Author Notes: Hey guys, what's up? Another chapter here, another piece of story to be told. Not much to talk about here, except that you should go play The Last of Us and go watch AnoHana. Because manly tears, or girly tears.

Also, the first song here will probably not be long enough and will end before you finish reading the part when the song plays. Remember to put "repeat" after the "youtube" in the link of the song and access that page in order for the song to loop infinitely. Or you can loop it manually. Whatever floats your boat.

Another thing, keep in mind that the machinery makes human a lot stronger. So if you see a person taking more hits than they normally can, it's because of this. Don't worry, you're not the only one who hates seeing normal humans being destroyed and living (looking at you, Bleach).

Please leave a review with constructive criticism in it! Helps a lot :D!

5th March, 16:30 p.m.

Chapter 6

The Current Life

Max's POV

Song: Ano Natsu de Matteru Ost vol 2- Track 9

The door closed slightly as I saw Serena enter the room, with big bags dropping from her eyes and a tired expression on her face. She dropped her bag near her chair, sat on it and leaned against the table.

"What're you doing?" She asked.

"Peeling an apple, can't you see, silly?"

"Fuck off."

"Had a long weekend?"

"Longest in a long time."

"I wonder what the mysterious Serena Cara does on her weekends. Probably extremely important stuff."

"Fuck off."

"Tsk, you seem to love that line," I said as I began eating my precious apple.

"You know, I encountered a Ponyta."

"Where?"

"Close to my house."

"Oh, that's cute."

"Pokemon talk in this universe, you know. Not telepathy or that kind of strange things. Like, real talk."

"So they talk English."

"Are you treating me like I saw things on an LSD trip?"

"That's a descriptive way of putting it."

"I swear Max, I saw one. When have I lied to you?"

"Are you seriously asking me that question?"

"Scrap that, have I ever said something that didn't make sense to you?"

"What about your theories about the pattern in us being here?"

"Max!"

"What?"

She sighed heavily and punched me slightly, with her head still leaning on the table. "Did I already tell you to fuck off?"

"I think you have."

"Then why are you still here?"

"I haven't finished my apple."

Serena chuckled slightly and grabbed my apple. She ate the last piece of it, with a big smirk on her face. While on the outside I may seem cheerful, I died a little bit inside. I grabbed another apple from my bag and began peeling it again.

"Where did you get these apples?"

"The grocery, where else would I get them?"

"Maybe you stole them," she suggested as she finished MY apple. "Why are you so early here today? It's unusual that I'm not the first one to arrive."

"I didn't have anything to do other than coming here, so expecting you'd be here to entertain me I came here immediately."

"So I'm here exclusively for your own entertainment?"

"I thought you had already figured that out, silly."

This time she hit me harder, making me drop my apple. This woman makes my soul die every minute. I picked up my apple and continued peeling it. After I finished eating my apple, Erin arrived with a big smile on her face, having cut her messy brown hair a tiny little bit.

"Hi!" She cheerfully greeted us, Serena grunting as a response. "Wow, Max, you're surprisingly early. I'm proud of you."

"It's not like I'm always late."

"I'm not implying that."

"Then what're you implying?"

"That you arrived early, didn't I just say that?"

"But you said it like if I arrived early for once in my life."

"I did not, that was your impression on my expression."

"What?"

"Nothing, dumb."

She proceeded to sit on her chair and turn on her computer. I still don't get why only Serena, Erin and Mikayla can have personal computers and Tyson, Lawliet and me have to share the things, but a man has to be a gentleman, no matter the situation at hand!

"So, have you investigated something about the patterns on your weekend, Serena?" Erin asked, paying attention to the computer screen.

"Let's be honest, did you research something?"

"Is no one going to ask if I did something?" I interrupted, laughing nervously.

"You have your point, Serena," Erin admitted, smiling. "However, we could've made some progress, you know."

"Yeah, yeah."

The door opened once more, revealing the faces of Mikayla and Lawliet, the latter one with a rather cheerful face for what we've been used to. "Hiiii!" Mikayla saluted, dropping her bag, Lawliet did the same.

"Why are you two together?" Erin mischievously suggested the two might be dating, indirectly.

"Because we encountered each other midway here, Erin," Lawliet explained, with his usual bored and lazy voice.

"Hey Lawy, where's Tyson?" Serena asked.

"No idea. He didn't say anything special about being late. Besides, it's 4:50 p.m., why do you ask?"

"He's usually here by this time."

"Do I have to start a discussion on Tyson's usual time of arrival?"

"No thanks, I've already had enough discussions with Natalie."

Mikayla chuckled silently, looking at her short fused friend, who still had her head against the table. "Had a long weekend, Serena?"

"Ask Max."

