Well...I wasn't planning on updating today because I was going to make the chapter longer, but thanks to some insensitive assholes, I am.
To those annoying people who kept nagging me for an update on this story, I hope your happy. If this chapter is crap...it's your fault :) but thank you to the reviewers who are actually patient with my updates. I've said this once and I'll say it again "my life does not revolve around the world of fanfiction and my stories." I have uni, friends, family and so many other things to deal with. Most of you are probably still in school so you obviously don't understand but university is twice as hard as high school, depending on the degree, maybe even more. I'm taking egyptian archaeology as my subject - do you even have the slightest idea of how hard it is? I have to remember which king is from which dynasty and know how to classify pottery and clothing and who can forget the pyramids? That's not even half the stuff I need to memorise. Bottom line...it's fucking hard -.- so leave me alone! I don't live to serve you, okay?
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"Really, Gary?" Bertha raised an eyebrow "You're really going to use that as your pick up line? I would've expected so much more from you."
"I'm serious!" The brunette continued to point at the girl "She was in my dream last night! I was in this forest and she was there but she was wearing this green and pink dress and had ribbons up her legs and fairy wings!"
"Excuse me?" Leaf looked at him in confusion "That's quite an imaginative dream but I'm pretty sure it wasn't me because I've never seen you before in my life." She could see Dawn looking at her in shock from the corner of her eye and also slight annoyance that Gary had caught the girl in her fairy form.
"Maybe..." He seemed unsure but Bertha rolled her eyes while the rest of the class snickered
"Well, as I was saying, Leaf is an exchange student also from Sinnoh." She then gestured to the empty seat next to Gary "Unfortunately, the only available seat in this room is next to Gary so you'll have to sit next to him."
"That's alright." She smiled at the woman and walked over Gary, sitting next to him before taking out a book. She then turned to the fellow brunette as Bertha began class "Do you mind if I borrow a pen?"
"Sure." He nodded and took a pen out of his pencil case but when her skin brushed against his as she took it, he felt his whole body freeze. It was the same feeling he'd gotten last night when that girl – who he was positive was Leaf – touched him.
"Um...I think you're supposed to let go of the pen after you offer it to someone." Leaf giggled when he instantly let go "Thanks."
"You're welcome..." He turned back to his own work but continued to stare at the girl from the corner of his eye as she wrote down the notes from the board and listened to Bertha speak. Another thing he noticed was that Dawn was also staring at her from the corner of her eyes; she seemed both surprised and confused.
"So..." He whispered to her "Do you know Dawn?"
"Yeah," She nodded with a small smirk "I know Dawn – really well actually."
"Are you two friends?"
"You could say that."
"I'm not trying to sound rude, but why'd you decide to come Kanto as well?"
"I got bored." She shrugged "I was feeling lonely so the principal gave me permission to come on the exchange as well."
"Wow, you're principal sounds awesome." He looked at her in surprise "Mine's pretty nice, but I doubt he would let me leave on an exchange just by asking."
"Gary," The boy snapped his head up at the teacher, worried he'd gotten caught but relaxed slightly when he saw her reading a note that a student courier had given her – He hadn't even noticed the seventh grader come in. "Drew, Dawn, Ash and Paul. The principal would like to see all of you right now."
And his sense of comfort disappeared again as the five looked at each other warily before nodding and standing up. Dawn seemed to be the most afraid as they left the classroom and headed down to the principal's office.
"This is about yesterday, I just know it!" The bluenette looked like she was about to cry "I can't have the principal hating me; it'll look so bad when I go home!"
"Don't worry, Dawn." Ash put a hand on her shoulder as they continued to walk "The principal won't hate you. He's actually pretty nice, besides, we can't be certain that it's about yesterday."
"What else could it be about?" Drew snorted as he flipped his hair, earning a glare from the raven-haired boy "I'm just saying...Why would all five of us be called down to the principal's office at the same time?"
"Make that seven." Paul stated as he pointed to Misty and May who were also coming in the direction of the principal's office. "Yeah, this is definitely about yesterday."
"I'm going to get sent home, then I'll get in trouble and my mother will never let me come back and-"
"Dawn, seriously, calm down." Gary cupped her cheek "We'll tell him the truth that you were really sick and we had to take you home. He'll understand. Okay?"
"Okay..." She nodded hesitantly as Misty and May reached them
"We're so screwed!" May stated with a look of fear spread onto her features
"Don't worry, May-May, we've already figured out what we're gonna say." Drew explained "Just keep your mouth shut."
"Fine, but don't call me May-May!" He ignored her as he opened the door to the front office and all seven of them entered, walking down a long corridor until they reached a door that said 'Principal's Office'
Paul knocked on the door and a male voice called to tell them to come inside. Slowly, all seven entered the room, looking at the principal warily. He had tanned skin, about two shades darker than Ash, and narrowly slit eyes. His hair was dark brown and spiked straight upwards, giving him a younger look, despite being in his late thirties. He wore a pale blue shirt with a darker blue tie and black pants. The name plaque on his desk said 'Principal Brock Harrison'.
