The sun rose, shining on a large, castle like home. This was the Hall of Origins. All of the legendaries lived happily here, even if some didn't get along with others.
Most of the legends had already gotten early, as in 8 o'clock am early, and were up and about. But they felt like something was missing.
The girls were hanging out in the living room, watching Housewives of Alola. All of them, with the exception of the kids, had tears in their eyes.
"What is this show about again?" 8 year old Mew asked. "And why is it so dramatic?"
Latias, sister of Latios, obviously, sniffled before blowing her nose. "It's nothing important, it's just like that."
Shaymin, in her land form, groaned. "Can't we just watch My Little Pokemon instead? This is too sappy."
"But that show's too cheesy." Victini argued, folding her arms. "I like seeing these girls argue."
"I don't know why, but it feels like something's… missing." Virizion mused. "Nobody's really crying that hard."
"You girls were all crying, though." Manaphy reminded.
"Um, you were crying too." Phione, Manaphy's twin, retorted. The Seafaring Pokemon glared back at her.
"Girls, let's not do that here." The peacekeeper Xerneas insisted assertively, "And what do you mean by that, Virizion?"
Virizion gave her a look. "I mean, that nobody was really bawling that hard; I only heard quiet sniffling."
"She has a point." Tapu Fini spoke, in a calm, quiet voice. "Whenever we watch this show, Deoxys gets overly emotional, and we have to take a break in order for him to get himself together."
Suddenly, it clicked, and everything made sense. "Deoxys isn't awake yet!"
000
Deoxys laying on his bed, snoring in an… uncomfortable position, but he was still sleeping peacefully nonetheless. His alarm clock said 8:15 am. Usually, he would wake up earlier due to his responsibilities, as he was the most responsible legend in the hall, this morning was different, however.
The alien had done a lot of last minute planning yesterday for his new show, such as finishing the hotel suites to his new airport, which had access to every town in the Pokemon world, advertising it, deciding which 22 contestants out of a few hundred that signed up would compete, preparing the teams, thinking of good challenges, and how he would introduce himself the the teenagers. So, needless to say, yesterday was very stressful for him.
Eventually, the sound of the male legendaries moving out and about woke him up slightly. He slowly opened his eyes, only to close them again. This happened a few more times, before he opened his eyes. Still feeling tired, he moaned, turning around to view his alarm clock. Seeing the time, his eyes immediately bulged out in panic, as he fell out of his bed.
"I OVERSLEPT!" He yelled from the top of his lungs.
Seemingly forgetting that he could simply teleport himself, Deoxys zoomed out of his room, ignoring the fact that almost everyone noticed he was in a panic, and into the the living room.
"WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME I OVERSLEPT?!"
"I mean, like, we thought you would get up on your own." Cresselia uncaringly answered, smacking on a piece of gum. "You're the one who didn't bother to set your alarm."
"So you wake up an hour later than you usually do, big whoop." Virizion huffed. "Why are you screaming so damn loud this early, anyway?"
"You don't understand," Deoxys began frantically. "I need to start picking up the contestants at 9:00 am sharp, and I don't have enough time to get ready!"
"Um, you still have 45 minutes to get ready." Nihilego chimed in. "That isn't enough time for you?"
"NO!"
A few seconds later, Mewtwo leisurely walked into the living room. "Dude, calm down, I can hear you screaming from across the hall…"
"Not a good time, okay?" Deoxys asked, still feeling panicked. "What are the contestants gonna think when I'm late?!"
Mewtwo shrugged. "I doubt they're gonna care. Hell, I know I wouldn't."
"You're not them, though!" Deoxys retorted, giving him a look, before sighing. "I need to get ready."
Deoxys teleported himself away. Mewtwo blinked, before teleporting himself away, into Deoxys' room, where the alien was.
Deoxys was now wearing a black tuxedo, and was adjusting his bow tie. Mewtwo rolled his eyes, folding his arms. "You do realize that we're Pokémon, right? Why are you wearing a dress?"
"It's a tuxedo." Deoxys corrected. "I need to make a good first impression on the contestants. Most of them probably assume that I'm a sadistic jackass who only cares about himself and the contestants pain and suffering!"
Mewtwo chuckled. "Wouldn't that be fun to watch?"
Deoxys deadpanned. "No, no it would not. Now I need to think about what I'm gonna say…"
"Deoxys, just be natural and say what comes to your mind." Mewtwo said. "Look, if you're that worried, I'll co-host for you."
"No!" Deoxys immediately exclaimed. "I don't want you antagonizing the contestants!"
"I won't, I won't." Mewtwo assured, rolling his eyes. "Unless of course one of the contestants gets smart with me. Then I won't be taking any prisoners."
Deoxys stared at the cat, before sighing. "Look, Mewtwo, thanks for the offer and all, but I'll be fine as a solo host."
"No you will not."
The powerful voice sent the Genetic and DNA Pokémon chills up their spines, as the two slowly turning around, facing the god herself, Arceus.
Deoxys quickly bowed down to her, while Mewtwo kept staring at her, causing the former give him a look, pulling the cat down to make him bow.
Arceus looked between the two, before sighing. "Deoxys, Seeing how frazzled and unprepared you were, both yesterday and today, I advise for you to have a co-host." She explained, her tone intimidating, sounding as if she meant what she said, and was not to be messed with. "And since Mewtwo is the only one to volunteer, and is most likely the only one that cares, it will have to be him."
"Y-yes m-ma'am." Deoxys stuttered.
Arceus gave him a look. "Arceus is fine, Deoxys."
"O-Okay, A-Arceus."
As Arceus walked away, presumably back to her throne, Mewtwo and Deoxys exchanged glances, the former grinning widely. "Well, that worked out well, didn't it?"
Deoxys sighed. "I guess. We just have to wait 40 minutes, and then we'll start picking them up."
"Question: Assuming that the contestants from different regions signed up, which region would we start in?" Mewtwo asked.
"Well, since we're already in Sinnoh, it would make since to start here." Deoxys explained. "Then, we would just go to whichever region is closest to that, except for Unova, Kalos, and Alola. The contestants from those regions will have to fly to Airport Tropolis."
"Huh, that seems cool." Mewtwo commented, before quickly changing his tone. "I-I mean, it seems cool because I was already thinking about it."
Deoxys rolled his eyes. "Just get ready, Mewtwo. You're driving the bus, by the way."
Mewtwo blinked. "Can't we just teleport from location to location?"
"We could, but we need to give the contestants time to get to know each other." Deoxys said.
"They can do that when we get to the hotel you built." Mewtwo reminded, deadpanning.
"Then this gives them more time to do it." Deoxys responded simply. "Now, let me do some practicing."
Mewtwo playfully rolled his eyes, before walking out of Deoxys' room. The alien looked in his mirror, before putting on the best confident look that he could, before adjusting his bow tie again. "Welcome to Total Pokemon Airport Tropolis… no, too redundant…"
000
40 minutes later, the duo walked out of the hall doors, climbing down many, many stairs, to get down to route 207. Once they got there, they got on the green bus that Deoxys paid for, which had the words 'AIRPORT TROPOLIS' in red graffiti, and drove to Oreburgh City.
Once they got to the Mining City, they stopped by a normal looking two story house.
"So, who lives here?" Mewtwo asked.
"The first contestant is Gliscor." Deoxys answered, walking out of the bus. "He'll come out any minute now."
Sure enough, he did just that. Gliscor was a blue-purple vampire bat. His tail had two barbs, resembling his fangs, and red arms that had thin striations that were completely detached from his black wings. The Fang Scorpion Pokemon walked out with a Swoobat and an Aerodactyl, presumably his parents, who were hugging onto him, not wanting to let go.
"Don't leave us, baby." His mother, the Swoobat cried out. "W-We love you!"
"N-now remember, son, it's a dangerous world out there." The Aerodactyl father reminded, wiping his own tears, "So be careful."
"It'll be okay." Gliscor reassured, a bright smile on his face. "We'll meet again, and if I don't win, at least I can say that I tried! See you soon!"
As the Vampire bat glided toward the bus, his parents hugged each other. "Look at our boy, so optimistic…"
As soon as Gliscor got to the bus, Deoxys held out his right, noodle arm for a handshake. "Welcome to Total Pokemon-"
Before the Alien could finish his greeting, Gliscor immediately shook his 'hand' in a rapid manner. His claws caused Deoxys to squeak in pain, as his eyes widened. "Hello there! Nice to meet you! Nice suit you got there!"
Gliscor quickly glided into the bus, while Deoxys held his hand in pain, taking deep breaths, tears in his eyes, slowly following suit.
"This bus looks cool!" Gliscor complimented, observing it as if he had never seen a bus before.
Mewtwo rose a brow, as Deoxys walked back onto the bus. "He has… a lot of energy." Mewtwo commented.
Deoxys shrugged, before quickly grabbing his pained hand. "Hey, if it makes our show livelier, then so be it." He said, still sounding squeaky, causing Mewtwo to giggle.
Deoxys sighed in annoyance. "Mewtwo, just drive. Up next is Hearthome City."
"Okay, father." Mewtwo replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"Time for an adventure!" Gliscor beamed.
