Alola and welcome everyone to my newest venture into the Pokemon fanfiction world. I've been working on this one for a while after finally finishing my own playthrough of Moon. Alola is by far my favorite region out of the seven core ones, which would inevitably make me want to write about an adventure and how awesome life would be there for our hero once it's over. (Sorry Kanto and Unova)

So I can't wait to share what I've been writing up with everyone. This will be balanced out with Advanced Commando II and my Halo fic in rotation for writing additional segments, so updates may be sparse. Hopefully it's good enough to keep everyone coming back in anticipation for another chapter!

I don't own Pokemon.

BraviaryScout presents:

A Hui Hou Kakou K'ou Alola

"Meow!" The tiny white scratch cat pokemon known as meowth peered into the bedroom and looked around. It was still undeveloped, with some cardboard moving boxes strewn about close to the walls with a layer of dust covering their surfaces. The person who resided her hadn't used his bed or touched much in his room for quite a while. A ditto pillow and poke toy were in the far corner, covered in the cat's scratch marks. Straight across was a desk next to a television screen with a small globe, a few books and an office chair. In the middle of the wooden floor was an elegant blue rug with a wave design all along the edges.

Finding its mission; it scurried right over to the side of the bed and purred once more to wake the person up. When there was no response, he pounced on the bed, only to find it completely empty with ruffled sheets and blanket pulled back. Whoever had slept there had neglected to make it in order to look neat.

Meowth's face went to concerned and it was about to report the find to the person who had sent it there when the door to the bathroom off on the side opened up and a young boy stepped out, jumping back at the pokemon's sudden appearance with a foaming toothbrush in his mouth.

He was Elio "Sun" Northstar, a sixteen year old who had recently moved to the beautiful Alola region and was also its first champion, having attained the title yesterday in the Champion's chamber on the region's highest peak of Mount Lanakila.

"Oh hi there Meowth," Sun reached over and stroked the pokemon's fur with his free hand. It gave off a soft purr in approval, "You scared me there."

As if forgiving him; it nuzzled its face into Sun's arm causing the boy to chuckle before turning around to scamper back into the main room of the house.

"First day as a champion," He said to nobody in particular as he spat out the toothpaste and ran a comb through his long and rather messy hair. He threw on a fresh pair of clothes and dropped the old ones in a wire laundry basket beside the entrance to his room, "Still can't believe I did it." He glanced over at the clock, surprised that it was nearly eleven in the morning. He had slept for just a few hours after attending the big celebration in Iki Town.

Sun ascended to the summit of Mount Lanakila, challenged and defeated all four members of the Alola League's Elite Four; Hala, Olivia, Acerola and Kahili. At first it had seemed like it wasn't much of a challenge as only Olivia and Acerola had given him any real trouble.

He had suspected his mentor and friend Professor Kukui had accompanied him inside for a reason and it was proven correct that the eccentric man himself was the final obstacle that stood between him and the title once he defeated all the Elite Four. Cameras were positioned all around the battlefield to capture the historic battle. The professor wasn't joking when he said that news of the event had reached all of Alola and there was hardly a soul who was going to miss this.

The stage presented couldn't have been bigger for Sun and he remained undaunted. He had come this far and had no intentions of failing.

The battle was difficult. Kukui had a well-rounded team of powerful Pokemon and proved to be his toughest opponent yet. During the action; Sun still felt like he had been backed into a corner. He had no choice but to tread carefully. Professor Kukui had led off with his lycanroc setting up a deadly trap of stealth rock, which mercilessly smashed Sun's team whenever he would send in a replacement Pokemon, limiting him in switching for better type matchups. Despite his careful analysis of balancing out his team during the course of his island challenge, he had discovered that four of his six pokemon on his party were weak to rock.

Although the jagged stone trap had done its number on his final pokemon Incineroar during the battle's climax; it soundly defeated the penultimate ninetales to leave both sides with their last pokemon each. Sun's was standing on the field with its hands on its legs in a tired posture, but its eyes glimmered with determination; knowing what was at stake and would do everything not to let its trainer down. On the other side, the professor's final card had yet to enter the battle.

Sun definitely started to feel uncertain when it was revealed to be a primarina, the final evolution of the water type starter popplio family. He had no type advantage against it and defeat had seemed almost inevitable.

