Pikatwig: Another new chapter, and today we'll get more focus on some of the other characters. That sound good aibou?

KKD: Sounds good to me.

Pikatwig: Well, you ready to get to work?

KKD: Yep. Shall I cue the Disclaimers?

Pikatwig: Yep.

KKD: We own nothing related to Pokemon, Nintendo & Game Freak do. We only own original characters and the original system seen in this story, the Virtual U.


We start by focusing on a rather elegant mansion, which Yoko is seen walking into, simply ready to be home.

"Tadaima," Yoko said.

"Welcome back, Yoko-sama," a maid replied walking over. "How was your day today?"

"It was… eventful to say the least, Hina-san. Glad you're here to look out for me I will admit," Yoko smiled, as she kicked off her shoes and walked over to a chair.

"You could at least put your shoes away more neatly," Hina sighed, picking up the shoes and putting them in a shoe closet.

"Sorry… hard habit to break," Yoko sighed as she sat down.

Hina gave a small look at her and then simply gave a tiny smile. "Yoko-chan, how are those… what were they called again, Capumon going?"

"Pokemon? Fine, oh and I made some new friends today." Yoko added with a giggle.

"Oh, that's nice. Who are they?" Hina asked.

"Some friends at school named Brody, Kai, Akiko, and even the new student teacher Akira Yuu-san," Yoko answered.

Hina simply smiled at Yoko, and then simply noticed Yoko had a tiny blush.

"You okay?" Hina asked.

"Huh? Oh yea, I'm okay," Yoko shrugged off.

"Yoko-chan? Can you come up here, please?" an older female voice asked.

Yoko sighed and then walked over to a staircase which lead to where her parents were waiting for her.

"Is something up?" Yoko asked.

"...Well… you never went to your piano lessons today, and you were an hour late coming home," her mother sighed. "What exactly happened today, anyway?"

"It's… a bit of a long story," she sighed.

"Well… if it has to do with your friends, you really shouldn't be talking with them so much," her mother responded.

"Dear, calm down. I know you want the best for Yoko-chan, but aren't you acting a little too strict on her?" Yoko's father responded to his wife.

"Whatever…" her mom replied.

"But more important Yoko-chan, you need to focus on your piano lessons, we're both skilled with the piano, and you're a Miyamoto, so you should be skilled in the piano as well," Yoko's father added.

"...Does this have anything to do with you having the same name as the famous game-maker from Nintendo? If so, the piano thing feels a bit… off," Yoko pointed out.

"Who now?" both of her parents replied confused.

"...Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto?" Yoko responded.

"Anyway… Yoko you should go to your room and practice, okay?" Yoko's mom instructed, though to Yoko, it felt more like a demand.

"Hai," she sighed as she walked to her room, feeling a bit irked that she had to do this; it was something she didn't want to do.


While she did love the piano, she loved the keyboard a bit more. However, she does like another instrument, but it was not anything related to the piano; it was the harp.

"I am not their puppet… they think they can just pull the strings and I'll do what they want!" Yoko groaned annoyed, accidentally slamming on the piano keys when she said that.

"Yoko?" her mom's voice said from behind the door.

"...Sorry mom… I'm okay," Yoko sighed, trying to calm down.

She began to play the piano a bit, kinda slowly.

"Why must I subject myself to this?" Yoko whispered to herself as a light came from her bag and landed on the nearby table, forming the shape of a small cute penguin with a cyan body, blue head, black eyes, and yellow beak and feet. She also had a small pink ribbon near on the right side of her head, and then she walked over to hug Yoko.

"...Thanks Scamper," she whispered, playing a very melodic tune on the piano, and she was surprisingly good. Scamper was amazed by this, and giggled.

"Scamper… I really need someone to talk to, can I talk with you?" she whispered to her Pokemon starter.

"Piplup," the little penguin tweeted yes.

Yoko stopped playing and then walked over to her bed with Scamper.

"Piplup?" Piplup asked, as if trying to ask what's wrong.