000
The guys were now arriving at Hearthome city. The large and low lively city immediately grabbed Gliscor's attention, and it showed.
"Wow, this city looks so cool!" The optimist beamed. "This is a great adventure!"
"Well, I'm sure you'll be happy to know that it doesn't stop here." Deoxys said.
"Yay!"
Mewtwo blinked, before leaning in closer to Deoxys. "Are we just gonna ignore the fact that he's never been to a city that's only 5 minutes from his hometown?" He whispered questioningly. Deoxys just shrugged.
The bus stopped at a house that looked similar to Gliscor's. The Pokémon that came out of the house was a Leafeon. She was a tan colored fox that had vegetation features on her body. Her ears and tail resembled torn leaves, and she had leaves growing on her legs, as well as one on her chest and back. The Verdant Pokemon also had a larger, curled leaf growing on the middle of her forehead.
The Eeeveeloution walked toward the bus with a determined glare on her face. Before Deoxys could walk out to greet her, Gliscor immediately zoomed out of the bus, doing so himself.
"Hi, friend!" He beamed, closer than Leafeon wanted him to be.
The grassy fox growled, pushing his face away. "Back off, loser! That is not how greet your future leader and winner!"
Gliscor blinked. "Leader?"
"Obviously" Leafeon scoffed. "I have all the qualities you need in order to be a leader."
"Okay, leader!"
Leafeon grinned. "I like you, kid."
"Thanks!"
Deoxys sighed. "Get on the bus, guys. We have a lot of stops to make."
The contestants did as they were told. While doing so, Leafeon gave him a look. "How many stops do we have to make, exactly?"
"Uh… we still have another contestant from here we need to pick up, and we also have to go through Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn..."
Leafeon groaned, plopping onto a seat. "This is gonna be a long ride. I have better things to do than to just wait on followers who inevitably get the boot!"
"Time for another adventure!" Gliscor cheered excitedly.
The others gave him looks, before Mewtwo turned to the main host. "Lively bunch we got here, eh? When are we gonna pick up someone relatively normal?!"
"Hey, we gotta make this show interesting." Deoxys responded defensively. "But don't worry, these next few contestants are normal enough. Anyways, next stop: Solaceon town!"
000
In Solaceon town, there was a small, relatively new looking church, with a statue of Arceus on top of the building.
"Now, Luxio, are you sure that you want to commit to doing this?" A Gardevoir asked. She and a Luxio were standing outside of the church.
Luxio was a black and blue quadruped lynx with a small, black mane, and the fur on her paws extended to her ankles. She also had yellow eyes, two yellow rings around each leg, and a yellow four point start on the tip of her tail.
"Yes, Gardevoir; it's for the benefit of this church." Luxio assured, smiling. "If I don't win, at least I'll know that I tried, but with Arceus on my side, I will win this."
The bus arrived at the small town, and both of the contestants were looking outside the bus window. While Gliscor was amazed by what he was seeing, Leafeon looked at the church with a disgruntled expression glued to her face.
"What the hell are we doing at a church?" Leafeon asked, glaring at the hosts. "I thought we were picking up contestants, not pastors."
Deoxys blinked. "Uh, b-because the contestants we're picking up is right out here."
Gardevoir and Luxio looked at the bus, before taking one last glance at the church. "Well, good luck." Gardevoir said.
"Like I said, I'll be fine, as long as Arceus is on my side." Luxio promised once more, walking onto the bus.
Leafeon, who heard what the lynx said, rolled her eyes, scoffing. "Big deal. If you don't have the proper leadership skills, like yours truly, then having a generic legendary by your side won't do you any favors."
"Generic legendary? Hey, watch it!" Mewtwo snapped, glaring at the Eeveelution.
"Now, I'm sure she didn't mean it." Luxio assured, smiling at Leafeon, although it wasn't a… happy smile. "Everyone slips up from time to time."
"I meant what I said…" Leafeon grumbled to herself.
Luxio stared at her, before shaking her head in disgust, sitting next to Gliscor. "The ungratefulness is real…"
"Hello! My name's Gliscor!"
Luxio giggled. "I knew that, honey. I know everyone's name."
Mewtwo blinked. "Because in this canon, Pokemon don't have names."
Deoxys sighed. "Anyway, now that we've picked up everyone from this region, it's time to go to Kanto."
"Woah!" Gliscor beamed. "So many places I've never been to before! Let's go!"
"You mean, you've never been to anywhere we've been so far?" Deoxys asked, a bewildered look on his face.
"Nope!" He responded, still sounding like his usual chipper self, much to everyone's shock.
"Wow, that stinks." Luxio replied. "You gotta spread the love everywhere!"
"It… would be nice to share some love!" Gliscor chirped in thought.
Leafeon scoffed. "Big whoop! We're just going to another region. It's your problem if you've never been anywhere."
Deoxys sighed once more. "Whatever. It's going to take us 2 hours to get there, so let's just go."
000
In an airport in Castelia city, in none other than the Unova region, a car dropped off a Liepard, with one small bag on her back. Liepard was a purple feline Pokémon with a pink 'mask' over her eyes, and a long, purple tail. The cat's fur was purple and yellow, and she had yellow rosette speckles on her purple fur.
She looked oddly satisfied to get out of the car that dropped her off, but her smile quickly faded away when another Liepard, and a male Pyroar hugged onto here, not letting go.
"Mom… Dad… can you not?" Liepard asked, deadpan.
"Oh, sweetie, we know you're almost an adult," Her mother sang. "But that doesn't mean we can't show affection."
"Well, can you not do it in public, while I'm trying to catch my flight?"
"It's fine, Pardie, they can look." Her father said. "We're really gonna miss you, you know."
"I can tell." The annoyed feline muttered under her breath. "Look, I gotta go. Who knows when my flight leaves."
"Alright, Pardie, remember us!" The male Pyroar called out.
"And remember to look both ways before crossing the street!" Her mother called out.
"I'M ALREADY ON THE SIDEWALK!"
000
Liepard was now roaming around the airport, looking for her flight to Airport Tropolis. Castelia city was large and packed, so its airport being busy didn't come off as a surprise.
As the feline was walking, she muttered to herself in annoyance. "Why do my parents have to treat me like I'm a child? I'm 17 years old; I'm grown up enough to at least be treated with some dignity…"
She then sighed to herself. "But, I'm away from them now, so that's all that matters."
"Are you talking to yourself?"
Liepard turned her head around rapidly. Behind her was a dark blue, quadruped Pokemon with black fur covering the necks of his two heads. His front legs were blue, with two claws on each foot, while his rear legs had two small, backwards pointing toes without claws. The tufts of fur on his head, which covered up his unknown eyes, formed rounded points at the top, and his two wings each ended in two points. This was a Zweilous.
Liepard rose a brow at him. "Well, I obviously wasn't talking to you." She retorted. "Why are you up in my business, anyway?"
"Because it's a free region." The Dark & Dragon type replied snarkily. "Which means I also have the right to ask where you're going."
The female Dark type tightened her glare. "None of your business…"
Liepard walked away, leaving Zweilous, who chuckled to himself. "I love getting under other Pokemon's skin."
000
The kitty that thinks she's an adult despite not being legal yet had finally found the gate she was looking for. She found a seat next to a female Frillish.
Frillish was a pink jellyfish with a round princess crown on the top of her head. She had five tentacle like appendages and a collar around her neck. Her appendages were wavy, and she had blue eyes with red sclera, and a curled eyelash on each eye.
The jellyfish turned to Liepard with a disgusted look on her face. Seeing this from the corner of her eye, the cat rose a brow at her. "Uh.. can I help you?"
"Art thou trying to out look me?!" Frillish accused. The Floating Pokemon spoke in a british accent.
Liepard narrowed her eyes at her. "Are you speaking shakespearean?"
Frillish scoffed. "You think you have the looks, don't you, peasant!?"
In the blink of an eye, Liepard jumped out of her seat, glowering at the jellyfish. "Did you just call me a peasant?"
"Yes, she did, obviously." The girls heard. They turned around, seeing a familiar Zweilous. Liepard's eyes widened in horror. "Oh… don't tell me…"
"Yep, I'm competing in reality show number one million." The two-headed dragon answered. "Figured it would be fun to see what this host does differently from other shows of this type."
"Well, that does not matter, because in the end, I will win it all." Frillish stated with confidence.
Zweilous let out loud chuckle. "I'd love to see that happen; that would actually make for something interesting!"
"You will see just that, and you are going to love it, just as you said!"
As the two of them bickered some more, Liepard covered here face, growling into her hands in annoyance.
"This is gonna be a long ass season…"
000
After a 2 hour long drive, the Airport Tropolis bus had finally made it to the Kanto region. The 3 contestants in the bus looked around the scenery, with Gliscor, unsurprisingly, looking the most amazed.
"Where… where are we?" He asked.
"Where in Kanto." Mewtwo answered. "A.K.A, my home." He stated boastfully.
Leafeon grinned. "I can't wait to find out who my next subject will be."
"Well, you'll find out soon enough." Deoxys said. "We only need to pick up two contestants from this region, starting with…" He let out a shaky sigh. "L-Lavender town…"
"LAVENDER TOWN!?" Luxio immediately blustered. "The place is Giratina's home; we can't go there!"
