Kotomi and Rie's Special Role
'This is strange...' A purple-haired genius thought, 'I don't think I have been reading or packing for that long.' Kotomi's purple eyes stared at her phone looking at the date and time. 'Well, luckily my luggage is packed already. The challenge is to get there on time.'
There was a knock on her door. She opened her door and saw a teenage girl and a young boy; probably her brother.
"Hello," the girl started, "my name is Sophine Mia Kruger De Rossi. A group of us from Pokétopia came here after we read an emergency letter to pick up the people who chose to go to Pokétopia Academy. Some of us stopped by some houses, but apparently they left to go to the airport already by the looks of it."
Sophine has jet black hair tied in a ponytail. Her black sunglasses were put on the top of her head; it is improper etiquette after all to talk to someone with sunglasses on. Her violet eyes were kind and she had a nice, fair tan.
She wore black shorts and a black sleeveless minidress with silver outlining with the Pokétopia logo in silver. The Pokétopia logo is a circle with three wing-like protrusions on either side surrounding a capital letter P. Her white shoes had a black and gold pattern. She also had a small, belt-like black bag to keep some of her items in. On her hands were black fingerless gloves.
"And my name is Skyler Jaxon Kruger De Rossi. Sophie is my big sister." Skyler smiled a happy smile that can tell anyone that he is a really nice person. He had a slight tan.
Skyler had medium-long blue hair as clear as the sky and black sunglasses hung on his shirt. His sunglasses matched his sister's. He wore a Pokétopia beret; blue and trimmed with a silver badge.
His shirt was a cool contrast of red, white, and black. Red shortsleeve cuffs, black collar, white top, red stripe across the chest area of the shirt and black below the stripe. His jeans were a dark blue and he wore sneakers with a black and gold design.
Kotomi smiled. They were quite friendly and polite. She did not feel as shy as she would have been if she did not have a strange feeling she could really get along with these two. Why was that? She ignored it for now and spoke, "Hello. My name is Kotomi Ichinose." She greeted. "But I would like to ask, what happened? Did time really jump by?"
"Well, some magic just went haywire. It happens sometimes." Skyler shrugged.
A tan, muscular man walked up to the doorstep. The man had beige hair, a black shirt on, blue army-like pants with a black stripe going down the seams, gray army-like boots, and sunglasses on top of his head that matched Sophine's and Skyler's.
Slightly intimidated, Kotomi hid behind Sophine.
"Don't worry about him, Kotomi. He's really a big teddy bear."
Kotomi looked at the man. 'I guess he's not so bad if Sophine say so... where's Skyler?'
As if on cue, Skyler jumped on the muscular man's back causing the man to jump and make a small, and not so manly, yelp. Kotomi hid a smile behind her hand at the spectacle before her.
"See?" Sophine said, "He's not bad at all!"
"Hello, Miss," the muscular man said with a courteous bow, "my name is Andrew Titus Williams."
"Hello, my name is Kotomi Ichinose." Kotomi said returning a bow and giggling. These people are really nice and quite entertaining.
"Now for our journey to Pokétopia!" Sophine exclaimed, pointing her finger to the sky.
"Journey?" Kotomi queried aloud, "You mean ride... right?"
"The magic in this area affects the skies more than the road." Sophine explained. "Along with having to go to the airport despite our helicopter we used to get here we have to escort the plane to Pokétopia safely."
Rie stepped out to her doorstep for some fresh air. Just as she was about to go back inside, a teenage boy walked up to her and removed his black sunglasses and put them on his cap revealing his mysterious and regal looking, yet kind, dark, pinkish-purple eyes with green triangle-like markings under each eye. He had a nice tan.
"Hello." The boy said with a friendly smile. "My name is Zane Justin Edwin." He extended his hand.
"Hello, my name is Rie Nishina." She said accepting the handshake.
Zane had medium-long, stylish blond hair that went wonderfully with his stylish dark yellow outfit. His paperboy-like cap had his sunglasses resting on it.
His yellow jacket had black epaulets, a white stripe on each sleeve just above the elbows, black outline accented pockets, and a black stripe going across the chest area. Underneath the jacket, he wore a gray shirt. Black pants with yellow going down each pant leg and a gray stripe on each knee area. His shoes were white with a nice yellow and black design. He also wore black fingerless gloves with a yellow oval going over the knuckles. A small Poké Ball bag is belted around his pants.
"I am from Pokétopia, I have received an emergency letter from the Dean; 'this area's students to Pokétopia Academy are to be taken hurriedly to the airport to Pokétopia due to a case of haywire magic.' The news is not surprise for me, but we must still hurry. Please allow me help you with your luggage, Miss Nishina, and we will load it on the helicopter."
"Helicopter? Wow! Yes, please help and thank you." Rie said.
A girl walked up beside Zane and smiled sweetly at Rie.
"Hi! My name is Noelle Imogen Fleurette Xanthia!"
"I'm Rie Nishina."
Noelle had bubbly blue eyes and had black fingerless gloves on both her hands. She wore a high-tech, yet fashionable, white headband with earphones with blue bands near the top of each antenna on her shoulder-length aqua-blue hair.
She had on what looked like a contemporary school uniform with fashionable blue-green tartan and her shoes were brown leather shoes with blue socks. A ribbon was tied to the front of her uniform above her chest, she wore a sapphire brooch like a badge, and a purse-like bag was strapped on like a belt. The purse was white with pink, but still went pretty well with her outfit.
"Can we help you with your luggage?"
"Yes please and thank you!" Rie bowed.
Zane gave a bow and Noelle gave a curtsy as they all went in to get Rie's luggage to load.
After the luggage was loaded Zane took the helicopter to the skies.
"I have a question." Rie said.
"What is it?" Noelle asked.
"I know I chose to go the academy and all, but isn't it a day early?"
"Actually," Zane said, "I am sorry I did not explain earlier, Miss Nishina, but the haywire magic caused time to skip ahead by about twenty-four to forty-eight hours."
"That's strange."
"It happens sometimes." Noelle said.
Andrew was guiding the helicopter to the airport. Skyler put his phone in his pocket.
"Everyone else left to the airport." Skyler said. "According to Noelle and Zane, they've got one person and their check is done too."
There was a beeping sound and random colors flashing in the helicopter.
"What does this beeping and flashing mean?" Kotomi asked.
"We're about to enter the Magical Zone. The start of our journey to the airport. Get ready!" Sophine said excitedly.
"Sophine, isn't this a little dangerous?"
"We only took helicopters, even though we knew the skies might a little dangerous, sorry, Kotomi." Andrew apologized.
"It's alright. How can I help?"
"Battle stations everyone!" Sophine exclaimed while putting her Pokétopia beret and sunglasses on and pointing up for emphasis.
Andrew pressed a button and three 'stations' as Sophine likes to call them opened up and were revealed from three hidden locations of the helicopter; one in the center and two on either side of the central station.
Sophine took the center and Skyler took the right. Kotomi had no choice but to take the left. There was an ear piece on each station and the three put them on, Andrew already had an ear piece on.
