Action: Alright, these little ones are still preparing for super rank.
Ignis: And we’ll win.
Reuben: Can it Hades.
Kaiser: Please, let’s not quarrel.
Sea: It seems like it was Reuben's fault.
Action: Anyway Drayden, please?
Drayden: Action doesn’t own Pokemon, art, or music links if used.
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~Kaiser’s~
(Tokoha's Fight - Vanguard G)
I lifted my face up and all I could see was white all around me. There were yellow eyes peering into my soul. Everything around us was white. I then noticed the body of the figure in front of me was all white it was hard to see. It was similar to my color scheme. I then started to get up and the figure moved back.
“Wait! Don’t leave, I have questions!” The figure kept moving back and I started to run after it. It was hard to follow with all the snow around and I tripped. Falling in the snow leaving me alone. All I could hear was the whistle of the storm.
“Don’t leave me here,” I shot awake from my dream. I started to panic and I noticed the familiar surroundings of the room I was in. I had another vision of that place though this time I could tell who the yellow belonged to. I opened my ORB screen and it was nine in the morning. I still have an hour before we meet with everyone in the lobby. It’s Monday and it has been two days since the Galvantula incident. I slept all that Saturday and some of Sunday. Ark decided to come in and take care of me. It was sweet of him and I enjoyed his company. He even bought me pasta for dinner. I was all healed up by that evening and decided to watch a movie with my teammates and we had a blast seeing the outstanding actress Ashley Ribbon in Princess and the Frog. However, I hear she has a girlfriend named Glitz Midnight. I guess gays play straight roles too. Ignis acted like he hated it but saw some tears on his cheeks and could feel his emotions.
After getting myself together I decided to take a look in the Pokemon center. It was a lot bigger than the one in Opelucid City. As I was walking around I felt like I was being followed. When I turned around There was another Zorua like me behind me. I jumped up shocked. I’ve never met another Zorua before, let alone the same form as me. I only saw and read about them in books. Then the figure before me snickered and turned into a purple hue. Then a shiny Zorua appeared before me, this time its hands and head floof was a light blue.
“You should see your face,” this Zorua burst out laughing. I frowned at his laughter. Laughing at those is not good. “You should lighten up, it was only a joke,” his laughter calmed down to a light chuckle.
“Well that was a terrible prank, but hi nice to meet you,” I thought I’d reset our conversation. The zorua let out an exasperated sigh. That was rather rude.
“No need to be so stuck up, I would’ve left already if you weren’t so cute,” he snickered, sending a smirk my way. I was completely caught off guard and as a response, I started blushing. “I was right, you really are cute,” he was complimenting me and I wasn’t sure what to do.
(After School - P3P)A/N: Gale’s New Theme
“Dex!” I turned my attention to behind him and he visibly deflated. An Electrike and a shiny Vulpix were behind him. His ears flattened against his head. He looked like he was about to jump when the Vulpix spoke up.
“Don’t try an escape, you’ve been stirring up trouble and we’ve barely been here for three hours,” the Vulpix then brushed his hair to the side.
“Cut him some slack, we are here outside of Hoenn, I’m excited too,” sparks were flying from the Electrike.
“Oh,” The Vulpix cleared his throat. “Who’s your friend?” He became more proper and stood up straight. The Zorua in front of me looked at me in panic as he never bothered to learn my name. I guess I’ll save him from another scolding from his friend here.
“I’m Kaiser Luna, nice to meet you,” the Zorua in front of me let out a sigh of relief.
“Nice to meet you, I'm Silver Princeton,” that name sounds familiar to me. Not sure why, maybe I heard it on TV.
“I’m Gale Bark and a friend of Dex is our friend too,” the Electrike looked like he was ready to run a marathon. His last name is the same as Carter's. I wonder if they are related. Then I turned to Dex, now named Zorua.
“My full name is Dexter Shade the leader of Team: Fusion,” he then put on a quick facade of confidence, he’s a good actor.
“I know of you guys I read about you in a magazine a few months back,” I then cleared my throat, realizing I was fanboying. “I’m the leader of Team: Ragnarok, Seems we will have the pleasure of fighting each other at some point,” I said with a formal attitude. They all laughed at me.
