Chapter 2: An Unexpected First Day

It was not too long before the trainers were back in school to begin their second year at the academy. Their excitement went away soon after they all went in the Rookie Teams Classroom, and saw the meanest lady of the academy.

"Well, first day of school! How is everyone doing?" said Yara-sama standing up from her chair in the classroom. Her gray short hair, shortness, and white gown gave the impression of the master lady, a high head of the academy.

Everyone responded a loud "good ma'am."

"That is good to hear," she barely smiled keeping her eyes narrowed and mean-looking. The five teams of the Rookie level all sat quietly in their desks. The Yellow Team sat in the first row while the Blue Team sat on the last. In between them the other teams served as a barrier to avoid any tensions.

"Well, as you all know, this year is no more books or papers, no more science, math, or any other material, this year, is the one." She briefly paused and walked to the other end of the room.

"This year will decide weather or not, if you are all ready to leave Celadon and head for the journey of your lives, the journey that will represent your name as well as your town's name or maybe your family's name." She made everyone sweat by her vigorous talk.

"It won't just show who you are, but what you are made of and what good can you bring to Celadon. We don't care about the gold, silver, or bronze, but about the effort you give and the time you take!" She raised her voice to enforce the message.

"Yellow, Blue, Fuchsia, Green, or Red, I don't care what color you were placed or the partners you chose, you as an individual will learn the rules of becoming the greatest trainers of the Celadon Academy, later Kanto, finally the world." Yara-sama's words inspired the atmosphere and encouraged every trainer's will to battle and win.

"Now, I will call each and one of you, you will come over to the front, send out your best Pokemon, and show off the best attack by destroying each dummy that I place." She finally gave a smile while sitting on her desk.

Not a single whisper was done, and no movement from any student trainer was made. Hoan was sweating the most out of the six of them.

"[What if Espeon won't do Confusion…? What attack should I show off…?[" Hoan's hands were dripping sweat as he was the second one to be called after Karo.

"Well, first off from the Yellow Team, Eska-Versuke, Karo."

"Yes ma'am!" He firmly stood up and walked up to the front. The very spacious classroom had a fairly large area for practice battles in the front. So then, Karo sent out his Pokemon, "Gible! Go!" the dragon/ground-type Pokemon came out of his Pokeball excited and friendly.

"Gi-ble!" Gible looked directly into the wood dummy's center.

"Ok Gible, Sand Tomb!"

"Gi-ble!" The Pokemon showed his sharp fangs and tiny killing claws. Soon enough little tiny particles of sand began to circle around Gible and quickly created a brown fog around the battle area.

"[Good, Gible, good![" Karo relaxed a little.

"Gible! Gible! Beul!" He gathered all the sand together and aimed it at the dummy, in a second the sand was shot and wrapped around it. While stuck to it, it slammed the wooden puppet down on the ground completely diminishing it into tiny wood splinters.

"Good job Gible! Return!" Karo called back his Pokemon.

"Well done, Karo-san, please take a seat." Yara-sama wrote some notes down and replaced the puppet, "Next up…"
"[Oh no, oh no![" Hoan's hand became slippery.

"Eska-Tor, Hoan."

"Yes, mh mh ma'am!" He was shaking while he walked up to the front.

He stood for a couple of seconds before he sent out his Pokemon, "Go, Espeon."

The shiny Espeon came out flashing its green color and moving its tail tensely from side to side.

"Ok, Espeon…" Hoan blanked out.

"[Well him being an Eska, I'm shocked…He's nervous…[" Yara-sama thought as she watched the scene.

"Swift!" He commanded.

"Espeon!" The Pokemon's orb began flashing, and soon began shooting stars at an incredible massive speed. The dummy was slowly torn away and destroyed.

"[Uff…[ Good Espeon!" He hugged his Pokemon and returned him to his Pokeball.

"[Hmm…Too simple to be an Eska…But, let's give him a chance…[" Yara-sama checked something on her notepad and made Hoan sit. Another dummy was placed.

"Okay, Eska-Saint, Maikel, please come up." She said as she checked his name off the list.

"Mhm…" He mumbled a response of agreement as he walked up to the front. His shy personality was given by the way he avoided eye contact with Yara-sama and the response he gave her.

