Hey everyone! Sorry for the wait but I've been organizing my ideas and plots for this story and i guess it took longer than i expected, anyways, I hope you guys enjoy it and please review when you're done, it'll be a big help in letting me know how I'm doing, thank you to all my fellow readers! I do not own pokemon!
(Months Before/Stone Manor)
"I'm glad you could take time off to have lunch with my wife and I at our manor". Steven shook hands with the blonde haired man, both of them chuckling as they got along, Cynthia stood up from her chair, greeting the blonde haired man who took a seat across from them.
"I'm glad so too, but now I see that this might not just be a lunch in we are having, am I correct"?
"The Kurotsugu family has been a highly respected family for decades, you are the leading corporation in providing electricity to regions all across the world, you have hundreds of thousands of volt towers all across the globe, I feel our daughter will make a worthy match to one of your sons, together, our families will merge to become the most powerful". Steven slipped the photograph of Dawn onto the table in front of Palmer, he looked down at it, becoming immediately infatuated with the bluenette.
"This is your….daughter?" he stumbled his words, staring at both Steven and Cynthia in shock, they nodded.
"She is but of the rarest stone, skin, fair like no other, scarce blue hair that flows like the ancient blue waves of Lugia, eyes that shine like the orbs of Kyogre, and the voice equal to that of a meloetta's…...Dawn is the gem of our family, and we want to ensure her future with a worthy man".
"Well….I don't know about my youngest son…..but I think my eldest one might be pleased with your daughter". Steven and Cynthia both sighed in relief, looking at each other in a rather satisfied manner.
(Present)
"I'm going to fine you for that!" she got up from the ground, dusting her uniform off and staring at the blonde in an unusual manner.
"I said I'm sorry, isn't that enough?" she scoffed back, he seemed a bit taken aback from her snappy tone, he continued staring at her, not once removing his eyes which had begun making her uncomfortable.
"It's you…..". he mumbled, barely audible for her to hear.
"W-why…..why are you staring at me like that?" she asked, now stepping further back from him, he wouldn't speak, sparking her to take off instead and leave the now silent blonde to himself.
*What the hell? This school is only getting weirder and weirder! Arceus help me!* she closed her eyes, forcing herself to hold back on her tears which desperately wanted to fall.
She looked back, peeking one eye open to find the blonde haired boy still in place, only this time he was looking a different direction, "E-eep!" she was yanked to the left, having herself slammed against the wall of the building she was now in.
"So you're the new girl, they weren't kidding about you". she was now in the hands of another blonde, gazing directly into a pair of electrifying blue eyes, his teeth shined under the light upon being revealed through his curving smirk.
"Who are you?" she pushed him away, keeping distance between the two as she tried to calm her rapidly beating heart. She was able to get a fuller view of him, he had spiky sunny blonde hair, a nicely sculpted face, eyes that shocked her, literally upon gazing into them. He didn't wear a uniform, instead he wore a black shirt with a blue jacket, blue pants, and black shoes, a gold chain shaped like a lightning bolt hung around his neck.
He scratched his head sheepishly, chuckling with a weary expression towards Dawn who still kept a defensive front, "Sorry about that, I'm Volkner, nice to meet you Dawn". he held his hand to her, she too it, giving him a narrowing stare as she took it.
"How do you know my name?"
"Why wouldn't I know my fiances name?" she gasped and quickly pulled away, he grinned to her reaction, stepping closer.
"You're one of them". she whispered, sliding her body against the wall as she tried to get further away.
"Yes, well, I am your real fiance, all those other pathetic second rate fools can just quit, while they are still in this school studying, I am already on my way to finishing my degree at UN, I'm just a step away from taking my rightful place to the Kurotsugu corporation".
"I'm nobody's fiance, and I'm especially not yours, I came here to break my contracts, and that includes ours". he began rubbing his chin, standing silently with a small grin on his face, worrying the bluenette who was waiting for an answer.
"No".
"What?" she narrowed her eyes.
He shrugged, "No, I want you as my wife, no excuses, no refusals, you. will. be. mine.". she was frozen from his firm and deep toned words, he stepped closer to the bluenette who had tensed up, he brushed his fingers against her soft rosy cheeks, placing his lips gently over them, her eyes widened as far as they could, her entire face had warmed up and turned red upon contact.
His lips brushed over her ear, releasing a hushed and soothing whisper which had made her lose all thought, "I missed you". he pulled back a bit, leering down at the bluenette who was still dazed. He brushed his fingers once more over her cheeks, breathing in deeply as he couldn't get enough of her soft feel.
