Howdy all! And yep, another story updated after so long! Pokémon Academy has returned! Took so long because of other stories and other things, but this chapter mainly took a while because of writer's block. ...Stupid writer's block. Anyway, new characters are introduced here and we'll see how well I do with battles involving more than two people... and I think I suck at them. Enjoy nonetheless!

Most characters are OCs!


Chapter 9: A Twin Meeting

It was morning before classes and Owen was walking around the boy's Purple Gengar dorm with Caterpie on his shoulder. He had written his parents back and even texted them on the special school iPhone that only Purples and Blues got but no answer.

"Maybe my parents are disappointed in me Caterpie." Owen sighed.

"Pieeeeeee?" Caterpie asked.

"More my dad than my mom." Owen sighed more sliding down against the dorm. "People expect a lot from me because of who my dad is… but, I'm not like him at all..." He said sadly as he had a flashback.

Flashback

"That was great Tyrogue!" 12 year old Owen smiled happily as his Tyrogue caught the frisbee.

"Rogue! Tyrogue!" Tyrogue smiled back holding it.

"Okay enough of that, what game should we play next?" Owen asked walking over to Tyrogue.

"Rogue..." Tyrogue began thinking.

"Hitmonchan use Focus Punch!" A voice was heard.

"Huh?" Owen asked as he and Tyrogue went to see what was going on and he saw his brothers Turk and Duke battling with their dad watching.

"Hitmonlee dodge and use Hi Jump Kick!" Duke commanded.

"Just my brothers battling again." Owen said as he watched them battle.

"Okay break time!" Their dad Brock said after a few. "Turk, your Hitmonchan needs to work on dodging faster. Duke, Hitmonlee needs to work on defense! We'll start again in a few!" He said walking off and Owen checked to see if the coast was clear, then went into the cooler and got two waters for his brothers while Tyrogue got waters for Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan.

"I… I thought you two did great." Owen said blushing a light pink handing his brothers the water.

"Watching us again, eh little brother?" Duke asked messing up Owen's hair.

"Tyrogue and I heard you guys..." Owen said quietly.

"Maybe you should watch us out in the open sometime." Turk smiled. "You could make an excellent battler!"

"No thanks… Dad wouldn't want me to." Owen quietly said.

"You don't know that." Duke said.

"Dad already thinks I'm a disappointment… besides… you guys are just like him… I'm nothing like you guys… I'm too nice...!"

"What's wrong with being too nice?" Turk asked. "You're just like your mom and I bet dad likes that."

"Yeah, if I was a girl..." Owen said softly.

"Okay break time is over!" Brock said walking back on the field and giving Owen a look in which he left right away.

End Flashback

"All my life my dad has been disappointed in me Caterpie, because I'm not strong or mean like him." Owen said as Caterpie nuzzled him.

"Pieeeeee!"

"Mail call!" Gengar Purple Boys Dorm Headmaster Declan McMahon was heard over the dorm loud speaker. Owen got up and walked inside and walked to him.

"Anything for me?" Owen asked as he looked.

"Actually, this came in for you just now. It's from your dad." Declan smiled handing the package to Owen.

"From… my dad…?" Owen asked softly and a bit shocked.

"Must be proud that you made the pro-battling team." Declan smiled.

"I doubt that." Owen gave a smile then walked to his room and opened the package as well and was shocked when he opened it.


"Pro-battling gloves?" Ember asked as she was outside with Owen in front of the dorm.

"With his symbol on them." Owen said.

"Was there any note?"

"None whatsoever." Owen said.

"I'm sure he's proud of you, Owen." Ember smiled as she took out a Poké Ball and threw it. "Come on, Ponyta. Time for school."

"Do you ride Ponyta to school every morning?" Owen asked.

"Not always, just when I feel too lazy to walk to the building." Ember chuckled. "You want to ride with?"

Owen's face brightened with a slight blush at the offer, "You… You're offering me a ride?"

"Only if you want to, or you can go ahead and walk." Ember said. "Are you going to go ahead and walk?"

"No no, I'll go ahead and take the ride." Owen quickly said as Ember helped Owen on the back of Ponyta. As he got on, Owen put his arms around Ember's waist, his blush getting more dark.

"We're going to make a quick stop at the Red dorm first, we have to see if Alex and Jax are up first." Ember said as she signaled Ponyta to head off.

After stopping by the Red dorm to see if Alex and Jax were awake, Ember and Owen proceeded to the school, enjoying the Ponyta ride on the way there. Owen was enjoying it a little more than he probably should have, he got to be with Ember for a while. But as they arrived on campus, they saw Brandon talking with a young man and a young woman. Both of them had brown hair and blue eyes like Brandon and they too wore Gyarados Blue uniforms. The young man's hair was somewhat messed up and unkept unlike Brandon's and the girl's hair was long and straight with the front sides slightly curled.

