The Story of Team Fate - An Explorers of Sky Fanfiction

NOTE: Salutations again! *Ahem* Oh, look. A second chapter. Looks like the motivation was enough to bring me to continue this story thing, so here it is, the second chapter!

Chapter 2 - The Registration

Beach, ?'s POV

Within the safety and seclusion of being alone in my favorite little shelter, I watch as the Shinx and Vulpix leave my field of view.

So the Shinx used to be a human. Well that's something you don't hear everyday.

Ever since I woke up to the conversation between the Shinx and Vulpix, I was able to witness the entire event, the theft of the Relic Fragment, the introduction of names, and now they're leaving to Wigglytuff's Guild.

Looks like the guild is going to be having some new members… Let's hope that things start going my way sooner or later…

Other than that, the sun is starting to disappear, and the moon will arrive shortly.

Well, looks like it's another uneventful day for me. Back to sleep I go...

Outside Wigglytuff's Guild, Author's POV

Here we are again, with the closest thing to third person point of view that we have.

Violet continues escorting Sparks to the guild, walking through the path leading out of the beach, passing through the four way cross roads linking Treasure Town to several of its landmarks, and eventually to the guild's entrance.

Despite the sudden awkwardness that took place on the beach several minutes ago, both Sparks and Violet manage to get over the awkwardness that happened and find themselves breaking the silence that haunted them minutes before, though that event still left an impact on both of them.

Sparks and Violet stand in front of the infamous security grate of doom and gaze at the Wigglytuff tent, its gate still locked.

"Here we are, Wigglytuff's Guild." Violet introduces.

"I guess that explains the peculiarly shaped tent…" Sparks says. "But what's with the grate?"

"That's the guild's form of security… and also the part I wasn't able to get past…" Violet admits, slightly embarrassed. "I… I just couldn't bring myself to stand here long enough before my cowardice overwhelmed me…"

"Well, this time I'll be here with you through this, so no need to worry." Sparks assures her, empathy in his voice.

Violet takes a deep breath, no longer shy to reveal how afraid she is, psyches herself up to step forward, but still finds her paws stuck in the ground.

"Here, how about we step onto it at the same time?" Sparks suggests.

"O-Okay." Violet agrees.

With Violet regaining some of her confidence, she and Sparks step onto the grate while Sparks tries to keep his footing on the metal grate.

"Pokemon detected! Pokemon detected!"

Violet starts to tense.

"Whose footprint? Whose footprint?"

Sparks notices Violet's tensing. "I'm here with you this time, don't worry." He whispers.

Reminding herself about Sparks' company, Violet manages to calm herself down enough to resist the urge to run.

The two Pokemon observing the footprints continue their security measure.

"Ooh! Ooh! I know this one!" The shrill voice says, recognizing Violet's footprints from her previous visits. "Erm… I'm sure it's Vulpix!"

"Wait, there's another one! You have to identify this footprint too, Diglett!" The deeper voice scolds.

"Another one? Um… I'm not sure about those other footprints, Loudred…" Diglett replies. "Um… Maybe Vulpix and Shinx! Maybe Vulpix and Shinx!"

"What?! Maybe?" Loudred says.

Diglett and Loudred continue arguing about the former's unsure answer, which goes on for a little while, most of it out of earshot of Sparks and Violet.

"Um… I'm sure it's normally doesn't take this long…" Violet says, afraid Sparks might suddenly lose interest.

"...Hmm… Well, both Shinx and Vulpix are uncommon around here…" Sparks and Violet hear Loudred say to Diglett. "Okay! You two up there! You may ENTER!"

The metal gate in front of the Wigglytuff shaped tent slowly screeches open.

"I… I can't believe it! I'm actually going to enter the guild!" Violet says excitedly.

Sparks smiles, feeling happy for her. "So are we heading in or what?"

Violet immediately dashes in past the gate and down the ladder in the room ahead before Sparks could finish speaking.

Sparks can't help but smile at her enthusiasm, but then sighs as he sees the ladder in front of him.

