pokemon Fighting Dreamers

Faba's lab, Aether Paradise.

"What the hell was that, Stinger?!" Faba shouted after the shiny Naganadel challenged Ash.

"Well, I needed an easy way to drag him here, I'll admit I'm interested in what this Ash can do." Stinger answered.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, but I hope you send every single Ultra Beast we have here to get him once he lands a foot in Aether." Faba said.

"No, I don't think I will do that." He answered.

"Why not?!" Faba shouted. "You're seriously telling me you'll respect that deal? Are you really gonna call off the whole invasion if he wins?!"

"He's not going to win." Stinger scoffed.

"Do you have an idea of how many people that he has defeated have said that?!" Faba exclaimed to then hyperventilate. "Haven't you seen the cameras?! They're really fighting back! Not just the Ultra Guardians and the Tapus, your forces are being pushed back by the citizens after they heard that stupid message from Ketchum."

"And you seem really scared with all this." Stinger smirked.

"I am the one who will lose everything if this fails!" Faba shouted. "You can just return to your world if you lose! But what about me?! Even if I escaped there with you, there would be nothing left for me here! I could never return! ... I'm ruined...They'll make their way here and then I'm going to be-" Faba was interrupted when Stinger pointed his needle directly at his heart, piercing through his clothes but stopping right before his skin.

"W-W-What do you think you're doing?!" Faba shouted.

"Don't you play dumb, you knew it was gonna end this way." Stinger answered. "Remember, in the scheme of things... Eh, your life just doesn't count."

"You can't do this!" Faba exclaimed. "You're here thanks to me! I guided you and your army to the earth! You asked for my help, you said you needed me! We had a deal!"

"And did you really expect us to lend this whole region to you?" Stinger asked with a laugh. "You say Team Rocket are naive, but a few sweet words from us were more than enough to get you to collaborate, just how desperate for recognition were you?"

"W-wait..." Faba stuttered. "If you're really going to this... At least answer me. Did I really have any part to play in this?"

"...No." Stinger answered pulling his needle away from him.

"You... Y-You're not going to-"

"The only reason you're still alive is because I find your stupidity mildly amusing." Stinger replied. "So I guess I'll keep you around for the moment."

"But... If you won't let me reign over Alola, then what will happen to me after all this?" Faba said.

"As the humans say...I'd rather don't give you spoilers." Stinger answered to then fly at the rooftop and wait for Ash.

Meanwhile in Skyla's cargo plane.

The group formed by May, Dawn, Cynthia and Skyla were all in the cockpit of the plane, with Skyla obviously piloting, having Cynthia as a copilot while Dawn and May were sitting behind them.

"We're almost there, team!" Skyla informed them. "I suggest you to let out some Pokemon before that signal they mentioned affects our Poke Balls."

"I just hope Ash has been able of holding the fort while we got here." Dawn said.

"Pfft, this is Ash Ketchum we're talking about." May said. "Of course he's fine."

"You really trust Ash, don't you?" Skyla asked.

"You bet." May answered. "I mean, you mentioned that he beat your Gym, so you must know he's not quite easy to take down."

"Yes, I'm well aware." Skyla sighed. "To be honest, I deserved that loss, and I'm glad Ash was the one who gave it to me."

"I'm still a little surprised that he became champion though." Cynthia said. "Even if he is the first of the region, it feels like his career was a little rushed."

"It wasn't rushed." Dawn said. "Ash has been through way too many things against way too many foes, he totally deserves being a champion."

"He has always worked too hard for his dreams and goals." May added. "We were there with him, we saw him."

"I guess you have a point, but..."

"Hey girls, don't want to interrupt, but I detect a group of small flying bodies approaching us." Skyla warned them looking at her radar.

"What do you think it is?" Cynthia asked taking a pair of binoculars to try and look away.

"Maybe a flock of flying types or- AAAH!" Skyla shouted once a Nihilego crashed onto the cockpit glass, the jellyfish was then followed by many of his kind that began to attack the plane with Power Gems.

"Those must be some of the Ultra Beasts!" Dawn said.

"They're trying to take down the plane!" May shouted.

"Pfft, let them try." Skyla laughed confident. "This baby has survived way too many storms to be defeated by some weird Frillish. Variblune can take it!"

"Vari...blune?" Cynthia asked.

"That's her name!" Skyla answered.

"You named your plane?" May asked.

"Your plane is a she?" Dawn asked.

"It was either that or Varidreen." Skyla then kept laughing but was interrupted by the sound of a huge explosion that caused the plane to shake as it fired off an red alarm on its panel.

"Engine one down!" Cynthia exclaimed looking at the flight instruments.

"Not a big deal." Skyla shrugged shoulders. "Don't worry about it. It's fine, we have three more of those."

-Another explosion-

"Engine two down." May continued.

"It does that sometimes." Skyla laughed nervously to then hear yet another explosion.

"We've lost engine three!" Cynthia shouted.

"Oh, could live without it." Skyla did her best to stay as calm as possible, but another explosion broke her smile.

"Engine four!" Dawn shouted and the plane began to descend abruptly.

"That I do need to fix." Skyla cracked her fingers standing up from her seat. "Alright, you three wait here while I go fix the engine."

"You're going to fix it while we're on the air?!" May shouted.

"Girl, my name is literally Skyla. If I can't do this then what am I even?" She answered quickly putting on a white and blue wingsuit along a backpack. "Don't worry, I activated the autopilot, the plane will hold on its own until I fix the problem, probably."

"Probably?!" The other three shouted.

"Yup, so the autopilot is in charge until I get back." Skyla pressed a button on the wall opening a door on the side of the plane. "WINGS ARE ETERNAL!" She shouted before jumping out to then fly in her wingsuit and land on top of the left wing of the plane, oddly enough, she didn't see any Nihilego once she was outside, Skyla then pressed a button in the boots of the suit and they activated a magnet on them that allowed her to stay stuck to the wing while she walked on it and reached out to the smoking engines. "Now, let's see..." Skyla got closer to the engines, but the group of Nihilego finally showed themselves and came out of the engines to then fly surrounding her.

"There, at least they're not Impidimp." Skyla laughed releasing her Swanna, Swoobat and male Unfezant. "Let's take this jellos out of our sky!" She shouted and her Pokemon began to attack the Nihilego. Her Swanna used Hydro Pump, Swoobat used Psybeam and Unfezant attacked with Razor Wind; and while the battle unfolded, Skyla got closer to one of the engines and pulled out a toolbox out of her backpack to try and fix it.

"Piston break in here..." She talked to herself while moving the pieces. "Jet engine brake in here...done!"

Her Pokemon knocked out the last of the Nihilego and she recalled them to then return to the inside of the plane, where Cynthia, Dawn and May were waiting for her.

"Well, how did it go?" Cynthia asked.

"Good news, I fixed the engine." Skyla answered and they all sighed relieved. "Bad news, they also damaged the fuel tanks and the landing gear; and those I can't fix."

"WHAT?!" The other three shouted.

"Yup, and I don't have anymore wingsuits or parachutes, so I hope all of you have a flying Pokemon, we're getting out of here."

Meanwhile with Ash and Danika.

"So... you're currently dating seven girls." Danika said sitting on the edge of the flying board after Ash gave her the explanations while they flew to Aether Paradise.

"Wow, I missed a lot." Naganadel said flying next to them.

