Quite a bit of an announcement this time around, starting with that, as I have said in both Crimson Sunlight and Night of the Black Sun, I am planning a Pokémon Special and Inazuma Eleven crossover! The first chapter should be up on the 19th of November, so I hope you will check it out once it has started. A poll has been opened on my profile page regarding the Pokédex holders and honorary Pokédex holders (Lyra, Wally, Cheren and Bianca) that you want to see as the main characters, and you get eight votes! Why only eight? Because Red, Green (m) and Silver are guaranteed to enter! That's right: even my favorite character has no guaranteed seat in this crossover story as of yet! I have to emphasize, again, that you get eight votes, as two people have already participated in the poll and only chosen one… Oh, and Specialventure Academy has broken through the 3k views barrier recently, with 1k being on the first chapter alone! Thank you everyone! Yes, I'm still getting used to people actually reading and appreciating my work despite having been here for four months already… time sure flies…
Heads up: October is going to be a busy month for me, and although I will hopefully still have enough time to respond to individual PMs, I wouldn't put my hopes up too high for a new chapter in that month… mid term/semester exams in addition to preparations for that crossover will likely leave me unable to update either Specialventure Academy or Night of the Black Sun in October. If I have time, I will update, of course, but I cannot guarantee anything as of yet (even then, Night of the Black Sun is likelier to get that update)… the same applies for end November/early December due to end of semester exams (will be updated with more info in the future).
Oh right, one more thing! As you might have realized, I've changed the summary slightly so the focus of Specialventure Academy is now on Red and Yellow (which should have been obvious seeing as I put so much into the revelation of their past and all). I'm sorry if they are not your favorite pair, but as I am going to be focusing on a very large character cast in both that crossover and, to a lesser extent, Night of the Black Sun, and I am including the Unova Pokédex holders in here as well, it will get really messy and I just want to say up front that the focus will be on Specialshipping from now on. Having said that, I will still try to put a reasonable amount for the others; they just won't be the main focus anymore, that's all. I hope you will still read this chapter and continue reading this story nonetheless. Also, I'm changing my writing style for Specialventure Academy starting this chapter (or actually, starting last chapter). I reread the previous chapters and I realized how different the writing styles are of each chapter… as a matter of fact, it is sometimes hard to see it's the same person (and I am the one who wrote them)! *shudders* I will probably update and revise the earlier chapters sometime in the future… once my schedule frees up that is… Alright, enough announcements (I sure hope you read them and not just skip over them though, as a lot of important notifications are in the announcements section)! Time for review responses!
DaPokemonMadster: You know as well as I do how confident I was with the last chapter. For those of you who don't know, I wasn't confident at all. Yeah, SoulSilver cause they're my second favorite (should be obvious what my favorite pair is)! I dunno how I worked with the Sinnoh trio; to me personally, for example, Pearl's personality felt more like Barry's but oh well… yup, she's awake! So let's find out how she reacts why don't we? I used up all my cliffhanger material with the chapters of Night of the Black Sun, and will again for the next update, so… apologies that cliffhangers here have become meh at best… (plus, it's difficult to come up with a better cliffhanger with each chapter xD)
Trainer Azurite: I'm glad you liked it. As mentioned earlier, I wasn't confident with the Sinnoh trio at all. A possible reason why the allusion seemed so realistic is because it was actually inspired by a real life romance episode I happened to come across while browsing TV channels, so… I'm not sure how to do that though; Gold is a really detailed character when you come right down to it and I'm just not that confident with writing his personality overall as a result in comparison to characters like Silver or Yellow, who, albeit being quite complicated themselves, are both relatively easier for me to write…
pikaree1: I already responded to most of your reviews privately (that's what I do if people review many chapters at once), so not much else I can say here I guess… Endou plus Tenma plus Tsunami plus Red plus Tai equals a team full of motivational leaders xD! Johto quartet because SoulSilver is my second favorite pairing! Wally because, like many others, I believe he should have gotten a bigger role in the manga! And if you read Night of the Black Sun you will soon realize just how much I love cliffhangers xD (if you don't, you will once you read that!) *shudders* glad I'm not your younger brother then xD figures somebody would find it out eventually… good job though! It's a relatively popular writing technique after all :/ yup, characters are supposed to have more than one side to them right?
