Welcome back to another short story of The Lives of the Dex Holders. This story was actually longer than expected compared to the last chapter where it was only about 1,000 words (and this story almost hit about 3,000 words). I'm trying to go on a slow pace of uploading right now so look forward to new stories within 3 weeks from the last chapter (hopefully because that's my goal). Now that everything is said I gladly welcome each and every one of you to a new story.
Rewind:
Nuvema Town, 7 AM
It was a bright morning in Nuvema Town with nothing crazy going on. Eveyerthing was perfectly normal and enjoyable. Black stared off into the town from his bedroom window and sighed. The sight was very beautiful to him as if he had never seen anything like it. Little did he know the next 5 seconds would ruin his day forever.
Lack-Two then barged into his room carrying a plate with food. "Wake up dude, I made you breakfast!"
"Augh!" Black was terrified at this. He didn't know when Lack-Two came in to make breakfast, or rather when he came into his house, but the main thing that Black was scared of was the hot waffle about to fall off the plate and land on him and ruin his clothes and the bed. Lack-Two let the plate fly, unintentionally, into Black with the waffle and syrup on top of it. Then he spilled the orange juice, which was in a cup in his other hand, all ove the sheets.
"Oop. My bad." Lack-Two could only manage to say this.
Usually when something unexpected that happens to Black, that is usually bad, makes Black furious and nothing can stop his rage but only this time Black was calm. He just woken up and he didn't really want to have to deal with this kind of a bad incident the first thing in the morning, especially since it was with one of his closest juniors.
30 minutes later
Lack-Two finally finished cleaning the mess he made in Black's room and Black finally finished getting a new set of clothes.
"Sorry man," Lack-Two managed to say. "But, hey i mean I made you breakfast."
"Yeah, yeah. Let me ask you one more time. Why did you make breakfast? And how on earth did you get into my house. When did you get into my house?" Black had so many questions to ask as to why he had to deal with this kind of thing early in the morning.
"Ok first, I came around 6 and your door was unlocked because White was in here."
'Wait what?' Black thought 'White was in here already?'
"And second, I made breakfast because White told me to. Whi-Two helped me with it"
'So Whi-Two is in here as well then' Black sighed. 'Out of all the houses why me?'
"Anyways I think that both of them are waiting for us so we should go downstairs now." Lack-Two said.
"Alright, alright." Black replied as he put on his hat and headed downstairs. When he made it down the stairs and looked around the dining room, he was the dining table filled with plates, food and utensils. He then saw White putting her apron away and sitting down at the table. She looked up and saw both Black and Lack-Two then smiled.
"Good Morning. How was your wake up call?"
"As if I needed something like that right when I wake up. I was enjoying the peacefulness of Nuvema Town. As if I need someone to ruin it for me." He turned to Lack-Two, "No offense."
Lack-Two looked up, "Don't look at me, it was White's idea."
Black turned to White. "Sorry Black," White started. "I didn't think that Lack-Two would be that clumsy." 'Fair enough' he thought. "Anyways lets get eating!"
Lack-Two, Whi-Two, Black and White all sat around the dining table eating breakfast. White and Whi-Two were talking about the next movie that should be filmed with the 4 Unova dex holders, while Lack-Two was trying to start a friendly conversation with Black who, surprisingly, was being very quiet today. He just had the worst wake up call in his life so it was pretty evident as to why he was so quiet. When the 4 finished eating breakfast they all moved their dishes to the kitchen sink. Whi-Two then slipped on the kitchen ground, for whatever reason, and dropped her plate and cup. The plate broke into 3 huge pieces while the cup spilled the rest of the orange juice that was left in there and left a crack.
Black screamed, "NOOOOOOO, I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT PLATE!"
White and Lack-Two tried their best to calm Black down. While Whi-Two kept on apologizing for her big mistake. Especially since she messed up in front of her senior Dex Holder. It took a while but Black finally came back to his senses. He had to leave his house because he was supposed to meet with Professor Juniper, who for whatever reason was in Striaton City. Black left his house and was on his way to Accumula Town from Route 1. Halfway to walking through Route 1, Lack-Two was running behind trying to catch up to Black. By the time Black got to Accumula town, Lack-Two finally caught up to Black.
"What do you want," Black asked after turning around. Lack-Two stopped.
"Well, I figured I should follow since the only ones going to be left at your house are White and Whi-Two. It might be a bit awkward. Plus I have nothing else to do."