"Yes, I mean, I still have to introduce Mallow and Lana to the rest, but pretty much." Ash answered. "Still, Danika, I'm trusting you with this, promise me you won't tell anyone else."

"Sure, my mouth is shut." Danika nodded. "But you're caught in quite the drama, aren't you? I mean, I can barely imagine myself handling 1 boyfriend, how the heck will you manage 7 girls?"

"I'll admit I totally sure just yet, but we're all willing to make it work, so I guess it'll be some sorta 'learn along the way' situation." Ash answered.

"Learn along the way? You're making it sound as if you'll keep collecting more girls besides those seven." Danika said.

"Sounds a little bulgar when you say it that way, but that's the plan actually." Ash answered. "I already talked about it with the girls and... now that I think about it, Gloria mentioned that you like me as well."

"S-She did what?!" Danika exclaimed blushing.

"Well, yeah, that's what she said."

"That little goblin..." Danika gritted her teeth and then sighed. "Look Ash, you're a great, great, great guy, I really admire you, but I... I-I don't see you that way..."

"You sure?" Ash asked.

"Y-Yup! Definitely!" She nodded nervously. "And even if I did, I'm not sure if I'd feel comfortable with the whole sharing thing."

"Of course, sorry for the misunderstanding." Ash answered.

"Don't worry about it." Danika tried to avoid eye contact for a moment, but she quickly looked at Ash again. "But, hey, if, hypothetically, I did say I like you, would you like to 'have' me as well?"

"Well, hypothetically, we'd still need to talk with the girls, but-"

"YOU'RE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING IT?!" Danika shouted with a massive blush.

"You where the one who asked." Ash answered slightly embarrassed.

"Y-You barely know me, Ash!" She complained.

"About that, I know this is gonna sound bad, but aside from Mallow and Lana, and Acerola to an extent, I've only known my girlfriends for a month and half at much."

"A-Are you serious?!" She asked and Ash nodded. "B-But that's such an important decision! Especially in your case, you'll be linked to all those girls for the rest of your life! And you're telling me you took that decision in barely a month?"

"I know it seems irresponsible at first glance, but it doesn't always have to be about quantity." Ash answered with a smile. "The moments I've spent with them are really important to me, and just like they all love me I'm madly in love with each of them, it took me a while to realize it, but now I understand I couldn't live without any of them and I honestly wouldn't have it any other way."

"If that's the case... then how do you feel about me?" Danika asked.

"About you? Well, I'll admit I don't exactly like you." He answered leaving her rather disappointed. "But I don't mean it in a bad way, it's just like you said, I don't know you that much, but I've seen how you act and I genuinely think that you're an amazing person, you go around the world studying Legends and helping people and Pokemon, that's great! And I'm sure I'd get to know you better if we spend more time together, I mean, time that doesn't involve stopping evil Pokemon from taking over the world... maybe we could have an innocent date, how does that sound?" He winked as he ended the little speech.

"...Wow..." She trailed off blushing. "W-Well, when you put it like that... Hey, do you hear that?"

"Sounds like a..." Ash and Danika looked up and saw a burning cargo plane fly above their heads to then crash and explode on a coast. "...We probably should go and check that out."

Meanwhile near said exploded plane.

"Another perfect landing!" Skyla smiled descending in her wingsuit with her three Pokemon flying besides her.

"We could have died!" May complained on the back of Dawn's Togekiss alongside her fellow coordinator.

"But we didn't." Skyla answered. "Any landing you can walk away from is a good one!"

"That wasn't even a landing, it just crashed and exploded." Dawn answered holding a traumatized Piplup in her arms.

"And wasn't that plane yours?" Cynthia asked Skyla while on the back of her Garchomp.

"It was." Skyla sighed. "Easy come, easy go, I guess. Variblune will be remembered, for now let's just get to the ground safely and go find Aaaaaaash!" Skyla was interrupted by a sudden strong gale of wind that pushed her away from the group and after some spins and a bad maneuver, she ended up falling on Ash's flying board with swirly eyes.

"...Skyla?" Ash quickly recognized her and Danika reached out to her while he descended the board to the beach.

"She must have fallen out of that plane." Danika said after they landed. "She seems alright though, just dizzy."

"What the..." Skyla trailed off regaining her consciousness to then look around. "Ash!" She exclaimed and suddenly stood up to hug him. "Oh my gosh, it really is you! I can't believe we found you so soon! I'm so glad you're okay!"

"Uh, nice to see you again, Skyla..." Ash greeted her. "...wait, we?"

"Ash!" May and Dawn called landing next to him on Togekiss along Skyla's Pokemon.

"May, Dawn?!" Ash exclaimed.

"Ash!" Cynthia was the last to land next to them on her Garchomp.

"Miss Cynthia!" Ash shouted again.

"Holy Mew, it's raining women." Danika said.

"I, uh... Miss Cynthia I knew you were coming, but what's the rest doing here?" Ash asked.

"We came to help you fight off these aliens of course!" Skyla answered parting from the hug.

"Well, that's one of the reasons." May took one of Dawn's hand and they both walked to Ash. "But actually, there's something else Dawn and I wanted to discuss with you, we have a proposal, Ash Ketchum."

"Uh, y-yes, I guess..." Dawn stuttered. "D-Danika? Didn't expect you to be here as well."

"I guess I can say the same." Danika answered trying to look as calm as possible and ignore the situation with Akari. "But well, sorry, we have to keep moving, in case you haven't heard, Stinger agreed to call off the invasion if Ash's Naganadel defeats him 1v1."

"And are you sure you can do that?" Skyla asked.

"There's only one way to find out." Ash answered. "Thank you all for coming, but I'll have to ask you to stay out of this."

"Not happening, Ash, you already pushed me out of a mission before, I won't let you do that again." Dawn said.

"You heard it Dawn, it's one on one." Ash talked. "Fighting him on my own is the safest way to stop all this madness."

"If that's the case, why was she going with you?" May pointed at Danika with a jealous stare.

"I fell like I, as an experimented chaser and agent, I'm more qualified to help in this situation than a pair of dancers." Danika answered.

"We're coordinators!" May shouted.

"Well, I'm a Gym Leader, I can surely help." Skyla said.

"And you know about me, Danika." Cynthia told her. "We've crossed paths before after all."

"Not to make you feel less important, Miss Cynthia, but for a champion you weren't of much help during that situation." Danika answered.

"You all can discuss your jobs later, I'm not letting Ash go alone." Dawn interrupted them and looked at Ash again. "If you want to fight on your own then fine, you can do it, but I'll stay close in case that things escalate, deal?"

"...Deal." Ash nodded.

"We'll be there too!" Skyla said. "Where are we going then?"

"To Aether Paradise, an artificial island over there." Ash pointed at the sea where Aether could be seen in the distant.

"Let's go then." Cynthia nodded returning to her Garchomp along Skyla, Dawn and May went with Togekiss while Ash and Danika returned to the flying board. The group quickly crossed the sea and made it to Aether, while the Ultra Beasts that were guarding the place simply looked at them. Following Stinger's instructions, the group landed on the rooftops of the building where the shiny Naganadel was waiting for them, Ash jumped out of the board and walked towards Stinger with Naganadel following him closely, while the girls stayed behind.

"You called?" Ash asked as Naganadel roared behind him.

"Our battle will be transmitted worldwide." Stinger answered. "I want the world to see how you fall."

"Fall? How do you do that?" Ash asked with a short laugh.