"Kotomi, you'll be our navigator and detect our enemies; or as I like to call it, our Head Eye. Skyler and I will be shooting the enemies. We'll be able to have contact with the other helicopter that has Zane, Noelle, and their escorted guest with these ear pieces." Sophine explained.
"And it's safe and not to attention drawing, anything below us we can see if we want or need be, but no one is able to see or hear us from the sky because of the magic." Skyler added.
Receiving the same explanation as Kotomi, Rie was the Head Eye and Noelle is in charge of shooting the enemies.
Zane, Noelle, and Rie had their ear pieces on. Noelle had her earphones around her neck.
"Get ready, we are about to enter the Magical Zone." Zane said.
Tomoya and Tamashii sped down the road avoiding cars and defying traffic laws. Tomoya was heading over to the Fujibayashi household to get Tamashii's luggage. The Fujibayashi household was nearby anyway.
"Look! A towing truck!" Tamashii shouted over angry complaints and car honks and horns.
"We can use that as a ramp, we're not that far away." Tomoya went right and turned up the gas as he used the truck as a ramp and landed on a roof. Despite being on a roof, Tomoya kept on going and made several near-to-dropping-down-to-traffic jumps. "Almost..." They could see the household. Just one more jump to get down. Tomoya went as fast as the motorcycle would allow and made one last jump...
The motorcycle tipped a little to the right in the air. Tomoya responded with a lean to the left and they landed roughly with a screech from their vehicle. They landed right in front of the door just as the Fujibayashi twins opened the door with their luggage causing them to jump back slightly in surprise.
"Looks like you guys had to go through some traffic." Kyou said. "Luckily, there was no traffic in our way."
"Here's your luggage, Tamashii. We were going to leave it by the door here when you come inside, but you're already here." Ryou said.
"Thank you." Tamashii said.
"No problem." The twins responded.
The twins and Tamashiii brought their luggage to the motorcycles. There was a problem with that action...
"Motorcycles... right... how are we going to do this?" Tomoya pondered.
"Maybe there's something Toaster gave us." Ryou said looking in the compartment to the back of the motorcycle. "I think this is it." Ryou held out a note.
For those of you who took the motorcycle, rip this magical note into pieces with your luggage together in groups, and place a piece of the ripped note on each group of luggage. All will be solved.
-Toaster
The luggage was sorted into three groups of four. Kyou ripped the note into four pieces.
"The fourth piece is for you, Tomoya, once you get your luggage. The magic should still work." Kyou said as she handed Tomoya a ripped piece of the note.
"Thanks." He replied and put the ripped piece in his pocket.
The three girls placed a ripped piece of the note on their luggage. The luggage glowed and separated the luggage into groups of two instead of four by a metal case. Kyou attached her pair of metal to the side of the motorcycle as did her sister. They attached perfectly. Tamashii put one on both sides to make sure the motorcycle was balanced.
"We'll meet you at the rendezvous then." Ryou said.
Tomoya nodded and the motorcycle roared as it ran down the road with Tomoya and Tamashii on it.
Nagisa and Toaster made it quickly to the Furukawa bakery.
'Wow, one big jump from a roof with a motorcycle was all it took. It was frightening but fun too.' Nagisa smiled at the recent experience.
Toaster and Nagisa brought their luggage down, said goodbye to Akio and Sanae, and Toaster ripped her note in two and placed them on the luggage, transforming into four metal boxes. Toaster attached the metal luggage to the motorcycle and pulled the stunned Nagisa to the motorcycle to go back to rendezvous.
"Well, that was quick." Toaster said.
"Yeah, it wa-WATCH OUT!" Nagisa shouted.
Unexpectedly, a driver neither Nagisa nor Toaster knew made an illegal turn and they nearly crashed into each other. Toaster just sped on through the red light.
"I thought we were the only ones defying traffic laws." Toaster laughed.
"That was scary... we almost crashed."
Toaster laughed lightly, "Well, maybe that person could lead the police away from us."
"Ummm, Toaster..."
"Hm? Wha-"
Sirens were heard.
"Stop right there!" A voice said through a megaphone.
Toaster stopped the motorcycle. Both girls complied with the orders of the officer.
Nagisa looked scared and full of guilt.
Toaster put her hands in the air as she slowly walked towards the police. Nagisa followed her actions. After a few steps, Toaster stopped and Nagisa took a few steps before she noticed Toaster halt. Discreetly, Toaster whispered to Nagisa.
"I have a plan. But anything can happen. Just follow me when it happens. Okay?"
Nagisa nodded through her tears.
"Okay. One..."
"Hey. What are you talking about?" A cop said. "What's so interesting? Care to share?"
"Two..."
"Hey! I'm talking to you!"
Tomoya stopped the motorcycle and hastily went into his house. After about two minutes, Tomoya came out with two metal boxes containing his luggage. He quickly attached them to the motorcycle and he sped off towards the rendezvous point.
"The ride here wasn't so bad." Tamashii said.
"Yeah, I didn't have to make many rough and risky turns."
"Hopefully the way there won't be so hectic."
KABOOM!
"Never mind..." Tamashi said.
"Three!" CLAP! "SPAMOLA! PRACTICE!"
Different colored lights and flashes scattered everywhere. Reacting with a certain point in the sky, a mini-explosion and scattered green aura.
An alarm sounded off and the helicopter flashed red lights.
Andrew acted quickly, "Zane! Do you know what's happening? The Magical Zone is becoming distorted! We're in trouble! Over!"
Zane responded, "I do not know what is happening, Andrew. We are in trouble as well. Over."
Small explosions could be heard in the distance.
"The radar is flashing red." Kotomi stated.
A small explosion hit the helicopter Zane was piloting. The helicopter tipped down as Noelle's hand slipped and accidentally fired.
"Oops... sorry..." She sweatdropped.
Lights of different colors spun around Toaster and Nagisa and the motorcycle. The police were blocked by a magical barrier that looked unstable.
When the light around the girls and motorcycle cleared, the girls had their luggage shrunk into backpack sizes on their backs, now the luggage was grouped into one and not four. One bag for Nagisa and one bag for Toaster. Each bag contained their shrunk down luggage only to be changed back into eight when the dilemma was over.
Nagisa had pink roller skates, helmet, and light elbow and knee pads on. Toaster had an orange helmet and skateboard.
KABOOM!
"Uh... I didn't do that for sure." Toaster said as she grabbed Nagisa's hand, jumped on her skateboard and quickly skated away.
Luckily, no one was hurt by the missile that hit the barrier. Toaster's free hand glowed white as she shifted said barrier and formed it into a ramp. Due to the unpredictable magic, their speed tripled every two seconds they were on the magical ramp barrier.
Kotomi had played with the radar to learn what it could do before the helicopters were in trouble. Currently, she had just pinpointed where the misfired missile exploded and did a close up to see... two girls skating up a magical ramp and their speed increasing approximately every two seconds? By Kotomi's observations, the ramp was about two miles up in the air.
