Me: HOLY CRAP! I'M FINALLY DONE! *laughs insanely* I'M FINALLY DONE! I'M FINALLY DONE!

Akiko: ...

Me: *finally notices OCs standing there* What?

Haru: Mind telling us what you're so happy about?

Me: Oh, yes...I'M F*CKIN' FINISHED WITH MY AP TESTS! YES! VICTORY!

Haru: Just to be polite, how was it?

Me: ...*flops on bed* *buries head in a pillow* Noooooooo...

Akiko: You did that bad?

Me: And next year, I'm taking 5 AP classes...

Akiko: ...

Haru: ...serves you right. Now do the disclaiming.

Me: *sits up, hugging the pillow* You have no sympathy for me, do you?

Haru: Why would I?

Akiko: Anyways, Blade does not own Pokémon and such. He owns everybody except for some new OCs.

Me: Yup! Thank you MewBladeXxX, BlueBlackFantasy, Roxas198, and Mewmewmewtwo for reading and submitting your OCs!

Haru: The list goes as following:

MewBladeXxX: Parukia and Diaruga and Kiryu

BlueBlackFantasy: Wendy

Roxas198: Phoenix and Alexis

Mewmewmewtwo: Setsuko

Me: Thanks again! I'm still accepting OCs! Enjoy my story!

Haru: As if anyone's going to submit more OCs.

Me: *gloom*

Akiko: *whacks Haru on the head* Be nice!

Haru: Screw that!

Me: I'm sad now...


Class Again!

"Akiko and Haru are back!" Chao shouted, standing in his chair and pointing at us. I cringed slightly at the volume of his voice while Haru rolled his eyes.

"Chao, sit down," Shukin Sensei said sternly. He turned to look at us, "Are you sure you'll be able to Burst Battle?"

Haru snorted and looked away. I was actually surprised at his recovery. I thought that he would take a longer time to heal than me. Rather, he was all better the next day, sitting in his cot munching on some veggie chips. I took three days to fully recover, which caused the nurse to prohibit Haru from leaving until I was better. I think that just increased his annoyance towards me…

Over the course of those three days, I worried that my boss was going to kill me for sure. However, I had received a letter from her that excused me for how many days it took me to recover. I promised myself to work double time to make up for those three days that I was healing.

I nodded in response to our teacher's question, "We're sure."

"That means I can lead you to your new class then," said a soft voice. I looked at the source. A girl of seventeen years was sitting at an empty desk. She had white hair with faint rose colored streaks, and silver eyes. Her hair was straight banged and extended to her waist. Her skin was pale, but not exactly a pasty white. The girl had a frail body shape, making her notably feminine. She seemed very delicate, although her eyes bore into you when she looked at you, sharp and precise.

The girl was wearing the standard, female uniform for the academy: short-sleeved white polo with silver outlines and blue tie, light brown school jacket with a fluffy white collar with the mascot on the left chest, and black skirt with three silver stripes, one on the left side, one on the right side, and the last cutting diagonally across. She stood up from her chair and walked over to us, extending a hand. I took it, shaking it politely.

"I'm Parukia Kukan, a student in the LP class," she smiled. I gave her a smile in return.

"I'm Akiko Meishi. And that's-."

"Haru Genji, supposedly the best Burst Warrior in the Academy," Parukia finished for me. I nodded. Apparently, Haru was known throughout the whole school…

"Have fun, Aki! You too, Haru!" Chao yelled and waved as Parukia lead us out of the classroom. I was sure that my face was scarlet red as Haru slid the door shut. My new friend still had a smile on her face as we walked down the hall.

"I heard about the battle between the Zekrom and Reshiram Burst Warriors," she told me. Haru was walking two paces behind us. I gave a slight laugh.

"How much did you hear?"

"A lot actually. If I remember correctly…our LP gym blacked-out when you two were battling," Parukia giggled. I blushed even harder. Parukia must have noticed my embarrassment because she stopped laughing. "I'm sure it wasn't your fault. Right, Haru?" she turned around to look at him. Haru scoffed:

"Akiko wouldn't be able to blow out a candle with the way she's using her Pokemon."

"What?" I asked, my voice dangerously low as I scowled at him. Haru smirked at my reaction, which was probably what he was hoping for.

"You were probably the weakest Burst Warrior I've seen with a Legendary Burst Heart."

"And how many Burst Warriors have you seen that possessed a Legendary Burst Heart?" I countered. Haru shrugged.