"We're gonna beat you so hard that they'll have to change your name to General Whimper!" Naganadel shouted.

"Should we begin then?" Stinger asked.

"One thing before it goes down." Ash said. "I'm just noticing that you seem to be the only Naganadel of this invasion."

"Because I am." Stinger said.

"If I had to guess I'd say you killed the rest." Naganadel replied.

"Well, at least you're not as idiotic as your trainer, the weak have no place in my realm, which is why I'd like to start by eliminating you two." Stinger replied to then look at Ash. "But you know what, Ketchum? I now completely understand why all those evil teams you've met were defeated, you're very easy to overlook, a simple boy coming from a nowhere town in Kanto, dumber than a sack of rocks, yet underneath a true warrior, a savior, the last hope of this earth... you're such a brilliant deception."

"Thanks, I guess?" Ash said. "Now let's get this over with so you can leave our world alone."

"I heard that little speech you made..." Stinger continued. "The humans have been pushing back my forces slightly after it... interesting how only a few words are enough to get them motivated..."

"It seems like you don't know humans that much, do you?" Ash asked.

"You're curious beings, that's the most I can say, you seem confident, are you not afraid of this situation?"

"I'm terrified." Ash answered. "I have so many things to lose here, but... the antidote to fear is faith. You say you know who I am? That you know I've defeated people who were just like you? Well, I did that with the help of my friends and Pokemon, we've won many battles that we thought were lost, because we believed in our cause. Because we refused to let those people win!"

"Why?!" Stinger shouted. "I've seen the greatest warriors in a whole galaxy give up and bow down to me! I've seen them betray all that they stand for! What do you think that makes you and your race different from them?"

"The fact the human spirit can be dampened, but never extinguished." Ash replied. "Because deep down inside, every man and woman knows one true thing: that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing..."

"And that good people always has to be you and your friends, right?" Stinger asked . "Remember what Saturn asked you? Don't you get tired of doing this over and over again? Is it really worth it to keep risking your life without ever getting recognition? Do these people really deserve your protection?"

"Is not about deserving, it's about what I believe in." Ash answered. "I know I'm risking my life, but I don't care what kind of villain you are, I'll beat you just like the rest, you can bend time and space if you want but you won't bend my will, neither the will of the people of this earth!"

Meanwhile in the Ultra Guardians' base.

"He always looks so handsome when he makes those speeches." Nessa said.

"He's gonna look even better when he puts his heart in the battle, just wait for it." Gloria said.

"My blue prince is gonna fight an evil dragon, if only I was there so he could rescue me..." Acerola smiled as she daydreamed.

"Ash will surely beat him, I just hope the Lightbane don't pull any tricks." Peonia said. "Miss Wicke, what Stinger said is true? I mean, their fight is really being transmitted all around the world?"

"Yes, their technology is really advanced." Wicke answered. "It seems like every screen in the world will be showing that fight, TV, phones, tablets, everything and everywhere."

Celadon City, Kanto.

"Sabrina, please tell me Ash is gonna make it out of this." Erika said worried.

"I'm afraid I don't have all the answers here." Sabrina sighed.

"He's going to be fine..." Misty told them.

Olivine City, Johto.

"How does he always gets himself in that kind of situations?" Clair asked.

"You can do it, Ash!" Jasmine shouted.

"Do it for our future babies!" Whitney exclaimed.

"Hmm, it's not like I'm terribly worried about his safety or anything. " Clair rolled her eyes.

Nimbasa City, Unova.

"Ash, just can't stop taking spotlight, huh?" Elesa asked.

"Seems like it." Bianca answered. "Back when he was traveling in Unova I was gonna ask him to travel together, but knowing he kept getting into this kind of things scared me a bit too much. But I know he can make it!"

Opelucid City, Unova.

"Well, Iris, if you keep calling Ash a kid after this then you'll be the child yourself."

"Will you shut up, Georgia?" Iris complained. "I recognize he has grown since then, but that doesn't mean he stopped being a kid."

"Geez, you trained so much with Clair that she also taught you some tsundereness." Georgia rolled her eyes. "Oh well, guess I'll just take him for myself next time we meet."

"You get close to him and I'll tell Fraxure to cut you in half!" Iris shouted.

Lumiose City, Kalos.

"Well Ash, at least I'm glad to know you didn't get rusty." Diantha said to herself in Cafe Soleil. "I hope Cynthia is seeing this, she'll freak out... Wait, isn't that Cynthia behind him?"

Santalune City, Kalos.

"Hmm, I really wonder where does Ash gets the energy to keep doing things of this level." Viola said. "Like, I'm still a little traumatized with what happened with Team Flare, how does he does this? What keeps him moving?"

"And you say I'm the dramatic sister." Alexa smiled eyes while recording Viola's self questions.

"I'd just like to know..." Viola giggled to look at the TV again. "What's your motivation, Ash?"

Shalour City, Kalos.

"Poor Ash, he just can't get a break." Flannery sighed while her Lampet cheered on with the pom-poms Dawn gave her back in Sinnoh.

"Yeah, from what you told me with Team Galactic and then this..." Korrina simply frowned. "Give it your all, Ash!"

"We believe in ya!" Flannery shouted.

Vaniville town, Kalos.

"This brings me back..." Serena smiled despite her worried expression.

"This is like the time you saw him at Lumiose Tower, right?" Ariana asked her.

"You got that right." Serena nodded. "Ash just can't stop risking himself for the sake of others."

"And that's why you love him so much, right?" Shauna asked.

"You're not exactly in position to make fun of that anymore." Miette told her.

"How so?" Serena asked.

"N-Nothing!" Shauna stuttered blushing. "You know how Miette is...heh. Go, go, Ash!"

Postwick, Galar.

"Kick his ass, Ketchum!" Roxie cheered on.

"I'm not sure that thing has an ass, though." Marnie replied.

"Where the hell is Gloria?!" Victor shouted worried.

Hulbury, Galar.

"Ash...please, be careful." Valerie whispered.

"Don't worry, Val." Sonia tried to cheer her up. "This is just part of the ordinary life for him."

Wyndon, Galar.

"This is quite unconventional, even for the things Steven told me Ash has done." Roxanne said.

"Pfft, to think I came all the way to Galar to offer myself to him and he leaves to Alola exactly the same day." Lisia rolled her eyes. "Just how ungrateful can he be? How many boys would kill to date me!"

Wyndon, Galar.

"So this is the Ash you were talking about?" Regina asked.

"Uh, yes, it seems like he gets himself in that kind of situations a little too often." Chloe answered with her Rotom Phone on hand. "Come on Dawn, why won't you answer?"

Back in Alola.

"Stop calling me, Chloe, this is something serious." Dawn said ignoring the calls.

"Hey Dawn, wouldn't this be a good moment to wear that cheerleader outfit of yours?" May asked.

"I can only hope you're being sarcastic." Dawn answered.

"Show him what you can do, Ash!" Skyla cheered on.

"Just like with the Galarian Birds, right?" Danika said under her breath.

"Alright Ash... let's see what how much you've improved." Cynthia said.

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"None of that matters." Stinger talked to Ash. "Once I defeat you, this world will lose all hope it has, they will soon understand they have no choice but to surrender."

"Well, you're not the first one to tell me that." Ash sighed. "And I doubt you'll be the last."

"Yes, I'll be the last." Stinger told him pointing his needle at them. "Don't underestimate me, Ash Ketchum."

