After the previous night's events all of the elites and their guests have decided to sleep in. All except for Ash of course. He is up and about introducing all of his Pokémon to Blazekin and Glaceon. Those from his Hoenn adventures look at the two newcomers warily and say near the back ready in case something goes wrong. Of all of them Sceptile seems to be the least trusting. He watches with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.

"I get it, bud. I don't much trust them either." Pikachu says as he walks over with his girlfriend holding onto his tail. "I bet you would." Sceptile says with a sigh as he finally relaxes. "I've had a lot of time to come to terms with certain topics." Pikachu states as he slightly twitches his tail getting the Buneary to giggle.

"Isn't her blindness healed already?" Sceptile asks. "Yes, but she enjoys being close to me so we came up with this compromise. She gets to hold onto my tail when we're not busy and I get to have her close to me." Pikachu says. Sceptile just chuckles before walking up to Blazekin.

Blazekin freezes midsentence when he sees his old friend and training partner approaching. A Zorua runs over and jumps into the grass type's arms so it can whisper something to him. Sceptile chuckles once again as he takes the last few steps closer.

"Long time no see, brother." He says with a smirk. "Y-yeah. It's been a while." Blazekin shakily says. "Relax. I'm not mad. If Ash has allowed you to be here then I don't see a problem with it. I'm just looking to catch up." Sceptile says. "Oh. Okay. Sounds good." Blazekin says relaxing.

The two old friends go and sit down to talk with all the Pokémon caught after the betrayal following to listen to the two share stories. The two, seeing their large audience, decide to spice up their stories to entertain them.

Ash watches with a smile on his face as Sylveon lays in his lap seemingly asleep. Beside them is a second Sylveon who looks at it's sleeping companion curiously. The lap Sylveon adjusts herself so now she lays on her back with her head hanging off Ash's lap and directly in front of the other intertwining Pokémon's face. 

Just as the second Sylveon is about to speak the first says, "You know. I don't really mind being stared at but the least you can do is tell me how pretty I look, lover boy." Causing the second Sylveon to blush and take a couple steps back.

"Was I wrong in my assessment? Do you not think I'm pretty?" Serena's ex Sylveon asks hopping down and gracefully landing on her feet. "N-no. Y-you were right. I'm just not good with words. I was trained to be a lie detector and to battle." The second Sylveon says. "I see.

"What's your name?" Sylveon one asks. "M-Mitchell. A-and you?" He stutters. "Stacy. My name is Stacy. 

"Listen, Mitchell. I have a proposal for you. You receive my love and attention and I receive children." Stacy says with a smirk. Mitchell is shocked at the forwardness of the suggestion but quickly nods his head yes. "Good. We can start my end of the proposal later. Come lay down with me." Stacy says laying down. Mitchell lays beside her but keeps a bit of space between them. Stacy opens one eye and uses her ribbons to pull him right up against her before going back to sleep. Mitchell blushes but tries to relax.

Glaceon wanders around the room looking from one group to the next as if searching for someone. "Need some help?" A voice to its left asks. Glaceon turns and sees none other than Ammy looking at her. Glaceon is speechless at the alolan Ninetails beauty. 

Ammy gets closer and asks again. "I-I was just looking around. I wasn't looking for anyone in particular." Glaceon answers. "Ah. I see. Well my name is Ammy. Papa and I met during the ice trial up on the mountain. Where did he meet you?" Ammy asks with a smile as she lays down. "A-all the way back in the Kanto region when I hatched for my previous trainer May." Glaceon hesitantly says. "How fascinating." Is Ammy's only response.

Glaceon only stares at the other ice type wondering why she is being so nice. "You must be wondering why I'm being nice." Ammy suddenly says. "Y-yeah. How could you tell?" Glaceon asks. "A couple ways. First, Stacy over there was the same way at first. Second; Like my trainer I can sense aura. 

"To answer your question I'm being nice because I carry no hostility towards you or anyone really. Papa says I might be incapable of showing or feeling anger. I can't be entirely sure. All I know is that I have never felt angry before." Ammy giggles. Glaceon just sighs until a Dusk form Lycanroc walks up beside her getting her to jump.

