CHAPTER 10 .:;:. That's the Power of Love

The four, Eifia, Kotoha, Nymphia, and Sonata, were all set to go do what they wanted to do, wherever that happened to be. None of them were legal to drive anywhere. Even if they were, there were only two cars: The Bitchin Truck and that black car Allegretto drove. Tracey was really protective of his Bitchin Truck, even though it technically wasn't a truck in the first place. The quartet of Half-Breeds went down the driveway of the house, but not before Sonata could be a show-off. He had learned a trick off the internet whereas he could charge lightning around his shoes and essentially create hover-skates. Made of lightning. He let the girls go ahead of him while he rubbed his hands together. Creating a yellow string between his hands, he placed his left hand on his stomach and his right hand onto his chest, effectively charging the two parts of his shot the waves down into his feet, creating a small field of static between it and the cement he was on. He started to float, almost losing his balance. He leaned forward and it made him move forward. He zipped past the girls, startling them quite a bit. Circling them, he stopped behind every one of them, placing his hands on their backs, jolting them a little bit before sending the electricity down their legs and into lightning skates like his. He could have placed his hands on their chests, but he was probably sure that he would get a slap from Kotoha, a seductive look/comment from Eifia, and Nymphia most likely blushing profusely and grabbing her chest as if to hide herself. Sonata wouldn't tread that path. But he would make the trip to wherever the hell they were going a lot easier. He kind of wanted to do a backflip over some things, but he wasn't acrobatic enough to do any sort of thing like that. With that, everyone was skating down the street, happiness strewn across their faces. Nymphia was actually the one who had a hard time standing on them. She was doing her best to balance herself, but ultimately fell down. Her skates dishcharged and she was left with no cool way of transportation.

Doh, fuck it. Sonata thought as he turned around in place and slid back to his fairy companion. She was slightly standing, now, the perfect position for what Sonata was about to do. He whirled behind her, crouched down and placed an arm at the bend of her knee. The other arm went to her back, and he swept her off her feet, literally. She was now being held bridal-style by a Luxray.

"I got ya, Princess." He said, looking down into her eyes for a moment. She covered her face with her hands, steam basically emitting from behind them. This made Sonata giggle a bit. Now, with everyone completely mobile for the most part, they skated into Oriaunis City.

Oriaunis City can basically be described as a giant circle. The center of the city held the Battle Station, the only real Gym-like place in the Soken Region. The Marsen Region and Soken region may as well be one whole thing, much like Kanto and Johto. The only thing that really kept them apart was a mountain range that had to be bridged by train. The forest that Sonata had previously went through was the end of the Marsen Region and the beginning of the Soken Region. The Soken Region wasn't really that big, so teenagers who wanted to become League Challengers not only had to get their Trainer's License, AND a passport to the Marsen Region. It must have been hard on them. Outside the Battle Station, though, were a variety of establishments to be entered and used at the leisure of people and their friends who are still people. Oriaunis City had a majority of shops that were run by Half-Breeds. Of course, the city housed regular humans who were Pokemon owners, but they never saw the Half-breeds as some sort of oppressor, seeing as they're half human as well. What was the point in hating what they themselves helped to create? Oriaunis City was basically called the Half-Breed center of the world. This was essentially why Half-Breed Academy was built there. It was in a place where they would most easily be accepted in. Sonata and the others arrived and tried to make sense of where they were going. The city, again, was a large circle of a place. Split into four districts, each had their own flair to go along with it. The north quadrant was called the Up district. This was the place where most of the technology stores lie. It's called the up district because of it's largest store, Up-Down Games. It's a joke of it being the UP-town, as it was the upmost part on the map. It was also a joke on the +Control Pad of gaming consoles and handhelds and such. The westmost portion was the Educators District. There lie Half-Breed Academy. A Primary, Junior High, and regular High school was sprinkled in. A community college was there too. South was the Cloud District. It was the NORMAL shopping place of the city. Restaurants, shopping centers, whatever the place, it was there. East was the residential district. There were houses, apartments, trailers, mobile homes, all that and a bag of chips. The group decided to get a feel for how the school they were attending was. Eifia has a clue of where to go there, while the rest of them had no clue. It was a while before they reached the place, so they stopped and grabbed something to drink on the way there. Having entered through the Residential District, they had to go around through the Cloud District. For some reason, only the Cloud and Up Districts are connected directly to the Battle Station. The other districts are technically connected, but mainly by alleyways and such. Those of which, Eifia didn't know. It was a good hour walk until they made it to the Educator District, so it was another fifteen minutes until the Academy. Sonata had his hands behind his head, walking directly next to Kotoha and Nymphia. Somehow, the conversation topic was put onto their first kiss status.

"Have you had your first kiss yet, Sonata?" Kotoha asked. Her flower crown was emitting another sweet smell. It was like an intoxicating perfume, but she naturally created it by her own chemicals that mixed in her flower crown and slowly pumped out, utterly relaxing anyone who inhaled it's wonderful bouquet. It made tea taste really good, actually.

"I haven't. Eifia here tried to get it though." He replied.

"You know, the offer still stands, Sonata." Eifia said.

"Not happenin, sister." He replied in the same deadpan tone that he gave her that morning.

"I haven't really had my first kiss, either." Kotoha said under a giggle. Eifia stopped and grabbed Kotoha by the arms, putting them in a way as if they were dancing.