"Back at ya." Ash smiled. "Don't underestimate us...and don't underestimate our planet! Let's do it, Naganadel!"

"I'll follow your lead, Ash!" Naganadel answered.

"If you wish to die so badly!" Stinger's claws suddenly turned into black scythes of energy and he flew at Naganadel to slash him with them.

"That's a Dragon Claw!" Naganadel told Ash.

"Then Sludge Bomb!" Ash gave the order.

"On it!" Naganadel pointed his needles at Stinger and shot many balls of poison in quick succession, but Stinger cut right through them and then slashed Naganadel.

"That's the first of a thousand hits." Stinger talked.

"You sound like such an old man." Naganadel answered.

"Argh!" Stinger took flight again and expelled a Fire Blast from his mouth.

"Alright, let's try those new moves you mentioned." Ash said. "Give me a Star Cutter!"

"Here it goes!" Naganadel's wings illuminated with purple light, he then flapped them and several energy blades came from them to then join in the shape of a star that flew right through the flames and exploded onto Stinger.

Stinger then pointed his needle at Naganadel as it elongated into a purple spear and he flew at him at high speed.

"Here comes a Poison Jab." Ash said. "Naganadel, Smart Strike!" The spikes on Naganadel's shoulders illuminated and suddenly shot several silver arrows at Stinger stopping the Poison Move. Naganadel then used Smart Strike again, but Stinger quickly reacted with a Fire Blast that stopped the attack.

"Just accept you fate!" Stinger shouted charging a Dragon Claw into black scythes again. "Your fate of dying in my hands!"

"Thanks, but I think we pass." Naganadel said.

"X-Scissor!" Naganadel's needle was illuminated with a green light and took the shape of a X on its end, he then quickly fought back the slashes with his tail and managed to land a huge cut on Stinger's chest, leaving him on the ground for a moment.

"Star Cutter again!" Naganadel quickly flapped his wings harder than last time, creating several purple stars that rained over Stinger in a quick succession of explosions. Stinger couldn't avoid any of the hits, but he roared and took flight again as his whole body became surrounded in light, he then crashed onto Naganadel causing a bright explosion that oddly enough caused white feathers to fall off the sky after the impact.

"What's this..." Ash took one of the feathers as it fell down, but it disintegrated once he touched it. "Hmp, Naganadel, you okay?"

"Sure thing!" He answered still flying, but injured because of the attack, while Stinger seemed to be recovering strength. "What was that, huh? A Sky Attack? Are you some kind of fallen angel?"

"You pest!" Stinger shouted. "I will consume you once you die!"

"You know you can just say eat, right?" Naganadel asked.

"Should we use Z-Crystal now?" Ash asked.

"Not yet, we only have one shot and we still don't know what it does, we have to make sure it works!" Naganadel answered. "Let's water him down a bit more."

"Then X-Scissor!" Ash ordered and Naganadel made a fast slash again on Stinger, who quickly answered using Poison Jab with his own needle, but Naganadel pushed him away with a slash. "Star Cutter!"

Naganadel repeated the move and Stinger tried to cut the stars away with Dragon Claws, but the last of them exploded onto his face.

"X-Scissor!" Ash's Naganadel quickly took the opening and stabbed Stinger directly, leaving him on the ground again, Stinger then attacked from below with a Fire Blast, but Naganadel answered with a Sludge Bomb and both moves exploded once they made contact, then, using the smoke created as a distraction, Naganadel shot many Smart Strikes which Stinger didn't have time to counter.

"No! I won't allow this!" Stinger shouted dashing at Naganadel with another Sky Attack, this time he left a trail of white feathers as he flew at Naganadel.

"Sludge Bomb!" Naganadel attacked, but the bombs were dispersed by the Sky Attack and Stinger hit the mark, Naganadel fell for a moment, but he returned to himself before hitting the ground and managed to keep himself flying, while Stinger was also in the air, but also seemed to have taken damage from the move.

"You can't..." Stinger coughed. "You're not going to win!"

"Ash, I don't know what's going on, but he's fading fast!" Naganadel said.

"Then let's end this quickly before he recovers! We're going for the final wave!" Ash said.

"Whenever you're ready!" Naganadel prepared himself and Ash activated his Z-ring while making the poses that Naganadel told him, ending with a hand pointing to the sky and then pointing at Naganadel causing the energy of the Z-Crystal to go directly to his Pokemon. A purple holographic circle then appeared around Naganadel, showing nine small black circles around it.

"W-What?! That can't be!" Stinger exclsimer..

"Oh, you know this attack?" Naganadel asked.

"You're bluffing! No one could have taught you that move!" Stinger shouted.

"Nope. We'll figure it out ourselves!" Naganadel smiled. "Here's our special secret technique for you!"

"Ultra Beast Raid!" Ash shouted and Naganadel roared as the nice black circle turned into silhouettes of the other 9 species of Ultra Beasts and jumped out of the green circle, the silhouettes then dashed towards Stinger and he tried to fly away to no avail as each silhouette landed an attack on him, The Buzzwole silhouette punched him, Pheromosa kicked him, Xurkitree whipped him with his arms, Celesteela fired from his cannons, Kartana slashed him, Guzzlord chomped him, Stakataka made a heavy slam, Blacephalon tossed his head and it exploded, Nihilego attacked with Power Gems and then wrapped his tentacles around Stinger to toss him around, finally, the big green circle closed onto Naganadel as he attacked himself, stabbing Stinger to the ground with an explosion of green energy, Naganadel then took flight again as the shiny instantly tried to stand up, but Stinger ended up falling defeated instead.

"It's over." Naganadel assured and everyone who was watching the fight cheered in joy for Ash as he sighed relieved to then be hugged and almost tackled down by May, Dawn and Skyla. While Cynthia chuckled at the scene and Danika preferred to simply give Ash a thumbs up from afar, which he responded with the same gesture.

"That's a job well done." Danika said.

"Yeah, I can definitely see he has improved." Cynthia added.

Ballonlea, Galar.

"Pfft, that pathetic showboater." Bede frowned once the fight was over.

Isle of Armor, Galar.

"I guess some things never change..." Paul said to himself while in a Pokemon Center.

Postwick, Galar.

"Geez, did you see that, Lee? Hop asked his older brother. "I have to admit Gloria has her reasons to cheer on him, but he's still got nothing on you."

"Yeah, you're right..." Leon answered. "He's got nothing."

Rose tower, Galar.

"Very good job, Ash." Rose smirked watching the fight from his office. "I knew you could do it."

Somewhere in Kanto.

"I guess that's another loss..." Charon sighed to then look at Giovanni.

"Not exactly." The boss answered staring at the King's Credential in his hand. "Either way, I hate to admit it, but Domino was right, Ash Ketchum is still quite the trouble, I'll have to be more attentive of him... and his friends."

"And where is Domino now?" Charon asked. "I thought she would only help Stinger with the settings and then leave Alola."

"Well, she hasn't reported." Giovanni answered. "She could be in trouble... or maybe she just got distracted with something, whatever's the deal, I'll send Thorn to bring her back then."

"Thorn?" Charon asked.

"A new recruit of us." Giovanni said. "She joined us recently, but she's not new in the whole criminal field, she also has demonstrated to be quite efficacious, at least more than Domino lately."

"Is still a shame that Ketchum ruined the whole thing again." Charon replied.

