"So, it's finally finished huh?" A shiny Zoroark spoke as she turned to a Samurott who smiled in return. However, it doesn't look like the Water type hasn't gotten much sleep.
"It's been a lot of work Mystic, and even though we are ranked high enough to own a guild, it's been legal hell to get the Guildmasters license." The Samurott responded with a yawn. "To think taking over the clan from mom was difficult, this was more daunting. I must thank you and Ally, as well as Morgan, Jesse, and Static for helping me out."
Mystic gave the Samurott a hug as well as a kiss on the cheek. "No need to thank us Dew, we're all in this together. Besides, you and Morgan helped me and Jesse when we first started, I just wanted to return the favor." The duo looked at the building in front of them. The newly erected building. Before them, stood a large building that is the shape of a Samurott's head. The head is surrounded by a moat, but behind the head, there is a training ground as well as a forested area.
Dew let out another yawn before chuckling a bit. "Well…We have the license, the guild is complete, we just need a few staff members to keep it running as well as a couple of members to apply.
"Dew, you don't have to worry about that sweetie. I already got that covered. You just go on ahead and get some sleep. Let's just say that we had some unexpected assistance. He said that he wishes want to speak with you soon." She tells him. Her eyes widened as she saw Dew fast asleep on the ground.
She rolled her eyes playfully at the sight of the Water type. "Good grief." She said to herself before slipping under him to lift the larger mon. Pulling out a blue orb, she shattered it to the ground. Teleporting the duo away. Unbeknown
-The Next Morning-
After a full night's rest, the Dew walked to the guild with Mystic riding on his back. The two were conversing as they were heading back to the guild. Much to the surprise of Dew, which soon turned to annoyance. At the entrance, a certain pink cat is seen floating at the entrance. Looking at the duo, he turned to them with a an almost impatient look. Taking out a stop watch with a quick glance before teleporting it away.
"Took you long enough. Though I expected that your wife has told you that you'll be getting some extra assistance." Mew circling around the two. Mystic hopped off Dew, though she felt the harsh glare from the Samurott.
"Easy there, before you have your private talk with the Mrs., I know what you're going to say. Why am I here? Why am I even helping you guys? And is there going to be some sort of arbitrary show? For starters. Mystic was the one who contacted me. Apparently, you've been working too hard and been getting stressed. So, we were able to work with everything else behind the scenes. Considering that you are one of the few guests I kinda liked anyways, I might as well make up some of the stuff that happened on my islands anyway. And finally, yes, there will be a show for advertising purposes. Like any normal guild, most proceeds are made to fund your guild. But of course, you will be allowed to run the guild as you please." Mew explained before turning his eyes away from the Zoroark. "And if I didn't lose to you along with that 5000 Poke in that poker game, I probably would've refused." He said to himself.
"What was that?" Mystic queried, though Mew could've sworn she saw a sinister glint in her eye.
"Oy vey." Dew muttered shaking his head at the situation. Unsure how to process the situation.
"Hey, you're lucky to have someone like her to help the way she did. So at least put side any negativity you still have against me and let's get the day started." Mew offered a hand to Dew who gave him a skeptical look. He looked towards Mystic who smiled back at him before he sighed.
"Fine, but this will only since Mystic trust you this time. Though this is a guild first the purpose is to train recruits and to test their skills in the future. I'd rather not end up as another you know what." Dew responded as he reluctantly shook the smaller Pokémon's hand.
Mew nodded and gave a smile to Dew. "Thanks. Though I must ask, where's Ally? If Mystic is here, clearly the other one should be as well."
"She's with Jesse visiting family in Alola. They'll be back to help soon. Though I don't know how they would react with our new guest." Dew explained.
"I'm here you know." An annoyed Mew answered to Dew before flashing a small Mew shaped badge with a ruby in its center. "By the way, you also should know that I'm part of the Guild association as well. As you know, within your first few months as Guildmaster, you two are both under my watch. In other words, we're stuck with each other anyways. Besides, I'll be a bit lenient as long as do the show."
Mystic's expression changed slightly as it's one thing she didn't expect as her eyes widened a bit. Dew however gaped at the thought and the realization that Mew is technically his boss now. Dark thoughts crept in the corners of his mind as he'd imagine the Psychic mythical shutting down the guild faster than he could draw his blade.
"Great." The Samurott drawled before taking a nudge from Mystic.
"Perfect! I have a crew here in no time, you feel free to prepare for the new guests. As in your recruits. I assume that you two did have the applications for those who applied. I do request access to view them, so I know what I'm working with. Think of it as advertisement for your guild." Mew tells them before floating away.
