Technically the eleventh chapter, but tenth in terms of the show. Two more characters, along with a full list of guest-stars are coming. No theme will be taking place during this.

And those who are asking if the omakes have any effect on the show; no, they do not. Like the name means, those are merely bonus chapters. I stated it at the top of the chapter, and any events that happen in them will not carry over.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, or any major company brands. I own only the story and the OC's. Any characters other than mine belong to their owners.

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Ask the Characters

Chapter 10: Day 5 Preparation

Yang, still in the infirmary after yesterday's…incidents…during the show, slept rather comfortably on the medical mattress. Yin though, after getting his nose fixed, slept in Sword's room, which was pretty much his.

As the sun rose, the light shone on Yin's face, stirring him from his slumber. He slowly opened his eyes, revealing gray/white eyes and yawned, making his body sit up as well. When full sitting up, he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and swung his legs over the side. He stood to his full height, still rubbing his eyes and walked towards the closet.

Opening it, he looked inside and noticed something; when he was whole, there were black and white patterned shirts. Instead, there were separate colored shirts, one half of the closet had white clothes while the other had black.

'Huh, must be able to tell when something happens to me…' Yin thought, reaching in and pulling out one of the white shirts.

It wasn't entirely white, having a 'whited out' version of one of his whole shirt. Instead of whole sections black, there were only black lines with white filling in. Even the blades on them were altered.

'Okay, I'll admit that that's a little cool.' Yin thought as he slipped the shirt on.

After pulling it down fully, he reached in and grabbed a pair of white jeans. Pulling them up and buttoning them, and grabbing his sword from the bed, he walked over for the next part of the day; checking for invitation requests by e-mail. Powering the computer, he clicked the link to his inbox and started reading the new bits of info.

There were two requests from a couple of minor authors, but the third really caught his attention. The profile pic of the received e-mail was enough for him to tell who it was from.

'Wait…I sent an invite to EC?' he thought as he looked through the letter and what was past it. 'I must have forgotten due to the blood loss last night…' Said person had all the details filled, but before Yin could read what EC had planned for his author door, the door to the room slammed open. Yin jumped slightly and turned around in the chair, looking to see who it was.

Standing at the door, holding a hand over the privates due to minor spikes, was Yang, sword over his left shoulder.

"Yang? Aren't you supposed to be in the infirmary?" Yin asked.

"Hey, much as I like to, erk!" Yang started, but winced due to a pain spike, "Like to take time to heal, I don't exactly want to miss out on the show." He walked (slightly limped more like) over to where Yin was and looked past him.

"So, whacha doin?" he asked, eyes moving as he read the screen.

"Well, currently going through the e-mail for today. Got a couple of requests, along with one from EC." Yin answered.

"Huh, that so? In that case…" Yang reached over and grabbed the mouse.

"Uh, Yang? What are you doing?" Yin questioned.

Yang ignored as he scrolled over to the requests and clicked 'accept' for all of them.

"Dude!" Yin called out. "Not cool man! I needed to read them!"

"Heh, like you would say, the more the merrier. Heh heh he-OOMPH!" Yang chuckled but was cut off by a light swift punch by Yin in the stomach.

"Hey, be lucky I didn't aim for the 'soft' spot." Yin commented as he got up and walked to the closet. "Anyway, get dressed. Gonna have a pretty busy show today, and I have you to thank for part of it."

Yin left the room, closing the door so that Yang can have his privacy while getting dressed. He let out a small sigh and walked down the hallway, hands in the pockets. Several things were going through his head, one of which is if he can be able to prevent Yang from mauling Natasha, or the other way around. Another is if he could become whole again, merging with Yang. He was so focused that he didn't hear the sounds of a couple of children coming.

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"Sarah! Get back here!" the older boy yelled.

"Come on Michael, lighten up. I'm just looking around!" Sarah called while looking back.

"And that worries me. You're always up to something." Michael replied.

The duo, Michael and Sarah Luck, were in their Lati forms, with Sarah zipping down the halls with Michael in pursuit. Upon arriving, Sarah grew excited and took off, catching Michael off-guard but was able to give chase.

"Seriously Sarah, stop or you'll hurt yourself!" Michael called out.

Before his sister could reply though, she ended up plowing into an unsuspecting Yin from behind, causing Sarah to lose her focus on flying and sending both her and Yin tumbling down the hall. Sarah was able to stop herself and provide a soft stopping post for Yin as well.