“You’ll be competing in the Opelucid super rank too?” Gale asked excitedly.
“No, we are actually traveling to Driftveil City for our super rank,” Ark appeared from behind me. How long has he been there? “Rude of me to intrude, but I’m L’Ark Stone part of Team: Ragnarok,” he properly introduced himself.
“Interesting,” Silver commented. “We would have crushed you anyway,” Silver’s words cut through like a knife.
“Let’s not be hasty, a model like you just needs to stand in front of a camera and look pretty,” Ark commented and Silver was taken aback by that. I sent Ark a concerned look. It’s weird as if he knew who Silver is.
“So my magazines reach Unova too, you’ll regret those words,” the Vulpix turned around. “Also L’Ark, It’s nice to know the interviews and articles about you are fake, or does your team not know the truth,” Silver then walked off. I then turned to Gale who had been eyeing Ark this whole time. The electric dog shook his head.
“We came to get you at Wallace’s request, he said to meet him at Celestial Tower,” he then charged off. When I turned around, Ark was gone too.
“Well, I have no words for what happened,” Dex seems dumbfounded. “Well I’ll see you around and if you ever go to Hoenn come to Evergrande City,” he quickly rushed off and I was left alone after that terrible interaction. Also, what did Silver mean by everything in his interviews was fake? Ark has been nothing but nice since day one.
“What just happened?” Kenta walked up to me while munching on an apple.
“I’m not sure, but I can say how mismatched they were. Those three seem to be a strong team,” I accessed what happened.
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~Carter’s~
Why the hell are we back at Celestial Tower? This is where Kenta got kidnapped and Kaiser and Ignis were subdued. They must’ve fallen off on their training for them to be taken out so easily. Reuben, L’Ark, and I were asked to come to Celestia Tower’s battlefield for special training with Drayden, while the others were taken to Twist Mountain with Iris.
“Good, you’re all here,” Drayden’s gruff voice found its way to my ears. I sucked my teeth and turned to him. There were four others with him. “Please welcome Wallace, a trainer at Evergrande City,” a Milotic took a bow. “Next up is Team: Fusion,” there was a shiny Vulpix, shiny Zorua, and the bastard of an Electrike.
“Judging from the looks of things you are acquainted with each other,” Wallace acknowledged.
“Thank you, you trap,” Reuben was slapped in the back of the head by Ark for his comment and I don’t blame him. “I only say what’s true and, no. I know none of these guys,” Reuben complained.
“I’ll fight the bitchy sheep,” the Zorua transformed into a complete copy of Reuben just a different shade of wool.
“Can it, imposter! your name will be Loki I got a feeling you cause mischief and problems,” Reuben pondered.
“You may be right but you’ll never know,” Dexter taunted.
“I’ll take on Mr. Perfect tactician over there,” Silver announced.
“I thought you’d say that and I accept your challenge, don’t cry in your next photoshoot though,” L’Ark is typically lovely. Why is he hostile to Silver? Actually, I don’t care.
(MAKUAKE (Instrumental) - Digimon Ghost Game)A/N: Carter’s New Theme
“That leaves you and me,” in front of me was the electric dog. I snorted at the sight of him. Instead of him being full of energy he just stared at me dead in my eyes with compassion.
“I hope you aren’t looking for an apology because what I did saved us both,” I barked at him. He only shook his head at me.
“I hold no ill will to what you did, but I just wish you’d stop hating me. After all this time,” Gale pleaded with me.
“Vincent,” I then caught myself. “Gale, I will never forgive you,” I bared my teeth at him.
“If you are all done with your chatter all battles can begin!” Drayden announced.
“It’s my turn to show you what I can do,” I howled and rocks appeared around me and started shooting at Gale like bullets. He swiftly evaded each shot which made me angry. It reminds me of when we were younger he always protruded with elegance while I had to go with structure. HE GOT AWAY WITH EVERYTHING! “Fight me like a man!” I shouted and the rocks forming around fused into one massive rock was launched at the electric dog. Gale stopped moving, then let out a massive musical howl and started dancing. I jumped up realizing he was causing an uproar and the boulder crumbled to dust. I took the opportunity and went charging in and Gale released electricity in every direction, his discharge hit me but a little bit of electricity won’t stop me from charging in for close combat. “Why don’t we play rough!” I cheered and he was caught in a flurry of attacks it felt so good to see all the marks and bruises I was leaving on his body. “And don’t come back!” I sent him sliding back and I jumped back.