-000-
Standing inside the guild Dew and Mystic stood before a camera in a room set of stairs near the entrance. Though other parts of a guild which partly shows a large office and a screen nearby.
"Welcome everyone to a new show one and all to Total Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. I am your host and Guildmaster, Dew." The Samurott introduced himself.
"And I am your co-host and Guild assistant, Mystic." The shiny Zoroark introduced herself. "Today, we have four different teams that applied here in the guild to see who the best will be we can offer in explorations and in rescue teams. Thanks to special backing from the Guildmasters association, we're grateful that we have the support given to us that allows us to be here with you today. Right sweetie?" she said giving Dew a playful wink causing a bit of a blush.
Regaining his composure, Dew walked over to the large screen before touching it, revealing the silhouettes of four teams of three, and a team of four. However, Dew took notice of one of the teams as the 3 of their silhouettes looked quite familiar. Not wanting to say anything about it, he continued.
"Alright let's see who our first recruits will be." Dew said revealing a certain Dewott, Riolu, and Zorua. This caused Dew to turn to Mystic as she looked back with a smile.
"You invited the kids!?" he exclaimed while Mystic crossed her arms.
"Hey, you were getting annoyed that they kept sneaking off to join the other competitions. Besides, you've been busy as of late so it's at least a good way to spend some time with them, also to keep an eye on them as well." She explained. "Even Ally was ok with it, she figured that it'll be good training for them as well."
"Yo, mom, dad." A voice interjected. Approaching the hosts down the stairs was a Zorua followed by a Dewott who had a serious expression on his face and a Riolu who looked like she's glad to be here.
"Yoru, Mizu, Hikari…." Dew had glare to his children which immediately softened with a welcoming smile. "This is actually unexpected, welcome to the guild! I expect nothing but good results from you three. Especially since Mystic and I were on an exploration team long ago."
"That's long-ago old man, we're here to become something even better anyway. We are team New Wave." The Dewott known as Mizu stated causing Dew to give his son a not so pleased look at the seemingly lack of respect. His siblings however, looked at him for a different reason.
"New Wave? I thought we are going with Team Wincest since we're the only team who are likely to be only siblings." Yoru stated with a smirk.
"NO!" Everyone shouted at the Zorua, though a part of Mystic almost wanted to laugh at the name.
"How about Team Gold?" the Riolu known as Hikari spoke. I mean, Mizu, you said that you wanted to do better? And we would be in the shadow of Team Ivory, so we would shine more than them, paving the way for future success."
Mizu rubbed his chin at the thought of the name. "That does sound better, I guess we could go with it. Fine, Team Gold it is."
"FIGHTING GOOOOOOOLD!" Yoru sung out causing everyone to turn to the Zorua who snickered to himself.
"What? You gave me a good excuse to do that." He shrugged causing Dew to facepalm.
"Yare yare daze." He said to himself, as Team Gold appeared above the three Pokemons pictures once Mystic tapped the screen.
"Anyways, you three could move over here? We have the others coming soon." Mystic tells them as she pointed over to a section of the lobby. Oh, and Yoru, please keep your pranks at minimum."
"Yes mom." He said as a halo appeared above his head, staring at both parents with puppy dog eyes.
"Please, we do not need another Ninetales bomb incident." He tells him before turning to Mystic. "Let's move on to the next team."
The screen now revealed four additional Pokémon. Under Team Gold's picture shown a Shroomish, Farfetch'd Plusle, and Marrill. Before anyone could say anything, beatboxing could be heard from the stairs as it was started by the Marrill. The Plusle and Shroomish soon followed as the two started to rap.
"I see you." The Shroomish started.
"You see me." The Plusle followed.
"I got too much candy pop heehee look at me."
"Run."
"Dig it."
"Oooh I go hard."
"On the scene, on the road, yes here we go!"
Music soon blared throughout the guild once the Farfetch'd flew down and landed in front of everyone and broke out into a dance. Without a care in the world, the bird started showing off its footwork which was quite impressive. Before the Farfetch'd really began to feel it, the music suddenly stopped. This caused the Farfetch'd to stop and glare at a Psyduck who's a part of the camera crew.
"Really!?" the Farfetch'd shouted as she and the other Pokémon. Team Gold along with the hosts sweat dropped a bit with what they witnessed.
"Um…we appreciate the performance." Dew spoke unsure what to think of what just happened.
"Oh, come on, you know that was straight fire!" the Plusle shouted, placing her paws to her hips.
"Anyways….You must be Rosa right?" Mystic asked the Plusle who nodded. The Farfetch'd spoke next.
"I'm Keyana, and my dance was off the chain yo!"