"I don't get it, Brandon. I don't see what's the big deal with that Alex kid." The young woman said.

"Yeah! He's just like everyone else in this academy, a student who wants to be a trainer!" The young man said.

Brandon shook his head, "How can you two not see it?! Gerdelman got into the academy with luck and I will not let that happen any longer! He even got on the pro-battling team!"

"So? That means he was good enough to be on the team." The young woman said. "You really are taking this Alex thing a little too seriously, big brother."

"Big brother? Are those two… Brandon's siblings?" Ember thought before she and Owen got off of Ponyta and walking over to the three. "Excuse me, I can't help but hear your discussion on my friend."

Brandon heard Ember and narrowed his eyes at her, "You're the girl that hangs out with Gerdelman a lot… Ember, is it?" He asked. He turned to the two next to him. "I should probably introduce you to Braden and Rebecca, my triplet siblings."

"'Sup?" Braden waved.

"I prefer to be called Becca, Brandon..." Becca rolled her eyes.

"You're… a triplet?" Owen asked, sounding surprised.

"What's the big deal? Yes we're triplets." Brandon said annoyed.

"So why are you pissed about Alex?" Ember asked.

"Because the brat got lucky! Everything he does is luck! You two are Gengars, why can't you see that?!" Brandon shouted.

"He didn't get here by luck! He got here with heart and skill just like the rest of us!" Ember shouted back.

"No such thing as heart and skill when it comes to battling!"

"There's not huh?! Ember shouted. "I challenge you to a battle right here and now, Brandon!"

"Ember is so brave..." Owen thought blushing.

"Heh. You may be a top battler Ember and I respect that, but your Fire Pokémon are weak against my water types, even if you use Lapras and Teddiursa you wouldn't have a chance." Brandon smirked.

"My dad always said it's not about types. It's about the strength, courage and the heart of your Pokémon." Ember said.

"Here we go again with this heart nonsense." Brandon sighed. "You caught me in a good mood. You'll get your battle."

"That's what I like to hear." Ember smiled.

"But! I won't be battling you." Brandon smirked.

"Huh?!"

"The two of you, versus Braden and Becca after school in the battle gym." Brandon said smirking.

"EXCUSE YOU?!" Braden and Becca yelled.

"We're not your henchmen!" Braden yelled.

"These are Geldelman's friends. You'll do fine against them. Especially Owen, he's smart but a nervous battler." Brandon told his siblings.

"We're screwed." Owen whined softly as Ember put an arm around him.

"No we're not. Trust me." She smiled at him.

"Okay okay, we accept." Braden said to Brandon then turned to Ember and Owen. "Meet us in the battle gym after school, and good luck." He said as he and his siblings walked away.

"This will not end well..." Owen said softly, not looking forward to the battle.

"We just got to have faith, Owen. I think we can win this." Ember said.

"But... they're third years." Owen said.

"And Alex and Rayna were able to beat Salvador together. If we work together, I think we can win this. Now come on, let's get to class before we're late." Ember put Ponyta in her Poké Ball and she and Owen walked the rest of the way to the school building.


It was third period Battles and Ember sat in her seat listening to every word Professor Salvador was saying. Or at least she was trying to focus as she kept hearing annoyed groaning next to her.

"Oh for the love of- just stop talking so we can work on our assignment! ...Asshat." Rayna groaned, who was sitting next to Ember and looking bored.

"Be glad you didn't say that out loud." Ember whispered.

"He gave us our assignment ten minutes ago and now he's just jabbering his mouth!" Rayna whispered back. "I hate him so much..."

"Ahem... Miss Sullivan-Good, no talking to Miss Farrelly during class." Salvador said with a sly smile before he went back to talking.

Rayna rolled her eyes and whispered to Ember, "So Em, you doing anything after classes?"

"Yes I am in fact, Owen and I are going to have a Pokémon battle with Braden and Becca, Brandon's brother and sister." Ember said.

Rayna raised an eyebrow, "Jerkhole Brandon has siblings?! We've been in school for how many days already and we just now find out he has siblings?"

"Triplet siblings in fact." Ember said. "Owen and I caught them outside of the school before classes and Brandon was talking crap about Alex. We confronted him about it and he told his siblings to face us in a battle afterwards."

"Well I hope you kick their butts in battle, kick them hard." Rayna smirked.