"There are only so many Legendary Pokemon in this world, aren't there?" he said offhandedly. "I've seen…maybe…thirteen Burst Warriors with Legendary Burst Hearts." He crossed his arms, "What about you?"

"I come from a Trainer's world, so I don't meet a lot of Burst Warriors at all," I explained.

"In other words, zero."

"Don't worry, Akiko," Parukia chimed in. "You'll soon be able to meet six students with Legendary Burst Hearts. And I'm one of them!"

I smiled at her, appreciating that she was trying to make me feel better. Haru sighed.

"And hopefully they'll be better than this girl here," he muttered as he continued to walk down the hall. I glared at his back, hoping to burn him if I stared intently enough. Parukia probably guessed what I was thinking because she giggled.

"I can't stand that guy!" I whispered to her. She shrugged, making it too obvious that she was hiding a smile.

"Most people can't. The worst part is that he has enough strength and skill to back up his claims." Parukia and I followed Haru out the door. A separate building, smaller but equally as grand as the main school building, was anticipating us. I guessed since we had Legendary Burst Hearts it was only natural that we had a separate gym to Burst Battle. We soon caught up to Haru, who was waiting at a brass door. Parukia knocked on the door six times, waited for a bit, and knocked two more times. We heard a lock clicking out of place, and Parukia pushed the doors open.

I could hardly believe my eyes. The building was like a smaller version of the academy, complete with the portraits and the velvet carpet. There were also potted plants and statues that littered the hallway. I noticed that there were only two other doors, one at the end of the hallway and one in the middle of the hallway. Parukia led Haru and me to the one in the middle of the hallway. This door was brass trimmed with silver and opened quite easily when the girl pushed on it.

I was slightly (okay, maybe a lot) disappointed at what the brass doors had to offer. Inside was a classroom that looked exactly like Shukin Sensei's. The only difference is that there were only eight desks in a circle. Five desks were filled, leaving the empty three desks presumingly for us. Parukia went and sat down at a desk that was right next to a boy of eighteen years.

His skin was just as pale as Parukia's. He had golden eyes that were semi-closed as if in a trance and humming to some beat only he could hear through his white banded, dark grey headphones. He didn't look like he had much muscle. Rather, he looked to be terribly thin, and an aura of tiredness or laziness fell around him. His black hair hung over his eyes and reached to his shoulders, and it was straight, not one lock out of place.

A fourteen-year-old boy draped had both legs on the desk in front of him while he was playing a blue DS. He had dark skin and curly, black hair. His green eyes stared intently at his screen, which, guessing from the music, was some type of fighting game (ironic if it was Pokemon Black and White…XD). He looked to be shorter than most people his age, but not by a lot.

A fourteen-year-old girl sitting in the desk next to him was bending over her table, doing some homework. She had light skin, long blond hair, and blue eyes. Young as she was, I could tell that she would only radiate beauty once she gets older. The guys would probably drool at her feet.

Another girl, seventeen at least, was drawing something in her notebook. She had dark green hair that is almost black, purple irises, tan skin, and coral lips. She had a body that even I envied (even though I didn't care much about my looks), and a runner's build, slender yet strong. Three Burst Hearts were strung around her waist with a silver chain.

The last girl looked to be a fifteen-year-old with long, black hair that reached to her lower back. Her side bangs with a bright, light blue streak in the center covered part of her right eye and was as long as the rest of her hair. She had piercing blue eyes, and her skin looked like a middle of pale and tan. She was reading a book with a music note cover.

Everyone looked up once Parukia was seated. I smiled, feeling my face heating up again.

"Hi, I'm Akiko," I introduced myself. The girl drawing stopped for a moment to sneer at me.

"Peppy," she spat. The last girl closed her book to glare at the one who just dissed me.

"Hey, she was just introducing herself, Setsuko."

"And I can tell from the way that she's introducing herself that she's peppy, Wendy. I hate peppy people," Setsuko looked at me. "She looks weak too."

"She sounds like me. Scary," Haru said with a hint of sarcasm. Setsuko turned her glare on the boy standing next to me.

"Oh, it's you, Haru. I was wondering when you'll get here. Took you longer than I thought," she smirked. Haru shrugged, a bored expression on his face.

"It only took me so long because I couldn't decide which one was worst: being in that old, boring classroom or being in this classroom with a bunch of Burst Warrior wusses."

