders…” Ash: “What?!, then how do I enter the Pokémon league here?” Professor Kukui: “Actually… Alola doesn't have a league either…” Ash: “What?!” Lillie: “Sorry Ash, Alola is a little different from the other regions… like it doesn't have gym leaders or a league…” Ash: “Oh man… then what am I supposed to do here…?” Professor Kukui: “Well… while Alola doesn't have gym leaders or a league… we do have Trail Captains, which are kind of like gym leaders, if you beat them in a challenge, they give you a Z crystal.” Ash: “A what crystal?” Professor Kukui: “They're a type of crystal that allows a trainer's Pokémon to use a special move, but only if the bond between them is strong and the right kind for a certain type or Pokémon… you might say they're like gym badges of Alola that can give your Pokémon a special move.” Ash: “Wow… that sounds really cool…” Professor Kukui: “Yes, and it might make you feel happy that we're working on having Alola a Pokémon league of it's own.” Ash: “That's great, I hope it'll be fun.” Professor Kukui: “That's what I'm hoping too.” Ash: “Well in the meantime… I should start getting those Z crystals.” Professor Kukui: “Well before you do that, you would need a Z-Power ring, in order for the Z crystals to work.” said the professor, before he gives Ash what looked like some sort of wrist watch that had a crystal shaped hole on top, which is where the Z crystal is supposed to be placed. Ash: “Is this it?” Professor Kukui: “Correct, and I managed to update your Pokédex to have the info of the Pokémon here.” suddenly, the Pokémon egg that Lillie was holding started to glow, and started to crack up until a baby Pokémon hatched out. The baby looked a little like a Vulpix, but it was white instead of red, and the first thing she saw was Lillie, and which made her believe Lillie is her mother. Ash: “What is that?, it looks like a Vulpix… but different…” Professor Kukui: “That's an Alolan Vulpix, there are some Pokémon here that you might have seen before here, but they not only have a different look, but different type as well to live in the habitat of this region.” Ash: “Wow… that is so cool…” Lillie: “It's all white like snow…” Ash: “Actually, she's a girl.” Lillie: “Hmm?, how do you know?” Ash: “Uh… lucky guess…” Lillie: “Hmm… I think a nickname should do…” Professor Kukui: “Okay, what will you call her?” Lillie: “I like to call her… Snowy.” Ash: “I like it, it fits her well.” and so Ash has begun the next chapter of his journey to be a Pokémon master in the Alola region, who knows what could be next for our hero as the journey continues.
The first catch in Alola.
On Alola, Lillie was teaching Ash about how people in the region say hello. Ash: “So… you say the name of the region as a way to say hello or goodbye here?” Lillie: “That's right, it's an old tradition, and it's fun to say.” Ash: “Yeah you're right, Alola to all!” Pikachu: [Try not to wore it out.] Ash: “Don't worry, I won't.” Lillie: “You won't what?” Ash: “Uh… never mind… oh right, I almost forgot, I haven't looked up on Snowy here.” said Ash, before he pulls out his Pokédex to scan Snowy, to know more about her. Pokédex: [The Alolan form of Vulpix is an ice type instead of a fire type like the normal Vulpix, and it's breath can reach a temperature of 60 below zero, freezing anything it touches.] Lillie: “Wow… I've heard their breath would be very cold… but not that cold…” Ash: “I didn't even knew there was another version of certain Pokémon I've seen in Kanto before I got here.” Lillie: “Yes, some Pokémon have a different type version compared to the original to adapt their environment.” that was when Pikachu noticed something sleeping on a tree. Pikachu: [What's that?] Ash: “Huh?” Pikachu: [That Pokémon sleeping in that tree.] said Pikachu, pointing at the mystery Pokémon. Ash: “Who's that Pokémon?” Lillie: “That's a Rowlet, one of the starters of Alola… but what's a Rowlet doing there?” Ash: “They're not normally found in the wild?” Lillie: “No, they