"Take a seat." He instructed and they all nodded, May, Misty and Dawn sitting on the three chairs in front of his desk and the four boys sitting on a black sofa that was leaning against the right wall.
"Well..." He began "Mr Lance came and had a word with me yesterday. Apparently you six" – he gestured to everyone but Dawn – "Decided to leave the classroom in the middle of the thunderstorm to look for you" – he then gestured to the bluenette before directing his attention back to everyone – "And then you all decided to leave school and not come back."
"I can explain," Gary began, but Brock cut him off and looked at Dawn
"I'd like you to explain what happened, Dawn." His voice was calm and he didn't sound angry in the least. He just wanted an explanation.
"Well, yesterday I was on my way to the bathroom when the...storm...started and I actually got hit by a piece of hail and fainted. The next thing I knew, I was back in my bed at May's house. All of them saved me from getting anymore hurt than I already was."
"Alright, May, now you explain."
May cursed as she looked at Drew nervously, he looked like he wanted to slap himself. She was horrible at coming up with decent stories.
"Well...Umm..." She began "When the storm started, Drew, Misty, Paul, Gary, Ash and I were together so we all managed to get to a classroom – Mr Lance's. But then we realised that Dawn wasn't with us and we got really worried, so we asked him if we could go look for her but he wouldn't let even one of us go.
"I know that we shouldn't have, but we all fooled him and left to look for Dawn. When we found her, she was face down in the mud with hail falling on her. Ash saved her but she was out cold and we knew that taking her to the nurse wouldn't be enough so we decided to take her home."
"I see..." He nodded and then looked at Ash "Is there anything else?"
"We were kind of afraid of coming back." He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly "The hailstorm was so random and we were afraid that if we went back it would happen again, so we decided to stay home and get our parents to call and explain. But we forgot to tell them to call."
"Every other student stayed at school and they were afraid too, so I don't think that's a valid excuse for not coming back. I can understand if Dawn wanted to stay home, but the rest of you should've returned."
"Sir, can I say something?" Dawn intervened, knowing that he was about to give out a punishment "I really appreciate what they did for me. May said I was face down in the mud, which meant I could've suffocated so they saved my life. I'll definitely be telling my principal back in Twinleaf Town about how amazing they were and I don't think that my principal will be very happy if they all got suspended for helping me."
She said 'my principal' because she wasn't sure if they were male or female...hopefully they wouldn't catch on.
"Oh...well, I guess you're right." He nodded "But I still have to punish all of you. I won't suspend you, though." He looked at Misty and Paul "Since both of you took Extension English last year and were at the top of the grade, you'll be filling in this afternoon for Miss. Lenora's year eleven Extension English class."
"Seriously?" Misty groaned "I hate the grade below us – they're so annoying!" When she saw the man's expression, she nodded "Fine..."
He then looked at Dawn and Ash "The MPC is covered is mud from students' shoes yesterday with the storm so you two will be cleaning it this afternoon."
"Eww..." Dawn screwed up her nose but sighed and nodded "I guess that's fair."
"May," Brock looked specifically at the female brunette "You'll be helping the ladies in the front office fix up the paperwork after school."
"By myself?" May looked at him in disbelief before eyeing Drew and Gary "Actually, that's fine."
"And Gary and Drew," He turned to the remaining boys "You two will be helping Mrs. Bertha mark the first part of the exams that the year eleven students recently had. They're only multiple choice so you'll be fine with it."
"Every single year eleven students' papers?" Gary's jaw dropped "But there's like more than three hundred people in that grade!"
"Which is why she could use your help." He gave his attention back to all seven students "I've already said it, but this will all happen straight after school today so cancel any plans you may have had. You won't be going home for a while, so get back to your classes before you miss any more."
"Yes, sir." They all nodded in unison and stood up and exited the office, hanging their heads in defeat. They didn't have anything to do in the afternoon, but they certainly hadn't planned on spending it working at the school.
"Thanks for saving us from suspension, Dawn." Ash smiled at her gratefully but she frowned
"Yeah, but we're still being punished and it's all my fault."
"Actually, it's more our fault than yours." Misty stated as they exited the front office "It was our choice to go home and not come back."
"Speaking of going back," May cut in "We should go back to class before a teacher finds us and gives us detention. My afternoon's already been screwed up; I'm not wasting my lunch as well."
They all nodded and Misty and May broke up from the others, heading in the opposite direction to return to their English class just as the bell rang for the end of first period and the start of second. The remaining five quickened their pace to get to their classes and within a minute, managed to get back to their English class to get their bags.
"Where's Leaf?" Dawn questioned as she looked around the almost empty English classroom "I need to talk to her!"
"Melody, Ursula and Giselle are in the same Math class as her so they offered to take her there." Bertha answered
"Seriously?" The bluenette slapped a hand to her forehead
"Hey," Gary spoke up "That means she's in mine and Ash's Math class." He smiled at the girl "Don't worry; we'll make sure she doesn't get sucked into their world."
"Even if she does, she'll come back out the second I tell her to."
