It had been a few weeks since the Kitakami school trip between Naranja Academy and Blueberry Academy had taken place, and school was out for the summer! You’d decided to return to Kitakami for a few days to catch up with your old friends, but it was not as you’d think it was.

“Hey, uh, I need to show you something, it’s about… you know.” Carmine said, a bit nervously. It was totally out of character for her to even feel anxious, yet here she was. “It’s about Kiki.”

Kieran? You couldn’t help but wonder what was wrong.

“He’s been acting so different, and I’m starting to think he’s not himself, literally. Have you heard of the Pokémon called Dokutaro?”

“Yes.” You replied.

“The legends say Dokutaro could ‘gift’ power to those for a price, right? It did so with the Lousy Three, so… what if it did the same to Kiki in exchange for control?”