Here is chapter ten of my Pokémon Songfic. As the tournament draws closer to beginning the teams are anxiously waiting for the opening ceremony to start wondering what kind of people they will meet and battle along the way. But what happens when a new player enters and jeopardizes the whole group that one of the team members has tried to pull together from the beginning of all of this? New OC submitted and will be used in this story, enjoy.
DISCLAIMER: I HAVE NO CONNECTIONS TO POKEMON HOWEVER MUCH I LIKE TO THINK I DO. PLEASE DON'T REPORT ME FOR A SUIT FILE.
International Tournament File 010: Withstand the Test
Less than twenty four hours until the opening ceremony began at the just now finished Pokémon Battle Dome. Most of the teams stayed in constant anticipation wondering who they would have to battle in the first round…well, all except for the Japan team. Gijo and Brittany had just recently fixed their situation and Star was as nervous as ever. Okay, granted Star is always nervous to no end, but there was just something different this time around. She seemed to be always be looking over her shoulder thinking something was behind her, kept double checking her stuff, and always locking the door to everywhere she went and not letting anyone in before they identified themselves.
As the day progressed Star's anxiousness caught the attention of every trainer in the hotel and not in a good way.
"This is really starting to get annoying, Star." Iain said as she jumped ten feet in the air after he startled her. "What's going on, and don't neglect the details."
"I feel like someone's looking for me…" Star said looking back over her shoulder. "For the past few days I've noticed this really creepy guy around the hotel staring at every room I enter."
"Star" Iain said compassionately. "If anybody's looking for someone, they're looking for Andrew, he's the escaped felon, and we are the ones harboring him so if they're spying on you initially it's to take out the weakest link to get to Andrew."
"Quite the charmer ain't ya?" Gijo said coming down the stairs. "Brittany has been confined to quarters for the rest of the day so we can tackle your stalker without 'nya' every five words."
"You think it's a stalker?" Iain asked with disbelief.
"That statement can go one of two ways; on the plus side it means that the people that we're currently neighbors with aren't felons like Andrew, or on the minus side it means you don't think Star is pretty enough that she would gain a stalker." Gijo said stepping back. "Have at it." He said motioning towards Iain.
Star simply turned and ran away out of the hotel with the slightest hint of tears in her eyes. Iain and Gijo looked at each other and continually try to understand the situation.
"Okay, this is going to be our last try to figure this out…" Gijo said after half an hour of discussing. "We upset Star by pointing out her paranoia was simply that without giving relevant thought?"
"If that's true why should we confirm this, ever since Andrew stepped in we have to cover up his messes with bounty hunters, police, and the occasional stalker all of which were blasted by his Ferrothorn's Solarbeam."
"True again, but we agreed that that last idea was going to be the last suggested." Gijo pointed out standing up and going outside.
When Gijo looked out the door to find Star hiding by the door to find she wasn't there. Uh-oh Gijo thought. Gijo continued to look at the scenery and even ventured out to the farther areas but to no avail found no sign of Star anywhere. Gijo ran back into the hotel and yelled out that Star was missing. After the other trainers came down three were missing including Star; Brittany for obvious reason and surprisingly Alejandro who came down drudgingly to the news. After everyone was down including Brittany Gijo delivered the news that Star's reasons for her disappearance are one of two; she ran away due to the distrust between he and the other trainers, or her possible stalker abducted her.
With the other trainers help Gijo and Brittany formed search parties specific to everyone's team so as not to get separated before the opening ceremony…in six hours. Iain, Ashley, and Jon began looking in a secluded of the stadium perfect for hiding when the three ran into a hooded figure walking casually through the tournament grounds.
"Excuse me!" Ashley yelled out to the figure.
The figure turned and the English found them facing a boy no older than Andrew if not slightly younger with a blank stare that seemed to pierce through the soul. There was silence for several seconds as he kept walking by them without so much as a second glance. Ashley grabbed his arm and turned him around.
"Have you seen this girl?" she asked showing him a picture of Star.
The boy chuckled and removed Ashley hand and took of his hood revealing black hair and green streaks which seemed to be the same color as his eyes.
"Yeah, but I've been looking for her too…" he said chuckling as he walked away.
"Maybe there was some truth to her paranoia." Iain said as the figure looked back at them and grinned a near sinister grin.
Jon had just finished a phone conversation explaining the possible candidate for Star's stalker. The teams assembled where they relayed their information that they had received all except Alejandro who kept having a curious look on his face and closed his eyes and held his hands together in a meditation stance.
"Ohm…" he repeated several times unbeknownst to everyone except Chase and Szac.
"What are you doing?" Szac asked.
Alejandro didn't listen but continued to say "ohm" over and over and opened his eyes and ran off with another word while sending out Darmanitan. Alejandro ran through trees and bushes over to a secluded area of the forest where Star was shivering in a near state of panic. After seeing Alejandro she calmed down slightly and walked to him.
"Stay where you are…" Alejandro said to her.
Star stopped in her tracks as a blast came through the field not enough to kill, but to knock out. Star almost screamed but Alejandro put his hand over her mouth.
"We don't want him to find you." Alejandro said looking out from behind a bush.
"I already know she's over there!" a figure called out on top of a large dragon Pokémon. "I, Rex Ultim, have been sent to extract her from this area and return to her home, by order of Lieutenant Victor Surge."
Star screamed after hearing that name and hid behind Alejandro. Alejandro looked at Rex as he was named and at the Pokémon he rode on.
"How does a brat like you get such rare Pokémon like Hydreigon and alternately colored at that?" Alejandro asked tauntingly.