"How do you know?" Ash raised an eyebrow
"Because-"
"Dawn, stop chatting and hurry up and get to class!" The bluenette turned to see Lucian standing in front of her "You'd better be there before I get there."
"Yes, sir." She nodded swiftly and scurried off in the direction of her class
"Well, we'd better get to class too." The raven-haired boy stated and the two continued their journey to their own class, designated right next to Dawn's. As they entered the classroom, they both did their best not to roll their eyes as their teacher began yet another story about his son.
It was then that Ash noticed Leaf sitting next to Melody and Giselle and Ursula sitting in front of the two. This was not good. The last thing anyone needed – or more specifically, wanted – was a new addition to Melody's group. Leaf seemed slightly uncomfortable around the three and god knew what they were saying to her. Whenever he caught bits and pieces of their conservation, it always had to do with shopping, nails, hair or more commonly who they thought was good in bed.
"I have a feeling we should go and save her." Gary whispered to him as he also noticed Leaf's expression "We have a spare seat in front of us, you move there and Leaf can come and sit next to me."
"She's all the way on the other side of the room. We're gonna have to walk over to get her and not only will Byron get pissed off, but he'll start up another lecture about how we should pay attention unlike him who never payed attention to his son. Plus, she's with Melody and Giselle...the two irritating bitches who will drool and take the wrong impression of the fact we're going near them."
"Good point. And Ursula's there too which means she'll start asking about Paul – as usual." The brunette sighed "Let's talk to her after class and get her to sit with us next lesson."
"Sounds good." He nodded before writing down the notes on the board and then opening up his Maths book to do the assigned work for the lesson.
Forty-five minutes of Ash trying to stop Gary from copying his answers later, the bell finally rang. The two boys snapped their books shut and shoved them into their bags before practically running out of the classroom. They got out before Leaf so when she came, they could talk to her and try to get her away from Melody and her group.
"Hey!" Dawn smiled at the two as she and everyone else from their group exited their classroom "How was class?"
"It sucked. Ash wouldn't let me copy his answers." Gary groaned "One of the most boring forty-five minutes of my life."
"You really should try doing the work yourself." Ash stated "You're gonna be screwed over for the exams at the end of the year if you don't."
"Yeah, yeah...I will."
"Leaf hasn't left yet, has she?" The bluenette questioned, slight worry gracing her features "I really need to talk to her."
"No, not yet." The raven-haired boy replied with a shake of his head "She'll probably be out soo- ah, there she is now." He gestured to the female brunette that was walking out of his Maths classroom with Melody, Giselle and Ursula around her. Brianna joined them shortly as she exited Dawn's classroom.
"Leaf!" Dawn called as she ran over to the girl "I really need to talk to you." She gestured behind her "Come on, let's go to the bathroom."
"Eww, get lost – Leaf is our friend, not yours." Melody stated as she stood in front of the darker brunette.
"She's not going to be friends with people like you." The bluenette growled before looking over at her sister "Come on, let's go."
Leaf nodded and started moving, but Giselle and Ursula grabbed her.
"You can't decide who she's going to be friend's with." Giselle glared at Dawn before looking back at Leaf "Don't hang out with this slut."
"Slut?" the fellow dark brunette raised an eyebrow and put her hands on her hips "What do you mean by 'slut?'"
"She's a total whore, like, no joke – stay away from her."
"Yeah," Melody nodded "Ever since she came here, all she's done is flirt with every single boy she lays eyes on. The worst part is that she's not even pretty, yet she tries to flirt with all of them."
"She's a complete disgrace to this world." Ursula stated
"I wouldn't be surprised if she's not even a virgin." Brianna finished
Dawn rolled her eyes – unfazed by the insults – and crossed her arms over her chest, but Leaf was fuming. She faced all three girls and glared daggers.
"How dare you say that about my sister!"
"Sister?!" Melody, Giselle and Ursula all spoke at the same time with their jaws dropped and eyes wide in shock
"Wait..." Gary intervened as he looked at Dawn "She's your twin sister?"
"Yeah," The bluenette nodded "I told you we were fraternal and to imagine me with chocolate brown eyes and dark brown hair that was longer than my own."
Melody, Giselle, Brianna and Ursula glared and turned on their heels before marching in the direction of their usual spot where they sat. Clearly, they were irritated that they had lost a potential new member to their group and they were also being ignored.
"Wow," May finally spoke as she walked over to Leaf "You're even prettier in person than you are in the photos I saw." She smiled at the brunette and pulled her away from Melody "I can definitely tell that you and Dawn are twins – you're both inhumanly pretty!"
"Not really..." She tried not to sound nervous at the word 'inhuman' "You're so pretty yourself."
"No way," The fellow brunette snorted "I'm not half as pretty as you two are."
"Don't even bother, Leaf." Dawn rolled her eyes with a smile "Despite how many times I've told her how pretty she is, she never accepts it." She then took her sister's hand "Anyway, I need to talk to you so let's go."