Deoxys let out another sigh. "Well, we have too, and we're almost there, so... yeah…"
Just as that was said, the bus reached the creepy town. The town was mostly filled with ghost types, and none of them seemed bothered with the atmosphere of the town, which was expected. Once they stopped at a house, Deoxys deadpanned. "Yeah… I'm not stepping foot out there."
Outside of the house was a Gastly. The ghost was a black, spherical Pokemon surrounded by purple haze, resembling poisonous gas. His mouth had two visible fangs, and his eyes were wide, with small pupils. Unlike most Gastlys, who usually had devious looks on their faces, this one looked oddly terrified. His eyes nervously shifted from left to right, flinching when anyone floated past his way.
The ghost and poison type took a deep breath, before entering the bus.
"Welcome to To-"
Gastly immediately shrieked in shock and fear, much to everyone else's surprise. Seeing this, the Gas Pokemon chuckled sheepishly. "S-sorry, I get frightened easily, heh heh.."
Mewtwo blinked. "Is it because you live in this creepy ass town?"
"Well, y-yeah." Gastly answered. "I always wonder how everyone adjust to this town so easily. But I'm not gonna let my cowardice stop me from playing the game." His look of determination faded. "A-Although it probably will…"
Deoxys nodded. "I admire the confidence." He complimented. "You can sit anywhere you'd like. Let's go to the next location; Vermilion city."
Mewtwo nodded, as he started driving. Gastly found a seat near Luxio, who was giving him a suspicious glare, creeping him out.
The ghost's eyes shifted from left to right, before sheepishly saying, "U-Um… H-Hi?"
Luxio's glint did not deter. "Hello to you as well…"
Gastly blinked, before hiding under the bus seat, shaking in fear.
000
Vermilion City was a city for sea porting for ships, such as the famous S.S. Anne, and the S.S. Aqua.
The camera switched to a house, with a Shellder and a Clamperl.
Shellder was a black pearl like Pokemon, with his large tongue sticking out. He had two round, white eyes, with tiny pupils inside of them. He was inside of a blue, spiky bivalve shell.
The Clamperl… let's just say she's not as important.
"I can't wait for you to compete and finds some cute girls!" Clamperl chirped.
The Bivalve Pokemon beside her moaned in nervousness, "I sure can…"
His sister sighed, facing him. "Promise me you'll find that special someone, please?"
"Maybe it would, if it wasn't so hard for me to talk to girls since I'm such an awkward nerd…"
Clamperl giggled at his lack of confidence. "You just need some confidence, big bro, you'll find that special someone, I promise."
Shellder 'smiled' at her. "Thanks for having confidence in mey I just wish I had some confidence in myself"
Just then, a green bus with the words 'Total Pokemon Airport Tropolis' in graffiti arrived.
"Well, that's my bus." Shellder said. "Here goes everything."
"Good luck!" His sister called out, as he hopped away, onto the bus.
After seeing the other contestants, he still felt uneasy, despite there being only two girls on the bus currently.
"Um, h-how many girls are supposed to be on this show?"
"It's half and half." Deoxys answered. "There's gonna be 22 contestants, which means 11 of each gender."
Shellder blinked, before groaning, curling up into a ball.
Deoxys blinked. "Uh… O-kay, then…"
"Are we done yet?" Mewtwo asked, sounding unenthused.
Deoxys gave him a look. "I just said there would be 22 contestants; we're only at 5 out of the 15 we need to pick up."
Mewtwo groaned loudly, before asking. "Where are we going next, then?"
"To the Johto region!"
"Yay! More adventure!" Gliscor cheered.
Shellder found a seat next to where Gastly was hiding. "I can see you aren't very excited about this, either, huh?"
"Nope." Gastly responded, shaking his head vigorously.
"Yeah, I feel you."
000
Cherrygrove city was a peaceful city filled with beautiful flowers, and it looked like a generally pleasant place to live in. The residents were all conversing with each other… well, with one exception.
At a house a few blocks down, a Meganium was seen bench pressing 150 pounds, counting each rep. She was a pale green sauropod-like Pokemon with yellow eyes. Her stamen, unlike male Meganium, were short, and they came from the top of her nose. Large, pink flower petals with a yellow central pattern and white tips encircle her neck, and she had a small, pointy tail.
Nearby, a Heracross walked toward her. Seeing that she was lifting weights, he chortled, shaking his head. "Would ya look at that, this bitch think she's a man."
Hearing this, Meganium paused, lifting up the weight for a final rep, before setting the weight down. She glowered at the Single Horn Pokemon. "What was that? I didn't hear you…"
Heracross wasn't fazed. "You heard me! Did I stutter?"
Meganium got up from the bench, her glower tightening. "I'm about to make you stutter right now." She growled.
"...Huh?"
The Airport Tropolis had arrived in the city while this was happening. The contestants, including Gastly, who was out of his hiding place, were viewing the city.
"Aw, this city is so beautiful." Luxio cooed.
"Y-yeah, it actually doesn't look that bad…" Gastly added.
"Eh, it's alright." Mewtwo said nonchalantly, before turning around to see a pending fight. "Uh, what's going on?"
Deoxys turned around himself, and seeing an intimidating Meganium strangling a helpless Heracross with just one of her vines, he quickly said, "Yeah… I-I'm not going out there."
Heracross struggled to get out of the Herb Pokemon's grasp, before the dinosaur let up, seeing the Airport Tropolis bus. She dropped the Bug/Fighting type, who took a few deep breaths, before scurrying away in fear. Meganium scoffed to herself. "That's what I thought…" She muttered.
Seeing this, Gastly whimpered. "O-okay, I-I think I'm scared again…"
"This is probably the most intimidating contestant we've seen thus far." Mewtwo commented, genuinely intimidated himself.
"Hence why she's my favorite contestant so far." Leafeon mentioned, grinning.
After she said this, Meganium walked onto the bus. She gave everyone an intimidating look, before saying, "If you saw what happened out there, you'd know not to mess with me."
"T-Trust me, w-we won't…" Shellder stammered.
Meganium smiled, thinking everyone understood the message, before out of nowhere, Gliscor popped up in front of her. "Hello!"
The she-dino was slightly taken aback by this, before giving the Fang Scorpion Pokemon an annoyed look. "Um… what are you doing?"
"Saying hi, silly!" Gliscor beamed. The others, including Meganium, winced at his ignorance. The Sauropod in question glared at him.
"Move it." She ordered, shoving a confused Gliscor out of her way.
"O-kay, then…" Deoxys chimed in, feeling a wave of awkwardness. "Let's just go to the next location."
000
Four minutes was all it took to get to the next location… which was at a cave. More specifically, the dark cave.
"U-um, w-why are we at this c-cave?" Gastly stuttered in nervousness.
Deoxys read the paper of the contestants locations, before sighing. "Well, this is where Tyranitar lives, so-"
"T-T-T-TYRANITAR?!"
The ghost rapidly floated back under his seat, as Meganium rolled her eyes. "Big deal; it's just another Pokemon. What do you think it's gonna do? Eat you?"
Gastly blinked. "M-maybe?
A few seconds later, the Armor Pokemon in question walked out of the cave, with a tough, intimidating look on his face. Tyranitar was a large, green, bipedal dinosaur Pokemon with armor covering his body. Several spikes went down the back of his head, neck, shoulders, and tail. Both sides of his chest, the center of his back, and his knees had two triangular holes, and he had a gray, diamond shaped patch of scales covering his belly, and a smaller one on his back.
He walked toward the bus, before flinching as he heard, "Tyranitar!"
Tyranitar paused, before slowly, seemingly hesitating, facing a slightly larger Tyranitar, who had an even more intimidating look.
"Win this, son." His father told him.
"Oh, I'll win this, alright." The son responded, before turning back around, facing the bus. The Rock and Dark type took a deep breath, putting his intimidating expression back on, walking towards the bus.
Once he got in the bus, he glared at the others. "Alright, listen up. I'm winning this game, and none of you better get in my way, got it?"
Meganium rose a brow. "You do realize this is a competition, right?" She inquired. "Any sensible pokemon will get in your way, and you'll just have to deal with it."
Tyranitar blinked, slightly taken aback by the fellow dinosaur's response, before stammering, "W-well, you better… watch your back!"
"And suddenly, I'm not scared anymore…" Gastly spoke.
Leafeon snickered. "Nice try, spikes, but you're gonna have to try harder if you want anyone to be afraid of you."
Tyranitar growled to himself, before sitting in the back, putting his chin on his hand. Seeing his glum expression, Gliscor glided over to the Armor Pokemon. "Aww, cheer up Tyranitar, at least the journey isn't over!"
Tyranitar gave him a look, before rolling his eyes, scooting away from him. Gliscor sighed at this. "What's wrong with everyone?"
000
On the way to the next location, the contestants sat in awkward silence. No one had said anything for the past few minutes.
Eventually, Luxio broke the silence. "So…. what do you guys plan on doing with the money, if that's the prize?" She asked. "If I win, I'll donate the money to the local church that I go to."
Hearing this, Deoxys' eyes widened as he mentally screamed. He realized that he hadn't even thought of a prize! "Aw, crap…"
Leafeon rolled her eyes. "Pfft, what you're gonna do with the money doesn't mean anything. What matters is actually winning it."