"Hello? This is Kotomi Ichinose. Who is the Head Eye in the other helicopter? Over."
"I am. My name is Rie Nishina. Over."
"Rie, Andrew just told me that only the Head Eye is capable of shifting and manipulating magic slightly but only if magic is present or being used. I have something in mind. But it's a better job for two people. Over."
"Okay, how can I help? Over."
"Please do a close up on one of the two girls' heads. Then tap your finger on their head. You will have two seconds to type in a request before the bar disappears. Just type in 'rendezvous point' and send me the data. I will take care of the rest. Over."
"Okay. Over."
Kotomi quickly started on her part to do.
"How can we help?" Andrew asked.
Kotomi locked onto Toaster and Nagisa and with a tap, tracked how fast they were going and she quickly calculated their speed for when they reached the end of the ramp.
"Just continue what you're doing now."
"Yes ma'am!" Sophine said adding in a mock salute.
"Alright!" Skyler said.
"As you wish." Andrew smiled, feeling safe despite the red flashing and alarm; he did a mock salute as well.
Kotomi smiled, 'They are all such nice people.'
Rie did exactly as Kotomi instructed. She chose Toaster's head and body and quickly typed in 'rendezvous point' and a bar loaded quickly after showing images of her brain and a pinpoint. The data showed a park and the route from the ramp was shown. Rie searched for the shortest route from the tip of the ramp. She dragged the line route to the exactly measured tip point of the ramp and sent the data to Kotomi.
Zane and Noelle smiled. What would they do in this situation without Rie and Kotomi right now?
Kotomi received the data. She quickly put the data together after looking and observing it for a few seconds.
She calculated the starting point, their ending point, and the physics of everything in-between to give them a safe enough landing.
"Everything is set. We can go now." Kotomi said after typing in commands for her magic manipulation a simulation video was shown and showed what will happen. Perfect.
"Roger!" Skyler, Sophine, and Andrew responded.
"Ummm... Nagisa, I think I should have thought about this more."
"Why do you say that?" Nagisa said carefully.
"You see... our landing might be a little rough and I have no clue how close to rendezvous we'll be. We have our helmets on at least!" Toaster laughed nervously.
Nagisa groaned in response.
The tip of the ramp formed a strange swirling blue circle and the girls went right to it. The blue circle turned their direction about forty-five degrees to the left and fired them forward.
The girls screamed as they went through the air and the park was in their sights. They landed right in the middle of the park on the grass safely. No stumbles or falls.
"That was weird." Nagisa said after a few moments of silence.
"Yeah. I didn't do the weird blue circle thing either... I think." Toaster responded.
"Well you did say that anything could happen."
"True."
The mini-explosions did not cease at all. They continued on.
BOOM!
A wave of magic passed through both helicopters simultaneously. Both pilots tried to take full control of their helicopters through the shaking from the magic. The magic swirled into a circle made a small explosion. The explosion was not too harmful but it did knock Andrew, Zane, Sophine, Skyler, and Noelle unconscious.
The Head Eyes were not affected at all.
Rie got up from her seat and tried shaking Noelle into consciousness and Zane calling out both their names as the helicopter was descending. Rie hit the autopilot button.
"Rie? Are you okay? Everyone on this helicopter is unconscious, but I'm fine. How is it on your end? Over."
"I'm okay and yes... everyone else on this helicopter is unconscious. You okay? Over."
"Yes I am okay. I assume you hit the autopilot button? I hear no sirens from my end. Over."
"Yes. I did. Over." Rie smiled. They were safe for now at least.
"I think the reason we were not affected was because we were the Head Eyes, the ones with the station to manipulate magic. Over."
"I think so too... I have a plan but I may need your help organizing it a bit because... well it's a little weird. Over."
"Tell me the plan and we can talk it over. Over."
The two purple-haired twins nearly crashed into three police cars, inches away from running twelve people over, and were centimeters away from crashing into nine buildings throughout their ride.
"Sorry for the rough riding, Ryou." Kyou apologized jumping a police car.
"It's alright. A little scary though..." The younger twin responded.
"There are a lot of construction sites lately." Kyou said. "I'm not complaining though," she smiled, "it's pretty convenient!" she rode up a beam and did a wheelie on a swinging beam that swung by. She jumped and landed perfectly over to the other side of the construction site. They sped on forward.
"That was amazing..." Ryou said in awe.
Kyou smiled with pride, "Well, we have to make it to rendezvous while avoiding the cops so we have to take some risks."
Ryou nodded. "We're not that far from the park."
"Yeah. Almost there."
Tomoya turned left as a wave of police cars followed.
"How did this happen?" Tamashii shouted over the blaring of sirens.
"I don't know!" Tomoya jerked the motorcycle to the right as a wave of police cars came to their left. He swiftly turned left avoiding a pedestrian. Another group came to their right.
"Go right!"
"What? Tamashii, are you crazy?"
"Trust me!"
'There's no time to debate anyway...' Tomoya thought. "Alright..." He muttered.
He roughly turned right as Tamashii suggested.
"I like this plan; it is quite interesting. I do not do this stuff that often though. Over." Kotomi said.
"Thank you. Okay, it's all organized and no new details needed? Over."
"Yes. The plan will commence. In three... two... one..." Kotomi selected and tapped the route. A bar loaded and was completed to one hundred percent within seconds.
Both helicopters sent a pulse that covered the skies and route area.
A robotic voice sent a message, 'Attention everyone, this is Kotomi Ichinose and Rie Nishina. Do not hesitate to get to your destinations. Treat this trip as if it were a game until you get the symbol of a cleared game. We will aid you anyway we can. Good luck.'
Kyou stopped her motorcycle. She looked a little fazed. "Whoa..."
"We just have to trust the message we got." Ryou said.
"Yeah. But by game... what does that mean?"
"We'll figure it out."
"Alright..." They drove off.
Kouko stopped the car.
"We'll figure it out. Keep going." Yusuke assured.
Kouko nodded, trusting her boyfriend's judgment and continued on.
Misae slowed the jeep down a bit but then sped back up. "That was strange..."
"Kotomi Ichinose... I heard of her before!" Youhei said. "She's a genius who didn't have to attend class."
"What about Rie Nishina?" Kyra asked.
"Never heard of her."
"A game?" Pikachu pondered aloud.
"Like what Tamashii usually plays?" Andrea suggested.
"Well, we've been through some weird stuff before."
"I see that you dimension hoppers are used to this weird stuff." Misae said with a sigh.
"My friends and I have been through some weird stuff before. So let's just go with what we've been told." Toaster sighed.
"Okay..." Nagisa replied a little hesitant.
A blue force crashed down on the police cars surrounding Tomoya and Tamashii. The cars were gone.
Tomoya blinked in surprise.
Tamashii just shrugged.
"I think I know what was meant by treating this like a game."
"Meh." was Tamashii's response.
"Have all the events so far cause you to not care so much?"
"Sort of. My friends and I are used to this. A lot of weird things have happened to us before." A cop was running towards Tamashii. She punched him and he flew in the air dramatically.