"Don't worry about that, once again the tests worked, we're making progress." Giovanni smiled. "Besides, it's not like this mission is over."

"How so?" Charon asked.

"I remind you... Stinger is quite inestable."

Back in Alola.

"Yup, that's my boyfriend..." Bea was watching the battle from her Rotom Phone alongside Melmetal and Incineroar, they had already defeated all the Xurkitree and helped Pikala take the injured Pikachu to nearest center. Bea then looked at the shiny Zeraora, which was still tied up behind them. "Well, it looks like your boss has been defeated."

"That's not possible..." The Zeraora scoffed.

"Watch it yourself." Bea said showing him her Rotom Phone that still had the transmission of Stinger laying in the floor defeated.

"How... How did he?" He asked.

"Just like I told you, this world is worth fighting for." Bea answered. "Now let's just hope this all wraps up quickly."

Back with Ash.

"It's over, Stinger!" He exclaimed parting from the girls. "We won the fight! Now call off the invasion!"

"This isn't -cough- this isn't the end..." Stinger trailed off almost collapsing.

"Dad!" The shiny Poipole floated to the defeated Stinger with a worried look. "Are you okay?!"

"Give me the Imo-Youkan..." Stinger talked.

"B-But you said that if he won-"

"Did I stutter?!" Stinger shouted and Poipole shook his head to then give him a small yellow cube.

"Don't you dare!" Ash's Naganadel quickly flew at Stinger recognizing the object.

"You think this is over, Ash Ketchum?!" Stinger shouted to then eat the cube and release a shockwave from his body that pushed Naganadel away. "This isn't over until I say it is! I'll destroy you like the bug YOU ARE!" He roared before starting to grow larger and larger until it reached the height of a skyscraper.

"He just turned giant?!" May exclaimed.

"Yes, he did." Ash sighed. "Stinger! We had a deal!"

"And you really believed me?" Stinger asked. "I know that makes me a liar, but hello! Evil!"

"Stinger has activated his final gambit." Naganadel said.

"Then we shall do so as well!" Tapu Koko answered descending along his brethren, all of them then shot a combined Moonblast at the giant Stinger's eyes, blocking his vision for a moment. "Ash, that was a great fight, but it seems like the enemy refuses to give in."

"We've been standing by for long enough, it's time we intervene." Tapu Fini said.

"And with a situation like this, we'll have to resort to the Guardian of Alola to help us." Tapu Bulu added.

"You think one Guardian of Alola will be enough to stop that?" Ash asked.

"Not just one." Tapu Fini talked.

"We'll need all of them." Tapu Lele added.

"Naganadel, can you distract Stinger for a moment?" Tapu Koko asked.

"Leave it to me." Naganadel nodded to then look at the girls' Pokemon. "Lend me a wing, guys?" He asked and Garchomp, Togekiss, Swanna, Swoobat and Unfezant took flight with him to attack the giant Stinger.

"Fine, what do we need to do?" Ash asked.

"We'll try to summon a greater power, a greater guardian." Tapu Koko answered.

"We've only done it once before." Tapu Lele added. "It's a combination of our four powers. An ultra powerful, stone cold beauty, that part's mine, and it's like, kinda tall...that part's thanks to the boys."

"It's super powerful and super big!" Tapu Bulu said.

"The summoning method is as follows." Tapu Fini said. "Four humans with righteous hearts must gather and send our powers to a fifth human who will be the one to call forth the titan."

"Luckily, we have enough people here." Tapu Koko looked at the girls. "These are all your friends, correct? Tell me, Ash, do they have righteous hearts?"

"Oh, no, no, that's not a question I need answered." Danika laughed nervously. "You guys take care of this, I'll get inside Aether to try and find Faba, see ya." She waved at them to then hop off the roof and run inside the building.

"Uh, that was a little suspicious." Dawn said.

"...Well, I'll ask again." Tapu Koko continued.

"Can you girls help us with this?" Ash asked them.

"Count on us." May added.

"It'd be an honor." Cynthia said.

"Ah! Sure!" Dawn exclaimed.

"O-Of course, I guess...maybe?" Skyla asked slightly worried. "I mean, it's not like I think I'm a bad person, but what exactly do you mean with righteous heart?"

"Don't worry, it's not as formal as it sounds." Tapu Lele said.

"Yeah, the whole "pure of heart" racket is just a line we use to get humans to leave us alone." Tapu Bulu nodded.

"Then let us proceed." Tapu Koko said and the four guardians hid on their shell to then quickly open up again, each of them now holding a Z-ring and a Tapunium Z.

"All of you must use the Z-Move at the same time, you four must strike the poses in a perfectly symmetrical image of one another or the process will fail, and if that were to happen we'd need to wait 30 minutes to try again, which as you can imagine, is time we don't have." Tapu Fini explained as she gave her ring and crystal to Skyla, while the other three deities handed over the objects to the remaining girls. Tapu Koko to Cynthia, Tapu Lele to May and finally Tapu Bulu to Dawn.

"Wait, has any of you done a Z-Move before?" Ash asked them and they all shook their heads. "Fine, just put the crystal on the ring and do this." Remembering his battle with Kukui, Ash made the corresponding poses of the Tapu Z-move, but Cynthia, May and Dawn let out a laugh at the little dance.

"Soooo cute!" Skyla squealed to then hug Ash yet again. "Ash, that was so adorable! You have to do it again!"

"Please, work with me here." Ash said.

"I have to remind you we're running against time here." Tapu Fini talked as Cynthia's Garchomp felt defeated while the rest of the flyers continued to delay the giant Stingee

"Fine, Ash. You'll be the fifth one to channel our powers, stand by with your Z-ring ready." Tapu Koko said. The four girls then put on their Z-rings and placed the crystals on place, the four then made a circle and a guardian floated behind each of them.

"Everyone ready?" Ash asked.

"Y-Yeah, let's do it!" Skyla exclaimed.

"I won't disappoint you." Dawn nodded firmly.

"We just have to repeat the poses you just made, it shouldn't be an issue." May added.

"Here Ash, catch." Cynthia suddenly tossed her coat at Ash's face. "We don't want that to get in the way, now do we?" She asked with a smile while stretching on her black top.

"Uh...sure." Ash simply nodded holding the coat.

"Remember we need to do it at the same time." Cynthia told them. "One, two and...go!" The four girls made the poses in unison with perfect sync and the Tapus were surrounded in energy, four white headless giant humanoid entities then rose from the ground behind them, each of the Legendaries then flew to one and closed their shells to act as the head, Tapu Koko's entity turned yellow, Lele's turned pink, Fini's turned blue and Bulu's turned red.

"You're next, Ash!" Tapu Koko shouted as the four Tapunium flew off the girls' Z-rings and joined into a single Z-Crystal that merged the four colors of the entities, Ash then took it and placed it on his own Z-ring making the same pose once more as bursts of energy surrounded the four golems.

"HUI ʻANA!" The Tapus shouted as their four giants turned into and joined together, transforming into an even bigger entity that reached Stinger's height, its legs were red, with Tapu Bulu being closed on the waist, the left arm was pink and the right arm was blue, with Fini and Lele being on their respective shoulder, finally, the torso was yellow and Tapu Koko took place in the middle of the chest of the giant as a crowned tiki head appeared on top of the body.

"HANERI HOLOHOLONA GATTAI TAPUKING!" The four gods exclaimed together as the tiki head let out a giant roar and they prepared themselves to fight.