"Oooowww…" Yin moaned, picking himself up while massaging his back.

"Sarah!" Michael called out, rushing over to his sister after shoving Yin out of the way. "Are you okay?" he asked right after.

"Brother, I'm okay." Sarah dully said, levitating herself again. "I just didn't see that person in front of me." she pointed to Yin, who was getting back up from the shove.

Michael glared at Yin, anger evident on his face. He started to advance towards him, intent on mauling him.

"Just who do you think you are, hurting my sister?" he growled, venom almost dripping from his voice.

"M-m-michael, easy there. I-" Yin started, but was cut off.

"How do you know who I am?" Michael demanded, his claws now glowing.

"Brother, stop!" Sarah called out, flying between her brother and Yin. "Snap out of it! He didn't mean to!"

"Sarah. Move." Michael ordered in a low tone.

Sarah, instead of moving out of the way, moved towards Michael and embraced him in a hug. Michael gasped, but relaxed and returned the gesture.

"Brother…" Sarah whispered into Michael's ear.

"Yeah?"

"You don't have to be so protective of me."

Michael was able to snap out of his 'protective' mood and hugged Sarah even tighter.

"Aw, how touching." a female voice called out. "It makes me want to vomit."

Sarah and Michael's eyes grew wide a little and turned towards the source. Standing at the end of the hall, with folded arms, was Natasha.

"Way to ruin the mood Natasha." Yin said, sweat-dropping.

"Yeah, nice going." Yang called out, walking down the hall fully dressed, though still slightly limping.

"Tch, not like I was going to stand around and let it continue anyway." Natasha scoffed.

Before someone could speak again, a cloud of purple smoke drifted into the hall, staying close to the floor. Everyone looked down and reacted in a way, with Sarah and Michael floating higher, while Yin, Yang, and Natasha stepped onto something above the cloud.

"The hell is this?" Natasha questioned.

"That, would be one of the people that would guest-star today." Yin explained as the purple smoke started to stack.

The smoke started to form a shape as all of it pushed upwards, turning a gray color on the outside of it. When all the smoke was together, the smoke solidified, revealing a door the same color as it, with the word 'PIURPLE' painted on it. The door then opened, revealing a young teenager wearing a green hooded jacket. The zipper wasn't zipped all the way up, showing a sky-blue t-shirt underneath. He also wore tan shorts that reached below the kneecaps, with a few odd patches of purple as well.

The door closed and turned back into smoke, dissipating as well as the person looked around and noticed the looks from the people and pokemon given to him.

"Hey guys, hope I'm not too late for the show." the person greeted.

"Nah, you're just on time. ShinyMew112, correct?" Yin answered, stepping down from his spot.

"Yup, that's me." the person, ShinyMew, answered. "But you can just call me Shiny, to make things simple."

"Alright." Yin simply said, now fully down from his spot. "Well, allow me to welcome you to the show. The two lati are Michael and Sarah Luck, a Latios and Latias respectively." Yin introduced the duo, the latter waved happily while Michael wasn't sure of the newcomer. "Here's Natasha, I think you already know her since…yesterdays…events." Yin hesitantly said.

No sooner than he said that he received a roundhouse kick to his back, sending him flying headfirst into one of the walls. He got stuck in it, his arms and legs bent like that of an animated character, slightly twitching ever so often. Everyone gasped – eyes wide for Natasha – at the event and turned toward the source of the kick, which turned out to be Yang, his foot smoking.

"Yin, even though we're the same person," Yang started, putting his foot down, "I do NOT want that brought up so long as I'm alive." he finished with gritted teeth in a dark tone.

Yin's response was him slowly raising a hand and giving a thumbs up sign, before he started trying to pull himself out. Michael and Sarah flew over to him and tried pulling him out while Shiny was keeping a bit of distance between him and Yang.

"What's going on here?" they all heard Marcus call out. "I heard a massive crash and – whoa! What happened here?" he questioned after seeing the Luck duo trying to pull Yin out.

"Let's just say, don't bring up anything that brings bitter memories for Yang." Natasha casually answered, walking past him.