He was startled by the firm grasp now tightening around his wrist, yanking his hand away from the bluenette who was now glaring at him venomously, "Didn't your mother ever teach you it's not polite to touch somebody without their permission?" She threw his arm down, pushing past him to get away. He was surprised by her sudden change of behavior.
She stopped, not bothering to turn herself around and face him, "Do what you want, but I have a right to my own freedom, I'll fight to break every one of my contracts, even if it's the last thing I do". She continued on her way, leaving Volkner with a simper on his lips, "I made the right decision with her, she may not know it, but she'll soon be Mrs. Kurotsugu".
"Is this why you agreed to come back?" he wasn't startled by the other blondes presence, his orange colored eyes glared on to his older sibling who waved off his angry expression.
"If it isn't my crazy little brother, I was hoping mom and dad would finally put you in an institute, but I guess you had to get your idiotic ways from somebody, I just wasn't expecting it to be the two of them". his younger brother's angry behavior deepened.
"She's the reason you came back? You never even wanted to take over the company in the first place, and now because of her you want return"? Volkner laughed, shaking his head which only angered the other blonde.
"Barry, you were never fit to become the next Heir, if it wasn't for me coming back, they would have handed off the company to their second in chair, you're not in the right mind, you need help and everyone agrees".
He tightened his fists, lashing in defense with a growl, "Bullshit! I'm not crazy! What happened years ago was because of you, I'll find a way to prove it to everyone"! He was silenced when Volkner slammed his hand against the wall next to him, his electrifying blue eyes darkened to the point they became a raven color, shaking his younger sibling up.
"What happened back then was because of you, not me, and because of you, I lost someone precious to me, I won't let it happen again, Got that? I'll protect her from you, I'll marry her, and I will take over the family company, don't try to test me, or you will regret it". he slammed his hand once more, startling Barry whose legs had given in, he dropped to the floor in silence, lowering his head while Volkner took a final glance at him, a notorious look grew on his face when he walked away.
"But it wasn't me….I'm not crazy…...". he whispered, trembling while he remained like before.
She stopped again, pulling out the paper where she had written down the clues her mom gave her, *She was right, two of these clues match two of the candidates I just met….a Prince of hearts, and eyes that will paralyze you into temptation* she sighed, throwing her head back with a groan.
"Dawn!" she snapped her head back, seeing May run after her, a smile quickly grew on her face but before she could say hi, she was pulled by the brunette who took hold of her hand. "May?! What's wrong?" She held her arm up, revealing the red and gold watch strapped to her wrist.
"We're going to be late for class!" she came to realization when she saw the time on the watch.
"Here we are…...our class". they stood in front of it for a few seconds, she was able to hear the rowdiness from the other side, May looked back at her with a nod, a nod which she returned. The brunette grabbed the handle and pushed the door open, still grabbing onto the bluenette's hand as she dragged her in, "Wah! Ma-". she yelped, only to stop mid word when she noticed everyone's eyes on her.
"Ms. Maple…..I see you were able to bring the new student in one piece….although you're late….again". the pink haired woman with salmon colored eyes stared sternly at the brunette who returned a sheepish smile.
"Haha….sorry Ms. Solidad, but we kind of got into a split situation". she was indifferent to her teacher's eye roll, she shifted her attention onto Dawn who remained quiet. "Why don't you introduce yourself? "
She pointed at herself, Solidad chuckled, nodding to the blue haired girls nervous expression, "W-well, My names Dawn, Dawn Stone". the class had erupted into quiet whispers, increasing her nervous factor.
"Why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself?" Solidad gave her a warm comforting smile, releasing some of the tension the bluenette had.
"Well, I-" she was interrupted when the doors to the classroom slammed open, one by one a group of males entered through without so much as a saying to the teacher, upon the males was a familiar face to Dawn, Gary.
"It's always you boys, when will you start to take school seriously?" she muttered in pure irritation, clenching her teeth tightly before losing her calm attitude.
The spiky haired brunette scoffed, sitting on his seat and placing his feet on top of the desk, "We don't need school when our futures are already set".
"He's right, Ms. Solidad". the green haired boy who came behind him had strolled past Dawn, examining her whole with his dazzling emerald colored eyes, from top to bottom, a charming yet taunting smile curved up onto lips when he noticed the redness in her face.
"Besides, we were hungry…..well, just me". chuckled a raven haired boy with mocha colored eyes, he stopped in front of the bluenette, walking around her twice and examining her as well, a giant grin appeared on his face as he handed her one of the snacks he was holding onto. He joined Gary in the back of the classroom, there were several empty chairs in the class, but the one that gained the most attention was the one in the back center row.
