The shades behind their masks

This fanfiction is supposed to be the continuation of the 'Black 2 & White 2'-arc of the manga. The story starts right after the events of chapter 531.

I just hate it when such awesome stories stop getting continued, so I'll write this the way I think it may go on.

The only changes I want to make concern the age of the main characters: In this story, Lack-Two, Whi-Two and their classmates are about 16 years old. I know that the young age of the protagonists is a great part of Pokemon, but 12-year-olds just can't deal with the feelings I'll give them.

Please share your praise, criticism and ideas in the review section, I'd always like to know what people like and dislike about my work!

I don't own the characters, places or Pokemon itself, and I have no intentions to earn money with this story in any way!

Chapter 1: vs. Cinccino – Game of Doubt

For her, it was a living nightmare. She came to Aspertia City in the hope of being able to escape her past. But whenever she thought she could forget it for a moment, he dropped in and forced her back into her cover. She had no idea why he always had to pick her to be the victim of his flirtatious behavior, though all the other girls would have sold their mothers for a date with him.
And she hated the fact that she somehow started to like it. Whenever he came close to her, she had to remind herself not to let her guard down. What would happen if they found out...

For him, it was a game. He was on a mission to seek out the Team Plasma agent at the Aspertia Trainer school to gain an advantage in the war upcoming war against Neo Team Plasma, and since he held all the strings in his hands, he made a fun out of playing it like a game of chess.
And slowly, all his figures reached their position to start the final offensive. But she was only the queen, struggling to protect the real king of his opponent. And taking down this king was his true aim. But the more the figures moved, the more an idea grew in his head. The idea of using his queen against him...

After the students returned from the field trip, Lack-Two went to his private room and looked through the gathered information once again, stopping at a beautiful, self drawn picture of Whi-Two.

He couldn't say how long he just eyed it before an inquisitive voice startled him. „Is this girl our target?", Looker asked. The boy turned around to face his assistant and nodded satisfied. He finally managed to sneak up on his superior without the latter noticing him.

Then, Lack-Two answered his question, careful not to give the agent too much knowledge about his own opinion. „Yes, I spent enough time with her to be sure she's either a former criminal trying to start a new life or a really bad undercover agent from another region. The only thing missing to bust her is tangible evidence. She's quite good at ensuring I don't get any, but that's just a matter of time.", he reported.

„It's a pity time is exactly what we don't have.", Looker assessed. „Passersby told they saw a suspicious ship in the harbor of Virbank City. A connection with the encroachments of Neo Team Plasma in this area is presumably."

„Well done, Looker.", the younger officer commended. „We'll head there at midnight."
After familiarizing the subordinate with his infiltration plan, he looked at his notepad again. What effect took this girl on him?

Looker noticed this and stopped on the windowsill. „By the way, why did you put so much effort in drawing her?", he asked. He knew he was supposed to leave, but he just had to use the opportunity.

„You're dismissed, subordinate!", Lack-Two warned without looking up.

But this time, the older agent wouldn't let himself being taunted by the boy. This time, he might gain an advantage over his superior. „Is Mr Perfect having a crush on the target?", he inquired.
The superintendent growled. He had been trained to ignore jibes like this, but the fact that this accusation came from the untalented yet amusing accomplice, whose only noticeable strength was his loyalty towards Interpol, made him somehow irate. He was a professional, he wouldn't give into such foolish ideas!
„If you're hoping for some kind of 'Romeo and Juliet'-romance, I need to remind you...", Looker wanted to admonish, but the young man disrupted him.

„Romeo and Juliet died in the end, which is something I don't plan to do!", he determined. „Besides, I think you should know that my intention in this case isn't to find a girlfriend. I will take Team Plasma down! You can either keep taunting me for acting with determination or help me so your success rate will be a little less shameful afterwards."

„My success rate is absolutely presentable!", Looker snapped. Immediately after he ended the sentence, he could have slapped himself for falling back into his old role.

Lack-Two smiled masterfully again. He won the repartee another time, though his assistant was not much of an opponent. „How long has it been since you checked it?", he demanded.

„I guess I have to leave now, I'll meet you later at the agreed time.", Looker excused himself and jumped out of the window.
The boy was left alone in his room, but the loneliness suddenly reminded him of the accusation he simply denied. He knew he what he had to do, and he never had problems to get his job done. But why was he forming this abstract plan to make her join his side now? Looker was right, time was of the essence! He needed to make his move soon. And so, the figures moved on...
In his game of doubt.

Cheren looked at the courtyard of the school that had been unused for so long. Could this really become his gym? Everyone told him how skilled he and his Pokemon competed in the League, but he still couldn't remember anything. By now, he figured out that he had been hypnotized and used by some evil villain, most likely a member of Team Plasma. How many other people had been hypnotized like him? How many people were still hypnotized?

An anticipated voice brought his thoughts back to where they started. „I suspected you'd already be here.", Lenora shouted from the door to the school. The former gym leader walked towards the teacher. „I still remember how I got introduced in the duties of a gym leader. When it's true what the others told me about you, it won't take me long until you understand it."

„Miss Lenora, I'm pleased you managed to come here so fast!", Cheren greeted the guest, not without a hint of surprise.

„No problem!", Lenora laughed. „The faster another gym leader gets taught in how to handle the tasks, the faster I can resign and spend more time with the kids. Brycen said that you're holding great potential."

„Well, then I don't want to hold you off for too long! How do we start?", The young teacher asked.

„First of all, I'll have to test you personally again, since you're going to replace me as the Normal type-gym leader. I brought those Pokemon with me. You'll have to choose one that matches the strength of the Pokemon I'm going to use as exactly as possible.", she explained.
As she finished, she handed him six Pokeballs filled with normal type Pokemon on three different levels. The woman herself called out her Cinccino.