Guest: Thank you… You're the first one to bring it up in a review and I hope you understand I'd rather not talk about it in public. Anyway, it's thanks to the three people I mentioned (or at least referred to) in the previous chapter that I managed to come back to writing again! I'm afraid I'm leaving Frantic for last for a very specific reason, and I can't reveal that reason as of yet I'm afraid… let's just say that I'm planning something big for Frantic! Though I'll try to get them before the end of the year because *cough* reasons *cough* also seeing as I'm planning to do both Agency and DualRival before Frantic, I have that crossover starting in November and will be busy most of October for those mid term/semester exams. To be perfectly honest, I'm curious how my readers will react to how I put Ruby and Sapphire together as well!
Alright, I feel like doing another shout out! DaPokemonMadster, although I would love to give you another one, I already gave you one in the last two chapters, so… having said that, you should still check her out xD! I'm giving the official shout out to somebody who shares not one, not two but three fandoms with me! First person I've "met" to hold this distinction! An author who has already written a grand total of 61 stories at time of me writing this chapter, so there is more than enough for you to read! Go and check out pikaree1 everybody! My Pokémon and Digimon and Inazuma Eleven buddy!
Disclaimer: As always, I don't own anything related to Pokémon! One would wonder why I even keep saying it every single chapter nowadays…
-= 3rd Person POV =-
"And that explains how the magnets in MRI works!" the teacher concluded, closing the slide and shutting down the computer. The students all exhaled a sigh of relief as they realized the difficult class had ended. The bell signalling the official end of the school day rang, resulting in all the students scrambling their books together in their bag and hurrying off to leave the school grounds. One student, however, remained in the room, and the teacher didn't notice that he was still there until she was about to leave the room herself, "Red? Is there something I can do for you?"
"Actually there is…" Red admitted, putting his books in his bag and slinging the strap over his shoulder, "You see… Yellow is still in the hospital, so can I get an extra copy of the notes and work of today's class so I can give it to her?"
"That's really thoughtful of you Red," the teacher smiled, as she searched through her handbag for an extra copy. After a few seconds, she had gotten it and given it to Red, "There you go. And give Yellow my regards alright?"
"I will, thank you!" Red exclaimed happily as he accepted the sheets of paper before carefully putting them in his bag. After that, he dashed out of the room and was the first to leave the school's ground.
-= Green's POV =-
I sighed as I walked through the streets. Scratch that, as I was forcefully dragged through the streets. How did I even get myself stuck in this situation again? We stopped in front of a bakery abruptly.
"Alright Greenie, what do you think Yellow would like?" that pesky girl asked me. I huffed, both at the nickname she had adopted for me and at the fact that I was dragged here against my will. Oh, and why did she bring her brother along with her as well? She sighed, before turning to me, "Well?"
"Why do you ask me?" I replied while looking around for any better stores to go to, "Your brother's here as well, ask him why don't you?"
"I already did~" Blue replied, a tad too cheerful, "But I want to know your opinion Greenie~"
"Don't call me that!" I huffed, annoyed. Before I could say something else, however, somebody already beat me to it.
"Are you two going to stand there arguing all day…" an irritated yet amused voice came from the doorway. When I turned to see who had said that, I saw that Silver was standing there, holding the front door open with a smirk plastered on his face, "Or are you going to enter?"
"My my Silvy~" Blue suddenly flung herself at her brother, and part of me felt sorry for him for becoming her new target so suddenly, "I didn't know you cared so much for Yellow!"
"It's not that…" Silver muttered as he walked in the bakery. I wondered what was up with the red head. That was, at least, until I got my answer in the form of a loud shriek, a dash of brown hair and a thud.
"SILVY~!"
The next thing everybody knew, Silver was laying on the ground with a brunette with pigtails laying on top of him. Hold on… I know that girl! She was one of the girls who came to that party one and a half week ago! Her name… what was her name again?
"I told you not to do that in front of big sis, Lyra!" Silver muttered, trying to get up. Right, Lyra! But what was she doing here? Wait… I smirked as realization hit me. Silver got up, and to say that guy was angry would be the understatement of a lifetime, "And she's right here!"
"Well, can you blame me?" Lyra asked, slightly offended by Silver's tone, though I had to agree with Silver here; she did knock him over after all… "Besides, you can't hide it forever right?"
"Can't hide what forever?" a menacing voice suddenly caught all of our attention, and in the blink of an eye another brunette had attached herself onto Silver, "Tell me Silvy, what can't you hide forever?"