"We will, Rayna." Ember smiled. "Although Braden and Becca don't really seem to be like Brandon from what we've seen. They actually seemed reluctant to battle us."

"I wouldn't fall for it, they could be tricking you." Rayna said. "Either way, beat the crap out of them!"

"Miss Sullivan-Good! If I catch you whispering again, I'm sending you to the office!" Salvador barked.

Rayna groaned heavily and put her head on the desk. Ember just shook her head and focused on the front of the class.


Later that day at lunch the gang were sitting in the cafeteria eating and talking without a care in the world, well all of them except Owen who was looking down at his bagged lunch without saying anything.

"Owen, everything okay?" Jax asked his mouth full of food.

"Huh? Oh yeah...just thinking." Owen said.

"Well, take a break and join us then!" Jax smiled putting an arm around him and Owen just continued to look down.

"I'm...gonna sit else where..." Owen said grabbing his bag and walking out.

"Was or something I said?" Jax asked confused.

Owen left the cafeteria and sat down in a quiet part of the hall way and let Caterpie out.

"Here you go Caterpie." Owen smiled giving Caterpie some of his lettuce off his sandwich.

"Pieeeeeeeee!" Caterpie smiled happily as it started munching on the lettuce.

"Enjoy." Owen smiled softly at it as he took out his iPhone and tried to FaceTime his mom again.

"Hello?" Lindsay asked picking up after a few.

"Mom!" Owen smiled.

"Owen hi! We heard about the news! We're so proud of you!" Lindsay smiled.

"Everybody is?" Owen asked blanking. "Even dad?"

"He's surprised and happy." Lindsay smiled. "He's proud of you."

"Really?" Owen asked surprised.

"Owen, your dad does love you." Lindsay said. "You know how he is though, always having to be tough and strict."

"It's just... He always shown Duke and Turk more affection than me... He always shows them favoritism..." Owen said looking down.

"He just sees a lot of himself in them." Lindsay said. "He sees both of us in you."

"He does...?"

"Of course." Lindsay smiled. "No matter what, we're both proud of you no matter what."

"Thanks Mom." Owen smiled softly after a few seconds of silence. That's when the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. "Oh sorry Mom! Lunch is over, I gotta go!"

"You go, we can talk later." Lindsay said. "Love you, sweetie!"

"Love you, Mom! Bye!" Owen ended the FaceTime and put Caterpie in his Poké Ball before making his way down the hall.


Hours later once classes were over, Ember walked back inside of the school as she was in Pokémon Recess and met Owen in the halls.

"You ready, Owen?" Ember asked.

"As I'll ever be." Owen said, sounding nervous, but a little better after his talk with his mom earlier.

"Let's get going, they're probably already there waiting." Ember said.

Ember and Owen walked together towards the battle gym. They walked to the middle of the school and walked into the gym. Sure enough once they got in, Braden and Becca were inside, along with Brandon who was sitting on the bleachers with both his arms and legs crossed.

"You two actually showed up." Brandon sneered.

"Of course we showed up, a deal is a deal." Ember said.

"We had no doubts you were going to come, Brandon is the one that did." Braden said, receiving a glare from his brother.

"Well we're here, shall we get the battle started?" Owen asked.

Becca nodded, "Let's get this over with."

"I'm sure this battle will be fast since we're more experienced than those brats." Brandon smirked, causing Ember to glare at him.

"Brandon, can you go do something else please?" Braden asked.

"I'm the one who set up this battle, I'm staying here." Brandon huffed.

"There's no getting around it, he's our big brother." Becca sighed. "Come on, let's get ready."

"One step ahead of you." Ember said as she and Owen moved to one side of the gym while Braden and Becca moved to the other side.

"Alright... One Pokémon for each of us, send out yours first." Braden said.

Ember took out a Poké Ball, maximized it, and threw it out, "I choose you, Cyndaquil!"

"Cyndaquil!" Cyndaquil let out his cry as he jumped out of his Poké Ball.

"Go on, Bulbasaur! You can do it!" Owen called out throwing out his Poké Ball.

"Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur cried out as he jumped out.

The Roode siblings held their Poké Balls and tossed them out at the same time, causing their Pokémon to jump out at the same time.

"Go Leafeon!" Braden called out.

"Flareon, go!" Becca called out.

"Leafeon!"

"Flareon!"

Both Ember and Owen were surprised at this. Not only were they also grass and fire type like Cyndaquil and Bulbasaur, but like Brandon's Vaporeon, they were Eeveelutions.

"So like Brandon, you two had Eevees as well?" Owen asked.

"That's right, and like Vaporeon, Leafeon and Flareon were our starters." Braden said with a grin.

