Hi everyone, my name's Sode no Shirayuki1411, some of you may know me from my other Pokemon fic; The World I Live In.

Whether you do or not there's a few things I'd like to say.

Firstly, the one pretty much every fanfic writer says at least once; reviews are loved and appreciated, but please be nice.

Secondly, this is a POKEMON ADVENTURES MANGA AU. If you play the games, you'll probably get it. If you only watch the anime, you probably wont understand much of the character's relationships. Just a warning.

Thirdly,I don't normally write romance fics. I write fics with romance IN them but this is the first fic where the romance is instrumental to the plot, aside from a challenge fic I did once. The point is, I am so far out of my comfort zone it's not even funny but I hope you'll work with me and help me become a better writer. Also, this is a CRACK PAIRING STORY. I don't even support these pairings. CRACK PAIRINGS EVERYWHERE!

Fourthly: surnames, there are, to the best of my knowledge, exactly four dex holders with surnames; Blue (the boy), Sapphire, Platinum and Y. Everybody elses I came up with, some are obvious, some have their Japanese name as their surname, some are named after the town they come from/have a connection to. If you don't understand why I gave a character a certain surname just ask, I probably have a reason.

Probably. Also I am calling Black-two and White-two by their game names; Nate and Rosa. Because Lack-two and Whi-two are terrible names, even by the standard of people who name their kids Red and Blue.

Lastly; to me Blue is the boy and Green is the girl.

Thank you for your time, please enjoy, I don't own Pokemon or the Hunger Games

WARNING(s): Swearing.

I'll shut up now.


Chapter 1: Soul mates

"Today's the day," said Silver as their group -Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Crystal and himself- walked towards the huge school/university courtyard.

"Anyone else nervous?" Red asked.

Gold laughed lightly, "if by 'nervous' you mean scared out of my mind, then yeah, I am kinda nervous."

Crystal stopped suddenly and bent over, resting her hands on her knees, her face white, "I'm not ready for this," she whispered, "25-15 was a terrible idea, we're way too young to be picking our soulmates."

"You think you've got problems?" Asked Nate, a friend of Gold and Red's, "how do you think we feel?" He gestured at himself and his companions Hugh and Rosa, they were three of the 15 year old students who were going to maybe be picked.

Crystal smiled at them and straightened, she might be scared out of her mind, just like Gold, but she'd act brave to reassure the younger students, she'd act as though going to pick the man or woman she'd spend the rest of her life bound to was nothing.

But it wasn't nothing

Ruby, another friend of Red and Gold's, thus a friend of Nate's, appeared out of no-where and slung an arm around Nate's shoulders, "c'mon, the names of all the 25-15 year olds from around the country will be in this thing. You're chances of being picked are tiny! Virtually impossible!"

Nate looked slightly reassured, but not 100%, "I'm sure you're right," he said doubtfully.

"I'm never wrong. Trust me," said Ruby, miming a hair flip which he couldn't actually do because his short hair was hidden behind his strange white hat.

"Me? I don't care if I get picked or not, I just hope I get a guy," said Green cheerfully, blue skirt swishing as she skipped along.

"I just hope I don't get a guy," Silver grumbled, it didn't matter what your sexual orientation was, if you were picked, you would be attracted to your partner, no matter what. There were upsides to this, homophobia was at an all-time low, bad idea to encourage or allow your children to dislike homosexual couples when there was a chance they'd end up tied to a person of the same sex. It still existed, but it was rare. Green and Silver were both perfectly fine with homosexuality, they just wanted a person of the opposite gender because it was familiar territory for them, Green didn't currently like girls and Silver didn't currently like boys and unless they were picked, they probably never would.

Then again, Gold thought, glancing at his red-haired companion, I've never heard Silver admit to liking anyone."I don't care if I get a guy as long as he's older than me," said Ruby promptly.

Green raised an eyebrow, "I thought you said you were straight." Ruby didn't act straight but looks could be deceiving. The fact that he and Sapphire had fallen in love at first sight when they were five and been in an on-again, off-again (currently off-again) relationship since they were eleven helped his argument.

He smiled, "I am, but I wouldn't care if I ended up gay so long as my man is older than me. Being gay is fine with me. Being a gay cougar is not fine with me," he winked.

"Well let's just hope your future male soulmate doesn't feel the same way, one of you has to be wrong," Green replied with a laugh.

They were almost at the courtyard, attendance was mandatory for high school/uni students aged 25-15 who went to PokeSpe University High (which is why they were here) but others who were in that age group and might be called out had come from all over the country, as had parents, so the huge space was already packed. Crystal shuddered; some people didn't want to come, if it was up to her she wouldn't be here. She'd be watching the announcement cocooned in her blanket at home, shaking.

