N-Black is back with a new chapter for all you awesome readers! So an old friend of Justin's has come to the island to help teach, but a mysterious person known as Colress has appeared as well. Who is he and why does he seem dubious? We'll find out shortly in the tenth chapter of Pokémon Academy!

Chapter 10: Friends help Friend, Right?

Justin looked over the man named Colress and something he knew that he had something wrong with him. His eyes held false kindness and smile was but a rouse to gain trust. Colress kept his smile on his face and breathed in.

"The sea breeze is lovely isn't it Mr. Black? I mustn't tarry I'm afraid, there is setting up to be done, I will see the both of you later." Colress grabbed his things and went into the academy, leaving Justin alone with Trent.

"How'd that guy know my name?"

"I told him." Justin whipped his head around and looked at Trent with a questioning stare. "He asked me if there were any students worth looking out for and I had to tell him about you." Trent picked up his bags and motioned for Justin to follow. The two of them walked into the academy's atrium and Trent looked around with a smile on his face. He breathed in and exhaled, sounding satisfied. "It's great to be back here again." Trent was an alumnus of the academy and was one of the youngest trainers to be accepted at the age of thirteen. He completed his education at age seventeen and that's when he went to travel the world.

"So you're going to be assisting Professor Brandon in Battling 101?"

"I hope you don't call him that in class otherwise…"

"I don't, but I don't like doing it. The guy is a braggart and an egomaniac, all he wants to do is show that he or anyone he counsels is the best, no matter how it makes people feel."

"Yeah, Brandon was always like that. But I can't do much to lighten your load, he is my boss now." The two of them kept walking and told each other stories about what has happened at the academy, but Justin stopped and looked down the corridor they were passing by and saw Carmen looking intently at the wall in front of her as if she were examining a cave painting.

"Trent, I'll see you tomorrow, there's something I have to do."

"All right, take care of yourself. I'll see you in class tomorrow!" Justin waved one last goodbye and waited till he heard Trent's footsteps disappear. He walked down the hallway and Carmen turned to look at him, a look of slight annoyance on her face.

"You again? I told you I want to be left alone." She stopped her examining and was now leaning against the wall with her arms crossed.

"I was just curious as to what you were doing. You were looking at the wall like it was made of gold."

"Oh, uh, that. I was just examining the way the walls were made. I've never seen material like this. So is there, uh, something else you wanted to talk about?" Justin raised an eyebrow in a questioning manner and his lips curved into a smile.

"So you want to talk now? What happened to you not wanting to be bothered?" Carmen opened her mouth to try to say something snappy, but Justin could tell that he had caught her off guard and that she had nothing to say. She put her head down so that her hair would cover her face and she began to speak under her breath. "What's wrong? Can't think of anything to say?" She turned and she wore a grimace and her face was slowly turning red from the frustration.

"Ugh! You're so difficult! Why don't you just say what you want to say and stop beating around the bush?"

"So just to clarify… you do want to talk to me?" She nodded her head and was still grimacing. He smiled victoriously and she scoffed.

"What has you so happy?"

"Well for one, you're not giving me the cold shoulder anymore and we managed to carry a conversation." Justin exhaled and mustered up his courage to ask her what he's been dying to ask since he met her. "W-Would you want to hang out during the weekend, or something?" He was holding his breath and was just waiting for her to flat out reject him. She looked at him with that same look of indifference and turned and walked away. Justin's shoulders sagged down and he frowned. "I should have known better, what made me think she would hang out with me, I've been sort of a nuisance…" He turned and was beginning to walk the other way when he heard Carmen clear her throat. He peered over his shoulder and saw that she stopped as well. She turned her head slightly and Justin could see her green eyes. They usually looked like daggers, but their expression was softer now.