"She does have a point." Shellder said, before noticing everyone, specifically the girls, looking at his direction. "I-I mean, n-not that it's a b-bad thing, in fact, it's a-actually a great c-compliment to receive-"
"We know that, idiot." Meganium quipped. "We're looking at you because you opened you're invisible mouth, making you the center of attention. So spill."
The Bivalve Pokemon blinked, before chuckling sheepishly. "R-right. Anyways, if I somehow win, I'll buy the largest model of the solar system to ever exist!"
Everyone continued to stare at the clam, before Gliscor chimed in. "That sounds nice."
"It's… It's a nerd thing." Shellder said sheepishly.
"I'm getting the hell out of where I live if I win it." Tyranitar grumbled, still looking annoyed.
"Yeah.. I'd do the same as well…" Gastly murmured.
"What I'm gonna do with the money, is none of you guys' business." Meganium answered brashly.
This left Gliscor, as everyone turned to the Fang Scorpion Pokemon. Gliscor thought about for a second, placing his chin inside his claws. "I… I don't know what I'm gonna do, actually."
Meganium rolled her eyes. "So this conversation was pointless, then?"
"Uh, you didn't say what you were gonna do with the money?" Tyranitar retorted, before saying. "Okay, nevermind, this was definitely pointless."
As Mewtwo was driving, Deoxys slowly floated towards him, hoping the contestants wouldn't notice. "Um, Mewtwo… we have a problem." The Alien whispered.
"Can it wait, Deoxys?" Mewtwo inquired, whispering back. "I'm trying to drive."
"No, no it can't." Deoxys answered, "Because I have no idea what the prize will be-"
"WHAT?!" Mewtwo blustered abruptly, taking his foot off the gas, causing the bus to come to a sudden halt. The contestants, with the exception of the floating Gastly, who was hyperventilating in shock, fell out of their seats.
Meganium groaned as she lifted herself up. "Do you know how to drive?!" She yelled in annoyance.
"S-Sorry," Mewtwo apologized. "Let's keep going."
He then whispered to Deoxys, "We'll worry about that when we get to the hotel. Let's focus on the present for now, and just hope no one finds out."
The DNA Pokémon took a deep breath. "Right, right, right…"
"What are you guys talking about?"
The legendary duo jumped, before looking upward, to see Gliscor on the bus ceiling, a curious look plastered onto his face.
"U-uh, i-it's nothing important." Deoxys responded nervously, "Oh, uh, and would ya look at that, we're at Blackthorn City!"
Blackthorn City, the city of dragon types, was seen as a quiet city standing along the mountains. However, our resident contestant living here is not a driving type.
The camera focused onto a small, modern looking building, before showing the inside of it. A Medicham and an Umbreon were currently meditating, the former seeming much more focused than the latter, who looked more annoyed. This seemed to be an anger management session.
The contestant in question was Umbreon. Umbreon is a quadruped, black fox with crimson red eyes. He has long, pointed ears and a bushy tail with yellow rings.
The Medicham hummed in a calm tone, "Now Umbreon, in order to challenge your anger, you need think about everything that makes you angry, and-"
Umbreon's red eyes jolted open, giving the Medicham a look. "Excuse me, but how exactly is this supposed to help me with my anger issues? Thinking about my problems doesn't make them go away. If anything, it pisses me off more."
Medicham kept her eyes closed. "Let me finish, Umbreon. I was going to say that you should think about what makes you angry, and tell it to go away-"
"Yeah, no." Umbreon interrupted. "My Anger isn't a human being; I can't just tell it to go away, especially when there are so many outside forces that make it seem like the world is out to get me! I'm wasting my time."
The Moonlight Pokemon marched toward the door, slamming it once he left the building. Medicham sighed to herself. "He'll never get over his anger issues if he stops being so adamant…."
Umbreon roamed around the city for a few more seconds, before seeing the Airport Tropolis bus.
"Finally." He grumbled to himself, before walking toward the bus.
The contestants inside of the bus saw the dark type fox, and deduced that he was a contestant.
"Oh no, no, no, no…" Gastly squeaked. "N-not another dark type!"
"Who said that!?"
Umbreon was now on the bus, looking for the culprit. Everyone, including the hosts, stared at Gastly, knowing that he was screwed. The ghost type in question shrank back, grinning nervously. "S-so, um…. Who said it?"
"This is gonna be good." Leafeon remarked, smirking, as the other eeveelution growled, slowly creeping toward Gastly, as the ghost and poison type gulped.
"Listen here kiddo, you're going to regret what you just said, and I'm going to make you regret it…"
Gastly whimpered, sweating bullets, "U-um…. Is it just me, or is it blazing hot in here."
"Uh, I hate to be that host, but it's only 20 degrees celsius in here." Deoxys said.
"At least you tried, kid." Mewtwo chimed in.
Gastly whimpered once more, staring back into the ferocious dark type's eyes. "P-please don't hurt me! I have a dead life to live!"
Umbreon thought about 'killing' the ghost type right then and there. After all, he could easily do so. However, he didn't want to get on anyone's bad side; this competition requires allies in order get far.
Umbreon eventually sighed, "Just… if you ever say anything like that again, your ass is grass. Got it?"
Gastly nodded rapidly, his terrified expression still visible.
The fox in the back, where Tyranitar was. Slightly creeped out, he scooted farther away from him.
"Uh… what just happened?" Gliscor asked.
Deoxys sighed, "Don't worry about, Gliscor. Let's just go to the next location."
000
Once again, complete silence had consumed the bus. Most of the contestants had either annoyed or bored expression on their faces. Gliscor was the only contestant who was actually excited.
Deoxys looked back at the contestants, before turning to Mewtwo. "Is it just me, or is no one excited at all?" He whispered telepathically.
Mewtwo didn't answer. The cat held a confused look, trying to figure out where that voice was coming from? Was it from his head? Couldn't be; he could honestly care less about how the contestants felt.
"Mewtwo!"
Mewtwo jumped in fright, once again taking his foot off the gas pedal, even more rapidly than the last time.
"What the hell? AGAIN?!" Meganium roared.
Mewtwo chuckled sheepishly, "My bad!"
"So, uh, are you gonna answer my question? I'm speaking psychically, by the way."
Mewtwo blinked, "...Oh...s-sorry about that."
"So? Why do you think they aren't excited?" Deoxys asked.
"I don't know, maybe it's because pokemon don't think very highly of TPI's nowadays."
"What? Why not?"
"Well, there are a lot of pokemon out there that say that TPI's are all the same, and that they're all uninteresting fluff. It's usually the snarky contestants, though." Mewtwo explained.
"Well, if they have such a low opinion on these shows, then what's even the point of joining?" Deoxys asked, sounding offended. "Why can't pokemon keep their negativity to themselves?"
"Beats me, honestly."
000
Ecruteak City was a historical, ancient looking city, with plenty of japanese architecture. It was also home to the ten story bell tower.
Nearby, a Torterra roamed around the city. Torterra was a quadruped, green tortoise, with a large shell covering his back, and a tree on top of it. Next to the tree, he had a patch of brown, resembling soil. The lower half of his body was brown, and he had two large gray spikes on each side of his head. The Continent Pokemon seemed like he was looking for something.
As he continued roaming around the city, his eyes immediately fell upon a male Rhydon, who was reading a book. Torterra then smiled to himself, heading towards the Rhydon.
"Hi! How are you doing?" The drill Pokemon heard, as he begrudgingly looked up, seeing Torterra.
Rhydon rose a brow "Um, hi…. What do you want?"
"To talk to you, obviously."
"...why?"
"Because you're handsome." Torterra responded rapidly.
Rhydon narrowed his eyes at him. "No thanks, I'm not gay."
The Rhinoceros got up from the bench he was sitting on, before walking away. Torterra rolled his eyes. "Yeah… I'm not either…" He then saw a Roserade, and decided to go for it. "Hi, what's your name?"
Suddenly, a familiar green bus arrived, causing Torterra's eyes to immediately focus on the bus, and run towards it. "Oh, sorry, I gotta go, I'll get your number when I win!"
The Roserade blinked. "...What the hell just happened?"
"Not that I'll remember anyway…" Torterra thought to himself, as he walked onto the bus.
"Welcome to Total Pokemon Airport Tropolis, Torterra." Deoxys greeted.
But Torterra wasn't paying attention to the alien. Torterra was gazing at a certain rock and dark type, his eyes sharp, wide, and focused. The Sinnoh grass type final evolution said nothing, as he walked towards Tyranitar, before seeing Umbreon and his... less than pleased look. Torterra took note of this, and sat one seat in front of Tyranitar.
Tyranitar rose a brow. "Uh… are you gonna say anything?"
Surprised at hearing Tyranitar talk to him, Torterra rapidly turned his head to face him, making Tyranitar flinch slightly, although it wasn't very visible. "Oh, uh, hi, I-I didn't see you there….heh heh…" Torterra chuckled sheepishly.
Tyranitar gave him a look. "Don't even think about looking at me like that…"
Annoyed, Tyranitar held his head on his right arm, facing the window. Torterra groaned to himself. "The hell is wrong with you, Torterra?"
