It had only been a week since his return to Alola. Ioane had spent the past eight years in the Orange Islands studying regional variations of Pokemon under Professor Philena Ivy to further his research and that of his original mentor Samson Oak, a well respected and well-known Pokemon Researcher. Right as he returned Ioane rushed himself to his mentor's lab and began comparing all of his notes from the past eight years. The young adult had gone home one day to say hi to his family for about an hour before he returned to the laboratory and that was where he has been since.

"... the wings of the Butterfree's in the Orange Islands are differ due to-"

"Eeeeee-yo!" A voice chimed in. "You're late!"

The young researcher turned to see a bright face staring at him from the doorway of his little research room of Professor Oak's laboratory. It was one of his little sisters, Kai. She glared at him with her big, caramel colored eyes, nodding her head with a shot of annoyance and disappointment.

"Late for what?" Io responded, returning to his notes. He continued jotting down notes as he felt his sisters eyes piercing in his direction, which sent an icy chill down his back. "I'm pretty sure I have nothing planned. I mean, I would know if I did or not."

"You don't remember that you volunteered yourself to Professor Kukui?" Kai sighed. "You volunteered to help with a new trainer."

"I... did?" Io muttered. He dropped his pencil and thought hard, trying to remember when he had done that. He remembered coming to the lab right away, being greeted by Professor Oak, dropping off his notes, going home to visit his family, talking with Professor Kukui once he returned to the lab, then with Professor Oak for a second time, and finally staying in his room with the notes he had dropped off. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully, biting his lips to induce some more stimulant to get his mind going even more. "Oh... I did."

The scene quietly replayed in his mind as he remembered his conversation with Professor Kukui.

"I've got a new cuzin coming to Alola. His parents asked me to find him a friend to help him out a bit." The professor said. "The first person who came ta mind was you. I know you just came back and all, but how's 'bout it?"

It all came flying back to Ioane that he said yes. The young researcher hadn't really been paying attention to the professor when they had their conversation as he was just excited to be back so he just said yes out of excitement.

"Here," Kai said, handing her brother a bag. It was a backpack full of clothes and other supplies that he would need along the way. "I knew you would forget so I packed your stuff for you. I saw the guy you're going to be traveling with when I was coming here." His sister's glare turned into a big, bright smile. "Have fun."

Io questioned his sister's smirk, but knew he didn't have too much time to think about it as he was already late. He thanked Kai with a quick hug and was out the door, on his way to Professor Kukui's to meet his new [i]friend[/i].[hr]Ioane neared the lab and noticed someone standing outside. They were with their Pokemon petting what Io believed to be a Swablu, a Pokemon native to the Hoenn region. Kai had made the comment that she had seen his new companion so he came up with the assumption that this person was just that, his new traveling companion.

"Excuse me..?" Io said nearing the trainer. He threw up his hands and waved with an awkward and forced [url=http://i.imgur.com/c6l095n.jpg]smile[/url]. "Are you..?" That's also when Ioane realized that not paying full attention to Kukui meant he didn't know what the name of the person who he was going to help was.