"W-Well… I'll think about it." She turned her head and continued to walk down the corridor. Justin wasted no time in running straight outside. He pushed the doors out of his way and went to the edge of the island's cliff and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"YEEEESSSSSS!" He smiled outward towards the sea and fell to his knees. He was so happy, even though her answer was maybe, he was still ecstatic that he had asked her in the first place. He had much to tell Ethan and Carlos tonight…

Justin returned to his dorm and Carlos must have picked up on the rays of happiness that were radiating from him. Ethan and Carlos both sat down and listened intently to what Justin had to say. He told them that Trent was teaching at the academy and that he was a superb trainer. He talked about the mysterious Colress and about his attempt at asking Carmen to hang out. Carlos nodded his head in satisfaction.

"Way to go Justin! You asked her out! So what will you do if she does turn up on the weekend? Justin drew a blank; he didn't know what to do if she did turn up. He remembered all the things that Skyla and Elesa did when he went with them, but he didn't know if they appeal to Carmen's interests.

"I'll figure out something during the week." Carlos nodded once again and Justin turned to Ethan who appeared to be thinking. "What's on your mind Ethan?"

"Where did Trent go for his trip Justin?"

"I think he went to Johto if I'm not mistaken." Carlos snapped his fingers and grinned.

"Ah, no wonder he sounds familiar. I remember that he participated in a tournament in Goldenrod about a year and a half ago." Justin looked at both his friends with curiosity.

"It was tournament I watched while I was in New Bark Town. He was amazing! He won the whole thing without breaking a sweat. Learning from a guy like that… it'll be great!" Justin smiled; he had no idea that Trent had become slightly famous in Johto as well.

"I couldn't agree more Ethan, plus since he knows me we might get let off the hook sometimes." He looked outside and saw that the moon was out and the sky twinkled with the light of the stars. The anxiety was killing him and he didn't know if he would be able to sleep tonight. The three boys got dressed in their night clothes and went to bed. Justin was still up and the others were happily snoozing away. He stared up at the ceiling and realized that tomorrow was chock full of things he had to figure out. There was the issue of what to do with Carmen should she show up on the weekend; he was going to have to get help for that one. What will Trent do as their assistant teacher and who was Colress? He began to feel his eyes droop and let the night take him…

As he predicted, Justin didn't get much rest last night. He tossed and turned and kept waking up at random times of the day. When the time for waking up did happen, he could barely walk straight and was now rubbing his head from bumping into a wall. While he was tossing about in his sleep, Justin figured out who he was going to ask advice from to help him on the weekend if Carmen shows herself. It was either Skyla or Elesa since they were the ones who invited him out last time. First period dragged on and on. The history of the Pokémon League was dry, but Justin was forcing himself to stay awake less he suffer the wrath of Professor Rowan. Second period was when he was ready to learn. Trent was going to be there and Justin wondered what they would be doing. The students poured in and Justin could see Brandon and Trent standing side-by-side. The class settled down as Brandon approached them.

"Today class, I would like to introduce you to Trent Black." There were a few cheers from the audience, they have most likely seen him battle and were fans. Brandon raised a hand and the cheering stopped. "Trent is a past student of the academy and the headmaster has personally invited him to assist me in teaching you. Some of you may know that Trent is a skilled trainer and has participated in several tournaments in Unova and Johto and has found success in each of them. While he is here you will refer to him as Mr. Black and I will hear no disrespect from any of you! Got it?" The students answered and the lessons began. The class broke off into groups and they were all perfecting timing of their Pokémon's moves and were all trying to get in sync with their teammates. Justin was practicing with Gligar and Carlos was practicing with a Grovyle nicknamed, you guessed it, Groberto. Justin was having difficulty Gligar to cooperate; it was inclined to do whatever it wanted unless the battle was serious. Gligar's unruly behavior came about due to it being a showoff; it believed that it could battle without Justin's directions most of the time and went with what it felt like at the time. Justin sighed and Trent walked over and put a hand on his shoulder.

"What's wrong?"

"Gligar just won't listen to me unless it's a serious battle. I don't know how to control it." Trent looked at Gligar and called out to it.