"Whoa!" Leaf yelped as she was dragged away by the bluenette
"I wonder what they're gonna talk about." May questioned out loud
"I think Dawn's gonna ask her why she's here." Ash answered "Because this morning when she came in English, Dawn looked like her eyes were going to pop out of their sockets. So she was definitely not expecting her sister to come here."
"I wonder why she did..." The female brunette thought out loud before shrugging and turning to Misty "Let's go sit while we wait for them."
"Yeah," The redhead nodded "Let's go."
"What, you're not interested in what Dawn has to say to Leaf?" Drew raised an eyebrow
"No." May stared at him in disbelief "Why are you?"
"Because it could be interesting." He replied in an obvious tone
"If I know Dawn, then she's not even in the bathroom. She and Leaf have gone somewhere else because after yesterday she's not going to take the risk of us eavesdropping again. So really, don't bother trying to find her."
"You boys really need to get over your eavesdropping habit." Misty stated before she and May left them behind to go to their picnic table.
"It's not a habit!" The chartreuse-haired boy said defiantly as he and the other boys followed behind them and sat down next to them when they reached their spot.
"What is wrong with you guys?" May looked at them all in disbelief "Before Dawn came, you guys always sat at your own random spot. Why are you so obsessed with her?"
"We are not obsessed!" Gary stated "She's new here and so is Leaf, we want to make sure they have a good time."
"Yeah, well I'm pretty sure they'd have a better time if they didn't have you breathing down their necks twenty-four-seven." The female brunette rolled her eyes and pulled out a pear from her bag before taking a small bite.
"That's just your stupid thought." He remained persistent "I'm just saying, if they have someone to show them around and help them get used to the place then they'll enjoy it more."
"Whatever," She snorted "you do what you want."
"Hey, guys," All six figures looked up to see Dawn – who had spoken – and Leaf standing in front of them with their arms linked
"What are you doing here?" Dawn almost yelled at her sister as they hid behind a large group of trees and away from the eyes and ears of any students or teachers "Why didn't you just call me?"
"I was feeling lonely." The brunette shrugged innocently
"What about Danny?"
"He went back to Andros to learn more about it for his assignment." she rolled her eyes "I should've taken that planetary studies class with you two, it's so boring at home. No one to talk to, nothing to do."
"So you decided to come here instead?"
"Yup!" The brunette nodded with a grin "You were saying how much you missed me and wished I could be here with you so I convinced mother to let me come too." She then rolled her eyes "It took a lot of convincing though."
"I'm guessing that was what you were arguing about yesterday?"
"Mhm, we were arguing for quite a few hours but eventually she gave in." She winked "I used the 'older sister wanting to take care of her younger sister' card – it worked like a charm."
"You're only three and a half hours older than me, remember?"
"I'm still older."
"Alright, fine, whatever." The bluenette sighed "Lets get back to the others. I need to introduce you to them all."
"Sure! Sounds like fun." Leaf linked her arms with her sister and the two began the short journey back to the others. Once they came into view, Dawn smiled and caught their attention.
"Hey guys," They all looked up to face her "You don't mind if Leaf sits with us, right?"
"Of course not!" Misty looked at the bluenette in surprise "Your sister is always welcome to be with us."
"Thank you," Leaf smiled gratefully "I really appreciate it."
"No problems, we'd never want to put you through the torture of spending recess and lunch with Melody."
"Yeah…they're kind of weird." She shrugged sheepishly "All through Math, they kept switching conversations between which guy was the best in bed and how much they hated some girl called Brianna."
"Typical." May rolled her eyes "Of course they'd bitch about a member of their own group – it's so them."
"According to them, the guy that they think would be best in bed is someone called Ash Ketchum."
"That would be him." Dawn pointed to the raven-haired boy who had turned a bright red
"As if!" Gary protested "How the hell could they think he would be better in bed than me?!"
"You're Gary Oak, right?" He nodded at her question "They were contemplating between you and Ash but eventually agreed that Ash's innocence made him hotter or something." She rolled her eyes and took a seat next to her sister "I really don't like them."
"Innocence doesn't make you better in bed." He grumbled and Misty smirked at him
"How would you know? How do you even know if you're any good in bed?" She waggled her eyebrows.
"I thought we all agreed not to talk about that." He growled angrily "See…this is why I don't like you."
"Really? Because I have a thousand reasons why I don't like you."
"Alright, alright, enough!" May intervened before the two could argue anymore "Let's talk about something else."
"Yeah," Ash nodded before turning to face Paul "Like the fact that Paul's seventeenth is in a week."
"Don't remind me." The plum-haired boy rolled his eyes "I hate that I'm oldest here."
"Why?" Gary looked at him in confusion "Being the oldest gives you more authority. That's what I love about being older than my sister," he smirked at Leaf "don't you think so too, Leaf?"
"I wouldn't know," she shrugged "I've never pulled authority over my sister before." She turned to Dawn and he bluenette smiled and nodded.
"We're not your average sisters that fight like cats." She giggled "Infact a lot of people have told us that it's scary how well we get along."
"So you guys have never had a fight? Not a single one?" Drew raised an eyebrow as both girls shook their heads.