Tomoya sighed. "We-" 500 Points flew in the air after the cop disappeared. "Let's just go." Tomoya said simply.
"Wait!" Tamashii got off the motorcycle and came back quickly with a crowbar.
Tomoya paid no mind to this and just sped forward after Tamashii sat back on the motorcycle.
Yukine and Yu had a quick ride to get their luggage and attach it. All that was left to do was to rendezvous. They were stunned by the message they received, but by the day they were having, they might as well follow those words.
About ten minutes of peace they received on their ride to rendezvous, the cops had just found them disobeying traffic laws. The sudden sound of sirens startled Yukine slightly and she accidentally bumped into a police car that quickly came up beside her. 200 Points for Guts popped out in the air.
"So this is what they meant by game..." Yu said. "Big sister Yukine, are we going to have to fight the police?" Yu asked, now a little worried.
"Yes... but I believe that Toaster can get this cleared up when we're done. I believe we can trust her." Yukine said gently and confidently. She trusted in Toaster. Sure, she barely knew her from her hasty introduction, but she believed she could still stop this. Why would she give leading instructions if she did not have at least a bit of an idea of the situation? "Just... don't get into trouble and think this will be okay in the future. Alright?"
"Okay." Yu said as he punched an officer in the face as he opened a window. The officer lost control of his vehicle and crashed into his fellow officers' cars.
The collision caused an unreasonable and dramatic explosion. Awesome and 8500 Points and 2000 Point Bonus for Annihilation Combo appeared in the air. Yukine and Yu sweatdropped.
"Well, the police are gone for now." Yukine smiled nervously. This day was very odd. "Thank you."
Yu blinked. Yes, the cops were gone for now, but this day has been so strange even though not a lot has happened. To them at least. "You're welcome?"
There were a few minutes of silence. They both started laughing; their situation was just so ironic, so odd, yet this will not come back to get them later. Their experience with magic was pretty fun. Fun like a game.
Yukine continued to defy traffic laws. Her first time driving a motorcycle, yet she made incredibly sudden, but smooth turns. She seemed like a pro. A natural. She even dared to take a shortcut through a construction site. Riding the beams, swiftly, avoiding the wrecking balls, and finishing with a perfect landing after riding off of a falling beam that was falling due to accidental placement by the workers.
"Your amazing, big sister Yukine!"
Yukine smiled and nodded. "Thank you."
"This is strange but convenient I guess." Rie said to herself. On the piloting control, there was just two joystick and three buttons. Each button was labeled. In order the buttons were labeled as Fire, Missile, and Bomb. The joysticks were labeled as well. The first was labeled as move forward, back, left, and right the second as more directional control. She sweatdropped. "Kotomi? Do you see the pilot seat and the controls? Was this here before? Over."
"Yes, I see the controls but they were not here before. Most likely it was our magic manipulation that did it. We should experiment with this before we continue. Over."
"Okay. Over." Rie experimented with the controls. She accidentally flipped the helicopter in different directions in three-hundred-sixty degree angles. She pressed Fire and flinched a little at the "bullet" and the squeaky sound it made. 'Good thing I'm strapped to the seat tight with these seat belts. Same with Noelle and Zane, strapping them down to the two stations as Kotomi instructed earlier. A good just in case measure. She pressed Missile and flinched again as she hit something. Luckily, it was an enemy or target with 200 Points popping up. There was a button that said Press in case of an emergency the one that you are in now. Rie looked at the button and hesitated a little bit. A button so specific? 'Got to risk it...'
She pressed the button.
The Head Eye Station shifted to her right.
"Kotomi, have you found the 'Press in case of an emergency the one that you are in now' button? Over."
"Yes, I was just about to ask you about that. It was so oddly specific. Over."
"It will bring the Head Eye Station over to you. Over."
"Really? Hold on." There was a short momentary pause. "This makes everything a little more convenient. Thank you. Over."
"No problem! Over."
Tamashii was hitting cops left and right. She was hitting their cars too.
"Having fun?"
"Hey, don't be mad because I'm treating this situation as it should be. A game. People can have fun with games." Tamashii responded as she broke a police car window and Tomoya sped away. Tamashii's score calculated to 5000 Points. She received several bonuses based on her performance.
Tomoya stopped the motorcycle. Tamashii threw the crowbar at an incoming police car and it exploded giving her 700 Points and an 800 Point Bonus for accuracy and the explosion.
Tomoya stopped in front of a crying man. The man who owned the motorcycle, the one Tomoya stole from him.
"Here you go. I brought it back. I'll take the luggage off." Tomoya removed the luggage. "Sorry again."
"It's alright. Y-you brought it back. Th-thank you." The man said through his tears. His tears of joy.
"No problem."
"Hey! Tomoya!" A voice called.
Tomoya looked over to see Nagisa and Toaster waving and skating toward him. "Nagisa! Toaster!"
"Toaster?" Tamashii looked towards the direction Tomoya was waving and saw her friend on an orange skateboard.
"Hi Tamashii!" She greeted. "Sorry about this weird stuff happening."
"It's alright. At least we're having an adventure after our boredom." Toaster nodded.
Kyou and Ryou came next and greeted her friends. "We had a head start, but you beat us somehow Tomoya." Kyou said.
"We still have to get to the airport. So we have another trip." Ryou said.
"But we'll be in a group, so it should be easier." Toaster said.
Yukine and Yu arrived next.
"Hello everyone!" Yukine greeted smiling and waving.
"It was a little crazy, but we made it." Yu said.
Kouko parked her car and sighed in relief. "Hello everyone." She greeted with a smile.
"We made it to rendezvous." Yusuke said.
"Fuko is here too!"
"We made it." Brendan said and looked up. "Tamashii? Toaster? What's up?" He got out of the car and greeted his friends.
"We're just missing Misae's group." Tomoya said. Tomoya looked over to Tamashii's friends; Tamashii had just punched Brendan for something he said. "It was crazy out there."
"Just one more trip, Tomoya. And we won't lose!" Kyou stated.
Tomoya smirked, accepting the challenge. "We'll see."
"Where is Misae's group?" Nagisa asked.
As if on cue, a blue jeep screeched and made a rough halt. "We're here!" Misae called. "Ready to go?"
"Nyaa!" Skitty mewed.
"Are you crazy? Your drive here nearly killed us!" Youhei shouted.
"It was this old jeep! Don't blame me!"
Toaster smiled, "We'll be taking a short break."
"A short break from this crazy trip sounds nice." Tomoyo said. She got out of the jeep and started greeting everyone.
Andrea, Pikachu, and Kyra ran over to greet their friends. "Hi!" Kyra greeted. "Being separated was a little worrying. I'm glad we're back together." She smiled.
"We're back together after a crazy journey." Pikachu sighed in relief.
"We have to go through another one though. That was only part one." Andrea said.
After a few minutes of everyone greeting each other they all decided it was time to move on to the airport together.
Tamashii checked the time, "We have an hour to get to the airport. It's 2:10pm."