"Well this'll be an interesting battle." Ember thought.

"What are you two waiting for? Aren't you going to start off?" Becca asked.

"We will." Ember said. "Cyndaquil! Start it off with a Quick Attack to Flareon!" Cyndaquil ran at Flareon for the Quick Attack.

"Use Sand Attack on Cyndaquil!" Braden ordered to Leafeon. Leafeon ran in front of Flareon and threw sand in Cyndaquil's face. The sand blinding him, Cyndaquil moved his hand on his eyes.

"Thanks Braden." Becca thanked. "Flareon, attack with Bite!" Flareon opened her mouth up and ran towards Cyndaquil ready to bite him.

"Vine Whip!"

"Saur!" Flareon was interrupted by Bulbasaur's Vine Whip stopping her before she reached Cyndaquil. She did however bite on the vines. "Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur shouted in pain as it tried freeing it's vines from Flareon.

"Bulbasaur!" Owen called out, worrying about his Pokémon already.

"I'll help you, Owen! Cyndaquil's good now." Ember said as Cyndaquil shook his head to shake off the sand. "Cyndaquil, try the Quick Attack again!"

"Quil!" Cyndaquil backed up and charged at Flareon.

"I don't think so!" Braden shouted as Leafeon suddenly appeared in front of Cyndaquil. "Leaf Blade!" Leafeon slashed Cyndaquil with a sharp leaf which caused Cyndaquil to step back.

"Saur!" Bulbasaur saw this and was able to release one of his vines from Flareon. One of the vines moved over to Leafeon and slapped him down.

"Hey! Don't do that you idiot!" Braden shouted at Bulbasaur.

"My Bulbasaur is not an idiot!" Owen said. "And you will not hurt Ember's Cyndaquil! Bulbasaur, use Sleep Powder on Flareon!" Green colored powder appeared out of Bulbasaur's bulb and moved towards Flareon.

"Flareon, let go and attack Bulbasaur with Fire Fang!" Becca called out.

"Flareon!" Flareon quickly let go of the vine and before the powder hit her, she circled around Bulbasaur before leaping at him with firey fangs.

"Quil!" Cyndaquil shouted as he rammed into Flareon before the Fire Fang connected.

"Good job, Cyndaquil!" Ember cheered.

But after Ember cheered, both Cyndaquil and Bulbasaur were all of a sudden sent back by a Roar from Leafeon.

"Gotcha!" Braden laughed. "We got you now! Leafeon, use Toxic on Bulbasaur!" Leafeon wasted no time and released the purple toxic towards Bulbasaur, which caused him to cough and barely move.

"No!" Owen shouted.

"Don't worry, Owen, I got you." Ember said. "Cyndaquil, use Ember on Leafeon!"

"Cyndaquil!" Cyndaquil jumped in the air and released a few ember flames at Leafeon. Leafeon was able to dodge a few of them, but barely and an ember caught his tail.

"Leafeon!" Leafeon shouted as he started rolling on the ground to get the fire out.

"Really?" Both Braden and Brandon on the bleachers face palmed.

As this was happening, Owen took out an antidote and sprayed it on Bulbasaur. "There you go, this should get rid of the toxic."

"Bulba..." Bulbasaur looked at Owen with a small smile as the toxic began to move away from him.

"Think you can continue?" Ember asked Bulbasaur.

"Saur!" Bulbasaur nodded and Cyndaquil stood next to him.

"You haven't won yet, twerps!" Braden called out. "This is not over! Leafeon, Magical Leaf on both of them, now!"

"You too, Flareon with Fire Spin!" Becca ordered.

Both Flareon and Leafeon let out their cries as a mix of fire and magical leaves came out of their mouths and mixed together as they hurled towards Cyndaquil and Bulbasaur.

"Oh no... Oh no...!" Owen was in a panic, he knew he had to do something as the attacks were coming right at them. Bulbasaur watched on nervously as he waited for his trainer to order an attack. "What am I going to do...?!"

"Cyndaquil! Protect Bulbasaur and attack with Flame Burst!" Ember shouted.

Cyndaquil right at the call jumped in front of Bulbasaur, causing both him and Owen to look in surprise. Then with a deep breath, Cyndaquil released Flame Burst, a large burst of fire that was able to take out the Magical Leaf, but did not stop the Fire Spin.

"Go through the fire and Quick Attack!" Ember called out with Cyndaquil stopping the Flame Burst and running towards Flareon into the fire.

"Stop the fire, Flareon!" Becca shouted and Flareon did that as they saw Cyndaquil run towards her. "Dodge it!"

