This is a Chance

"This is a Chance" (stylized as This is Δ ChΔnce) is the 35th episode of Tears of the Fallen.

Synopsis
Still Tuesday, August 28th. After finding Hi no Tama, and after the rain dies down a little, the Mokusetsu goes back to Kiawe's house. They let Sima and Rango know about the results of the battle and share the good news about how finding the Fire Plate allowed for rain to fall, ending the recent drought. This is good for the family farm to continue growing in the Autumn. Mimo joins them soon after. Sima seems to be about to say something: specifically, "Citizens never knew that so many people would step up to fight the Tekiyoku. Especially that oth--" but Kiawe stops her there. She then asks the Alolan people if they'll go back to Professor Kukui's academy now, but Kiawe informs his parents they'll continue traveling with the Mokusetsu as they get the last Plate in Alola.

They depart the house after a little while as the rain has stopped. They start heading to the docks to board a ferry that'll take them to Melemele Island, with Alain resisting Kiawe's offer to have them stay at his house overnight, since there are so many people traveling with the Mokusetsu for that house. Lillie offers them to stay at her house since it's large enough. Alain informs them that the last Plate in Alola is Ganseki, the Rock Plate.

The group leaves Paniola Town and arrives in Hau'oli City on Melemele Island that evening. Lillie returns from video-calling Lusamine, her mother, and tells everyone that her mom said she won't be home tonight, but that she insists on them still staying over that night. Lillie's somewhat upset at this, since she doesn't know how to host a night where guests spend the night. Everyone ends up walking through town on their own in smaller groups. Dawn and Lana speak about Lana's possible Manipulations she could end up possessing in the future. They come across Lillie, Mallow, and Ash. Ash says he's about to do some sightseeing with Pikachu, but Dawn wants to come along. This seems to cause Lillie to react to Dawn walking alone with Ash, but Mallow interrupts and leaves with her and Lana.

Meanwhile, Kiawe and Alain walk on their own. They continue an earlier conversation about Kiawe joining "them". It's revealed through their talk that there's another organization besides the Mokusetsu and Tekiyoku. Kiawe says he's spoken with the leader before, prompting Alain to guess that Kiawe was in Unova at some point, which Kiawe confirmed. Kiawe insists on joining them, saying he wants to punish the Tekiyoku in more ways than just finding Plates for Arceus. Kiawe has only told his parents this, and not Mimo nor his Alolan friends. Back with Ash and Dawn, Dawn's nervous to speak with Ash, but Ash starts the conversation anyway. Suddenly, Ash glares at Dawn and is very angry. After thinking about innocent Pokémon in the world, he yells at her to find a faster way for them to win against the Tekiyoku. This scares Dawn as she backs away. Ash snaps out of this and admits it just felt like something was controlling his speech. He tries to calm Dawn down, but she keeps her distance. As they continue walking, Dawn suggests that was the demon of the Dark Plate within him, which Ash agrees to. They talk about if they should tell Alain about what Arceus told Ash or not, worrying about how angry Alain will be at them for keeping this a secret. Ash says he'll try to contact the Arceus within him later for advice.

At nighttime, Ash and Dawn make their way to Lillie's house. She's there with Mallow and Lana. Some comedic events follow, mainly consisting of the girls (minus Dawn) forcing Ash to wear some of their makeup. Alain and Kiawe make their way there a bit later. They all decide that instead of going for the Rock Plate the next day, they'd just take the next few days to relax, recover, and bond more with each other. After general discussion about sleeping arrangements, they enjoy the rest of their night and eventually go to sleep. At night, someone quietly approaches Ash's bed while he's asleep. It's Lillie, who wants to speak with Ash outside. Shortly after getting outside, Ash hears a voice from within, which he quickly determines to be the form of Arceus that's inside of him with the Dark Plate. It tells Ash it knows he wants to speak to it, so it instructs him to get alone in 20 minutes so that it can contact Ash. Lillie asks Ash what's wrong, but Ash says it's nothing as they continue walking to find a place to talk. Meanwhile, Dawn is looking out of her window at Ash and Lillie with a worried expression.

Debuts

 * None

Trivia

 * None

Music

 * Tears of the Fallen Theme Song -- composed by Nocturnal Jay

Other Music By:

 * Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
 * Bensound
 * Purple Planet