"Scamper… I feel like a puppet. My parents are on me almost all the time, they never let me do what I want… even some kids at school tease me for this and call me 'Poppet' of all things," Yoko sighed. Scamper then walked over and hugged her trainer.

"Thanks, Scamper… you're one of the closest things I have to a true friend aside from my new friends," Yoko smiled.

Suddenly, Hina walked in.

"Who're you talking to, Yoko-sama?" she asked, making Yoko gasp.

"Oh… uh… it's just a plush toy that Brody gave me," Yoko answered, hugging Scamper. She then leaned in and whispered to Scamper "Just go with it."

With that, Scamper nodded, only with Yoko making it look like she was causing the Piplup's head to move.

"See?" Yoko smiled as bit nervously… but Hina seemed to fall for it.

"Okay, just checking," the maid replied, walking out. "Hey Hina… what does the term 'poppet' mean?" Yoko asked.

"It's an older spelling of puppet, and alludes to a small child or doll," Hina answered.


Yoko got teary eyed, and then cried onto Scamper.

"What's wrong?" Hina asked.

"People at school have been calling me that…" she whimpered.

"Oh… I see…"

Yoko began to cry, and Scamper wanted to comfort her, but knew she couldn't with Hina in the room.

"...Would… you prefer it if I… left you alone?" Hina asked.

"Yea…"

With that, Hina left, allowing Scamper to hug Yoko to try and comfort her, noticing her tears were odd, and some mascara was running from her eyes.

"Piplup?" Scamper asked, wonder what was up with Yoko's eyes.

"Huh?" Yoko asked confused, as Scamper walked over and took a hand mirror and showed it to her. "Oh… my make-up's running."

With that, Scamper let Yoko hold onto the mirror before grabbing a box of tissues and bringing it over to her. "Thanks Scamper…"

Scamper just smiled in response.

Yoko giggled a bit, as Scamper simply smiled and sat on her trainer's lap. With this, Yoko petted Scamper's feathers, calming down in the process.

"Scamper… thanks," Yoko smiled.

Then, there was a knock on the door, which Hina went to answer.

"Hello?" Hina said opening the door.

"Is Yoko home; it's Brody Twilight," a male voice spoke.

"Oh, yes she is," Hina spoke. "You want me to bring her out?"

"Yea." Brody replied.

"One second," Hina replied as she walked back upstairs to Yoko's room. "Yoko-sama? There's a Mr. Brody Twilight at the door waiting for you."

"Oh," Yoko said in surprise. "Uh… I'll be a minute, okay?"

"Okay," Hina responded.

Yoko was in a bit of a surprise, as she looked at her reflection and noticed black mascara dripping down her cheeks.

"Oh boy…" she said.

However, she managed to clean her face and reapply some make-up before calling Scamper back into the Pokeball and she walked out.

"Okay, I'm ready."

And so, Yoko walked downstairs and saw Brody waiting for her at the front door.

"Hi Brody," she said with a smile. Brody blushed and looked at her stunned. "You okay?"

"Yea… Yoko, you look nice," Brody complimented.

"...Thanks," she smiled.

Yoko simply smiled, as Brody kinda smiled back. "You wanna hang out outside?"

"Sure," Yoko replied as they walked on outside. "So, is there anything you want to do?"

"We are friends… right?" Brody asked.

"Yea we are. We'll always be friends, no matter what." Yoko replied.


Brody smiled, and then looked at his Pokeballs. "You wanna battle?" he asked.

"Sure," Yoko answered, pulling out her Pokeballs.

Brody smiled, and then took out his own. "Alright… you set the rules." Brody said.

"Alright. This battle will be three-on-three with no substitutions, and the first one to win two battles is the winner," Yoko said.

"Okay then. Spark, I choose you!" Brody announced, sending out his Pikachu.

"Alrighty…" Yoko replied thinking for a moment. "Hero, ready! Go!" she announced, tossing a Pokeball, and sending out a blue bipedal wolf-like Pokemon with red eyes, black ears and legs along with a black chest, black fur around the eyes and up to the nose, a yellow ring around its neck, and even some white bump on it's wrists.

