Action: Okay these next few chapters are not focused on Tyler. He needs a break.
Flora: So now we take center stage.
Snap: Yeah, we rarely appeared back at school.
Volcan: I love Tyler, but I agree with Snap.
Flora: Ooooh, what did you say?
Volcan: You know I mean platonically.
Flora: You're no fun.
Snap: Where's James?
James: right here where I should be, come on.
Action: Alright let's start the chapter. James if you would do the disclaimer.
James: Fine, Action doesn't own pokemon or music referenced in the chapter.
~Volcan's~
(Johto Journeys- Pokemon)
Got to say being back in Johto and out of the school is very relaxing. We all got to stay with my dad and for me is not the best experience. I'm not saying that we have a bad relationship, but I'm a flirt and my dad takes it to another level. Though him being a single father I understand. I was left with him when he was sixteen and he did his best to take care of me and he succeeded if you ask me. The one thing he always does since I was sixteen is flirt with my friends and it doesn't bother me, but it bothers me. We've had our fair share of arguments and he stole a few pokemon I did like. I guess it's important to say I'm pansexual, my father is bisexual. I think that's enough of a history lesson. Let's move on to the present. While we were here Flora was able to get her final contest ribbon from Goldenrod city. Later we went to Blackthorn city to train with gym leader Clair, she's a Dragonair. Which brings us to now and of course we trained on our own at times.
"Who do you think is going to win?" Flora asked scooting closer to me.
"I mean he fought her ten times and lossed the probability of him winning is very low" I looked behind me and Snap was recording the fight between James and Clair on his Orb.
"Guys, give him some credit he has gotten better since we left the school" Clair has brought James to his breaking point many times which forced him to use Mega form XY and I have to say he has better control of it.
"James you never take my advice. Not only should you have attacking moves you need status affecting moves as well" Clair started scolding him mid fight.
"I don't care! I know what I'm doing" he shot a dragon pulse and she easily dodge with her lithe body.
"Being reckless in your worst enemy" She slithered up and constricted on his body.
"Well seems like loss number eleven" Snap said reporting his data. If you don't know he has a data file on anyone he has seen in battle or had the pleasure of battling.
"It's too bad he has too much pride to give in, Clair has fainted him every fight" Flora spoke with a bit of sadness.
"Oh, well let's prepare to go it's Christmas eve and I promised dad we would be home in the afternoon" Not even moments later James was on the ground. "Thanks Clair for the training we'll be back before our break is up" we thank her as she puts James on the stretcher we prepared.
"No problem and heads up, if he doesn't change by the end of the semester. I won't be surprised if he gets cut" We all nodded agreeing with her. We made our way out of the gym and met with sunlight. It was only noon but it would take a while to get home, I live in Violet city.
"Well guys we have the rest of the day to get home so let's enjoy ourselves" Flora spoke with a pep in her step.
"Yeah, while we're caring James, he's not light you know" Snap spoke a bit frustrated, while Flora and I laughed.
"If you want I can carry the both of you, but Snap you will owe me something in return" I winked and he blushed. Flora couldn't help but laugh.
"You suck you know that" Snap had an outburst.
"I'll do more than just suck if you let me have you this Christmas night" alright I need to calm down. This isn't me flirting it's me joking.
"Great one Volcan" we all laughed. Thinking back to when we first arrived we didn't have control of our power all too well: Flora now knows the limits of her Alola form. I evolved my mega form further and learned I can use an Alola form. Snap was able to get his mega stone, but when he mega evolves it's as if he becomes a different person, he becomes aggressive and his fighting style from the get go was refined but he could really hurt someone so he doesn't use it often. I think it's his inner self that comes out when he uses the stone, but he thinks it's something else. James has had a lot of success, not only has his Mega form perfectly fused he can alternate the fusion and make his body shape the Y form and his ability Y form, but have the power of X. The reason for that is it takes a lot of energy for the perfect mega fusion, Clair was the one who suggested the idea.
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It didn't take long for us to get to Mahogany town and that's when James woke up. He stayed on the stretcher.
"Shit! I lost again" he let out a defeated sigh.
"I mean come on man she is ranked as the top ten strongest gym leaders out of all regions" Snap said looking at his Orb screen.
"You're one to talk, Volcan took her down" James let out a growl.
"You know she graduated from Ferrum about two years ago and she used to look after me so I know some of her tricks" I think that set James off. He flew off the stretcher and right in my face.
