Noblesse Pokemon AU snippet: A Shared Memory
Inspired by the Pokémon AU pizza-with-me-okay is working on. This occurs pre Rai awakening in the timeline, with personalities being how I envisioned them pre-Rai (I.e., shy Yuna, Chairman mask Franken) I imagine Ye-Ran has an additional function as a trainer's school in this 'verse.
A knock at the door draws Professor Lee from his paperwork. With a huff he drops the supply request he'd been reviewing to the desk. At least it wouldn't be Shinwoo again, he wasn't in the mood for punishing the good-natured delinquent today, and Shinwoo would have just waltzed in if that were the case, so… "Come in, please." He called out.
"Excuse us for intruding." Yuna greeted, walking in with Suyi, "We came for advice."
"I see, well then, take a seat and tell me your problem." The blond man bade them, a gentle smile on his face. He always had time for his students. Paperwork could be taken home, after all, no matter how much his Blissey fussed about him "not getting enough rest". Honestly, it was like she didn't know he didn't need sleep.
"It's not a problem, so much," Suyi began, "Yuna and I have both decided to get a Pokémon, start training, and we'd like to get the same kind, sort of as a memento of our friendship."
"Don't you girls already have a Pokémon? While it's my duty and pleasure to give starting trainers a Pokémon, there are rules." He chided gently, "I can't give away starters to a trainer that has one already without them meeting certain requirements. League standard law, as I'm sure you've studied in class."
Yuna turned tomato red. "M-my Skitty isn't so much a battle Pokémon as he is a house cat. He's more my mom's pet anyway…" She trailed off, mumbling the last line. Poor girl still wasn't used to talking yet, even with Shinwoo and Ikhan, and now Suyi helping her.
"My Jigglypuff belongs to the company more than to me…" Suyi also trailed off here, not wanting to badmouth her precious contest partner. For something so cute, fairy-types could be little monsters, and her Jigglypuff was worse than most. She was more a primadonna than most of her coworkers, be it models, singers, or actors. She straightened up "But we're not here to ask for Pokémon, we're here to ask you about breeders. You're well known, even outside of your field, surely you could direct us to some reputable ones?"
The Professor smirked. "That I am, and yes I can. Is there any particular species you had in mind? To help narrow it down."
Suyi brightened. "We've decided on some Eevee." She looked to Yuna. "Even with how different they can turn out, they're still so similar." 'Like Yuna and I,' was left unspoken.
"If you would follow me for a bit?" Professor Lee lead the way out of the office, towards the part of the school where the Pokémon Labs were. The girls followed, confused. Maybe he kept the breeder information there?
"Here we are." He said, going to a part of the lab unfamiliar to them from their studies. A button was pressed, and, "There we go. Two Eevee eggs. Ready to be hatched." He handed them each an occupied incubator.
"But I thought you couldn't give us a Pokémon!" Suyi exclaimed, Yuna too dumbfounded to respond.
"You are correct." Professor Lee's blue eyes sparkled with mischief. "I can't give you a Pokémon. However, these are EGGS. There is nothing in the rules about me giving out eggs" He'd checked. He liked being aware of any possible loopholes.
"Um, is this alright, Professor?" Yuna looked a bit uneasy, unsure. So Lee reassured her.
"Yes. I would have had to hatch these for trainer use anyway, and I've not got the time to do so." He did, but they didn't need to know that. "Please, they deserve better than to languish here in a box."
"If you say so." Yuna didn't look totally convinced, but she was nothing if not an obedient student. The kind to get top grades but still go unnoticed by her peers. Lee was glad she had her group of friends. Background checks had revealed copious bullying of the quiet girl until Shinwoo and Ikhan came into the picture, but now she even had a fellow female friend to relate to.
As the girls left, discussing possible nicknames to differentiate between their future friends, he let out a satisfied sigh. With the Eevee as a constant common interest of the two, a bonding point even, Yuna would have an outgoing friend to help her out of her shell, and Suyi would have a down to earth friend to keep her grounded in the chaos that was the entertainment world. Yes. This would turn out nicely. Frankenstein considered this a good day.