Like I promised, here's another update! (Aren't you proud of me? :P Jaykayyy)
Summary: If you were an Assassin, you had no life. You were dead, existing to only follow the Commander's harsh orders. If you had a spark of life in you at all, the Commander and his ward Veil would kill you or break you. If you had a true life in you, Veil would dispose of you without a moment's thought. The perfect Assassins—Ash, Drew, Gary, and Paul—will be no exceptions, even if they fulfill the ultimate test. PokéShipping, IkariShipping, ContestShipping, OldrivalShipping.
Uh, random A/N: I wrote this when I was way younger, honestly... Like, two years ago? And I cringe when I look back at how immature and unrealistic my writing was -_- Back when I first wrote all my Pokemon stories - like, on the earlymorninglight12 account - I knew basically nothing of romance. All I knew was from what my friends had laughed about and all the stories I've read, both in books and fanfictions. Not to mention I knew nothing of drama, of reality, of lifestyles, and of how life can really treat you, haha. But now I know a little better, so I hope this story and all my future stories will improve. Thanks for reading!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or the characters. I only own the story idea and whatever OC's I've created. Oh, and I apologize for any OOC (out of character) scenes.
Thanks, LeafxGreenx3, for being the first to review! As promised, this chapter is dedicated to you~ And of course, that scene I promised you as well! (Forgive me if it's not as good as you'd like it to be *bows*) Bear with me here, I'm kinda on a dry spell already -_-
Chapter Three
~Many Conflicts~
Paul watched from a table a distance off. "Is this wise?" he muttered to himself.
"Well, hey, we're seventeen," Drew defended. "We can have a social life, can't we?"
Not when we're Assassins...
The signal crackled off.
"Jenny?" Veil said in confusion.
"So this is what you've been up to... Veil. I am not pleased."
Veil's multi-colored eyes widened.
"Gahhh! I hate that new kid!"
Crash.
"He's so annoying! So arrogant! So full of himself!"
Thud.
"He's such a jerk! I hate him!"
Shatter.
Leaf watched in amusement from the top bunk, safely out of reach from the flying projectiles, braiding Dawn's hair to pass the time.
"He needs to go die in a hole!"
Crash.
"May?" Dawn finally ventured from her seat next to Leaf. "Can you not throw anything anymore?"
Yup, you guessed it. May was venting.
"Jeez, calm down, May," Misty laughed. Her hand flew up to block the pillow thrown at her, causing the redhead to laugh even harder. "It's just some guy. Anyone would think that you liked him!"
The room was so silent that you could hear May's jaw drop.
"WHAT! AS IF! MISTY!"
"Well, who knows," Leaf offered helpfully from above. She winked at May. "You can admit it! It's just us," she reminded.
"Ooh! Yes! And we can help set them up!" Dawn exclaimed excitedly.
May glared. "Are none of you hearing me? I. Don't. Like. Jerks!"
"Could've fooled me," Misty teased.
"I'm gonna kill you, Misty!"
"Seriously you guys?" Paul said in disbelief.
"What? They showed us around the school," Ash defended.
"We're here to assassinate those four guys mentioned," Drew snapped. He was at the end of the line. He hadn't expected all the girls to converge on him so easily like that. "Not have fun."
"We just got here," Gary retorted. "We'll start the lookout tomorrow."
Drew rolled his eyes and fell back onto the bottom bunk bed. "Finally. I just want to get out of here. The sooner the better."
Ash began pulling out papers from his bag, and the three guys stared. "What?" Ash asked. "My teacher assigned homework."
"... Ashy-boy is doing homework?" Gary's jaw dropped.
"Yeah, we need to get out of here fast," Paul grumbled, turning away.
Drew was silent for a few minutes. "Do we need to obey the Commander?" he said quietly.
"Huh?" Ash dropped his pencil. "Why wouldn't we?"
Gary and Paul didn't speak; they instead looked at Drew intently.
"Haven't you ever thought about the normal life we could have if we didn't kill?" Drew answered, staring straight up. "Why did we become Assassins anyways? What's the point? We don't even need to kill - it's not for us. We're like Pokemon with no will - listening to our Trainer, the Commander, who insists on unnecessary bloodshed."
"So this is what you've been up to... Veil. I am not pleased."
Veil's eyes were wide and she immediately threw the communication device against the wall, shattering it to pieces.
Was he onto her? Did he know what he was doing?
He probably was.
Veil took a moment to calm herself. She knew the Commander well enough to know that he probably already knew what she was doing. After all, it was known to everyone that Veil was unpredictable in her loyalty.
"Veil?"
The said young woman turned around and smiled shakily. "Sorry."
"Don't apologize. What's your next course of action?"
Veil crossed over and picked up the crackling pieces of what was once the communication device. "I can't think right now."
"Then..." The speaker crossed her arms in front of her chest as she thought. "About the four guys. Will you leave them to die, or try to save them?"
"I can't take care of that right now. I think it's best if you take care of that, Platinum."
"Alone?" Platinum asked, sounding reluctant.
"If need be, take Sapphire," Veil sighed.
"So you plan to save them." Platinum gazed out the window at the gray building towering in the night's darkness.
"In all honesty, it's such a bother. But I suppose it's for the best." Veil turned and dumped the pieces into the wastebasket. "This conversation is over."
