Do you hear that?
It's my annoyance.

Team Skull is seeing how well they can annoy people, I mean, if blocking up the bridge didn't work, them being here did.

At least they're not bothering us,
Kukui beat us to it.

Seems he's been going and telling everyone about the League he's going to establish, the grunts aren't very happy about that.

Kukui's response is to invite them to a battle royal, that's...effective.

"Yo, are you for real?"

"Yeah," he says with a smile, "You gotta beat the man to be the man!"

"Battle Royal, huh?" A man on the bridge says.

Ohhh, this guy's super important.

"I like that idea, Kukui. You can beat down three Pokémon at once."

The two grunts clear the way.

"BOSS GUZMA HAS GRACED US WITH HIS PRESENCE!"

Must you yell?

I flop down on the ground and groan, why does this always happen to us?

Guzma, however, shows no interest in us.

"The hated boss who beats you down and beats you down and never lets up! It's ya boi Guzma!"

He laughs, "GREETINGS COWERING PUBLIC! We've got an exciting bout tonight! In the opposing corner, the Pokémon Professor Kukui! In this corner the hardest guy around (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) and the boss of Team Skull, Guzma!"

Miracle rubs her head, "So loud, my head hurts. Does he have to yell at us?"

I guess he does, that's the only way to get your point across, right?
 
"Here we are again, Kukui," Guzma says, "Fellow rejects that could never become captains. Alola's full of these grubby old traditions, the kahunas, the trials. But, we've got no use for a league. After all, everybody knows who the strongest trainer on these islands is!"

Kukui looks him straight in the eye, "Speak for yourself, Guzma. It's not that I couldn't become a captain, I just had other dreams you see?"

He turns away, "I wanted to see which moves would be strong enough to beat old Hala. I've finally figured it out. It's the moves that a Trainer and their Pokémon choose together when it really counts."

He turns, back a determined look in his eyes, "That's why I'm creating the league, so every Trainer and their Pokémon can discover the perfect move! So, let's see it, Guzma! Show me your moves and prove that you aren't just talk! If you can that is."

He turns to Miracle, "Right, Miracle?"

Say no, say no...
 
"Yup, gotta be able to back up what you put down, you feel me?"

Ugh! Get me a new trainer.
Also, never, ever talk like that ever again.  

Guzma doesn't seem fazed, "You're one of the kids on her island trial?"
 
Kukui nods, "This is Miracle. She just moved here. I can tell you that she's not a Trainer to be taken lightly. If you think you're the strongest Trainer on these islands, why don't you battle her?"

A light flashes behind Guzma and a large bug like Pokemon stands next to him.

Miracle chuckles, "Yeah, uhh, maybe not. I might be strong, but I can't beat that bug thing..."

Guzma laughs, like really laughs,

"Strong Trainer! Strong trainers don't back down when given a challenge. Unless Kukui was lying."

Miracle sighs, "Fine, but don't cry if I beat you. I was bluffing."

Guzma's really getting a kick out of this, "Kukui! This is one of the greatest Trainers I've ever met! Haha!"

He stops laughing and bends down so he's looking Miracle in the eyes, "Listen, kid. I've got a question for you. Why are you even doing the island challenge?"

Miracle scratches her head, "Well, there's nothing I love more than a great adventure. Plus, I got to meet all of my Pokémon, I could have never done that if I wasn't on my challenge."

Guzma nods, "Hmm, I see what you did there. Answered my question, but didn't get too specific."

He looks up at Kukui, "Watch closely, Kukui! Someday, I'm gonna destroy you, but first, I'll destroy everything you care about! Wanna see what destruction looks like? Here it is in human form, it's ya boi, Guzma!"
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Up first, is scary bug Pokémon.

"Rotom, what is that thing?" Miracle asks shakily.

"Bzzt! It's a Golisopod. It's a mighty strong Pokémon; don't get too reckless, Tiko."

Tiko adjusts his fedora, "I'm never too reckless."

Lies.
Tiko, your lying is getting out of hand.

He zooms forward, once again without an order, and uses Flame Charge.

"Tiko what're you doing!?" Miracle yells, stomping her foot down.

Guzma laughs, "A Pokémon with spirit like that is never a bad thing! Unless they're fighting me, First Impression!"

Golisopod stops the Flame charge midway and sends Tiko crashing into Miracle.

Tiko shakes himself, his beak heating up in anger.

Miracle sighs, "Fine, Tiko. I'll battle your way, Beak Blast!"

"Razor Shell!"

"Tiko, dodge it!"

Tiko shakes his head and spread's his wings, taking the attack head on.

Tiko really did just plan his own demise.

Miracle groans, "Really, Tiko? Really? You had one job!"

Well, on the bright side, Golisopod was burned.

Tiko goes to stand next to Rudy, not looking too happy about the battle ending so quickly.

He only has himself to blame.

"Well, since it used Razor Shell, I'm guessing it's a Water type. Tula"

Tula steps forward and gets down on all fours, rare to see her so serious.

"Volt Tackle!" 