"It worked!" Dawn exclaimed.

"D-Did we really just do that?!" Skyla shouted.

"Heh, not bad for our first day in Alola." May smiled.

"Well, this region's history seems to be as interesting as Sinnoh's." Cynthia said.

"Thank you all for helping out, girls." Ash said to then hand over Cynthia's coat to her.

"Don't worry, Ash, you can keep it." Cynthia smiled. "After all, if I'm staying in Alola, I shouldn't go around in a coat."

"Uh, Cynthia, no offense, but what am I supposed to do with a coat of yours?" Ash asked.

"I don't know, what would you like to do with it?" Cynthia gave him a teasing look and Ash found himself blushing.

Meanwhile above that.

"We'll punish you in the name of the sun and the moon!" Tapu Lele shouted.

"That Tapuzilla could have helped a lot earlier!" Naganadel complained. "Like seriously! How many times has Alola needed that thing and you decide to do it just now?! ARGH!" Naganadel ten sighed while the rest of the Pokémon and him made their way out to the let the Tapu fight Stinger.

"It's time to blow you away with full Tapu Force!" Tapu Bulu said.

"So you fused?" Stinger asked. "Just a cheap tactic to make the weaker stronger."

"Sure, because making yourself giant isn't exactly that." Tapu Fini answered.

"This is pointless." Stinger continued. "I've had already killed you in other dimensions, I know how this is gonna end, quit embarrassing yourselves! I've seen what you really are!"

"No...you haven't." They answered as one and Stinger roared to rush at them.

Meanwhile inside Aether Paradise.

"You must be Faba."

Danika quickly made it to the main lab of Aether, and was now standing in front of Faba after having passed through some Ultra Beast security.

"And who's asking?" Faba raised an eyebrow releasing his Hypno. "How did you even pass the Ultra Beast that were guarding the entrance?'

"A little friend of mine called stealth...and air vents." Danika shrugged shoulders.

"Hmm, your particular attire suggests that you're one of the 'good guys', am I right?" Faba asked.

"Oh, you didn't just criticize my sense of style." Danika cracked her knuckles.

"And what will you do about that?" Faba smirked. "The anti-Poke Ball signal is still on, and as far as I can see, you have no Pokemon with you."

"Confidently incorrect." Danika smirked showing her bear totem. "Beast on!" She exclaimed calling upon the blue spirit of an Urshifu from inside the totem.

"Use Psychic! Hold that thing on the air!" Faba ordered and Hypno swung his pendulum, but his powers had no effect on the Urshifu.

'Im afraid there's nothing to hold." Danika answered. "Surging Strikes!"

The Urshifu quickly ran at the Hypno with water-covered fists and landed a strong punch that launched him to a wall defeating him at once. Faba then tried to run away, but the spirit reached him and landed a straight punch right on his face, breaking his glasses and leaving him passed out.

"One punch bear!" Danika cheered on to then let the spirit return to the totem, she then walked to the main computer of the lab and with a few pressed buttons she turned off the signal that stopped the Poke Balls from working properly.

"Done, now I'll tell Ash and..." Danika was about to take her Rotom Phone, but she froze on her place once she felt a cold metal piece in the back of her neck.

"Did ya miss me?" Domino smirked behind her, still wearing her Aether Employee outfit and now pointing her extended rose staff at Danika. "Hmm, nice to see you again, Wild Kratt."

"Stop calling me that!" Danika shouted and turned around to face her, but Domino charged an electric blast on her tulip and pointed it at Danika's forehead, holding the trigger and almost shooting.

"Ah, ah, ah, unless you want to live without half of your brain for the rest of her life you'll be a good girl and will remain calmed down." Domino said.

"Calm down this!" Danika shouted again jumping out the range and preparing her totem. "Beast on!" The Urshifu began to manifest itself, but with a quick movement Domino shot from her staff at Danika's left hand, right where the totem was, the blast caused the chaser to fall and let go off the object subsequently causing the spirit to be sucked back inside.

"I was watching while you fought Faba, this woody thing controls whatever that kung fu panda ghost was, right?" Domino asked taking the totem in her hand. "What is this? Some sorta relic? A sealed evil? Are you secretly a caveman that made it to the present time?"

"You give me that!" Danika stood up, but Domino pointed her staff at her again.

"I wouldn't do any more sudden moves if I were you." Domino said.

"Pfft, I think I can take another one of those." Danika replied looking at the burn on her hand. "That blast wasn't even half as dangerous as you made it out to be."

"That was just a warning shot to get you a little aware of the situation." Domino spun a small numbered wheel on the middle of her staff and changed it from 1 to 7. "This one on the other side..." Domino then pointed her tulip away and shot a much bigger blast that destroyed the wall with ease and caused some rubble to fall off the roof.

"...I-I've seen bigger." Danika stuttered.

"What are you even doing here?" Domino asked her. "I thought your jurisdiction was in Sinnoh."

"I have jurisdiction wherever I find myself to be." Danika answered. "Just like I suppose Giovanni has been sending you around the world doing his dibbing, first the Time Gears and now you're messing with alternate dimensions, I knew Team Rocket was behind all this, but why? This isn't your style at all, you've been always more focused in stealing and other 'normal' crimes, why are you suddenly messing with this kind of forces? What will you gain with all this?"

"...I don't know." Domino trailed off looking down.

"What are you talking about?" Danika asked. "Why wouldn't you know?"

"None of your concern." Domino quickly lowered the power of her staff again and pointed it at Danika's chet, shooting an electric blast that was still strong enough to sent Danika flying to a wall and leave her paralyzed.

"Y-You..." Danika gritted her teeth trying to stand without success. "Heh, so what? You're gonna kill me now?"

"Despite of what you might think, I don't like to kill people that much." Domino spun her staff around as she walked to Danika. "It's always messy and... It sounds a bit too easy, of course there's always that person who deserves it, but most of the time I prefer to leave them like this, in the verge of meeting their creator or whatever."

"Let me guess, it makes you feel powerful." Danika scoffed and Domino laughed.

"It makes me feel in control... Because they know their life was in my hands... I want you to remember that I could have killed you right in this exact moment..." Domino pointed her staff at Danika's face, but then simply smacked her with it. "Now, back to the important topic, while Faba and Stinger were acting like a disfuncional marriage, I've been checking the security system, did you know that Aether Paradise has installed cameras literally all across Alola? Geez, what a bunch of creeps, but it was actually quite convenient, since now I know where Ash's friends are hiding, I'm also totally sure he's gonna defeat Stinger and since you told him you'd be coming here, he's definitely going to come for you if you take too long to return, and I doubt you'd be able of moving for an hour or so."

"Quit the chit chat, will you?!" Danika complained.

"What I'm trying to say is, when Ash comes for you, I want you to tell him to meet me in the Pokemon School if he ever wants to see those cute girls again."

"I'm not letting you escape again, Domino!" Danika shouted, but Domino then landed a quick kick on her face that left her unconscious.

"Keep telling yourself that." Domino looked at the Danika's totem one more time and shook it in her hand. "What was that he said? ...Beast on?" She said, but nothing happened so she simply put the totem inside a pocket of her uniform and left the scene.

Back at the rooftop.

"Take the lead, Fini!" Tapu Koko's voice was heard as the Tapuking ran at Stinger.

"I'a pahi kaua Shot!" Tapu Fini shouted as her corresponding arm turned into an energy blade and slashed Stinger away.