Cheren thought about which Pokemon he should choose for a moment. The Cinccino seemed to be on a moderate level, which left him to choose between a Watchog and a Tranquill to make it a fair fight. He decided for the latter because he used one before.

„Good choice!", Lenora approved. She and her Pokemon walked over to the battle field drawn on the ground. Cheren and the bird followed. „Let's have a one-on-one-battle. The first move is yours."

„Tranquill, use Work Up.", Cheren ordered, knowing that using the first turn for charging up would give her a chance to attack.

Lenora decided to use this turn to attack outright. „Cinccino, show this bird your Rock Blast.", she called. The chinchilla throw rocks against its opponent. Only two of them hit it, but thanks to the type advantage and its ability Technician, the attack dealt great damage anyway.

Now, Cheren had to think for his next move. He calculated that another Rock Blast could beat Tranquill under the condition that at least four rocks landed a hit. But the probability for this was low enough to leave it to chance. „Use Work Up another time.", he said certainly.

„Interesting... You're taking a risk to give the challenger a chance to win.", she concluded. „I'll take it! Cinccino, fire off another Rock Blast." So her Pokemon repeated the move. Tranquill did its best to avoid getting hit, and in the end, three rocks affected it.

Seeing that his Pokemon was still able to fight, Cheren arranged the next attack before his opponent had a chance to use the same move. „Now Tranquill, strike with Quick Attack!", he shouted. The bird charged against its foe, and the quick assault, reinforced by Tranquill's earlier moves, prostrated it to the ground unconsciously.

„Thank you, Cinccino, you did great.", Lenora praised her Pokemon a bit overwhelmed as she called it back. „Well, you definitely are a great duelist, Cheren! Now that you've proven to be more than satisfying in choosing the correct Pokemon and battling with it appropriately, we can move on to..."

She suddenly got interrupted by the loud voice of a boy. „Mr Cheren, are you out here?", Hugh called. Seconds later, the student ran through the great hall to the open doors to the courtyard. „I'm sorry I have to disrupt you so late, Mr Cheren, but I've got something of the highest priority to discuss with you.", he panted a little, but his target security distracted the surprised people in front of him from that fact.

„So then, how may I help you?", Cheren inquired, hiding his anger towards the student who behaved as impolite as impatient.

Hugh caught his breath and explained. „After we came back from the field trip, I found this pendant which was lost by one of the girls in my class. It contains an image of this guy who was supposed to lead Team Plasma and a data stick with a list of all the Pokemon they stole!"

„Team Plasma...", Cheren repeated incredulous. Next to him, Lenora's face darkened. She already concluded what Hugh would reveal now.

„That means one of the girls in my class is a member of Team Plasma!", he detected. „I need your help to draw her out. She might be missing it just now!"

And indeed, Whi-Two was missing it just then. She had searched through all her drawers and lockers. The pockets of her old uniform were her last hope. And inwardly she already knew they were empty as well.
She couldn't believe she lost the pendant N's sisters gave her before they fled the castle. It had been a great honor they chose her to keep it save, and she failed! The stored data stick didn't hold any information about the hiding place of her lord, so she didn't give it a closer look. But the picture always helped her to feel better in hard times and keep faith.
She had to think carefully about where she may had lost it. She still had it the night before. Since then, she had been on the way to the bus and in the Pokestar Studios. She planned to go off the route to the bus stop the next day. She would most likely find it there, except...

The girl shuddered at the thought she successfully avoided until then. „...someone found it. Someone knows!"

It was almost midnight when Looker walked down to the dock of Virbank City. He noticed the ship that was supposed to be property of Team Plasma at once. The next he recognized was a couple standing at the end of the pier inconspicuously. Taking a closer look, he realized the boy was Lack-Two. Looker immediately saluted stuffily.
„Reporting for duty, superintendent.", he whispered, making sure the two people in front of him would be the only one hearing him.

„Took you long enough!", the girl next to the young agent murmured.

„Looker, this is Roxie.", the boy introduced his accompanist. „She is the local gym leader. Our superiors asked her to assist us in this mission."

„They don't think you can do it on your own.", Roxie kidded. Lack-Two just ignored it, but Looker was somehow incensed, though he didn't say anything.

The senior officer looked at his high tech-watch. „Actually, you came just right. A former Team Plasma member who is now active as a spy will let down the gangway for us in a few seconds.", he explained.
And this very thing happened about fifteen seconds later. The agents and their new ally didn't waste time and ran up the ramp.

As they entered the ship, they heard some grunts shout out confused questions. „Who let the gangway down?", was the one asked most often. It didn't take long until the intruders were surrounded by Team Plasma's lowest-ranked members in their new black uniform.

But slowly, Zinzolin made his way towards the crowd. „You finally made your move. We've waited the entire evening. Our time is precious, you know...", he complained.

„You expected us?", Looker asked unbelieving.

„Of course.", Lack-Two rolled his eyes, not seeming surprised at all. „They observed you spying on them in the afternoon and awaited us." Now he turned towards the member of the seven sages. „But I expected a better trap than some random grunts."

Zinzolin rumbled angry. „These 'random grunts' will end your rebellion now!", he yelled. The soldiers called out their Pokemon, which were mainly poison types.

„Looker, Roxie, I expect you to take care of these nuisances.", the Interpol leader directed at his assistants. „I'll deal with Zinzolin."
He walked towards the grunts' commander while the other two called out their Pokemon, Croagunk and Scolipede, and attacked the henchmen with them.

„I'd love to see you try!", the sage raged and called out his Cryogonal.

Lack-Two sent his Dewott forward and prepared for battle. „Come on, Dewott, let's show him what we got."