"Hey, Ammy. How are you?" The Lycanroc asks in a husky feminine voice. "I'm good, Sardonyx. I was just having a conversation with this child here. I think you scared her." Ammy says. "Oh.

"Forgive me, little one. I did not mean to startle you. My name is Sardonyx." The orange Lycanroc says. "It's okay." Glaceon says with a confused look on her face.

"If you are wondering about the way she talks it's an affectation of her environment. She is incapable of using contractions which everyone says makes her sound like she's from a different world." Ammy explains. "I see.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Sardonyx." Glaceon happily says. "The pleasure is mine. If you need anything do not be afraid to ask. I am always willing to answer any of your questions." Sardonyx says before wandering off.

Before long all the elites meet in the conference room for their daily assessment reports. The meeting proves to be a short one as with the exception of the dwindling number of traitors not much has changed.

"Tomorrow is the final day of the main competition to see which 64 participants will be moving on to the champion cup portion of the league. The traitors have been, to this point, oblivious to our plans and for the moment we will keep be keeping it that way. 

"The only change is that before the matches I will be revealing my true identity. We will be moving on to stage two of operation NIGHTFALL once the top 64 are decided.

"Does everyone know what that means?" Ash says. "I don't." Lyra says to which Sawyer agrees. "Up until now we elites have all been holding back. None of us have used a Z move or mega evolution despite it being common knowledge that we all have access to it. Furthermore we all have legendaries and mythicals that we have refrained from using. We will be pulling out all of the stops when stage two goes into effect." Kiawe explains. The two new members nod at the information before everyone is dismissed.

----------------------------------------With the traitors----------------------------------------------------------

"Has anyone seen May or Tierno?" Misty asks. In addition to the traitors Sawyer and Acerola are present. Before Khoury can try and accuse Acerola of doing away with them like he has in the past Tierno jogs up saying, "Sorry I'm late. May asked me to walk her to the docks. She said she was heading back to Hoenn to relax and think about her next goal since she was eliminated from the league." "She probably went to see Drew as well. He has been staying home a lot lately." Delia says with a smile. 

"I thought she hated Drew." Tierno says. "Oh please. May doesn't hate him. She just doesn't express her feelings towards him." Delia says. "If you say so." Tierno says sounding somewhat disappointed.

"What? Do you like May?" Barry asks using his elbow to nudge the bigger boy. "Well yeah. I felt like our styles meshed pretty well. We're both performers after all." Tierno says with an awkward smile while scratching the back of his neck. As Sawyer looks he sees a small device just below the dancer's hairline. Already knowing what it is he ignores it and pays attention to his girlfriend.

"Shall we be off?" Misty asks though it's more of a statement than a question. The group nods before they all head out to train and challenge the trials and battle facilities.

Ash and his elite four head to a meeting on Mount Lanukila with the other champions and elites. As they arrive they see Cynthia, Diantha, and Lance already waiting. 

"Where are all of your elite fours?" Ash asks. "Will, Koga, Bruno, and Karen are on their way right now. They got caught up in some battles that they promised some of the participants." Lance says with a scowl.

"Aaron, Bertha, Flint, and Lucian are exploring the ice cave up here. I let them go because I figured we had time before everyone else got here." Cynthia says smiling at Brock.

"As for Drasna, Siebold, Malva, and Wikstrom they are down at the beach. Your guess is as good as mine for the reason. I told them to be here before noon." Diantha says rolling her eyes as she sighs. Ash sighs as well and sends his regular flying types to retrieve the missing elite fours and the island guardians to get the other champions and their elites.

Before long everyone is present and takes their seats. The first few minutes is utter silence as each group looks to each other. Seeing that the tension is making everyone uneasy Ash decides to get right down to business.

"Thank you for coming, everyone. I understand that this was a bit last minute but this meeting holds some important information regarding the next round and the Champion's cup tournament of the league.