"Sometimes we have small arguments…but it's only ever on one topic." Dawn rolled her eyes – this topic obviously being the boy and his memory. It was the one thing they conflicted over. Leaf wanted her to forget the boy but Dawn refused.
"What topic is that?"
"Don't worry about it." Dawn replied and Leaf nodded
"It's not really important."
"More like it's not something human-related." Ash muttered under his breath, only to be elbowed roughly by Gary.
"Quit it." He whispered back angrily before smiling at the two girls "You don't have to tell us, it's fine." Before anyone could say anything else, the bell rang, signalling the end of recess and beginning of period three.
"So, Leaf, what do you have now?" May questioned
"Umm…" She pulled out her timetable from her bag and handed it to the fellow brunette girl
"Hey, You have P.E with us now!" Her eyes lit up in excitement "Awesome, we're all in the same class." She gestured to the others
"That's a relief," The fellow brunette smiled "I'd hate to be alone."
"Do you have a P.E uniform?" Misty questioned "Because we have a fitness test today."
"It's the polo shirt with shorts, right?" She unzipped her bag and gestured to the uniform in her bag "A fitness test sounds like fun, I wouldn't want to miss it."
"Fun?" May raised an eyebrow "Fitness tests are the worst!"
"Oh come on," Dawn rolled her eyes playfully "It can't be that bad. I'm sure Leaf and I have been through much worse back home."
"I highly doubt that, but whatever." She shrugged and stood up, followed by everyone else "Let's hurry up and get changed. We have to go out on the field today so we have a bit of a distance to walk too."
"Alright," she nodded, linking her arms with Leaf's "Let's go."
"I have never seen siblings that close before." Drew stated as the two walked away "Not even other twins."
"I guess they're just an exception." Gary stated as they all followed behind, noticing that the two girls were locked into some kind of serious question, and with the reddening of Dawn's cheeks, it seemed to be quite interesting "What do you think they're talking about?"
"If Dawn's blushing," May observed "it has to be about a guy."
"Which guy?" Ash questioned almost instantly
"How should I know? If Leaf's talking, then it's probably someone from back home because she doesn't know any of you." A light bulb seemed to go off in her head "Oh my god, I bet they're talking about Daniel!"
"Ugh, again with that loser!" Gary rolled his eyes "I hate him so much!"
"You hate every guy who threatens your chances with a girl." Misty snorted "Tell me something I don't know."
"Have I ever mentioned how much I don't like you?" The male brunette growled
"Plenty…but I love hearing it because the feeling is totally mutual."
Gary wasn't able to respond because they had reached the change rooms. He instead, grumbled and walked inside, followed by the other boys. Misty and May continued to walking till the reached the girls' change rooms, managing to catch a tiny bit of Dawn and Leaf's conversation before they were noticed.
"-There is no way he- Oh, hi guys!" Dawn smiled, turning to the redhead and lighter brunette "What took you so long?" she gestured to the fact that she was ready and Leaf was just finishing tying her shoes.
"Nothing, we were just walking slowly because we were talking to the guys."
"Oh, okay." The bluenette nodded and finished packing up her bag before waiting for the other two to finish getting ready.
Five minutes later, the four girls were making their way up towards the field where most of the class was probably already waiting. Leaf and Dawn stayed slightly behind Misty and May, whispering a conversation to each other.
"Leaf, please tell me you're joking." Dawn's sapphire eyes were full of surprise and her cheeks were tinting a light pink.
"I wish I was…actually," The darker brunette smirked while shaking her head "I don't. You two would be so cute together! And you and I both know that mother will definitely approve of him."
"But I don't like him like that…" she whined "I just consider him as a friend, nothing more, nothing less. Did he really say the word 'love'?"
"Yup." Leaf nodded "His exact words: 'I am missing Dawn a lot. I wish she would return sooner so I could confess my love for her."
"This is going to make things so awkward when we get back home. If he confesses and I tell him that I don't feel the same, our relationship will never be the same again."
"Don't worry, I'm sure he'll understand." She put a reassuring hand on her younger sister's shoulder and smiled "But in all honesty, you two would look pretty cute together."
"You say that about every guy I come in contact with." Dawn crossed her arms over her chest. They had no reached the field where most of the class was already waiting. Crasher Wake was busily writing down notes onto his clipboard while waiting for the stragglers to arrive.
"I do not." Leaf also crossed her arms over her chest. The two were standing a little ways away from the rest of the class so that no one could hear them. "I only ever said that about Jack, and it was true." She stated "But mother didn't approve of him…she'll totally approve of-"
"Leaf will you stop it!" The bluenette glared "I don't like him like that! And he's nothing like Jack." She relaxed her body "Jack is adventurous, crazy, immature and pretty much just lives life on the edge. He so chill about everything and-"
"You're swooning…" Leaf sang as she smirked at her sister
"I am not!" Dawn's face turned bright red before she let out an irritated huff "Whatever, he's nothing like Jack and I don't like him like that."
"Well, if I were you, I'd figure out a way to let him down easy. You know what he's like when he gets upset."