"Riolu…" He sent out his Pokemon.

"Rio!" The Pokemon stood in a fighting stance.

"Face Palm."

"Olu!" The Pokemon swiftly moved next to the dummy and to everyone's eyes it appeared to be as if he just tapped the center of it, but in just seconds the wood snapped in half, achieving the goal.

"Nice man," he returned the Pokemon, "Nice."

"Well done Maikel-san! You don't talk, but impress." She smiled and jotted down some more notes, "You may sit."

"[How come she didn't compliment my move…? Did she not like it? Was it too simple? Oh no…[" Hoan worried worst than before.

"Pss! Hoan-kun! Chill!" Karo said as he saw Hoan pressing on his desk. In return Hoan just nodded.

"[I can't! She complimented Mr. Weirdo! And not me![" Hoan acted a little bit more calmed.

"Okay, we're are coming to an end with the Yellow Team, Eska-Versuke, Mayi."

"[Sh#& I have to go up front…Ay![ Yes ma'am." She began walking to the front when suddenly her distracted mind forgot to move her foot and she fell on her head and slid to the front knocking the newly replaced dummy. "[Oh no! Why me!?[" She stood up rapidly realigning the puppet.

Giggles were heard but snorting was more common around the Blue Team's row, Yara-sama shook her head slowly as she was told that Mayi was the clumsiest of all.

"[That makes me feel better…[" Hoan smiled as he loosened the grip of the desk.

Mayi's blood circulated around her face as she began her attack, "Pikachu, come out!"

"Pika! Pi!" The yellow Pokemon was excited of coming out and sparked his cheeks a little.

"Bolt Tackle!" Mayi's Pikachu ran zigzagging through the floor and tackled the dummy electrocuting it until burnt.

"Great Pikachu!" The Pikachu jumped on her.

"Pika!"

"[Good, good, as expected…[ Okay you may sit." Yara-sama replaced another dummy and carried on.

"Eska-Saint, Aeris, you may perform."

"Yes ma'am!" Aeris walked all energetic to the front and quickly sent out her Heracross, "Heracross! Aerial Ace!"

"Heracross!" The incredibly fast Pokemon flew through the dummy. The astonishing move almost made the puppet disappear.

"Great job Heracross! Return!" She called it back, smiled and skipped back to her seat.

"Well done Aeris-san!" Yara-sama was greatly impressed by the Pokemon's speed and strength.

"Eska-Tor…Dedd, you're up! Impress me." She calmly said from her chair.

"Yes ma'am!" The entire classroom was waiting for his turn, as one of the strongest from the class.

"Marowak go!" Gasps were heard as he sent out his newly evolved Pokemon.

"[Well, well! An Eska with an experienced evolved Pokemon…Heh! Amazing.[" Yara-sama's eyes finally widened.

"Marowak! Bone Rush!"

"Marowak!" The Pokemon ran to one side of the target and slammed it with his bone, then swiftly slamming it from behind, twice on the side, and finally burying it on the wooden floor from above. The floor was destroyed by the dummy, but the crowd was impressed.

"Nice, come back!" Dedd returned him.

"Heh, as I expected Dedd-san, go back to your seat[Wow…He's really got something.[ Very well then, next row we have the Fuchsia Team, I will now begin calling one by one just like I did with the Yellow Team."

The Fuchsia Team was composed similarly to the Yellow Team, as a family. The Futari family had allied with the Hana over fifty years ago during the Great Kanto War and split soon after the war ended. In Celadon, however, the two families remained jointed together as one and gave the family name of Hana-Futari to their newest generation. The six oldest of them were in the Celadon Academy as the Rookie Fuchsia Team.

"Hana-Futari, Kimberly. Please come up." Yara-sama began calling names from the second row.

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Kimberly (Kim) Hana-Futari/Age:17/Hair: Red, Puffy/Eyes:Yellow/Skin:2/Height: 5'3"

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"Yes, Yara-sama!" The girl walked up to the front wearing a red visor and the academy's uniform.

"Ready?"

"Yes, ma'am!" She took a Pokeball out of her pocket, "Magnemite One! Go!"

"Mag-ne-mite!" The robotinc sounding Pokemon fooled with appearance.