"Lelelele Attack!" Tapu Lele continued and her fist grew bigger to land a heavy punch on Stinger, who then tried to expell a Fire Blast.

"Bipi kauo Kick!" Tapu Bulu exclaimed and the giant jumped to then land a drop kick right on Stinger's nose, causing him to miss the fire Blast and fall to the ground, the Tapuking then grabbed him by one of his wings and trashed the Ultra Beast around to end with a toss him against the floor, Stinger quickly stood up, but was brought down by a double jab from the golem.

"Moa Uila Sword!" Tapu Koko echoed and the golem joined his hands summoning a giant curve sword that emitted electricity.

"No!" Stinger stood up again and tried to get to them before they attacked.

"ʻĀpana ʻohe Alola!" The four Tapus shouted with a quick movement landing three huge slashes across Stinger that created several electric explosions.

"You can't... do this to me." Stinger panted. "This world is my right!"

"You can whine about it to your mommy when you're in hell!" Tapu Bulu answered.

"Ooof." Tapu Lele said.

"Leave my mother out of this!" Stinger answered shooting a giant stream of poisonous ooze from his mouth.

"KA LANI A ME KA HONUA!" The four gods shouted together as their heads in the Golem illuminated. "NAʻAU HOLOHOLONA!" Each of the heads shot a beam with their corresponding color that joined into a single wave as it met with the poison attack, but Stinger seemed to take advantage of the power struggle.

"Hey, why aren't we beating him?" Tapu Bulu asked.

"It seems like we already used too much energy with our previous attacks." Tapu Koko said.

"We hadn't been in this form for so long..." Tapu Fini trailed off as Stinger began to push them back.

"Uh, a little help, Ash?" Tapu Lele called down to Ash who was just watching the battle in amazement along the rest.

"B-But what can I do?!" Ash shouted.

"If you allow me, I have a suggestion." Wicke talked from the communicator of Ash's brace. "Code 041* will activate an all-out blast that gathers the energy from the seven braces, it could be just enough to take down Stinger, but all your team needs to press it at the same time."

"Did you hear that, everyone?" Ash asked.

"Of course, I'm ready here." Bea answered.

"We too, Ash!" Mallow added.

"Just give us the sign." Lana said.

"Mallow, Lana! Glad to know you're back in the team!" Sophocles said.

"We're also ready, Ash." Kiawe said.

"You can count me in as well." Gladion said.

"Gladion?! You're here too?!" Ash exclaimed.

"Yes, and you and I have to talk." Gladion answered.

"About what?" Ash asked.

"Maybe about the fact that I don't want you as a brother-in-law and much less as a stepfather!" Gladion shouted.

"...Wait, what?" Ash asked.

"We'll talk about this later!" Bea shouted.

"Fine, it'll be similar to what you did with the Tapus a moment ago." Wicke said. "Everyone but Ash, press the code at the same time, that will send the energy to Ash's brace and he'll be the one to unleash the attack since he's already there."

"Then let's do it! Guardians, ready? Go!" Ash gave the order and they all pressed the buttons at the same time.

"Z-Mode Brace!"

"0-4-1* All Star Crash!" Many multicolored rays of light came from all the braces and traveled to Ash's location being absorbed by his own brace as a seven-pointed star appeared in the ground beneath him.

"Now it's your turn, Ash!" Wicke exclaimed.

"Z-Mode Brace!" He shouted pointing it at Stinger.

"0-4-1* ...Target Locked-on..." The brace charged the attack as the star in the ground began to spin.

"What the-" Stinger looked at Ash while still struggling against the Tapuking.

"See ya..." Ash said.

"ALL! STAR! CRASH!" A huge energy beam with colors of the seven Ultra Guardians was shot from Ash's brace and exploded onto Stinger balancing him off and allowing the Tapus' attack to land as well, creating a massive explosion that caused Stinger to return to his normal size and fall out of the sky. But after that happened, all the braces went short-circuit and turned off, making the Ultra Guardian suits vanish in thin air.

"I guess this thing is powerless now..." Bea said taking the brace off her wrist. "Wait a-" She quickly turned around to see that, just like her suits, the perks that they used with them also deactivated and Zeraora was now free from the ribbon. "That's just perfect." Bea sighed and prepared herself to fight along Incineroar and Melmetal.

"You're still willing to fight me?" Zeraora asked. "Even though that device won't give you powers anymore?"

"Unlike you, I actually have something to fight for." Bea answered. "I have a life to live, I have people to protect... besides, I have some tricks on my own." She smiled summoning her sword and pointing it at Zeraora. "So? Up for a second round?"

"Hmm..."

"Listen up, Lightbane!" Stinger's voice was heard across Alola. "I want all of you to come to Aether right now! We have to destroy this nuisance at once! We can't let this humans kick us out!" He shouted and all the Ultra Beasts that were still standing made their way to Aether Paradise.

"That guy really isn't giving up?" Bea asked.

"Not as long as he's alive." Zeraora answered getting closer to her. "But this planet has proved that they're not gonna get conquered... tell me, have you ever rode a lightning?"

"What?" Bea asked and Zeraora put a paw over her shoulder, a silver lightning suddenly fell from the sky and onto them, the two then vanished and Incineroar and Melmetal were left behind in Pikachu Valley looking at the ground that was burned by the lightning.

"...Ash is gonna kill us." Melmetal said.

"Don't worry, I'm sure she's fine." Incineroar laughed nervously.

Back in Aether.

"You're seriously still willing to drag this on?!" Ash shouted at Stinger as the four Tapus descended to him back in their usual forms.

"It's enough, father!" Poipole flew to him. "We have lost."

"You think you've won?!" Stinger shouted at Ash and company. "HA! You don't make the plans! I DO! ME! Only I know how this all turns out!" Stinger flew at Ash tail-first and tried to stab him, Ash was about to summon a shield, but the silver lightning landed in front of him and the girls, teleporting Bea and Zeraora to the scene, with the Electric Type quickly using a Thunderbolt to push Stinger back again.

"Officer! What do you think you're doing?!" Stinger shouted.

"What I should have done 807 years ago! Standing up to you!" Zeraora exclaimed charging his Plasma Fists again. "The Ligtbane are not going to win this time!"

"Uh, Bea, what's going on?" Ash asked.

"Good question, considering that Zeraora was trying to kill me a few minutes ago." Bea answered. "...May, Dawn?"

"Hi, Bea." The two said.

"A friend of yours?" Cynthia asked.

"S'up? Name's Skyla!"

"Listen up, human!" Zeraora shouted to Bea. "Those portals are powered by an engine that controls space and time combined to a tracker, both devices are in the main lab of Aether Paradise, if you collide their two drives, it'll create a singularity that will pull back all the Ultra Beasts to where we come from!"

"And why should I believe you?" Bea asked.

"If you don't...what more could I lose?" He asked before jumping to attack Stinger.

"... Let's go, Ash!" Bea shouted.

"Right behind you!" Ash nodded.

"We'll hold the fort here." Skyla said giving Cynthia's Garchomp a Full Restore as they saw the swarm of Ultra Beasts approaching Aether, Cynthia then felt her Poke Balls were moving inside her pockets and she pulled one out letting her Gastrodon out of it.

"The signal is down!" May exclaimed.

"Danika must have done it." Ash said

"Let's fight for real then." Dawn shouted letting out her entire team. "Leave this one to us, Ash!"

