Action: So I decided after some time to give each character a theme and when they appear their theme will play. Also they have two versions.
Axel: Yippe, I'm so excited.
Tyler: You don't need to be an ass all the time.
Axel: Only for you I'm not an ass. That's good enough.
Xavier: I love this family.
Action: Anyway, Ashley disclaimer.
Ashley: Action doesn't own Pokemon, art, or music used in the story.
~Liz's~
(Joy - Persona 3)
A/N: Liz's new theme.
Looking around all I could see was musical equipment. My brother is getting his bass amped up. Looking in the mirror backstage I had my makeup done to match my dress and as much as I want to say I hate it I can’t. It was made specifically for me.
“Liz, it's almost time for the performance. Remember Dean Dark will be on stage first and next the band will appear,” Mona appeared behind me.
“Yeah, yeah, I know” with poison in my voice.
“Just save the attitude for when you’re on stage, maybe one day you’ll be more toxic than Roxie,” Mona gave me a wink before she walked off. If you don’t know, Roxie is a popular Scolipede who makes music and is the most toxic rocker alive. I can’t believe she remembered that from when we were kids. Mona used to live in Circhester and we were friends for six years and then when we were in the middle of middle school she moved to Hearthome city. We reconvene from time to time but when we reached high school we stopped and didn’t talk. We then met each other again on move in day but it was obvious we have changed in the four years we were apart.
“Ugh, why am I thinking of such childish memories at a time like this,” I spat as if black licorice was on my tongue.
“Did you say something?” Michael piped up.
“No, you dumb ass. Now get to position before I throw you there!” I lined up behind the curtain while Dean dark was in front of it doing his announcement.
“Welcome all, I am happy to see every one of you. I’m here to announce that today marks the first day of the first stage. After today’s performance you can start the match making. Also you are no longer required to go to professor Tailsides classes, but I would still recommend it. Also fusion crystals are not allowed. They are not publicly released and fully tested to be used for a competition such as this. I have no further announcements so without further ado let me present to you Diamond Dust!” The curtains parted ways revealing Mikey, Ghana, Rumi and I.
(Jamie all over Cover - Cassidy Mackenzie)
~Tyler's~
Talk about a surprise. I didn't know Michael knew how to play an instrument.
"Daddy, higher, I want to see Michael," Lucifer whined to me and I obliged. I raised him up on my shoulders so he could see better. We were two rows away from the front so I could see and even make eye contact with Michael. He had his fang out as always. I guess I know why those two would always go off together otherwise Liz likes to be alone. I'm surprised to see Rumi and Ghana with them as well. I wonder what happened to her old teammates, but I could take a guess.
"Tyler over here" I feel someone tap my shoulder to then realize it was Flora. She was gesturing for me to follow and I did. She led me to an open area to which Volcan, James, Snap, Jason, Axel, Arthur, and Blaze were. I could see Blaze had a smirk, but it wasn't sent my way. The others were talking, but I couldn't hear them all that well. Then Arthur and Blaze approached me.
"Why don't I take the little one off your hands?" Lucifer was so excited he jumped off my shoulders.
"Be careful with him."
"I will don't worry" Arthur gave me a genuine smile.
"Tyler, why don't we dance?" Blaze offered. Why reject his offer? I'm here to have fun.
"Sure" we break off from the group and we end up dancing together.
'I hope you know I asked you to dance so we could talk' I hear Blaze's voice ring in my head. I forget his ability is telepathy.
'I would think you would have ulterior motives' I rolled my eyes but we never stopped dancing.
'I wanted to apologize for what happened at the grand festival. I took advantage of you twice and I know I promised before I wouldn't, but-' he paused. ' I want what we had back, us being nerds and rivals, not this awkwardness and hesitation' he had pleading eyes as he moved in sync with me.
'You're lucky the thing that makes me angry at you has been separated from me otherwise I'd still be mad. I forgive you but a third time and we're done' I made it clear to him. He looked confused and I could only giggle at his expression. 'You going to kiss me or what?' you could instantly see a shade of crimson appear on his face.
'I'll save it for another time, I want to be your friend again before I can have a chance at being your lover' he gave me a full toothy smile.
'How about we show off a bit' I suggested. He already knew where I was going and took my hand as we were encased in light. When the light was gone we were one perfect noivern. It's been a while since we fused like this. It didn't feel like we were dancing alone, like this we were dancing together in sync.
"And please don't, tell me, that I'm, Dreaming!" Liz was going off and you could see confetti cannons go off as well as some smoke bombs. We then separated, but we didn't let go of each other. Following the lyrics of the song I fell into Blaze's arms and nuzzled my way to the crook in his neck. It felt great to do this again. I then instantly pulled away remembering what Blaze said. We both at that point were blushing.