"I know," she sighed "I just-"
"New girl!" Both girls turned to see Crasher Wake interrupting the bluenette and waving Leaf over "Come here so I can get your name, then we can start."
"Yes, sir." She nodded and walked over. Crasher glared and began his speech of not calling him 'sir' before taking down her name and allowing her to go back to Dawn. "He's weird." She stated
"I know; he's weirder than Brycen."
"Who's Brycen?" Leaf and Dawn looked up to see May and the others walking towards them
"Brycen was our old personal trainer." The fellow sapphire-eyed girl explained "He was way weirder than Crasher."
"Wow, okay, then he had to be pretty weird." Gary raised both his eyebrows "So, why isn't he your trainer anymore? Did you fire him?"
"No, he just decided that we didn't need a trainer anymore." Leaf shrugged "He was our trainer for about two years, then he told us that we were in perfect shape and didn't need his help anymore."
"Really now?" a smirk grew on his lips "Care to prove it today?"
"Is that a challenge?" The female brunette smirked
"Why yes, yes it is." He then turned to Dawn "It's a challenge to both of you."
"Trust me, sweetie, you don't want to challenge us." The bluenette winked "You're just gonna hurt yourselves."
"Somehow I find that very hard to believe." Ash raised an eyebrow at the girl before gesturing to himself and the other three boys "We're at the top of the class for P.E."
"Well, looks like we're just gonna have to push you down a little." Leaf continued to smirk
"Good luck with that."
"We-"
"Alright everyone, line up!" Crasher called out before the female brunette could finish what she was saying. Everyone lined up in front of their teacher as he explained what they were going to do. "As you all know, today is your fitness test and as always, it will be girls versus boys."
A series of groans emitted from the most of the girls. The boys always won because they were so competitive…and they had Gary, Ash, Drew and Paul.
"Don't whine; you get marked on your individual performance, not on which team wins." He rolled his eyes, giving the same speech he always gave to the girls "Each girl will partner with a boy and vice versa, this person will be your rival for the duration of the lesson."
"Leaf," Gary called "I'm partnering with you."
"Prepare to get your ass whooped, Gary Oak." She snorted "You don't stand a chance."
"We'll see about that." He smirked before eyeing her "Speaking of asses; yours looks amazing in those shorts."
"You pervert!" Her jaw dropped and the bridge of her nose turned bright red at his words "You stupid pervert!"
"Get used to it, Leaf." Dawn stated as she walked over to her sister "Gary is one of the biggest perverts you will ever meet."
"He didn't seem like it in English." She mumbled irritably before glaring at him "But whatever, just know that your stupid tricks won't work on me."
"I don't play tricks, sweetie," He put a finger to her chin and lifted it towards him so that she could feel his hot breath on her lips "I get what I want and keep it."
"Stop flirting with me and go tell Crasher that we're partners."
"Your wish is my command." He bowed and walked over to where Crasher was writing down the names of groups.
"Don't worry, Leaf," Dawn giggled "He's total pervert, but he's harmless."
"I'm starting to regret using him to gain the speech of this world."
"You used Gary?" she raised an eyebrow "So did I."
"The poor guy," the brunette laughed "He's a victim to both of us." Dawn joined in on the laughter but stopped when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see Ash staring at her, trying to mask his confusion.
"Hey, Ash," she smiled, praying he hadn't heard what the two girls had previously been talking about "do you need something?"
"I just wanted to ask if you wanted to be partners?" He questioned with a smile "I don't really want to partner with anyone else." A tiny blush grew on his cheeks as he said those words, causing her to smile.
"I'd love to be your partner," she winked "plus, this way I can show you how wrong you are when you think that you're better than us."
"Since when do you talk like this?"
"Since you boys claimed you were better than us."
"How about we make this interesting?" a sly smirk grew on the boy's face
"How so?" Dawn raised an eyebrow
"The loser has to do whatever the winner wants for a whole month."
"That's like half the time I'm here!"
"What's wrong? Afraid you're gonna lose?"
"No way," she put her hands on her hips "But a month still is too much – one week."
"Two."
"Done." She couldn't help but smirk "Prepare to be my slave, Ash." The boy had no idea what she was capable of and how much training she'd been through back home. He was so screwed.
"Never gonna happen."
"Melody and Lucas!" Crasher called out "You're up first!"
The two walked up the track, each taking a position in one of the peach-coloured, synthetic tarmac strips between two white lines.
"Can I not do this?" Melody whined "I'm going to get sweaty and disgusting and Lucas is a loser – I can't race against a loser."
The rest of the class started laugh at her insult, except Dawn who rolled her eyes and Leaf who raised an eyebrow. She had no idea what Lucas' personality was like, but calling him a loser in front of the entire class was just cruel. Misty, May and the boys also refused to laugh at Melody's words – she was way too full of herself.
"Don't insult other students and if you don't do this, I'll fail you." Crasher stated with a stern look but she simply waved him off.
"I'm fine with that." She started to walk away but he glared
"Stay there and do the fitness test, now."
