A/N: I am a horrible... horrible human being
Hey guys! It's me Rian. And this friggin' chapter is finally up! I'm sorry it took a while, life has been ruthless to me this past few months, but I finally managed to get this one out! Thanks for staying with me this whole time.
In the future I will try to improve my upload rate, but I guess you'll never know what life plans for you.
Anyways, let's just read the chapter shall we?
Disclaimer: I (sadly) still don't own Pokémon. Nintendo still does.
Chapter 2 : 8 Months Earlier
"Pikapikapikapikapikapika!"
The boy who was sleeping quickly woke up. Thanks to the alarm clock that rings like a certain annoying Pokémon.
"Ugh…" He groaned as he switched it off.
"Good morning sir" The voice came from a Pokéball next to his bed. "Did you have a good sleep?"
"*yawn* What time is it Leo?" He asked his trusty partner.
"It's 7.30 sir. I recommend you to get dressed quickly, since your friends are going to arrive soon." Leo advises him.
"Wait, is this the day?" He asked in disbelieve.
"It is sir"
"I better get dressed then!" He said while running towards his closet.
Like father like son I suppose… Leo thought to himself.
Ding-dong!
"Coming!" Grace said as she pauses her DVD Player to get the door. She opened the door and saw two girls in front of the door.
"Good morning Aunt Grace!" They greeted her at the same time.
"Serena! Shauna! Good morning! Please come in!" She asked them nicely.
"Oh, sorry Aunty. We're just here to tell Calem to meet up with us in Aquacorde" Serena explained their intention. "Is he awake?"
"Hmm, not yet I think." Grace replied, "If he's awake, he should be falling down the stairs by now!"
"What?" Shauna got confused.
"What do you mean by-"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGH!" A scream was heard, along with a loud thumping sound.
"Oh! He's awake alright." That was Grace's only reaction.
Shauna and Serena merely blinked in confusion.
"MOM!" a voice yelled from where the staircase.
"Yes dear?"
"When are we going to fix the broken stairs?!" Calem began walking towards the living room.
"As soon as we fix the phone so we can call the carpenters!" She answered clearly. "At least the TV's working!"
"I can't watch TV if I keep crashing my head into-" he stopped when he realized there were people in front of the house. One looked shocked, but the other one simply giggles at the sight of him wearing his pajamas.
"Oh, hey guys." He greeted them simply.
"Hi" They answered simultaneously.
"Can I help you with anything?"
"Nothing really. Just be at Aquacorde in an hour okay?" Serena told him. "Bye!" She seemed rushed.
"Bye Criti-Cal!" Shauna bid him farewell as she followed Serena away.
"Bye" Was his only reply.
"Bye Turbo!" She said to the beast laying down in the frontyard.
"Rhy! Rhy… Rhyhorn!" Turbo, his mother's precious Rhyhorn, was practically yelling goodbye. He just loves Shauna's company.
"Bye Miss Shauna! I'll miss you!"
"You're so over the top sometimes…"
"Shut up kid! I do what I want!" They're not really on the best terms.
Calem closed the front door, and went to the kitchen counter to grab a sandwich. After a few munch, he realized that someone is missing.
"Mom, where's Glia?" The boy asked. "Glia? She went outside just a moment ago. She likes to take a bath in the fountain in Aquacorde, you see." Grace told the boy.
"She does?"
"She does"
Meanwhile, in Aquacorde…
"They sure are taking their time…" A short ginger boy sighed as he lay down on the café table, "It has been almost an hour since we got here…"
There was silence at the end of his sentence
"Hey Tierno, how do you get so patient while we-" A loud snore was heard before Trevor finished his sentence. He turned his head sideways, and found out that the person beside him is taking a nice siesta
"Oh come on!" he yelled in protest
"Well, I guess now it's just you and me Jolty…" He said to the Pokémon inside his Pokéball.
"Pika! Pikapika!" He replied, "What?"
"Pika! Pikapikapi!" He then sighed,
"I wish humans can somehow talk to Pokémon…" He muttered in a low voice
(A/N : #EpicForeshadowing)
He then takes his time to enjoy the current atmosphere in Aquacorde, winds are blowing, the sun is shining, and there were a couple of Fletchling bathing in the Fountain. And the usual creepy hiker near the bridge, greeting every young trainer that passed by.
Seriously though, everytime I'm here, he's always standing there, grinning creepily at people…
"Yoo-Hoo! Trevs!"
His thought was broken by a sudden voice calling him. He turned around to see Serena and Shauna, finally back.
"Finally! What took you guys so lo… wait!" He suddenly realized something. "Where's Criti-Cal?"
"I'm sure he's on his way right now." Serena answered. "Nobody says no to a morning coffee from Café Aquacorde," She then noticed the sleeping figure next to Trevor, "Except him maybe?"