"Um, well, you see…" Silver trailed off, obviously uncomfortable at the situation. I was enjoying the scene in front of me too much, but was still worried that that pesky girl still hadn't realized what was going on yet. I was broken from my train of thoughts by Silver sighing, "Alright… tell her Lyra…"
"If you say so," Lyra grinned, turning to Blue the moment Silver began stalking the bakery aisles and picking up stuff here and there, "Silver and I are actually —"
"Say no more!" Blue interrupted, laughing loudly. She was becoming the center of attention, and me too as a result of it, so I decided to see if there was anything worthwhile on the shelves. By the time I got back, the two brunette girls were still giggling away, "To think my little brother has grown up so much in so little time! I'm just impressed you two managed to hide it from me for so long~ good job!"
"Thank you!" Lyra giggled. I sighed, figuring that this could last quite a bit longer if I didn't intervene now. Before Lyra could say or do anything to continue their conversation, I cleared my throat and hence got their attention.
"If you two girls are done yet…" I began, as Silver returned with four bags filled to the brim with pastries. I stared at him, dumbfounded, not knowing what to say, but he avoided my gaze. I quickly shook it off and turned back to the girls, "Looks like Silver is done shopping, so let's go already."
"No need to be so grumpy Greenie~" she was lucky that I was carrying a bag full with food, and that we were out in public, or else… "We got all day right?"
"Actually we don't," Silver jumped in before I could counter his sister's comment. Turning to his older sister, the red head had a serious expression on his face, "Visiting hours are limited after all, so we actually should hurry to the hospital if we want to have a decent stay this time. The last time Lyra and I visited, we arrived ten minutes before visiting hours ended, so we barely even had time to say hello."
"Alright alright, fine…" Blue sighed, giving in. I had to admit I was impressed at how easily he managed to persuade her. She quickly returned to her normal self as she ran off ahead, "Let's go!"
-= 3rd Person POV =-
Elsewhere in the city, a different group of four teenagers were walking through the street, visibly in awe as they were looking around them. The group consisted of two boys and two girls, whom all looked like they were about the same age as one another. One of the boys had a red and white cap on while wearing a light blue vest. Apparently, he was the leader of their small group, as he was the one who was walking in front with a sense of confidence in his strides. It was only when he turned around that he realized just how far behind his friends were. Sighing, he cupped his hands in front of his mouth and shouted, "Come on guys, hurry up! We're almost there!"
"Calm down already…" the other boy sighed, as the remaining three caught up. He was wearing a darker blue vest than his male friend was, but his hair was just as black as his. Behind a pair of glasses, his dark blue eyes showed the exasperation the boy felt, "It's not like it would disappear if we didn't run all the way there you know…"
"Lighten up!" one of the girls laughed, playfully pushing his shoulder. She had blonde hair that was partially hidden under a hat as green as her eyes. She wore an orange blouse over her white dress, "You can't really blame him that he's so excited right?"
"Not really," the other girl suddenly joined in, getting the attention of the other three as her eyes began to sparkle. Her brown hair, which was tied into a fluffy ponytail, swayed in the gentle breeze along with her black vest, "I mean, just imagine all the excitement! All the fun! All the events! I have to admit that even I'm excited to get there!"
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go already!" the first boy exclaimed energetically, before dashing off, ignoring the yells of annoyance from his friends.
-= Red's POV =-
"So you see? That's how it works."
"Yes! I can't thank you enough for all the effort you put into helping me…"
"Don't worry about it, I love to!"
I was currently in the hospital. To be more specific, I was currently in Yellow's room, and I just finished helping her through the class work that she had missed today. Admittedly, Yellow was a very fast learner, and I could see how she managed to skip a grade. I stood up and stretched, shocked to find my body so stiff. I shrugged it off and blamed sitting down for extended periods of time for causing that. I filled two glasses with water, giving one to Yellow and drank from the other.
"Red? Can I ask you something?" Yellow asked abruptly. Her tone shocked me, but I shrugged it off and nodded. Before she asked the question, she took a deep breath, probably to calm herself, "Why are you being so nice to me? Not that I don't appreciate it or anything, but…"
"Why ask a question you already know the answer to?" I laughed, trying to ease the tension in the air. Although Yellow laughed awkwardly, the tension was still very much there. I sighed before I answered, deciding to give her the honest answer, "All these years, the memory of you when you were little was what gave me strength. 'I might be able to meet her again today' was the thought that got me going in the mornings. What I'm trying to say is… I like— no… I love you Yellow! I really, really love you!"