"What and ever." She rolled her eyes and went back to her original position
"Three, two, one…go!" He set off the popgun in the air and Lucas ran down the field while Melody just walked, clearly not bothered to put any effort in. Crasher groaned irritably but didn't say anything – talking to her was pretty much useless.
"What a diva." Misty rolled her eyes. They watched as Lucas jumped over the hurdles – knocking quite a few of them over in the process – and attempted to get over the vaults before running to a series of tyres and jumping between them and then right around the rest of the field until he got back to the start. He bent over with his hands on his knees, gasping for breath as he waited for Crasher to speak.
"Eleven minutes and twenty-three seconds." He stated, looking at the stopwatch "Good, that's an improvement from thirteen minutes and fifty-one seconds at the beginning of the year. Let's see if you can improve this one at the end of the year."
Melody turned around as soon as she reached the hurdles and walked back, texting as she did so. Crasher sighed and shook his head before calling out the next group to start. It continued this way with the boys' team mostly winning. Drew beaten May, but Misty had beaten Paul – just barely – and now it was Dawn and Ash's turn.
"Alright, Dawn, Ash, get ready!" Crasher told the two as they took their positions on the field
"As soon as this is over," Ash began with a smirk "I need you to massage my neck."
"In your dreams, Ketchum." She waved him off as the popgun sounded and the two sped off. Ash stared at the girl, dumbfounded as she took an early lead. She didn't even look like she was trying. He sped up till he caught up to her and they jumped over the hurdles, trying to stay in front of the other.
Ash ended up in the lead as they finished the hurdles, but once they got to the vaults, Dawn completely shocked him as she put her hands on her vault, flipped herself upwards – so that she was upside down – and jumped forward on her way back down, landing perfectly on her feet without so much as a stumble.
"What the hell?" He looked at her in shock as he continued to run "What are you? A gymnast or something?"
"How about 'or something'." She winked and jumped between each tire "You're going down, Ash." She smirked as she got out of the last tyre and ran down the remained of the field.
"No way in hell am I going to let you beat me!" He shouted to her and picked up his pace till they were neck in neck. "I don't care how athletic you are, you are not going to win this!"
"Wow, I had no idea you had so much determination." The bluenette looked at him in surprise "But I'm still not gonna be your slave for two weeks."
They were now nearing the end of their race and they could see everyone staring at them in complete shock – more specifically at Dawn. Well, except Leaf, that is. They were just a few metres away and both of them sped up, neither wanting to lose the bet. As they finally reached the finish, Dawn took a leap forward, beating Ash by only a few milliseconds.
"Dawn wins!" Crasher called out, shock filling his voice. Ash always won against his partner and Dawn was so petite, how she managed to beat him was beyond the coach's comprehension. He looked down at his stopwatch "Since milliseconds obviously don't count, both of you got a time of five minutes and seven seconds. Shortest time we've ever had – you two should be proud."
Dawn smiled in gratitude while Ash tried to catch his breath. He held a hand to his chest to calm his breathing and stared at the bluenette in confusion "How…can you…not…be…tired…" He questioned between heaving gasps.
"I told you that I was already really fit." She shrugged nonchalantly before smirking "And now you, are my slave for two weeks."
"Damn…" He sighed as he finally managed to catch his breath "I really wanted a massage, my neck is killing me."
"I'll still give you one." She gave him a warm smile as he looked at her in confusion
"Why? I'm your slave, not the other way 'round."
"If your neck is really sore, then as a friend, I want to help you feel better." She winked "Besides, I have magic in my hands – five minutes of a massage from me, and your neck will feel brand new."
"Seriously?"
"Of course," she smiled and nodded before gesturing to the bleachers "Come on."
"You're the best, Dawn." He looked at her gratefully as they both sat down at the bleachers with Dawn behind him so she could massage his neck. As Crasher continued to call out the names of the rest of the group, Ash resisted the urge to moan in pleasure at the feeling he was getting from Dawn's massage. She seriously did have magic in her hands. However, his pleasure was cut short when Crasher called out the final team.
"Gary and Leaf, you're up!"
"Ooh!" Dawn clapped her hands together once "This should be fun to watch."
"Just because you beat me, doesn't mean your sister can beat Gary." Ash stated in a snobbish tone "He's one of the top runners in our school."
"Well apparently, so are you." She replied in the same tone "Just watch," she smirked "Gary will be eating Leaf's dust."
"Sure she will." He snorted but the bluenette just rolled her eyes, not bothering to argue anymore so she could concentrate on the upcoming race. "Go Leaf! You know you can beat him!" she cheered and her twin smiled
"Thanks, Dawn!" She took her position on the field next to Gary who was continually smirking at her "What?" she raised an eyebrow
"Don't listen to your sister. You can't beat me."
"And here I thought you were a nice guy." The female brunette crossed her arms over her chest "I guess you finally showed your true colours, huh."
"Baby girl," he winked "You ain't seen nothing yet."
"Believe me when I say that I'm nobody's baby girl."
"Not yet, maybe."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" she raised an eyebrow but before he could reply, the popgun sounded and the male brunette sped off down the track. "Hey!" she shouted "I wasn't finished talking to you!"
