Absol growled in frustration at Pikachu's behavior. Yes, she was angry too at the Pokémon that had presumably attacked their partner. The two of them didn't see what happened. The only reason the two knew a battle had been going on was because of the shouting, not to mention the sound of Thunderbolts being shot out left and right.

The two immediately stopped their questioning of other Pokémon, they had very quickly learned that humans did not understand Pokémon, thanks to a helpful Litten, and decided to check out what was happening in the distance. They arrived just in time to see an gigantic wave of electricity hitting a by then unknown human.

In their haste, they didn't listen what the others said to themselves. They just saw someone getting attacked and hurt to the point where he lost consciousness. As a Rescue Team it was their job to intervene. As such, the unspoken plan had been to put themselves between the fighting parties and rough them up if necessary.

Absol, who was carrying their box filled to the brim with useful stuff, decided she would see if she couldn't provide first aid for the fallen human. They had almost reached the area the humans were in, when both suddenly stopped abruptly.

Naturally the two had started making out the smells of the different parties a long time ago. And the closer they got, the more intense the different scents became. Incidentally, it was easier for them to distinguish each scent also the closer they got. And that's when they noticed a very peculiar smell, one that was integrated into their very brains, but none of the two had smelled in years.

A person naturally emitted a multitude of smells. For a human for example it would be the natural smell of a human, very different from Pokémon in general, whether they were male or female, their clothes, scents that got stuck on them and their clothes (like food, sand, grass etc.) and finally their very own scent. Every creature had his or her very own scent. With that Pokémon are able distinguishing between two very alike looking Pikachus and such.

Right at this very moment, the electric and the dark-type smelled the personal scent of none other than their former human leader. He may have been turned into a Pokémon back then, but he always had that one scent coming from him that made him very easily distinguishable from other Pokémon. And right now, this one scent was coming from the crispy human, lying unconscious on the ground.

Pikachu saw red. Absol too was close to losing herself, but managed to control herself. This was no time for hasty decisions and yet, here was her longtime partner, charging at the male Pikachu with a Quick Attack. The opposing Pikachu managed to dodge the surprise attack, but Absol's partner quickly followed it up by a Thunderbolt.

("Damn, that mouse! Our leader needs medical attention and she charges in like an angry Tauros!") the disaster Pokémon thought to herself. Naturally, the other Pokémon, Absol didn't recognize this one, decided to help its friend and flew towards the female mouse. Said rodent saw the attack coming from a mile away and blocked the incoming strike with an Iron Tail. Her tail clashed with the right shield part of the unknown Pokémon, who appeared surprised that its attacked was blocked.

"What?!" the, due to the voice, now identified male shrieked.

The Pikachu with the heart tail gave the Pokémon a cold look, before pushing it away with her tail. Seeing as her partner was handling herself rather well, Absol decided to for the moment turn her attention to her old leader.

Ash and Professor Kukui in the meantime had gotten up from the ground and witnessed the entire spectacle. The female Pikachu shot a powerful Thunderbolt at Tapu-Koko, who shielded himself in time and counterattacked with a Thunderbolt of his own. Pikachu, Ash's one, mimicked his legendary partner and shot the same attack at the female Pikachu.

She in return jumped into the air, combining her Quick Attack with her Agility move, gaining an additional extra height. She looked down at both of her opponents and shot a Thunder at both of them. Tapu-Koko flew out of the way, whilst the male Pikachu copied his opponent and combined his Agility and Quick Attack to jump into the air. Seeing as his female counterpart couldn't dodge while she was falling, he shot a Thunder of his own at her, hitting her in mid-air.

The heart tailed Pikachu didn't scream. She growled more in annoyance, than in pain. The attack didn't do much, obviously, but her opponent had successfully gotten first blood. Somehow this little fact annoyed her more than the pain. Maybe it was her wish to beat everyone in the area to a pulp that made her more susceptible to anger.