I nodded, looking at her.

"Hi," the door was opened by Tyson, the silver headed guy who was close friends to Lawliet, obviously due to their lazy and whiny attitude. Alright, maybe not so whiny, but they still sigh a lot for no apparent reason. Not that I don't do that, but…when they do it…you…notice it…doesn't matter, that's not the point. The point is that they have similar personalities, at least one aspect.

"Alright guys, let's start!" Erin said as she abruptly stood up and got to the board Serena bought a few days ago, with Tyson already here.

End of song.

"So, have any of you guys noticed anything? Something all of us have in common? Something, I don't know, interesting? By the way, hi Tyson."

"I found a Ponyta. And he could talk."

"What?!" Everyone except me shouted in unison.

"I was on my way to my house and then I met up with this Ponyta who for some reason could speak English. I don't know how, I don't know why, but that's what happened."

"That's a progress!" Erin celebrated, writing it on the board.

"How is it a progress?" Mikayla asked, clueless.

"Well, now we know that Pokemon can talk but look the same, so it's still the Pokemon world, technically."

"You see, Max? I told you I wasn't on a drug fest."

"Whaaaaaaatever."

"You know, I was thinking the other day…people seem to know Pokemon, but not what they are and what they did. Like if they were completely erased from their memories." Lawliet brought up a topic to talk about.

"That's a good point," Serena admitted. "I think I know a guy who might be able to give us some information about it."

That definitely sounded fishy and Serena obviously noticed, judging by her expression, but no one said anything. I'm not sure why, but we simply remained silent. "So, anything else?" Erin asked, looking around.

No one said a word and watched Erin's eyes travelling through the room to see if someone had done their homework. Sure, she didn't do it either, but I guess Erin's like that. Always expecting stuff from the others and not from her. I guess their similarities are the reason why Erin and Serena get along so well.

"I was thinking," Mikayla began, startling most of us, except Erin whose face enlightened. "Maybe the world suffered something like a change. I mean, there is a possibility that the world was how we know it in the games and something happened which change this place to what it is now."

"It's true. I believe the forces to change reality exists, didn't Dialga, Palkia and Arceus have the ability to do that?" Tyson suggested.

"Sorry to pop the bubble here, but there's no proof suggesting that happened and there's no proof that points out that actually happened," Serena popped the bubble, with a rather depressed tone. "If reality changed then the present and future did not only change but also the past. So, technically, that couldn't have happened because it never did, or at least we never know it will."

"Or we're in a separate timeline from the one in the games," Lawliet countered. "However, it brings up the question on why were teleported to this timeline and not to the normal one."

"This is more than we can handle," Erin admitted. "Remember we're a group of high school, if that's what we can call this education system, in an unknown world. As awfully exciting it sounds to finally have a clue on what happened here we're dealing with stuff that back in our world people were still making theories about. Maybe the laws here work differently, not like they do back on Earth."

Erin sighed desperately and took a seat. She grabbed one of the board games we have bought and smirked. "What about a game of Rokhu? I swear I'm going to win this time." While Serena didn't move a muscle, the rest of us got closer to the board game to have some fun.

I must admit, I felt bad for Erin. That sigh said it all; she is not in a good mental state. That's one of the greatest things about her. No matter the situation, no matter what happens, she will always smile and act cheerfully, impulsively, sometimes. I remember how the first week was. She was so nervous around Tyson and me, blushing constantly. I suppose she's shy around guys.

Talking about guys, this makes me think. What do Natalie and Takumi do when we're here? Heh, it'd be pretty funny when they find about our club and what we do, because eventually they'll find out. Maybe one of them from Earth, that'd be interesting to see.

Normal POV

1st March, 15:30

Jared was awoken by a Gastly, with the sole purpose of pestering him. The boy grunted as the Pokemon chuckled mischievously, as he usually did. "Shouldn't you be in class, Jared, friend?" He taunted, knowing the school day had ended.

"Go away."

"Do I have to remind you you're in my house?"

"What'd you be doing if I wasn't here?"

"Feeling lonely."

"No one forces me to come here."

"Yet, this is still my house," Gastly countered, letting off another cheeky laugh.

"Is it so hard to let me sleep?"

"It is. Shiny's not here, so you're the only guy I can talk to right now."

"Why don't you go look for her?"

"You told me she went for food, so she's probably at the cafeteria, so that place is probably filled with people, so since I can't hypnotize so many people so they don't see me everyone will freak out, so you and I will get in trouble," the Pokemon successfully answered, flying around hyperactively.

Going to the ghost's house was an everyday routine for Jared and Shiny. Every idiot continued calling him the Possessed Soul, getting glares from several people or stutters from others. He didn't react in a particular manner, although he gets pissed when people ask him questions he doesn't want to answer.

