ShokugekiMaster here! Thanks a lot for all of your submissions, I never thought I would get so many is so little time to be honest. Of course I won't introduce all the characters in this chapter, that would be too much to take in. But rest assured those who have submitted an OC, I will introduce them in the coming chapters.
But for now SYOC is closed. I already got more than I needed so I even have extras to use later.
Before you read the chapter here is one of my main OCs:
Name: Ken Conrad
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Birthday: December6
Home Region: Johto
Physical Features: has a height of 5'10", aqua blue green eyes, long black hair, more at the top, and comparatively much less at the sides. Usually seen raking his hair back with his hand. He has a lean body, not particularly muscular but has pretty strong legs, and a slightly strong jawline (for his age at least).
Clothing: Generally likes wearing full sleeved t-shirts, especially dark grey. He wears stretchable jeans which are super comfortable to move around in. He likes any shoes which have a spongy sole. He wears thin jackets and hoodies once in a while too.
Personality: Ken is usually always in a good mood, smiling and laughing and cracking jokes. Even when he's in a bad mood he doesn't show it, but his actions such as smiling seem a little forced. Sometimes he gets easily frustrated at little things and at other times he's so patient its hard to believe. Doesn't betray his emotions when things aren't looking good or when he is sad. Is a kind and caring guy who immediately helps those in need. He doesn't like people who talk about themselves mightily, and is also protective of his friends and especially his little sister. He loves his pokemon and spends a lot of time with them too.
Pokemon: Espeon
Nickname: Solis
Gender: Female
Pokemon2: Milotic
Nickname: Mina
Gender: Female
Pokemon3: Luxio
Nickname: Ampere
Gender: Male
The backstories and personalities and backstory and relations of will be revealed as the story goes on, because what's the fun in knowing everything.
If you are reading this letter then that means that you have been accepted and are headed towards Quake Island, where our school, the Affinitive Academy is present. The Academy will be a home to you for the coming 3 years, where you will learn many things relating to what aspirations you have. Many of the world's Gym Leaders, Researchers, Rangers, and Elite trainers have graduated from the Affinitive Academy. But they were also just like you many years ago, young and energetic, striving towards their goals. Everything you will need to know about the Academy will be explained at the orientation which you will be attending shortly after you reach the school. We shall meet you soon!
Clara Autumns (Principal)
Ken sighed as he read the letter for the tenth time. He was tired from traveling for such a long time from his home region of Johto. His journey had started at 6 A.M the same day and now it was exactly ten hours past that.
Ken had never thought that he would end up in an Academy of all places, and the thought of studying didn't appeal to him. But he had heard that there were many courses that were more practical in approach and that gave him a glimmer of hope.
He shifted in his seat uncomfortably. The bus which was taking them to the docks had seats with bad cushioning which hurt his ass.
Ken raked his hand through his long black hair.
'C'mon, how long is it? Can't this bus go any faster?', Ken thought.
He decided to read the letter once again. It had been given to each of the students on the bus by the conductor, whose eyes were darting from seat to seat to make sure no one was doing anything obnoxious and were all behaving well.
Before Ken could read the letter again, it was snatched away from his hand.
"How many times are you going to read that?"
Ken turned to see the girl sitting next to him, who had the letter in her hand.
"As many times as I want to."
The girl sighed and shook her head.
"Lighten up Ken, we're headed to the Affinitive academy, how can you be so apathetic? Aren't you excited even a bit?", she asked.
It's not like Ken wasn't excited, but he didn't betray his excitement, unlike his best friend.
Saffron had been talking non-stop since morning about how famed the Academy was. Throughout the entire journey she had only talked and talked about how she had been wanting to go to the Academy since quite a while and it was almost like a dream come true.
She hadn't even noticed that Ken had put earplugs on in the middle of it all, to shut her out. It proved she was way too excited.
"Well, I would be Mr. Bright and Sunshine if the springs on this stupid seat hadn't been poking my ass for the past 2 hours." He said, shifting on his seat once again.
" We're almost there, I can actually see the docks from here, look there".
She pointed out the window towards their left. Just as Saffron had said, the docks were in sight. Ken felt the sea breeze hit his face. It smelled salty and like seaweed.