"I hope I don't fall on my face this time…"

Wigglytuff's Guild, Sparks' POV

Just one paw after the other… How did Violet make this look so easy?

Eventually, I feel my back paw feel something that isn't ladder rung and get back on the ground on all fours, almost falling over as I jump to the ground.

Why didn't this guild just install staircases here? Mystery dungeons have them, so I don't see a reason why this guild shouldn't have staircases... Never mind, I should just focus on looking for Violet...

I look around the room, stepping to one side as several Pokemon dash past me, apparently in a hurry. After making my way past some more Pokemon in a hurry, I find Violet in the center of the room, apparently taking in the view around her.

"Wow, look at all the Pokemon around here… Is this what it's like to work at a guild?" I hear her say aloud. She then remains speechless after that for some reason.

"Violet?" I walk up to her as she takes a startled jump at my sudden appearance.

"Sparks!" Violet exclaims, surprised. "W-Where did you go?"

"You, uh… kinda left me behind back there." I explain to her.

"Oh… sorry about that…" She says quietly, slightly lowering her head.

I cast a forgiving smile at her. "No, no, it's fine. You don't have to say sorry."

I cast a glance around the room once more and notice that amidst the many Pokemon in the room, a Chatot notices us and walks over to us.

"What are kids like you doing here?" Chatot asks. Before I could respond for the Vulpix who suddenly dashed behind me, the Chatot starts shaking his head and continues talking. "No, never mind, say no more. We here at the guild are not interested in your sales offers, school fundraisers, or your scout cookies, so shoo!"

"Wait, wait, we're not here for that kind of stuff," I say, interrupting Chatot. "We've actually come here to join as an exploration team."

Chatot appears confused for a second, then cups his wing to his beak as he looks me and Violet from head to toe.

"Hmm… Well, there are two of you, so I guess you two are qualified to join as an explanation team…" I hear Chatot mutter. He then claps his wings together in amusement. "Well, why didn't you say so? Come on now, if registration is what you're looking for, then follow me."

I watch as Chatot heads down another ladder, then glance at the suddenly nervous Violet behind me, then carefully head climb down the ladder while Violet follows close behind.

Now on the third basement floor, I glance at a nearby window to be amazed by the view of the darkened night sky looming over the dark blue body of water.

Wow… this guild must be built on the side of a cliff, no wonder it's so popular.

I nudge Violet on the side and she immediately notices what I'm looking at and takes in the view with a reaction similar to mine.

"Now, now, let's not waste time. Registration is this way." Chatot says.

Me and Violet manage to break away from the window's view and follow Chatot to a nearby wooden door.

"Guildmaster? It's me, Chatot," Chatot says, knocking on the door. "I've got others with me. Are you willing to let us in?"

The wooden door then immediately swings open and we find ourselves following Chatot into the Guildmaster's Chambers, where we find a Wigglytuff at the back of the room back turned to us.

Chatot then turns to face me and Violet. "Now, you two. I know that our Guildmaster's appearance might seems a bit underwhelming, but that still leaves no reason for any of you to underestimate him, so I expect you to treat him with utmost respect." Chatot warns us with a whisper.

Chatot then turns to face the Wigglytuff. "So, Guildmaster, we have some new recruits here who would like to join as an exploration team…" Chatot hesitates, presumably awaiting the Wigglytuff's response, but to no reaction from the pink Pokemon. "Er… Guildmaster?"

The Wigglytuff then turns around to face us all of a sudden, startling the three of us.

"Are these two the ones who want to join as an exploration team? How cute!" Wigglytuff suddenly says in a bubbly voice. "Okay, okay, before I can get you the exploration gear you need, I'll need to register your team name."

Wait, cute?

"Our team name?" Violet suddenly asks, stepping forward. Wigglytuff's friendly demeanor must have helped calm her down.

"I… I never thought of a team name…" Violet says. "I guess I was just too excited to consider that…"

As for me, there were too many thoughts suddenly flooding my head for me to concentrate. This day has already been more eventful than I expected it to be, and here I am, almost joining this Vulpix I just met in an exploration team, not that I have any problem with that. However, I just couldn't shake the feeling that this was all somewhat meant to happen, as if… as if it was… What was the word again?