"Alrighty, Spark use Thunderbolt!" Brody shouted as Spark sent out a huge burst of electricity towards Hero.

"Hero, Counter!" Yoko shouted as the young wolf dodged the lightning and punched Spark back towards Brody.

"Shoot… Spark use Electro Ball!" Brody responded as the Pikachu created a ball of electricity at his tail and flung it at Hero.

"RIOLU!" the young Pokemon screamed in pain as the attack did hurt, but it wasn't enough to do serious damage.

"Hero! You okay?" Yoko asked, concerned.

Hero gave her a thumbs up, and then stood up. "Okay then, use Blaze Kick!"

With that, the Riolu jumped and kicked Spark with a fiery kick.

"Whoa! How'd you teach a Riolu that move?!" Brody gawked.

"Simple: Breeding," Yoko answered.

"Huh?" Brody asked a little confused.

"Hero was a gift from a friend from France before I moved here, the mother Pokemon was a Lucario who caused Hero to be a Riolu, and it's father was a Blaziken who knew Blaze Kick," Yoko explained. "And as you should know, some moves can be learned from the egg if the father knows that move, so that's how Hero here know Blaze Kick."

"Rio!" Hero nodded with a thumbs up as Brody whistled, impressed by that.

"Okay, thanks for letting me know that. Alright, Spark use Disarming Voice!" Brody responded as his Pikachu did the move, damaging Hero severely.

"Okay, how'd Pikachu learn a Fairy-type move?" Yoko asked.

"I have no idea. Wait… I've heard of breeding moves before, and I guess Spark's dad knew the move. Anyway… you ready to keep it up?" Brody responded.

"Sure thing, Hero, use Force Palm!" Yoko commanded, as Riolu quickly moved up to Spark, put his arm on him and unleashed the attack.

However, after the attack and when Hero moved back to Yoko's side of the field, he suddenly sparked with electricity, which proved he was paralyzed.

"Thank you Static ability," Brody smiled before he saw the spark of paralysis on Spark as well.

"You were saying?" Yoko smirked. "You forgot Force Palm's chance to paralyze as well."

'Man… her Pokemon is tough. Spark's low on health, so I need to get one more finishing attack in,' Brody thought.

'Hero can't last too much longer… I gotta finish Spark with one more move. Thus far… Brody's had Spark use Thunderbolt, Electro Ball and Disarming Voice… three moves. Oh no!' Yoko thought as she quickly realized what Spark's final move was.

"Hero you gotta move now! Use Vacuum Wave" Yoko called, as the small Pokemon was ready to move.

"Spark finish this, use Last Resort!" Brody announced, and just as Spark was about to attack, he couldn't move!

In fact, somehow Hero was able to move faster, spinning his fist so fast that it sent a wave of energy at Spark and after it hit, Spark was knocked out.

"Spark!" Brody gasped. "Okay pal, come back! For round two, I choose Grass!"

With that, he called out his Turtwig, who was now ready for action. "You did great Hero, return." Yoko said, calling her Pokemon back. "Flower, ready! Go!"

And so, the next Pokemon she called out was without a doubt one of the smallest. It was tough to notice it at first, seeing as it was only four inches tall, but it was there, a small white Pokemon with red cheeks, a yellow ring of pollen around it's head, held up by long ears, and was hanging tightly to a floating white flower.

"Aw… it's cute. Alright, you ready Grass?" Brody asked.

"Twig!" Grass nodded.

"Now hang in there, okay, Flower?" Yoko spoke to her little Pokemon.

"Flebe," the little Pokemon nodded.