He wasn't about to call it quits. Although a lot of encouragement would come from his friends and family, the fact that he was so close to winning would haunt him if he didn't make it. The fear of being embarrassed at losing had felt like a crushing weight on his shoulders. There was no way he could face everyone…especially Lillie if that happened.

At the same time; Sun fully intended to use whatever was necessary to win. Even if his back was against the wall. He also knew that while Kukui was his friend, he was not going to hold back in any way.

With the type advantage, primarina had fought well and Sun was nearly defeated. However he had devised a strategy at the last moment, involving Incineroar's Z-Move Malicious Moonsault which had miraculously worked! Primarina and Incineroar were on their respective sides in the aftermath of a huge clash of power; both struggling to remain standing and outlast the other in a battle of attrition.

A rush of elation had reached Elio when he saw the water type collapse to the floor once more and remain unmoving. On the giant screen above the field, its active status winked out before bold letters flashed across the screen indicating Sun had won the championship.

Incineroar was on the verge of fainting himself when Sun tossed his hat up into the air and ran onto the field to giving a triumphant shout and threw his arms around his Pokemon in a joyous hug. At the same time, he let out the rest of his party; who immediately perked up from their exhaustion to partake in his celebration when he broke the news.

The rest of the day had blurred by for him. The return to Iki Town for the huge festival being thrown in his honor. He had heard that there was also going to be a big celebration with the Kahunas and Trial Captains in Iki Town to all celebrate his achievement and then a much bigger stage in an elaborate coronation ceremony in downtown Hau'oli City. Kukui made certain that Sun was available to partake in it.

In the middle of the Battle Royale being hosted in the center as part of the celebration, he had faced his best friend Lillie for the first time since he had caught the evolved Lunala that she had affectionately nicknamed Nebby. After their battle, the professor said he would make sure Lillie knew that he had won and when the party was going to take place. Sun was about to ask the same question and immediately suspected that Kukui knew of his attraction to her. In the middle of the party, she made the suggestion to go back down Mahalo Trail where they first met and thank the island deity that had saved them.

To their surprise; Tapu Koko had appeared and challenged Sun to a battle. It was powerful and took several big hits before he finally managed to bring it down. The deity didn't seem upset at its defeat at his hands and remained there long enough to accept both of their gratitude for saving him on the first day he was in Alola.

So today; Sun had his mind made up on the next thing he intended to accomplish. It was something he wanted to do ever since he met her back on Mahalo Trail.

He was going to ask Lillie out on a date.

The big party in downtown Hau'oli had taken up virtually his entire day aside from his scheduled tour of all the big cities in the region over the course of the week. He signed autographs, posed for pictures, even got a kiss on the cheek from a couple pretty girls. His plaza page on the Festival Plaza social media site had jumped from having a couple dozen followers to almost ten thousand in a span of a day and kept on growing.

He was exhausted when he had come home later that evening and opened the front door to plop right on the couch in front of the TV. Mom had put the news on, which was still covering the big party in the city that was replaying his coronation. At the center stage before a crowd of thousands, Professor Kukui had presented a large lei of different colorful flowers over his head. Sun wasn't a big fan of huge parties and almost immediately preferred the smaller celebration in Iki Town on the previous night, but still told himself to enjoy his newfound fame.

"Good evening my champion," His mother greeted cheerfully as he was slipping on his shirt and walking into the kitchen. She already had a neatly made plate of pancakes, scrambled eggs and shredded hash browns set at the dining table and just smelling the food made his stomach gurgle. He had hardly ate since Mallow's feast last night basically stuffed everyone completely full.

"Hi mom," He glanced down at the breakfast, "What's this?"

"Champion's breakfast! They're even calling you the grand kahuna now! Now I wonder what else will happen today? How was that big party in Hau'oli?"

Sun was flattered, finding himself hungry again, "Oh yeah that's right! Breakfast for dinner? Thanks, but you didn't have to do this. I'm perfectly fine with toast and sitrus jam." That was a lie since he was starving, but his mother seemed to have some sixth sense to know how much food her son really wanted.

As he stabbed a bit of egg, the doorbell rang.

"Was that the doorbell?" Mom asked from the other room. "Oh that's got to be Kukui! Why don't you let him in Sun?"