aren't…” that was when a young man named Llima (voiced by Michael Liscio Jr.) with his Eevee, came to the scene. Llima: “Alola, are you new here?” Ash: “Yeah, my name's Ash Ketchum, and I'm planning to challenge the Trial Captains.” Llima: “Funny when you mention that… for I happen to be one of them.” Ash: “Really?” Llima: “That's right, name's Llima by the way.” Lillie: “Wait… the Llima?!, the ping pong champ of Alola?!” Llima: “That's me, but I'm not the type who rubs that title on the face of others, so uh… is that your Rowlet?” asked Llima, looking at the sleeping Rowlet in the tree. Then there was trouble, Rowlet began to lean over, and fell off the tree. Ash was able to catch him just in the nick of time. Rowlet: [Huh…?, what happened?, morning already?, who are you?] Ash: “Uh… I'm Ash, but you should have been more careful, you fell off the tree while sleeping.” Rowlet: [I did?, oops…] Ash: “Don't worry, you're safe now.” said Ash, before he pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about the grass type bird. Pokédex: [Rowlet is the Grass Quill Pokémon, and the grass type starter of Alola, it can also store energy during the day through photosynthesis, and can swoop down without making any noise and unleashes a powerful kick without being noticed.] Pikachu: [Wow, that's pretty cool.] Rowlet: [I guess so… but can I get back to my nest, I need some more rest…] Ash: “Sure.” said Ash, before he puts Rowlet back into his nest. Llima: “Hmm… interesting… if I didn't knew better, I would say that you could talk to the Pokémon…” Ash: “Uh… really?, well I was only guessing on what Rowlet was trying to say… by the way, would you mind if I challenge you for a Z crystal?” Llima: “Not at all, I was hoping to get a challenger sooner or later.” so with that, Ash and Llima went to battle each other, a battle between Pikachu, and an Eevee. Llima gave Ash a Normalium Z crystal, to learn how to use it and to see if he is worthy of it. Unfortunately, the battle was interrupted when the Team Rocket trio showed up, trying to steal both Pikachu and Eevee with a net. Jessie: “Got cha now Pikachu.” James: “And there's no escape this time.” Meowth: “That's right!, and we got an Eevee as a bonus!” Ash: “Let Pikachu and Eevee go or else!” Jessie: “Like what?, we know you don't have your Kalos team with you this time, so give it up.” that was when Rowlet came to the scene, and swoop down to kick the Team Rocket trio, who dropped the net, freeing Pikachu and Eevee at last. Llima then used a Z crystal to use a Z move for Eevee, which somehow summoned all of Eevee's evolutions, and all of them used an attack to send the Team Rocket trio flying out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Ash and Llima continued their battle, and in the end, Ash was able to win, and earned himself the Normalium Z crystal. Llima: “Well done Ash, I hope you do well in the trials ahead of you.” said Llima, before he leaves the scene, while Rowlet came over to the boy. Ash: “Hey Rowlet, thanks for helping me get Pikachu back earlier.” Rowlet: [Well you helped me before, so it's only fair if I do the same, and uh… would it be okay if I join your team?, I mean I want to become stronger, but I want a trainer with a good heart… and you already shown that when you saved me from my fall.] Ash: “Sure, I'd be more than happy to have you in the team.” said Ash, before he catches Rowlet in a Pokéball, making the grass type bird become Ash's first catch in Alola. Lillie: “Ash… you were able to understand what Rowlet was saying a little too well…” Ash: “Uh… well… the thing is… I have the ability to talk to Pokémon…” Lillie: “Really?!” Ash: “Yeah, but it's supposed to be a secret, so don't tell anyone, can you promise me that?” Lillie: “Sure, I doubt anyone would believe it anyway.” Ash: “Fair enough.” and so Ash has earned his first Z crystal and caught his first Alolan Pokémon, who knows what could be next for our hero as the journey continues.
The rock type puppy.
