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Chapter 1: The Bet

Anise's POV

Only one race was left. Whoever was the first of them to finish wins it all. And it would determine if Jade would end up in a special dimension system's take on my home dimension, or if i would be in the variant of hers. The youngest two of Jade's cousins, Wave and Keiko, were running a two-player Mario Kart: Double Dash GP Mode All-Cup Tour. They were tied for the lead with one race to go, and the nearest computer-controlled team had no chance of even getting the deficit between them and the loser to single digits even on a race win and the loser finishes dead last.

Me and Jade, my blue-haired ZK3 teammate, had made a bet to see who would win. I had chosen Wave, who had purple hair containing two long spikes, one on each side of her head, while Jade (her first name's Dawn but since encountering that one slutty variant of her she started using her middle name, much like Rochelle had done a few years prior upon learning that she and her OZ counterpart, Mushroom Kingdom princess Peach Toadstool, shared first names) had picked black-haired Keiko. Pretty funny, really, considering the choices were of the player closer to the age of the player betting on them to win; a month and a half separated Jade and Keiko, who were both only twenty, whilst i was twenty-five (though after CLK Rockport i still looked to be eighteen), close to Wave's age. Whoever lost the bet would have to undertake a runthrough of a notable saga in the winner's life; if i won the bet Jade would have to be in my role during my membership in the Rune Angels, and i had the XQ Tech Squad people designing an Emblem Frame specifically for her (the point in time concerning the saga in which Jade would start out would be after i officially joined the Rune Angels, having started out as a minor enemy before officially joining the group on claiming a bounty on Dieta thanks to two of my super AI, one acting as a decoy so i could get behind the mage). According to what i knew about if i lost the bet, i would have to do a stint as a Coordinator in Jade's home dimension; it's just i didn't know which region it was gonna be. Concerning the contest array seen in that region Sinnoh would likely be the top pick (fifteen known, compared to eight for Hoenn and seven for Kanto, of which one was unofficial and ended in a tie), but i was hoping Sinnoh WASN'T the choice on account of the general rule that Coordinators competing in Sinnoh had to dress up, and i'm not much into that sort of thing, much like the XQ captain, Jet. At least i wouldn't have to do this in my true form; in this form i received after ascending to the Nova Legend form my bust size is a modest, if slightly above normal, 40DD, but my true form's bust is right on the borderline of forced eternal toplessness. And for some reason i hit the borderline sooner than i expected, but a staller that had been implemented by an unknown source kept me on the positive side long enough for the boost that gave me my current form.

Then the final race was on. Wave, starting ahead of Keiko in the grid, got a better jump than her younger sister and for the majority of the race it seemed i would win the bet. Keiko did make a couple attempts to pass Wave, but items kept hitting her and keeping Wave ahead. Until on the last straightaway on the final lap, when some doof back in the pack fired a Spiny Shell and Keiko flew by. Keiko had enough momentum to make it to the checkered flag before Wave could catch back up to her, and it was around that time when an XQ Tech Squad member had walked up to me to inform me of a serious snag in the construction phase they had hit. It would take a few weeks to clear it up, and for Jade it couldn't have come at a better time concerning our little bet.

"You should consider yourself lucky, Jade, that you won the bet when i learned of a serious snag in the plans for if i had won. So, which region did you pick?" i asked the blue-haired girl.

"Sinnoh. Not due to the occasional Double Performance, not because of it's my home region, and not because of the number of known contests having been seen in the region."

"Well, then, what DID you pick that region for?"

"The formal outfit rule for Coordinators competing in Sinnoh contests. You can't go casual forever, Anise, you need to be ready to wear those kind of outfits at a moment's notice."

"Well, i kinda got the emphasis on casual wear from Jet, he's not one for formal outfits either." i said. True story, i've never seen Jet in formal attire; heck, the only times i wore something of that nature were that trip to his home dimension where i started to pick up Maranda's quirk in regards to high heels (those ankle boots Lily had on didn't help, though i had changed outfits by then) and three days before then with that bridal gown Kazuya bought me (i needed to be in my true form to wear it, though). Next thing i knew Jade had grabbed me by the arm and dragged me to a different part of the XQ main base.