"Hey Gligar!" The Pokémon was suspended in the air and looked at Trent with child-like curiosity. "Why don't you let me give you a few orders, how's that sound?" The purple scorpion looked at Trent once more and slowly nodded. Trent gave out a long list of complicated flight patterns and attacks. Gligar did all these moves, but clumsily. A few students came around to look at what Trent was doing and abandoned their own training sessions. Trent gave the call for Gligar to land and it rested on Trent's shoulders, panting with the exertion of its activities. "All right show's over students! Go back to practicing!" The students dispersed and some were attempting the way Trent was ordering Gligar. After Trent saw that the students were all out of ear's reach, he spoke to Justin. "I think that Gligar thinks that you aren't suited to train it." Justin was slightly shocked and was appalled by the idea that one of his partners didn't think he was up to snuff. "Don't be upset! I'm just telling you what I feel is going on and I think it's an issue between you two that needs working out." Justin calmed down and thought about Trent's words. In the Aspertia City Tournament he froze up and let Gligar get hit by an attack it could have dodged. Maybe it was afraid of being hurt because of Justin's mistakes in the past so it took matters into its own hands? He felt bad, but he wanted to make it up to Gligar and Scyther, since the same thing happened to it yesterday against Carlos's Marshtomp. He put out his arm and smiled at Gligar.

"I'm sorry Gligar. I know that I need to work on myself as a trainer before we can function together in a battle and I know that it's because of my mistakes that you act the way you do so please… give me another chance as your trainer and we can work together to improve ourselves!" Gligar looked at Justin for a few seconds and broke out into a smile. It jumped onto his face and Justin stumbled backwards, flailing about like a Magikarp out of water. Trent and many others were laughing, but Justin was happy. Happy to make amends with his teams for his mistakes…

Lunch came after Technology and Pokémon and their new teacher has yet to show themselves. The only sign that someone was in the room before them was a note saying that they would meet their new teacher tomorrow. Justin was searching for any sign of Elesa or Skyla so that he could ask them any kind of advice on what to do on a date. He meandered throughout the cafeteria and the outside eating areas but found no sign of them anywhere. He was about to give up hope until he picked up on a conversation by two girls behind him.

"I heard that the roof's lounge was pretty nice."

"Yeah, but it's so high up! What if we fell?"

"Relax, there's a lounge you can sit in that isn't close to the railing and it covered so we have shade!"

"I don't know…" The roof was the one place he didn't expect to look. He picked up the rest of his lunch and made his way for the elevator to the rooftop lounge. The elevator ride was shorter than he remembered, but that was probably because he was antsy. The elevator came to a halt and the doors came open. The lounge seemed empty, but there was mumbling he heard from behind the elevator. He walked around quietly and saw Elesa pacing back and forth. She had a frantic look about her and it seemed like she was stressed out. Her usually neat hair was out of place and icy blue eyes were filled with worries.

"Elesa?" The blonde stopped her pacing and turned with a gasp when she saw who was behind her.

"J-Justin! Oh what a, uh, unexpected surprise! What are you doing up here?" Justin already had his story figured out and told it cleanly without any stutters or pauses.

"You should know why I'm up here. I come up to think and relax sometimes. What were you doing that has you all stressed out?" She sat down on the cushions in the lounge and sighed.

"I'm thinking too."

"About what if I may ask?" She looked away and didn't answer for a while.

"…Stuff."

"Well that's specific." She turned around and saw that a slight blush colored her cheeks. She was twirling one of her headphone cords around in a circle and then she met his eyes…

