The Grand Trial on Poni Island was over.
The Island Challenge had reached its final test: the ultimate Grand Trial, designed to measure a challenger's strength.
It would be held on Mount Lanakila on Ula'ula Island.
Unlike the Pokémon League, though, the ultimate Grand Trial had no fixed schedule. Bad Boy could challenge it whenever he felt ready.
[On Nanu's advice, you went to Haina Desert for special training. Before you left, Nanu gave you a Razor Claw.]
Bad Boy was overjoyed and handed the crucial item to his partner.
Before long...
[Your Sneasel evolved into Weavile.]
His entire team had reached their final forms.
Bad Boy settled into his training in Haina Desert. Along the way, he rescued quite a few travelers who had wandered into the desert and gotten lost.
He often helped people in the nearby villages, too.
Then one day...
Bad Boy reached the far end of the desert.
The Ruins of Abundance stood there. He and Nanu had visited once during his Grand Trial to seek Tapu Bulu's blessing.
[You saw a green light shining above the ruins.]
Curiosity drove Bad Boy up the rocky mountain where the Ruins of Abundance stood. To his surprise, he found the Island Guardian Tapu Bulu there.
Tapu Bulu lay on its side atop a rock, fast asleep.
[You were too stunned to speak.]
The last time Bad Boy had seen Tapu Bulu was when Nanu had condemned Team Skull.
Out of respect for the Island Guardian...
He left quietly without disturbing its sleep. Over the next few days, though, he kept coming back, hoping to catch it awake.
But Tapu Bulu was asleep every time. If he hadn't heard it breathing now and then, Bad Boy would have thought something