"Hang on, I'll get it!" Sun popped a piece of pancake in his mouth and started for the living room when the entrance was nearly thrown open.

"SUN!" Hau had a face abundant of panic as if he had seen a gengar becoming his shadow. "It's a disaster! A total disaster!"

"Hau? What's going on?"

"What's wrong Hau?" Mom had heard the commotion and had come back into the house's foyer to see what was happening.

"Oh!" Realization hit his other best friend as he had let himself in automatically. She didn't mind though, he was family and Professor Kukui already told them countless times, "Since when does family knock?"

"Auntie! Hi, sorry! I'll explain later but Sun has to come with me right now! If we don't hurry the ship is gonna leave!"

"What ship?" Sun had begun to ask, but Hau had already turned tail to sprint out the front door again. He turned to his mother, who gave him a knowing look before nodding. His best friend's panic told him that this was going to be upsetting, but he had to see it off whatever it was.

"I'll be back."

Wanting to save time, the two called a pair of tauros via the ride pager and quickly raced down the roads into Hau'oli city. Traffic on the roads and highways were fairly light as the evening rush hour had passed, but they still weaved through lanes to go around the slower movers. Neither paid much attention to the couple of honks and shouts of indignant handling thrown their way. As they approached the marina, Hau told Sun that it was Lillie that was leaving, completely taking the champion by surprise.

"What?!" Sun felt as if his own heart had split in two. She hadn't even bothered to tell him. "Why?"

"I just heard it from Professor Kukui! She was going to leave this evening and not tell us!"

Sun guided his ride pokemon out of the way as he swapped lanes to pass a slower moving car. "Friggin traffic. The one time I need to get somewhere in a hurry, it's jacked." He was also violating the speed limit for a ride Pokemon, but didn't care right now. All that mattered was getting to Lillie.

"You know Lillie," Professor Kukui started as they waited at the marina for boarding, "Kanto is a long way from here. Try not to let the jet lag hit you too hard." He shook his head, "Burnet's…well…upset and she was going to cry her eyes out if she came along. Can you forgive her this time?"

"Of course professor," Lillie sighed, turning back to the large passenger ship that had just begun boarding passengers. "Please give her my thanks for letting me stay with you guys,"

"She did tell me to let you know that the loft in the lab if yours to use indefinitely. So you can come back and stay whenever you like!"

"Thank you so much professor!" She said, putting her arms around the man in a grateful hug. She would never admit it out loud, but the cozy shack by the beach was going to be missed dearly.

The call for boarding echoed across the ferry terminal and Lillie looked back at the skyline of Hau'oli city, possibly for the last time. "I'm going to really miss Alola."

"You didn't tell us!" A voice shouted from the end of the pier as both the professor and former assistant turned to see the two boys sprinting to the end. "Lillie what are you doing?!"

"Hau," The blonde looked down, "I'm really sorry…but I've decided. I have to go to Kanto."

"What?! Why?"

"My mother…she needs help getting better, but I also have to get stronger."

"You're already strong!" Hau countered, "You're one of the strongest people I've met." Sun nodded in agreement.

"No, to get stronger as a trainer."

If Sun wasn't so saddened to see her leave, after everything that happened between them; he would've been more than happy to express his excitement for her.

"Of course I'm sad to leave Alola, but the thought of going to Kanto also fills my heart with excitement! I'm going to be a real trainer and meet all kinds of fantastic pokemon! Travel all around Kanto to take on my own trials just like we did here on Alola for the island challenge!"

Hau was still too upset at the news of her impending departure, "Lillie! Why? Ugh! I'm gonna send you a letter! A really long one! You'd better wait!"

"Of course I will want to hear from you Hau! Both of you! And no matter what happens, I'm going to be okay! I will always remember Alola for all the smiles everyone gave me! That's why one day…one day I will return to Alola; where I have found home and ohana!" She dug into her bag and handed Hau a small box, "Hau…Please take this with you!"

"I will!" He brought her in for a tight hug, "I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too."

When they separated; she turned to face Sun.

He hadn't said a word since they arrived and it looked painful seeing the different range of angst emotions play across his face.

"Sun…sorry...Elio,"

"I don't think you want to leave, without saying goodbye to a certain someone," Alola's champion cut her off, pulling out a familiar poke ball and releasing the creature inside.