'Finally'
It was because of him that Saffron had been invited to the Academy, but he wasn't sure why he would even be considered to join such a prestigious place. There was nothing special about him. He had no goals or ambitions.
Ken was a lost case. But Saffron's family ran a day-care center which was well known around Johto and she spent a lot of her time around pokemon. The both of them were childhood best friends and because of her, Ken had also spent a lot of time looking after trainers' pokemon. He had met many different kinds of pokemon throughout the years, and observed them closely, noting their habits and what they liked.
The bus screeched to a halt. Slowly, one after another, the students grabbed their smallest luggage and stepped down from the bus.
The wind felt nice and cool on Ken's skin as he stepped out. Saffron's dark chocolate brown hair was being lifted up slightly by the wind.
All the students climbed onto the big boat, which would take them to the island, which was situated quite the distance from the land. All the first years were spread out on the upper and lower decks, chatting and getting to know one another.
"Can you hold on to my bag Ken? I need to go to bathroom." Saffron said, and without waiting for a reply, went off.
Ken stood there for a couple of minutes breathing in the cool air. He had always been a fan of the sea and the cold.
'This place is supposed to be a prestigious school right? Then how come there are so many other kids? They're probably strong in what they do, no wonder they got accepted.. Unlike me.'
He hung his head.
Something like a soft paw touched his head.
He looked up to see something like a purple bat-like pokemon with big ears sitting on the railing right next to him.
It looked at him with a confused look.
"Hey there little guy, what are you doing here? Where's your trainer?" Ken asked the Noibat.
But the Noibat didn't reply in any way, it continued staring at him.
"Are you lost by any chance?"
"Far from that actually." A voice from behind Noibat said.
Ken tilted his head enough to look behind Noibat to see a boy, who was as tall as him standing there.
He had chestnut brown eyes with pale, short spiky blond hair which was parted to the right side of his face, and lightly tanned skin. He was wearing a white shirt with a grey undershirt and navy blue jeans to match. Along with that he wore brown loafers. His right cheek had a small bandage and he was wearing a blue poketch on his hand.
"Sorry about Echo, he wanders off sometimes and just sits next to random people. Hope he didn't bother you", the boy said.
Ken shook his head, causing his black hair to slightly move around.
"No worries man, he didn't do anything. He was observing me though, does he do that a lot?"
The boy shook his head. "Not really. He probably sensed that something was on your mind."
"Smart guy."
The boy laughed. "Pokemon sure are smart. Oh, I'm Neil Vossen by the way. Applied for the Trainer/ Battle course." He held out his hand.
Ken shook it. "I'm Ken Conrad. Same course applied."
Neil grinned." A future rival perhaps?"
"Oh you can count on it", Ken replied with an equally large grin.
Echo suddenly started flapping his wings and began flying off in another direction.
"Hey! Echo! Come back! Not again!" Neil cried. He waved at Ken.
"See you later Ken!" He shouted. And he ran on towards Echo.
"Who was that?"
Ken turned to Saffron's voice. She was standing behind him.
"A future rival maybe."
Ken looked around in awe. Quake island was HUGE. He couldn't see the end of it from any angle. There were many buildings which were at least five stories tall. In the far distance he could see three buildings of equal size colored Red, Blue and Green.
"Those are the dorms for the students of the Academy," Saffron said dryly.
"Aren't you well informed Saf'," Ken said raising an eyebrow. Saffron's dark blue eyes brightened in glee. "Of course I am! Now come on, the orientation is going to start soon!"
Saffron grabbed his arm and began dragging him towards the auditorium, where the other students were going. Ken caught Neil's eye and waved at him. He was chatting with someone else, but reciprocated.
To Ken, the auditorium was more like a stadium. It had a battlefield in the center where a podium was set up. Students were piling in and sitting on the benchers.
"Lets sit here," Saffron said, gesturing towards some seats. "I wonder what the principal is going to say."
"You'll find out soon enough," Ken assured. He looked around. From the looks of it, the stadium/ auditorium contained first as well as second years. He heard someone shout 'second years this way!' which confirmed his thoughts.
"You mind if I sit here?"