“I have to say in my absence you got stronger, but as you took your own path I made my own too. I just wish you would stop hating me,” He started dancing again and some storm clouds surrounded the battlefields we were training on. Eventually, led to it pouring rain and ruining my fur coat. “Let me end this quickly for both of us,” his body started to surge with electricity in every direction, and massive bolts of lighting started striking down from the rain clouds. As long as I can get in close he can’t do anything. I started to run. “I told you to stand down,” his tone got serious for the first time during this fight. I then got struck by a massive bolt of lightning. The pain, and electricity that surged through my body and forced my body to curl up.
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“Aaaaahhhhhhhh!” I screamed. When the bolt dispersed my vision got blurry, but Gale stopped producing electricity.
“Please stop,” Gale begged and he was walking up to me.
“Never!” I let out a breathless growl. I got up to my feet shaking and in a swift movement charged past him. I was able to use the move Retaliate correctly without it relying on a teammate.
“Damn it, should’ve stayed down” His voice got serious again” I got hit in the back of the head and I went down meeting the wet battlefield.
“Winners: Gale Bark, L’Ark Stone, and Dexter Shade,” the voice belonged to Drayden.
“Carter please forgive me, I’ll make sure to treat you personally,” is the last words I remember hearing before blacking out.
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~Ignis’s~
I wonder why Dryaden called us to Celestial Tower. Kaiser, Kenta, and I just finished lunch and we got a message from Drayden to meet him outside the tower. However, we were surprised to be met with a lot of Pokemon and some standing around. It looked like a festival.
“You all made it, good,” Drayden arrived with four Pokemon following him. Three of them seemed to be my age while the other looked to be around the age of Drayden. “Hope you’re all feeling better but to see if that is the case you are all going to compete in the Mistralton wishing bell festival,” he looked as if he was commanding us.
“Do we get a say in this?” I asked annoyed.
“No, you don’t,” a shiny Vulpix stepped forward.
“Please, be nice Silver,” the Milotic the size of Drayden chastised Silver. “Also I’m Wallace, their trainer,” the water snake smiled.
“Since you lack manners I guess we’ll do introductions the rude way,” Drayden sighed.
“Actually, I’ve met them. Dexter Shade, Silver Princeton, and Gale Bark,” Kaiser said in a formal tone and bowed.
“Yes, nice to see you again,” the three said.
“I’m Ignis Wintersea,” I sent them a glare.
“I’m Kenta Kumi,” I could feel the joy radiate off the kid.
“Then let’s get a move on I’m sure they will be starting soon, and take this as a chance to get to know each other,” Wallace said as we all walked towards registration. When we signed up I realized a bunch of Pokemon teams signed up for this event. As we were registering I could see Dexter and Kaiser were chatting it up. Kenta seemed to be playing tag with the high-energy Electrike. Leaving me with the shiny version of me. He tried striking up a conversation with me a few times but I kept shooting him down. The way he presents himself is so calculated just like his interviews and photoshoots. I am somewhat media literate and have seen Sliver a few times. I even ignored him as we started the first part of the festival the quiz. Not to mention other Pokemon noticing who he was.
(A Funeral of Flowers (Thunder) - FE 3H)A/N: Silver’s new theme
“Are you going to ignore me the whole time? I’m only being friendly,” Silver tried to get me to acknowledge him. Our first question was given and was ‘What rank do you have to be to compete in the world conference?’ The possible choices were crystal and master and our group knew the right answer. To my surprise, twelve Pokemon got that question wrong. The correct answer is crystal.
“What a bunch of idiots,” I scoffed.
“So that’s what your voice sounds like. It’s angelic,” Silver said and I was taken aback. My natural response was to blush and I hid behind one of my tails.
“You can’t say something like that out of the blue!” I was still flustered as we moved to answer another of his quiz questions.
“But it’s true and you’re smaller than me making you cuter,” he chuckled. His chuckle was almost calming. What is wrong with me I need to not think like that.
“How about leave me alone!” I snapped at him. I think others are noticing.
