Of Leaders, Elites, and Champs
Chapter 2: Of Emolgas and Leaders, Part Two
(All gym trainers will have Japanese names too!)
Part Two: The Inauguration of Kamitsure Kagayaka
(Fuuro)
"You're pretty good, but I know you can work a little harder, young man...How about you go train near Icirrus Trail? (A/N: Icirrus Trail = Route 7) There's some good Pokemon you can catch and train there." I said to a young boy no older than ten, who just couldn't measure up to my strength.
"O-Okay, Fuuro-san. I-I'll be back soon, you can bet on that!" The boy shouted as he ran out of the gym.
I sighed. It had been ten years since I took over the gym after the death of my parents, and it would be another year before my uncle finally retired and I received full management of the airport, too. Sometimes I felt like the trainers that challenged me didn't care about the challenge order for the League, because their battle with me was often the first, and not the sixth like it should be.
Compared to the other Leaders, I had the second-highest number of wins, with only Shaga-san having a higher number. I understood why the Mistralton Gym was sixth in line now: because Flying-types were very, very unpredictable, even if you had a counter.
Suddenly, the phone in the storage room rang. I quickly ran to answer it.
"Hi, this is the Mistralton Gym, Leader Fuuro speaking. How may I help you?" I said hastily, in case it was a trainer ready to yell about how much he or she had trained.
"Oh, Fuuro-san, hello...I think you might've forgotten that today is a very important inauguration day for three new members of the League..." the voice said.
I gasped. Oh, Arceus, I'm sooo stupid! "Oh Arceus, I'm so sorry, Adeku-san! You know I've been having too many challengers coming in lately. I'll be at the League right away!" I quickly said, and the Champion hung up.
I ran out of the gym as fast as I could, shouting orders to my gym trainers (Shouichi! Close the gym for a while, I have a meeting!) and released my Swanna, the best Pokemon on my team, and climbed on. The inauguration...how did I forget about that? I thought as we flew to the League.
An hour later...
(Kamitsure)
I entered the meeting room inside the Pokemon League HQ building nervously. I saw a few familiar faces that I had known since childhood, namely Shaga, Hachiku, Yakon, and the three Striaton brothers. Then I found my seat, near a man with hair that resembled a Venipede and bold striped pants. Honestly, in my opinion, some people, especially Leaders, had no fashion sense at all! Maybe, after I got to know my new colleagues better, I thought, I can take them to one of my fashion shows. Just then, the champion and his Elites walked in, and the room suddenly became quiet, with the exception of a few whispers.
"Hello, everyone! Now, I know that Fuuro isn't here yet, but she'll be here short-"
"Sorry I'm late!" someone shouted, and everyone spun around.
There she was. After ten years.
Fuuro-chan...I'm so glad I could see you again.
The bright red hair. The wide, blue eyes. The bright smile on her face.
I remembered everything about her that I knew from my school days. I knew now that the reason she left was because she had to take over the gym.
All I wanted now, was for her to remember.
"Just in time for the inauguration to start. Kindly sit down," the champion Adeku said as she ran to her seat...one spot away from me. I quickly grew nervous, but then the meeting started.
(Fuuro)
Adeku's meetings were never boring. so I always paid attention. Today, I could see that some drastic changes were made to the Elites.
"So," he began, "I think you might've noticed that I have redid the four who sit below me right now. How about...you stand up, so that everyone can see you? Shikimi, from Opelucid City, Giima, from Castelia City, and this is most interesting...Cattleya is from the Sinnoh Battle Frontier. Isn't that just amazing?"
The whole room began applauding the new additions. As I followed suit, I noticed that Shaga had brought his adopted granddaughter, and that the famous model Kamitsure Kagayaka was sitting close to me.
Adeku continued his speech. "Okay, now for the leaders. Shaga, you brought young Iris here for a reason..." he trailed off.
The tall man spoke. "She is going to be taking over my gym, and I will only be fighting special challengers."
"Great! And, as some of you may know...we have a pretty famous new face here. Kamitsure, stand up. She is the new leader of the Nimbasa Gym."
As she turned to face the room (and appeal to the triplets), I noticed something strange. She was wearing mostly yellow, but her eyes were ice blue, and they seemed to be staring right at me.
Those eyes.
I think...I saw them before.
I had no idea how to end this thing, but I'll continue this story once I start another. I ran out of ideas... Like I said, this is a collection, not just one story.
A few things I'd like to say:
Kamitsure is very serious about her new modeling career, which is why I made her critique the Leaders' outfits.
Fuuro has been busy for ten years with the gym, and she is slightly airheaded. So, she doesn't have a good long-term memory, which is why she can't remember Kamitsure/Mitsuki. Her short-term memory is also quite spotty, because she can't even remember that she has a meeting to inaugurate new additions to the League. Or it could be her airheadedness.
I did the Japanese names based on their type specialty. Misora has the word for sky, "sora", in it, and Mitsuki is the "mitsu" part of Kamitsure. Shiden has the word for electricity, "den". Mitsuki is Kamitsure's real birth name. Kamitsure is the stage name, and the family name is Shiden. Kagayaka is derived from "shining/shine", which is the leader's title in the games.
The events from the first chapter took place in 1995, when Fuuro and Kamitsure started their first year of high school in Unova Nimbasa Academy. Fuuro left in 1997, and for twenty years she worked in the gym, while Kamitsure finished her education and began her modeling career in 2003, defying her parents wishes and becoming the first female Nimbasa City Leader. (The Shiden family expectations are the opposite of the Misoras...male leaders only, female Musical Theater workers.)Therefore, the current year is 2007. Fuuro and Kamitsure are both in their mid twenties, twenty five years old exactly. Sorry for the year typo in the first chapter when Kamitsure mentions her graduation year. It was supposed to be 1999.
Fuuro knows how to fly and has a license, but her uncle was still around when her parents died so he took over the airport and he is almost at retirement age.
This chapter takes place before Touya and Touko start their journey. They will be involved in this story.
Anyway, to help me get ideas for the next chapter in this story, I'm going to start another story in this fanfic. It will be in the manga-verse, and the ship is Gracefulshipping.
As the dexholder Lack-two would say...RMW2 out! Don't forget to R and R, and no flames...only constructive criticism.