They all gathered around the stage with the magic bowl on top of it. Well the bowl itself wasn't magic but the two pieces of paper inside it were. Every time they were picked out of the bowl they would have a different name of a person aged 25-15 at the time.

Their university/school professor stepped up to the microphone and bowl, Blue's heart-rate accelerated, he felt ill.

"My Grandfather is picking our soul-mates," he whispered, Red squeezed one shoulder, Green squeezed his other hand and Yellow slipped under Red's arm to hug him around the waist briefly before letting go.

Blue's grandfather, Professor Oak, cleared his throat and began to give a speech, first it was the generic 'the God Arceus has decided to...' about the soul mates, to how he hoped the fifty young people picked would be overjoyed with their opportunity, blah, blah, blah, Blue wasn't listening, neither were Red, Green or Gold. Silver had his eyes on the professor while Yellow and Crystal appeared to be hanging off his every word.

Finally it was actually time for the names to be picked, Professor Oak reached inside the bowl for the first piece of paper, two or three people in the crowd fainted.

"Cheren Aspertia," the Professor read out, there was an intake of breath from behind Red and Blue, it was Black, when had Black gotten there? Then Blue remembered, Cheren Aspertia was Black's closest friend.

The bespectacled black-haired sixteen year old, walked up to the stage, expression unreadable. He waited politely by the Professor for the name of his soul-mate to be called out.

Standing by Red, Blue and his other senior and junior friends, along with Pearl and Lady, Diamond felt sorry for the younger boy, Cheren didn't go to his school and he was more Pearl's friend than Diamond's, but Dia still felt bad for him. The chances of Cheren getting someone he knew, let alone someone he liked were, as Ruby had said, virtually impossible.

"Diamond Twinleaf."

Diamond blinked, Pearl shrieked, so did Lady. Dia blinked again, wait, what?

Pearl gave Dia a little shove and the darker-haired boy nearly fell flat on his face, why was Pearl shoving him? Oh yeah, he had to go up there.

Dia walked up to the stage, blushing, he wasn't bothered by all the people, Dia and Pearl wanted to be comedians, being on stage in front of people didn't bother Diamond.

The fact that his soul-mate was waiting on the stage did bother Dia a little bit, but only a bit, while Cheren was good at pretending to stay calm, Dia was good at actually staying calm.

He reached the middle of the stage and glanced at Professor Oak briefly before reaching out with his right hand, Cheren hesitantly slipped his left into it, the second their skin touched a shining red thread wrapped itself around their smallest fingers. The thread was both magical and unbreakable; it lasted for 24 hours and prevented the pair from moving more than three meters away from each other. Dia smiled lazily at Cheren, hoping to put the other boy at ease, the smile was tightly returned then the two of them went to stand behind the stage as the crowd clapped politely. After everyone was picked they'd be on the news, interviewed etc but for now they could enjoy the quiet as everyone else were picked.


There were a few more names picked after Dia's, "how many has that been?" Crystal asked quietly, she wasn't really counting.

"Not really sure," Gold breathed back.

"Ten, counting Diamond's," said Silver.

Gold inclined his head, "he was, of course."

"Crystal Cherrygrove," Professor Oak called.

Crystal's knees turned to jelly, "wh-what did he say?" She asked shakily.

"You know exactly what he said," Silver said grimly, though he looked a little pale too, Gold ducked under one of Crystal's arms and Silver ducked under the other, together they dragged Crys to the stage. They left her at the steps that went up, "thanks guys," Crys whispered.

"We'll be right here when it's over," Silver promised, Gold nodded, uncharacteristically serious. Her friend's support, literal support, made Crys feel better; she squared her shoulders, set her chin and walked up on stage.

Her soul-mate's name was called some guy with blue hair named Cress Stration, he didn't go to her school, or at least Crys didn't think he did, she was pretty sure she'd remember hair that blue if she'd seen it before. But he appeared to be about her age and seemed nice enough, offering Crys his right hand with a gentlemanly bow. She took it.

Well, Crys thought, that's that.


Red was feeling uneasy, the chances of anyone he knew being picked were slim, but four couples had been picked after Crystal and out of thirty people, three he knew had been picked. And two of them he knew well, he was Gold's student mentor, who was Ruby's, who was Diamond's. And Crystal was a close friend of Gold and Green. This was weird. And not only had Cheren, Black's best friend (Diamond was Black's student mentor), been picked, but Cheren and Dia had been picked together.

That was really weird.

They were secretly perfect for each other, who would've guessed? Thought Red, the red string of fate/soul-mate bond didn't make people perfect for each other, people were only picked with someone they were already perfect with, they just didn't know it or weren't attracted to their gender/age/whatever.

I guess true love can be found in the weirdest places, Red thought.

"Red Ketchum."

Oh crap, now the twenty-three year old really hoped that thought was true.