"I'm Deja." The Shroomish said with a smile.
"And I'm Rhonda." The Marrill said with a small smile, who turned to Mizu who wasn't paying attention.
"And as if we hadn't mentioned it already, we are Team Candy Pop." Keyana spun her stick within her wing before her and the rest of her team struck a pose together.
"Well, can't deny tour enthusiasm. You girls can move over with Team Gold." Mystic said as the quartet moved over to the sibling trio. Dew touched the screen as Team Candy Pop's name appeared above them, separating the two teams in colored boxes.
"Yo, what up." Rosa said as she walked to the group.
"Hey there. That was quite the performance there." Hikari said politely to Rosa. "I'm Hikari, and these are my brothers, Mizu and Yoru.
"So, what brings you here?" Yoru asked the Zorua
"Nun. We are just here because we thought it'd be fun." Deja explained.
"Well, I guess there is no problem in that, but there are some things we have to take seriously." Mizu stated until he's approached by Rhonda.
"Hello there. Mizu right? Hope we get to work together at some point." Rhonda said with a smile. She rubbed a paw on the Dewott's chest causing his body to heat up intensely before passing out. Surprisng the Marrill.
"Um…what's wrong with him?" Keyana asked confused at what just happened.
"Yeah….you probably shouldn't have been too forward with him. He's always been like that." Hikari explained.
"So he's gay?" Deja questioned.
"Nope, just shy when any girl hits on him, only an extreme case." Hikari explained.
"That's kinda cute though." Rhonda stated.
"Weak if you ask me." Rosa scoffed.
"He's fine, don't worry about it." Yoru said before taking a joy buzzer and placing it on Mizu's back as it shocked him awake.
"Arceus dammit Yoru!" Mizu shouted angrily from the rude awakening who only received a giggle from everyone around him. Dew sighed to himself mentioning that this will be a long couple of months.
Mystic couldn't help but snicker a bit at the situation as this is nothing new that's happened. She regained her composure. "Moving on, let's meet the next-"
"We're already here…." A voice spoke behind Mystic, nearly giving a Night Slash to a Beheeyem behind her who teleported in front of Dew along with a Glaceon and Infernape.
"You're Esther, Claire, and Michael, right?" Dew asked. "Please do not scare my wife as it would likely not end well for you when you do something like that."
The Beheeyem didn't say anything in regard to the warning, but stared at Dew for a few moments which was a bit unsettling.
"Observatory…. Do you have an observatory?" Esther questioned with a monotone voice as she looked at Dew and Mystic.
"Mystic who regained her composure once more raised a brow at the request. "Um…we do, but we'll get to the tour later.
Esther said nothing as she floated over the others. Michael said nothing as well, he followed Esther as if to scan those who have made it so far.
The Glaceon known as Claire spoke to Dew and Mystic. "Yeah…don't mind them, they don't speak that much unless they really get into something."
The duo nodded as Claire walked over to her team near Team Gold. This got the attention of Rhonda as she notice the Ice type stand near Mizu who moved closer to Yoru and Hikari.
"We have quite the interesting cast don't we?" Dew asked as the recent team, Team Mystery appeared on the screen along with the pictures of the Beheeyem, Glaceon, and Infrenape.
"Tell me about it…" Mystic said to herself as Dew put a hand on her shoulder and smiled. "We have at least two more teams left, we still have enough sunlight to burn."
"Hey, that's my line." Mystic said feigning annoyance while Dew rolled his eyes
"Well I'm borrowing it."
Mystic touched the screen once more as she revealed the next team being a Duskull, Hoothoot, and Venipede who all a flown/crawled down the stairs.
"You're Erika, Gregory, and Terrell, right?" Mystic asked looking at the three unevolved Pokémon. This was only met with the Duskull, Erika turning around to use Astonish on everyone, increasing her size tenfold to scare the others. Apart from Team Candy Pop….and Keyana, everyone else seemed to be unphased by that stunt.
"Yes! We are Team Spooooopy~" Erika said trying to be scary until she's met with a Rollout from behind. Courtesy of the Venipede.
"You idiot, if you want to make an impression, at least TRY to be intimidating! Barely anyone flinched!" Terrell shouted as the Venipede got tossed off the Duskull but before the fight even began, both of their heads were smacked together, knocking them both out, everyone turned to Gregory whose eyes faded from a glowing red.
Dew shook his head as a result of what happened. He placed the name of the Team Spoopy on the screen and told Gregory for him and his team to stand next to the others. The Hoothoot obliged as he used Confusion to carry the two Pokémon over to the other teams. Most of whom gave them a look.
"What?" Gregory asked confused.