Ash was training both Pikachu and Rowlet, to pass the time while looking for the next Trial captain. Rowlet: [Oh man… I'm getting tired… can we take a nap?] Pikachu: [How can you be tired already?, we haven't trained for more than 5 minutes?” Rowlet: [Sorry, I'm just not used to train this much… actually I haven't trained myself before until now…] Ash: “Well you need to work on your stamina and other things, otherwise you'll be beaten by your opponent before you could say ow.” Rowlet: [Well… when you put it that way…] that was when Pikachu saw something at the beach, and went over to take a look, which made him gasp in shock. Pikachu: [Ash!, come quick, I think this Pokémon needs help!] called out Pikachu, before Ash went over to Pikachu, to see that he was next to what looked like a little puppy like Pokémon covered in bruises. Ash: “Oh no… what could have done this…?” asked the boy to himself, before he picks up the injured Pokémon and takes it to Professor Kukui, in hopes to heal the poor thing. Professor Kukui: “This is Rockruff, a rock type, and you did the right thing to bring it here.” Ash: “Wait, it's a rock type?” Professor Kukui: “Yes, it might not look like one compared to other rock types, but it is, and Rockruff is more unique as it can evolve into two versions of Lycanroc, one of midday during the day, or one of Midnight during the night.” Ash: “Wow… that's amazing… but what could have hurt this one?” Professor Kukui: “I don't know… if only we can talk to Pokémon… then we could ask it… but the chances of that happening are not likely…” Ash: “Uh…” Pikachu: [Should you tell him?] Ash: “Tell him what?” Pikachu: [You know… about your gift…] Ash: “I don't know… there's already a handful of people who know about my secret…” Pikachu: [I know… but the longer we're here, the more likely that he'll discover it… so either he'll know now or he'll learn it later…] unaware to the pair, Professor Kukui was watching them, and began to realize that they were having a conversation that both sides understood. Professor Kukui: “Uh… Ash…?, are you having a conversation with your Pikachu?… and understanding him?” Ash: “Uh… maybe… look, you can't tell anyone about this, you have a… special ability to talk to Pokémon, but if the wrong people discover it, me and my Pokémon could get in danger.” Professor Kukui: “I understand… still… I never imagined there could be someone with an ability like that… how did you get it?” Ash: “Through something called Aura… I'm not an expert about it, but it's supposed to be something that all living things have, but few can use it for battle… like a Lucario for example.” Professor Kukui: “Oh yes, I've heard about them… and I once heard legends about the Aura Guardians… are you by chance…” Ash: “No I'm not an Aura guardian, just someone who can use Aura… though I don't have experience with it yet… other then being used when I'm in danger or something.” Professor Kukui: “Interesting…” said the professor, before Rockruff finally started to wake up. Once the little rock type pup saw Ash and the professor, he freaked out. Rockruff: [No please!, don't hurt me!, I never meant to be so weak!, I'll try to be stronger!, just don't…] Ash: “Whoa there little guy, we're not gonna hurt ya, honest, otherwise we wouldn't have helped ya.” Rockruff: [Huh?… you're not gonna hurt me?] Ash: “Of course not, why would I wanna hurt ya?” Rockruff: [Well because… wait… you can understand me?] Ash: “Yeah, I can talk to Pokémon, my name's Ash Ketchum by the way.” Rockruff: [… So you're the one he wanted revenge so badly…] Ash: “Who wanted revenge on me?” Rockruff: [My former trainer… his name is Damian…] Pikachu: [Damian?!, he's in Alola too?!” Ash: “Damian… that rotten trainer… it's always him…” Professor Kukui: “Damian?, who's he?” Ash: “The most rotten trainer I know…” said Ash, before Lillie and Snowy came to the scene, surprised to see Rockruff on a table. Lillie: “What's going on?” Ash: “Huh?, oh Alola Lillie, what brings you here?” Lillie: “I came to give Snowy a checkup, what's with the Rockruff?” Professor Kukui: “Ash found it at the beach earlier, and learned that it used to be own by someone named Damian.” Lillie: “Really?, so are you planning to give it back to him?” Ash: “If only it were that simple… but you see… Damian is the one trainer that doesn't deserve to be a trainer in the first place…” Lillie: “What do you mean?” Ash: “Well… let me tell you my past encounters with him during my journey before I got here…” said Ash, before he did just that, and both Lillie and Professor Kukui were shocked. Lillie: “No way…” Professor Kukui: “My goodness… no wonder you speak so low of him…” Ash: “I know… it's cruel to say, but he really was the