"Mahiiiina!" The legendary Lunala flew up and floated in front of Sun between them.

"Nebby!"

"Mahiiina!" The girl embraced the friend that had traveled with them everywhere as a tiny cosmog, "I'm going to miss you!"

Lunala gave her an odd look as if to ask; why?

"I'm going to go on a trial of my own in Kanto! Unfortunately, that means I have to leave Alola…"

The pokemon shook her head and gently pushed her towards Sun with one of its wings.

"Ah!" She gasped stumbling forward, trying to stare at anything except the boy in front that caught her with his arms. Their faces were now inches apart, prompting both to noticeably blush.

"Why?" He finally asked her, "Why didn't you tell me you were leaving?"

"I was going to!" She said, shaking her head, "But you seemed to be having the best time ever while at your celebration and I didn't want to ruin that!"

"You weren't going to ruin it!" Although that was a lie, he didn't want her to feel any worse, "Please…just don't leave me! I'll come with you back to Kanto!"

Lillie shook her head, despite being overjoyed at hearing his commitment to stick with her, "Sun…you have an obligation to Alola as its champion…"

"I'll give up my title!" He compromised with desperation etched onto his face, "Look, you promised back on Exeggutor Island that you wanted to travel with me! We can do that! Together!"

"I know!" Lillie stammered, "Sun…As much as I'd love that; I have to do this alone…by myself…and you'll understand if you truly care."

"I understand," Elio let out a sniffle to avoid losing his composure, "I really do…but it just doesn't make it any less painful. Please…just don't leave me! Alola needs you!..." His voice trailed off to a whisper that both barely heard him, "I need you.."

"I'm really sorry Sun, but I have to do this. For my mother…and for myself." Lille fought back the next wave of tears as she put her head on his shoulder and finally gave into the torrent of emotions threatening to spill over. She cried into it for what seemed like an eternity. Sun's arm slowly wrapped around her back as he held her close, trying hard himself not to cry either.

Lillie felt as if she had doomed him with the separation and already feared that it was going to be hard to say goodbye to everyone…Sun was by far the hardest to part ways with.

"You know what Lillie? You're right…I understand what you have to do and I'm sorry for acting like that," Sun said as they faced each other again, he looked apologetic and absolutely adorable to her when he pursed his lips, "It would be selfish of me to keep you away from your calling. I'm going to miss you…so good luck in Kanto. You'll love it there and just…promise you'll come back soon."

"Of course I will!" She wiped the last of the tears from her eyes, "After all; I want to challenge you to a battle one day so that you can see how strong a trainer I've become!"

"You'll make a great trainer Lillie," Sun agreed, "Kanto won't know what hit it."

"I want to give you something to remember me by."

"What?"

"So here," Lillie pulled a small pink plush doll that resembled a clefairy from her bag. "It may look a little worn, but that is because this was my most treasured belonging once."

Sun looked at it, feeling his face heat up as she approached and pressed it into his hands. "Lillie I can't take this."

"You can and you will. Please…" He saw that she was not going to take no for an answer. "For you to cherish all the memories we made together,"

"This is the most meaningful gift I've ever been given," Sun managed to choke out after accepting it, feeling another wave tears begin to well up in his eyes. Looking over, he saw she too was trying not to make this any more of a forlorn goodbye. "Mahalo."

"Here," His hands went up to the gold pendant around his neck. It was in the shape of Melemele's guardian deity, Tapu Koko, whom they had seen together when they first met on the Mahalo Trail. Sun had gotten it from his mother and with kahuna Hala's blessing, wore it around his neck so that it would keep him safe.

He undid the clasp and took one of her hands; gently placing it in her palm.

"My mother got this for me. She thought that since I was saved by the great Tapu Koko that this pendant would keep me safe and allow me protect my family while on my journey. Now I want to pass it onto the next member of my family while she's out on a journey of her own. Lillie, you're family to me…you're ohana and I want you to just…just be safe out there. Give it your all. And when you come back to Alola," Her green eyes met his gray, "Find me."

Lillie couldn't take it anymore. She flung her arms around his back in one last hug, knowing that this might be the last time for a long period that she would be able to see him. Just like the embrace when he finally found her being reprimanded by Lusamine at Aether Paradise, they stood perfectly still, wanting to be in one another's for as long as possible. Neither wanted to part.