"Alright, now it's time for our final team." Dew said with a bit more excitement in his voice.
"Let's get it!" Mystic exclaimed as the final team revealed to be a Tyrogue, Sunkern, and an Alolan Raichu who all rode on the surfing mouse.
"Dude, didn't you see the cutback I did on the stairs? Gotta admit this guild is bitchin." The Raichu said in both excited yet chilled tone. The Sunkern bounced happily on the Raichu's head. "Come on Flow, you know we all saw that. Right Byron?" he asked as he looked over to Hikari's direction as she and Yoru were still talking with some of the members of Team Candy Pop. Mizu however locked eyes with Michael as the two stared each other down for a moment anticipating one to make a move.
"Yo, earth to Byron?" the Sunkern said snapping the fighting type out of his thoughts.
"Uh, oh, sorry Cyrus, kinda spaced out for a minute." The Tyrogue said sheepishly as turned to Dew and Mystic.
"I have to say, I didn't think I'd be a part of a guild, especially with Total Pokémon and Team Ivory's Dew as my Guildmaster. He said quite excitedly.
"Please, I'd like to forget about that first one." He muttered but smiled otherwise that there are some fans of his team.
"I appreciate it, mind telling us your team name?" Dew asked the trio.
"That's right dude, we're Team Sun Surf." Flow said circling around her team and the hosts. "Of course, sunny boi Cyrus is the one who made the name for us."
This in return caused Cyrus to blush a bit. "Aw come on, I thought it'd made sense since we all have a love for surfing, and of course like the sun."
As that was being said, Team Sun Surf's name appeared on the screen along with their pictures.
"Anyways, we appear to have all teams available to us." Mystic said smiling a bit as this will be quite the interesting day for everyone, considering that this their first day as Guildmasters.
Dew nodded before turning to everyone. "First and foremost, I'd like the welcome you all to the Legacy Guild. I am your Guildmaster Dew. While over here is the Co-Guildmaster, and my wife, Mystic. Some of whom may have known us with our exploration adventures-"
"In bed." Yoru interrupted causing a few laughs to erupt from a few of the members. Mizu however smacked the back of his brother's head with a shell in response to that.
"Quiet Yoru!" Dew shouted at the fox as he tried not to die from laughter. He took a deep breath before continuing where he left off.
"Some of whom may have known us from well….other media as well. I am glad to stand before you all today. However, unlike most guilds, we will be running things a little bit differently. While yes, you will partake in rescue and exploration missions, we will also test your abilities to see if you're all up for the task. We will explain that a little bit later. If you have any further questions, Mystic will be available to talk to." He said as the shiny Zoroark nodded
"Now, let's show you around the guild first." Mystic said as she signaled the others to follow her.
"OBSERVATORY!" Esther shoued
-000-
Everyone is led to the back end of the guild where there is a large training ground that consist of areas that are suitable for both water types and terrestrial dwellers. A small path can be seen leading to a forest. Some exercise equipment such as weights and bags are seen lying around certain parts of the field as well.
"This here is the training grounds. If you wish to get stronger, you are free to use this area. At some point, we are likely to have tournaments here as well." Dew stated.
"Oh…so we can fight here as well? Have there been any strange sightings here recently?" Michael asked.
"Um….no?" Dew answered confused by this statement.
"Then you lost me."
"Anyways, we do have a coach here if you wish to have a tougher challenge. However, they're unavailable now." Mystic explained.
"Aww… But what's' with the forest?" Deja asked intrigued.
"That will be explained for another time Deja." Mystic tells her before leading everyone back inside.
-000-
Everyone was now back in the lobby as they passed a large room. Down the hall there where several doors that are either painted red or blue."
"This where you sleep. The red room for the girls and the blue rooms are for the boys. Of course, to prevent any incidents from happening, rooms will not be co-ed during lights out." Mystic explained.
"For the love of Arceus, we do not want to be known as another Wanderlust Guild." Dew said with a bit of irritation as he eyed some of the males in the guild who took a step back.
"Wait, how do you know-"
"Guildmasters know each other ok?" Dew quickly interrupted Claire as he was the one to lead the guild apprentices to the next room.
-000-
"On the upper floors of the guild there was a large library, the number of books available was surprising to some. A door can be seen further down. A Musharna is also seen adjusting books with its psychic abilities.
"This here is the library. If there is anything you want to research, it'll likely be here. If you're unable to find it, Irma our librarian would be able to find a book for you. There is an observatory in the floor above-"
"Yes!" Esther shouted before being shushed by Irma.