Gastly, on the other hand, is enjoying the fact that more and more people visit him. Some throw rocks at the house, all it takes is just a little talking or hypnotizing the few people that come and push them around while they can't see him and it's all done. Sometimes his jokes go a bit too far, but Shiny and Jared constantly remind him that if he goes too far, he'll get attention from people with more power than mere students.

Shiny doesn't spend nearly as much time there as Jared does. She has other friends apart from Jared, all from 1°B and she also leaves Jared to his own on purpose, as she knows he sometimes wants to be alone. Another thing is that Jared isn't very fond of Shiny's other friends, describing them as "peace disturbers". The girl's friends aren't very fond of him either, saying he's a "weirdo" and wondering why Shiny decides to hang out with a guy like him.

Not long after the Gastly finally decided to leave Jared alone, Shiny arrived with a big cake and some tea in a pot, with some small cups. She left it at one of the broken tables and woke Jared up by pinching his nose.

"Ow!"

"Wake up, eating time."

Jared's eyes went up to see Shiny, gazing at him with a smile plastered on her face. She pulled him up and headed over to the Pokemon's destroyed chairs and began eating in the dark. Gastly opened the windows so some sunlight could enter, even though it was always cloudy in Stormkev.

"Hey, Jared, I saw Jocelyn this morning."

"Don't we see her every morning?"

"Yeah, well, she said she was sorry for making a mess here."

"She shouldn't be the one apologizing."

"Nope, and I could see by her expressions and how she talked that she also thought the same."

"And what did you say?"

"Since she is always alone and walking around in the corridors, I asked her to come."

Jared stopped drinking his tea to stare at her. "Why would she be so stupid to—"

"She'll come in a few minutes."

"Wh-wh-wh-wh…"

"I reacted the same way, I didn't even know why I asked her being so certain she wasn't going to come, but for some reason she's interested in eating cake and drinking tea, Ronah style. So, Gastly, behave yourself, as hard as it may be for you to do so."

"I don't promise anything, teeheehee!"

"You do anything to her and shit's going down, okay?" Shiny threatened the ghost Pokemon.

"Alright, alright, I won't do anything."

"Good."

2nd January of the following year, 01:45 a.m.

"You haven't changed clothes even for facing the person you believe to be behind the deaths of Hilbert and N, that's surprising."

The unchanged girl let out a snicker, looking lazily at her opponent. "I'm using blue this time. Besides, this clothing also works as a casual outfit besides some pajamas."

"It certainly doesn't look like it, Caitlin."

"Well, like if I even cared. Also, for your information, Hilbert and N aren't dead."

"Oh, they aren't? Hm, they're strong men, aren't they? Don't you think telling me this information would go against you?"

"I know you, dear friend. You don't believe me."

"I thought we weren't friends anymore."

"We aren't. What happened to that deep depression you went through, before this madness began? Didn't you learn anything from that?"

"It's none of your concern."

"What about Team Plasma? Didn't you hate them for doing what they did with Kyurem, and now you're doing it again?"

"It's a type of Pokemon I can manage with ease."

"You're forcing the poor thing."

"When did you care so much for other ones beside you?"

"I always did."

Both trainers were in a very wide VIP area for, obviously, important people, in the best hotel Saffron City could offer. There were several couches around, with a big, round Jacuzzi in the middle. The room was in the highest floor of the building, and the walls were all made of glass. The trainer had Kyurem in front of him, manipulated the same way Dialga and Palkia were. At the other side of the room, Caitlin had her Metagross next to her, grabbing on to a purple orb fiercely.

Song: Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix Fate of the Unknown

"One last question. Why did you tell me about Hilbert and N if there is the possibility I DO believe you?"

"Because I'm sure I'll kill you."

The Metagross jumped high in the air towards the Possessed Kyurem, preparing his arm for an impact. The legendary couldn't dodge the move and was hit hardly by the Pokemon's arm. Not wasting a moment, the Metagross was thrown back by a cold, icy wind, throwing him a few meters back. Kyurem attempted to slash the Pokemon, but the pseudo-legendary answered him with a headbutt.

"They don't call them pseudo-legendaries for nothing, I guess," Caitlin's enemy admitted, with a cocky smirk plastered on his face. He slowly moved his left arm, which seemed to be pale, a bit blue even.

"So, when are you going to attack me? Do you think I don't see the Blizz on your left arm?"

"What do you have inside that hat of yours, besides hair, lady?"

Caitlin's enemy charged at full speed at her evading the fighting Pokemon, charging an icy, cold beam on his hand. The girl smiled as she charged an unperceivable beam. At the same time, they both launched their type respective beams, which filled the room with smoke, allowing them to charge at each other to make physical contact.

