I do not own Pokemon.
CHAPTER 1
The whole of Unova was quiet the next day. That is except for Touya's house, which was the exception. "This is absurd! I can't believe my eyes! I don't want to believe my eyes!" Cheren yelled entering his friend's house.
"Thank you for startling me, Cheren! If I have a heart attack, I'll tell everyone you're the guilty!" Touya said, rolling his eyes while he chewed on his toast.
"I left my cozy bed early this morning to spend my hard-earned money to buy this newspaper and read THIS!" The black haired boy pointed to the news printed on the first page of the paper.
"Man, what's the matter? Oh, I know! The world is going to end today, isn't it?" The brown haired boy smirked.
"Almost… No! It's way worse than that! Take this and see for yourself!" Cheren tried to hand over the newspaper but the other boy refused to get it.
"I'm having breakfast and that means that I'm eating, and eating is what I like to do the most! I won't stop it only to please you, so read it to me!" Touya poured some milk inside his glass.
"My mouth won't spill such nasty words! I'd rather die!" He threw the newspaper onto the table where Touya had set his glass. They stared at each other a few seconds, but Touya gave up and read the news.
"I see nothing wrong here. I think you need new glasses, oh and that you're crazy as well!" Touya shook his head.
"I doubt you really know how to read anyway." Cheren said as he pulled up a chair and placed it next to his friend. "I didn't want to, but I'll read it with all the words for you to understand!"
"Don't waste your precious time, Cheren, I already…" Before he could finish the other boy read the news loudly.
The big match aftermath
Yesterday Unova had a remarkable day. After the battle of the chosen heroes, the king of team plasma flew off riding his big white dragon to some unknown destination. Both International and Unova police are already working on the case and their first step will be to locate the other sages and arrest them, with a little help from Ghetsis' interrogation.
The police along with the Champion Alder, and the heroine Touko White, decided for the grunts' freedom, and only will be arresting those who rebel or resist on obeying the laws.
'The King of Team Plasma won't be pursued nor arrested, considering the story of his own life. We were told he was manipulated by Ghetsis and he is not a threat to Unova. He has legal rights to live here in freedom just like the other civilians from this region.' Looker stated.
For now, everything is under control and there's nothing to worry about.
"Can you see it now? N won't be punished! He did all that and he won't be punished! He's their leader and he won't be sent to the jail! It's ridiculous!" Cheren abruptly stood up.
"I'm sorry but I don't agree with you pal. N doesn't seem to be a bad person, after listening to what Touko told me about him. He's been through a lot, and I think he deserves to live his real life for now."
"I can't believe you Touya! You must be infected with the same virus Touko has!" Cheran said as stumbled backwards. Bianca brought a plate of toast from the kitchen. She joined Touya at the table, offering food to the two boys.
"I never refuse any kind of food!" Touya licked his lips and grabbed five slices of toast quickly.
"The toast isn't going anywhere darling, slow down a little!" The blond girl giggled and turned to the dark haired boy. "Hiiiiii, Cheren!"
"Hey Bianca, don't you start telling me that N's a nice guy as well." The bespectacled boy made sure to prevent her from saying what he keeps hearing from others. Bianca smiled and grabbed a pen and wrote on Cheren's newspaper with large sized letters. She wrote 'N'S A NICE GUY!' and showed it to him.
"I'm outta here!" The boy crumpled the paper and slammed the door when he exited.
"I can't really understand him, he told me not to open my mouth and I didn't open it, did I?" Bianca gave a confused look to Touya. He just sighed.
Six months later
Touko was sleeping peacefully on a soft mattress with a pillow filled with Swanna's feathers. At a time when she wanted sleep the most, the X-transceiver's alarm clock rudely woke her up.
"Oww… Oh, my… what time is it?" She took the device and looked at it. "Seven o'clock? It's too early… I can sleep, for at least, more 5 minutes!" The girl grumbled while she drew the blanket over her head. But, who said she would sleep for only 5 minutes?
