Author Notes: This is the 3rd installment in the Pokemorph High Trilogy, this story won't make any sense until you read the previous two stories. Disclaimer this fic will be darker than the first two, you have been warned.
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This day the sun was shinning and the temperature was perfect, what could be more perfect than being home in the wonderful kingdom of Nex. Justin took in a deep breath and absorbed in the uplifting scent the of his surroundings, all around him he smelled sweat, tears and food thrown on the walls. He opened up his eyes and groaned at the sight of his kids running around the house. Today was their birthday, they were turning three years old, and they were even more rowdier than last year. This was evident by the cake smeared all over the walls.
"Sidney stop chewing the furniture! Sophie and stop grabbing your brother's ears! I already told you not to do that! No no no no! Sophie stay away from that vase! And Sidney please don't chew those wires!" Justin yelled.
He quickly ran over to the vase that was about to fall. He dived forward, he skidded across the ground slightly burning his knees and elbows. His elbows stung slightly, but the pain was temporary compared to the feeling of his kids running on his back. The wind was quickly knocked out of him as both Sidney and Sophie jumped off and on his back. There was steam coming out of his ears, he looked over at Wendy who was calmly drinking a cup of tea minding her own business.
"Wendy! You wanna help?!" Justin yelled.
"The kids need to learn grow up, you'd be calmer if you just stopped babying them," Wendy said.
"Urrgh... you are insufferable. Sophie! Sidney! Get here right now! C'mon guys, listen to your father!" Justin yelled.
"Then try to catch us Daddy!" Sophie laughed.
Justin raised his hand to his face and annoyingly rubbed his eyes, he let out a loud sigh in frustration. "Alright fine, if you guys want to play catch, I guess I'm going to have to catch you. Make sure both of you keep up!".
"Daddy doesn't stand a chance!" Sophie laughed.
"Father is slow if anything!" Sidney nodded.
"C'mere you little rascals!" Justin laughed.
He chased after both of his kids, as his ducked under furniture, and things of the such, Justin would jump over the furniture. His assassin styled hoodie would blow in the drag of the wind. He landed in front of Sidney who had the biggest smile on his face. He had jet black hair and bright blue eyes, he had his signature zorua ears poking out the top of his head, and a handsome pair of fangs. He was the same height as his sister, about his knee height.
"Ha sneak attack!" Sophie yelled.
She jumped in behind her father and covered his eyes, but Justin soon grabbed her by the wrists and flipped her over his head and into his arms. He held onto her tightly, Sophie struggled and laughed from her father's tight grip, but she loved him very much. Justin soon shot an ember, this ember bounced off the wall and exploded into a cloud of white smoke, during the confusion he grabbed Sidney, finally catching both of his kids.
"There, I caught you guys, now will you settle down?" Justin asked.
"Yup!" Sidney and Sophie said in unison.
"Now let's talk about your bad habits alright, but do you guys want some ice cream? It is your birthday after all," Justin said.
"ICE CREEEEAAAM!" Sophie screamed.
Sidney nodded and tapped his father's shoulder.
"I guess I'll be taking this as a yes, alright guys let's go. Wendy, you wanna take the kids out for ice cream?" Justin asked.
"You need to stop babying the kids Justin," Wendy said, there was a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"Alright I'll be back home in a bit. Don't worry about cleaning up, I'll do that later!" Justin said, as he walked out of the door.
Justin was in the middle of Emerald City after leaving his house. His son was waking right beside him, and Sophie was being carried by hand. The three of them bought some ice cream at a local ice cream parlor, once they found a spot to sit down, they all decided to enjoy their ice cold treat.
"Daddy, I love you more than mommy!" Sophie said
"Same," Sidney said.
Justin frowned and leaned up against the back of the bench. "You guys can't say that, your mother and I love you both equally, so you should love us both equally,".
"But why? You read my stories at night, cook yummy food, take us out for ice cream, and do our hair in the morning. What does Mommy do?" Sophie asked.
"It's true, Mother doesn't even have a job, and when you're gone she doesn't take care of us, our baby sitter does," Sidney said.
"Uh... well uhm... your Mother, is well your mother. How about we just eat our ice cream before it melts," Justin awkwardly said.