"What I'm going to do will shock many of you but it is best that you all know now. I ask that for the time being you keep this to yourselves." He says standing to address the rest of the room. Everyone out of the loop just looks at him curiously until he uses his powers to reveal his true identity. There is a chorus of gasps as everyone who didn't know leap to their feet.

"Ash, where have you been? What the hell is going on?" Lance shouts. "I'll get to that in a moment. For now, I need you all to promise that you'll keep this a secret until I reveal who I am." Ash says. He gets everyone's word that they won't say anything before he sits back down and motions to Brock.

"Good afternoon, all. I'm sure most of you know me but for those who don't I am Brock Harrison. Alola's lead physician and the lowest ranking member of this region's elite four. Ash has asked me to start this meeting in order to get all of you in the loop. 

"Currently another meeting, led by Stanley and Marcus, is being held to inform the other frontier brains from outside this region. 

"To start off we should let you know of the events that took place shortly after the Kalos league five years ago." Brock says before going into detail of the event from the betrayal. By the end of it those who didn't know all show fury in their eyes. Of course, Lance is the one who has the worst face as he seems to struggle to reign in his anger.

"Now taking over is Alola's head researcher Gary Oak." Brock concludes. "Thanks. 

"Hey, everyone. So I'll keep this brief. I am a member of the alolan elite four and I rank directly above Brock. The information I have pertains to the region itself. There has been an uproar as of late. At this very moment there is a storm brewing just on the border of this region. This is no natural storm. It's what we now refer to as the aura storm. The destruction this can cause could be devastating to say the least. That is however the worst of the news regarding this. I know the questions on many of your minds right now and I will answer them. 

"First; No, you have no need to worry about your respective regions. They are quite safe. Second; The storm will not be getting any closer until near the end of the league. Third; Yes, I am absolutely sure that this information is correct. Fourth; The way I know is because this aura storm has been studied for the past four years. Fifth; Yes, I know that none of you saw the storm when you first arrived in this region there is a good reason for that. To most eyes it is invisible. You would need to be able to see aura in order to perceive it before it begins to rage. Sixth; Yes we know the cause and we know what needs to be done. Lastly; the source of this storm is none other than our resident champion Ash." Gary says taking Brock's place. The regional elites are caught off guard and all turn to face Ash.

"Please hold all further questions until all of the information has been presented. Max, it's yours and Bonnie's turn." Ash says. "Right.

"Afternoon, everyone. I'm Max Maple." Max starts. "And I'm Bonnie Ferrand, soon to be Bonnie Maple." Bonnie adds. "The information we bring is in regards to the state of the tournament and some missing competitors. With the exception of the traitors missing members, I.E. Serena Yvonne, Trip Shooty, and May Maple, all other disappearances have been due to people trying to go after Tapu Lele and Tapu Bulu. Those two are among the most aggressive Pokémon in this region. These idiots think that by having the most dangerous Pokémon ensures that they win the league." Max continues. "This however has three issues.

"Issue one is that the Tapus will only appear for one of two reasons. First being that the person they appear to is worthy to battle them. The other is that the person has destroyed something sacred on the island. The closer to their shrines the more dangerous it becomes.

"Issue number two is that these missing trainers believe that they are superior to the island guardians and go to the shrines to demand a battle or worse to be captured. The island guardians are meant to be free spirits. They each portray what live in Alola is all about.

"The final issue being that all four have already been captured and therefore cannot be caught by anyone else.

"There are three who are more dangerous than the Tapus. First is the Sunne Pokémon Solgaleo who is kept in line by Ash. Second is the Moone Pokémon Lunala who is controlled by Lillie. Finally is the Prism Pokémon Necrozma. This one is locked away in a place known as Ultra megalopolis where only us elites can get to. We won't bore you with the details but know that as of this moment everything is under control." Bonnie concludes and sits down with Max.