Deciding on a new tactic, the female Pikachu used Double Team, creating a multitude of mirages of herself all over the battlefield. Her male counterpart looked left and right, trying to identify the right one. Tapu-Koko on the other hand didn't bother. He flew right into the middle of the mirages and used his Discharge to make them all disappear. The real female Pikachu stumbled because of the hit she took and skidded across the ground a bit, but managed to get back on her paws rather quickly.

"I don't get it. Why is she attacking us?" Ash asked, during a brief pause.

"I think I know why," Professor Kukui replied, looking over to the Absol that had knocked him down. The disaster Pokémon had placed the pink and white box she had been carrying on the ground and opened the lit earlier. Carefully she had taken out an assortment of items and placed them right next to her. The Pokémon Professor saw Oran and Rawst Berries, jaws that contained some kind of blue jelly and in its mouth the Absol was carefully carrying a green glowing stone. No, on further inspection, the Professor could see that it appeared to be a seed of some kind. Or maybe it was a stone in the shape of a seed.

Whatever the item was, Absol none the less placed it inside the hand of the ashen covered young man. And all of a sudden the Professor was blinded by a bright yellow light, coming from said man. The three electric-types ceased their fighting and looked towards the light. The Alolan natives did the same. Everyone who wasn't familiar with the seed stared at the spectacle in front of them in wonder.

"What is that?" Kiawe asked, shielding his eyes with his arm.

"I don't know," was Sophocles unhelpful reply.

"It's so bright," Lana muttered.

The light show soon enough died down and everyone was more or less capable of seeing once again. Several gasps could be heard throughout the courtyard, when seemingly out of nowhere Sebastian sat up with a grown. His hand held tightly to the seed, his expression looked like he had just exited a rollercoaster ride and his eyes seemed slightly unfocused.

"Anyone got the number of Wailord that hit me?" he asked in a slurred tone, turning his head towards the disaster Pokémon that was looking at him with a smile. The young man shook his head, causing a few ash particles to fall out of his hair and slowly descending towards the ground. After the shake, he had a slightly more focused look on himself, although he still looked a bit disoriented.

"Absol?" he asked, putting a hand on his head. Sebastian then caught something from the corner of his vision and turned his gaze towards what caught his attention. It was the box and his eyes widened in great surprise, when he saw the white and pink thing standing right next to his feet.

"Wait a sec, what?!" he shouted all of a sudden and looked back to Absol, who had the same smile plastered on her face.

"It has been quite some time, hasn't it?" she asked. "Oh, of course. You don't understand me now…"

"The heck? That you Miss Absolute Disaster?! That really you?!" he shouted, causing the dark-type to give him a deadpan expression.

"And even now, you're still going on with that joke…" she muttered just loud enough for him to hear. Sebastian smirked.

"Oh, come on. It's a classic at this point." Was his argument.

"Seb!"

"Huh? Pikach?!"

The fight seemingly forgotten, Pikachu slammed herself into her old friend's chest, causing him to gasp, as the air was pressed right out of his lungs. Ignoring the ash, Pikachu snuggled deeply into human's chest. Said human was once again lying on the ground, desperately trying to get some air into his lungs.

The Alolan natives, as well as Ash and his male Pikachu partner were looking at the entire spectacle in quiet confusion. At this point they had no idea as to what was going on anymore. The only exception was Tapu-Koko, who had some idea as to what was going on. He hoped now that the human was somehow once again awake, the entire misunderstanding could be explained away.

Sebastian managed to get up once again, after about half a minute or so, wrapping his arms around the female mouse.

"Hey," he said, looking down at the electric-type, who in return was looking up at him with sparkling eyes. "It's been a while, huh?"

"You're damn right it's been a while!" Pikachu shouted, trying to sound aggressive, but failing miserably, as she was just too happy.

"You and I are going to have a long talk mister! A very long indeed! But before that, I am going to give you a shock therapy that will put Zapdos' power to shame! And don't even think about running away or I throw you straight into the ocean!"

