Grunt really knows how to repay those who help him.

Not only did he bring his friends, but he brought Plumeria, too.

Plumeria sighs when she sees us, "Back so soon? It takes these dumb grunts way too long to deal with you kids. So, I guess it's my turn."

Hau and Acerola take on the two grunts while we battle Plumeria.

Easy as pie.

Tula learned Discharge.
This might seem random; it is, but it made Miracle very happy.

Back to Plumeria, who still has the same uninterested expression, "Now I know why my grunts waste so much time battling you. If you want the Pokémon back you'll have to come to our base. Alone. The boss is dying to see you." She waves, "See you at Po town."

What Pokémon?
Did she take Pew?

They walk away with fashion and

Hau frowns, "Battles you can't afford to lose aren't any fun."

Acerola runs into the building and I get to see what Pokémon they were talking about.

Chase is curled up on the ground, crying his eyes out, "P-Peaches. They stole my Peaches!"

Oh.
His Rockruff.
Well, that should be fine...

Acerola gasps, "Those numskulls actually did something smart for once."

Hau looks at Miracle worriedly, "If we want to get her back, Miracle has to go to Po Town, alone! That's not fair!"

Miracle shrugs, "If I have my Pokémon with me am I really alone?

Yes.
Remember when that Mimikyu attacked you?
And none of us did anything.

Chase sits up and wipes his eyes while Sunny and Larry try to comfort him, "You'll get her back for me?"

"Definitely. If you think about it, she the reason you decided to travel with me."

Chase smiles and hugs her, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Miracle pats his head, "No problem. Anyways, I'm off. Wait, I don't know where Po Town is."

"Look for a guy on Route 15 who's wearing a Kimono. He'll help you out." Acerola says, "Don't die, ok!"

Miracle nods, "Roger that!"

She's gonna die.
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Miracle just knows everyone, this guy is from Unova.
He's one of the Elite Four.
He sure does like flipping coins in the air.

After that whole little talk we get a Sharpedo to ride on, well, Miracle does.

All of this water reminds Miracle of something.

She pulls out a Thunderstone and holds it in front of Tula.

"I know how long you've been waiting for this."

Tula smiles and starts crying, "This is really happening! I-I'm so happy!"

Why is she so emotional?

She hugs the stone and is surrounded by a green light.

Out with the old and in with a Psychic Raichu as Miracle calls it.

Rotom watches her fly around and smiles, "Raichu, The Mouse Pokemon, Alola Form, It uses psychokinesis to control electricity. It hops aboard its own tail, using psychic power to lift the tail and move about it while riding it."

We watch as Tiko and Tula fly around.

Our team is finally complete and we're still not done with our journey. It's kinda mind-boggling but enough reminiscing, we have a Rockruff to save.
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Remember that time, it was a very long time ago in Melemele meadow where all of those Oricorio were?

Well, they're back.

Only this time they look like they should be celebrating Carnival.
(The one held in Rio De Janeiro, not a Ferris wheel carnival).

After I fight them off, we have to patch up Miracle's wound again because those Oricorio were out for blood.

Tiko sighs, "Do birds just hate her? I don't get it, she's pretty cool!"

She's pretty dumb.

Tula rolls her eyes and lifts him up with her new psychic abilities, "You only like her 'cause she feeds you."

"That's not true. If it was, I would have run away a long time ago. And put me down! You're already abusing your power!"

Tula drops him and he lands with his beak stuck in the ground.

Peanut tries to help him but Tula bats him away, "No! Let him struggle! I'll take his hat."

She picks up the hat and puts it on her head only for Miracle to take it and help Tiko.

She pulls him out of the ground and places the hat gently on his head, "There. Is that better?"

Tiko puffs out his chest and walks forward.

Miracle chuckles and gets up on Rudy, "I'll take that as a yes."

Route 17 is over run with grunts.

Grunts that we have to deal with.

All for a TM.

I'm salty.
Very, very salty.

We walk up to the wall surrounding Po town.

"Yo! You wanna join Team Skull?" Grunt one asks

Miracle shrugs and hops off Rudy, "If I can get in there, sure."

Lady Grunt shakes her head, "Oh, hell no! Is that a Z-ring!?"

Miracle laughs, "Ha! Are you black?"

She wraps her arm around the grunts' shoulder, "Listen, us black people gotta stick together. Let me in."

She pushes Miracle away, "No! You just came here to laugh at us because we failed the island challenge!

"What! No! I just want you to let me in!"

Lady grunt continues to yell at us, "And then you say we should stick together!?" She pulls out a Pokéball, "I'll show you not to laugh at me!"
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Empty threat was empty.

Lady Grunt pouts, "No fair! You didn't tell us you were that strong! I'm not letting you in!"

Miracle sighs, "How dumb are you? My Pokémon are literally right behind me!"

Lady Grunt shrugs and goes inside, slamming the door in our faces.

"You there, girl."

A man who looks very depressed walks over to us, "Are you trying to get into Po town?"

Miracle nods, "Sure."