'Seriously, where did she get the idea for THIS look?' i mentally asked myself once Jade was done setting me up for the new 'mission'. My normally red hair had been turned dark blue, with a pair of bangs framing my face held up by a pair of triangular gold hair clips, while the usually pink highlights were now orange. The outfit choice was a bit strange, too; what looked like a black sleeveless minidress with a teal skirt (which reminded me of Jade's old minidress, though her skirt was pink instead of teal), plus black tights and blue 7 inch heel peep toe platform boots that i swear i had seen in a Youtube video last week. This was the first time since CLK Rockport that i was going 'incognito' (though that time my alias, Zoey Townsend, ended up becoming a custom duplicate at mission's end and the incognito bit was to get the enemy to drop their guard) and it was also the first time anyone on XQ's roster would be wearing tights since that mission (Rochelle, as Roxxi Townsend, had been in a purple pair on that mission). By looking at the outfit the Sinnoh choice for my 'mission' being set indicated i would be in the role of that dimension system's version of Jade. But just HOW did she get those boots without Jet knowing? Unless they're an XJR model based on the Youtube pair.

"These boots an XJR model?" i asked.

"Nope. Had KP Jordan get the XQ Tech Squad people to design a device capable of pulling any notable shoes from TV, games, and online into reality, and SPECIFICALLY told her NOT to let Jet know about it; if he knew it was there he'd be relaying new designs to XJR faster than he currently is. And besides, there's bound to be some kind of formal event later on, this way you'll be more ready to wear such outfits. That's why i used the formal outfit rule for competing in contests as the reason for choosing Sinnoh, so you don't always wear casual outfits at events that call for formal ones And it's a good thing your body returned to normal so quickly after that pregnancy, otherwise there would be a slight problem as the new alias if a swimming-related scenario pops up." I had to admit there was a bit of fact in that one, because since i'm not much into dressing up formally, i'd have to get used to doing so for some of the event types Jade was talking about; high heels were no problem for me, i was basically a master at wearing them, but my preference for casual outfits (even though most of them included heels) meant i was hesitant to wear the type of dress Jade was talking about. As for the pregnancy, i had wanted to experience one, especially as it wasn't my first one (i had been hit at the worst possible moment by that extremely rare side effect of my phoenixian Raging Soul upgrade and in having Jet knock me up i unintentionally altered my teammate Natsume's trigger allowing her to join at only 12) in the level 4-Omega Soul Bond anchored around Jet (with me as the primary Alpha) and went to Jet to induce it; i had no signs of having been pregnant left and it was only a month since i gave birth to twin daughters. Course, that session led to the challenge concerning Jet's endurance and the new addition of former slut Rosa Copeland, who had been the one to clear the challenge despite not knowing anything about it beforehand; she had also been knocked up by Jet, but despite my one week head start the ballet boot specialist had her triplets first (granting Jet a new ability to prevent the medical procedure common with triplets or higher on one pregnancy, based on one his mom had explaining the very short gap between him and his older sisters). Jade then decided to give me some details about this 'mission'.

"Listen, i've set it up so that in contests, unless you get Ursula in the Grand Festival final battle, you can't use your Legendary Pokemon, plus your other notables won't get any experience at it either until that event. Also, in each contest i've set opponent difficulty levels to be minimum for the battles you win and impossible to win where the defeats i suffered competing in them occur. Certain Pokemon are required acquisitions, and in the same places i obtained mine; all evolutions and Piplup's Everstone storyline are also required to occur exactly as they happened to me. Move acquisitions are also the same as my runthrough. Ability-wise, concerning your powers, you can use them as long as you do NOT transform or use any of your Chrono moves, as doing so will give away the reason you're there. Since you'll effectively be 'playing' as me, you'll have a few encounters with Jessie and James of Team Rocket - and i don't want your Psychic powers seeing through the 'Jessilina' disguise, that'll mess up quite a lot of the events - while traveling with Ash and Brock. However, Brock's flirtatious antics will be suppressed as he'll already have Croagunk by the time you join him." Then Jade decided to open the portal that would lead me to the setting of my new 'mission'.

"Are you ready," here, Jade pasued for dramatic effect, "Anastasia?"