"So? What do we do now?" Shauna asked
"I suggest that we stock on supplies first while we wait for Calem, he can take a while to get here." Serena suggested, "I'm gonna buy Potions!" Shauna said and started sprinting her way to the Potion Shop.
"I'll go buy some Pokéballs," and with that Serena is off, "I'm just going to sit here… alone…" Trevor said to himself.
"Pika!" "Oh right, you're still here."
"What makes you so excited? I thought you kids were just going to that same ol' café?" Grace asked her son, who is now all dressed up nicely in a blue jacket, and a skinny jeans of the same color.
"Mom! How could you forget? This is the day!"
"Wha?"
He groaned in frustration, "Today they're starting the League Gym Challenge!"
"Oh right! You have been waiting for this day since we moved here two weeks ago." Grace finally remembered.
"So? Why do you want to challenge the league? Are you bored staying home with me?" She asked playfully.
"Not really. I want to prove that I have what it takes to be the champion and…" His face got serious, "…also because of Dad."
Grace was shocked, "Eh?"
"Champions have free access to the Hall of Fame right? Then I might find out more about Dad in there. All the record of past Champions are stored there"
A brief moment of silence followed his last sentence, until Grace broke that silence, "You don't have to do that you know?..." Her eyes are a bit teary, "…I'm perfectly fine not knowing much about him…"
"But I'm not, Mom. I want to know more about Dad." Grace stopped to look at Calem's face at the last sentence
Calem's face is glowing with all his determination, that was enough to make Grace smile
"Okay then," She finally replied, "I'll pack your clothes, and some money for your journey."
"Thanks Mom," Calem hugged her tight. She hugged him back with the same amount of force
"Just remember, not everybody will try to understand you. You must keep that… 'gift' …of yours hidden okay?" "Yes Mom." He replied
"I love you Kelly…" She said while hugging him, he chuckled at the sound of his pet name his Mom gave him
"I love you too…"
"GAKH!" Tierno snapped awake, and successfully knocking down Trevor, who was sitting beside him.
"Hey!" That's all he can say before falling flat on the ground, "What's wrong with you!"
"I just had a nightmare where Pokémon dancing is illegal…" He said with a gloomy look.
"I didn't ask that!"
"Yoo-hoo! I'm bac… why the heck are you lying on the café floor?" Serena, who has just returned, shot him a disgusted glare
"Tierno here just knock me down!" Trevor said in defense
"I just had a nightmare where Pokémon dancing is illegal…" Tierno repeated, still with the gloomy look
"You don't have to repeat that!"
"Heeey~! I'm back!" Shauna gleefully arrived, when she noticed Tierno looking gloomy
"Big-T! What's wrong?!" She holds his shoulders and asked him in a concerned tone
"I just had a nightmare where Pokémon dancing is illegal…" Tierno repeated, still with the gloomy look
"You don't have to… Agh! Forget it!" Trevor finally stood up and sat back where he was before
"That's really terrible! *sobs* I feel so sorry for you!" Shauna hugged Tierno and began crying
"I…*sobs*… I know right?!" Tierno began hugging Shauna back while crying at the same time. And both of them cried together in sync
Both Serena and Trevor just have an 'I'm-surrounded-by-idiots' look on their faces
A few people who were passing by just looked at them with a confused look, "Mommy, why are they crying while hugging?" asked a little passerby girl to her mother, "No, don't look honey. Don't look" She replied her and carried her daughter away from the scene
After a few seconds of crying someone entered the café area, "Hey guys! I'm he-" Calem then noticed the current situation. "-What the hell happened here?" He asked
"Beats me." Trevor and Serena answered at the exact same time
It took Shauna a few seconds before she figured out who just arrived, "Criti-Cal! You're here!" She jumped and hugged him tightly. He stumbled back in the process. "Umm… Shauna?" He was blushing at the contact
Serena grumbled when she noticed the blush on Calem's cheeks
"Criti-Cal! You're here!" This time, tierno is the one who jumped and hugged him, but Shauna was still hugging him, so the result were a bit more… heavy
"GWAKH!" The three of them shrieked as they fall flat to the ground
Trevor and Serena regains their previous expression of 'I'm-surrounded-by-idiots'
"Daddy, why are they sleeping on top of each other?" asked a little passerby boy to his father, "No, don't look Son. Don't look" He replied him and carried his son away from the scene
"SO!" Tierno said, "The reason we called you three here is because someone has a request for us."
"Request?" Calem seemed confused
"Have you heard of Professor Sycamore?" Trevor asked him
"Oh, Uncle Augustine? What about him?" He answered simply
"UNCLE?!" The four suddenly asked in shock
"Well, he's not an uncle kind of uncle, more like my-parent's-old-friend kind of uncle" He explained
"I think I get it," Shauna said, "Wait, what am I getting again?"
"My point is," Tierno continues his talking, "He needs us to go around Kalos to collect data for the Pokédex"
"The what?"