"YAY!" Sophie yelled.
"Thank you," Sidney said.
Sidney and Sophie nodded as they happily ate their ice cream. Across from them were multiple battlefields, Sidney excitedly watched as people were locked in combat, while Sophie delighted in the sight of performers practicing for contests.
"Father, I'd like to become a professional battler when I'm older," Sidney said.
"Daddy, I'd like to be an astronaut!" Sophie happily said.
"Well you guys can be whatever you want, when you're old enough of course. Being a pro battler is a wonderful dream, and being an astronaut sounds adventurous," Justin happily said.
After some time Justin picked up both of his kids, and began the short walk home. His scalp stung from the constant hair pulling Sidney and Sophie did, but he was pretty much used to this kind of abuse by this point. He found it so hard to believe that three years of his life had gone by so fast, he had a promise to keep, a promise to raise his family with care.
Justin walked up to his front door, and pulled the key out of his pocket. Once inserting the house key into the locket, the door opened with ease. He took off his shoes and helped his kids along the whole process. He walked into Wendy sitting in front of the tv, there she was watching a news report that would set the next chapter of their lives into motion.
(-0-)News Report(-0-)
Welcome ladies and gentleman, we know you've been waiting for it, and finally with the help of many different royal members the next Vital Tournament will be happening at the end of this month! Sealeous, the king of Aether will be participating in a exhibition match to start off the tournament. Along with multiple performances from art schools within the kingdom of Tsu.
Now this Vital Tournament will be very different from past years, as instead of a bracket system, the entire tournament will be held in one day. The entire tournament is a battle royal, with preset teams that you create yourself! The goal is to knock your opponent of the stage, not take them out!
We look forward to seeing what you can do, so we hope you join in for the excitement that is this year's Vital Tournament.
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Justin set the house keys on the countertop, Wendy got off the sofa and walked over to Justin. She slammed her hand down on the countertop and gave him a cold stare. She took in a deep breath and opened up her mouth.
"Justin, you and I are competing in the Vital Tournament this year," Wendy said.
"Uh... no we're not," Justin said.
"Yes you are! I've already planned out our submissions as a team. So you're going to have to compete wether you like it or not!" Wendy said.
"Wendy, you know I've given up fighting. We have a family to raise, we can't do professional fighting, I may have been an assassin, but killing as a job, and fighting professionally are two completely different things, with completely different rulesets. Plus I haven't trained my body for combat for three years, not since Sidney and Sophie were born. I'd need to condition my mind and body for a good year to even stand a fighting chance in the Vital Tournament," Justin said.
"But aren't you always working out in the dojo we have in the backyard? What do you mean your body isn't conditioned for fighting?" Wendy said.
"That, I'm working out so I don't get fat. I'm not practicing my long range shots, or my fighting technique. Wendy, we can't fight in the tournament," Justin said.
Justin felt someone pull on his leg, he looked down to see Sophie looking right up at him. "Daddy, are you going to compete? Cause if you are, you'll be the coolest Daddy in the world!".
"Wendy, we have a lot of work to do! C'mon we're training right now!" Justin excitedly said.
"That's more like it!" Wendy excitedly said.
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Sealeous sat down on the bench which was placed in the gym. He grabbed a bottle of water and drank the life giving fluid. He took in a deep breath and wiped the sweat off of his body. Once his towel was soaked he was handed another from Rollis.
"Sealeous, you sure are training hard. You know it's just an exhibition match right? I mean you really don't have to train for it," Rollis said.
"Hey, I'm a competitive person alright. I don't know who I'm fighting and I have to entertain the crowd, so of course I'm trying my best to get ready," Sealeous said.
"Well anyway it's already twelve o'clock, so you might want to start your royal 'duties'. I'm saying duties lightly cause all you do is talk with Jade. When we rescued her from Null, I never expected her to become such a nice person to talk with," Rollis said.
"It did take her a bit though, she really opened up when Wendy's kids were around. These past three years have been a blast. So much has happened, you know Wendy has kids, Jade is more comfortable here in the royal palace, I'm starting to master my Lich form, wow sometimes you really appreciate life," Sealeous said.