"If that's the case you shouldn't lose this year's Chroma League" I'm one who's full of confidence, but last year we made it to the top four and this guy doesn't even know about team Iron. They've been in the hot seat since their freshman year and they have been undefeated for three years running. This year they are seniors, so if they lose now they could possibly be expelled. They are students from the Galor region and they take things to a whole new level. The leader of their team is a Charizard named Leon, his right hand man is a Duraludon called Raihan, and their supporter is a Boltund named Sonia.
"Fine, but if your team loses to me don't go crying" he then held out his hand and I took it.
"Deal" he doesn't know what he's in for.
"Hey you guys there's a Christmas shop here let's check it out" Flora was outside, with Snap packing the stretcher away next to her.
"Just saying don't say I warned you when it comes to this year's Chroma League" we then followed the two into the building. It had toys, ornaments, food, and drink.
"Flora did you just take us into Santa's workshop?'' Snap spoke flaccidly.
"Thank you Flora!" Fun fact I love the holidays. I act like a child. I love Halloween, Valentine's day, New year, Memorial day, Thanksgiving, all holidays. I went to town on decorating my dad's house.
"James let's just grab some eggnog, while those two have fun" Snap and James disappeared while Flora and I raced through the store. I grabbed a scarf with our groups' prevolve forms. I love baby pokemon though I may not show it. It was a red scarf and had a chikorita marching, while totodile was tackled to the ground by the cyndaquil. I also got a poster and it was a map of the region which included Kanto. I know it's not Christmas like but I like it.
"You ready to go" Flora came back with a few ugly sweaters.
"Yeah" we both went to the register. We quickly regrouped and made our way to route 42.
"Who's ready to ice skate" I sent a glare to Snap.
"You're one to talk, at least your fur doesn't create an explosion or your body being hot enough it causes the ice to melt" I lost my cool for a second.
"I don't see the problem" James just gave us a stupid grin while flapping his wings.
"Maybe you should control your explosions so it can propel yourself in the air" Flora spoke. I then thought of a character with blonde hair from a hero show.
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"Since I don't want to test that and end up in freezing water right now let's do this" if you're asking why haven't we dealt with this before because we arrived at Blackthorn city from New Bark Town. I pulled out a synergy crystal marked umbreon, I was given one by Blaze. I pressed down into the crystal and punctured my skin and the blood seeped in. A black aura surrounded me and felt my flames divert into rings as well as I grew a tail.
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"Oh so Blaze gave you a fusion crystal" Flora looked at me amazed.
"Yeah" while fused lowers my temperature and the flames I give off from my newly formed rings are just a scenery effect. Basically I become a cold fire, It's still deadly.
"Alright guys let's go!" Snap got on the ice first followed by Flora and I. James took to the sky still flying low. While skating just testing if anything happened to my moves and something did I think Dark pulse fused with Eruption.
"Hey guys check this out, Midnight burst!" I shot a blue and black flame into the sky and it had enough force to push me into the Ice and cause it to crack.
"That's not good" the ice around us started to crack and Snap started to panic. "Run!" We started skating fast and made it across. I stopped the fusion and was exhausted.
"Why am I so tired?" I say returning to my normal self.
"As I had to go through Blaze's research during the . . . incident. If you fuse without another pokemon present it drains your energy quicker than it would if the two of you were working together" Snap explained regaining his composure.
"Guys, we have no time to doddle, let's get going" James spoke while landing. We started making our way through Ecruteak city and started talking about what we would do if and when we graduate.
"Believe it or not I plan to transfer into the fighter course and become the next water type gym leader in Kanto" Snap puffed his chest with pride.
"I dream of being Kalos queen" Flora spoke in a daze.
"Then why are you in contests? Why not go to Kalos?" James spoke a bit confused.
"Because a poke performance is like the appeal round of a contest. Contests if you look at it is a more evolved form of a poke performance. Plus I prefer to battle, so why not get it out of my system when I'm young" Snap and I nodded agreeing with her.
"Well I plan to Join the Elite four of Sinnoh, I plan to take the title of fire elite four member from my uncle" James spoke with a blazing passion. "What about you Volcan?" you could hear a groan from Flora and Snap.
"I plan to become the number one pokemon in Galor, but not only that but in all regions" I spoke with blazing confidence a few small explosions came from my body.
"You and every top fighter at the school" Flora scoffed
"Hey, I'll have you know I placed eighteenth at the end of the semester" as much as I sound like a child, I'm still a good fighter. They continued teasing me on our way home. "Dad! We're back!" We made our way into a midsize house. When you walk in there is a staircase on your right, the dining room to your left and then a walkway to the kitchen.