'Thanks for that' I said.
"Down and tooo, the left!" The song was over and Diamond Dust quickly made their way off stage.
I made it back to my dorm room and made sure Lucy was asleep on his bed. Instantly I had a message pop up from my ORB. It was marked as important and sent to all the students.
(Xion's Theme - KH 358/2 Days)
A/N: Axel's new theme.
"Hey everyone, my name is Axel Dark and I'm a transfer student. I'm sending out this message for those who want to challenge me. If you challenge me you are abiding to the agreement of if I win I take half your points, but if I lose you take all of my points. Don't be shy now, there's no shame in losing to me since you'll still be in the competition. Also for your info, I'm a part of the second year class. Sorry third and fourth years, I'll see you during the second stage. I'll be waiting" The clip ended and I closed my ORB. I can't believe how cocky he is.
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(Dearly Beloved - KH)
A/N: Tyler's new theme.
I let out a sigh as I turned to the still unopened envelope I got from Blaze about a week ago. It was sent from Evergreen high school as I read the address and I was scared to look at it's contents. It had a small note which read ' open me before summer ends,' I'll put off reading it as much as I can. I guess I'll take the time now and try to learn a new move. After seeing Volcan use Gyro ball as a deflection tool instead of an attack I thought I could use my moves that way. I decided to leave my room and took Lucy with me, making sure not to wake him up. We went to the park and lucky me no fights were going on. I charged up a solar beam and when it blasted instead of one giant beam it separated into three. Maybe if I train hard enough I can move them before they blast or even set them up like land mines. I tried again and again but all I could do was prolong the triple blast by a minute. I was getting a bit tired and I could see Lucifer was starting to wake up.
"Lucy, let's go get smoothies" I told him and he perked right up. We made our way to Neos city and a bunch of fights were underway while other students watched. I should join in on fighting and get points, but I need to train more. Out of my friends I'm the weakest. We got our smoothies and made our way to Tellur town. We sat on a bench and watched a fight which Ashley was competing in. I looked down at Lucy and he was swaying his feet while humming, showing he was enjoying himself.
"Hey Tyler!" I looked to the direction of the voice and it was Volcan and he was with James.
"Oh, hey what's up?" I sent them a smile.
"I would say let's have a battle, but this one has a score he wants to settle" Volcan poked James's side and that forced a snort out of him.
"I want a rematch for holy road" he then pulled up his ORB screen and personally requested to face me in Tellur town.
"Don't worry I'll make sure to watch the little one" Volcan joined Lucifer on the bench. Moving to the field that was now vacant. Looking at James it was as if he has grown so significantly since the Chroma League, I wonder what changed.
(light the fire up in the night - Persona Q)
A/N: James's new theme.
"Tyler, I know you and I have a past but let's put that aside for a fight where we both don't hold back" James started before the match.
"For your information I've forgiven you but I agree, let's do this" I prepared for our fight.
"Battle Begin" the automated voice spoke and we both moved without flinching. He stopped a Flamethrower my way and I used steel wing and flew straight into the fire. While in there I spun around so the flames won't hurt me. I then came crashing right in the source, striking him in the chest. He slid back a bit but nothing he couldn't recover from.
"Nice counter, but this isn't a contest you need to do something more effective" he taunted me not even fazed by my attack. He. Blitzed right at me grabbing me by my throat and then kicking my stomach. I forget this is a Ferrum battle and not an actual pokemon battle. It hurt a lot and sent me into the force field. I guess now is a better time than ever. Let's try out our new move. The green ball of light appeared in front of me and separated into five small balls as James started charging my way. He walked straight into the balls and it caused an explosion.
"I call this minesweeper!" I was able to make it to the center of the field. The smoke cleared and James had a few visible marks.
"I have to say it was a neat trick, but you'll need more than that to beat me" I was sort of fearful. A black and purplish aura surrounded him and I could only guess what he just used. Then he charged at me like a jet covered in red and then changed to blue. I thought Charizards couldn't learn brave bird. I blew a hurricane in his direction but it did nothing and I took the whole force of the attack.
"I'm not playing around Tyler, and to prove it we're ending this now" his aura flared and his mega evolution flared to life. It was the fusion of X and Y. I might as well try and do the same thing. I was encased in the light stone and I broke free with the power of Reshiram. I then realized the sun became very hot. I forget his y form ability, wait does that mean he has his other ability Tough Claws. His fists were engulfed in massive flames and blitzed at me again. This time I countered with a fusion flare, but he punched it while it was still charging in front of my mouth, causing it to blast both of us.