He wished he could have the feeling of her in his arms forever…as if there was nothing else in the world except each other.

"Alola Lillie," Sun whispered the traditional greeting of hello and goodbye in her ear, only for the two of them, "A hui hou kakou, k'ou alola."

"Alola Elio." Lille said back to him using his real name, "I'll never forget you."

They wistfully separated from their embrace as she walked across the gangplank onboard. A few minutes later, the ship's horn sounded across the harbor as it cast off.

Sun was about to turn and walk back down the marina when he saw movement on the ship's stern.

Lillie had walked onto the deck to face them and waved. She shouted something, but none of the three boys could hear it over the wind and hum of the engines.

Both he and Professor Kukui rushed to the edge of the platform, raising a hand in farewell.

They stood at the end until the ship vanished over the horizon, heading westbound for Kanto.

Onboard the ferry; Lillie remained on the back deck until the familiar figures began to disappear in the distance. It was followed by the night lights of Hau'oli's skyline before the rest of Melemele Island…her home had vanished over the horizon. She wasn't even away from Alola for a full day and already began to miss it.

Lillie retreated to her double bed cabin that was booked for the voyage and checked the occupied one first.

Lusamine had been wheeled into her quarters in a wheelchair before easing herself onto a bed, where several sophisticated looking machines were monitoring her prognosis. An array of tubes inserted into various sections supplied her body with IV fluids while another one was leeching out a thin black noxious fluid; what remained of Nihilego's toxins.

Aside from a few moments to eat and bathe, she was hardly awake for much which Lillie was happy for. Kanto was a six-day trip by boat but only a nine-hour flight and while she could easily afford tickets, she wasn't sure how her mother's fatigued body would react in a different environment like an airplane.

Her mind was focused on three things that day; the first getting to Kanto to fully cure her mother. Once that was done, she aimed to finally get a pokemon to begin a journey that she had now readied herself to do. The drive remained dormant until she had met Sun and Hau, who flung the doorway open in spite of her attempts to keep it shut or even acknowledge its existence.

Lastly was the phrase that Sun said to her at the docks before they separated. Sure, she was going to miss Professor Kukui, Burnet, Hala, Hapu and Hau, but for some reason a blooming feeling in her chest made her realize that Sun was the biggest reason she would long to return to Alola's shores. He said to find him when she returned, so it appeared that he was not going anywhere and would wait however long it would take her to come back to him.

Lillie knew little of the native Alolan language aside from the region's name which doubled as a greeting of hello and goodbye.

Sun had said it twice. Unless he was saying farewell twice…but does it have another meaning?

Curiously she reached over to her datapad and opened it out of the Aether Foundation logoed cover. She typed in the search engine, spelling it out as best as she could and got a result.

Her breath hitched at the result and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes the second time that night as she too had felt her heart had been split in half that was left behind. It was now too much after just finding out that he harbored similar feelings for her.

Lusamine was vaguely aware of her daughter sobbing in her stateroom as she groggily awoke before lapsing into slumber again. She would question Lillie about it when she had enough strength back.

"I'm sorry Sun," Lillie sniffled into her pillow, absolutely horrified that she had broken his…no both of their hearts. "I'm so sorry Elio…"

She cried herself to sleep that night.

And there's the first chapter. My primary pairing and new favorite is Sun X Lillie after it seemed like she developed a crush on the player as the story progressed. Sun has his default appearance throughout his journey, but will change when he gets older. I also decided to make him, Hau and Lillie older so they're sixteen. I imagine Gladion is a bit older than his sister, so I'll mark him as eighteen.

Some of the Hawaiian/Alolan terminology used in this fic, there will be more of it and I will provide translations as I go along. (If I remember) I probably missed a couple, which will surely get covered in successive installments

Alola - Hello/Goodbye/Love

Mahalo - Thanks/Thank you

Ohana - Family

A Hui Hou Kakou - Until we meet again

K'ou Alola - My love

Kahuna - Chief/Priest

Lanakila - Victory/Triumphant (Mount Lanakila literally means Mount Victory)

I appreciate everyone coming here to read and review, you give my writing purpose.

Mahalo,

MWIM