Black looked at Lack-Two. Lack-Two smiled at him. 'Great, as if I had enough to deal with for today' Black thought to himself. He didn't want to show Lack-Two that he didn't really like him. He didn't hate Lack-Two. He didn't hate any of his juniors. Black respected his juniors as much as his juniors respected him. At times they would get on his nerves though.
"Just please don't do anything like you did this morning," Black said. This was all he could say to Lack-Two, for now at least.
"Don't worry, I got everything under control now," Lack-Two replied. 'Let's hope so'
Black and Lack-Two walked through Accumula Town and went through Route 2 as if it was a breeze. Usually Black would have already been in Striaton City if he flew with his Braviary but Lack-Two didn't have any type of aerial transport so he had to walk the whole path which, to Black, was taking about 2 hours when he could've been there in 30 minutes. Eventually the two holders made it to Striaton City. They saw Professor Juniper standing in front of Fennel and Amanita's house.
"Hello there Black and Lack-Two," Professor Juniper started. "I'm glad you guys could make it."
"Hello Professor," Black replied. "If you're wondering why he's here then just ask him," Black said as he pointed towards Lack-Two. Lack-Two just managed a small wave.
"Although I only called for you to come Black it's okay that Lack-Two showed up, I mean the more the merrier. Am I right?"
Black was confused. "What do you mean professor?"
Professor Juniper chuckled, "You'll see, now come on inside."
Professor Juniper, Lack-Two and Black walked up the steps to Fennel and Amanita's house, or lab for their case. But right when Professor Juniper was about to open the door she heard a scream coming her way and footsteps. Amanita came running to the front door, not knowing that there were three guests outside about to come in, while holding a Pansage, a Pansear, and a Panpour in her arms.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Amanita burst out the front door and the three pokémon in her hand jumped out. Professor Juniper was able to get out of the way because she heard the scream and Lack-Two moved out to the other side with his reflexes from training. Black however was still in the way. Amanita crashed into Black and the three pokémon landed on top of him. The three pokémon hit Black with their moves out of surprise. Pansage with razor leaf, Pansear with incinerate, and Panpour with water gun. Professor Juniper and Lack-Two looked down the steps and they saw a burnt, wet, and cut up Black at the bottom of the stairs with Amanita.
Black sighed, "Can my day get any worse?"
By the time Black got dried and bandaged, he was sitting in the couch inside Amanita and Fennel's house with Lack-Two and Professor Juniper. Fennel told them to wait as she wanted to show them something amazing. Black was having a hell of a day and he hoped that it possibly couldn't get any worse. Just then Amanita was pushing some sort of heavy object into the room. It was covered with a huge purple veil, as if she was trying to hide something really important. Then Fennel took of the cloak and presented to them a huge machine with the open center.
"Ta-Dah!" She yelled out, "So what do you guys think?"
It had features of the dream world machine except it looked more of a portal. The cables connecting the machine to the outlet were very thick as if it needed a lot of electricity to function. There was also some. Sort of touch screen next to the the huge circle lighting up and down.
"Uh...I mean it looks good but..." Lack-Two started.
"We just don't have any clue what the heck this thing is," Black finished for him.
Professor Juniper nodded along with the two Unova dex holders. "Yes, would it be okay for you to explain this huge device?"
Amanita and Fennel nodded happily. "Of course," they both said. "I would like to present you my latest invention," Fennel started. "The time transporter. And just by the name I'll be pretty sure that y'all know what exactly this does."
Lack-Two took a guess, "Uh, does it function like a time machine of some sort?"
"Right you are Lack-Two," Amanita replied to him. "We've been working on it and used some of the devices that the dream world uses except that it is fully capable of humans entering and not just pokemon. We would like to give it a try but as the creators we don't exactly want to use it and instead have some trusty partners to help us as experiments."
Professor Juniper seemed very interested by this as she kept asking them all sorts of questions. Black just sighed again. 'My hope for a day not getting worse is down the drain' he thought. Lack-Two looked at him and it seemed that he read through Black's mind. Then he spoke up.
"Hey, not to be biased or anything but I think the only person who needs to go into that portal is Black himself."
Black stood up. Shocked by what Lack-Two just said. He was about to speak up until PRofessor Juniper spoke up as well.
"Yes, I do believe that it should be him because I do want to take notes on this experiment."
Lack-Two shook his head. "No that's not what I meant. What I mean is that Black has been having a hell of a day constantly dealing with problems here and there. If he were to go back in time then he could change those problems and have a peaceful day."