Ken turned to see a boy the same height as him standing over him. He had pitch black medium length hair with fell just short of his eyes.
"Nah. Go ahead."
"Thanks. I'm Ein. Ein Kageshima. Second year."
"Ken Conrad. And this is my friend, Saffron Carter."
"You guys must be first years then, 'cause I haven't seen you around."
Saffron nodded. "Yep, first years and recently arrived."
"Are you here for that orientation? Isn't that only for the first years?" Ken asked.
"You don't know? Well, after the orientation an exhibition battle between the two strongest trainers in the school is going to take place," Ein informed, enthusiasm evident in his voice.
"Really?" Ken asked, his eyes now having a different look compared to his normally lazy look. "Now that's something I want to see."
Saffron smiled. At least he was excited for something. For as long as Saffron had know Ken, he had never shown excitement for anything, even if he was excited on the inside. Maybe he was trying to act cool? Well, she doubted it would work, Ken wasn't good at intentionally showing off or acting cool in any way.
Suddenly, the voices of all the students quieted down. All eyes were on the podium. A woman was now standing next to it, looking over the crowd of students. Her smooth and silky black hair fell onto her shoulders, and she was dressed in a sharp business suit which looked very crisp. She stepped onto the podium. Her voice rang out loud and clear as she spoke.
"Welcome students, to the Affinitive Academy! My name is Clara Autumns and I'm the principal of the academy. It's a pleasure to see that you all have reached safe and sound on our grounds. The academy will be a place for all of you to hone your talents and excel to higher levels. We have the best teachers and overall staff to help and guide you."
"Of course, there see certain rules that are to be followed by all of you. First of all, the curfew time is 10 PM. No one should be seen out for any reason unless a permit from a teacher or me.
"Battles are not to be held in school, if a battle is to be held then permission should be granted from a witness teacher and should be carried out on one of the academy's battle grounds."
"Fighting in the school is prohibited and those who shall do so will be sent to my office. You will learn more about the school as the days pass and from your seniors who are the second the third years."
"That is all I have to say" she finally finished.
There was a round of applause from the students.
"But.. its not over yet. This is what you have actually been waiting for, right?" she said with a big smile on her face.
Cheers erupted from the stands, mostly from the second years. Ken looked around. The older students were literally out of their seats standing to take a look at the battlefield.
"You sure you're not excited now?" Saffron taunted Ken, poking his shoulder with her finger.
"What if I say I'm not?", came the answer.
"Then you would be lying,"
"Fair enough"
Saffron laughed. Ein looked at them with an amused expression.
"It looks like you two are pretty close you know?" he told them.
"No no, she's like my stalker since childhood, you know, when you're cool you have one of those creepy stalkers. Turns out to be my best friend, tough life for me." Ken explained, with mock sadness.
Ein burst out laughing. "I like you man! You seem cool."
The two of them bumped fists.
Ken heard the sound of knuckles cracking behind him. He nervously turned around.
"You were saying?" Saffron suggested.
"I-I was kidding Saf', you know that, uh, heh.."
The next moment Ken was sitting there with a slightly bleeding nose.
"Tissue?" Ein offered.
"Thanks, needed that."
At the same time, two boys had appeared on either side of the battlefield.
Again, Principal Autumn's voice rang out. " So here we have the long awaited exhibition battle between our top battle students. Zac versus Jake!"
Once again, loud roars and cheers erupted from the stands.
They stood on either side, with a pokeball ready in hand.
"Let the battle begin!"
A man in a white coat stood on the roof of a building next to the stadium/ auditorium. He was overlooking all the students and was witnessing the exhibition battle from there.
He smiled. "This year, I shall finally do as I have pictured and planned. The students look satisfactory this year. They will be a key to my plan. Especially since this year he's here."
And that was the first chapter! Neil Vossen belongs to Illusionary Phantom and Ein Kageshima belongs to Dimension Blade 1.2
So how will the battle go? Who was the man? Not really a big chapter, but I think its ok for a start.
I only introduced two OCs in this chapter, and more will be introduced in the next chapter. Ken and Saffron belong to me, that's ShokugekiMaster.
Hope you liked the chapter. Have a nice day!