"Whatever you're gonna do, do it fast!" Cynthia said.

"Let's move!" Ash and Bea got off the roof with the help of Naganadel and they ran inside the building, being guided by Ash to the main lab.

"So Danika is also here?" Bea asked. "Wow, it seems like everyone showed up for this, but where is she?"

"I'm not sure, she's not answering her Rotom Phone, but she must have been the one that turned off the signal that interrupted Poke Balls, I just hope she's-" Ash was interrupted when Danika's Rotom Phone came flying from out of nowhere and crashed right onto his face. "...At least now I know why she isn't answering."

"Mister Ash!" The Rotom Phone quicky pulled itself away from Ash's face. "Please come with me! Miss Danika has been injured!"

"Take us to her!" Ash said and the phone guided to the lab and the first they saw was Faba in the floor.

"That's...Faba, right?" Bea asked as Ash checked his vitals and sighed relieved. "He's fine, just knocked out." He said and the duo then found Danika laying on the floor in the other side of the lab.

"What happened here?" Ash asked while checking the girl.

"I'm not sure, Miss Danika was fighting with someone, but she was thrown the wall and I was restarted by the hit, I don't know what happened." The phone talked.

"Seems like something electric attacked her." Ash noticed the burns and sparks of static that were on her body and he quickly pulled out a Paralyze Heal to cure her.

"I think this is the machine that Zeraora mentioned." Bea walked to a device that was holding a blue engine and had a screen showing a diagram of many portals.

"Alright, but how do we collide their drives or whatever he said?" Ash asked.

"I think I have an idea." Bea summoned her sword and prepared a swing while Ash took cover along the still unconscious Danika and Faba. Bea then landed a huge slash on the device and the screen of the portals showed the message 'critical error, shutting down'.

"That should do it." Bea smirked, while outside all the portals expanded in size and began to suck the shiny Ultra Beats inside them.

"W-W-Wait!" Poipole exclaimed while being absorbed by the portal. "Boy, the council will be mad!"

"No!" Stinger shouted and was then hit by a Plasma Fist from Zeraora that sent him up enough to be sucked into one of the portals, he then tried to beat out the pull flying, but with all the damage he had gathered from the three fights, he didn't have enough strength left to do it.

"Ash Ketchum! hear me now!" Stinger's voice echoed again and both Ash and Bea heard it from inside. "You have won this battle but our quest to rule your world will never end! You may have defeated the lightbane today, but we will rise again! Your urge to fight back has sealed the fate of this world!" He shouted before finally being pulled back by the portal and in less than a minute all the Ultra Beasts had been absorbed back, and the portals closed at the same time. Bea made another huge slash to destroy the machine for good and then released Chesgnaught to help carry Faba, while Ash insisted in carry Danika on his back himself, still worried about her injuries, the duo then went outside the building to meet with May, Dawn, Skyla, Cynthia and, oddly enough, the shiny Zeraora.

"Everything okay up here?" Ash asked still carrying Danika on his back.

"We're fine, seems like it's over." Skyla nodded.

"The Tapus left to do some rounds and be sure of it, but it looks like all the Ultra Beasts are gone." Cynthia said.

"So, who's this girl again, huh?" May asked in a jealous tone while poking Danika's cheeks.

"Well, this is Danika, she's a friend of mine who investigates Legendary Pokemon, she wants to know about the origin of the species." Ash answered.

"Yes, my friend Chloe told me about her too." Dawn added. "She's a chaser, something of a high rank Pokemon Ranger, a very skilled trainer too."

"And I can confirm that." Cynthia said. "We met before during an event regarding Heatran and Mt. Stark back in Sinnoh."

"She seems injured." Skyla said. "I got a first aid kit, leave her to me."

"Of course." Ash nodded and Skyla helped him put Danika softly on the floor.

"So you're still here?" Bea asked the Zeraora. "I thought you said all the Ultra Beasts will be pulled back by the portals."

"I guess I never actually belonged to them." Zeraora answered. "Besides, I'm now a traitor to their empire as well, so I doubt they'll let me go with them... But thank you, human, for opening my eyes, is there anyway I can repay you?"

"...Just start over." Bea said. "This world is your second chance, make sure to do it right this time."

"Start over? After all I've done?" Zeraora asked.

"Well, you helped us save this world so that's a start." Bea said. "It's not who we were that matters. It's who we are now that counts."

"You're making it sound like you're an expert in the topic." Zeraora answered.

"I guess I kinda am, but I'm still learning." Bea answered looking at Ash. "But at least I'm not learning alone."

"...Then I hope I can learn as well." Zeraora said. "You're a true hero, I'd like to know what that word really means."

"Well, good luck then." Bea answered.

"Wow, a shiny Zeraora." Ash said approaching them. "You better tell me what I missed."

"Same goes for you." Bea answered. "So, if Lana and Mallow had their braces that means you managed to find them?"

"Yeah, about that." Ash laughed nervously to then whisper to Bea's ear. "I think I have 7 girlfriends now."

"Honestly saw it coming." Bea rolled her eyes. "I just can't leave you alone for 5 minutes, can I?"

"So you are the one who defeated Stinger?" Zeraora asked Ash.

"Yes, that would be me." Ash answered. "Of course, I did it with Naganadel's help."

"Hey, Ash!" Skyla called him while still treating Danika's injuries. "I think your friend is waking up-"

"ASH!" Danika shouted standing up and running to him. "Ash, this is bad! Agent Domino is here in Alola! She's going after the girls!"

"What?!" Ash and Bea shouted.

"The girls?" May asked.

"She has been watching you from here with the cameras that Aether has installed across the region, she knows they're in the Pokemon School!" Danika continued.

"Bea, let's move! She must be there already!" Ash shouted.

"Wait, Zeraora, can you take us there with one of those lightnings?" Bea asked. "It's on that island over there."

"Of course, just hang on." He answered and both Ash and Bea put a hand over the Pokemon's shoulders.

"I'm going too!" Danika shouted holding Zeraora's tail, something that startled him, but he did his best to remain calm.

"Fine, three is my limit, I warn you." Zeraora said.

"Wait, Danika, you're still too injured!" Skyla warned her.

"I don't care, I'm going! There's people in danger and there's no way I'm letting Domino win this one." Danika looked at Ash and Bea and the three shared a nod.

"For real?!" May shouted. "You just fought that thing and then it turned giant! And now you have to go and stop some agent or something?! Why can't we just have a normal day while we're with you?!"

"What's going on?" Dawn asked. "Who is Domino and what girls are you talking about?"

"I'll explain you everything later, but I can't lose anymore time." Ash answered. "Whatever you're gonna do, go on." He told Zeraora who nodded to then summon a silver lightning that fell over them and teleported them away.

"I'm... I'm just trying to help." Dawn sighed.

"I can't believe Domino is here too." Cynthia said.

"Wait, do you know her, Cynthia? Can you tell us who she is?" Skyla asked her.

"Domino is the second-in-command of Team Rocket, she has already faced Ash once when they tried to recapture Mewtwo, she's really intelligent, even managing to escape both me and Diantha the other day."

"Then we have to go there as well and help!" May said. "Any of you know where that School is?"

"I think I know." Naganadel approached them. "If you're friends of Ash I'll take you there."

"Fine, Skyla hop onto Garchomp, let's go." Cynthia said.

While the girls prepared themselves to take off, Bea's Chesgnaught left the unconscious Faba in the floor and went with them.