Now it was Blue's turn to sympathetically squeeze Red's shoulder. Red deliberately avoided looking at Yellow, they weren't a couple but they'd had a thing since they were both quite young, not as young as Ruby and Sapphire, but young.

Red locked eyes with his best friend's grandfather who was giving him a grandfatherly smile. Red glared, bring it.

Professor Oak read off the name on the other piece of paper.

"Hugh Leonie."

If Red hadn't been so horrified, he would've face-palmed. Black was Nate's student mentor and Nate was Hugh's best friend. Hugh didn't go to their school, he went to Cheren's but Red had seen him around. He was okay, something of a hot-head, but Red was too back when he was Hugh's age.

Yeah, back then.

Hugh was fifteen years old.

Red groaned, Bring it?! He shouldn't even have thought that! He should know better than to tempt fate by now!

Hugh walked onto the stage, dark scarlet eyes met bright, almost luminous ones the colour of fresh blood. Then the blood-coloured ones narrowed as Hugh glared at him, reaching out his hand.

This was going to be a disaster!


"Pearl Jun."

Pearl jumped slightly, first Dia, now him?!

He headed quickly towards the stand, not because he was eager but because he didn't believe in dawdling and doing things slowly, his heart was beating quickly, Pearl tried to convince himself it was only because he was using so much energy.

"Skyla Mistralton."

Pearl craned his neck slightly, trying not to look obvious doing it, as Skyla approached the stage.

When he finally caught a glimpse of her, he blinked, stunned.

Oh what had he gotten himself into now?!


"Blue Oak," Blue jumped slightly, so did Professor Oak, grandfather and grandson locked eyes, then Blue walked up to the stage.

What the Hell? Why so many of us from the one school or our friends? Is life just trying to screw me over?

"Yellow Viridian."

Blue's heart just about stopped beating. Yes, he thought dimly, life is just trying to screw me over. Yeah Dia, Red and the others had all been picked, some of them with the last person they'd suspect.

But none of them had gotten their best friend's girlfriend!


"Ruby Yuki," it was a few names after Blue and Yellow, Ruby raised a dark eyebrow in surprise and offered a stunned-looking Sapphire an apologetic smile.

"I guess we were never meant to be after all," said Ruby. He started to pick his way through the crowd, trying to banish Sapphire's devastated eyes from his mind. Part of him was secretly relieved that he had been picked, no matter who his soul-mate turned out to be. Now he and Sapphire definitely had no chance. Ruby loved her, he did, and he knew that relief was a horrible emotion to feel right now. But at least he wouldn't have to keep trying and failing like he always had and had begun to feel he always would.

"Lack-two Kyohei." Professor Oak read off.

"Son of a bitch!" Ruby swore, making the Professor glance at him in concern. Ruby swore he heard a chuckle from someone behind the stage. Probably Red or Hugh. His own words about not caring if he got a guy as long as it was an older guy were ringing in his ears.

Lack-two Nate Kyohei, more commonly known by his middle name 'Nate,' came up to the stage and reached his hand out, glowering. Ruby took it.

"'It's your first year,' he said," drawled Nate quietly, the second he was within earshot of the older boy, "'they're not going to pick you,' he said."

Ruby squeezed his fingers tightly, "I was wrong, alright?!" He snapped.

There was a twinkle in Nate's huge brown eyes, "'I'm never wrong. Trust me,' he said."

The two of them walked off stage together, not knowing whether to fume...or laugh.


"Green Leaf."

"Yay! I'm not the only one who didn't get picked!" Some of the others had handled their really well and even been somewhat eager but there was always some level of trepidation at being partnered with someone they didn't know. Not with Green, she bolted up on stage, making a few people who knew her laugh.

"Red! Blue! Yellow! I got picked too!" She yelled excitedly to down behind the stage.

"We heard!" Red yelled back, actually sounding fairly cheerful. Blue was still stuck in his BSOD over getting Yellow and Yellow herself was feeling too awkward to say anything.

Professor Oak was about to pick the name of Green's soulmate when he was interrupted, "I volunteer!" Gold yelled, jumping up and down, waving his arms around, "I volunteer as tribute!"

There was a ripple of laughter around him, Silver grabbed him and put him in a choke hold, behind the stage, standing with Cress, Crystal groaned and buried her face in her free hand. Professor Oak just rolled his eyes and picked the second name.

"White Touko!" Green squealed, half in happiness, half in surprise. Both surprise at White being picked and that they were apparently perfect for each other and had never even noticed. They were friends for God's sake!

White walked up to her, looking more bewildered than anything, Green hugged her and took her hand before letting the other girl lead her off stage.

"That's what I like to see!" Said Professor Oak, before going on to the next name.


"Sapphire Birch!" Sapphire almost breathed a sigh of relief. Now her feelings for Ruby wouldn't be one-sided, they'd go away, just like his feelings for her would. They could be friends. She could be happy.

