"Multiple Z-Moves in a row…"
"We surrender~!!"
"Please let me go! Guzma made us do it!"
"Yeah, yeah!"
All that was left on the field was a stunned Guzma—and a pile of Team Skull grunts shrieking surrender as they ripped off their Team Skull outfits right there.
In just a few minutes, Team Skull was already falling apart.
Just like CRYCHIC!
[Satocchi~ look! That girl's having a wardrobe malfunction~]
What are you even looking at? I'm avenging Uika here!
Satoshi didn't bother with it. He only looked at Guzma and spoke coolly.
"From now on, stop doing evil. I'll forgive you. Disband Team Skull, apologize to the people you've hurt, atone. That's enough."
That was the only mercy he had in him…
Unfortunately, Guzma didn't look like he planned to take it.
"Don't make me laugh! I'm Guzma, the Emperor of Destruction!"
He was still trying to act tough, face full of stubborn bravado.
Satoshi smiled. He popped the Buginium Z off his Z-Ring and snapped in the Electrium Z from his pocket.
"Yeah," he said. "I'm kidding too. I have zero intention of forgiving you."
"[GIGAVOLT HAVOC]!!!"
"RAI—CHUUUU!"
...
One minute later, Guzma—now sporting an electrified afro—was on his knees. The other grunts clearly pretended they didn't know him, keeping a good ten meters away.
"I-I was wrong… Team Skull is hereby disbanded. Please forgive me. This is a Darkium Z I got from somewhere else—please accept it."
How do you put it… he had the aura of a Champion.
Think of that Champion from Blueberry Academy, Kieran—after losing a battle, he'd dropped to his knees like this too.
"Alright. I forgive you." Satoshi's anger had cooled. He accepted Team Skull's final Z-Crystal.
Only then did the fatigue hit. Using three Z-Moves in a row—getting tired was only natural.
He could only hope puberty would give him a bit more stamina.
Right now, Satoshi didn't want anything more to do with Team Skull. He just wanted to get Uika's wound bandaged already.
But before he left, there was one thing he couldn't let go.
"But there's one thing I'm not letting slide…"
"…You hurt Uika."
Satoshi popped the Electrium Z off his Z-Ring and snapped in the Darkium Z he'd just received.
"Apologize to Uika."
At that sight, the former Team Skull members—and Guzma—shuddered. Then they scrambled upright and bowed: deep, straight, and solemn.
"Boss Uika, we're truly sorry!!!" ×N
"Huh? I-I'm… the boss?" Uika pointed at her own face, utterly stunned.
How did I become the boss?
"We hope Boss Uika can be with Big Boss Satoshi for life~~"
"We support your romance~"
"Whew~ you're totally meant to be~~"
The Team Skull grunts immediately started sucking up, snapping right back into "normal."
No more rap. No more weird dances. After what they'd just been put through, they'd realized how weak and lacking they were. Add a little "electrotherapy" from Raichu, and they were completely sober—ready to start the Island Challenge over properly.
Really… you only received a little bit of Raichu's electrotherapy, you know~~
"D-Don't say things like that…" Uika lowered her head shyly, a faint blush rising on her cheeks.
Normally, as an idol, when she spent time with classmates and fans, no one talked to her like this.
And she really, truly didn't plan to steal Sakiko's boyfriend!
"That's great, Boss Uika~"
With his mood lighter, Satoshi couldn't help teasing her a little. Normally he wouldn't—but today was special, so whatever.
"Are you an idiot? Idiot Satoshi," Uika said with a smile. Almost without thinking, she hugged him—arms wrapping tightly around his waist, locking him into her embrace as she leaned into the boy's warmth.
And… a thought surfaced in her heart.
Maybe dating Satoshi… isn't impossible…
...
Deep inside Poni Canyon, Sakiko stepped past a few groaning Team Skull grunts and stopped in front of Plumeria, who was kneeling on the ground.
Plumeria's eyes were glued to her phone. Maybe the gap in strength had been too much—maybe the message she'd just received finished her off. Either way, her mentality had shattered, and she was stuck on her knees.
"So you've lost, then."
Sakiko showed no pity as she took the Poisonium Z Plumeria handed over.
It really was handed over… not stolen! They'd agreed before the match!
All you could say was: if you don't have the strength, don't go looking for trouble.
Sakiko, who worked customer service, didn't want to waste time on people like this. She dealt with meltdowns all the time on the job, so she was basically used to it—though seeing it happen in real life for the first time, she could sum it up in one word…
Pathetic.
In that fight just now, she'd cleared them all with a single Gardevoir. Even when Plumeria sent out five Pokémon, she hadn't so much as scratched it.
Kanto Trainers are too strong… not the same kind of strong as us at all.
Real strength…
That was the only thought left in Plumeria's head.
All the bullying she'd done before meant nothing in front of Kanto Trainers. Without ganging up, they were helpless. One person could basically equal five—teaching Plumeria, brutally, that there was always someone better.
That unbearable reality, plus the new message on her phone, completely killed her fighting spirit. She couldn't get back up.
Team Skull disbanded… Guzma got completely beaten down from start to finish…
Their boss lost like this?!
[Guzma]:I'm giving up on being a Trainer. I'm not young anymore. My mom's arranging me a blind date, so goodbye~~~ Hope I don't run into a "fairy princess"~~ Car, house—can't be missing either~~
What are you even saying?!
Your whole personality changed!!
As one of the few "normal" people in Team Skull, Plumeria was on the verge of a breakdown.
How did Guzma get beaten so hard he went home to sulk—in the span of a few minutes?
From what the grunts said, it was apparently done by a hat-wearing boy from Kanto.
And he was a student…
Whatever. I'll go home and get married too.
With that thought, Plumeria stood up, pulled a Buginium Z from her pocket, and held it out to Togawa Sakiko.
"I've got a Buginium Z too. Take it."
"Mm… thanks." Sakiko found it weird, but didn't refuse.
She didn't need a Buginium Z, but selling it could help cover living expenses.
"You people from Kanto are monsters," Plumeria complained, giving up on thinking. "Guz… my boss got beaten so badly by a hat-wearing student from your school that he got scared and disbanded Team Skull."
That made Sakiko's attention snap into focus.
Our school… a hat…
Isn't that… the one I like—my boyfriend?
"So Satoshi came to Poni Island too…" Realizing that, Sakiko's amber eyes filled with anticipation, and she couldn't help drifting into her own daydreams. "If I find him later… I'll stay with him for a while."
...
And meanwhile, that Satoshi…
Uika sat on a stone bench. She stretched out one pretty foot—blood seeping from the wound, tinting her pale skin red. Her expression was shy and delicate; she lowered her head, slightly turned to the side, eyes flickering with a bashful smile.
"Satoshi… can you help me bandage it?"
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T/N: 3 z moves... was about to pop off a 4th omg that stamina broooooooooooo anyways i WAS gonna say something hmmm OH RIGHT
alola doesn't have honorifics like kanto, sinnoh, johto, hoenn yknow since its more of a tropical island, idk the honorifics for those so ill just do what i do in the western places, colonization yknow, i kinda wanna be... NOTHING
T/N2: 4 chaps meeting this weeks quota, last week it was 7dtd this week it was tomodachi life........ teehee
bonus chaps
100 stones -> 1 chapter
200 stones -> 2 chapters
300 stones -> 3 chapters
and so on
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