"These things," Trevor said while handing a red-silver card-looking stuff to Calem
"It's an encyclopedia that records datas of Pokémon. He wants us to gather every data of every kind of Pokémon in Kalos in this nifty little thing" Serena explained
"How do you know that?" Calem asked his neighbor beside him. She prefers the term 'Rival' though
"Since it took forever for you to come here, Shauna and I already reviewed this subject," She answered, "We even picked our starter Pokémon"
"WHAT?!"
"Sorry Criti-Cal, you were kinda slow, so…" Shauna didn't finish her sentence on purpose
"Plus, you already have Leo," Serena continued, "So we think you wouldn't mind taking leftovers."
"Whatever. So? What did you pick?" Calem asked
"Fufufu, you'll be amazed at my new partner!" Serena exclaimed as she takes a Pokéball from he bag and pushed the button
Lights began to shine, after a few seconds, all that's left is a little yellow Pokémon
"Kin! Fennekin!" She cried
"Behold! Fenny Bellerose! The newest member of the Bellerose family!" Serena said proudly
"Fenny?"
"Oh shut up! You know I'm not good with names!"
"What about you Shauna?" Calem turned to his other friend, completely ignoring Serena's fury
"Roro, come on out!" She pushed the button on her Pokéball, and the same light as before began shining
After a while, came a little blue creature, who jumped right to Shauna's hug
"This is Roro the Froakie! Say hi Roro!"
"Kie! Frokie! Frokie!" as if it was following it's master's order, he cried
"Isn't he cute?" Shauna asked
"Very. Now where's mine?" Calem asked impatiently
"Here you go." Tierno handed him a ball with a green-brown Pokémon inside
Calem pressed the button, the similar light like before came, and the Pokémon is now outside
"Ches! Chespin!" It cried
"Chespin, huh? Does he already have a name?" Calem asked
"It's a she." Serena corrected him,"And no, she doesn't have a name yet."
"Oh, okay then. From now on, you'll be Yukon!" He named the Chespin rather fast
"Yukon?" The four beside him asked in unison
"Yeah! Doesn't it fit her perfectly?
"And I thought I was bad at naming…" Serena said to herself
"I take offense to that!"
"So," Calem began his sentence, "…To gather the information necessary for the Dex, we have to travel around Kalos right?"
"Pretty much." Trevor replied
"And Rena," Calem shifted his attention to his neighbor, "…Are you still going for the Gym Challenge?"
"Of course I am," She replied, "…Let's quickly get to Santalune for the first Gym."
"Sure, I just need to stock up some potions, you guys can go to the forest first."
"Okay then!"
And with that, they stood up and walked to the Central Santalune Plaza
"Bye Criti-Cal!" "See ya!"
After his friends are out of sight, Calem pulled out Yukon's Pokéball, and began conversing with the creature inside while walking to the Potion Shop
"So, as your Trainer, let me introduce myself," He began, "My name is Calem Rambe, I was born in Johto, and my goal is to be the Champion of the League."
"Wait a minute," The Chespin began replying, "Can you, like, understand what I'm saying or something?"
"Yes actually," He answered, "…That kind of ability runs in the Rambe family line."
"It is? Well then, nice to meet you Boss!"
"Boss?"
"Umm… I can call you that can't I?"
"Yeah sure. Why not?" He replied
"Wynaut? What about them?"
"No, I mean "Why Not?""
"Oooooh…"
"Anyways," he said, "I'm gonna buy some potions now, you get in the bag okay?"
"Sure!"
"I'm sure you two will be good friends!" And with that he put her in the bag
"You 'Two'?"
He then put Yukon inside his bag, which the Chespin didn't enjoy it very much though
"Hey! It's too dark here, Boss!"
There was no reply
"Boss?!"
"So, you're his starter?" A voice suddenly appeared from behind her
"Who's there?!" She suddenly became alarmed, her quills hardening, as she looked behind her ball, to see another Pokéball, with a rather large green Pokémon inside
"Whoa! Didn't see you there!" She lowered her guard at the sight of him
"The name's Yukon, what's yours?" She asked
"Leo, I assume that Sir Calem gave you that name?"
"Umm… "Sir" Calem? You mean the Boss?" She asked
"That is my way of addressing him."
After that there was a short silent moment between the two
"So," she began, "How long have you known the Boss?"
"It has been a long time actually," he answered, "I've known since he was born. My old master, that's Sir Calem's father, left me in his care when Sir Calem was just a child, before he…" he stopped his sentence for a moment, "…before he died."
"Oh" She noticed his sad feelings, "I'm sorry"
"It's okay."
A/N: Well, that was... something.
Okay then! Please review so I know what I did wrong and so I can fix it in future chapters! (Yes, there will be future chapters)
And with that, I thank you all for reading this!
This is Rian, and until next time, good night to you too!
...
Or day?
P.S. I just realized that I never really reveal what Leo is...
Let's just make that a cliffhanger!