Setsuko stood up from her chair and walked over to him. She grabbed him by his collar. Haru just stared at her, seemingly bored out of his skull.

"Say that to my face, if you dare," she purred. Haru returned a smirk.

"Burst…Warrior…Wuss," he said, slowly and distinctively. Setsuko gave a smile devoid of any humor.

"You just crossed the line," she snarled as she Bursted. Setsuko's hair turned purple, purple ears sprouted from her head, and she grew a tail. A mask covered the top half of her face, and her clothes were replaced with a skin-tight purple bodysuit. She threw Haru with incredible strength, breaking one of the walls.

"Haru!" the cry was ripped from me before I could stop it. All I could see was dust and rubble from the broken war. I was startled to hear a roar, and Haru rammed into Setsuko in his Zekrom Burst. Setsuko flew across the room, the other students ducking their heads to avoid any damage.

The girl stopped herself from smashing into the wall by using her psychic powers, smirking from ear to ear. "You need to do better than that!" she clenched her fist, which immediately became encased in ice. Leaning forward slightly, she flew towards Haru, punching him in the stomach. Haru grunted at the pain, but he leaned over and crunched her shoulder. Setsuko bit her lip to stop herself from crying out.

The boy began to crackle with electricity. Without letting his opponent go, he released a Thunderbolt. The close-range attack along with the super-effective Crunch was too much. Setsuko screamed bloody murder, trying to wrestle her way out of Haru's fangs.

Abruptly, everything slowed down, as if in a dream. Even my heartbeat sounded slow. I twisted my neck to see the boy with headphones in his Burst. A chest plate covered the top half of his body, with a dark sapphire gem set in the middle that sparkled slightly. A Dialga shaped helmet covered his head and jawline. He had a single diamond shaped armored piece on the thighs of his dark blue jumpsuit that glowed with neon lines. Heavy cuffs of steel wrapped around his wrists and ankles, although it didn't seem to slow him down one bit. Three curved steel claws extended off the wrist cuffs and curve over his hands for a slashing ability.

He dashed into the fight without the slowness everyone else was feeling. He slashed at Haru's face, prompting the boy to release his jaws from the girl's shoulder. At the same time, the Dialga Burst Warrior yanked Setsuko away from Haru. He floated backwards, pulling the girl with him. He performed all of his actions in about seven seconds.

That's when I felt that I could move at my normal speed once more. Haru sensed it too. He glared at the Dialga Burst and Setsuko while wiping away the skin and blood from his mouth. Setsuko glared back, alternating her victims from Haru and the other boy.

"Why did you stop me, Dia?!" Setsuko growled. Dia shrugged.

"You both know that you're prohibited from Burst Battling until the teacher gets here. I was just stopping the both of you from getting in trouble."

"As if she needs any help to get in trouble," Haru snarled.

"You bastard!" Setsuko threw a Shadow Ball towards Haru. The Zekrom Burst Warrior crossed his arms in an X to stop the attack. The attack never came, however, as Parukia stopped it with a simple Dragon Claw. She stared blankly at Setsuko, shaking her hands to clear the murky energy from her claws.

"I suggest you both stop fighting each other right now, or else-."

"You guys get in trouble," announced a stern voice. Every student's attention was drawn to the woman leaning against the doorway.

Her long, dark purple hair hung loose down to her shoulder blades. She glared at us with bright, golden eyes that had black eye shadow as she walked into the room. She stopped at the teacher's desk and straightened out her dark grey hoodie over her skin-tight, dark blue, long sleeve shirt.

"LP Burst Battles are prohibited unless they are taken place in the gym," the teacher scolded.

Setsuko pointed to Haru, "He was the one who started it, Kiryu Sensei."

"Hello, Kiryu Sensei," Haru inclined his head slightly. Our teacher switched her glare from the class to Haru.

"You've only been in my class for a few minutes and already you're causing trouble with your arrogance. I liked you better when you were younger."

"Wait, you know him, Kiryu Sensei?" the boy with the DS asked.

"Did you realize how stupid that sounded, Phoenix?" Kiryu Sensei shot back. Phoenix shrunk back in his chair. The teacher rubbed her eyes, "Yes, I know him. He's the son of one of my friends. Like father, like son, I guess…" her eyes scouted the room, finally settling on the Burst warriors.

"Why are you all still standing in your Bursts?!"