"You said it," Rollis responded.
"Rollis, are you competing in the Vital Tournament with Wolf this year?" Sealeous asked.
"Ugh... I hate the T.O's for the Vital Tournament. They won't believe me when I say that Wolf is a separate person, they keep thinking he's a Grifta Attack of mine. So I'm actually competing with Mathew as my teammate," Rollis said.
"Are you trying to bully the competition? You and Mathew on the same team, oh man everyone should watch out," Sealeous laughed.
"Ha ha, you jerk," Rollis said.
"Alright let's get to work, you should go on patrol and I'll begin my royal duties," Sealeous laughed.
"You mean you're going to talk with Jade," Rollis smirked.
"SHUT UP!" Sealeous blushed.
Sealeous walked out of the gym and cleaned himself up. He took a nice hot bath and put on some casual clothing. He walked into Jade's room to see her doing her usual thing. She was watching the tv with a pizza right by her side. She also had a piece of paper in front on her which she was writing down a letter.
"So, are you writing to your brother again?" Sealeous asked.
"You know me well Sealeous. I know my brother doesn't write back, but that's mainly due to the fact he can't write, he can read though. I hope he's doing alright in Null," Jade said.
"I feel bad taking you away from your home, but here we can regulate your condition a lot better. We'd like to get in touch with your brother, but he is very incorporative. Also the entirety of Nex is still looking for him and they want his head so... long story short I'm still working on it," Sealeous blushed.
"You've been saying that for the past three years, but I understand. You're a remarkable person, and I know how much of a hard worker you are, so it's fine, plus I don't really mind being here anymore. I can write letters to Naga and I'm very blessed to be in this position," Jade said.
"So you want to go for a walk if you're up for it? You know around the palace like usual," Sealeous blushed.
"Can we go to the flower garden?" Jade asked.
"Anything for you," Sealeous muttered.
Sealeous handed Jade her crutches, and helped her out of bed. She was wearing the very loose fitting clothes she had requested, and she looked adorable in them. She slowly walked beside Sealeous, knowing that she was very safe around him. When they were inside of the flower garden Jade was still amazed at the pure beauty of nature, despite the fact they were still indoors.
Jade reached down and was delighted to see the many daisies that scattered the garden floor, and the wafting scent of sweet nectar tickled her nose. She lay down in the flower field enjoying every bit of this moment. She was being swept away by the beauty of this place, she could lie down in this field forever. But it did eventually get late in the day, and Jade had to go back to her room. Once she was taken care of and in bed, Sealeous went to his room only to do large amounts of paper work which he had skipped out on this day.
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"COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH... Please no more... why are you doing this? Please my master won't be happy,". A young maiden cried. She had bright blue eyes and long green hair. She was very thin to the point where you could see her ribcage, and her fingers were pale. She had no outstanding features that showed what kind of pokemorph she was, but she was in pain.
"You bitch, things didn't go how you predicted what happened? I thought you could perfectly predict future events," Thor said.
"It's more complicated than your mind can comprehend. Time isn't a single river it's a series of streams that branch off into an ocean, where the end goal is the same, but how you get there is drastically different," Celebi said.
"We can't have you dying or else you reincarnate with your memories intact. Commit suicide that way you're reborn at the Tree of Time, then we can get you there. You can end all of this suffering," Thor said.
"I'll never do that, if I kill myself, I'll be born without my past memories! Are you insane?! I could end up changing history for the worst! No matter how much worse this torture gets I won't break, I WON'T!" Celebi yelled.
"Steven do with her as you please. I have to get my daughter ready for the Vital Tournament," Thor laughed.
"I've always wanted to fuck a legendary," Steven smirked.
"NOOOOOOO!" Celebi screamed.
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Author Notes: So that was the first chapter of Pokemorph High Part 3... obviously, well anyway thanks for reading, let me know what you guys thought, I'd love to know. Also unlike the previous stories this fic won't be a SYOC fic. Ha just kidding of course this story will be a SYOC fic, but it'll be open later in the fic, as these beginning chapters must come out first before I open up OC submissions.
Anyway I'll see all of you in the next chapter!