Some eighteen year old girls might be apprehensive in her position, not Sapphire.

She boldly walked up to the stage and gave her dad's colleague a bright grin, Professor Oak smiled back.

"Black Touya."

Sapphire winced, she had been determined to greet whoever her soul-mate was with a smile. But Black? Firstly, he was a friend of Ruby's and Ruby's soul-mate Nate's senor mentor.

Secondly he was gay.

There were a lot of people –Ruby for one!- who had gotten someone of the same gender when they weren't into that gender previously. The soul-mate bond bonded you to the soul inside a person, regardless of gender (that's why it was called a soul-mate bond) but Black was the first person who'd gotten a heterosexual partner when he wasn't heterosexual, well as far as Sapphire knew.

Sapphire knew it wouldn't matter once he took her hand and the thread bonded them together, he'd love her for her. But did it have to be Black?! And did it have to be her?!

Black walked up to her, his usually energetic face looking ill. Sapphire smiled understandingly at him, being gentle, as gentle as Sapphire could, she took his left hand.


"Gold Hibiki." Gold nearly had a heart attack, "Me too?!" he yelped.

"Why are you surprised at this stage," Asked Silver. Gold stared at him, "it's true, Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl, Black, White and Nate have all been picked. The universe obviously hates us," the redhead continued.

"Or they all gravitated together because subconsciously they realized they were meant for each other," said Wally, a friend of Ruby's who didn't go to their school.

"You're an optimistic one," said Silver, he turned back to Gold, "you should get up there, do you want me to walk to the stage with you?" After Crystal's soul-mate was announced they'd gone back to stand with their friends.

"Nah, it's fine, thanks." Said Gold, managing a grin. He and Silver gripped each other's hands briefly and Gold bumped his shoulder against the other boy's before confidently walking up on stage and giving Professor Oak a cocky smirk. Blue's grandfather just rolled his eyes at the troublemaker.

"Bianca Bel."

Gold's brow furrowed. He wasn't upset or anything, but he swore he knew that name. Unfortunately he was terrible with names and faces and was unable to remember if he knew her or not until he actually saw Bianca.

Then it clicked.

She was Black's friend! The pretty, bubbly blonde who went to the same school as Cheren, Wally and Hugh.

But right now Bianca didn't look bubbly, she looked terrified. Gold smiled at her, hoping she'd recognize him too. Bianca cowered and shrank back. Not good.

A blonde, Gold thought, a gorgeous, busty, blonde. Silver's never going to let me live this down!


It had been forty-three couples, eighty-six people. Five couples, ten people since Gold and Bianca were picked, Silver had been keeping count. They were near the end.

"Silver Visrotti," Silver's eyebrow rose, why are you surprised at this stage? He asked himself mentally as he had Gold. Shrugging, nothing he could do about it, Silver walked up on stage. He was completely calm, unlike some of the others;

Silver had complete faith in his ability to stay on his feet when life pulled the rug out from under him.

That was until he heard his soul-mate's (though Silver was beginning to doubt Arceus's judgement) name.

"Saturn Galactic."

Forget BSODing, yelping in surprise or swearing, Silver nearly died. What very few people knew was that he was the criminal mastermind Giovanni's only child. What even fewer people knew was that while he was Giovanni's only child, his mother Arianna had another child, a daughter a four years older than Silver, named Mars.

Saturn was Mars's boyfriend.

Fuck you life! Silver yelled mentally, setting his jaw, he'd never actually met Saturn but he'd seen him at a distance and in photos. It was definitely the same guy. Not that he'd considered the possibility that it wasn't, Saturn Galactic wasn't exactly a common name.

Saturn walked up on stage, he'd never seen even a photo of Silver but he'd heard the name from Mars. Not to mention he looked exactly like her. Only their eyes were different, Silver's small silver eyes were nothing like Mars's huge red ones.

Silver held out his hand as Saturn did the same. Cobalt blue met shining silver, well fuck, thought Saturn.

Silver couldn't help it, his only thought was Gold's never going to let me live this down!


Platinum 'Lady' Berlitz held her breath, this was the last couple, pretty much all of her friends had been picked, she was almost safe. She gripped Rosa's hand tightly in one of hers and leaned down to tightly grip Emerald's in the other. They were the only three left! This was ridiculous!

"Misty Katsumi."Okay, Platinum didn't know that girl, not her problem.

"Platinum Berlitz."

Well it was now!


Okay, several things. The real plot begins next chapter. This was just to get the names out. It was horribly boring and for that I apologize but the crack romance starts soon.

Like, really soon, it's crazy.

Second, just an interesting theory I've heard that Mars and Silver are related, and they ARE kind of identical.

Other than that, hope you enjoyed. Until next time.