Final Level appeared before them and everyone went into their vehicles they were on before. Kouko allowed Tomoya and Tamashii to put their luggage in the convertible.
"Where's our ride?" Tamashii asked. The man with the motorcycle had already left. "Everyone's rides are full."
Two helicopters came down and a girl from each copter came out after the helicopters landed. They introduced themselves.
"Hello. I am Kotomi Ichinose." Kotomi said shyly. She was not used to greeting so many people at once.
"Hello. My name is Rie Nishina." Rie said. "We can give you rides if you need them. One of you can go into this helicopter and the other to the other helicopter." Tamashii went with Rei and Tomoya went with Kotomi. "Okay, to the airport then. We'll guide you."
All the vehicles sped on after the fast helicopters. "Kotomi, you guys mind taking the lead? We'll stay above everyone to make sure they don't get lost. Over."
"Okay. Over."
'Hmmm, I forgot to try the 'Bomb' button...' Rie looked over the labeled button; it had a picture of a helicopter dropping something. She shook her head quickly to the thought. 'No.'
"You okay? Why are you shaking your head like that?" Tamashii asked.
"Oh, it's nothing!" Rie laughed nervously out of embarrassment.
"Okay... is there anything I can do to help?"
"It's alright. Just relax. I have everything under control." Rie assured.
"Anything I can do to help, Kotomi?" Tomoya asked.
She did not respond.
"Kotomi?"
Again no response.
Maybe something different would catch her attention, "Kotomi-chan?"
"It's alright, the trip should be easy from here on out." Kotomi responded.
Tomoya sweatdropped.
Minions Will Spawn. Get Weapons And Or Attacks Ready!
"This day just gets weirder and weirder." Kyou sighed.
"Meh." Tamashii, Kyra, Brendan, Pikachu, and Andrea responded.
People running at unreasonable speeds and many cars came towards the group.
Minions Have Spawned!
Pikachu and Andrea used their thunderbolt and Skitty used Assist and Thunderbolt came out from his glowing paw; they cleared a nice wide path for the group. 1500 Points
Kotomi's helicopter flew ahead and dropped something before coming back to lead the group again. An explosion and 3000 Points was the result as the group sped through the debris and smoke.
"Nice one, Kotomi-chan." Tomoya complimented his eye brows up in impression for her earning of 3000 points.
"Thank you." Kotomi smiled.
"Are you sure there's nothing I can do to help?"
"Well..." Kotomi thought for a moment. "Okay."
Tamashii and Tomoya were seated at their station as 'Secondary Shooters'. They both received an explanation for the bodies they found and that they were unconscious. Tomoya moved Andrew to the seat next to Kotomi and strapped him on tight and Tamashii did the same with Zane's body, putting him next to Rie's seat. They both put an ear piece on.
"Kotomi? Over."
"Yes Rie? Over."
"I'm going to use magic to give everyone below us something to defend themselves with. I'm also giving everyone an ear piece so we can all communicate better. Over."
"That is a good idea. Over." Kotomi fired a missile at some incoming enemies trying their own aerial attack. 850 Points.
The skies reached down to the group and with a flash everyone had an ear piece and a weapon to defend themselves with unless they could already attack with something. They all received a classic type of weapon, a 'gun'. Guns that fire pixilated lasers shaped like bullets and make a squeak when fired...
Kyou received a fully automatic shotgun, Ryou, Yu, Yusuke, and Kouko all received simple pistols, and Yukine received a semi-automatic pistol. Brendan and Kyra received shotguns, Fuko received a grenade launcher, Tomoyo received a missile launcher, Misae received a special control pad for her to control the minigun on the jeep she drove, and Youhei received a semi-automatic machine gun. Nagisa received a revolver and Toaster received a lightsaber.
(A/N: Communication with the earpieces will no longer have 'Over' at the end during this scene. That just seems too formal to me at this situation.)
"This is Rie speaking, you will have no need to worry about ammunition. Reload your weaponry however it is reloaded if it ceases to fire and new ammunition will be reloaded. The revolver and minigun will not need to be reloaded in this case." Nagisa sighed in relief, but still a little intimidated by the 'gun' in her hand. Misae grinned happily in relief. She could concentrate on trying to drive the old jeep. The group followed Kotomi's helicopter through the streets with their new weapons.
"This weapon that Fuko has received..."
"Hey, don't point it so directly at me! Are you cr- Gah!" Brendan shouted as he evaded Fuko nearly launching a grenade to detonate on his face.
A grenade that sticks onto the targeted area.
The area that happened to be just ahead of the convertible...
"Be careful you two!" Kouko scolded as she roughly avoided the grenade that had just exploded after they made a rough turn right.
"Sorry..." They both muttered.
Ryou flinched as she fired the pistol she held. 50 Points. "You just have to realize that it's not a real gun." Kyou said as she fired several pixilated shells at some cars coming their way at high speeds with one hand. The cars exploded dramatically. 650 Points. Pixilated bullets whizzed by. "Where is that coming from?" Kyou looked left and right.
Everyone realized earlier that they all have a health bar; their vehicles have a health bar as well.
"I don't know where the bullets are coming from, but I'll cover you guys until you get him." Toaster said as she skated over beside the motorcycle.
"Thanks."
Toaster nodded, "No problem."
'I think I see them...' Ryou thought as she saw someone moving at high speeds matching all the vehicles. He was small and fast. There were several of them. Ryou looked down at her pistol. 'It isn't a real gun. These aren't real people. It's just magic at work.'
The motorcycle was losing health and so was Toaster as she tried to deflect all the shots.
Ryou took aim and fired. She fired left and right and made the last shots just ahead finishing off the small enemies. "Be careful of small enemies everyone!" Ryou said into her earpiece.
"Nice job Ryou!" Toaster complimented.
"See? Don't hesitate. This is a team effort." Kyou said and smiled back at her twin. "Nice shots by the way!"
Ryou blushed a little at her compliments. "Thank you." She said modestly.
A group of cars with miniguns on them came towards the group. "Let's test this minigun out." Misae said with a cat-like smile. She used the joystick and screen to aim at the group of cars and fired with the button on top of the joystick. Some people came out of the vehicles and the vehicles just kept moving on their own.
Kyra leaned to her left and took aim with her shotgun and blew a few people away who were trying to sneak up on them and this scored her some points and a bonus. Kyra flinched a little at the sound and was pushed back from the recoil; luckily, she was in a seat and had her seat belt on. Youhei aimed his machine gun towards the people shooting at them and Misae took on the cars with miniguns. Tomoyo blew the rest of the remaining obstacles and enemies away with her missile launcher. Andrea and Pikachu kept enemies at bay from their vehicle with Thunder and Thunderbolt and Skitty with Assist. They helped others out as well in which they received grateful thanks from those they helped.
"Nice job, Team." Misae complimented proudly with a smile.
"Nya!" Skitty mewed happily.
"We are a pretty badass team aren't we?" Youhei said.
"Agreed." Tomoyo said with a smirk.
"We're awesome!" Andrea exclaimed.