"Where's Paul?" she crossed her arms, they shrugged, "How should we know, that guy goes off and does his own thing whenever he wants, it's pointless trying to get him to come everyday". the rest nodded.
"Anyways…." started the pink haired teacher, coughing and shifting the attention once more onto the bluenette who was already flustered. "Hey! That's my wife!" he shouted, springing up from his seat and pointing to the bluenette who grew angry, lashing back in response, "I'm not your wife!" she placed both hands over her mouth in silence, the entire class seemed just as surprised, May giggled to herself.
Drew and Ash averted their eyes to separate sides of the room, a somewhat uncomfortable atmosphere occurred around them. "Gary, enough with your nonsense, sit down and remain quiet for the rest of the day or I'll have to have a talk with your grandfather again". he wasn't intimidated, rather instead, he winked at Dawn, taking his seat without another word.
"I'm sorry about that Dawn, but it seems your introduction will have to be cut off, we're running behind our lesson schedule, please take a seat next to Ms. Maple". she complied to her teacher's request, walking down the row and trying her best to ignore everyone's eyes, she hurried and took a seat on her desk, looking over at May who chuckled.
"Don't worry, It'll die down". Dawn sighed, dropping her head with a weary look, "I hope so".
"So that really is the girl from the Stone family, huh." whispered Drew, inching closer to Gary as he pointed to the bluenette, he nodded, oblivious to Ash's or the green haired boys pale expressions.
"Alright everyone, turn to page seventy six, Dawn, I'm afraid you won't be able to receive your books until tomorrow due to the special delivery system we have, for the meantime you can share with May". the class went with her orders, Dawn slid her desk next to May's, already losing interest in the lesson. She noticed May texting underneath her desk, she looked around the room, finding everyone else doing the same thing, Gary however was flirting with the girls sitting in front of him, Ash was devouring his snacks and Drew was on his phone, blocking out all noise with his headphones plugged into his phone.
"Is this how it is everyday?" she mumbled, stunned from the teachers lack of care even though she knew what everyone was doing.
"It sure is…..". she looked back over at May who now had her chin resting on her palm, still texting with her other hand.
"...I told you didn't I? Arceus isn't like any other school out there, over here, the students rule the school, teachers are just a bunch of babysitters hired to watch over us so we don't do anything too reckless, you know, so we won't get into anything scandalous which can ruin our family's reputation, there is no point in school for us, all of our futures are set the minute we graduate, school is just our prison until it's time for us to grow up". She winked playfully to the blue haired girl, giggling as she resumed her attention onto her phone.
"Wow….so much for a high school experience.." she muttered.
Her own phone began buzzing, she looked down at it, reading the text quietly,
Stryker: Where are you? We need to talk.
She replied back, starting a conversation with her younger sibling.
Dawn: I'm in class, shouldn't you be in yours?
Stryker: I am, do you think I'm an idiot?
Dawn: Shut up, you know what I mean XP
Stryker: No, I don't, I'm not on the same common level as you dummy, anyways, I'm leaving class right now and heading over to the high school division border, meet me there in five.
Dawn: Ugh, I'm so done with you, and fine, but it better be good to be making me leave class early…..jerk.
"I have to pee". she shot up from her seat, stealing the rooms attention once more, May gazed up at her quizzically, "Dawn?" both May and Solidad asked together.
"It's an emergency". she hurried out of the classroom, leaving both May and the three males staring after her.
She kept running down the halls, pushing past the buildings doors and exiting outside, she looked both sides, taking off again towards the border between the middle and high school division. "Don't let her leave without a beating!" she heard several voices around her, rotating her head back and forth to find them, but no other person was in sight until she passed the last building before the border, four guys and one girl.
"What the…." Dawn had stopped in her tracks, freezing up and gasping upon seeing one of the males punch her in the stomach. She groaned, curving forward and clutching her stomach. She had fiery long red hair hanging just below her mid waist, her eyes were a deadly turquoise shade, turning darker and darker with every second she glared at her attackers.
"Heh…..is that all you got?" she stood tall again, regaining her composure and wiping the spit away from her mouth, she grabbed her hair and tied it high up into a bun, slipping off her blazer and throwing it to the side.
"You're the next head to the Waterflower clan, right? So if I beat you that means your family will no longer be the top dogs in the mob world, you'll lose all your honor and your family will be looked down on as the true cowards they are". she yanked him by the blazer, bringing his face close enough to where only a few inches stood between the two, he seemed in angst, yet tried holding a strong front for his friends, a cruel blood curdling smirk curled up onto her lips.