Sebastian knew the threat was very much real. And he could easily guess as to why his old partner was so upset with him. He had know idea how she had ended up with him in this particular space of the multiverse, but he couldn't care less at the moment. He and his friends were reunited and it could only get better from here on out. Now all he needed to do was to avoid getting electrocuted a second time today.

"Can I plead the fifth?" he asked in fake despair. "I already got my brain fried today. Speaking of fried, holy shit I need a shower!" he shouted, now noticing the ash all over his skin and clothes. He then looked up towards the other Pokémon and people, specifically eyeing Ash and Pikachu.

His two friends followed his gaze, their faces hardening.

"Right, we still have to take care of them."

"What?" Seb asked, but his question remained unanswered as Pikachu jumped out of his arms.

"Stay back. We'll take care of them." Although Absol still believed her human friend couldn't understand her, she hoped to have gotten the general message across by the tone of her voice alone.

"Whoa, whoa, time out! Time out!" Sebastian quickly placed himself in front of his friends, surprising both Pokémon. "As entertaining as it would be watching you two massacre those guys," he pointed with a finger at the male Pikachu and Tapu-Koko "do you guys mind explaining to me why you want to beat them up? Did I miss anything, while I was out?"

Before anyone else could speak up, Tapu-Koko quickly flew next to Sebastian. Absol and Pikachu tensed up, but didn't attack in fear of accidentally hurting the human.

"From what I understand, those two believed that we attacked you on purpose earlier and jumped in to defend you from further harm."

"Ah!" Seb nodded understanding. "The Gigavolt Havoc, right? Hey, double A battery!" he shouted towards the male Pikachu, who looked up in surprise. "You owe me the money for the wash saloon."

"Eh… what?" the male Pikachu asked, confused.

"Don't worry, don't worry guys," Sebastian spoke directed towards his old team. "It was just an accident. Granted that thing hurt more than anything Zapdos ever dished out against us…"

"An accident?" The two Pokémon spoke up at the same time.

"Wait, you can understand us?" Absol asked, to which Sebastian nodded.

"Somehow. I am not sure why, but I think it's got something to do with that, if you catch my drift."

"Ah, excuse me?"

Sebastian, Tapu-Koko, Absol and Pikachu turned towards the voice of Professor Kukui, who was carefully approaching the group of four.

"I am glad to see that you are alright and well," he spoke to Sebastian. "But I think I speak for everyone here if I say we're a bit out of the loop." He motioned towards his class and their respective partners, who indeed looked like they had just been listening to an advanced lecture about quantum physics.

"You think you're out of the loop? I am just waiting for Kyogre to show up and throw a tsunami at us."

"Don't jinx us. You know what happened the last time."

"How should I have known that we were practically invading Moltres' home?"

Absol shook her head in amusement at the interaction between Pikachu and Seb.

"Haha, sorry. Little inside joke between me and my pals here," Sebastian explained to Kukui, motioning at himself and the Pokémon besides him.

"I... uh... see. And... yeah, I guess a shower would be pretty adequate right now," Kukui acknowledged. "But, are you sure you're alright? I mean, you did just take in the full force of a Z-Move."

"Ah, don't worry," Seb waved off. "I'll explain it all later. For now, let's just say the thing here," he held up the used Reviver Seed "is way better than any Pokémon Center anywhere in the world. Okay, they don't come with a beautiful nurse, but I got these two beauties as consolation." He put his hands on Pikachu and Absol.

"Excuse me?" Absol and Pikachu spoke at the same time, giving their leader an aghast look each. Said leader began laughing.

"Oh man, oh man, hahaha. You should see your faces!"

Tapu-Koko allowed himself a small chuckled, when he saw the two female Pokémon giving their human friend a look that said they were rather displeased with his joke and were ready to make their displeasure known by more than just looking at him.