worst trainer I've ever met…” Lillie: “No joke… that kind of treatment to Pokémon and other people… I can't believe he didn't get arrested…” Ash: “Believe me, nothing would make me more happier than that… well except maybe becoming a Pokémon master…” Professor Kukui: “Hmm… well I think it's safe to say that Rockruff should stay here for a bit, at least until it fully recovers.” Ash: “Yeah… I'll stick around to make sure he recovers.” said Ash, which made Rockruff surprised as he never witnessed a human being so kind to him before. Suddenly, the Team Rocket trio showed up and they tried to capture Pikachu and Rockruff with a net. However, Ash still had Rowlet, who used his talons and beak to break the net. Once both Pokémon were free, Pikachu used Thunderbolt while Rockruff used Accelerock to send the Team Rocket trio flying. Jessie: “Oh come on!, we didn't get a lot of time in this chapter!” James: “At least we were mentioned…” Meowth: “Never mind that… we're blasting off again!” shouted Meowth, as he and his teammates were sent flying out of the scene. A few days later, Rockruff got a whole lot better, and he began to feel attached to Ash, looking up to like an idol as he keeps hearing the boy's stories of his adventures. Rockruff: [Hey Ash… can I ask you something?] Ash: “Sure, what is it?” Rockruff: [Um… you've been so kind to me… and after hearing about your adventures from Pikachu… and saving me from those Team Rocket jerks, I wanted to be strong too… and to prove Damian wrong about me… can I be part of your team?] Ash: “Sure Rockruff, I'll be more than happy to help ya get stronger and show Damian wrong too.” said Ash, before he catches Rockruff inside a Pokéball, marking the rock type puppy as the boy's newest catch. The boy then pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about his new rock type catch. Pokédex: [Rockruff is the Puppy Pokémon of the rock type, and they've been with humans since ancient times, and train themselves by running around.] Some time later, Ash meets another Trial captain, who uses electric types, he taught Ash how to use the Electrium Z crystal, and when he tries it in a battle, Ash was able to prove he was worthy of it, meaning he had the right to keep one. Pikachu: [Alright, a Z crystal that's my type.] Ash: “Yeah, I wonder what other Z crystals we'll get…” and so Ash has caught a Rockruff and earned the Electrium Z crystal, who knows what could be next for our hero as the journey continues.
The Fire type kitten.
It was a nice day in Alola, when Ash was training his new Pokémon, Rowlet and Rockruff, who are already showing they're getting stronger. Ash: “Okay you guys, I think we should take a break for now.” Rockruff: [Oh… but I was about to go to another level, just a longer?” Ash: “Hey I know, but let's save it for later, we can't overwork ourselves, we all need a break once in a while in order to have enough energy to work some more.” Pikachu: [He's right, it's close to lunch time anyway, and I'm feeling a bit hungry.] Rowlet: [Me too.] so with that, they went on their way back to Professor Kukui's lab, when they saw something on the ground, which was a Pokémon that looked like a kitten, but it was covered in bruises and sand. Ash went to pick it up and brought the little guy to Professor Kukui's lab, where the professor was surprised to see Ash has brought back another Pokémon that was in poor condition. Professor Kukui: “Poor Litten… looks like it went through a lot of fights lately…” Ash: “Yeah…” that was when Lillie came in with Snowy, and she was surprised to see another Pokémon in poor condition, right after Ash finding Rockruff not too long ago. Lillie: “Poor thing… what happened to Litten?” Ash: “Is that what he is?” Lillie: “Yes, I'm guessing you haven't talked to it yet.” Ash: “Well I just found him, so no.” Professor Kukui: “Even if he was talking, you're the only one here who can understand him.” Ash: “Yeah… but my gift won't do much now… not until Litten speaks, which might take a while until he wakes up.” said Ash, before Litten suddenly started to wake up, and he was in a panic. Litten: [Huh?!, no please!, don't hurt me!, I'll try to get stronger!, I promise!] Ash: “Whoa there!, we're not gonna hurt ya.” Litten: [You expect me to believe that?, my old trainer said that before and he still hurts me…] Ash: “Your old trainer did what?!” Litten: [Wait… did you… understood me?] Rockruff: [Wait… Litten is that you?] Litten: [Rockruff?, what are you doing here?] Pikachu: [Hold on, you two know it's each other?] Rockruff: [Yeah… we used to be teammates under the same trainer.] Ash: “Wait… was your trainer by any chance… named Damian?] Litten: [Yeah… you know him?] Ash: “Yeah… so he abandoned