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Here I am with another chapter. And this is the one that marks the start of the tournament. Enjoy yourselves.
Neutral P.O.V
It's about 6 AM. The sun rays of Monday morning start to shine through Tyler's window. It wasn't long now until the inter-school tournament begins. He must get up at 8 and prepare to get to the city's battle dome before 10. But right now, his sleep seems somewhat disturbed. He is only half awake and can't quite grasp the difference between dream and reality yet. But he is conscious enough to realize he feels something grabbing him. He is still too tired to move yet. The grabbing feeling comes from inside the blanket he's enveloped in, down at the body level. Then, he starts to feel something damp grabbing him somewhere and the damp thing begins to move. Being half awake, Tyler can't identify where he is grabbed or what grabs him and what that feeling of suction is. After long minutes, the damp feeling suddenly gets to feel wet like something splattered. But in seconds, the damp thing makes the wet feeling disappear. A drinking sound scarcely reaches Tyler's ears. After that, he finally musters enough strength to raise his head to check what's going on; he only gets to see a shadow leaving his room quickly. Too tired to think, he falls back to sleep immediately…
He wakes up again at about 8 AM when his roommate Brock shakes him out of Dreamland.
"Let's get ready. Or we'll miss the bus."
"Nngh… Yeah…"
After getting dressed and eating breakfast, the two leave their quarters. They are joined by Cheren.
"So this is it. Let's honor all the first years of our school. May the best trainer win." He says.
"I agree." Brock answers.
"Ditto." Tyler Adds.
They get to the bus stop. They are joined by Whitney, Skyna and Bianca.
"It's gonna be fun!" Whitney shouts with glee.
"Hmph. You're here already." Skyna grumbles.
"I… I came to cheer all of you on." Bianca adds. Cheren then shows a light smile.
The bus arrives. Everyone get quiet and hop in. It was a quiet ride; maybe because of stress. When the gang left the bus, they were pumped. The battle dome was visible from where they disembarked but it required at least 5 minutes to get there on foot. There is a pedestrian street that leads to the stadium. But it looks pretty packed with people. Tyler and his friends then head for the place. But after a few seconds, Tyler loses sight of everyone. He concludes they must have mixed with the crowd.
(Oh well, might as well head over there regardless.)
An arm grabs his own suddenly. Tyler then realizes it's Skyna.
"What are you doing grabbing me like that? Do you realize we look like a couple right now?" Tyler asks, perplexed.
"Sh-shut up! It's just that I lost everybody in the crowd and I just happened to find you. I'm holding onto you because I don't feel like getting lost. I'm not doing this because I enjoy this or anything!" She says red as a Blaziken.
At these words, she softly rests her head on Tyler's shoulder. They walk arm in arm for a while among the pack of people. He looks at her by the corner of the eye.
(I must hallucinate again. Cause she looks so cute right now.)
Effectively, she was cute. She was wearing a cyan T-shirt tied up at the bottom, which was revealing her bellybutton, she was also wearing denim shorts, putting her silky smooth thighs on display. And the sweet smell of shampoo from her orange hair comes to caress Tyler's nostrils. Quiet as a Pichu, Skyna remains silent with a tint of blush. But then, the crowd agitates and the two bump into a few people. When it calms down, Tyler realizes that he lost Skyna again. *sigh*
Suddenly, his arm is grabbed again.
"Oh there you are. I thought you were lost again." Says Tyler without turning around.
"How nice of you to worry about me." Unfamiliar to the voice, Tyler turns to see… Roxie. He tries to shake her off his arm, but she holds on.
"You again! What do you want, you damn hoe?" Asks Tyler, unhappy to see her.
"Calm down. I just came to tell you a few things." She says in a calm tone of voice.
"What could you want with me!? I seek to smash you in case you forgotten."
"Haha! I know, but it doesn't matter what you do. You can't beat me. And neither you nor your friends have any chance to win that tournament. What will happen there goes way over your head." She states with an expression of temptress.
"What do you mean?"
"You don't need to know. You'll find out soon enough. Oh! And by the way…"
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"I want to thank you for this morning. It was delicious." She says while sensually passing her tongue on her lips.
"What?"
"Oh, don't tell me you've forgotten. I took the liberty of getting into your room to taste a sample of your 'meat'."