"Great! I'm in the kitchen!" one thing I love is yelling. It's something dad and I have been doing since I was able to talk. We walk down the hallway and you see the dining room is connected to the family room. It has a little fireplace. I remember enjoying a lot of winters with Flora and Snap there. When we turn right you can see my father only wearing some Santa sweatpants and nothing else.
"Uh, Sun sir, where's your shirt?" James asked, a bit uncomfortable. Also my fathers name is Solaris but he asks others to call him Sun.
"It was a bit hot earlier and I needed to cool down. Now that your back let's enjoy Christmas eve" dad grabbed some drinks from his liquor cabinet and started mixing, he used to be a bartender actually.
A/N: I don't know if all of you even celebrate Christmas so sorry if I assumed you do. For me though we celebrate Christmas eve sort of like a feast instead of Christmas day. I don't know if others celebrate Christmas day as a party, but I'm writing this based on experience.
"I have an idea, how about you kids teach me what you've been learning at that school of yours" my father spoke.
"Dad you sure?" I asked.
"Don't worry about me I can handle it" he stopped making drinks. "So who's first?"we moved to the backyard where we have a battle field and some light to light the field up because it was getting dark.
"I'll go first," Snap spoke up.
"For the record we were doing a normal fight, not one of those flashy Ferrum fights" the area became heated as my dad spoke and some snow in the area started to melt.
"Alright, battle begin!" Snap got down on all fours in a defensive position. If you don't know Feraligatr's find it harder to move on land than water due to their weight so by getting on all fours they have greater speed and mobility.
"Let's see what you've learned Snap!" My dad focuses a lot of energy in his palms and shoots it almost like Aura but stronger. Snap disappears and the blast shot where he was and then he reappears. "You've definitely got faster! That's what I like to see!" he let out a boisterous laugh.
"I'll show you something else too" he did a back flip and spun around. "Dragon Dance".
"So you stopped playing the defensive, I wonder what you happened these last two years" I rubbed the back of my head not wanting to tell him about the virus or the change we had our freshman year.
"Now I'm coming at ya" he whipped his body around as water wrapped around his tail. "Take my Aqua Tail" snapped his tail on my dad's head but he caught it with his hands.
"You definitely got stronger, but not enough" you could hear the explosion he was letting go from his hands singeing Snap's Aqua Tail to the point all the water evaporated. "Let's see if you can handle this" setting off another explosion my dad sent Snap back.
"I need to be faster" Snap used Dragon Dance two more times.
"You may want to move around because you don't have much time" my father sounded smug. I then looked at Snap's leg, it was purple, infected with poison that will spread.
"Dad, you know it's dangerous to use Toxic!" I scolded him.
"Don't worry, you're all basically pro fighters. He can handle it" Snap then went charging in, he was so fast.
"Superpower!"
"I'll counter with Submission!" They caught each other's hands and it became a struggle match.
"I'm not the same weakling you saw before!" Snaps muscles bulged and sent Sun over his shoulder, though he slid back landing on his feet.
"I can definitely say that" as my dad spoke Snap went into a white shell. The shell broke and he mega evolved. The red tin on his head became two and his forearms were covered in red and had two fins as well. He had the fins on his knees as well as along his thigh not only that but his body became slimmer.
A/N: I tried my best to describe the photo, I do not own the photo Look up Feral Feraligatr.
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"This is new" my dad sounded excited.
"You shouldn't be excited. You should fear me" one thing that is also noticeable is Snap's major voice change. It becomes a bit deeper and sinister. "Let's give you an example" his eyes became red and his claws sharp, while charging in at Sun. He started slashing, biting, kicking.
"Talk about a refined Outrage" most attacks he dodged while others he blocked, didn't mean they didn't do damage. Snap they stopped instantly. "The poison finally getting to you?" Sun set off another explosion this time it was bigger and sent Snap tumbling back. "I have to say you put me in a bind, I've only used this against Volcan but I guess I'll use it against you" he tapped stone with a delta symbol he keeps around his neck. Everything flashed in a yellow light.
"Woah, Volcan you've trained against this" Flora spoke excitedly. My father looked way more robotic and instead of fire coming from his pours it was electricity.
"I won't go down without a fight!" Snap growled. He went charging in with his muscles flexed. "Superpower!" My father stopped him dead in his tracks with counter.
"You know if you use that move too much it'll strain your body" they were at a stand still.
"I don't care as long as I win!" Snap roared.
"Seems like I was right" Sun sounded dejected as he released a direct Thunder from his body. Snap was only shocked for a moment but that was enough to make him go faint.
"Snap I can heal you" Flora ran over changing into her Alola form. "Aromatherapy" Normally this move only heals status but with the added power of her form it heals their wounds too.