"Leaf!" She turned to see Dawn yelling at her "Hurry up!"
"Oh…right." She rolled her eyes – sounding bored – and started to run down the track. Gary was already finished with the hurdles and was running towards the vault. Just as he was about to get over the first vault, Leaf appeared next to him and lifted herself over her vault in the exact same way Dawn had.
"What!" Gary stared at her dumbfounded, but not forgetting to continue the race "How the hell did you catch up so fast?!"
"I'm just awesome like that." She winked and stuck her tongue out as she got over the final vault and ran up to the tyres "Never underestimate me, Oak."
"I won't anymore…but that doesn't mean I'm going to let you beat me!" He smirked and sped up till he caught up to her "I never lose and I'm not about to start now."
"Well you're about to eat your words!" Leaf exclaimed as she got out of the last tyre and started the final leg of the fitness test.
Just like Dawn and Ash, she and Gary were neck in neck the whole way down and the male brunette was starting to worry. As they neared the finished, he gave her a barely noticeable shove, causing her to fall onto the ground – hard.
"You cheater!" She screamed and slapped the palm of her hand onto the ground. Her hand started to glow a barely noticeable light green and a tiny vine grew from the ground, wrapped itself around Gary's ankle, tripping him and then disappearing as if it were never there.
"Oof!" Gary fell to the ground with a loud 'thud' "What the hell?" He mumbled and looked around to see what had tripped him, but found nothing.
"You dirty, stinky cheater!" Leaf yelled as she stood up and walked towards the boy "Just because you're afraid you're going to get beat, doesn't mean you can shove me and make me fall!"
"It was an accident." He shrugged nonchalantly and stood up, brushing himself off before looking back at her "I didn't intend for you to fall over."
"Sure you didn't." She continued to glare and crossed her arms over her shoulders "Say sorry!"
"For what?" The male brunette raised an eyebrow "I already told you that I didn't intend for you to fall. Why should I apologise?"
"You insensitive jerk!" The ground started to shake slightly and Gary swore that he saw Leaf's eyes glow bright green. He couldn't be positive however, because he fell back down again from the force of the quake – along with all the other students and Crasher who were standing.
"Leaf!" Dawn cried out as she got up from the stands and ran over to her sister "Calm down!" the quaking didn't affect her, allowing her to remain standing as she put a hand on her sister's shoulder. It started to glow a very pale, unnoticeable blue and the female brunette felt a cold rush surge through her, relaxing her tense muscles.
The ground stopped shaking and the students sighed in relief as they got back up onto their feet. The bluenette looked at her sister and glared, silently scolding her for losing control in front of so many people.
"What the hell was that?!" Gary's voice came from the ground and he started to stand up again "We've never had earthquakes in Kanto before."
"Really?" Dawn raised both eyebrows in surprise "First there was a crazy storm and now an earthquake? Wow, Leaf," She turned back to her sister and laughed "Maybe we should just go back home before a tsunami hits us or something."
"How can you joke about something like this?" He looked at the two laughing girls in disbelief
"Because that was hardly an earthquake." Leaf stated "If it was, then it's likely that some buildings would've collapsed and people would've been screaming."
"That was probably just a small tremor or something." Dawn continued
"Tremor?" The male brunette looked at her in confusion
"You know, when two tectonic plates rub against each other?" she elaborated in a 'duh' tone.
"But, there aren't any fault lines under Kanto…" He trailed off as Ash approached them
"Do you guys know what just happened?"
"Dawn says it was just a tremor or something." Gary replied, but his voice was unsure as he eyed both girls suspiciously "I still think it was a mini earthquake."
"I don't." Leaf snorted "Anyway, class is almost over, we should get going." She and Dawn walked away and over to Misty and May, leaving Ash and Gary standing where they were.
"That wasn't a natural earthquake or tremor or whatever it was." Ash stated, and to his surprise, Gary nodded.
"I didn't trip on my own…something grabbed my leg and tripped me. And I swear I saw her eyes glowing before that earthquake happened."
"See!" the black-haired boy exclaimed, but then lowered his voice when he saw people turn to face him "I told you there was something weird about them."
"Alright," He nodded "You've got my attention."
Well...looks like Gary's finally given in to Ash's accusations ;) Do you think it was little early? I think it might have been :/ eh, oh well...I don't want the story to drag on because I've got some awesome stuff (or at least in my opinion it is) planned for later on and I'd like to get up to it a.s.a.p :) So...who do you think this mystery guy is that Leaf says is in love with Dawn? ;)
This chapter was gonna be longer but thanks to all the nagging from guest reviewers, I decided to just update now and make them shut up. I've set my guest reviews to moderate so you guys have no idea how many 'reviews' i've had to decline because all they ever do is nag about updating -.- letting you know right now, I will NOT update student of the year before the 22nd of June and as for these two stories, don't expect another update until at least mid-july.
anyways, I need to get back to studying so au revoir for now, I shall see you all again around July-ish, maybe late June if you're lucky :)
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