you too… that no good…” Rockruff: [Oh Ash… it's okay…] Litten: [I take it… this boy is your new trainer?] Rockruff: [Yeah, and he much nicer than Damian ever was or ever will, he trains me with love and trust, and if you want… you can join the team.] Litten: [I don't know… it'll be a while before I can trust a human again…] suddenly, a little black ball with a red 'R' on it, broke through the window, and out of it came sleeping gas, which knocked everyone out. By the time they woke up, Ash, Lillie and Professor Kukui saw that they were inside a cage, and the Team Rocket trio were in front of them, laughing in an evil way. Ash: “Sleeping gas again?, seriously?” Jessie: “It's an old move, but it's still very effective…” James: Yes, and now we got your Pokémon, including Pikachu.” Meowth: “That's right, and the cage they're in is voice activated, which can only work when one of us say open.” said Meowth, before the cage with the Pokémon inside opened up, much to everyone's surprise. Jessie: “You idiot!” Meowth: “Don't blame me!, it was your idea to program it to open by a simple password!” James: “Never mind that!, they're getting away!” shouted James, unaware that the cage that Ash, Lillie and Professor Kukui were in opened up as well, due to having the same opening code as the other cage. Jessie: “Better send out our new Pokémon, go Mimikyu!” James: “You go too, Mareanie!” shouted Jessie and James, before sending out what looked like a Pokémon hiding under a disguise that looks like a poorly designed Pikachu, and a water/poison type that had tentacles that look like hair, and Ash went to check out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Mareanie is the Brutal Star Pokémon, and their head spikes are poisonous and attack by turning upside down and trap their prey with their 10 legs.] [Mimikyu is the Disguise Pokémon, a ghost/fairy type, and wears a ragged head cover to look like a Pikachu in hopes for popularity.] Mimikyu: [One way or another, I will have my revenge on all Pikachu!, why do they get to have all the popularity while I have to live in the shadows?!, it's not fair!] Pikachu: [Wow… this one has issues…] said Pikachu, which only Ash and Mimikyu understood, and the ghost/fairy type got more mad and went to attack Pikachu, who managed to dodge it but Litten was about to be hit instead. However, before the attack hit, Ash blocked the attack with his body and got hit instead, much to the little fire type's surprise. Pikachu: [Oh my gosh!, Ash are you okay?!] Ash: “Yeah… but what about Litten?, is he alright?” Litten: [Me?, but you were the one who got hit!, why did you took the hit for me?!] Ash: “Because unlike Damian, I care for the well-being of Pokémon.” Mimikyu: [Annoying twerp, out of my way!] shouted Mimikyu, before Pikachu used Iron Tail to block the ghost/fairy type's attack. Pikachu: [If you got a problem with me and my kind, leave Ash out of it!] shouted Pikachu, before he used a powerful Thunderbolt to hit Mimikyu and sending it flying right into the Team Rocket trio. Litten, who wanted to protect Ash like how he protected him, then used Flamethrower to burn the Team Rocket trio, before Pikachu used another Thunderbolt to send the trio flying out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Litten went to rub his head on Ash's leg, as a sign of affection. Professor Kukui: “Looks like you have earned the little fire cat's trust.” Ash: “Yeah… so it seems… hey Litten… would you like to join our team?” asked Ash, before Litten used Flamethrower on Ash's face with a smile, while the boy was covered in smoke. Litten: [That's my way of saying yes.] Ash: “Oh… in that case… happy to know… welcome to the team…” said Ash, before he fells to the ground. Soon, the boy went to check on his Pokédex to learn more about his newest catch. Pokédex: [Litten is the Fire Cat Pokémon, the fire type starter of Alola, and it's known to show little emotions and prefers being alone, and it normally takes a lot of time to gain it's trust in any way.] Pikachu: [And yet, Ash was able to earn his trust in just one day…] Ash: “That's odd to you?” Pikachu: [Not really, you always had a knack on earning trust with your kindness and all that.] some time later, Ash gets to meet another Trial captain, who gave Ash a Grassium Z crystal to try out, and with the teamwork of Rowlet, Ash was able to earn the right of keeping one. Ash: “I managed to earn three Z crystals… I wonder what other Z crystals I could get before the first Alola league starts…” Pikachu: [Only the future can tell us that.] and so Ash has caught a Litten and earned another Z crystal, who knows what could be next for our hero as the journey continues.
The new form of the dusk.