"Careful, he and I have a bit of a temper. Dragon Pulse!" Rex ordered as Hydreigon fired the large energy blast.
The blast came within inches from Alejandro and Star when Lucario and Darmanitan fought it back. Star looked up and saw Lucario look at the Hydreigon and back at Star and nodded. Star stood up after looking at Lucario and narrowed her eyes bringing out her other personality.
"Lucario, Aura Sphere!" she called which Lucario obeyed with no question asked.
The concentrated ball of energy fired itself at Hydreigon never going of target and hit the large Pokémon in the center of its main body. Falling to the ground Rex returned his Pokémon and pressed a small button on his wrist rigging a bike to come and catch him which he rode away in. Star panted and fainted after Rex was out of sight.
Alejandro returned with Star in a solemn face and came in expecting many questions. Surprisingly, only Andrew, Chase, and, Gijo were still awake. Gijo narrowed his eyes at Star and asked for an explanation.
"Allow me!" Rex's voice came from the door. "Star released her inner personality again and attacked me and Hydreigon causing her to black out as she always does."
"How do you know so much about her?" Chase asked eyes closed.
"Ask Alejandro." He said coming and sitting down at an empty table.
Alejandro kept the same solemn face and raised it as he knew the question was coming.
"What do you know amigo?" Andrew asked.
"I know how she can embrace both personalities at her own will. We're the same, me, Star, and even Rex over there. On my exchange trip to America I came across him training alone and how when we battled he would change styles from defensive to offensive in a heart-beat. People who are born with twin personalities are born this way through intense battling and a psychological nerve activates in the brain turning us into people who cannot be defeated except by our own. Star can be taught to be like this if she would stop be afraid and be left to fend for herself. After my father died and mother left I was left to just that and in time I gained my second personality control. Rex's parents were killed by operatives of an evil organization for not joining them to raise him as double-personality battler. After that he was toughened up in the mountains and became who he is. These personalities can only manifest under times of great stress until you have learned to embrace this as part of your life and then they become yours to command." Alejandro explained.
"What about you? What happens when you enter this other personality?" Chase asked.
"I enter a state of Nirvana, I can meditate much like Buddhist monks, but with it I can fully use my Darmanitan's Zen Mode and not lose no matter what." Alejandro said. "Star and Rex have the preferred personalities. They can concentrate their Pokémon's attacks and turn them into unstoppable weapons. For me it's been my mission to stop anyone else for hurting because of these personalities."
"Finally, why are you here?" Andrew said turning to Rex.
"I'm part of the Southern European team part of the Italian division, but when I learned Star was here I had to test the ability of her other personality and the only to do that was to cause stress on her like no other, by reminding her of her violent biological father who she's be running from for this whole time." Rex explained.
Star woke up and found herself back in the hotel with Rex and Alejandro next to her.
"Personality trainers use Pokémon that best exemplify their hidden personality; Darmanitan's meditation best exemplifies my power, Hydreigon's three heads control is the best way to exemplify Rex's extra power of multiple concentration, and Lucario reads auras and Star is the most fascinating person who has this power, to concentrate and to amplify. Through simple means of thought Star can concentrate and amplify power to make even the most insane decision knock out a Pokémon in one shot, Lucario is her partner because of the strange Aura that emanates from her. You've seen this haven't you Gijo?" Alejandro said.
Gijo nodded remembering how she defeated the Magmar with a simple Fire Punch.
"But because of this her father sought to use it as a weapon against Team Rocket who did something to him in his past and found Star as the only way of getting revenge, but she was saved by her mother." Rex explained.
"Is she okay?" Star said fully awake.
"She is under police protection until your biological father has been caught by any police." Gijo explained reassuring her.
Star sighed out of relief when an explosion at the hotel plaza sounded alerting the other trainers to the blast.
"Where are you!" a very strong sounding man said looking at hotel and saw Alejandro in the window and fired a PokéBall at him. Alejandro breathed out at it and Darmanitan in Zen mode stopped it and sent it back at the man. "I know you have my daughter!" he yelled out pointing at Alejandro and Rex. "And I'm taking her back!"
Rex stepped out of the hotel with protest from Star telling him how dangerous he can be.
"I've never been afraid of death, its death that fears me." He said his eyes beginning to gain expression.
Rex looked at the large man who was undoubtedly Star's father and had his head fall forward and come back a second later with a very large expression.
"Hydreigon, let's finish this before it even starts! Focus Blast!"
"Don't make me laugh, Electivire, Thunder Punch!" Star's father, Surge called out.
Just as Electivire had been sent the three of Hydreigon's heads fired a Focus Blast and putting them together and attacking both Electivire and Surge knocking them both out. Star had a look of utter surprise as Alejandro bent down next to her.
"You can learn to do that, just let one of us teach you." He said holding out his hand.
Star took it and shook declaring that during the tournament they would train to gain control of her second personality.
At the opening ceremony the fireworks sounded off and the torch had been lit and everyone looked up at the sky.
"Do you have anyone watching this tournament, Andrew?" Szac asked.
"I don't know, but if he is out there it all starts with this first step."
Star looked at Alejandro and Rex who both winked at her and gave her a thumbs-up which she returned.
"It won't happen overnight for these two it took years, but for me, I want to do it in three weeks, help me out, please mother." She said closing her eyes.
"THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT FOR POKEMON BATTLES HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN!"
Chapter ten complete: thank you for Rex, he really helped make this all come together, hope you don't mind the tweaking. Next: The tournament has started and a bet has already been made that involves Szac? What could anyone want with our friendly wild-child? Next time: Szac in the Spotlight: Tournament Round 1