"There's no denying that." Pikachu agreed.
"Yup!" Kyra said with a smile.
A ninja jumped out to engage combat with Toaster. He used his sword to try to slice Toaster, but she retaliated by blocking it and elbowing him in the stomach. The ninja put on brass knuckles on both his fists and as he swung, small blades came out from the brass knuckles. The ninja swung his sword and barely missed her head. Toaster did a three-hundred-sixty degree spin and unleashed a furious combo of punches and elbowing and finally swung her lightsaber and disarmed the ninja of his sword that disappeared after a few seconds of flying in the air. The ninja punched Toaster once, spun around and elbowed her in the stomach, and spun around again to give her a spinning kick, but was blown away with a sound of a powerful shot and a reload of a 'ka-chunk'. Toaster had taken a lot of damage to her health bar due to the bladed brass knuckles; surprisingly, it did not hurt as much, just a momentary sting. She looked around to see who saved her.
"Are you alright Toaster?" Kyra said through the earpiece.
"Yup!" Toaster smiled and waved when she found where Kyra was. "You saved me?"
"Yup!" Kyra smiled and waved back. "550 Points and a 300 Point Bonus for a needed Assist!"
"Nice."
Kouko was constantly firing her pistol with Yusuke beside her doing the same as they were fending off quick close-combat enemies. Yusuke hit the enemies away with his pistol if they got too close. Kouko received many bonuses for accuracy and Yusuke received many bonuses for head shots.
"Those are some lucky head shots I'm getting." Yusuke said.
"Keep the luck up. We're getting a lot of points!" Kouko laughed.
Yusuke chuckled. "Alright, we'll see if my luck persists." Several enemies swarmed towards them. On the land were cops shooting at them and from the sky there were birds and other different flying creatures firing at them with bullets of magic. "I'll take the enemies above and you take the cops from the street so you can still focus on the road?"
Kouko nodded. "Alright."
Yusuke's luck pursued as her shot the creatures flawlessly and Kouko doing the same with the cops. Kouko shot several targets that randomly appeared several times. She received a triple bonus for her accuracy. 1000 Points for being a Golden Eye.
Several flying creatures rocketed towards the convertible. Kouko and Yusuke did not react quickly enough, but Brendan blew the creatures away with an excellently aimed shot with his shotgun.
"I'm awesome am I not?" Brendan said proudly.
"Fuko will not lose to you!" Fuko stated.
"We'll just see about that!" Brendan shouted as he took the challenge.
There was a scope attached to Fuko's grenade launcher and she took aim.
After about twenty minutes with their 'weapons', everyone had gotten the hang of using the weapons. Treat the trip as a game right? They were having fun. Random magic, but manipulated enough to be safe enough.
Fuko fired three grenades up ahead as another wave came in the distance. She fired four more up ahead at the wave and Kouko shot the flying grenades as they were about to land. A huge explosion was the awaited result and cleared the path completely until the next wave. 10000 Points for Complete Elimination of a Wave and 2000 Points for Assist flew in the air as the group rushed through the streets of the cleared path. Kouko and Fuko high-fived, Yusuke complimented them both in awe, and Brendan hung his head down in shame as Fuko looked proud. Kouko and Fuko received several compliments through the earpiece when they recognized who cleared the path.
Nagisa had aim that was not steady. She went for the covering role. She would take out any enemies trying to sneak attack them. It was Nagisa's turn to prove herself. A nimble opponent went straight for her, but instead of attacking her physically like most of the fast moving enemies she saw, this one was shooting at her. Toaster usually accompanied her and was close by her side to defend her just in case an enemy would approach at them. She would have quickly dealt with the enemy by reflecting the shots and Nagisa would occasionally shoot; sometimes missing sometimes right on the spot. 'I can't be afraid. Everyone is trying their hardest to get to the airport. Toaster told me that if lose all our health in our health bar we will have an actual injury. I have to try. 'Have fun with it' is what Toaster has been telling me.'
With roller skates on, she had much more mobility than Toaster did on her skateboard. Nagisa skated around her enemy trying to keep a steady aim. Sometimes she would have to move around so much she would have to concentrate on where she was going and avoid the enemy attacks rather than dodging, aiming, and shooting simultaneously. Nagisa dodged a shot by skating quickly to the side; she almost lost her balance. She took another shot. She hit the head which took out a nice chunk of the enemy gauge. She had hit him excellently. The enemy shot her shoulders and Nagisa winced at the momentary sting as she dared a few more shots shortly after her attack to the shoulders. Her wild firing had actually landed. The enemy was hit once each to the head, chest, shoulders, hands, and shins. 600 Points for Stun flew in the air. The enemy couldn't move, but looked like he was floating in the air with the group's speed. The enemy suddenly dived towards her and startled her, "Eeek!" she yelped, without thinking, Nagisa hit the enemy across the face and he disappeared in pixels. Nagisa was awarded with 450 Points.
Yukine and Yu were decent shooters and they both decided to be more of back up than be at the frontline. They pulled back a little further to the group so they could retain and gradually build their gauges back up. They had been attacked several times and their motorcycle did not have much health.
Yu did not have experience with a type of gun until now. He had some water guns he played with but never an item like a nerf gun to play with. His sister had joined a gang that had troubles, but the troubles were resolved and both gangs were friendly towards each other.
Yukine was in between the two gangs when they were in conflict. She treated both sides' injuries and was also known as a sister to the gangs. Now that the gangs are happy and content with each other, she did not have to worry so much about injured members. They never taught her to use a gun and neither did her brother. There was only physical fighting when the two gangs had a conflict; there were no guns.
Yu shot his pistol when he had the opportunity like when an enemy comes by decently in the distance. Yu usually weakens the enemy and Yukine usually takes the last shot when the enemy comes a little closer and no one else finishes them. She concentrated more on following Kotomi's helicopter to the airport rather than shooting at enemies. Kotomi, Rie, Tomoya, and Tamashii weakened most of the upcoming enemies anyway and eliminated most that were up ahead of the group and some enemies that were in the front of a new wave.
Once their motorcycle gauge and their heath bars were up to about a decent amount, Yukine moved a smidgen forward again to provide some back up to the frontline. Nagisa was in the frontline, but was close to Toaster who was slashing at enemies with Nagisa providing back up, she will be just fine. Yukine shot a creature from the sky and reloaded her gun. She's been hearing a lot of reloading recently. Enemies are coming closer and closer, avoiding more and more bullets. Sure, Rie and Tamashii's helicopter would help shoot some down and weaken some that came close, but they were provided most cover with Kotomi and Tomoya's helicopter to the frontline.
A creature with a small sword and huge wings flew over to attack as it summoned some tiny minions. Yu started shooting at the minions as soon as they spawned making Yukine's job easier with concentration on the road and thinking of how to destroy the strange creature. Yu eliminated most of the minions and Yukine took out the remaining that got close.
"Thank you, Yu." Yukine thanked with a big sister like-smile.
"No problem!" Yu said with a smile and thumbs up. He almost fell off the motorcycle.