“Is that Silver Princeton?” I heard another competitor.
“I think he’s arguing with his boyfriend,” another said.
“Damn, he’s not single,” another competitor sounded defeated.
“No need to be feisty, just trying to get to know you,” Silver led me in the direction of the next answer.
“Stop trying. Not like after today we’ll see each other,” I sighed.
“We can change that, we can exchange ORB numbers,” He seemed excited. Our final question came up and I knew the answer and led us towards it.
“Damn it, stop trying!” I shouted. It didn’t startle anyone. “I don’t need anyone else in my life to care about,” I whispered the last bit to myself. He looked as if he was going to say something but was interrupted.
“That is all for the first round all of you make it to the second which will resume shortly,” the announcer from the first round said. I quickly fled the scene as I didn’t want to talk to Silver.
“Ignis, wait!” Silver cried out but I ran away.
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~Kaiser’s~
“I didn’t think it would be this troublesome to look for a moon stone,” I had a panicked look on my face.
“No need to worry no one has completed this round yet,” Dexter tried his best to reassure me. We already completed rounds one and two. Now we are on round three which is a scavenger hunt for an item on the card you were given. Not many competitors remain and I wonder how many will be left after this round. So far all six of us have made it and we all took the liberty to bond with each other. Some more than others but it can’t be helped. We went to many clears looking for my moon stone. Dex is also looking for a miracle seed. “If we get eliminated it means we can chill out and focus on each other rather than this competition,” I sensed his flirty connotation. I’m not sure how to react all that I did was try to hide my blush. “You just make this too easy,” Dexter teased.
“Then stop saying sweet nothings and focus on the competition,” I begged. Dex just laughed at my torment and I was not amused and yet I was still flustered. We continued our search and asked other Pokemon. A nice lady then approached us and offered us the items we requested as long as we returned them which we agreed. We ran to get our items checked.
“We have two more finishers making it four!” The announcer said.
“Kaiser, you guys finished!” Kenta bursted out with energy from the sidelines to get our attention. Before I approached him I gave the nice later her items back.
“I’m guessing you were the first two to qualify?” Dexter asked.
“Of course leader, did you expect anything less especially of me?” The Electrike swelled with pride. Seemed like he was happy to be in a group.
“Remember I was the one who got you through the first and second rounds,” Kenta puffed his cheeks and it was so cute.
“No need to argue,” I diffused the situation. “We all made it, that’s what matters,” I smiled at everyone.
“Booo, I wanted to see a fight,” Dexter said.
“Quiet down you loud mouth,” Silver appeared from nowhere with Ignis. I assume the two of them qualified as well. Ignis seemed to be more agitated than normal and I was not going to get anywhere with him like this.
“You six will be the only ones going to the next round,” the announcer grabbed our attention. We all turned as he was gesturing for us to follow him. “This next round will start right away and I’d like for you six to choose a partner,” the announcer explained.
“Why not stick with the ones we already have?” Kenta asked and we all agreed on it.
“If it’s decided then the six of you will fight on these three battlefields here and three of you will continue to the final round,” he explained. “You will start your matches on your own accord,” he finished his explanation.
(Pokemon B&W Low Health Remix - Zame)A/N: Dexter’s new theme
“I’ll let you take the first move,” Dexter said. How courteous of him. It would be rude of me not to take him up on the offer. Three flames appeared around me and then went toward Dexter. I can’t abuse the power of darkness in an open field like this during the day and I can’t always rely on it. “Will-O-Wisp, really?” Dexter said as if mocking me. He doesn’t even know. As he was about to dodge I launched a shadow ball at the flames to detonate them.
“Direct hit! Hope you enjoyed that,” I cheered. As the smoke started to clear my eyes got blinded for a second. I then noticed I couldn’t find Dexter anywhere. “Where did you go?” I was spinning in circles starting to panic.
“This is my power. I have yet to master it but seems it has worked,” I heard Dexter’s voice. I couldn’t see him though. “As you know a normal zorua’s power is to create illusions and can change their forms. What if that can extend another’s perception to another level,” Dexter started a lecture. I love to learn but now is not the time. I still couldn’t find him. “With the help of Confuse Ray, that’s possible Not only have I created an illusion but Confuse Ray is messing with your perception as a whole. Now to end this match quickly,” Dexter then appeared in front of me again. I took my chances and braced myself. I then heard him clap his paws together as a dark shock wave was coming my way.