"You will need appropriate authorization to use the observatory. Which none of you have gotten your badges yet. Those will come quite soon." Dew finished as Esther looked down in disappointment.
-000-
On the opposite ends of where the rooms are located near the lobby, there is a mess hall where upon the dull yellow tables, a Miltank and Audino are seen cleaning the room.
"This here is the mess hall. Food will be available on certain periods of the day, Belle and Al here are not only the cooks here, but they are also part of our medical team as well. Their office is just next door from here as well. They are much too serious about their cooking though."
"You're damn right!" both Pokémon shouted in unison earing quite the look from most of the guild members.
-000-
Returning once more to the lobby, Dew soon led them all to the large office space. Lit by on the wall that led towards a desk, it kept its overall shell theme. Even the room itself is in the shape of a scalchop.
"This here is the Guildmaster's office. You would find Mystic or myself take care of any official guild business here, as well as letting you all know of a special announcement. If you wish to speak of any private matters that you need help with, Mystic or myself would be available as well." He explained as Mystic went over to the desk and pulled out a box.
"I'm sure some of you have also seen some weird shell shaped boxes around the guild as well. Those are the confessionals as well. If you wish to vent
"Why do you have them in the first place!? " Keyana
"Yeah…isn't that borderline creepy? Not that I mind by the way…" Erika chuckled
"Last minute request by our supervisor at the Guild Association." Dew deadpanned
Mystic stepped forward with the box still in her arms before opening it. Inside contained several small white badges who she then gave to each member of the guild.
"These are your training badges. You will be using these for the time being. We have yet to see all of your capabilities while out in the field, so it is best to test you now. We have something special in store for you. Right now, meet us in the training grounds in about an hour. You're dismissed." Mystic tells the group of Pokémon who some of them thanked before exiting.
-000-
"I gotta say, new targets for future pranks…Though mom would secretly want to join in and dad would probably want to have my pelt at that point. Either way, this is going to be fun." Yoru said snickering to himself.
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"Byron does look cute" Hikari said with a blush. "Though the last time I dated someone in the Tyrogue line, that did not end well….well for him at least."
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"I'm gay…." Byron shrugged
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"M-must…h-h-have…observat-t-t-ory…" Esther stuttered rocking back and fourth.
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"I have a feeling that I could help Mizu get over that little issue of his, though that Glaceon chick better not go anywhere near him!" Rhonda shouted. Covering her mouth realizing what she said.
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"Look, married to two women at once, the butt of a joke on several tv shows, I do not want to be seen like my father. I want to be something better. As long as I stay away from relationships or anything, I should be fine." Mizu said crossing his arms.
-000-
"Yeah, yo, let's kick it. Me and my team is gonna win it!" Keyana rapped but slammed her head against the door. "Arceus dammit that was bad!"
-000-
"I'm disappointed…they don't have any Roserade passion around here. Oh well…gotta find some later." Flow said before the camera cuts out when she's about to pull out a bong.
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"Yo, something smells like weed." Deja said
"Who isn't sharing with us!?" Rosa exclaimed
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"Doom….doom….doom…doom…" Erika muttered.
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"I hope we can last as long and HOPEFULLY not get banned." Terrell deadpanned.
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"My team are freakin idiots…" Gregory sighed.
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"WOOO! LET'S GO!" Cyrus cheered
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"This is quite the interesting bunch, I don't know what it is, but I do sense something in that Dewott…as well as that Raichu and a few maybe that Plusle. I hope Michael or Esther doesn't do anything reckless." Claire sighed.
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"This will be easy pickings. We will show why we are the best here." Michael said relaxing in his seat before suddenly falling off.
-000-
And that concludes the first chapter. I hope you all enjoy it. Total Pokémon Mystery Dungeon will be something that I focus more of my time on before I return to other projects. Despite other issues going along with this, I hope to make as good quality content as best as I possibly can. Anyways, here is an overview of the team. The first challenge will be available in the next chapter. SD out.
-Team Gold-
Mizu Watatsumi: Dewott
Hikari Watatsumi: Riolu
Yoru Watatsumi: Zorua
-(Team Candy Pop) -
Deja Williams: Shroomish
Keyana King: Farfetch'd
Rosa Francis: Plusle
Rhonda Harris: Marrill
- (Team Mystery)-
Michael Zheng: Infernape
Claire White: Glaceon
Esther Jaimes: Beheeyem
-(Team Spoopy)-
Erika Flair: Duskull
Gregory McNair: Hoothoot
Terrell Ott: Venipede
-(Team Sunsurf)-
Byron Lopez: Tyrogue
Lisa "Flow" Cross: Alolan Raichu
Cyrus Russel: Sunkern (male)