"Dad that was dangerous," I scolded him.
"I had to do it, he wasn't himself" he changed back. Dad even noticed and he only fought in that form for a minute.
"He's still trying to control it," I said, defending Snap.
"I understand that, but it seems like a whole other person surfaced when he mega evolved. Like he was struggling to control them" we all made our way inside. Snap was able to wake up with no pain thanks to Flora.
"Thank you so much sir, but I still have much to learn" Snap spoke with modesty and his head aimed at the floor.
"Don't worry about it, I mean, I'm a frontier brain. Did you think I would lose" my dad and the rest of us laughed except for James.
"Wait, he's a frontier brain!" James looked at him in awe.
"Yeah, he replaced Caitlin two years ago when she became one of Unova's elite four" I spoke with a sparkle.
"Then I want a fight" James was excited.
"You should rest, remember you still haven't recovered from training with Clair" FLora scolded him.
"Fine" he said and walked back to the couch.
"I still got one fight left in me, Volcan? What say you" I raced out to the backyard.
"I'm ready when you are" he followed me and we didn't waste a minute.
~James's~
(Emotion - Pokemon Black/White)
I had to get out of the house for a breather. I noticed that Volcan and Sun were out back mid fight, so Snap was nowhere to be found and Flora was busy making food. I went out the front door and sat on the steps invited by the cold air. I could see my breath even if it was night. I saw some clumped up snow lying around and the stars filling the night sky. I then felt it, warm water sliding down my cheeks. I couldn't hold it back anymore. I've been struggling our whole winter vacation and after seeing Volcan's dad again and losing to Clair brutally, I can't keep it in. More tears started streaming down my face as I let out a whine. Most would never see me like this and if they did they'd be choked out.
"Why?! I don't want to be this way" I then thought about how I broke up with Tyler, it just made me feel worse. "Why?!" I'm struggling. I'm slipping. I'm weak.
"James?" I froze and turned around. Snap was in the door frame with his scarf on and hot chocolate.
"What are you doing here?" I didn't try to hide what I was doing, I just turned and faced the front yard.
"I was looking for you" Snap closed the door behind him and sat next to me.
"You don't have to join me" I let out in a gruff.
"I didn't want to, I just wanted fresh air. Though it seems you're having trouble" he looked at me with a genuine smile.
"Struggling with what, I never struggle" I spoke defensively.
"If you don't want to tell me you don't have to. I'll just talk" I froze and felt more tears fall. " Being here has left us all time to think, to think about training, our lives, our futures. Walking down your dreamed path isn't easy, there are going to be bumps in the road, but hitting a wall is harder" I felt as if Snap's words were resonating with me. "Completely ignoring the wall and acting like it's okay for you to stand still isn't how you reach your dreams. Ignoring what you love is also how you break yourself down" Snap then looked me dead in my eyes, and I looked back at his orange ones. "The others may not be as sharp as me, but you've been struggling with an internal conflict. With your sexuality as well as an external conflict with you not progressing in strength or power" I looked at him shocked.
"How did you know?" for once my voice was soft on the verge of cracking.
"James, why beat yourself up to be something you're not!" he yelled at me.
"I'm no-" I was cut off.
"Yes you are, admit it you like guys!" I was shocked at how demanding Snap was.
"I like guys" Snap then smiled at me.
"There, now that's covered, strength comes with time you can't rush it and you can't reject what you like if you do you're just destroying yourself" he trapped me in an embrace. "And I don't want to see that" he whispered but I still heard it. I returned his embrace. After some time we both let go.
"Snap, thank you" I wiped away my tears.
"No, problem I just can't see you beat yourself up. I noticed it about two months ago and hated the sight" I was shocked that he picked up on it and no one else did. "I think I'll leave you alone now-" I caught him in a kiss and caressed his cheek. He didn't reject it, he accepted it and returned it. When we broke the kiss we were out of breath.
"Maybe we should go back inside" I spoke as we got up to join the others and help Flora prepare dinner.
Action: So I never thought I would pair a Charizard and Feraligatr, but now I just did.
Flora: I saw it coming.
Volcan: Don't even lie about it, no you didn't.
Snap: Flora you're a ditz you ain't know shit.
James: Can everyone just Shut up.
Sun: I agree with James, let's all enjoy Christmas. Plus Action has one more Christmas special chapter to create.
Action: Don't remind me.
Sun: Any way don't forget to Fav, Follow, and Review. Action loves to hear from readers.
Volcan & Flora: Look out for the next chapter too.
Snap & James: Bye!