The four students immediately revoked their Bursts. I noticed how hard Haru was breathing, his brow glistening with sweat. Setsuko seemed to notice it as well:

"What's wrong? Tired from a small bout like that? You won't last ten seconds in this class."

"Enough, Setsuko," Kiryu Sensei rebuked. The girl clamped her mouth shut but continued to glare at Haru. The boy paid no attention as he steadied himself by placing a hand on a desk. "You got the Old Man to cure you, huh?" our teacher had a knowing gleam in her eyes.

"That's none of your concern," Haru scowled. He stiffened with a pained expression, holding his stomach as if he was going to throw up.

"Hey, Haru. Do you need to go to the nurse?" I was surprised that I would even suggest that. But…he looked really weak and tired, as if he shouldn't even be up.

Haru glared at me with more hatred than I've seen before. "I don't need anyone's help. Especially not yours," he snapped, sitting in a chair. The silence after his retort was almost unbearable. I could feel the tears threatening to fall, causing me to blink rapidly.

"Why are you so mean, Haru?" the girl who was doing homework asked. "She was just trying to help."

"Well, she can stop trying because it's not doing anyone any good," Haru spat.

"Hey! Don't talk to my sister like that!" Phoenix stood up violently. His chair tittered for a moment before it regain its former position.

"Phoenix, it's fine," the girl whispered. Her brother shook his head.

"No, Lexi. It's not. I can't stand the sight of this guy. You and me! One on one, LP Battle!"

"Naw," Haru said offhandedly. "I look at you and I can tell: You're as weak as Akiko." He jerked a thumb at me.

My eyes lost their tears and gained a burning sensation. I felt my anger rising as I stepped forward with an insult ready.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Kiryu Sensei roared. I flinched at the volume our teacher mustered, including half of the class. She pointed at Haru, "I told Takumi that if he kept pushing you like that, you'll end up like this. In the end, you'll be nothing like him."

Haru bolted out of his seat, his face flushed red with anger, "THAT'S A LIE! I WILL BE AS STRONG AS MY FATHER! I'LL BE THE STRONGEST BURST WARRIOR IN THE WORLD! I PROMISED HIM AND MOTHER THAT!" he Bursted with Zekrom. Flapping his wings, he flew out of the window. I covered my eyes from the power of his wings. When I uncovered myself, one of the windows was broken. A few pieces of glass fell to the floor. The silence now was even worst than before as our class sat, transfixed by the shattered window. Kiryu Sensei sighed and rubbed her eyes.

"Class is dismissed." She picked up some papers from her desk, stacking them neatly together. Then she left the room without another word. One by one, the other students walked out until I was the only one left. I sat down in a chair to steady my nerves.

Why would Haru just explode and fly off like that? I always thought he was the calm type of guy. Is his father's opinion that important to him? I closed my eyes. The image of his enraged eyes floated in and out of my memory. Why does he hate me? What did I do? True, I did send him to the nurse's office with bandages wrapped over all of his body. But was that enough to set his hatred level that high? Besides, it's not like he didn't send me to the nurse's office…

I started slightly when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see Parukia smiling at me.

"Don't worry. He'll be fine."


Me: Wow...*grins* This is like a blast from the past!

Akiko: What are you talking about?

Me: Well, Takumi- *sees Haru glaring at me* *gloom* Can't tell you...

Akiko: Why not?

Me: *gloom* And I'm so proud of it too...

Haru: WHAT'S THERE TO BE PROUD ABOUT WHEN YOU MADE MY FATHER SUFFER SO MUCH?!

Me: IT MAKES A GOOD STORYLINE! NOW I SUGGEST YOU GO TO A SOCIALIST, GET SOME SOCIAL SKILLS, AND STOP INSULTING EVERYONE LIKE TAKUMI!

Kiryu: ...

Me: Hello, Kiryu! How's Mew?

Kiryu: She's fine...

Me: Hi, Mew! And Mew2! And Midnight (BlueBlackFantasy)! And Roxas198! And a special shoutout to Wolfie and Prince! If you guys are reading this, you guys know that I miss insulting you guys! *gets into a gloomy mood again and sits in a dark corner*

Akiko: So what's this business about Takumi?

Kiryu: He's an old friend...and a lot of crap happened to us. It's all MewBladeXxX's fault for making that forum.

Haru: And I suggest you readers don't join it.

Me: NO! JOIN IT! JOIN IT! *evil grin*...it's fun...

Akiko: You had coffee today, didn't you?