Alola Savior

Chapter 17

The trio had said goodbye to Lana and her family after staying the night at their place.

Ash and Lana had to suffer through the constant chants of 'boyfriend' from the twins for the whole night.

They were making their way back to the Paniola ranch so they could get to Ash and Hau's second trial on Akala island and the third overall.

The trek wasn't too bad as they now knew where they were going.

Lillie was holding on to a map.

"Hmm... Alright. It seems the only way to get to your third trial which is in the Wela volcano park is to pass through the Royal Avenue." Lillie explained, which caused Hau to stop.

"WE ARE!? OH, MY GOD!" he yelled in excitement.

Ash looked at him with confused look.

"Care to explain?" Ash asked.

"Oh, right heh. Located in the Royal Avenue is the battle dome where the battle royals are commenced!" Hau told Ash.

"Battle? Royals?" Ash asked again but with more interest.

"Hau. Come on. They are fake. It's all scripted!" Lillie butted in which caused Hau to growl.

"Then why does it look so real HUH!?" Hau argued.

"Um, sorry to butt in but, WHAT IS A BATTLE ROYAL?!" Ash yelled to get attention.

"4 trainers, 2 Pokemon! Battle it out till only one is standing! I use to watch it so much when I was a kid! It's inspired by the battles the island guardians once had to determine who is the strongest!" Hau explained.

"Yeah and those battles involved burning down rainforests and destroying mountains!" Lillie yelled.

"I think it sounds kind of cool I guess..." Ash muttered.

"AH HA! Wait? What do you mean kind of? THE ONLY RIGHT ANSWER IS YES!"

While Hau was in the middle of yelling, a Gumshoos fell from the sky and onto the ground, knocked out.

"Alright.... Well that happened..." Lillie muttered as she and the two boys stood there stunned.

"Gumshoos! Gumshoos!" a man called out.

The man that was calling out to the fainted Pokemon was none other than a team skull grunt.

"Team Skull!" Ash growled as he reached for a pokeball in case the need to battle was required.

"Oh shit! Hey! Listen, I'm no trouble alright! We were minding our own business and some midget lady with a Mudsdale smashed my Pokemon!" the grunted rambled.

"I find that hard to believe..." Ash snapped.

"... Alright! We were stealing a Pokemon and the rest is true! Please don't hurt me..."

Ash and Hau ran past the grunt with Lillie behind them, who was not feeling too well.

After a 5-minute run, they reached the outskirts of a large town with commotion occurring in front of the gate.

Three skull grunts were blocking the entrance and had a Drifloon captive as well.

Opposing them was the lady with the Pokemon Mudsdale just like the other grunt said.

"Y'all city folk causin this much ruckus these days huh?" the lady yelled.

She was very short and was wearing a brown sleeveless shirt and brown pants with black riding shoes. She had light brown skin with black hair that was tied back into two bun like ponytails. Around her head was a purple bandana, which was wrapped around it.