Tyler then recalls what she said the other night at the baths. And those weird feelings he had this morning. When he realizes what has transpired, Tyler turns to Roxie to punch her lights out, but she's already gone, hiding among the people.
(DAMN! That bitch! I'll destroy her for sure! She gave ME a fellat… Grrr! I'm done playing around!)
He hurries through the crowd and spots Skyna's face. He rushes to her.
"Ha! Found you, Skyna! I thought I lost you!"
"Huh? Did you say Skyna?" She answers.
"What? Wait a second." On closer look, even though the girl has about the same face, her hair was red and arranged in an oval bun over her head while Skyna's hair is down. She was wearing a blue pilot suit. She was slightly taller than Tyler.
"I'm sorry, young man. But I think you have the wrong person."
"I'm sorry. But you looked like a classmate of mine."
"Tee hee! Don't worry, I understand." The woman laughs cutely. "Are you headed for the battle dome?"
"Yeah. I'm Tyler, a contestant."
"Oh! How cool! I came to cheer someone on."
"I see."
"How about we go together?"
"I'm alright with it. I'm headed there anyway."
"Marvelous! Let me hold your elbow so I don't get lost with this entire crowd."
And so, they left for the dome together.
(Damn she's hot! Maybe I should try flirting with her.)
They finally get in front of the battle dome; all the people are converging to the entrance.
"You are so sweet to help me get here; I don't know how to thank you. It's so hard to find your way when you're not flying."
"Well, I might think of a way for you to thank me." Tyler says with a perverted smile on his face.
"What? A kiss, maybe?" The girl says teasingly, putting her mouth in a kiss shape.
"Well… Don't mind if I take the offer." Answers Tyler before closing in on the girl.
But the kiss tentative is broken by a kick out of nowhere. Tyler blocks it out of reflex. The kicker was Skyna.
"I lose you in the crowd and the moment I find you, you try to make out with my sister!?" She screams.
"But she… Wait what? Sister? She's your sister?" Tyler asks, bewildered.
"Oh! So you know each other? I'm sorry Skyna; I didn't mean to steal your boyfriend." The older girl calmly says.
"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" She denies.
"Hum… Who is she, Skyna?"
"Hmph! This is Skyla, my older sister. Anyway sis, how could you let him kiss you? You're 20!"
"Oh! I didn't know. Plus, it was just going to be a simple kiss. Why do you have to always be so strict?"
"Are you shota or something?! As for you Tyler, I won't allow any moral misconduct as long as I'm class rep!" She points.
"Fine, fine I'll go inside the dome. You better soon do the same." Tyler replies before leaving dejected.
(Damn! I almost had her! Why must Boring Chick get in my way?!)
30 minutes later, all Tyler's friends were reassembled in one of the locker rooms. Jack and Roxie were present too. The coach was present as the first year teacher for the 10 contestants of Victory High. Bianca was there as the manager and to distribute Revives and Potions. But the coach is getting impatient.
"Wat are they doin?! It's almost time fo' da sorting results!"
"Who are you talking about, coach?" Bianca asks.
"I'm talking' bout dem 3 late jackasses!"
3 boys then enter in the locker room. Brock, Whitney and Skyna look surprised as they enter. Tyler grins. Jimmy, Boris and Daniel have arrived.
"Sorry to be late, sir." Jimmy apologizes.
"How? How are you here?" Brock asks in surprise.
"It's him! He is the one who beat me to qualify!" Bianca points. Tyler whistles in respect. Everyone else (except Roxie) nod in understanding.
Jimmy throws a thunderous glare at Roxie, but she doesn't seem to care. Everyone turn to the little screen on the wall. The sorting results are out. Cheren is in group 1, Tyler is in group 2, Whitney is in group 3, Skyna in group 4, Brock and Jimmy in 5, Jack shares group 6 with Daniel while Boris occupies group 7. Roxie is in group number 8.
The rules are kind of simple: Each person in a group of 4 must win 2 or 3 victories to qualify for the second round. The matches in the first round are with only one Pokémon but from the second round, the number is to expand.
Being from group 1, Cheren is the one who is going to do the tournament opening battle.
"Good luck, Cheren. I'm rooting for you." Bianca says with a bright smile. This warms up Cheren's heart, who leaves with a happy look.