"Red…" Yellow gasped out, and I could tell she wasn't expecting that. I bit my lower lip, mentally scolding myself for blurting that out of nowhere. Before I could say or do anything else, however, I found myself trapped in a very tight yet warm embrace, "Me too! I love you too Red! Thank you…"
"I'm glad…" I managed, I buried my face in Yellow's soft and beautiful blonde locks. Finally… after all these years… I didn't know how long we stayed like that, but Yellow's voice eventually broke us out of our trance.
"Hey Red? Can you do me a favor?" her gentle voice reverberated through the room. I nodded, partly in response to her question and partly to show her that I was listening, "Once I'm allowed out of the hospital, can you bring me to the playground we used to go to?"
"Wait, you remember that?" I asked, shocked. I thought all of her memories of me were erased the moment she got that hypnotherapy thing years ago. She let go of me and nodded with a small smile on her face.
"Yeah…" she began, slightly confused on how to continue. I was starting to get worried, if she remembered me then she would also remember the avalanche, which would mean… I was broken from my train of thoughts by Yellow as she continued, "I don't really know how, but I've been seeing parts of my past in my dreams…"
"Are you going to be alright…?" I asked, probably sounding a lot more worried than I actually was. Scratch that, what Yellow's uncle said about Yellow's condition after the avalanche rang through my head again, and it really worried me that the same thing could happen again now… "I mean —"
"I know what you mean Red, and don't worry about a thing! I got through it once before right?" Yellow smiled, and I instantly felt guilty. I was the one who was supposed to cheer her up! Before I could do or say anything, Yellow had rested her head on my shoulder and sighed contently, "Besides… I know that you're with me this time around, so I'm sure I'm going to be just fine…"
"Yeah, I'm here for you! Every step of the way!" I smiled as I brushed some stray strands of Yellow's blonde hair from her face, "So as soon as you're discharged from the hospital, I'll bring you there!'
"Aw, isn't this just precious?" a taunting, cheerful voice came from the door opening, and when Yellow and I both jerked our heads to see who was there we saw Blue, closely followed by Green, Silver and Lyra, "So this is where you go to huh Red~? Skipping class to see your girlfriend~?"
"What?!" I shouted, angry at her lie, "I do not skip class!"
"He's actually right Blue, he doesn't… if anything, he's been working extra hard on his schoolwork lately," Green said matter of factly, and I gave him a grateful smile. He was carrying a plastic bag, and the next thing I knew he had thrown it in front of me, the pastries that were inside the bag spilling out slightly. My mouth watered at the smell and sight of the food and I could hear my stomach growl. Green continued with a triumphant smirk on his face, "What he does skip, however, is lunch, and I doubt you can call what you're having for breakfast and dinner real meals either, now can you Red? How do you expect to take care of others if you can't even take care of yourself? I mean, seriously? An apple for breakfast and something that doesn't even look like a sandwich for dinner?"
"Red!" Yellow exclaimed, her tone being a mixture of horror and disbelief. I didn't know what to do, as Green got me there, so I found myself chuckling sheepishly. That was, of course, until Yellow placed a hand on my shoulder, "I really appreciate you taking so much of your time to care for me, but you got to promise me that you will care for yourself just as much alright? I don't want you to get sick."
"Alright Yellow, I will" I smiled, before turning to my best friend, that smirk still plastered on his face, "So I'm assuming all this bread is for me right? Thanks!"
"You should technically thank Blue you know," Green admitted, although I could hear the reluctance in his voice, "She wouldn't forgive me if something happens to her best friend's boyfriend after all…"
"That's right, so eat up Red!" Blue commanded, walking up to the bag, grabbing the first pastry she could get her hands on and practically shoving it in my mouth, "There! We have three happy couples in this room and I won't allow you to break up one by getting yourself sick!"
"Wait, three?" Silver suddenly asked in shock. Turning to his adoptive older sister, his face had disbelief written all over it, "Don't tell me…"
"Yup! You and Lyra have been hiding it from me for a while, Red and Yellow have just confessed…" Blue summed up. Realization then struck me, as I looked at Green who was trying his best to avoid my gaze, "So that leaves Greenie and me right?"
"What?! When…? How…?" I couldn't get myself to formulate full sentences, still too much in shock at the sudden revelations. Blue laughed seeing my dumbfound expression, but replied to my unasked questions nonetheless. Or at least…
"I'd love to tell you everything about it, but not only isn't that the reason why we're here, but Greenie wouldn't want that now would you~?" Blue finished in a teasing voice while facing Green. When I looked at him, I was shocked even more to see that Green was actually staying quiet about being called that way. My attention was shifted when Blue, having a concerned and worried expression on her face, turned to face Yellow, "How are you feeling?"