"Flare!" Flareon jumped avoiding the Quick Attack.

"Keep going, Cyndaquil!" Ember shouted with Cyndaquil continuing to try and attack Flareon with Flareon dodging as much as she could.

"I'll get that rat off your tail. Shadow Ball, Leafeon!" Braden shouted with Leafeon charging up it's ghost attack.

"Not this time!" Owen stepped forward. "Tackle, Bulbasaur!"

"Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur charged at Leafeon and right when Leafeon was about to let go of the Shadow Ball, Bulbasaur knocked him down causing the Shadow Ball to fly into the ceiling.

"Don't you dare lose!" Brandon shouted at his siblings.

"We won't!" Braden shouted. "Becca, let's both take this Bulbasaur down first!"

"Let's do it!" Becca and Braden stood together and the two pointed out and said together, "Flareon! Leafeon! Flamethrower and Solar Beam!"

"WHAT?!" Owen shouted with his eyes wide. "It's over..."

"Bulbasaur..." Bulbasaur too was worried. The trainer and Pokémon watched as the Eeveelutions charged up.

"Sorry kid... You're going down!" Brandon laughed.

"I don't think so!" Ember shouted. "Smokescreen, Cyndaquil!"

That's when Cyndaquil released his Smokescreen and everything in front of Leafeon and Flareon turned into smoke; they could not see anything in front of them.

"I got an idea..." Ember whispered to Owen. "Follow my lead. Flame Burst to Leafeon!"

"Quil!" Cyndaquil jumped through the smoke and released his attack onto Leafeon, startling it as well as hitting it with a critical hit. "Cyndaquil!"

"Leafeon!" Braden shouted.

"...No way..." Brandon's jaw slightly dropped.

"Your move, Owen!" Ember said.

Owen looked over, slowly nodded, and called out, "Bulbasaur, use Sleep Powder and then Take Down on Flareon!"

Bulbasaur released his Sleep Powder on Flareon, which Flareon tried to avoid this time but no avail thanks to the remaining Smokescreen. As Flareon was about to fall asleep, Bulbasaur ran at her and sent her back.

"No Flareon!" Becca shouted.

"One more move! Finish it off, Owen!" Ember cheered.

Owen gulped and gave a final order, "...Bulbasaur... grab them both with Vine Whip... and send them flying!"

"Bulba... SAUR!" Bulbasaur grabbed both Eeveelutions with his vines, held them up in the air, and sent them flying across the gym. They both crashed into the wall and once the Smokescreen finally settled... both Flareon and Leafeon collapsed.

"NO!" Brandon shouted as Braden and Becca just looked surprised.

"We won!" Ember cheered with Cyndaquil jumping in her arms.

"We... we won...?!" Owen stared in surprise. They actually won... and he did the final blow. "...We won!"

"Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur ran up to Owen happily and jumped into his arms as well.

As Becca and Braden returned Leafeon and Flareon to their Poké Balls, Brandon approached them angrily. "I can't believe you two lost! To first years! You two are better than that!"

"Hey bro, they put up a fair fight, at least give them that." Braden said.

"Yeah, they beat us fair and square." Becca agreed. "They may be first years, but they do have the potential."

Brandon scoffed and rolled his eyes, "Whatever... You two were just going easy on them. Pathetic." He turned and walked out of the gym.

Braden made faces behind Brandon's back before he and Becca walked over to Ember and Owen as they put Cyndaquil and Bulbasaur back into their Poké Balls. "Hey, that was a heck of a battle, you two."

"Thanks." Ember said. "Sorry about your brother being like that."

"Eh, he's always been that way." Becca shrugged. "He doesn't like the thought of us losing against first years. But you beat us fair and square, good battle."

"Glad you thought we did good..." Owen chuckled nervously.

After handshakes and saying goodbyes, Owen and Ember left the school building and made their way to the dorms.

"You did really good, Owen." Ember smiled. "For someone who doesn't battle much, that was impressive."

Owen blushed at the compliment, "Th-thank you, Ember..."

"Maybe we can battle each other sometime." Ember suggested.

"M-maybe sometime... I'll see." Owen said smiling. "But... you helped me out there."

"I did a little, but you did good yourself too." Ember gave him a small one-armed hug. "I'll see you at classes tomorrow." She waved as she made her way to the girl's dorm.

"See ya..." Owen waved, his smile stayed there as he headed to the boy's dorm.


Okay! How'd I do here?! I did write the double battle and I think I suck at them... I am not good at battles/matches that involve more than two people.

Next chapter will be out when we can get it out, hopefully sooner rather than later!