Elesa's POV

She looked into his eyes with caution. She was still trying to sort out her feelings from last Saturday, but had no success. She could feel the heat coming into her cheeks and was ashamed that she might be attracted to her best friend's crush. Ever since she was alone with him on Saturday, she had gotten to see what he was really like. Though the saying may be cliché, it was true that you can't judge a book by its cover. When she first saw him when she landed on the island on the first day, she took notice that he was the only boy who wasn't groveling at her feet. She assumed that it was all an act to look cool, but now that she had gotten the chance to speak with him, she learned that he just didn't care if she were a model or not, he cared about who she really was. It made him stand out from everyone else, but she still had difficulty accepting the fact that she may like her stalker. She wanted to know whether or not if he was the stalker so she could rest easy, but at the same time she didn't want to know so that she wouldn't feel heartbroken. She often drifted off into fantasies about the stalker when she was alone. The idea that he was the stalker that had seen her in a towel terrified her at first, but now she was having dirty thoughts and was even coming up with plans on how she would… "Torment" Justin should he prove to be the stalker. The fantasies made her all hot and bothered and she couldn't help but think about them… it just turned her on so much… No! What was she thinking?! If he was the stalker than she would report him to the police, the headmaster, she would get the word out as fast as she could… or would she? Maybe she would purposely bait him so that she could have her way with him… She didn't realize that she had been spaced out for about a full minute and she just now realized how close Justin's face was to hers.

"You alright Elesa? You were zoned out for a while there."

"I-I'm perfectly fine!" She moved her head so she wouldn't be so close to his face. The question she had wanted to ask him was out of her head. She felt lost and didn't know what to say right now and instead just spoke without thinking.

"Do you want to go out somewhere on the weekend?" The suddenness of the question surprised not only Justin but Elesa as well. The both of them had blank looks and were obviously thinking of something to say.

"Uh… this weekend?" Elesa nodded and Justin scratched his head in thought. After what seemed to be ages he finally answered. "Can we go on Sunday? That's the only day I'm free." Elesa nodded blankly and Justin exhaled. Just when the atmosphere of awkwardness couldn't get any worse, the elevator door opened and out of it came Skyla. Her red headed friend stopped and gawked at the scene before her.

"Oh… I didn't know you were up here too Elesa…" Elesa got up quickly and tried to explain the situation to her friend.

"Skyla! This isn't what you think it is. We were just talking!" Skyla's expression softened and she turned to Justin and wrapped her arms around him in a slightly protective hug.

"I believe you Elesa; I just came up here to ask Justin something. So Justin…" She sat down next to him and was placed her head on his shoulder, looking at him with innocent Lillipup eyes. "You want to go with me to the amusement park on Sunday? Truth is that even though I love flying, I still can't handle rollercoasters… at least not by myself." Elesa felt the jealousy flood her mind. This was how she felt when they were out in the main island on Saturday, though she felt much more jealous now. She didn't dare cuddle up to Justin in fear that he may tell Skyla about her actions and Elesa didn't want to betray her friend's trust. She just silently watched them, but then realized a problem within her request. Justin must have realized it as well and was already beginning to speak.

"I can't' do Sunday Skyla, I told Elesa that I would go with her on Sunday right before you came here." Skyla looked at Elesa and she felt rather small at the moment. Her friend was looking at her with disbelief and she could sense the slight anger in her voice when she spoke.

"What are you going to do when you're there Elesa?"

"I-I don't know… I didn't really think that through when I asked." She still looked at her with that look of frustration then sighed aggressively.

"I see then… well Justin, why don't you just head back down the elevator and go about the rest of your day. I need to talk with Elesa."

"Is there a problem you guys? If there is, I'm more than happy to help fix it." Skyla giggled and lightly pecked Justin's cheek with a small kiss.

"That's what makes you great! You always want to help, no matter what the problem is, but honestly, I got this one okay?" Justin looked at the two of them and finally got up.

"Alright if you say so…" The elevator opened and it slowly descended with a slight hum. When the elevator's sound was but a faint whisper, Skyla got up from her seat and gave Elesa a leer that would scare a Cofagrigus.

"Why did you ask him out on a date?"

"I-I didn't! I just asked him if he wanted to hang out!"

"That's the same as a date! You know I like him Elesa, so why would you do that?" Skyla began to tear up and her sentence was broken up by sobs. "Friends help *sob* friends…right?"

"Yeah, they do, but I acted on impulse, I'm sorry Skyla. I'll cancel with him okay? I'll tell him that something came up and I can't go."

"No!" Skyla's protest of her offer surprised Elesa.

"Why not? Don't you want to go with him?" Skyla's sobs lessened and she wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her jacket.