"Toukoooo! Are you dead, girl? You were supposed to see Professor Juniper early this morning!" Her mother always yells dramatically to make her jump out of the bed quickly. Startled, the brunette leapt out of her soft mattress to face another day, even having the feeling she wasn't ready to.
"I know my mother loves me, but her screams scary me to death!" She lifted her hand up to her chest to feel her heart going a mile-a-minute and tried to calm herself down. "I'm on my way, mom! No need to panic!" She replied.
"Well… Let me see…" She took the X-transceiver again. "Ten?! It's almost half past ten! I overslept!" Touko put her head out of the door and called out loud for her mother. "Moooom! Why didn't you wake me?"
"I did wake you. You were the one who didn't." Her mother stated ironically.
The girl stumbled from side to side of her bedroom, thinking about what she would do first. "Oh… Sure! A nice shower should come first, you goof!" The girl ran into the shower so fast she forgot to remove her pajamas realizing the situation only when the mess was already done. After fumbling with her own business she left her room wearing a pink cap with a white pokeball logo in front of it, a tight white tank top and pink shorts with the same white pokeball logo at its right side. She also wore white boots and had her hair tied in a ponytail as usual.
She quickly ate her breakfast her mother had prepared and made sure to brush her teeth afterwards. Well, who knows, she suddenly could meet N somewhere out there, and it would be a disaster if her teeth were not all clean.
"Don't forget to apologize to Professor Juniper about being late. And take care, dear! Mommy loves you!" Mrs. White said as she brought her child in for a hug.
"I love you too, mom! I'll be back to inform you about Professor's plans." With that, Touko made her way to the lab. She ran like crazy, heart pounding out of her chest. After a little while and light sheen of sweat, the girl reached the building and knocked on the door, her wrists matching the pounding of her heart beat. The girl heard some footsteps approaching the door from the inside before the door opened.
"Touko! I really wanted to see you! Please, come in!" Professor Juniper gestured to the large room behind herself.
"Oh Professor… I'm so sorry! I'm totally late! I'm sorry I didn't make it here on time!" The young girl apologized as Juniper led her inside the lab.
"It's fine! So…I guess I have no choice but to tell you that I just woke up!" She giggled and lifted the cup she was holding towards her mouth to take a sip of some hot coffee. Then she pulled up a chair and asked Touko to sit down next to her. The professor turned to the PC. "Well dear, Touko… Why are you here?" The young girl blinked out of surprise not believing what the Professor was questioning.
"I thought you were the one supposed to answer that question." She replied in a blank expression. The place was silent for a few seconds.
"Oh! Hahahahaha… Maybe I haven't woken up yet…" She said as she yawned and then sipped some more coffee. "Seriously, I'm sorry… I'm not trying to joke with you or anything of the sort… I'm just a bit out of my head lately!" She stood up and walked to a desk full of papers scattered everywhere over the top of it and leaned to open one of its drawers. She took a thick folder from there and handed it over to the confused girl. "There you go, champion-to-be!" Touko stared at the folder, her mind lost in thought.
"This folder holds important files of all the research I've done throughout the year." She sat again and turned to the young girl. "Every year, the most influential professors of all the regions gather themselves in a council and this council is associated to the preservation of the environment of each region. Here we have the annual Unova research council, where we must officially report our successful studies about pokemon. After that we formulate a plan into what is called the 'Action Plan'. The goal of this plan is to improve the pokemon's lives and it includes ways to implement the plan. It shows the necessary resources, budgets, and any environmental impacts that it may cause, among other protocols. The department's secretary and the minister will review the plan and point out the flaws, if any, and then all participants will vote whether to incorporate the plan or not. If accepted, the Secretary will begin developing the regulations and ordinances believed to be required and then the Unova minister will sign the plan, enabling the proposed 'Action plan' to go into effect. Well, it's a much longer process then I just made it out to be though."