It was a nice day in the Alola region, when Ash was training Litten to get stronger. But the training had to halt for a bit as Rockruff was acting strange lately, as he was acting more aggressive and biting everything he sees, including Ash. Pikachu: [Any idea what's going on with Rockruff?] Ash: “Well… from what Professor Kukui told me… Rockruff would only act like this when they're close to evolving…” Litten: [I think you're right, I've seen it before from other Rockruff in the wild.] Pikachu: [The Pokédex mentioned that Rockruff can evolve either a Midday form or Midnight form of Lycanroc… guess it depends on what time of the day Rockruff will evolve…] Ash: “Yeah… speaking of Rockruff…'' said Ash, before he sees Rockruff sitting in the corner, feeling guilty and sad. It wasn't long before Ash came over to Rockruff, who couldn't have the courage to look back at his trainer. Rockruff: [Ash… I am so sorry for biting you… I don't know what's come over me… you must be mad at me…] Ash: “No Rockruff, I'm just worried about you… and I learned from Professor Kukui that you're just in that mood you get when you're ready to evolve.” Rockruff: [Really?, I'm gonna evolve soon?] Ash: “Yeah, but as what you'll evolve into… that's your choice to make…” Rockruff: [Hmm… my choice, huh?] Ash: “That's right.” Rockruff: [Well… I don't know… either of the forms seem cool… but I got this feeling that I wanna be something… different…] Pikachu: [Really?, different how?] Rockruff: [I'm not really sure…] Ash: “I'm sure what form you choose, it's alright with me.” a few hours later, the sun was beginning to set, and Rockruff couldn't help but stare at it, like he was in some kind of a trance. Pikachu: [He's been looking at the sunset for a while now…] Ash: “Yeah… it must be hard for him to decide…” suddenly, as the sun was almost gone, Rockruff started to glow, as he was starting to evolve. However, his new form was neither midday or midnight form, but somewhere in between, had orange and white fur and looked like a crossover of the two forms. Lycanroc: [I… evolved…] Ash: “Whoa… Lycanroc… you look amazing…” Lycanroc: [Thanks… but what form is this?] Pikachu: [Looks like a crossover between the midday and midnight forms…] said Pikachu, before Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Lycanroc is the Wolf Pokémon, and the evolved form of Rockruff, current form of this Lycanroc is unknown.] Ash: “Unknown…?” that was when Professor Kukui came to the scene, and he was surprised by the sight of Ash's Lycanroc. Professor Kukui: “What in the world…?” Ash: “Hi Professor, what form is Lycanroc?” Professor Kukui: “Well to tell you the truth… I don't know… I've never seen this form before… it must be a newly discovered form…” Ash: “Really?” Professor Kukui: “Yes, tell me, when did Rockruff evolved?” Ash: “When dusk settled.” Professor Kukui: “Hmm… then maybe we should call this Dusk form Lycanroc, nice ring to it, right?” Ash: “Yeah, you like that Lycanroc?, sound good?” Lycanroc: [Yeah, it's catchy… and I think this is the form for me…] sometime later, in a new day, Ash was helping Lycanroc how to battle in his new form, but soon learned that the rock type goes savage whenever he gets dirty, which was ironic as he used to love getting dirty when he was a Rockruff. With some patience and training, Ash was able to help Lycanroc control his rage even when he gets dirty. Eventually, Ash meets another Trial captain, who gives the boy a Lycanium Z crystal, to test the boy to see if he was worthy of it. Luckily for the boy, he and Lycanroc were able to pull off the Z move, and earned the right to keep the Z crystal. Suddenly, there was trouble, as the Team Rocket trio showed up, in hopes to catch not only Pikachu, but Lycanroc as well. They brought some sort of robot that was bigger than a house, with a giant butterfly net in it's hands. Jessie: “Ha, ha, ha, ha!, with this mega bot, not only will we finally get Pikachu, but that new Lycanroc as a bonus.” James: “Yes, that Lycanroc is no doubt rare, which should make a great gift for the boss like Pikachu.” Meowth: “That's right!” Lycanroc: [Do they actually think they can catch Pokémon with that thing?] Pikachu: [What really surprises me is the fact they're still going after me even though me and Ash beat them more times than I could count…] Ash: “Get ready guys, this could be tough.” Meowth: “You bet it will, time to press the catching button!” said Meowth, before his paw pressed a button. Suddenly, the robot exploded, and the Team Rocket trio were being sent flying into the air. Jessie: “You idiot!, you pressed the self destruct button!” James: “Why did we even had that button in the first place?” Meowth: “Cause the writer wanted us to…” Jessie: “I hate writers… as much as this…” Team Rocket trio: “Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!” shouted the trio, as they flew into the sky and out of the scene. Ash: “Uh… did that really just happen?” Lycanroc: [Well… that was awkward…] Pikachu: [Tell me about it…] and so Rockruff has evolved into a new kind of Lycanroc and Ash earned another Z crystal, which is meant for Lycanroc, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.
Here is link to part 2 of story's eighth arc. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54961465/
Here is link to story's Prologue. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54928638/
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