"Yeah now that you mention it I could restart my day, especially since it got ruined by pancakes and orange juice," Black said as he glared at Lack-Two. Lack-Two just rubbed his head and smiled.
"Well it is a good idea after all isn't it?" Lack-Two asked.
Black nodded, "Your best idea yet. Now anyways lets get this thing over with."
Fennel and Amanita nodded as they set everything up by plugging in the cables, setting up the requirements for Black. Professor Juniper took out a small notepad so that she took could take some notes. Lack-Two then took out a camera as he wanted to record the entire thing.
"Now remember Black. The time transporter isn't going with you, it's just going to be yourself. So once you finish doing what you need to do come to our house." Fennel said.
Black nodded as he didn't know what to expect. "We're gonna send you back to 7 AM this morning so your going to be where you were at 7 o'clock. That okay with you?"
He nodded again,"Yeah that was when everything went downhill for a peaceful day."
Fennel finished punching the time into the screen and completed the requirements for Black. A few vortex appeared inside the huge circle. It was different shades of purple and red and was spinning clockwise. It was now Black's turn to step inside and go back in time. Black looked over at everyone behind him. Lack-Two gave him a big thumbs-up and smiled while Fennel and Amanita put on safety goggles and took out some notes. Professor Juniper also took out some notes as well. Black took a deep breath. 'Ok' he thought, 'Here goes nothing.' And with that Black stepped inside the portal.
Nuvema Town, 7 AM
Black opened his eyes and looked up. He was laying down on his bed looking up at the ceiling of his room. He tried to process what happened a few seconds ago. 'So i stepped into that portal and did I black out?' (No pun intended) he thought to himself. He didn't remember the last actions he did right after he went into the huge time vortex. Just then Black heard footsteps rushing up the stairs. He knew what was going to happen next. He quickly jumped to his feet and ran towards the door hoping to stop the rushing Lack-Two with food who was about to trip and spill it all over Black's bed while hitting Black at the same time. Just then the door opened up and in came Lack-Two.
"Wake up dude, I-" Lack-Two's voice then became muffled by Black's pillow, who was waiting calmly by the door with a pillow. Lack-Two dropped the cup and plate on his hands and Black quickly dove to the right to catch it. Black then stood up carrying the two objects while Lack-Two removed the pillow that was covering his face. He looked up and saw Black laughing.
"Not today dude," Black said as he laughed. Now all Black needed to do was fix everything else that was about to ruin his day.
A few minutes later.
Black finished eating breakfast with the 3 other Unova holder and put his plate in the sink. He then walked away slowly, knowing that Whi-Two was about to put her plate in the sink but was really going to drop it again. Black then turned back around getting ready to catch Whi-Two's plate that would fall. White looked at him weirdly as she didn't know why he started crouching and looking at Whi-Two. Just then, Whi-Two's plate fell out of her hand and Black jumped over to catch the plate and rolled to the ground. Whi-Two, who was alarmed, tripped out of surprised and fell onto Black who was still on the floor. White and Lack-Two looked to see what happened. Black was holding up the plate in his hands.
"I'm good", he said, "Just had to catch this that Whi-Two dropped." Lack-Two and White looked at each other then went to pick up both Black and Whi-Two off the ground. Whi-Two kept apologizing to Black as she caused a lot of trouble in his house. Black dusted off his clothes and just smiled.
"I'm always up for a challenge," he said. Whi-Two looked a little confused by his statement. Black then started to walk out of his house.
White asked him, "Where are you going?"
"I've got some business with Professor Juniper in Striaton City. C'mon let's go Lack-Two."
Lack-Two jumped as he didn't know why Black would invite him. "Uh, ok i guess?" he said.
Black smiled at him and thought to himself 'What a good start to a good day.' The two Unova dex holders then went on their way to Striaton City to finish up what Black had to do.
Ending was rushed because I was a bit lazy and I needed the story to be out. Why did i choose Black for this scenario? The world may never know. I could've used Gold or even Ruby for this kind of thing. Do you guys prefer me using Lack-Two as his name or Blake, since that is his name in the dub? Let me know in the reviews (In fact I might as well use his Japanese name which is Rakutsu if I feel like it). Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed this story and feel free to suggest anything when reviewing. More stories are coming soon as I said in the beginning (at least hopefully). Hope you guys enjoyed this fanfic and have a nice day! :)