"Does this folder have anything to do with the council?" The young trainer seemed to be lost among all those words.
"Yes… I keep all this year's projects inside this folder. Could you open it for me and take the last paper that's attached, please? It's about my newest research! I want you to read it." Touko nodded and carefully searched for the paper.
"Here! It must be this one… Its name is 'The legendary triplets'. I liked the name! It's kinda cool!" The girl gave a 'thumbs up' to express her approval, but the professor grimaced.
"Don't lie, Touko. I've already tried a lot of times to change that name! My fellow scientists even told me that the name is annoying… They want something more, well… special, but I couldn't think of anything better! "
"Oh ok, but I was being serious and I didn't lie, but… now that you mentioned it, it is a bit a lame…" She answered quickly.
"I like your honesty, but liked what you said first better!" Juniper said chuckling a little and the young trainer shrugged.
"I'm sorry… Well, let's go back to the research. So, what about me? Do I have anything to do with this?"
"I called you here to help me on this research. Since you're the strongest trainer of Unova I have a feeling that you'll get the job done quickly. Though this is not all about strength, you will have to be really skilled as well." Touko looked at the PC's screen that Professor Juniper turned around for her to see. She saw three Pokémon there. They were equal in features and had similar names. "They are the triplets and my research's subjects."
"Oh! I've already seen this one!" The young girl gasped as she pointed to a pokemon named Thundurus, jumping in excitement. Juniper stared at her in awe not believing what she had just heard.
"That's… amazing! Where did you see it? You know, as a legendary pokemon it's always hiding somewhere where it can't be found easily." The trainer approached the screen with her eyes fixed on Thundurus' image before she answered the Professor.
"After beating Iris at Opelucid gym, I was heading to route 10 that leads to the Pokemon League when I was informed of a weird weather pattern in route 7. Being the curious that I am, I rushed there to see it for myself. Then…" The older woman cut her off.
"Wow! I reckon Thundurus was causing all this mess! It's such a powerful pokemon! But I'm glad this all happened! I was going to ask you to go look for them and report back when you come across some interesting information. I'd like you to take some pictures of them too, if it's possible. So Touko, will you accept this request of mine?" The Professor asked with a large smile.
"I would love to meet a legendary! Well, first I'd have to figure out where to find them, let alone get close enough to see one, and even more so close enough to talk to one." Touko said grinning insanely, to which Professor Juniper returned the smile.
"Thanks a lot dear! I knew I could count on you!" The professor thanked her and the young trainer nodded.
"You're welcome." With this she made her way out of the lab. She thought to herself 'I have to make Bianca, Cheren, and Touya aware of this.'
The sun was high in the sky.
Touko walked down the street after leaving the lab, wondering if she would do as good as the professor thought she could. She didn't want to disappoint her.
'I'll do my best... 6 months ago I didn't believe I could win that epic battle against…' Now she was as red as beet, starting to forget the world around her and feeling her heart skip a beat. She smiled softly, butterflies in her stomach. That's it. Touko was completely infatuated with N. But she needed to concentrate. She had a brand new task at hand that she needed to focus on and put all her energy into. 'I just need to trust myself and believe in myself!' She frowned. 'Oh My… What I was supposed to do now? Oh, yeah! I think Bianca told me she would be at Touya's house this morning! Touya's house here I come!' Going down the street, she hummed her favorite love songs to herself.
Fortunately, she found them all at Touya's house. Cheren had returned after his outburst this morning and was sitting on the couch reading the newspaper. Meanwhile Bianca and Touya were dancing to some music while circling the couch, where Cheren was, laughing and having a good time. Cheren scowled and adjusted his glasses.
"The way you're dancing makes me feel like I was watching animal planet… If I wanted to I would just turn the TV on." The dark haired boy said sarcastically.