000
The Camera cut to an Airplane flying in the sky. On the outside, the plane had the words 'ALOLA AIRLINES' in red and in all caps. Inside the airplane, there were four Pokemon.
The first was a Bruxish. Bruxish was a colorful fish with a light blue front, purple lips and light blue dots. Most of her body was pink with some yellow on the bottom, on outside of her eye. Her sharp teeth were visible, her fins were dark purple, light blue, or a combination of the two, and her tail fin had the shape of a flower.
The Water-Psychic type held a confident look on her face, as she approached a Charjabug. Charjabug was a small, green cuboid insect Pokemon. His body consisted of three square segments, with two brown stubs on each. His last two sections have thin oval rings on each side. His eyes were square shaped, and each eye covered by a blue screen. Two yellow spikes extended from his front square on each side, and his mouth was gray and rectangular, with two jaws that close sideways, shaping a lightning bolt. The Battery Pokemon was reading a comic book.
"Hello sugar," Bruxish purred after reaching the Bug-Electric type. Charjabug turned to her in curiosity.
"I've never seen a man with such fine looks like yours." Bruxish complimented seductively.
Charjabug blushed at this, "W-well, I've never heard anyone compliment me like that..."
Bruxish grinned to herself in vindication, before hearing the green bug say, "But I'm gay, so unfortunately, I'm not attracted to you. Thanks for the compliment, though."
Bruxish blinked, before growling to herself in slight embarrassment, as she floated away rapidly.
"O-kay, then…" A perplexed Charjabug remarked, before going back to reading his comic; Issue 3 of 'The Mighty Chu'. As he was reading, his eyes widened in fear. "Oh no… Mighty Chu, don't let Dr. Mewtwo and his Jigglypuff minion use that anti-electricity shot on you!"
A Jangmo-o approached the Charjabug a few seconds later. Jangmo-o was a small quadruped dinosaur-like Pokemon. He had a large, heart-shaped yellow scale on the top of his head, small white tufts resembling his ears, and more on his chest. He also had six teardrop shaped scales hanging from his shoulders, which were gray with a pale yellow on the outside edge. A solid yellow scale with the same shape was on the tip of his tail.
"Hey," he started, "Wanna hear a joke?"
Charjabug stared at him for a few seconds. "Sure, why not?"
"Why is Dr. Mewtwo so obsessed with using that anti-electricity shot on Mighty Chu?"
Charjabug put on his thinking face, before answering with, "Not sure, actually."
Jangmo-o snickered. "Because it's… electrifying!" The Scaly Pokemon then burst into hysterical laughter.
Charjabug almost immediately did the same. "I-It's funny, because it's true!"
Bruxish, from a distance, rolled her eyes. "Oh come on, that was lame and you know it."
The two small Pokemon stared at the fish, before bursting back into laughter. Bruxish scoffed at this. "I'm outta here." she said, before storming off.
A Salazzle was sitting across the duo, shaking her head. Salazzle was a dark grey Pokemon resembling a salamander. Her underside was purple, and she had three pink marks on her body. One was on her chest, making a 'U' shape, and the other two were on her abdomen, with the shape of 'f'. She had a long, grey tail with a pink underside, with two protrusions coming out from the tail's base.
"If this is the competition, then they might as well just give me the money."
000
On another plane, the three Pokemon from Unova were….not getting along very well.
"By my christendom to Arceus, thee art so no more brain than stone. Receiveth valorous!" Frillish yelled.
"Who are you even talking to?" Zweilous asked, giving the jellyfish a look. "And what the hell did you even say?"
"I speak to whoever hears me, thank you very much." Frillish sneered. "And what I speak does not matter to you one bit."
"Uh, yeah, it does." Zweilous responded. "If you're trying to get a point across, what you're saying should actually be coherent, otherwise, it's just verbal diarrhea."
In response, Frillish let out a dramatic gasp. "How could you ever accuse me of doing something so appalling?!"
"It's a saying you-"
Suddenly, a familiar Cruel Pokemon shot out a Dark Pulse at Frillish. Frillish, being a ghost type, was immediately blown back, and hit the plane wall. She groaned in pain, before yelling, "What blasphemy is this?!"
Zweilous couldn't help laughing at this, before hearing. "What are you laughing at?" The Dragon/Dark type turned his heads around.
"I guess I could say I'm laughing at you, and her. You for getting so pissy, and Frillish for experiencing karma. That's hilarious! Uh…. what are you-"
Liepard rapidly pounced on the Hostile Pokemon, using Play Rough. Zweilous let out a high pitched scream in agony and fear, as he was being pummeled. After the finishing blow, Zweilous flew back to where Frillish was. He then immediately scrambled behind Frillish. "GET HER AWAY FROM ME!" He shrieked.
Liepard grinned to herself. "Now, I would really love if you two would shut your traps for the rest of the flight. Understood?"
Frillish and Zweilous exchanged fearful glances, before nodding rapidly.
"Good; nice to see that we're in agreement."
000
It had taken the Airport Tropolis bus crew about 1 and a half hours to get to the Hoenn region, and it was lunch time. The problem was, that there wasn't really much to eat around where they were, so the contestants were hungry.
"Ugh… a true leader shouldn't be starving like this." Leafeon groaned. "When are we gonna eat lunch?"
"Well, there isn't anything to eat around here." Deoxys said, while looking out on the plain roads. They were currently on route 111, and were on their way to Verdanturf town. "We're gonna have to wait until we get to Lilycove city."
"Lilycove city?!" Shellder exclaimed. "But that's too far from here!"
"Or… we could stop at Mauville City." Mewtwo suggested, giving Deoxys a look. "We're literally less than 5 minutes away from there."
Deoxys rose his right arm to speak, but he quickly put it back down in realization. "Yeah…. Just stop at Mauville."
000
The contestants stopped at the indoor city, and were now at the food court. Deoxys had paid for the food himself. It hurt his budget a bit, but he still had a lot of money for the show. The contestants figured that they might as well talk.
"So, um, what's your deal?" Luxio asked Leafeon, as she was sitting down on the table, with a tray of salad.
Leafeon was about to take a bite into a Blaziken wing when she asked this. She put it down, raising a brow. "Can you elaborate?"
"I don't mean to be rude, but you seem egotistical and narcissistic."
"Yeah… totally not rude at all." Leafeon remarked, rolling her eyes. "I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't make baseless assumptions about me. I just want to be a good leader, okay?"
"That's fine, but you better tone down your attitude." Luxio warned. "I got my eye on you." She said, as she got up, taking her salad with her.
"Okay, Mother Arceus." Leafeon quipped, a careless smirk growing onto her face.
Luxio scoffed at her, but she kept walking away. "So much for baseless assumptions." She whispered to herself.
As the Lynx left, Meganium, came to Leafeon with a tray of salad. Meganium wanted to stay healthy so that she could keep her strength. "What was all that about?"
"Luxio just questioned my personality for….literally no reason."
Meganium rolled her eyes. "You gotta love it when some rando gets pissy at you just for being who you are, despite the fact that they barely know you beyond that. I have to deal with that every day back at home."
"Those people just hate just for the sake of hating." Leafeon commented. "And now that we're in a competition, I'm gonna keep my confident attitude."
"You said it."
At another table, Gastly was eating alone. Most of the other contestants just seemed too hyperactive for him to feel comfortable. As the Ghost-Poison type was about to take a bite of another fry, Gliscor suddenly appeared from above to say, "Hi, Gastly!"
Gastly yelped in shock, dropping his fry on the ground. In front of him was a Fang Scorpion Pokemon less than 2 feet from his face, smiling widely. This creeped him out quite a bit.
"U-Um… h-hi?" Gastly stammered in response, grinning sheepishly. "W-Why are you here?"
Gliscor sat down at the table. "Just wanted to see how you were doing."
"Okay, b-but can you do it less… abruptly?" Gastly suggested.
"What does that mean?"
"Give me a warning before doing so." Gastly responded. "I'm not really the best with sudden approaches…"
Gliscor thought about it for a little while, before smiling at Gastly. "You know what? That's a great idea! Thanks, Gastly!"
Gliscor quickly glided away, leaving Gastly alone, as he sighed in relief.
Shellder was sitting at a table with Torterra, but they didn't really interact with each other. Shellder seemed to be looking at someone.
"Let's see…" Shellder began, his voice barely above a whisper. "Meganium seems feisty, and she's frightening as hell, a she looks like she only likes strong boys, so she isn't an option."
The Bivalve Pokemon then shifted his focus toward Leafeon. "Leafeon's also a feisty one, and she seems like a really dominant top… but she'd crush me, so she's out as well."
Then he turned towards where Luxio was sitting. "Luxio is much nicer than the other girls, but she's still-"
"Um, what are you talking about?"
Shellder jumped in surprise, not expecting Torterra to actually talk to him. "O-oh, u-uh…." The clam stammered, before sighing. "I was whispering to myself, but it's embarrassing."
"Dude, you can tell me." Torterra assured. "I won't tell anyone else. I promise."
"Well.." Shellder began. "I'm analyzing the girls to see which one's my type. Unfortunately, none of them are."