" This won't stop me!" I cried out as I blasted pure dragon energy in the sky and it broke apart into multiple blasts. From the smoke I could see the color blue fly up in the sky avoiding all the meteors and then it changed into a glistening red, charging to where I was. Knocking down where I stand.
"Winner, James Cross!" The automated voice announced.
"Nice work Tyler, but I have now passed you and plan to keep it that way. Hope we can fight again and I will take me two hundred points" James helped me off the field, what a gentleman.
"Daddy you lost" Lucifer hugged my leg and looked up at me with sad eyes.
"There is nothing wrong with losing, plus it doesn't mean I'm out of the competition, your dad is stronger than that" I picked him up and held him close to my chest. Looks like I have some work to do if James improved this much.
~Jason's~
(Keep your faith -Persona 5 Royal)
A/N: Jason's new theme
I Finished my first match and it was an easy win. Though after I finished I promised Milo I would meet him at Diggersby Land. Walking in I could already see a few fights happening. I decided to wait around the entrance since I was a bit early, plus this place is really pretty at night.
"I gotcha!" I felt a pair of hands on my shoulder and jumped. To meet eyes with my professor.
"What are you, a child!" I retorted in a panic.
"Contrary to popular belief I'm only twenty five" he spoke with a smirk. I just wanted to punch him for that but I restrained myself.
"Why did you want to come here?" I gestured to the park.
"Jason, I may be a teacher, but I like to have fun too. Plus I feel like what I'm going to tell you is easier to digest while we're here" he started walking inside and I followed. We wandered around for a while, got cotton candy and went on a few rides. For once I was having fun and it wasn't because I forced Arthur to go out with me. "Let's go on the Ferris wheel, we'll have more privacy up there" he grabbed my hand and got us to the Ferris wheel and into a car rather quickly.
"Before you start and things get heavy I want to say I had fun and thanks for inviting me" I for once gave someone a genuine smile.
"I'm glad you accepted only you and one other student accepted my offer" his tail started to wag a bit.
"I told you before that I study the pokemon phenomenon, but that's half of it. I also study evolution and its link to anomalies in the pokemon universe. For further reference as to how long I've been during this I graduated college when I was eighteen and have been researching ever since" I was shocked he graduated so young and that would explain his massive intelligence and understanding of pokemon. "My latest research has led me to being able to force evolution or even devolve back to a preform. This could benefit many, especially those with multiple forms of evolution. That's also why I invented my orb I carry around, it was my prototype to what I truly plan to accomplish" his eyes lit up with excitement. "I brought you here to see if you are willing to help" he looked me dead in the eyes, almost begging.
"I don't see why not. Plus I'm not doing much. I'll also be stopping by for your seminars still" I spoke while twirling my finger.
"Thank you Jason you don't know what this means to me" his tail was wagging wildly. You then hear a little clink and we stopped suddenly and the force was enough for me to fall forward in Milo's arms. My head landed right on his chest and it was so embarrassing.
"Thanks, for catching me" I spoke while hiding my face, since I knew I was blushing.
"No problem, can't let you get hurt under my watch" I heard him chuckle. We didn't move from our position. We stayed like this till it was our turn to get out of the car.
"Thank you for inviting me and I'll see you tomorrow" I walked off leaving to see Michael, Tyler and Lucifer were walking in. If I didn't know any better it was as if they were a family.
~James's~
(Kimi no kioku - Persona 3 english cover)
A/N: This song will end every chapter.
I can't believe this, Snap dragged me out to a team meeting tonight with the rest of the team to check the rankings after the first day.
"It would seem Axel has kept his promise and earned 750 points from his matches putting him in first for the second years with 1,250 points. Following him is Michael, surprisingly. I don't know much about him but he has 1000 points. Then in third place we have you James with 950 points. In fourth we have Jason with 800 points" Snap was reading off the rankings off his ORB. Listing of the third years Volcan was in first and Arthur was a close second. Polo was third and behind her was Dusty. Snap looked disappointed when he saw he was in sixth place.
"Buddy it's alright, all that truly matters is that you have points at the end of two weeks" Volcan tried to comfort him. I can tell it's not his area of expertise. I decide to walk over and throw my arms over his shoulders and nuzzle my head on top of his. I'm bad with words, but better at showing what I mean.
"Thanks James, but Volcan is right" it's as if Snap can already read what I'm trying to say.
"If we're done here, I have a date with exploitation" Flora didn't wait and just left. Volcan followed suit after he said his goodbyes.
"Before you go, can you help me with something?"
Action: It's been a while and I think you can guess what I have been doing besides swimming.
Michael: You're addiction to video games is worse than mine.
Action: How about you shut up.
Ashley: let's not be hostile, it's been a while since the last update.
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