"Be careful." She said gently.
"Hehe... right..." He said sheepishly.
Yukine looked like she was deep in thought, and then she decided, "Yu, I'm going to move a bit closer. I'll be attacking the creature with the sword and you take care of the minions, okay?"
"Gotcha."
Yukine went forward and Yu reloaded his pistol and he started shooting. Yu was a little rude to her when they first met. He was looking for his older sister who had ran away from home and joined a gang, her brother's gang, and Yu's sister was dating one of the gang members. Yu knew that the gang his sister joined was a guy whose last name was Miyazawa; Yu found a Miyazawa, Yukine, and wanted to see her brother. Yukine treated Yu kindly, just as she would treat anyone, and offered him some tea to talk about his sister. He was a very polite boy, unlike how he acted to her earlier. Yukine smiled at the memory, treat someone with kindness, and you may get some kindness back yourself even if it is just a little bit.
Yukine moved gradually closer, Yu scored a gradual score increasing by 100 each minion. Yukine aimed her pistol and shot; she went for its hand on her left. The creature growled as it was hit and flew at her. The grip on its sword was a little weaker as it lifted the sword above its head.
"Take the shot!" Yu said as he shot the wings.
Yukine aimed right at the chest and fired twice. The creature pixelated into nothingness like all other defeated enemies and obstacles. Yukine received 700 Points and they received several bonuses with assists, of course, there were a lot of assists.
Kotomi 'piloted' the helicopter as she fiddled with the 'Head Eye station'. She struck down most of the enemies from the sky; the most harmful enemies usually came from the skies after all. Tomoya, went for the enemies that tried to slip by the sides of the group or copter. Tomoya attacked the front too, but Kotomi took out most or at least weakened some.
Tomoya had four areas to monitor, left, right, bottom, and top of the helicopter. If he saw an enemy, he would shoot by going to the correct monitor and tapping the screen where necessary. He could point all his screens toward an enemy or group and fire all four guns simultaneously, but it had to be in front, meaning in Kotomi's sights.
Like now.
A huge enemy with humongous wings and sword to match approached the helicopter slowly. The creature spawned minions as it pleased. The minions looked like small versions of different kinds of electric-type Pokémon.
"Tomoya-"
"Locking onto minions and initiating pattern options to prevent this swarm from coming to the group. Now." Tomoya said pressing a button on his four screens.
"-you don't have to worry about the main creature until notified." Kotomi said.
"Roger."
Kotomi fired missiles at the creature as Tomoya's bullets constantly moved from the automatic shooting to keep the enemy swarm from escaping their sights. The missiles detonated against the creature, but charged it forward to strike. Kotomi aimed at both its wings and it cringed as it drew back a little. Instead of charging, the creature harnessed some of the magic to shoot electric, yet pixilated, bullets. Upon impact, Kotomi's equipment was stunned of shooting for a few seconds. The creature took this opportunity to strike as it swung its sword and hit the copter.
Tomoya fended off the minions, having to get used to the auto switch that kept coming back in through some screens. The minions attacked with small electric attacks that, like the creature that was battling Kotomi, stunned his control of shooting for a few seconds.
"Rie, Tamashii, could we get some back up?" Tomoya asked. "These things can stun our controls for a few seconds."
"Alright, we're coming your way now." Rie responded.
The copter flew beside the other and immediately started shooting to help. "I'll help take out the minions." Tamashii offered.
"I'll help with the creature." Rie said.
Tomoya turned the auto shooting off. With two people handling the minions, they will not escape.
"Why do these minions look like really small electric Pokémon?" Tomoya asked.
"It's magic we're dealing with. Anything can happen." Tamashii stated. As she said earlier, she was used to this type of adventure. She was hit by a minion and her controls were stunned for a few seconds. "This can get annoying..."
"It sure can." Tomoya said as he shot down the rest of the little remaining minions.
The creature had just been disarmed of it sword and Kotomi had manipulated magic to stun the creature for a few seconds as Rie took the finishing shot with a missile. "Thank you, Rie." Kotomi said.
"No problem." Rie responded, as she took the helicopter back to the center of the group.
This trip has taken them forty-five minutes so far. They had fifteen minutes to get on the plane. The ground started to shake throwing some of the group off but they did not crash. A roar was heard in the distance.
It was Godzilla.
Kotomi sweatdropped. "This is getting quite ridiculous..."
Tamashii faceplanted. "Really...?" She groaned.
"Evil police, ninjas, fairies, demons, flying flowers, flying Magikarp, and now Godzilla!" Misae shouted.
Tomoyo sighed. "I got this." Tomoyo took steady aim and fired at Godzilla straight to the head. Perfect Shot! 3000 Points, Quick End 5000 Points. Tomoyo smirked. She received many compliments through her earpiece.
After about five minutes of driving in peace, the group finally arrived at the airport. Rie and Kotomi landed the helicopters and the rest of the vehicles were parked. The skies glow a bright green aurora and everything flashed in a white light. The pixilated weapons everyone held had disappeared, the vehicles were gone, and any luggage they had was by their side. Any transformed luggage reverted back to normal. The helicopters remained and five people emerged from the copters holding their heads in pain. A digital screen appeared in front of the group and they all saw the path they went through. Some people were unconscious, no cars were ruined, and no injuries were seen anywhere. It's as if nothing happened except for some people suddenly falling unconscious. The unconscious woke up and walked on their way as if nothing strange happened to them.
The digital screen then showed the scores of everyone.
"Ha! I beat you, Tomoya!" Kyou said in triumph.
"You were just lucky. I mean, Kotomi, Rie, Tamashii, and I did weaken most of the enemies that came your guys' way."
Kyou scoffed, but her smile betrayed that. "Fine, I guess this doesn't count. But next time," She spun around and dramatically pointed at Tomoya, "I'm going to win!"
Tomoya smirked. "We'll see."
"I still have this skateboard and helmet." Toaster said, looking at the items.
"I still have roller skates, a helmet, and elbow and knee pads on." Nagisa said as she took a look at herself. Toaster clapped once. Nagisa blinked as the roller skates, helmet, and elbow and knee pads disappeared. Toaster's helmet and skateboard had disappeared as well.
"We have eight minutes to get on the plane." Yusuke said as he checked his watch. The group had wandered in the airport for awhile.
"Where do we go?" Kouko asked as she looked at the flight schedule. "I don't see a flight for Pokétopia."
"Pokétopia? You all going to Pokétopia Academy?" A security guard asked.
"Yes." Kyra confirmed.
"To get on the plane. If any of you have Pokémon, one must battle. Win or lose you get on the plane. I apologize for this strange regulation." A voice said. The group turned around, Zane and the other four Pokétopians stood behind them. "I apologize once more, I have not properly introduced myself. I am Zane Justin Edwin. The plane may be a little late, but not too late. All our introductions will have to wait." He said as he gestured to his friends behind him.
"Who's up to it?" The security guard asked. "Just a quick one on one match."