"I see." Torterra replied. "You don't seem like the flirty type, so you should just let a girl come to you and get to know them before trying to get under them, even if sounds a bit hypocritical of me."
"No, no, it's good advice." Shellder assured. "I just need to be more patient."
Torterra nodded, before turning towards where Tyranitar was sitting. "And while I'm at it, I should take my own advice."
Umbreon was also at a table of his own, eating a chicken sandwich with a small fry. He looked much calmer, as he had gotten over Medicham's incompetence and Gastly's diss. The Moonlight Pokemon was about to take another bite on his sandwich before hearing- "Psst, hey, Umbreon, I'm about to suddenly approach you to say hi."
"What the hell?" Umbreon asked. The Dark type fox rapidly jerked his head from right to left, trying to find where the creeper was. Suddenly, Gliscor appeared from under the table. "Hi, Umbreon!"
Umbreon, while not nearly as frightened as Gastly, was taken aback by the sudden appearance. He glared at the Fang Scorpion Pokemon. "The hell do you want?" He asked abrasively.
"Nothing." Gliscor responded. "I just wanted to say hi."
Umbreon smacked his lips. "What part of your pea brain told you to give me a waning that you were gonna sneak up on me so abruptly?"
Gliscor casually pointed towards where Gastly was sitting. Gastly gulped in fear, seeing Gliscor call him out, and seeing Umbreon's piercing glare, as he quickly hid under the table.
"Why am I not shocked in the slightest." Umbreon muttered under his breath.
"What was that?"
"Just… sit down and don't talk to me." Umbreon grunted.
Gliscor was a bit saddened by this. "Oh… okay." He said in compliance. He didn't understand why everyone was so hostile. His parents and his neighbors were nice…..
000
10 minutes later, after everyone had finished eating, they immediately got back on the road, and had started to make their way towards Verdanturf town.
"So, how do you think that lunch social went?" Deoxys asked telepathically.
"Honestly… I don't know or care, but it probably went fine." Mewtwo responded.
"Do you think that we should go into a challenge once we get there right away, or give the contestants a chance to rest first?"
"Hmm… not really sure-"
"STOP!" Torterra yelled.
Suddenly the bus came to a screeching halt, and the contestants heard a loud bump, and a grunt of pain.
Umbreon growled. "Can we get a new Arceus damn driver?!"
Deoxys blinked. "Di….did you just hit someone, Mewtwo?!"
"I don't know! Go out there and look!" Mewtwo exclaimed in panic.
"Okay, okay!" Deoxys responded frantically.
When the Alien floated outside of the bus, he saw a Kirlia struggling to get back on his, yes, his toes. Kirlia was a feminine looking humanoid, and his species resembled a ballerina. He had a mostly white body with three ruffles on each hip and thin arms. He had skinny green legs with pointed toes, as well as green hair with two ponytails on each side. He also had two red horns on his head.
"Uh, Ma'am, are you okay?"
The Emotion Pokemon finally got back on his toes, giving Deoxys a look. "Ma'am? I'm a dude?"
Deoxys was taken aback by this. "W-What!? I'm so sorry-"
Kirlia sighed. "It's fine, I'm used to it." He replied, before glancing at the bus. "Wait a minute, this is the Airport Tropolis bus, right?"
Deoxys nodded. "Yep. You must be one of the contestants. I forgot that you were a male Kirlia. Why didn't you just wait at Verdanturf town?"
"I didn't feel like waiting any longer." Kirlia explained. "So I decided that I needed to get used to these legs since I just recently evolved."
"Alright then, let's get you into this bus." Deoxys said.
As the two got back into the bus, everyone else, including Mewtwo, eyed him anxiously as if he was severely injured.
"Um, guys, I'm fine." Kirlia assured. "I wasn't hit that hard."
"Wait… you're a dude?" Torterra asked.
Kirlia blinked, before facepalming. "Not sure why that shocked me."
"Okay, let's just go to the next location." Mewtwo said.
"Oh hell no." Meganium interrupted. "We aren't going anywhere until we get a new driver. You are way too damn reckless."
Mewtwo blinked for a few seconds, before saying. "Fine by me. Take the wheel, Deoxys!"
Deoxys rolled his eyes. "Alright, alright." He repeated, before taking the wheel.
000
Lilycove city was one of the most attractive cities in Hoenn. It had a beach, a department store, and the S.S tidal.
There was also a motel, where the next contestant was staying. An Illumise sat on the porch of the motel waiting impatiently.
Illumise was a firefly-like Pokemon, with a blue face, purple curls surrounding her head, and small, yellow antennae. Her body was black with a blue belly and a yellow bud marking. Her arms and legs were also black and were connected to the body by purple borders, and her tiny wings were clear. She had a scare on her forehead, for some reason.
"The host better get here soon." She muttered. "I have to win this game, or else I'm gonna be living in this dump for the rest of my life."
Eventually, the bus had arrived after a 10 minute drive, immediately attracting the firefly's attention. "Finally." She said, as she flew over to the bus.
The bus doors opened up as soon as she got there. "Welcome to Total Pokémon Airport Tropolis, Illumise!"
Illumise looked at Deoxys' tuxedo, before looking up at him with a deadpan expression plastered onto her face. "Why are you wearing a suit?"
Deoxys sighed in exasperation. "It's a tuxedo, not a suit."
"Same thing." Illumise replied, flying into the bus. "Why do guys always think they're classy when they aren't?" She asked, offending a few of the guys.
"Who do you think you are, trying to signal out all of the guys like that?" Umbreon queried, his temper rising.
"A realist." The Firefly Pokemon quipped. "And quite frankly, you aren't helping your case."
"You aren't helping your case; you're the one trying to start a gender war by claiming that no guys are classy." Umbreon retorted, glowering at Illumise. "That's not being a realist."
"Neither is playing the victim while claiming I'm starting some 'gender war' just for stating my opinion." Illumise shot back.
"Uh, guys… this is making me really uncomfortable…" Shellder admitted.
Illumise pointed at the Bivalve Pokemon, while her gaze was still fixed on the Moonlight Pokemon. "And some guys just can't take the heat." She stated.
"Okay, as a woman, I feel like you need to stop, Illumise." Luxio spoke up with concern. "Can't we just love everyone?"
"Says the girl that confronted me about my personality earlier." Leafeon muttered under her breath, which Luxio didn't hear.
"Okay! Enough!" Deoxys interrupted abruptly. "Everyone just calm… down…."
Everyone, including Mewtwo stared at the Alien in silence as if he had something to say, causing him to sweatdrop. "So, uh… let's go to the next location."
Tyranitar rose a brow. "That's it? No reassuring statement on how this mess of a road trip is almost over?"
"Hey, I had fun." Gliscor said.
"Of course you did." Meganium grunted.
000
The next location was in Oledale town. Oledale Town was just a plain, calm town with nothing interesting going on.
It took about 15 minutes for the bus to get to this quiet town.
"You recruited a contestant from Oledale town?" Kirlia asked. "I'm actually okay with that considering there are very few normal contestants so far. No offense, guys."
"Gee, thanks…" Gastly responded sarcastically, with a sigh.
"Seriously though, I hope the next contestant is somewhat normal." Mewtwo beseeched in hope.
Suddenly, to everyone's surprise, they heard a few rapid knocks on the door.
"Uh, that's strange." Deoxys said with perplexion. "I guess I wasn't paying attention."
He then pressed the button right beside the wheel that opened the bus, but he still didn't see anyone-
"Down here!"
"Oh!" Deoxys blurted, as he floated to the front of the bus, now seeing a Mudkip.
Mudkip was a small, mostly blue quadruped Pokemon, and his underside was light blue. His head had one fin at the top, and a light blue tail fin. His eyes were black and beady, and he had two orange, star shaped gills on its cheeks, one on each side.
"Sorry, Mudkip." Deoxys apologized. "I didn't see you there."
"Yeah, I get that a lot." Mudkip said, before sighing in nervousness. "Welp, here goes nothing." He muttered, before walking into the bus.
"Oh look, we have a pipsqueak." Tyranitar jeered. "That just makes the competition easier."
Mudkip blinked. "Do you enjoy putting smaller Pokemon down to make yourself feel better?"
Tyranitar was about to retort, but nothing came out of his mouth, so he just folded his arms, facing the window. "Shut up…"
"Damn, he got you good." Leafeon snickered.
Mudkip looked confused. "What? I was being serious."
"Don't worry about it." Deoxys interrupted. "We have one more contestant to pick up."
"Wait, where is the Airport we're going to?" Mudkip asked.
"It's...just in a non Pokemon Trainer city called Skyfall." Deoxys responded. "But out of all the regions, it is closest to here."
"Wait a minute…" Meganium began, her voice full of suspicion and realization. "If the airport isn't in any of the four connected regions, then how the hell are we supposed to get out of here?!"
Deoxys' eyes widened in realization. "...Crap…"
"Okay, you know what, just drive." Mewtwo demanded. "The sooner we get this over with, the less you'll be stressed out."
Deoxys was quite shocked at the usually careless Mewtwo trying to stay on schedule while actually looking out or his sanity. The DNA Pokemon let out a quick sigh, "Yeah, you're right, let's get a move on."
000
Petalburg City was the final location, and like Oledale Town, it was just a normal town surrounded with trees.