"Come on, Cheren! Why don't you have some fun? No one is looking at you and we won't tell anyone about it!" Touya told him with a grin while Bianca spun around and fell gracefully into his arms.
"Cheren's such a loveless boy… I think he needs to find someone to love him!" Bianca added. The brunette entered the house's living room and couldn't help but to think 'Oh goodness gracious… Wasn't there a better moment for me to arrive?'
"Touko! So good you're here! I love when we're all together!" The blonde girl threw her hands up and ran towards the brunette that smiled awkwardly at all her friends.
"So do I Bianca. I'm here to tell you that I-I… ughh… I can't b-breathe!" Touko squeezed out before Touya and Cheren ran to grab Bianca and pull her away, setting Touko free from the suffocating hug.
"I don't know what to do with her anymore! I've already told her a million times that she hugs too hard, but had no effect!" Touya sighed before chuckling a bit.
"It's ok! We all know she sometimes gets a little overexcited." The two boys lifted their brows and looked at the brunette waiting for her to correct something. "Oh fine! She always a little overexcited!" They all laughed at the friendly banter.
"Hey, I'm sorry… I just looooove my friends so much! And I want them to know that!" She apologized with a smile.
"We know it and we can't forget it for a second because you're there to remember us every time… And you've got no reason to be bashful about it, Bianca!" Cheren said kindly.
"No need to apologize! Cheren's right, we're proud to have a friend like you, but I still think Touya needs to teach you the right way to hug someone! Well… I mean… Not the way he hugs you at those private moments… Hahaha! Sorry guys, I lost it for a second there! Hahaha." Touko burst out laughing while Bianca and Cheren blushed. Touya grinned showing he hadn't a single trace of remorse.
"You're right, my dear Touko! Though I never do indecent things in public. I'm a real gentleman! I really care for Bianca!" Touya laughed along with the girls while Cheren face palmed.
"Alright, no more fun and games! You already managed to disturb me… Let's change the subject!" He adjusted his glasses turning his head to the other side.
"Are your glasses too big for your head Cheren? I always thought it was the opposite…" Touya said making fun of Cheren, one of his favorite hobbies.
They all sat there, eating and joking. They kept it casual and refrained from talking about serious subjects. Several minutes of silence passed and Touko remembered she needed to tell her friends about what Professor Juniper asked her to do. She explained what had transpired and the task she was setting out to do and when they were sitting there letting this new information sink in Touko realized she needed to be on her way out.
"Well dear friends…It's really good to be with you, but I must leave for now. You already know what I told you about the research. I'd better start as soon as possible!" Touko stood up and stretched her arms.
"I'm your fan, Touko! Go for it! Just remember to contact us if anything comes up!" Touya said with his right hand resting on her shoulder. Bianca hugged the brunette and squeezed her in such way she couldn't breathe again.
"Contact us soon!" The blonde girl yelled. Cheren shoved by Bianca and shook hands with Touko.
"How rude Cheren!" Bianca crossed her arms.
"This is what you get for being annoying!" Cheren retorted.
"Ok guys… No more fights for today at least… Bye, bye! See you around!" She left the house waving and wended her way home to inform her mother what the mission that Professor Juniper asked her to accomplish was.
When she did everything she needed to do and said all her goodbyes, Touko set off down the road to route 1 to find a place where she could safely release Zekrom from its Master Ball. A Few minutes later she was riding Zekrom, thinking to herself 'Hm… Where should I head first?' Her face lit with the memory of her standing before the legendary flying-electric type pokemon. 'Maybe I should give it a shot!' "Zekrom, we're headed to route 7!"
The black dragon spread its wings and glided through Unova and the clear blue skies on its way to their first stop. It was sure that would be quite the adventure.
A/N: This is the brilliant revised version that my first-rate Beta Snare646 did! You rock, I love you!
As I love all my readers with so much care! Thank you guys!
We'll keep fixing the chapters at a nice pace, thanks to this awesome Beta I've got! So, tune in! =)
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