Electricity surrounds her and she runs forward at the speed of light.

"Razor shell!"

Tula leaps over the attack and we finally do some damage to that Golisopod.

It staggers backward before being returned back into its ball.

Miracle stares at Guzma confused, "What happened?"

"Golisopod has an ability called Emergency Exit." Rotom answers, "When its health reaches half, it will return back to its Poké ball."

Guzma shrugs, "But you'll still have to deal with him later."

Ariodos is the second.
Talk about underwhelming.

Nightshade obliterated that thing; she must hate spiders.
Wait. 
She has a Joltik named Jerry.
Jerry must be sobbing right now.

Alright! Golisopod is back.

"Hey, Guzma!" Miracle waves her arm in the air, "You wanna see what me and my Pikachu can do?"

Guzma shrugs, "Sure, kid. Amaze me."

A Castastropika and that thing is gone.

Can Guzma be gone too?
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"Guzma! What're you doing?" He yells at himself, "Now's the time for your vaunted team to let loose and destroy everything!"

He walks up to Miracle, Your name was Miracle right?"

"Yeah..."

"I'll remember you, as someone I'd be happy to beat down anytime!"

I wince as he says that.

"That's child abuse," Miracle mumbles as he walks away.

"Don't mess with our boy, you hear?" A grunt says, "You don't want to see him when he's mad."

Goodbye, Guzma! It was nice meeting you!

Hmm. Actually, it wouldn't be that bad to see him again, he's kinda funny.

Kukui smiles, "Woo! Miracle! Those were some great moves, I can feel my soul shaking!But, I've got something for you."
He hands her a blue Z-Crystal with a Pokemon's face on it.

"That's Primarium Z. It's the Z-Crystal for Primarina, the evolved form of Isabelle."

Oh that...thing.
Primarina.
Ughhhhh.
I forgot I evolve into that thing.

Miracle places the crystal away, "I have something for you too."

She pulls out the mask, "Molayne gave it to me."

"Yeah. I'll make sure that it gets to the Masked Royal safe and sound."

Miracle frowns, "Yeah, right."

Kukui looks around, "Where'd Lillie go? You didn't lose her did you?"

"I'm right here," Lillie says, she's being followed by the little girl from the library.

"Acerola is here too!" The girl says.

"So, Hau must be at the malasada shop." Kukui states.

Lillie shakes her head worriedly, "You and the professor fought those horrible Team Skull thugs, Miracle? I don't know they seem like a scary group."

No.
Annoying is the word I would use to describe them.

Kukui laughs, "You think? I don't know." He sighs, "Well, I'm off to Mount Lanakila, I've still got some work to at the League. If you keep doing what your doing, Miracle, you'll be able to see it too."

He pats her on the shoulder then waves us all goodbye.

Acerola smiles at us, "You must be Miracle. Have you finished Sophocles' trial?"

She chuckles, "Yeah, I...did."

Miracle, stop that.
You'll make her think you're lying.

Acerola smiles, "You should come and do my trial, now. We'll meet up in Tapu Village."

She turns to Lillie, "C'mon, Lillie, we're going to go do some shopping."
Lillie waves us goodbye and we start the long journey to Tapu Village.

But, wouldn't you know, Tula is just starving, the poor child hasn't had food for a total of two hours.

We'd have food if she didn't eat it all.

So, malasada's it is.

Who better to eat them with than Gladion.

Miracle snickers, "I just love embarrassing people."

She waves her arm in the air and jumps up and down, "Hey, Edgelord! Remember me?"

Gladion tenses when he hears her voice, while Null doesn't have a care in the world, it's so cute when it eats.

He rolls his eyes, "I just got rid of Hau, and now you have to show up and bother me?"

Miracle frowns and sits down at the table, "Y'know Gladion, you don't have to be like that, we could be friends."

He glares at her, "No. Especially not with you."

"Why? What did I ever do to you?"

He sighs and leans back into the seat, "You ask too many questions. That's why I won't be your friend."

Miracle rolls her eyes, "Whatever. I didn't want to be friends with an Edgelord anyway."

Gladion gets up and tosses her a malasada, "Then be friends with the malasada. Let's go, Null."

Miracle snorts, "I'll be best friends with this malasada."

She tosses it down to Tula who scarfs it down.

Miracle rolls her eyes, "Wow, Tula. Really thinking about your friends, huh?" Tula twitches her ear in response

She groans and buys five malasadas.

When she sets all of them down, Nightshade straight up burns hers to a crisp.

"Nightshade!" I yell grabbing her burt malasada, "You just burned perfectly good food!"

"Hey! Give that back!" Nightshade snatches the malasada and pets it, "I like my food burnt."

I wrinkle my nose, "That's disgusting!"

Nightshade frowns, "You don't like Team Skull, that's a sin in of itself."

She pats my head, "If you keep on bothering me, your food will get cold."

I nudge her playfully, "You're a dork!"

"And you're my mother! Now eat, before Miracle runs off!"

Ahh, Nothing like spending some time with your friends while getting diabetes from eating so many malasadas.
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