So you wanna be the Master of POKÉMON! *Various Pokémon all appear on Virtual Cards.*

Do ya have the skills to be NUMBER ONE! *Then they all seemingly pop out of the cards and into the real world.*

I wanna take the ultimate step... *We see Brody standing in an area, seemingly by himself.*

Find the courage to be bold (Pokémon) *We then see his friends around him, looking concerned*

To risk it all and not forget… *Brody stands with his three Pokémon in the virtual arena*

The lessons that I hold *He then commands his Pokémon as the arena shatters and the three Pokemon charge.*

I wanna go where no one's been… *Brody and his Pokémon are then seen traveling with Akira, Akiko, Kai, Yoko, and their Pokemon in the real world.*

Far beyond the crowd (Pokémon) *Many people look and see the five of them, and their Pokémon.*

Learn the ways to take command! *The five then see their gamepads spit out Pokeballs before they each grabbed one.*

Use the power that's in my hand (Oh hey!) *The five then throw these Pokeballs at a random wild Pokemon.*

We all live in a Pokémon World (Po-ké-mon!) *Hydro and Brody stand side-by-side, soon joined by Yoko, Kai, Akira and Akiko.*

I wanna be the greatest Master of them all! (Greatest Master) *We see the legendary Pokémon Victini fly around, as he is then joined by Mega Mewtwo Y.*

We all live in a Pokémon World (Po-ké-mon!) *A few people stand in the shadows, all ready to fight the heroes, as the heroes Pokémon stand ready.*

Put myself to the test... *Pikachu jumps up, then followed by Totodile, Torchic, Turtwig, Snivy and then Froakie.*

To be better than all the rest! *Each Pokémon from the heroes stands by their side, and then we see all of the trainers joined by one of their Pokémon.*

So you wanna be the Master of POKÉMON! *Multiple Water-Type Pokémon launch out their water gun attack, impacting against a Tyrantrum*

Do ya have the skills to be NUMBER ONE! (Oh hey!) *Similarly, we see Fairy-Type Pokémon attack a Salamence with their Fairy Wind attack.*

We all live in a Pokémon World (Po-ké-mon!) *Pikachu, Froakie, Turtwig, Torchic, Snivy, Totodile, Chikorita, Ralts, Axew, Eevee, Mareep, Munna, Piplup, Riolu, and Flabébé all stand by the Eiffel Tower.*

I wanna be the greatest Master of them all! (Got the power in your hand!) *Pikachu, at the very top then uses Thunderbolt, seen by people world wide.*

PO-KÉ-MON!


"Alright, Turtwig use Razor Leaf!"

And so, Grass summoned up a flurry of leaves which were soon blown at the Pokemon.

"Use Fairy Wind!" Yoko responded as her Flabébé used the attack in question, sending it out of the flower.

Both Pokemon got hit, but it didn't do much.

"Grass use Vine Whip!" Brody shouted as two vines appeared from Grass' shell and were used to whip the tiny Pokemon… or at least try to as the small Pokemon dodged the attack easily due to her small size.

"Flower use Attract!"

Flower then winked, causing some hearts to form and fly over to Grass, making hearts form in his eyes.

"What just happened?" Brody asked.

"Attract happened," Yoko answered. "Flower's a girl, and Grass is a boy. Ring a bell, yet?"

"Oh crud…" Brody sighed. Grass was simply gawking in Flower's beauty under the influence of Attract.

"Grass use Vine Whip!" Brody said, but Grass didn't do anything.

"Okay Flower, use Energy Ball!" Yoko shouted as her Pokemon created a green ball of energy from her flower and fired it at Grass.

"Oh boy… Grass use Energy Ball!"

This time, Grass managed to do the attack and it hit strong against Flower.

"Okay Grass use Vine Whip!" Brody ordered, as once again Grass did the move, and it knocked Flower out.

While Grass did snap out of the Attract, he ran over to make sure Flower was okay.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine," Yoko told Grass before calling Flower back to her Pokeball. Brody then recalled Grass, and then they were sent out their last Pokemon.

"Last round Brody, whoever wins this match, wins our little battle." Yoko informed.

"Okay then. Ready Hydro?!" Brody responded.

"Scamper, ready! Go!"

The two water Pokemon shouted, ready to go.

"Hydro, use Water Pulse!" Brody shouted, the little Froakie creating a water orb that was pulsing before throwing it at Scamper.

"Scamper use Peck!" Yoko shouted as the Piplup jumped over and pecked Froakie on the head.

Hydro simply smirked. "Alright, use Ice Beam!"

"Huh?!" Yoko gasped as Froakie launched the freezing attack at Piplup. "Alright Scamper use Aerial Ace!"