"I'll go." Kyra offered, raising her hand. "It has been a while since I've battled. I should try my hand at it after a while."
"Alright. We'll battle here and now." The guard said as he enlarged a Poké Ball; a spherical half-red and half-white ball divided by a black line in the middle and a white button at the center of the ball with the black line. He threw the ball in the air and it opened, releasing a white light with a shape forming. "Let's go, Pidgeotto!"
Pidgeotto is a large raptor-like bird. Its head-crest is long and is a reddish color. The plumage of its tail is also quite colorful, alternating between red and yellow. It has pinkish-gray feet and black markings around its eyes.
"I've never seen a Pokémon battle in person, only on television." Tomoya said.
"Good luck Kyra!" Nagisa shouted and waved from a safe distance with everyone else as recommended by Zane.
"Let's go, Carlos!" She threw her Poké Ball and out came a Crobat from the white light.
Crobat has a purple body, a stubby pair of feet, and has a second pair of wings; its wings have greenish-blue undersides and two stubby 'fingers'. It has pointed ears are long and appear to lack ear insides. Its mouth is small and appears to constantly have its teeth bared. Its eyes are yellow with red pupils.
"Ladies first." The security guard said politely.
"Carlos, start out with a Sludge Bomb!" Kyra ordered.
Carlos launched purple gunk-like substances at his opponent.
"Dodge with a Quick Attack!" The guard countered.
Pidgeotto maneuvered through the Sludge Bomb attack with great speed.
"Aerial Ace!" Kyra called out quickly.
Carlos sped towards Pidgeotto with even greater speed than the bird's Quick Attack. Carlos struck its opponent with dead on accuracy. The Crobat went in for another Aerial Ace striking the raptor-like bird again.
"Wing Attack! Knock the Crobat away!"
Pidgeotto's wings glowed white as it flew towards Carlos and hit it with its wing before the Crobat could retaliate with an Aerial Ace.
"This is an intense battle." Misae commented. The two flying type Pokémon kept exchanging and retaliating blows constantly and quickly.
"This is an interesting battle." Kotomi commented. "I am eager to find out what the next move will be and how it will be countered."
"Have you seen a battle in person before?" Zane asked.
Kotomi shook her head. "No, but I have watched a few videos of Pokémon battles."
Pidgeotto charged at Carlos, "Now is your chance! Use Cross Poison!" Carlos' wing tips took on a brilliant purple and Carlos crossed his wings to slash his opponent. "Follow up with Supersonic!"
The four winged Pokémon screeched high-pitched sounds that were directed at his bird opponent. The Supersonic hurt everyone's ears, but did not confuse any other Pokémon besides the directed target. Pidgeotto could not control its flying correctly after the attack.
"Pidgeotto! Try a Wing attack!" The bird tried to hit the bat, but only swept at the air. Pidgeotto almost hit Carlos, but barely missed. Carlos retaliated with his own Wing Attack, hitting the opposing flying type around. A strike knocked Pidgeotto to the floor. Said Pokémon shook its head and flew straight. "You alright?" His Pokémon nodded. "Alright, then go for a Brave Bird!" The guard ordered, pointing his finger towards Carlos.
"Is he complimenting his Pokémon saying that it's a brave bird?" Nagisa asked innocently. She had not seen many Pokémon battles or studied much on it.
"I think it's an attack." Tomoyo said. "I think I heard my brother say it before."
"You have a brother?"
"I'll talk about him when we get on the plane."
Nagisa nodded and turned her attention back to the battle.
Pidgeotto flew towards Carlos with great speed which increased by the second. As the speed increased, the bird Pokémon glowed blue and seemed to be crackling with electricity with all the power. Before Kyra could even attempt a counter to this great move, and before Carlos could react, Carlos had already been hit with a boom. The bat fell to the floor as Pidgeotto soared through the air, triumphant, yet tired, and slightly injured from the attack recoil.
This battle was over.
Pidgeotto flew back to its trainer and perched itself on the guard's shoulder. The guard pets his Pokémon affectionately and congratulated it for winning before returning the bird to its Poké Ball.
Kyra walked over to her Crobat, "You did a good job," she complimented, "we can't win every battle, right?" The Crobat nodded and smiled. "You need a rest." She returned Carlos to his Poké Ball in a flash of red.
"That was a good battle." The security guard said, his hand extended.
"It sure was." Kyra smiled and accepted the handshake.
"I'll guide you all to the plane. I must see your passports and tickets first." Everyone took their passports and tickets out and the guard examined them all before nodding. The five Pokétopians showed their own ID to the guard. The guard checked his data on the group as he noticed Pikachu and Andrea. No one had even one Pikachu on their Pokémon roster, if they had any Pokémon. "I'm sorry, but Pokémon must be kept inside of their Poké Ball unless they have a trainer."
"Technically, they're my Pikachu." Tamashii said.
"They were not registered, Miss Hiroka." the guard said, "If they do not have a trainer, or at least a Poké Ball, then they are not allowed on the plane. I'm sorry, it's in the rules."
Brendan opened his mouth to say he will take them, but Toaster beat him to it, "If we don't have any Pokémon can we claim them now then?"
"If you want."
"Pikachu, Andrea, you wanna come with me?" Toaster asked, looking at the Pikachu siblings. They nodded. If they talked, then it would just make the situation awkward and they would receive many questions, everyone wanted to rest, especially since they all needed to get on the plane.
"Okay, I'll just send the updated data..." the guard tapped his Tablet a few times. "Done!"
"Thank you!" Toaster said.
"No problem, Miss Soba."
"We will meet you all at Pokétopia." Zane said and took a courteous bow. "We have confirmed that the plane has no need of escort anymore due to the subsided haywire magic. We will take our helicopters. Good day."
"I'm Sophine Mia Kruger De Rossi." Sophine said with a smile.
Her brother spoke next. "I'm Skyler Jaxon Kruger De Rossi." He waved.
"My name is Andrew Titus Williams." Andrew took a casual bow.
"And I'm Noelle Imogen Fleurette Xanthia!" Noelle smiled a sweet innocent smile.
After a few minutes of greeting and small conversations, it was time to leave. "It was nice meeting you all. Good day." Zane said.
Everyone said quick goodbyes as the security guard showed them to their private plane. They had made it just in time. Their luggage was loaded by a few members of Pokétopia staff that awaited them at the plane.
"We didn't do much battling during our adventures in Hoenn, did we?" Tamashii said.
"Not a lot." Kyra said.
"That was a nice battle though."
"Thanks."
A/N: There was a lack of Pokémon stuff in this story so I put in a battle. There will be more battles and Pokémon related things in this story from now on since the group is heading over to Pokétopia Academy after all.
I have received the last names for all the characters of The Hack. Toaster's last name is Soba, Kyra's last name is Averman, and Brendan's last name is Birch, due to Brendan being the son of Professor Birch.
Zane, Noelle, Sophine, Skyler, and Andrew are my OCs.
Update: I have cleaned this chapter of grammar mistake and have added small bits of content or deleted a small portion depending on my preference.
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