"Fate." I suddenly say aloud, embarrassing myself a little.

"Fate?" Violet asks, looking confused. Her eyes then lighten up with realization. "That's it! Team Fate!"

Well, that's one way to get out of a awkward situation.

"Team Fate! Not a bad name choice!" Wigglytuff says. "Now to get you registered!"

Wigglytuff then appears to get psyched up for something, but to my confusion, I look over to one side of the room to see Chatot covering his ears with his wings and wincing.

"You two… brace yourselves." I hear Chatot murmur to us.

Before me or Violet could question anything, Wigglytuff then releases a deafening Hyper Voice that impacts me so hard that my vision goes white for a second. I glance at Violet to see that I'm not the only one left wobbling on my feet from that Hyper Voice impact.

"What was that for?" I say once I manage to stand up straight.

"Congratulations! You two as well as any recruits of yours will now be known as Team Fate!" Wigglytuff says, completely ignoring my question. He then turns around for a split second before walking up to us and drops a box to our feet.

"This box here has the stuff you'll need as an official exploration team!" Wigglytuff explains excitedly. "Go on, open it!"

Violet slowly walks forward and lays her paw on the box's lid as she flips it open. I walk over to her side and observe the box's contents as well.

"Wow! There's a Treasure Bag, a Wonder Map, and even Explorer Badges for each of us!" Violet says excitedly, tossing each of the items to me.

Whoa, Violet, calm down!

Slightly startled by the reappearance of Violet's enthusiasm, I quickly step to the side as the Treasure Bag's leather-like strap comes over my shoulder. The Wonder Map rolls to my feet, and I manage to pick it up with my paw and put it into my Treasure Bag.

"Is… is that all, Violet?" I say, preparing myself for any other items that could come flying at me. I manage to catch the Explorer's Badge in my paw, and observe it. It has a little Pokeball design, with what looks like little wing symbols on the sides of the Pokeball, and a little screen where the button would be.

'Registering user…'

I widen my eyes in surprise as I realize that there are little words on the screen of the Badge.

'Registration complete. User registered as Sparks the Shinx.'

"Wow, this technology is impressive." I remark.

I look up from my badge to see Violet walk up to me and pin some sort of accessory near my neck area.

"Uh… what was that you just pinned on me?" I ask her.

"Well… there was an accessory for you too, so I thought you might as well wear it," Violet explains. Now that she mentions it, I notice that she's wearing some sort of pink scarf around her neck, with her own Explorer's Badge attached to it. "Well… and I thought you might look kinda cute with that bow on…" She said the last part of her sentence a bit quickly.

As I look down to attach my own Explorer's Badge to my light blue bow, I suddenly hear the last part of Violet's sentence and get surprised.

Wait, did she just call me cute? Is… is this some sort of Pokemon thing?

I shake away my thoughts and look at her to see that she's lowered her head, probably embarrassed.

I smile at her compliment, trying not to reveal my blush. "Well, I think that scarf makes you look cute too." I admit to her.

"Wait, really?" Violet looks up to face me, surprised.

"That scarf looks good on you." I reply.

"Nice to see that you two enjoy your accessories!" Wigglytuff suddenly says, reminding me that he was there.

"Anyways, it's about time you two had dinner. We're done here with the registration sequence, so follow me." Chatot says, motioning us to follow him as he leaves the room.

"I guess I am starting to get a bit hungry…" I admit.

"Well, I have heard that the guild offers high quality meals to the Pokemon who work here… I wonder what's for dinner."

"Come on, you two!" Chatot says, looking back at us through the open doors to the chamber.

"You two should be going now, dinner is important after all!" Wigglytuff reminds us.

As Violet follows me as we leave the Guildmaster's Chambers, I suddenly realize something.

What am I going to be eating for dinner? What do Pokemon around here eat?

Dining Room, Violet's POV

"...Anyways, help yourself to the extra meals prepared by our guild's chef. Come see me outside once you're done." Chatot says as he leaves Sparks and I in the dining room.