Everybody turn their attention to the screen to watch Cheren compete. They see him go to the battle stage. The announcer introduces his opponent: a black-haired boy from Zef High school. Then, the battle begins.
Cheren sends out Unfezant. His opponent sends out an Exploud. Exploud tries a Stomp but Unfezant flies away. Unfezant then uses Air Slash; the move connects. Unfezant seems dominant in this fight. Exploud attempts a Hyper Voice but the Flying type dodges with Quick Attack. It hits just after. Exploud gets up with difficulty after the barrage of moves. It uses Take Down to counter Quick Attack, but it only throws Unfezant off balance. It then gets behind the Normal type and finishes it off with Façade. The match is over and Cheren is acclaimed. He comes back to the locker room moments later. He sits on the bench.
"You were awesome! Here, drink this!" Says Bianca as she hands him a bottle of Total Freeze. Tyler is on alert.
"Hope you brought some for me, Bianca!"
"Hum, of course Tyler. Don't worry." She smiles.
"It's group 2's turn soon. Wish me luck if you're not too busy playing lovebirds." He teases.
"Waah! Not nice!" Bianca frowns cutely.
5 minutes after, Tyler's turn finally came. He starts walking to the stage under the cheers of the students of Victory High who came to cheer for their representatives. He was clapped respectfully by the others from other schools.
"AND THE OPPONENT, FROM WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL, PLEASE WELCOME ERIK!" says the announcer. An emo-looking boy comes out.
"Arcanine, full power!" Tyler sends Arcanine out.
"We're screwed, Dusknoir!" A Dusknoir comes out. The crowd starts heating up.
"LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!"
"Arcanine, Flame Charge!" Arcanine's body catches fire and smashes Dusknoir.
"Shadow Ball, now!" Dusknoir shrugs off the pain and throws a black sphere.
"Counter with Flamethrower!" The flames overpower Shadow Ball and hit the Ghost type.
"Use Payback now!" Dusknoir charges at Arcanine.
"Beat it with Crunch!" The Fire type grabs Dusknoir's arm with its jaws before it could react and tosses it violently.
"Dusknoir, get up and use Shadow Punch, now!" Dusknoir then rises and punches Arcanine out of nowhere. Arcanine falls and is not moving anymore.
"WHAT AN EXCITING MATCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!"
"It can't be it, right? Why did he send his best Pokémon at the very start of the competition?" Asks Skyna, watching from the screen.
"It's Tyler's style to do so." Brock answers. "He doesn't care about such things because he always wins no matter who he sends. Sending his best at the start allows him to warn the other participants of his skill. Besides, it's far from over."
"Enough playing! Arcanine, get up and finish it with Flare Blitz!" Arcanine and executes a scorching tackle on Dusknoir. It faints instantly. "Mad Skills!"
"IT COULDN'T TAKE IT! IT'S DOWN! UNABLE TO BATTLE, THE WINNER IS ARCANINE! THE VICTORY GOES TO TYLER DARK OF VICTORY HIGH!" The whole dome cheered for Tyler after the fiery words from the announcer.
When Tyler comes back, he is congratulated by his friends.
"You were amazing Tyler! Here!" Bianca says before throwing him a cherry flavored Total Freeze.
"You were so badass. I think I should be your fan! Right Skyna?" Whitney exclaims.
"W-well you were alright. I guess as class rep, it's my duty to congratulate you." Skyna musters with difficulty.
"Good job, Tyler." Brock praises.
"Not bad." Cheren mumbles. Jimmy thumbs up to Tyler.
"Yo did a damn good job back there. Yo got some balls." The Coach says.
Boris and Daniel are in admiration and Jack, in his corner, tries not to show his grin. Roxie shrugs it off.
"You'll still lose badly in the end." She mumbles.
Meanwhile, in the dome's honorary box, someone saw the match with unusual attention.
"This one does have some skill. But since he is not a part of Elysium, there is no way for him to make me worry an ounce. We of Elysium shall prevail this year again. Roxie's report was pretty accurate; she did a very fine job. I will give her a well deserved bonus if she completes the second part of the plan. All plebeians from the other schools shall kneel before the might of Elysium."
Anyway, the inter-school tournament continues…
Did you like? Part 2 is next week! Adios!...