He unlocks the door, "I'll let you in. If you don't make it, I'll make sure your remains return home safely."

At least he opened up the door.
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Po Town.

My worst nightmare. Grunts...everywhere!
Oh, the horror!

No, but real talk, is this what Team Skull calls barricades?

"Psst! Miracle! Over here!"

Standing on a truck behind the barricade are Grunt and Hypno.
"Are you having a fun time?"

Miracle shakes his head and Grunt dances all around.

Miracle sighs, "That dude is so gay it hurts."

Grunt throws his shoe at her, "I heard that!"

Miracle shrugs, "Good for you, Dumbo!"

After that whole...can I even call it a conversation?
We try to find a way in.
In the end, the only thing we found was a Pangoro.
 
Miracle smiles, "That's funny! A Pangoro in a place called Po town. I'm gonna call you Po!"

He looks at her and grunts.
 
Miracle pats his back,"Nice talk. Hey, can you do me a favor?"

He nods and picks up the barricade along with the grunts.

We run under it and he just drops it before stepping over the barricade and the now passed out grunts.

We walk over to the truck and Grunt jumps down, "Okay. So, I would fight you, but I just don't have the time or my shoe. Not to mention, you've got that Pangoro following you around."

"What happened to your stupid talking?" Miracle asks nonchalantly.

He shrugs, "I'm too tired."

Miracle rolls her eyes, "Yeah, whatever. I'm gonna crash your base. See ya later!"

He waves at her, "Alright! Have fun!"

There is nothing more beautiful than a sunrise.

Unless the random rain is covering it up and you have to deal with all of these stupid grunts.

I really hate this place.

Two grunts are waving at each other over a ledge, wondering what the other was doing, and nobody wants to battle because of this Pangoro.

Ehh, it's not that bad, for us anyway.

But the grunts on the inside of the mansion are a different story.

They're all so eager for battle.

But from battles, comes some knowledge about the man, the myth, the legend, Guzma.

When he was on his island challenge he wasn't given a Z-Ring because he was already so strong.

That's why he got beat by a kid.

Anyways, now we have to solve some stupid riddle. 

It's stupid because once you answer the questions you say no.

It's dumb.

But, we made it to Guzma's room, where Peaches and apparently Zinnia are.

Miracle looks at her and sighs, "What are you doing here?"

Zinnia yawns, "Taking a nap. Just kidding. We were waiting for you to show up."

Her Whismur, I think its name is Aster, waves at us.

Peanut is more than happy to have someone to wave at.

Guzma laughs, "Am I glad to see you!"

Miracle rubs her eyes, "Wish I could say the same."

He smiles, "So. I'm guessing you're here for the Rockruff?"

Peaches shivers and wails.

"Yeah. I'm gonna need her back."

Guzma shakes his head, "Not without a battle. That's how things work in this world."

Miracle groans, "Oh, c'mon! I don't want to battle someone I've already beaten."

"Was taking on my grunts too much for you?"

Zinnia steps in between them, "Hey! I've got an idea! Why don't I battle him for you?"

She winks at Miracle, who blushes before stepping back,
"Uhh, sure. You can fight him."

What....what was that wink?
Who is this girl!?

She sends out a Salamence and he kinda, sorta, maybe blows the place up.

Just Guzma's room, though.

Miracle glares at her, "Was that necessary?"

Zinnia shrugs, "You got that Rockruff back didn't you? Don't complain. Now, where is Aster?"

Aster pokes her head our from under the rubble, "Mum!"

That thing said mum.
That isn't normal.

Zinnia places Aster on her head and helps Miracle up.

Guzma grabs them, "What was that for?"

Salamence growls at him, but this just leads to a growling contest between him and Golisopod.

While Miracle panics, Zinnia stays surprisingly calm, "Sorry about that. I got a little carried away."

Guzma doesn't seem impressed, "You blew up my room! Ugh! Whatever. Just take the Rockruff and leave."

Peaches hops into Miracle's arms and licks her face.

Zinnia pats Miracle on the back, "And you would have never have gotten her back without my contribution of destroying this room! Let's go."

She begins to push Miracle out of the room but gets pulled back by Guzma, "Not you, flower girl-"

"It's Zinnia."

He ignores her and points to the pile of what used to be a somewhat nice room, "You have to help clean up the mess you made."

She rolls her eyes "Can't your grunts just clean it? I have work to do."

Guzma groans, "You made the mess, so you have to help clean it!"

Zinnia laughs and slaps his shoulder, "Alright, Ant-man. Give me a broom!" She waves at us, "Bye Miracle! Or as they say here, Alola!"
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This expedition has taught me some things.

One: Team Skull is pretty tame when it comes to defending things.

Two: Po pretty much saved us from having to battle anyone

Three: If there's ever a problem with Team Skull, just let Zinnia deal with it.

And four: Po is Kung Fu master.
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I was listening to the Kung Fu Panda soundtrack while writing this. And I just have to say writing Zinnia's character is actually really, really fun.

After edit: Zinnia is g8