Somehow, Piplup jumped high in the air and flew at Hydro, slashing at him with its wing. "Use Grass Knot Hydro!"

Clenching his fist, Hydro managed to summon up some grass that wrapped around Scamper, and the attack dealt massive damage to it. Both Pokemon were drained of energy, and with one look at each-other they were ready to land one last attack. "Hydro use Grass Knot!"

"Scamper use Whirlpool!" Yoko shouted as Piplup summoned some water around Froakie before it spun the frog like crazy, making him dizzy. However, this didn't stop the Grass Knot from hitting it's mark, as the Whirlpool died down they saw the end result of the battle, both Pokemon were knocked out, or so it seemed, as Scamper managed to get back up.

"Looks like you won Yoko," Brody sighed.

"You were close, though, Brody," Yoko noted as they called back their Pokemon, using the gamepads to heal them.

"You're so good Yoko-chan," Brody admitted.

"Thanks." Yoko smiled and blushed a bit.

Meanwhile at the park, Akiko was relaxing on a bench with Kai nearby.

"Hey Kai… could you get me an umbrella please?" she asked Kai.

"Sure thing," Kai nodded, as he walked off to get an umbrella for her.

As Kai was gone, though, Akiko just snickered at how easy she was able to have him get stuff for her. He then arrived with one along with a small duffle bag, which was his own, and then he put it over her.

"What's in the bag?" Akiko asked.

"Just some books, my Pokemon, my gamepad and this umbrella." Kai said, holding the umbrella over her.

"Oh… thank you," she replied, taking the umbrella.

"You look really nice today Akiko-chan…" Kai admitted.

"Thanks Kai," she replied. Kai simply stood by her, and smiled, as he simply looked at his bag. "Kai-kun, can you get my sunhat out of my bag for me? I kinda wanna wear it, holding an umbrella is too… girly for me."

"Sure," Kai responded, pulling out the requested sunhat for her.

It was red and white, and then she put the hat on, handing the umbrella back to Kai. "So what do you think of my Pokemon Kai?"

"You have a neat team Akiko-chan. By the way, Akiko-chan I like hanging out with you," Kai informed.

"Yea… glad you do… I think it's cool, too, so, shall we go and get some lemonade or something?" Akiko replied.

"Sure. I'll pay for you," Kai offered.

"Alright," Akiko nodded as they got up and walked off.

'So easily fooled. Heh, I like this kid.' Akiko thought to herself.


Once again, the group was on display at the mystery voice's base, and while he was glad about what was going on with Brody and Yoko, he wasn't as happy about how Akiko was treating Kai.

"Really? She's treating a fellow chosen hero like a servant boy." the voice groaned, as he looked at a console on the machine he was using to watch the heroes. "Mai-chan, do you see what I see?"

-Yes I do. Should I do something about it?-

"Not yet. Our objective as of now is to merely observe them. Regardless, keep your eyes on them. That girl requires a lesson in treating others as servants at one point, but I will need to formulate a plan for that. I'll contact you when such a plan is ready, Mai."

-Very well my Sama…-


Pikatwig: Hmm… that's interesting.

KKD: Yea. It was nice to see a battle between friends, but Akiko… geez…

Pikatwig: Tomboy yes. Abusive to those with a crush on her, totally.

KKD: ...You took the words right out of my mouth.

Pikatwig: Anyway, the moment where Yoko mentions some people at school call her "poppet" is a bit of a reference to Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, where Xion was called that.

KKD: Huh? I didn't know that. Pardon me, I haven't played that far in 358/2 Days.

Pikatwig: And yet somehow you knew what poppet meant… eh, whatever. Anyway, favorite part?

KKD: Not sure… I think it was… um… that battle between Brody and Yoko.

Pikatwig: My favorite part was the end with the person who gifted our heroes their powers and this 'Mai'.

KKD: Who are those two, anyway?

Pikatwig: I'm not saying.

KKD: Figures. In any case, shall we end it off?

Pikatwig: Hai. Just Live More.

KKD: Jaa ne!