It only took a few minutes for the bus to arrive in Petalburg, and once they got there, a Zangoose immediately walked towards the bus.
Zangoose was a bipedal Pokemon whose species was a mixture between a cat and a mongoose. She had mostly white fur with red scars on her face, chest, and forearms. The claws on her forepaws were long and black, and on her feet, she had pink paw pads. Her eyes were also pink, and she had long ears and a small red nose.
When Deoxys opened the bus doors, before he could say anything, the Cat Ferret Pokemon said. "Hey." before quickly finding her own seat on the bus.
"Well… that was anticlimactic." Torterra remarked.
"Hey, I don't have anything else to say that actually needs to be said." Zangoose asserted. "I don't waste time."
"Okay, with that said, let's go to Slateport City to get a boat!" Deoxys quickly responded, as the bus quickly drove off before anyone can get settled.
"Arceus, slow down!" Luxio barked.
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Skyfall city was a relatively new city that had nothing to do with a regular Pokemon Trainer's journey. It's probably even busier than he biggest cities in the Pokemon world, and it's definitely the most populated, despite only being around for less than a year.
The city had several attractions, including a mall, a waterpark, a street with several restaurants, casual and fancy, and of course, the Airport Tropolis.
The plane from Unova had landed about 10 minutes ago, and needless to say, Liepard was quite disappointed with being one of the first few at the airport, because it meant she had to wait outside for everyone else…. With those two.
Despite Liepard beating Frillish and Zweilous up, the two still insisted on being annoying with their bickering anyway, even when she would tell them to shut up. They made her want to take a cat nap.
"The other peasants better arrive her sooner rather than later." Frillish huffed. "I want to get this easy competition over with."
"Careful, I'd check that ego if I were you." Zweilous advised. "No one likes a Pokemon with a huge ego."
"Ironic how you're the one saying that shit." Liepard hissed in agitation. "Can I get silence for 10 Arceus damn minutes."
"...No." Zweilous answered, deadpanned. "You sound you've never been out of your house and expect everyone to bow down to your wants."
A few seconds later, another plane landed, immediately catching the Unovan contestants' attention.
"Finally!" Liepard cheered, hoping she would have someone who wasn't annoying to talk to, so her experience wouldn't be hell.
The Alolan Pokemon who were on the plane walked down the stairs, and they had varying reactions seeing that only three other fellow contestants were there.
"This is it?" Bruxish asked in bewilderment. "Where are the rest of the guys?"
Salazzle gave her a look. "Is that really all you came here for? To meet boys? You need to get your head in this game. Especially if we happen to be on the same team." She warned.
"It hasn't even started yet." Bruxish retorted. "And I'll do this competition my way, thank you very much."
"So, uh… how long are we gonna have to wait?" Jangmo-o asked.
Charjabug, while still reading his comic book, was still listening to his surroundings. "I'd make an educated guess, but we don't really have any leads on where everyone else is."
"Well they're on their way here, obviously." Zweilous reminded, his tone harsh. "Just guess or something."
"Well apparently, we don't have to." Liepard said, seeing that a third plane was now landing.
Two Pokemon, both living in the Kalos region, came out of the plane in the form of a Mareanie and a Delphox.
Mareanie was a star-fish like Pokemon with a purple stalk like body, with ten drooping tentacles on her hair. Most of her body was blue or purple, and her eyes were yellow, while her pupils were blue. Each of her tentacles, with the exception of the one on top of her head, has three spines. The tentacle on the top of her head only had two. She had an additional yellow spine on the top of her head.
Delphox was a bipedal fox Pokemon. She was covered in a dark-red coat of fur resembling a robe. She had red-orange flame like markings near her knees, and a thin tuft white fur on her torso, which was flanked by yellow fur draping from her shoulders, along with a yellow tail. Three tufts of orange fur from each ear, shehad red fur for her forearms resembling sleeves, and her hands and feet were both dark gray. She was also had a stick inside her
"Hmm… this looks like a really diverse bunch here." Delphox complimented.
"Trust me, once you get to know these Pokemon, you'll regret it." Liepard groaned.
"You guys have only known us for about 1 minute and 1 second." Charjabug disclosed.
"...Did I ask for statistics?" Liepard queried in vexation, glaring at the Battery Pokemon.
Mareanie groaned loudly. "Can we just go inside, so that I don't have to hear anyone talk? You guys are stupid."
"Woah, you didn't have be so Mareane about it! Get it, because-"
Mareanie swiftly grabbed the Scaly Pokemon by his small throat. "Tell a shitty joke like that again, and I will bash your head on the cement exactly 10 times!" She threatened, a murderous scowl on her face. This scowl sent chills up Jangmo-o's, and a few others' spines.
Jangmo-o nodded rapidly out of fear, managing to squeak out an "Okay." Before running to hide behind Delphox.
"You guys can't go in yet." A Scizor, who was the pilot for the Kalos residents, announced. "You guys have to wait until the hosts who are with the rest of the contestants."
"Well that's just great." Salazzle groaned, folding her arms. "More unnecessary waiting."
"Hey, maybe they'll get here in a matter of minutes." Delphox reassured.
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"I'm sorry, but a ride to Skyfall city left about an hour ago." An Empoleon said.
"Wait, we're too late!" Deoxys exclaimed.
"Yep, sorry." The Empoleon responded.
The crew was currently at the Slateport Harbor, and needless to say they were pretty annoyed at the fact that they missed the boat ride.
"Is there gonna be another boat ride to Skyfall?" Luxio asked.
"Yes, but it isn't for another three hours."
"WHAT?!" Meganium bellowed. "I do not feel like waiting any longer…"
"We don't even have to." Illumise asserted. "We could just have one of our hosts teleport us there!"
Mewtwo held his hands up in protest. "Hey, I'm the co-host; I can't actually make that decision."
While Deoxys wanted to make the contestants happy, he still wanted the episode to be a success, and he felt like just teleport straight to the airport would half-ass things.
Deoxys sighed. "It's fine, we can just wait."
"For three hours?!" Leafeon yelled. "We've already waited long enough!"
"I mean, we could always just explore the city, in contrast to sitting her complaining." Mudkip suggested.
"Y-yeah, and at least we don't have to worry about any stress or scary things for a long time." Gastly added.
Everyone, with the exception of Shellder, Mudkip, Gliscor, and Torterra gave him annoyed looks, causing the ghost to giggle sheepishly.
"So that's what we're gonna do?" Zangoose asked for clarification. "Just explore for three hours?"
"I guess that's all we can do." Shellder said.
With that, everyone except for the hosts left the harbor.
"So, what do you think the other contestants will have to say about this?" Mewtwo asked.
Deoxys made a cell phone appear from his hand. "We'll have to find out when we eventually get there." He responded, before dialing a number.
000
"It has nearly been an hour since you stated that the other peasants would be here in a matter of minutes." Frillish huffed. "Would you like to retract your baseless statement, Foxy Loxy?"
Delphox rolled her eyes. "It was just something I said to make you guys feel better. And please don't reference that awful movie."
"And besides, it's only been 3 minutes and 35 se-"
"Again, no one asked for statistics." Liepard chastised. "The less talking, the better."
A few moments later, a Toxicroak, who worked at the airport, walked up to the contestants.
"So? Can we go inside?" Salazzle asked in anticipation.
"Yes, you can." Toxicroak answered. "However, Deoxys and the other 13 contestants are at Slateport city, and their boat ride won't leave for another 3 hours-"
"We have to wait for the more hours?!" Bruxish barked. "It already feels like we waited an hour anyway!"
"You guys might as well not complain." Zweilous advised. "We still get to go inside."
"Right, so follow me. We'll go to the hotel lobby." Toxicroak said, as the others complied.
000
About an hour later, the host's were waiting outside of the harbor. They hadn't bothered to say anything to each other, until Mewtwo eventually broke the silence.
"So… why did you decide to tediously wait 3 hours when you could easily just teleport us to the Airport?" Mewtwo questioned.
"I mean… I thought about what the contestants would've wanted, but I also had to think about what would be best for the show, and what everyone watching would want to see." The Alien explained.
Mewtwo facepalmed at his explanation. "Deoxys...you talked about how you needed to make a good first impression for the past several days. Who cares about what the viewers think? They aren't the ones competing."
"I want to make a good first impression, but ratings are important too." Deoxys reminded. "Besides, maybe the contestants are enjoying themselves."
As if on cue, the contestants came back to the harbor in a matter of seconds after Deoxys finished his sentence.
"Yeah, we're bored." Tyranitar drawled. "Can we just go to the airport now?"
"And don't try to make us wait longer just so you can have your 'full episode'." Zangoose added. "We know the deal."
The DNA Pokemon sighed in defeat. "Fine." He said, as he teleported everyone away.
000
The other 9 contestants were loafing around in the hotel lobby. Some, like Charjabug, Jangmo-o, Zweilous and Delphox, were patient, while others, like….everyone else, were impatient.
Suddenly, the two hosts, and the rest of the contestants appeared seemingly from nowhere, much to everyone's pleasant surprise.
"Finally, you guys are here!" Salazzle exulted. "We heard you guys wouldn't leave for another 3 hours!"