"Sonicboom!" The astounding sound made everyone cover their ears, and blew every light object in the classroom devastating the dummy and ripping some of the wallpaper.

"Mag-ne-mite!"

"Love ya!" She returned it and ran back.

"Wow!" Yara-sama fixed her hair, "Nice one Kim-san. Okay, Hana-Futari, Shiko."

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Shiko Hana-Futari/Age:16/Hair: Purple, Puffy/Eyes:Yellow/Skin:1/Height: 5'6"

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"Yes, yes! Ma'am!" He walked to the front, wearing the same visor as Kimberly, "Electrike! Go!"

And so every trainer showed off, none failed, all passed. Some were noted to be weak in some areas, stronger in others. According to Yara-sama's criterion of the students, she organized new teams who will expect a new challenge. With the groups being scrambled, new strategies were to be created, and old hatreds would have to be erased.

When the news was heard, soon after Yara-sama's evaluation, everyone began the tenseness, anger, and desperation. New partners were not just the problem, but possible rivals as partners.

"I have assigned you all into groups of three. I will hand out an envelope to every student, each containing a classroom number, an ID card, and the instructor's name." While Yara-sama spoke she handed the envelopes.

"The first session of this year's course will consist of one challenge, rescuing the flag." She continued handing envelopes, "Please do not open them yet, the flag challenge is a very basic challenge were three teams will be given a flag, and other teams need to steal it away. The three teams who remain with the flag when the time ends will receive a reward, those who don't, just pass for effort and move on to the next session." She walked back to the front and pointed at Aeris, whose hand was raised, "yes?"

"Yara-sama! Where would this session take place?" Aeris asked.

"Well Aeris-san, good question, almost forgot," she coughed her old lungs out and continued, "This will take place north of Downtown Celadon up in the forest near the Kanto National Cycling Road, a fence has been built to serve as a boundary and enclose the place."

"So, when night hits, how do we get back to our dorm?" Katy from the Blue Team asked.

"Well, you can't go home for a week," Yara-sama smiled, "You will be given the supplies for this session, so do not worry."

"As a rule of the Celadon Academy, you are prohibited from exiting the doors of the forest, capture any Pokemon in the forest, harm any of your classmates, or of course mistreat your Pokemon." She went on, "You will be given a week to train and accommodate with your new instructor prior to the week of the session. After Session 1 is over you will return to your dorms for a week break, and quickly returning to this same classroom for Session 2, unfortunately you will keep your team until we reach Session 5." She smiled and began to walk away from the classroom, "That's about it, now find your instructor!" She was gone.

"What that's it? What if we get lost? What if we fail to get there? What if we don't like our instructor! What if!" Mayi began to overreact.

"Oh chill! Always so nervous about everything!" Karo looked at his sister with frustration.

"You shut up! You're worst!"

"Ugh, you two and Dedd and Hoan are really a pain! When do you ever see me and Maikel fighting?" Aeris came in between the two of them.

"He doesn't talk other than criticize the battles and people! How do you expect to argue with a mute!" Karo yelled.

"Ugh, you know what, let it go, we should go now." Aeris raised her voice to try to talk over the other student trainers who where excited about the new session.

"Ok, guys, I guess this is where we split!" Hoan said with a smile on his face trying to keep the mood up.

"So, this is it guys, we'll meet back at night." Dedd said as he walked out looking at his papers careless and not worried at all.

"Keep up the cool act Dedd! And you'll soon be dead! Haha!" Laughed Drake using his rhyming game.

"Shut-up lame a$$! We'll see you around Yellows! And specially you, Dedd." James walked out with his team to later on split to their new instructors.

Dedd ignored the scene and disappeared from the classroom while Aeris and Mayi went together to find their instructors. After opening the envelopes they had noticed that none of them were together, so they quickly came to the conclusion that it was maybe for the sake of their training.

"Dammit, why can't we just train together!" Hoan was angered by the separation of teams.

"I know…" Karo ran out of words.

"Well, you know, we don't really train when we're together, that's why we're probably the weakest team, hehe." Maikel amused himself with his pessimistic analysis.

The three of them left the classroom with the rest of the students, and finally split to see their instructors. Now that the teams were split, it was now that the big test began for them. A test that will show them how to work with different strategies, make their own, and make new partners.

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