"It's not right if I let you just cancel a date when you were the first ask him. So I propose a different idea."

"What kind of idea?" Skyla's eyes lighted up mischievously and Elesa guessed what she would ask.

"A battle, loser cancels their date." Elesa really didn't want to accept to this battle. She wanted to go on a date with him and even though she had an advantage over her friend if they should battle, she didn't want to take any risks. However she felt bad for her friend; they had been through a lot and to steal time with Justin from her was like stealing another person's Pokémon.

"O-Okay, but where?" Skyla grabbed Elesa's hand and lead her outside.

"Out here of course!" Of course she would want plenty of air space, she was an expert with Flying-types, but Elesa had the type advantage. Elesa and Skyla took their positions on their rooftop arena and stared each other down. "One-on-one like old times Elesa!" Why would Skyla pick a Pokémon battle as her way of contest when she knew that Elesa held the advantage? "Let's go Swanna!" An elegant swan-like Pokémon flew out of its ball and now circled overhead gracefully.

"Emolga, light 'im up!" Elesa called out the electric flying squirrel and it began fly overhead as well, catching an air current so it could lightly glide on. It was a cute Pokémon, but most people who don't take it seriously fall victim to its wide array of attacks. "Let's start Emolga, use Acrobatics!" The Sky Squirrel Pokémon nimbly glided to strike Swanna.

"I see you've learned a few things from my Flying-types! Swanna use Water Pulse!" The bird Pokémon charged up a sphere of water and was preparing to launch it at Emolga, but Elesa was too quick.

"Quick use Double Team!" Emolga transitioned from Acrobatics into a speddy Double Teram flawlessly. There were now multiple copies of Emolga that formed a circle around a now confused Swanna. Skyla was losing her cool as well because she recklessly used Water Pulse on a fake target. "Emolga use Spark!" Emolga emerged from behind Swanna and was charging it with an electrified tackle. Swanna noticed the attack from behind and narrowly escaped the super-effective hit."Emolga use Volt Switch!" The flying squirrel glided from below and launched a ball of electricity at Swanna.

"Swanna use Hurricane!" The elegant swan flapped its wings vigorously and whipped up a huge tornado that blocked the orb of electricity. "Now use Aqua Ring!" The swan now enveloped itself in a halo of water that was healing its fatigue.

"Emolga stop it with a Quick Attack!" Emolga moved like a bolt of lightning and landed a direct hit onto Swanna. The bird plummeted and Emolga went in with the follow up Spark.

"Swanna use Bubblebeam!" Jets of bubbles were sent against Emolga and they obscured its vision long enough for Swanna to escape and fly behind it. "Now use Air Slash!" With a flap of its wings, a blade of condensed air struck Emolga and knocked it out of the sky.

"No Emolga!" At its trainer's words, Emolga stopped its fall and gained altitude once again.

"Swanna, Hurricane!" the bird flapped its wings once again, but the time it would take to generate enough power was too long and Elesa had a clear shot.

"Emolga glide into the sun!" The squirrel obeyed and was now invisible in the bright light of the sun. Swanna stopped the charge and was now searching for its adversary in the sun. "Now strike Emolga! Use Discharge!" From the flaming orb of the sun, a flurry of bright electrical tendrils shot out in all directions, randomly going upon a path of their own choosing. The sight was spectacular and Elesa was proud of this combo. Not only was it a dazzling display, but it also worked incredibly well strategically since the bright flash of the electricity couldn't be seen until it was too late. Swanna attempted to dodge the charges and was avoiding them fairly well until a stray bolt struck its wing. Swanna squawked in agony and fell down, slowly approaching the surface. Elesa was ecstatic to say the least, but she held it in to not make Skyla feel bad. Elesa's mini celebration was cut short however when Swanna slowly recovered from the attack due to its Aqua Ring. The swan Pokémon climbed up to equal altitude and was now staring at Emolga, who had descended from the coverage of the sun. Skyla closed her eyes and said calmly,

"Hurricane." Swanna began to flap its wings again, but the charging process was taking longer due to its injured wing.