"Let's just say he finally came to his senses." Meganium drawled flatly.
"Yeah, let's just say exactly that." Deoxys repeated.
"So, uh… can we get our rooms now?" Jangmo-o asked.
"Not yet." Deoxys started. "I'll give you guys a tour of the airport, then I'll give you your teams, and then you can go to your rooms."
"Um, we've already seen some of the airport on our way here." Liepard claimed, wanting to go to her possible room.
"But we haven't yet." Illumise shot back. "We just got here."
"Besides, the tour is pretty short, anyways." Mewtwo assured. "There isn't too much to see."
Alrighty then, let's go!"
"Wait, did you just say 'Alrighty'?" Mudkip queried.
000
"We have a McDonald's and a Subway across from each other." Deoxys spoke, pointing towards the two restaurants. "On my left, we have the first 27 gates, and on my right, we have gate 28-46…"
"And over there is Sassy's bar and strip club." Mewtwo interrupted, pointing to the far left. "For all of you legal age ladies." He spoke romantically.
Deoxys gave the Genetic Pokémon an unamused looked. "Yeah… that reminds me… who here is legal age?"
Delphox, Illumise, Leafeon, Meganium, and Salazzle all raised an appendage.
Mewtwo groaned. "Aww, I was hoping Liepard would be legal age…"
"Say what now?!"
"Ignore that!" Deoxys quickly blurted out, before glaring at Mewtwo. "She isn't legal age, so it doesn't matter, you perv!"
"Why are we even talking about who's legal and who isn't?" Mareanie asked. "Just get on with the tour!"
"Right, right, right." Deoxys repeated rapidly. "Uhh..moving forward…" He continued, as everyone got on an escalator walkway, "We have a Starbucks for those of you who like coffee, and an arcade right across from that."
The group then got off of the walkway. "Here we have gates 47-67 on my right, and gates 68-94 on my left."
Finally, they walked around the Starbucks. "And finally, we have Delcatty's diner. She's known for her very spicy Blaziken wings."
Mewtwo shrugged. "They aren't that spicy. You just need to have a big appetite, and a strong stomach, and you'll be fine."
"So, that's it?" Kirlia asked for clarification. "Do we get our teams and rooms now?"
"Yes, but let's go back to the hote-"
"Oh, just tell us!" Salazzle demanded. "I'm sure we're all anticipating it!"
"Okay, okay!" Deoxys defensively responded. A piece of paper then appeared in front of him
"Team 1 will be named the Sneaky Sceptiles, and it will consist of Jangmo-o, Leafeon, Illumise, Kirlia, Meganium, Gastly, Delphox, Zweilous, Luxio, Gliscor, and Mudkip."
The Sneaky Sceptiles looked at each other. Most of them seemed content with their team, but others, not so much. Illumise wasn't too fond of the male majority, Meganium and Leafeon weren't impressed with the strength of the team, Gastly was scared of half of the team, and Luxio was still creeped out by him.
"Team 2 will be named the Bold Blazikens, and it will consist of Zangoose, Shellder, Mareanie, Torterra, Liepard, Bruxish. Charjabug, Umbreon, Salazzle, Tyranitar, and Frillish."
Unlike the previous team, the only Pokemon that actually seemed satisfied were Charjabug and Torterra.
"I absolutely refuse to be on a team with these ugly peasants!" Frillish protested. "Re-do the teams right this instant!"
"Yeah, I don't wanna be on a team with this bitch either!" Salazzle yelled, scowling at Frillish.
"Oh man, oh man, oh man…" Shellder whimpered. "It's a female majority, and I'm freaking out!" His voice turned into a high pitched squeak.
"That's your biggest concern?" Liepard questioned, giving the clam a look.
"I would rather just not being on a team at all." Zangoose admitted, folding her arms.
:"Yeah, I don't need any of you weaklings!" Tyranitar boasted.
"Would all of you just SHUT UP!?" Mareanie commanded. Luckily for her, silence is exactly what she got.
"Um...okay then.." Deoxys said. "All of your rooms, will be on the 20th floor of the hotel, along with the confessionals. There are also other things to do around there as well. The first challenge will be at Nimbasa city tomorrow, and the flight will leave at around noon. Until then, you guys can pretty much do whatever you want for the rest of the night."
"Sounds great." Liepard stated. "I have a lot on my mind anyway…" She finished, her tone reeking of annoyance.
As the contestants left, Deoxys groaned loudly as he sat on a bench. "Ugh… this episode sucked…."
"Meh, I didn't think it was that bad." Mewtwo replied.
"Mewtwo, I have to ask, how come you act so carefree all the time, yet you were able to get me back into reality at Oledale?" Deoxys asked. "It was as if you actually cared."
"I care about the things that matter, Deoxys." Mewtwo answered. "I honestly could care less about the people who have nothing to do with the show think about it, but I will say that I kinda feel bad that you don't think too highly of it so far."
And with that, Mewtwo teleported away from the vicinity, leaving Deoxys alone, and in thought.
000
The confessional was a small, plain room, with a chair and a desk.
Bruxish scoffed in confidence. "With my charm, all the boys will come crawling towards me, and the girls will be jealous as hell. The gay bug may have turned me down, but I'll have the rest of the boys under my control and I will win this. Simple as that."
000
"I wonder how things will turn out.." Charjabug pondered. "For poor Mighty Chu! I really hope he turns out okay… stupid cliffhanger!"
000
"I need as much Pokemon as possible to trust me." Delphox stated. "That way, when I eventually have to betray them, they won't see it coming…"
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Frillish huffed. "All of these losers are mere haters. They can not match my class and beauty. All of those folk can go, prick thy face, and over-red thy fear, thou lily-liver'd boy!"
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"N-N-Nimbasa City?" Gastly stammered. "Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"
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"This is gonna be fun!" Gliscor chirped, as is face morphed into a confused expression. "How come no one else here seems to have a positive attitude? Isn't life a box of chocolates? Sure, you never know what you're gonna get, but boxes of chocolates are still tasty! My mom always told me that, but everyone else said that it was from a movie called-"
000
"As I expected, the guys here are annoying as hell." Illumise insulted. "All of them are either childish, pansies, or jackasses!"
She then sighed. "At least most of them don't seem likely to cheat...hell, none of them aren't even likely to get a woman, let alone keep one."
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Jangmo-o glanced at the room, before smirking at the camera. "You know what, this room looks really plain. HAHAHAHAHA, GET IT, BECAUSE-"
000
"I hope this show will make me a bit stronger." Kirlia said. "And I especially hope that I evolve into a Gallade while I'm here. Then I won't have to worry about any misgendering."
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"I think it's pretty blatant that I'm the leader of our weak ass team." Leafeon jeered, with a snicker. "Meganium could be the co-leader. She actually seems useful."
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Liepard glared at the camera. "I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I already miss home! The others are obnoxious, one of the hosts is a pervert, and we probably have to get up early for the challenge tomorrow!" The cat vented.
"I came here to get away from annoyances, not to find more!"
000
"This team seems significantly more pleasant than the other team." Luxio admitted. "But, and I don't want to sound rude, but it could be better. Leafeon's still a bitch, and Gastly is still… creepy." She shuddered at the mere mention of his name.
000
"...Why am I even in here?" Mareanie asked tonelessly. She then got up, and knocked down the camera.
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Meganium grumbled in annoyance as she fixed the camera with her vines. "Our team is weak as hell. The only other Pokemon on this team that seem like promising players are Leafeon, Delphox, and even Illumise. Not impressed at all."
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Mudkip sighed. "I already know that I'm gonna be seen as a weakling. So I need to make some friends, and fast…"
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Salazzle folded her arms. "Great. Frillish and Bruxish are on our team. Just greeaaat…"
"I'm gonna have to whip this team into shape. Slackers will absolutely not be tolerated, and I'm worried those two will do so anyway."
000
"Okay, Shellder, just remember the advice Clamperl gave you…" Shellder hyperventilated. He then gulped, "Crap...I can't remember! What am I gonna do?!" He exclaimed, before fainting.
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Torterra gently moved Shellder out of his way, and bumped him out the door. "A lot of attractive guys and girls here, but I'm gonna take my advice and let them come to me. Let's see how it works.."
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Tyranitar scoffed. "Pansies. All of them. I'm definitely gonna dominate. This is for you, Dad."
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Umbreon deadpanned. "I honestly doubt this show will help me with my anger issues, but it's better than countless 1 on 1's with Medicham all the time."
"At least Gastly and Illumise aren't on my team. Discrimination wasn't gonna do me any good."
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"All I need is me, myself, and I." Zangoose declared. "My teammates better not hold me back. No romance, either."
000
"This confessional is a damn joke." Zweilous snorted. "But, it's somehow better than I expected, so maybe this show will actually be fresh and original. Maybe…"
000
And it's finally done. After 8 months of stress, dealing with school, and procrastinating, I finally finished the first chapter of my Total Pokemon Airport Tropolis reboot.
I decided to reboot this because… I honestly had no idea what to do with a number of contestants, and most of the contestants that were in the last story I made just felt one note.
This is now my third TPI. Hopefully I'm actually able to finish this one, but only time will tell. Until then, The New Alien On The Block, out.