“That must be night daze,” I said with alarm. However, as I saw the shock wave come my way I felt nothing and then two seconds later I felt the weight of the attack. “The initial attack was an illusion!” I identified his trick.
“Correct but I would never bet on the fact you know detect, but it’s only a matter of time,” Dexter clapped three more times and I knew for sure I was done. The shockwave collided with me and took me out where I stood. I just laid there flat on the battlefield.
“Dexter Shade wins,” the announcer said.
“Hope I didn’t go too hard on you,” Dexter lifted me onto his back and brought me under a tree to rest. “The confusion should end soon,” he affirmed as my head was spinning.
“I was no match for you, makes me disappointed I’ve been training so much to reach the super rank,” I leaned my head down disappointed.
“Would now be a bad time to admit my team is the top rookie team in all of Hoenn,” Dex admitted. The fact that L’Ark was able to beat Silver earlier today caught us off guard,” the fact he admitted that made more sense, and now I have more questions. Like They had practice matches against the others and why would they travel from Hoenn to here?
“I still want to beat you,” those were the only words that would come out of my mouth.
“Just rest, I did do a number on you,” Dex asked nicely and I did as he asked. The other two finished up and his team members also won so Team: Fusion was in the final round. “Oh, and for what it’s worth I hope to see you again. You’re not like others,” He then walked off to compete in the final round. They race to the top of the tower to ring the bell.
“All three of us lost, bummer,” Kenta and Ignis walked up to me under the tree.
“Damn it, if we can’t beat a team like them are we really prepared for the super rank tournament?” Ignis sounded frustrated.
“You all did well I wasn’t expecting you to win,” Drayden appeared with the rest of our group. “You all had the chance to meet the top team in your age group to be produced in Hoenn. They have been a team longer than you guys as they’ve been teammates for the last year compared to your guys four months,” Drayden said. “I can say I am proud of how you six performed today. Now, let’s get back to the Pokemon Center we leave tonight for Driftveil,”
(Emotion - Vanguard G)
“Yes Drayden,” We all said. As we all started to walk back I looked back as Team: Fusion. I wish I had more time to spend with them, however, it’s been a fun last few hours. It didn’t take long to get back and I started to pack my things up, maybe fifteen minutes. I decided to go downstairs to the gift shop to see if there was something I liked like a Plushie. Funny enough my love for plushies is because of the day I met Gilbert. We both fell down a pit and I caught him to keep him from harm. Later that day while I was on my bed Gil gave me his Tyrunt plushie as a thank you. I have it to this day and it sits in my room to remind me of our meeting. As I was browsing a voice caught my attention.
“There you are, were you going to leave without saying goodbye?” Dexter approached me.
“You were still competing in the festival, I didn’t want to distract you,” I chuckled.
“I would’ve appreciated it if you cheered me on in the finals,” He puffed out his cheeks. “While we’re here let me get you something to remember me. Can’t have you forgetting me,” he teased and I looked away. I have to keep my composure. We then went to browse together. Eventually, he disappeared and then came back. “Here I got you this,” he had a teal bandana similar to his head floof. “ Will you let me put it on you?” I nodded and he tied it like a scarf around my neck. “It looks great on you,” he complimented me.
“Here I found this, I’m not sure if you like this color,” I showed him a necklace and the gem was peridot.
“Thank you and you had no idea knowing my birthstone was peridot, thank you,” He put the necklace on and kissed my cheek. I didn’t know what to do. He then ran out and I walked to where we said we’d meet. I then noticed Ark and he looked upset.
“Something wrong?” I asked.
“Not at all,” he said, but he sounded upset.
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Action: Seems like sparks are flying and Kaiser doesn’t know how to handle it.
Kaiser: I wasn’t exposed to much in the Orphanage.
Reuben: I’ll say.
L’Ark: We’re still in the prologue arc so hope you are enjoying it.
Action: Also the formal introduction of Team: Fusion.
Dexter: He planned to have them meet up in the next arc a few chapters in.
Ignis: Either way don’t forget to fav, follow, and Review.
Silver: Bye!