"Using the same strategy as me won't work!" Caitlin shouted.

Two pink blades appeared on her hand as she ran towards her old friend. After the smoke cleared out, he appeared from the sky, falling right above her with a spear on his hand. Caitlin blocked the attack with her blades, which she continued doing a couple more times. In the midst of that, the Elite Four member managed to push her enemy a few meters back. She took advantage of this extra time and used telekinesis to lift him from the floor and made him levitate. As soon as he realized that he was in the air, he summoned a blizzard which hit Caitlin hard, making her fall and bleed from several places.

The foe panted heavily, tired from the very strong attack. He grabbed Caitlin by her hair and kicked her face, laughing manically. However, he was surprised as the psychic trainer's body began glowing fiercely, as she slowly stood up with a very angry expression and pushed the ice trainer against a wall, breaking several of his ribs.

Both severally wounded and with blood dropping from their mouths, the two of the run with the last of their breaths towards each other, Caitlin with blades in hand.

Shouting at the top of their lungs, the blades and the ice spear clashed, leaving them both standing in front of each other, with the intention to kill very noticeable in their eyes. Caitlin jumped back and charged again for another physical attack, with the end result being the same: both enemies trying to best each other's strength. Eventually, they both jumped again. But the ice-type trainer had a different strategy in mind.

Before Caitlin could reach him, her enemy threw his spear and it hit her leg. She fell to the floor but before that she materialized a psychic wave, making more of the foe's blood splattered on the room.

She knew that the Ice type trainer had an advantage over her, being much more agile allowing for his physical attacks to strike easily on him. She had only one thing left to do.

"METAGROSS, USE EARTHQUAKE!"

The building began moving violently as several columns from the first floor fell, making the building collapse to its right side. The trainer saw as the Legendary Pokemon broke the glass and fell of the slowly falling building. Caitling stuck her blades on the floor as the hotel fell.

"I'M NOT GIVING UP SO EASILY!"

Her enemy started to climb with several spears to get to her, with the challenge of at least killing her while he dies. The girl didn't have any strength left to attack his mind so she had to stab him. She pulled her blades and stepped on his enemy, now on a vertical position. She made him drop his spears as he jumped towards her, breaking the glass on the left side of the building and now falling off from this side, but not inside of the hotel.

Caitlin didn't lose any time and stabbed his chest, both of them falling quickly towards the already collapsed building. She smirked as her dress was covered in blood, tears dropping from her eyes as they fell to their doom.

End of song.

1st March, 08:23

Hilda smiled very slightly even while seeing Hilbert's and Natural's unconscious body, filled to the brim with bandages preventing them from losing more blood. Something had attacked them, something very bad.

Another problem is that they were found at least 12 hours after the attack. With no medical attention and being wounded so badly, how did they survive? They'd have died in an hour or so, no doubt. Hilda was glad that they survived, but that doubt still stood out. She didn't believe in miracles, there is no scientific way they could've lived through that. Yet, there they were, with their eyes closed, being attended by several doctors in the Rados Opelucid City Hospital.

Not long enough after she saved them, Caitlin arrived, looking as sleepy as always. However, there was one thing that stood out of her this day, and it was her attitude. The tone in her voice was one of a curious one, even worried, strange for the Elite Four member to act like that. She told her that for some reason it didn't take long for Iris to inform the Elite Four that something had gone terribly wrong to the heroes that saved Unova.

"Still, it's pretty idiotic for her to also tell the rest of Elite Four about this. Being an Elite Four member isn't something you'd like to tell your children, not anymore," she admitted, with her voice as plain and as lifeless as ever.

"What happened to Shauntal, Grimsley and Marshall?" The Pokemon Master asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Marshall is probably training at some obscure place in Kanto, probably a Fighting Dojo. As for Grimsley, he talked to me about some silly stuff about reaching the light, so I suppose he probably committed suicide or did some other weird thing. Shauntal decided to go for the writing carrier, but she seemed more interested in the amounts of money she'd gain from that. Either way, it's none of my business."

"Must be hard…you know, being without your partners for so much time."

"It is not, at all. Really, I'm always outside the League and there are no challengers, obviously. So it basically is like if I was not there."

After a little more chit chatter, Caitlin took a few pictures of the two boys and headed off. She told her friend that she would investigate closely about this thing, as if it was probably something they should really be preoccupied.

Caitlin must know something about this. There's no other way she'd act like this.

Author Notes: Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooo that's it. The fight at the end was basically like a premonition. The battle happens next year from the timeline the OCs have in the story.

Basically, you'll see this again near the end of the story. Close to it, not exactly the last chapters, but near it.

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