"Emolga let's finish this with a Spark!" Emolga lashed out and went in for the knockout. Skyla still had her eyes shut and Elesa saw the wind star to pick up. The wind blew her friend's hair to the right and then she opened her eyes.

"Use Hurricane to the right side of Emolga!" Swanna's attack was unleashed and the unforgiving lashes of wind blew once again. Elesa was confused as to why Skyla chose to do this when Emolga was right in front of Swanna. Then the wind blew again, and Elesa realized why she did what she did. She couldn't stop what was about to happen, so she just watched in despair as the wind blew Emolga slightly off course and landed it in the middle of the vicious Hurricane. The Sky Squirrel was tossed about like a rag doll and the cyclone petered out. Emolga fell to the surface of the roof, but Elesa returned it before it could suffer further harm. Skyla praised her Swanna on an excellent performance and went to Elesa. She held out her hand and had a kind smile on her face. "No hard feelings okay?" Elesa reluctantly shook her friend's hand and went to the elevator. When the doors were closed she let a small tear run down her face. She didn't hate Skyla, but her jealousy was taking control and she didn't know how much longer she could hold back before she would snap…

Justin's POV

Justin sat down in one of the chairs in the waiting lounge by the Pokémon Center. He wondered about what the two of them were doing on the roof that was taking so long. He never got the chance to ask either of them about his dilemma. Something bothered him and it was the closeness and protectiveness that Skyla displayed around him. She always seemed to become much more protective of him when he was around other girls. Her vice grip hug on the roof grip and the small kiss on his cheek only proved to cement that he was right. He felt embarrassed to have that happen to him because he wasn't used to that kind of treatment from girls. He felt like Skyla was a good friend, but do friends always have close physical contact between them or do they sometimes kiss each other on the cheek? No was Justin's answer and he didn't know whether or not he wanted to have such a relationship yet. Now he was hypocritical, he wanted that sort of relationship with Carmen, that was why he asked her out, but Skyla was a friend. A very attractive friend no doubt, but he wasn't sure what to do about his feelings. He liked Skyla, but was it as a friend or was it the way he liked Carmen? It was all so confusing and he remembered why he didn't want a girlfriend in the first place and it was because of all the things he didn't know about women yet. He brushed the thoughts away and sank into the chair, looking down the corridor. He heard footsteps from behind him and saw the white lab cloak of the enigmatic Colress. Colress noticed Justin and went to stand in front of the chair in front of Justin.

"Mr. Evoran, a pleasure to see you again!"

"You too, uh, mister…"

"You can just call me Colress. I have no qualms about being informal." He took a seat in the chair he was standing in front of and was now looking at Justin through the thin layer of glass that covered his amber eyes.

"So… Colress… what did you want to speak to me about." He shifted in his chair, uncomfortable with the friendliness of this mysterious man.

"You know on the way here to the island, Mr. Black told me many good things about you."

"Like what?"

"He told me that he taught you a few things himself before he went to the Johto region and that you'd already shown that you were an exceptional trainer for your age." Trent really said that about him? If he did feel that way, he never told him during the time that he had taught him. Justin never that he was a good trainer anyways. Colress relaxed and clasped his hands together. "His stories about you and your friends piqued my interest and I was hoping that you would listen to an offer of mine." An offer? It sounded a lot like when Scott asked him to come to the academy six months back, but this offer did not have him excited. Before any further questioning could happen, a series of small beeps led Colress to one of his lab pockets. He pulled out a small device and Justin could swear he saw a logo on the back of it, but it was obscured by Colress's lab coat. "I have to go Justin; an issue has arisen with my new office."

"You're new office?"

"Yes, I didn't mention it, but I'm your new Technology and Pokémon professor." A weight seemed to drop into Justin's chest. He didn't know why, but he felt a slight twinge of fear at these words. Colress being his new professor made Justin uncomfortable for unknown reasons. "Well I've got to go; I hope we can continue this conversation some other time." Colress put his device in his coat pocket and left for his new office. Justin got up as well and decided to go back to his dorm, it was getting late and waiting for the girls wasn't going to help him. As he went to the main atrium to head to his dorms, he heard the rooftop elevator open. He looked back and saw Elesa with her head in his hands. What had happened upstairs? He went to go ask her what happened, but she ran the opposite direction. Skyla followed a few seconds after and she seemed to be okay. She ran over to Justin and gently held his hand.