After she walked past, she spotted a small green rod drop from the ceiling in front of her. She lightly leaped to the side, allowing the rod to bounce to the area between Yang and Natasha and the rest of the group present. Everyone minus Yin, who was still trying to pull himself out, stared at the strange item as it came to a stop in the center of the space.

"Hang on… … …is that…?" Yang questioned, squinting his eyes to get a better look at the rod, which was starting to glow a brighter green. Realization flashed through him, knowing what it was.

"Oh s**t! It's a uranium rod, and it's unstable!" he yelled out. "QUICK! MICHAEL, SARAH, THROW UP SOME SHIELDS! I'LL GET NATASHA AND MARCUS!" he ordered.

Something clicked in his mind and he quickly pulled out his blade. He then stabbed it into the floor and drew a wide circle around him, Natasha, and Marcus, whom he navigated around, before slamming the handle of the blade into the center of it. A dark shield erupted from the lines, covering the three of them, along with another, teal-colored shield from Michael and Sarah. No sooner than when both shields went up the rod violently exploded, leveling the walls, somehow freeing Yin from his spot. Not even a second after, all the debris froze in its place, suspended in midair. Everyone looked in awe at the scene, wondering on what was going on as well.

As if time was rewinding itself, the debris started flying back into its spot, the explosion compressing into a form. When all the debris was back in its place, the explosion had taken shape of a door with several symbols on it. One was a fireball, another was an orb of electricity while a third was a snowflake. There were many other kinds of symbols showing elements, but they all vanished when the door started to open.

As the door opened, it revealed a mid teen-aged male, with black hair and brown eyes, along with decently tan skin. A blue hooded jacket almost hid his red t-shirt, with the zipper just below the top. A pair of blue framed glasses rested on top of his head. The lower half of his body was covered with blue jeans, with a pair of brown shoes as well. After he stepped fully out and closed the door, which turned into smoke after, he looked among the group of people.

"Huh, you guys look like you've seen a ghost or something." he said in a slightly cheerful tone.

After his shield dissipated, Yang was the first to answer.

"Well if you didn't decide to try and nuke the studio, we'd be fine!" he yelled, raising his blade and walking towards the new person.

The newcomer didn't even flinch when Yang was right in front of him with his blade held in his face.

"You're Yang, correct?" he asked, not even showing a sign of nervousness to the blade.

"Yeah, and who are you?" Yang questioned, still holding his blade to the persons face.

The newcomer just chuckled slightly, earning an arced eyebrow from the swordsman.

"Don'tcha recognize me? I'm EC, the Element Commander." the teen, EC, said with a grin.

"Wait…" Yang muttered. The name clicked and his eyes grew wide. "EC? HOLY S***!" he yelled after, sheathing his blade with almost lightning speed.

"Oi, language! There's a child here ya know." Yin called out, holding his head.

Yang just ignored him and grinned widely. "EC, I'm surprised that you decided to come."

"Of course, I was invited here anyway."

"You were?" Yang questioned.

Instead of getting an answer after, he received a smack to the back of his head, making him cross-eyed from the impact. When he looked back, he saw Yin standing behind him.

"Yeah, he was invited, thanks to you." Yin said in a stern tone, then turned to EC. "Yeah, I was going to sent a confirmation for the invite, but Yang here did so before I could. Same for Shiny," he pointed at said person, who waved. "And Okami Saphira as well."

"Guess things are going to be interesting then?" Shiny asked.

"Yeah, that they will. Now, I think we should proceed to the stage…" Yin started, but clutched his head. "…after I get a bag of ice first…" he finished, walking down the halls. "I'll be with you guys shortly. Yang will take you to the stage." he called out.

Everyone turned to face Yang, who looked at everyone present. He let out an irritated sigh shortly after, then spoke. "Fine, might as well take all of you to it." He then walked past Marcus and Natasha, with everyone else following.

As the group proceeded down the halls, EC was talking with Marcus and Shiny, while Michael was keeping an eye on Natasha, who was hiding a small grin on her face. Sarah tried to wander off a few times, but was called back my Michael before she could slip away. Along the way, Natasha was able to sneak away from the group after seeing a door labeled 'Character gifts'. After rummaging through the room for a bit, she found a bag of one of the items that was given to her from a previous show and hooked the bag to her waist. She then rejoined the group, just as they approached the ever-familiar pair of doors leading to the stage. Standing in front were Teresa, Aleron and Lucas, who was sitting on Aleron's cannon limb, having got used to him by now.

