Alolan Nights

by Bugaboos

Summary:

Alright let's do this one more time! This is my third Guzma/Reader fairy tale AU. Previously I've done Beauty and the Beast as well as Tangled. This one will be based on Aladdin!

“Riffraff.”

“Street rats.”

They call Team Skull this and more. What was once a fearsome crime syndicate infamous throughout Alola is now more of a joke and nuisance than anything. Guzma’s father passed away suddenly and violently, leaving him in charge of a floundering gang. Anxious to prove himself to those who remain, he plots his next big heist in Malie City. But things don’t go quite to plan.

What’s even more unexpected is the girl he meets during the mishap. She’s not just any girl - turns out she’s the island kahuna’s daughter - and he, well, he’s a scoundrel. Not to mention the pressure her mother puts on her to get with Alola’s recent champion, Garret.

Can Guzma win her favor while still keeping his gang together? Maybe with a little help from his friends. And he’s never had a friend like Liam.

Notes:

Hey! Welcome back my worthy friends. And, of course, welcome to those of you who might be new. Ready to do this one more time?

I've written two other Guzma/Reader fairy tale AUs, and this will be my third and final one. You don't need to have read my previous fics to enjoy this one, but if you have, there will be some extra things you might catch and enjoy.

As always, ~~~ means a perspective change. Same rules as previous two AUs, namely that I'm taking the bare bones plot of Aladdin and fleshing it out with characters, settings, etc from Sun and Moon. Same time frame as those games too, though we aren't worrying about game plot. I just don't want you to think oldtimey because "fairy tale."

You can find me on both Tumblr and Twitter as Bugaboozma.

If you enjoy my work, please let me know! Comments are seriously what keeps me updating.

Alright, I think that's all the clerical stuff out of the way. Let's get this tale started with the prologue!

Chapter 1: Prologue: Once Upon an Alolan Night

There are many secrets hidden away on Ula’ula Island, though they may not be obvious to those who don’t look closely.

It’s easy to take things at face value. Is a Pokeball just a Pokeball? Or is it what’s inside that counts?

For example, is the island kahuna’s daughter simply restless or ungrateful? She’s tired of the relatively safe and easy life she’s led, and fears she's unprepared for what’s expected of her.

Will she be chosen as the next kahuna? All she wants is to be sure she's worthy.

It’s not a role she’s sure she even wants, but her suitor, Alola’s most recent champion, Garret, does. To ensure this, he’s seeks out a Pokeball he’s heard tales of in Haina Desert…

Though Garret’s gotten close, he can’t reach the lamp alone. He’ll need the help of a particular someone - a dawn stone in the rough.

And in the rough this dawn stone is. How could life not be rough when you’re the son of the leader of Alola’s most infamous crime syndicate? Things become even bleaker when Guzma’s father suddenly dies and leaves him in charge of Team Skull.

He’s left with expectations he finds he can’t meet, the memory of a mother he hopes to make proud, and the ghost of a father he’ll forever disappoint.

As a result, the numbers of this once fearsome gang dwindle, as does their reputation. If he wants to keep what little he has left together, Guzma will have to prove himself.

There’s nowhere better to do that on the island then at the grand opening of the massive garden in Malie City. There, he’ll show them all he’s destruction in human form.

But is that all he’s meant to be? All he can be?

So, it’s on an Alolan night in Malie Garden where the kahuna’s daughter and the dawn stone in the rough cross paths, setting into motion the finding of a Pokeball that, like them, is more than it appears.