"What's wrong with Elesa?"

"I don't know, but she told me that something came up and that she couldn't go with you on Sunday, so will you go with me instead?" Justin nodded. A day at the famous Pokémon Island Amusement Park seemed fun and harmless. However, Elesa's appearance bothered him and he couldn't help but feel responsible somehow.

"Do you think she'll be okay?" Skyla looked sad and sighed.

"I hope she is. I'll talk to her, bye Justin." She released his hand and followed Elesa. Justin walked away and headed for his dorm. He passed the staff lounge and saw that it was slightly open. The staff room was off limit to students unless you had permission to go inside. Curiosity controlled him and he peered through the opening and saw that it was empty. He pushed the door open slightly and saw why the lounge was off limits. There were vending machines, TV's, multiple cushy chairs, and other forms of entertainment and relaxation strewn all over the room. The student's rooms were very nice, but the staff lounge put them to shame. He didn't dare touch anything so that no one would know that he was inside of the room. He walked around examining the room and he heard the far-off sound of voices. He hid behind one of the larger chairs and realized that he left the door open. The voices were now closer and he could hear the sound of footsteps coming into the room. The voices of two staff members he didn't know were now clear and they sounded frantic.

"…I 'm telling you that no one has seen or heard from him since last weekend!"

"You're saying that he left without a trace?"

"Yes!" Justin lay hunkered down and was listening with interest. Who had snuck out on the weekend?

"Well do we know what his name is?"

"Nope, his roommates said he never told them his name and that he never talked to any of them."

"Do they know what he looks like?"

"He had very red hair… they said it was the color of lava." Justin already knew who it was and wanted to tell them, but he realized that he was in a restricted room. He slowly crawled and went outside and no sooner than his foot left the doorway, one of the two voices said,

"Was the door wide open when we left?" Justin saw the frantic running of the staff members, but he was already halfway up in the elevator to his dorm and was gazing at them through the glass case, trying to absorb what he had just heard. Things were getting interesting on the island…

Somewhere in Unova…

The man was looking at his multiple screens once again and was patiently waiting for his infiltrator to contact him. All the screens lit up at once and were now containing the face of his infiltrator. He lightly smiled and reclined in his chair.

"How are things going?" His infiltrator's face was obscured by the darkness of the room he was standing in, but his voice was clear.

"Fine, they suspect nothing." One of the man's rare smiles crossed his face and he lightly chuckled.

"Excellent, how is the other doing?"

"I do not know for sure, but from what I've seen, they're doing just fine. As a matter of fact, I believe that they have already put their operation in motion." The man was now booming with laughter and kept his sadistic grin on his face.

"Perfect… you've done well. Contact me when you have made it to phase two."

"Of course sir." The screens were blank and now the man clutched the edges of his chair and listened to the soft growls that were coming from beyond his walls. He closed his eyes and rested his head on the back of the chair.

"Soon my tool of destruction…soon…"

So our mysterious friend's plans are going perfectly, but what are his plans? What is wrong with Elesa and has Skyla possibly caused a feud between her and her best friend. How will Justin come up with ideas for his potential date with Carmen and what of the news of the mysterious disappearance? All this and more will be shown in chapter 11! Liked what you read or did you think that it needs work? Leave a review and tell me what you thought! Have an idea you're just itching to share or do you need help with a story in progress? Join the forum and see what the counselors of Pokémon Academy can do for you! Who's your favorite Pokémon Academy Girl? Vote on the new poll! Want to send in an OC, have a question, or want to discuss a certain issue? Don't be afraid to send me a PM! I'm happy to look through OC's and answer questions! Thanks for reading and look for the new chapter on Sunday!

-N-Black, out