Lillie stands next and addresses the group with, "Hello. I am Lillie Aether Hitoshi. I am Ash's future wife as deemed by Arceus herself. The information I present is that the current state of the league is thus. We are currently in the process of what referred to as operation NIGHTFALL. This is a plan to eliminate the traitors as they are kicked out of the tournament. As you might have already guessed certain members of that group are still around despite being eliminated from the competition. The reason for this is to misdirect these individuals so they don't discover the plan. Currently the traitors known as Clemont Ferrand and Tierno Sugumori are still currently alive. This is the reason. Clemont is currently still alive to work as a strategist for the traitors. Most of the information he has is either incomplete or entirely false. This allows us to effectively defeat the traitors as we come across them. 

"As you all know all communication devices are prohibited on the battlefield. This is to prevent cheating from the competitors. However this rule is not entirely true. As you will see each of us along with Alola's frontier brains wear these watches. They are known as nanodexes. An invention created by Samuel Oak. Grandfather to Gary Oak as many of you are aware. We have received permission to give them out to anyone we see fit. 

"The functions that these devices come with are video and audio calls, unlimited capacity to carry all of one's Pokémon, all the functions of a pokedex, and most importantly the plans regarding operation NIGHTFALL. Before you raise complaints regarding our rules we ourselves do not use the first function while we are battling. All of our planning is done in advance based on information we already have and obtain as time goes on. We hold meetings everyday before we leave Master's tower. 

"The final purpose of this meeting before it is handed off to my husband who will answer all of your questions is to tell you that once the main competition starts we of Alola will no longer be holding back. We will be coming at all of our opponents full force." 

As she sits all eyes fall on Ash who stands and moves over to a digital whiteboard. He motions for all questions to be written on the digital pads that rise out of the table in front of everyone. For several minutes all that is heard in the room is the sound of typing. Once everyone is complete Ash pulls up a statistic of which questions were asked the most so he can address those first.

Once all questions have been answered Wallace raises his hand. "Yes, Wallace?" Ash asks. "I do have one more question. Apologies for not writing it down before. It's just that I need a bit of clarification." Wallace says. "Go ahead and ask." Ash says with a smile.

"What is your plan after the traitors are all eliminated?" Wallace asks. "Simple. After the operation is complete the master's league will go as it normally does until it is complete. Following that I will be holding my wedding to Lillie and you all will be invited." Ash answers getting everyone to smile.

With no other questions Ash invites them all to dinner to which most accept. The exceptions are Karen, Malva, and Koga who all state that they have plans already. Ash nods before leading everyone else to a banquet hall where all the non-traitor gym leaders and the foreign frontier brains are already waiting and enjoying meals. They all only offer nods and waves as the newcomers pass by.

-------------------------------------The following morning-----------------------------------------------------

"Welcome, one and all to the final day of the main competition. After today the champion's cup competition shall begin. Only those that win today's matches shall advance to the next round of course. 

"Before we begin the host of this Master's league Kazuki Hitoshi has an announcement for you all." President Goodshow says before stepping aside to let the Alolan champion onto the podium.

"Thank you, president Goodshow. Good morning, everyone. I do hope that you all are enjoying this tournament so far. I only have a few things to go over before today's battles begin so I'll try to make this quick.

"First I'd like the following people to join me down here. Will Giovanni D'Ignazio, Sato D'Ignazio Ketchum, and Yellow Viridian please come down here." Ash says. Without hesitation the three join him and stand silently behind him.

"Everyone, both Alolan and otherwise. I'd like to introduce you to my family." This gets all the traitors to go wide-eyed and completely lose it when the next sentence to come out is, " Kazuki Hitoshi is only a title, a pseudonym if you will. My real name is Ash Ketchum of Pallet town. The runner up from the Kalos league five years ago that went missing. Do with this information as you will.

"Last but not least the other announcement is that the champion's competition title this year is Starfall. Information for this will be delivered to your rooms tonight after you advance. There will be another banquet prior to the start of the Starfall competition so please prepare accordingly." 

The traitors try to raise protests but their voices are drowned out by the crowd's cheers.

That's all folks. Next chapter has a very big surprise in store. Please be sure to continue reading to find out what it is. Until then Stay classy, Nightfuries.