Teresa was the first to notice the group. "Huh? Oh hey Yang. Who are the new arrivals?" She asked after turning to face the group.

"Right, the two lati" he pointed to the Luck duo first, "are Michael and Sarah Luck. The blue-hooded teen is EC, the Element Commander, and the noob in purple ("Hey!") is ShinyMew112, or just Shiny."

"Hang on, the Element Commander?" Aleron questioned.

"Yup, that's me." EC answered with a grin.

"Wasn't his Reviews to the Smashers the inspiration to this show?" Teresa asked Yang.

"Yeah, he is." he simply answered.

The group of people and pokemon made their way through the double doors, walking through the open area of the stage and each went to their seats. Before they could, a beam of light from the dome shifted itself to the center of the area between the seats, causing everyone to back away. Michael got in front of Sarah protectively, gritting his teeth for the potential threat. Natasha also stepped back, drawing a knife and holding it in a battle-ready position.

"Sword, the hell's going on now?" she demanded.

"Had to guess, that's Okami Saphira now." Yang answered with folded arms.

After he spoke, the beam of light intensified, becoming almost blinding to look at directly. Everyone either shielded their eyes or squinted them to see what was happening. When the light faded, there was another door, though on the floor was a symbol of the sun. The door was golden in color, with another sun symbol etched on it as well. The doorknob turned as the door opened, revealing a mid-teenaged female with white hair reaching her neck. She wore a blue colored shirt, with equally blue colored jeans. She also had red markings at various points on her body and clothing. The door closed behind her and faded while the teen looked around. When she seen the group, Natasha wielding her knife and Michael growling, she jolted a little and took a step back.

"Um, s-sorry if I'm intruding," she spoke in a shy tone "but is this the…uhm…the Ask the Characters studio, right?"

"Yeah, it is, so don't worry." Yin called out, now returning with a bag of ice on his head. He made his way through the group and walked up to the newcomer. He held out his hand in a greeting gesture. "Oka–"he started but had his mouth clamped shut by the teen, surprised on the speed of her.

"Please, just Frost will do. I just don't want other people finding out." the teen, Frost, shyly explained.

"Gotcha." Yin said, though muffled, along with a thumbs-up.

Frost took her hand off of Yin's mouth, then stepped back. When she did, there was the sound of doors opening and everyone turned to look. The camera crew was arriving, showing that the show as about to start.

"Oh! Places everyone, show's gonna start in a few minutes!" Yin called out, heading backstage for something. Before he could though, he stopped beside Michael and Sarah. "Hey, you can make yourselves appear human, if you want."

"Really?" Sarah asked happily.

"Yeah, all that you have to do is focus on your human selves, then you'll appear as such. You can stay as you are if you wish." Yin explained, then proceeded past the doors.

Deciding to give it a try, Sarah remembered on what she looked before her transformation and focused on it. A few seconds later, her image distorted until there was a young girl floating in her space. When she opened her eyes, she dropped to the ground, letting out a little yelp when she landed. Michael gasped and flew to her, helping her up to her feet. When she was up to her feet, Sarah looked her body over, then started cheering.

"Yay! It worked it worked!" she yelled, jumping up and down as well.

"Wait, if that works, then let me have a try." Michael said, closing his eyes as well. His body followed a similar path of Sarah's, forming a young teen boy when finished. He landed on his feet when he opened his eyes, then started looking himself over as well.

As the two were enjoying the changes, EC was talking with Aleron and Marcus, Shiny with Natasha to little effect, and Frost to Teresa and Lucas. Yin came back a minute later holding a lock box, which held the questions in it. Everyone then took their seats, the authors sitting next to each other while Yin and Yang sat in the seats in the middle, facing the crowd which was building up. The camera crew was tweaking the cameras as well, with one of them swinging into position.

"We are live in 5…4…3…2…"

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Whelp, another chapter of the show down, however so many more to go. Current guest-stars are: The Element Commander, ShinyMew112, and Okami Saphira. Currently attending characters are: Aleron Bane, Marcus Flint, Teresa Yuna, Lucas Alexander, Natasha Cova, Michael Luck and Sarah Luck.

Submit those questions and they will be answered. Try and keep the truth and dare ones to a minimum though…got plenty of those as is.