She whispered through her clenched jaw, "You just dug your own grave". her knee went flying straight into his waist, he screamed out in a cringing manner, making the bluenette squirm in place from the cracking sound she heard from the long distance between them.
"Hmph". She shoved him aside, taking on the second male who tried jumping on her, she dodged his fist, ducking forward and below, bringing her leg straight up and knocking her heel straight onto his tempo, he was knocked onto the floor immediately with a KO.
*Wow…..she's amazing! Her moves are so perfect and clean, her strength is incredible!* her eyes gleamed to the redhead's tactics, not once being able to look away from the amazing scene.
"Guh!" she was knocked onto her knees, being struck on her back by another one of the males holding a steel weapon.
"Stop!" she ran over, hoping to intervene but stopped again when she saw the redhead rise back on her feet.
"Why don't you stop wasting my time". she hissed, grabbing the wrist of the third male who tried attacking her again with a steel pole, she snatched it from his hand, using it to trip his feet and make him land on his back, she twirled it up into her fingers, bringing it back down and piercing it straight into the ground beside his head, he turned pale on the spot, fainting from realizing just how close she was to aiming directly into his eye.
She snapped her head over to the last figure standing, he was already trembling, slowly taking a step back as he stared at the red head with a horrified expression, she looked satisfied from his fearful assertion, "Boo". he took off upon hearing her words.
"Geez…..can't I get a break?" she backed up onto the wall, cringing because of the pain from the blow to her back earlier, she slid down against it and rested her head against the cold surface, taking a deep breath and releasing it into a rough sigh.
"That was amazing!" she looked over, startled by Dawn's squealing tone as she ran over.
She shot up from the ground, quickly pulling the steel pole out of the ground and pointing it directly at the bluenette, stopping her from coming any closer. "Who are you?" her voice became defensive once more, unaffecting the bluenette who was still in awe from her actions earlier.
"I saw what you did…" she looked down at the three males, all of whom were completely unconscious. She lowered the steel weapon, "Y-you….did?" a worried expression crossed her face, but it quickly faded behind her same defensive act.
"Yeah". she nodded, smiling warmly to the redhead who was surprised by her expression.
"And what of it? Are you here to call me a thug? Or a freak? Or are you going to report me to the staff like everyone else". she narrowed her eyes onto Dawn who waved her hands defensively, shaking her head with a comforting and assertive grin.
"No, I think what you did was amazing! I've never met a girl as cool as you!" she was left dumbfounded by the bluenette's gleaming eyes.
"Uh…...thanks, I guess…" she muttered, looking away with a flustered face.
"I'm Dawn, Dawn Stone". she held her hand out towards the redhead who stared down at it.
She continued staring down at the blue haired girls hand, now making her worry from what the redhead was thinking, "Dawn!" they both looked over, finding Stryker on the other side of the border, waving his arms towards Dawn to grab her attention, she looked back at the redhead who was already walking away, picking her blazer up without stopping.
"W-wait! Who are you?!" she yelled, anxious to find out the redheads identity.
"Misty, Misty Waterflower". she had said those words without so much as a glance to the bluenette.
She took off towards Stryker, unable to resist and glance back once more where the redhead was no longer seen, "What took you so long?" he growled, she cleared her mind of the girl who called herself Misty, shaking her head and smiling to her younger brother.
"I had to go to the restroom". he cringed, making her laugh as he scrunched his face in disgust, "You could have just made up an excuse".
"Sorry". she rubbed her neck timidly, "Enough about me, what is it you needed to talk about?" she placed both hands on her hips, now staring at the blonde with stern eyes.
"Earlier, Max was showing me all of the students through the school's yearbook, and I came upon this…." he handed her a yearbook of the school, flipping it open to a specific page where a photo of young, blue haired male with short locks, about the same age as Stryker, with blue eyes just like her was on display.
"Who's that?" she continued staring down at the picture, then gazed down at the caption where his name was displayed, "The Prince of Arceus Junior Academy, Lucas Berlitz….". she dropped the book onto the floor, stepping backwards as she fell into a deep jolting state.
"W-what is this?" she asked with a cracked voice.
He picked up the book, holding it out towards her with the same page still on display, "He's your brother…..your real brother".
Ok! So that ends chapter three for Boy like you! Yay! Sorry for the long wait but I need to gather my ideas in an organized manner so I wouldn't mess anything up, anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed it and there are still plenty of surprises and secrets to be revealed in later chapter, please review and let me know what you thought about this chapter! Until then!
