Chapter 1: Pivot

A brunet sat in the back of a classroom, his eyes struggling to keep open. He yawned and covered his mouth with his hand. Blinking, he placed his chin in the palm of his hand and propped his elbow on the desk. He was honestly done with this class, considering how these were the final moments he would be spending in school. "Good riddance…" He grinned a bit before closing his eyes in glee.

"Tsunayoshi, what did I just say?"

Tsuna sighed as he sent the instructor a light glare. He was tired of this guy constantly calling on him. It drove him crazy. Why was he even still teaching? This was the last day of school, was it not? "Juudaime, psst, psst!" Tsuna whipped his head to the right only to see one of his friends. "Pokemon can only attain a total of 510 effort values." Oh Gokudera was trying to tell him the answer. Tsuna smiled and nodded in appreciation.

"Each Pokemon can not exceed 510 effort value points." Tsuna said, not even bothering to make eye contact with the instructor.

"Hmmph, nice to know you can pay attention." The teacher grunted just as the bell rang. Tsuna's eyes widened in excitement as students bustled around the classroom. "Remember to pick up your pokemon by the lab at five o'clock."

"Yo, Tsuna!" A spikey haired teen sauntered over to the brunet's desk, a lopsided smile on his face. "What type of Pokemon are you gonna choose?"

Tsuna frowned at Yamamoto's question. He honestly had no idea and he never put any thought into it up until this point. "I dunno, what about you?"

"I think I'll go with a water type."

"Fire is obviously the better choice."

"But…doesn't water beat fire?"

"Juudaime, what are you going to do after you get your first pokemon?"

"Alot of people wanna become champion of the region."

"Shutup, baseball freak! I wasn't talking to you."

If Tsuna didn't ponder what pokemon type he desired, he really had no idea what his future held. He could go on with his academics but college costed a lot of money.

"I think I just might do what everyone else is doing."

"Become champion?"

"If that's the case you should come down to the shopping center with us. We're gonna stock up on supplies since they don't provide us with much."

"Uh, you guys go ahead. I'm gonna stay here for awhile."

Gokudera and Yamamoto exchanged worried looks before nodding and leaving the classroom. A sigh escaped the brunet as he nestled his head in his arms. He was going to miss this place. But he had to leave. Wouldn't it be great to prove everyone wrong. Prove he was actually worth something. His bottom lip began to quiver and tears stained his sleeves. He'd be able to show them all. The brunet lost track of time while silently drowning in his sorrows, drifting into slumber.

Roaming the desolate halls was the Head of the Disciplinary Committee, Hibari Kyoya, although, this was his last day holding that title. The adults began complaining about how he refused to move on with his life. The skylark could have simply beaten them into silence but he figured it'd be best to just leave. He had to advance onto better things.

He was making his last rounds for the day and then he would call it quits. He dug into his pocket and fished out a small circular ball. After pressing a button, the ball increased in size. He stared at it skeptically. The Professor claimed that the creature residing in the strange device was the perfect match for him. Hibari hadn't checked what pokemon he was given and didn't care as long as he didn't have to receive one at the same time as all those other students who would be getting theirs this afternoon or rather right at this moment. Crowds were the bane of his existence.

The prefect glanced into a classroom. His eyes narrowed once he spotted a student napping at one of the desks. He opened the door and said, "It's against school regulations to loiter after the school after hours." The brunet didn't even stir and continued to lay there motionless. Hibari abruptly kicked the desk causing Tsuna to awaken.

Face streaked with tears, Tsuna stared up at Hibari, perplexed. After a few seconds elasped,realization kicked in. Tsuna quickly wiped his face and checked the time. "Oh God, its past five." Tsuna struggled to his feet, nearly bumping into Hibari. He dashed out of the room and out of the school.

Hibari shrugged. It only made his job easier.

"Tsunayoshi you're late. I don't think there are anymore pokemon available."

"Professor please. There has to be something, anything."

The olive haired man put down his clipboard and adjusted his glasses. "I suppose I could give you my test subject here." He frowned and glimpsed at Tsuna. "Although he may go to waste." Tsuna could hear every bit of disdain that dripped from his voice. "This pokemon is perfect, has the potential to be the best. It even has a mutation in it's genes, not the same color as most of it's species."

"Perfect?"

"Over here Tsunayoshi," A pokeball was inserted into the slot of a machine and numerous stats were listed on the computer screen. "I'm sure you've heard of individual stats." The boy nodded. "This pokemon has perfect IVs. This greatly impacts the final stage of it's evolution."

"May I have it?" Tsuna's heard of those pokemon that had a different color scheme from most of it's species. He saw a red Gyrados on tv once, it even sparkled. People usually referred to them as shinies.

"Can't you comprehend how rare this is? Genetic Engineering is no easy feat."

"Just give it to him Verde. You've breeded tons of perfect pokemon." A man in a black suit strolled in, a fedora perched on his head.

"Reborn-"

"If you do I'll give you some information regarding the legendaries."

"Take it." Without hesitation, Verde grabbed the pokeball and shoved it into Tsuna's hands. "That pokemon is fresh from the egg, he just hatched a few days ago and has never experienced a battle. Just a warning."

"Never been in a battle? How am I supposed to-"

A pokedex was shoved into his hands and he was ushered out of the lab by the scientist. The door shut with a loud thud as a pout tugged at the brunet's lips. He stared at the ball given to him and realized the professor never told him what pokemon resided inside. Tsuna's ears perked up at the sound of footsteps approaching. Turning around, Tsuna caught a glimpse of who it was, Hibari.

If Hibari hadn't woke him he wouldn't have gotten a pokemon at all. "Thanks Hibari." The former disciplinary head shot the boy a questioning look. Tsuna took note of this and said, "For waking me up in time."

What was the Herbivore going on about? Wake him up in time… that's right. Tsuna was sleeping in the classroom while everyone else was choosing their very first pokemon. But that was not an act of kindness, Hibari just wanted to beat him up. The raven haired teen didn't reply to Tsuna's words of appreciation and the brunet grew weary of the silence.

"So what sort of pokemon did you get."

"I didn't bother to check." Hibari smirked. He never got the chance to punish Tsuna and he had the perfect idea in mind. He pulled out his pokeball and enlarged it. Tsuna scrutinized Hibari's actions with confused eyes.

"What are you doing?"

"You're going to battle me."

A/N

Since summer vacation is quickly approaching I decided to upload this, its been sitting around in my computer for a few months. Just wanted to see if anyone's interested. I'm pretty sure I should be focusing on Cease to Exist though.

R&R?