"I can take that first kiss, if you don't mind a woman kissing you."

"Eifia, I may be pansexual, but i'm not all that interested in you." She said with a few sweat beads forming on her face. Eifia drew her face closer.

"But the interest is there, right?" Sonata took this time to put a little jolt into his Psychic companion. She stepped back one and muttered a word of pain.

"I'll stay away from your girlfriend, fine." She told him.

"While I'm sure neither of us would mind dating each other, I don't think it's going to happen any time soon." Sonata said. Kotoha had a blush dust across her face right quick.

"How the hell did you know I had a crush on you?" She asked.

"...Because you just told me. Trust me, i'm not special. You don't want to date a guy like me. Touya is a much better guy than I am."

"Hey, I'd think all of us here would gladly be your girlfriend, Sonata. Including me, obviously." Nymphia said. It might have been the most he heard out of her. since he got there.

"Oh come on. I've been here for three days and every girl but your mother and Noyomi have said that something relating to me being liked by them. Come on, I'm not that interesting!"

"I wouldn't say so. You can make sandwiches of the gods, you're one of the nicest and funniest guys I've ever met, you're pretty cute, you're an amazing DJ, you're a formidable fighter, and you can activate Pokemon Fusion. What can't you do?" Eifia inquired.

"You do realize that those are surface things? Sure they may be a thing to admire in a person, but you can't mistake that for the beginnings of love. You can't base love of any sort off of something you admire in someone. It's false. Falling in love is a ride. Like a rollercoaster, it has ups, downs, upside what the fucks. It's something you can't predict. You can convince yourself that you love another person, but the attachment you feel to another may be the one you want to have for the rest of your life. You want that other person to be as happy aas can be, even if it's with someone else. And if they love you back, they'll need to realize it before you're gone."

"You say that as if you've loved someone before." Nymphia chimed.

"I can't say that I have. I just know what real love is like. You have to know so that you know what to do when you eventually find it. But that's the thing, you won't know what real love is like until you experience it. It's impossible to predict who you'll fall for. You may have standards for who you want to be with, but that may change as time goes on. You say that I have all of these positive qualities, but look at them as negative, too. You say that I can make a sandwich of the gods? Luck. Nicest and funniest guys you've met? Well, I could just know nothing about being mean or rude. The humor must come from it being subjective. I'm one of the more ugly guy's when I was in normal school, for humans. I'm not an amazing DJ. Have you ever listened to MetroGnome? He's a good DJ. Or The Living Tombstone. I just know how to add distortion and make macros. Fighter? Yeah, being teased in school for having a tail, for having ears like this, kind of makes you fight back a little bit. I tried to play them off as accessories. My tail I didn't really have control over until I was ten. I had to will myself to not let my ears twitch. It was hard work, and now they barely move. I got into fights with kids who attacked me with sticks. Of course, conveniently there were other sticks around, so I fought them back. Playing a lot of Zelda helped me push them back. I actually won the fight with a spin attack. I was bruised and a little bloody coming home. My mom wished she knew healing wish. A day in bed was worth seeing her child without pain. My dad knew that it must be hard, being a half-breed. I don't know why I never went off on them for being one or the other. I'm both. Being a half-breed back where I was was unheard of. At least, that was what it was like in Valdevaan Town. The gym leader, Nalrein, was who introduced my Dad to Allegretto. It was that meeting that I am able to be with you three, today. Away from bullies, away from hate." Sonata explained. By the time he was done with his story, they were at the school.

"You know, shouldn't you have saved the life story to be pieced together across multiple chapters, maybe pulling it all together in a flashback, or you telling the entire thing to the family when you have some sort of breakdown?" Nymphia asked.

"You know, fourth wall jokes aren't always funny." Sonata replied.

Welcome to the end slate. It's just about midnight as I start this Author's note, listening to Weird Al, whose songs pushed me through the chapter. Yeah, That man is awesome. Like how watching someone from NormalBoots will always put me in a good mood. I don't know why, but it happens. This chapter was originally going to include a detailed kiss scene in it between you know who. Unless you don't. I ain't telling you. Figger it out fer yeself, cause I'm an asshole. CUE THE MUSIC!

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Sound system is broken. Fuck.

Dammit, I hate when I have to spend money to fix that thing. I wish I could make money off of doing these fanfictions, or my art. That would be fucking awesome. If you wish to see My or My Amazing Girlfriends art things, you can go to the mighty fine Deviantart, and look up The Three Pencils. It would be awesome of you guys to at least check us out.

On to the commercial, of which you might like. If you happen to support TsullianLink, than you can go and read a Fanfiction called Two Lives, which is in the Pokemon, Rated M section of Fanfiction. It is a collaboration between me, Sonata, and Link, of HillianLInk. Of course, saying that means there is someone else other than B******, but that's not true. I censor his real name because I'm sure he doesn't want ME to tell you what it is. Yeah, I know his real name because It's on his profile and many other places that I know and I hope you don't, for he is a good guy, and I wish no bad to him. I hope you the best, Link. really I do.

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Also, Feral. You don't have to ask to use Half-Breeds. In order to get where I got it essentially, go and read Hold the Heathen Hammer High. It's a great story, albeit long, and religous a bit, but it's bearable because S/he bashes it, so fucking hard. At least to the Westboro Baptist Church.

As Always, Keep Sparki.

~Sonata Haruka Tsuzihri VII