I jump up on the wooden stool as Sparks jumps up in his seat.

"So um… do you want my food?" Sparks asks me, looking uneasily at his plate. "I'm not sure about my food."

I look at both of our plates to see what's wrong with his, only to see that both our plates have the exact same platter of Apples and Gummis of a single colour, with my plate having Red Gummis while Sparks' Gummis are Yellow.

"There's nothing wrong with your food, Sparks," I say to him. "I'm pretty sure you can eat the Gummis and the Apples, the Gummis are even Yellow for Electric types like you."

"Well, if you say so." Sparks says, picking up a Gummi with his paw.

I bite into one of the Red Gummis, letting its chewy texture and juicy inside satisfy my taste buds.

It's been a long time since I had one of these… Still as delicious as I remember.

I look over to Sparks' side to see that he's managed to finish most of his food.

"These Gummis aren't bad," Sparks says. "Wanna try one?"

I accept his offer as he hands a Yellow Gummi to me and eat it.

"Your Gummi is good too." I say to him as I finish the rest of my food.

"Well, you've finished your meal, would you like to help me finish mine?" Sparks asks me. "I don't think I can stomach all of this food on my own just yet."

"Um… okay." I say.

Sparks then moves his plate closer to me as we both finish what's left on his plate.

After eating, Chatot leads us through a hallway on the same floor lined with wooden doors lining the walls of the hallway.

"Hmm… I'm still not sure there are any vacant rooms left…" Chatot mutters. We then reach the end of the hallway where we find a single wooden door. "Ah yes! This one should do!"

Chatot opens the door and leads us into the room as Sparks and I look around it.

It's a nice fairly large and empty room, with a window that allows for a nice view of the outside, and two nicely made straw beds.

Wait, just two beds?

"Er… Are we going to sleep in the same room?" Sparks suddenly says, causing me to turn my head and hide my sudden blush.

"Well, the rest of the rooms are taken by the rest of the guild members, and none of them seem ready to graduate anytime soon..." Chatot says.

"No, no, it's alright. I'm okay with this." Sparks says.

"If you say so then, I'll leave you two be then," Chatot says, heading for the door. "Remember, tomorrow if your first day, so you better get plenty of rest!"

Chatot then leaves the room, shutting the door on his way out.

In the silence that followed, I lay down in my bed. I look over at Sparks' side to see that he's put the Treasure Bag in one corner of the room and has been struggling a bit to get into a comfortable position in his straw bed, but he eventually manages to and lays down.

"Today's been a big day for you, hasn't it?" Sparks says to me, suddenly breaking the silence.

"What?"

"Well, you've finally managed to get into the guild, for one thing." Sparks replies.

"Oh, right, that… I still don't know how I can thank you for that… I don't think anyone would just be willing to help me that much just like that…" I tell him.

"You don't need to thank me, really," Sparks says modestly. "I just wanted to help you, and I don't have any problem joining you on this exploration team thing… I'm actually starting to look forward to this exploration team…"

"Regardless, I still hope I can repay you in some way…" I say.

"Well, as long as you're happy, I'm okay with it… We should probably get some sleep now. Both Chatot and Wigglytuff did make sure to remind us to sleep early, after all…"

"I guess you're right about that…"

"We've got another big day for us after all… Well, good night, Violet."

"Good night, Sparks…"

I still couldn't get over the feeling inside me that wanted to thank Sparks for his help. His help actually meant more to me than he probably thinks… He helped me get back the only thing I have and achieve the only dream I had… I just hope I could repay him for his help in a similar way he helped me…

And besides… I really did think he looked cute in that bow…

NOTE: And that's another chapter over. Nothing story major happened, but it was still good right? Oh well, even I didn't expect this section of the story to take up an entire chapter. Anyways, one thing's for sure, I'll definitely be continuing this, though I'm not sure how the update schedule will go just yet. Also, if it isn't much trouble, kindly leave a review on your way out. The motivation helps! Thank you for reading this, and I hope you have a good day.

-flareon71