Platinum left, visibly worried. Veil hasn't told me what she's going to do next, the young woman thought in concern.
Then she shook it off. It made no difference to her. She answered to Veil. She would just stick with her own task.
Leaf entered her fourth period class with Dawn and May, and they each took their seats quietly. They had drama for fourth period, and their teacher was none other than Ms. Melissa.
"We'll be performing a play for the entire academy," Ms. Melissa announced. "It is open for everyone, but you, as my drama class students, are allowed to have their first picks and preferred choices."
"Sounds interesting," Leaf said thoughtfully to herself. She loved to act, so the prospect seemed fun.
"We're performing the classic tale, the Luvdisc Lovers," Ms. Melissa continued. "Have any of you read the novel?"
A show of hands went up, Leaf and Misty among them. The Luvdisc Lovers was a favorite of theirs, and Darkstone Academy had been founded by the author of the renown book.
"Good," Ms. Melissa noted in satisfaction that the number was over half. "For those of you who haven't read it, the story tells about a somewhat freelance young man named Chevalier. He wasn't the rich playboy type - he was more the gallant young prince, though he often used his wealth and reputation as somewhat of an attraction and considered himself above the others.
"However, that was before he was mixed up in some gang actions. If he was caught, he would be done for. He was no longer the wealthy Chevalier. He was now Stone, the feared murderer. He, if found, would be executed on the spot. That was the magnitude of his actions."
"This is a cheerful story," Gary muttered from the back. Drew was seated beside him, a contemplative look on his face. Paul was sitting further to the side, staring straight ahead.
"I don't understand how it connects to the title," a girl from the front said, confused.
"Chevalier's 'gang' dealt with Pokemon smuggling and killing for what Pokemon either had or contained," Ms. Melissa went on. "The true drama of the story starts when Chevalier is assigned to steal and then slay the Shiny Luvdisc in the care of a young woman a few years his junior, for its lovely golden color that's rare on its own. He tries to win Vevina over, and of course, he finds himself falling for her. Vevina was an innocent, pure young woman who had a heart of gold - similar to the Luvdisc. And that's how it all started.
"Eventually, Chevalier tries to protect Vevina from the rest of the gang's knowledge. He stalls for as long as he can, attempting to hunt down another Shiny Luvdisc that wouldn't endanger Vevina, and enlists the help of three of his friends. However, Vevina finds out that he's a Dark gang member, and she can't face him. He lets her go, but then one of Chevalier's friends is notified that Vevina's existence is known to the gang, and since she still carried the Luvdisc with her, she's attacked and fatally injured. But Chevalier attacks back.
"The story ends with Vevina dying. She gives Chevalier her Luvdisc, and tells him what the Luvdisc symbolizes. Chevalier insists that if the Luvdisc's meaning was true, then Vevina wouldn't die. She only smiles. Chevalier throws Luvdisc's Poke Ball against the building of the alley and kills himself. The two of them are found with the Shiny Luvdisc silent in-between them, and a monument is created in a nearby graveyard - the Luvdisc Lovers." Ms. Melissa finished.
"Sounds awesome!" Dawn and Leaf chorused.
Ms. Melissa turned to them, a radiant smile on her face. "Well, girls, what do you say?" she asked. "What parts would you like?"
She handed out the sheets of paper that listed all the parts and the descriptions. Immediately, Leaf's hand flew up in the air.
"Ms. Green?"
"Can I audition for the part of Vevina?"
The whole class went silent, and Gary got a funny look on his face that only Drew and Paul noticed.
"Of course!" Ms. Melissa answered at once.
"Then, Ms. Melissa?" Gary's voice called out from the back. "I want to audition for Chevalier."
Everyone immediately turned to look at Leaf and Gary.
Or rather... Vevina and Chevalier?
"I'm going to audition for the part of Chantal," Dawn mused, looking over the page in her next class.
"Ooh, who's that?" May asked, turning around from her seat in front of the blunette.
"We're going to perform the Luvdisc Lovers," Dawn explained to May. "Leaf says she's going to try out for Vevina. Guess what?" She was vividly excited.
"What?"
"Gary Oak wants the part of Chevalier!"
May's eyes widened. "Whoa, so the two of them will be lovers onstage?"
"Is this wise?" Paul asked Gary a few days later.
"What's wrong with it? Not like the Commander's gonna kill me for this," Gary said in an off-hand way. He looked to Paul as if he was daring him to say otherwise.
Paul kept silent.
Sorry, that was a pretty lame filler chapter... I kinda lost inspiration for this chapter after a few personal problems occurred -_- I solved one of them, so I managed to tie up the somewhat loose ends for this section and present to you a new addition to AG!
Yeah, I know it was lame. And off-topic. And rambling. And gave barely any hint of the actual Assassin theme. But I AM getting there, I promise! I have a lot in store for this story. (Btw, I forgot to edit this. So tell me please if you notice anything that seems off. Thanks a ton! Love you guys!)
I'm leaving this up to you - do you guys want drama? Or just the Assassin theme? Or what? Lol. Review and tell me please!
The more reviews I get, the more inspired I am. And I can't write without inspiration. So... Reviews please! :D
LeafxGreenx3, I'm really sorry this wasn't actually what I had hinted it to be... But it's a hint to what could happen as the story goes on! I hope it works :/