"Although I have felt better, I actually feel a lot better now," Yellow smiled, and I felt a warmth like never before inside me, "Don't take this the wrong way, but… is it really okay for all of you to be spending so much time and effort to come visit me like this?"
"Of course it is!" Lyra exclaimed all of a sudden, and I jolted at her voice, forgetting that she was in the room, "Yellow, you're our friend, so of course we would come visit you right? Besides, if it was any of us who were in your situation, I'm sure you would do the same of us!"
"Thank you…" Yellow's reply was almost inaudible, but somehow I could tell that everybody heard what she just said.
"That reminds me…" Lyra began again, looking around before facing me, "Shouldn't Crystal and Gold be here as well?"
"They were, but left almost an hour ago," I answered, looking at the clock on Yellow's night stand to make sure I had the time right, "Crystal said something about having to meet somebody, but she already left the room with Gold before I could ask anything of it."
"Wait, that's today?!" Lyra yelled, shocking all of us. She took out her phone, probably to check the calendar, and gasped, before grabbing Silver's arm and dragging him out of the room. Before she was out of ear shot, however, she yelled over her shoulder, "I'm sorry guys but I have to go! I promise I'll come visit you again soon Yellow! And next time it will be longer, but I'm already late and Crystal's going to kill me if I waste another second! Bye!"
Before anyone could respond to her sudden exit, both Lyra and Silver had left the room already. I couldn't really make out what he said, but I could've sworn that Silver had said something before being dragged out. I shrugged it off, however.
"Our juniors sure are weird…" Green mumbled, almost saying what I was thinking.
"One of those juniors is going to be your brother in law one of these days!" Blue scolded lightheartedly, before frowning herself, "I sure wonder what they're doing though…"
The four of us fell silent after that, all trying to imagine why they were all in such a big hurry…
-= 3rd Person POV =-
"Lyra! What's going on?" Silver huffed, as he was being dragged by the brunette through streets even he didn't knew existed.
"Sorry Silvy, but I'm in big time trouble if I arrive another minute late!" Lyra answered while maintaining her pace, forcing Silver to keep up with her, "And since Crystal is bringing Gold, I thought I could bring you along too! I hope you don't mind…"
"Fine…" Silver huffed, albeit the brunette noticed the slight hesitation in his reply. It was then that the red head noticed the two of them had stopped moving, "Where are we going?"
"Actually…" Lyra turned to face him, smiling brightly, "We're already here!"
"What?" Silver looked around, trying to figure out what was so special about this place. It was only then that he noticed the building they were standing in front of. Wide eyed, he turned to Lyra, "Lyra… isn't that…?"
"It sure is! Now let's go!" Lyra chirped happily before opening the door and entering the building. Silver followed soon after, albeit obviously hesitant and reluctant to do so…
That's all for now. Yeah, I'm out of cliffhanger material, I know, so this is going to have to do for now xD Special confirmed! And yup, OldRival has been confirmed as well! Did I plan the latter to be confirmed in this chapter? Actually… no I didn't xD I just figured it was a good moment for me to put them in, so… Not a long end note remain, but I do have to remind you that October is going to be quite a busy month for me considering my mid term/semester exams (unlike in high school, I can't afford to be slacking off after all xD), as well as drafting the first chapter of that crossover… in other words: update speed might be a bit slow for this story. Also: don't forget to vote in that poll in my profile page alright? You get eight votes so please use all eight! Finally, I do realize I'm not putting a lot of emphasis on the actual classes; but I feel like it would get boring if I did, hence I am focusing more on the out of school relationships between the teenagers.
By the way, for my European, African, North and South American readers: heads up! A Total Lunar Eclipse of a so called Supermoon is about to happen! For the first two continents, it will occur in the early morning hours of the 28th (before sunrise obviously) while for the latter two continents, it will occur after sunset on the 27th! The next Total Lunar Eclipse won't occur until January 31st of 2018; so for your sake, I hope the sky is clear tonight!
As always, thank you for reading chapter eleven of Specialventure Academy. It feels like I've been neglecting this story lately, but I promise I will finish this with a proper ending… eventually… Anyways, please feel free to review, follow and favorite this story, as it truly means a lot to me and motivates me to keep writing! And now… I'm off to wrap up the finale of Crimson Sunlight as I said I would be publishing the finale by the end of this month (so I don't have much time left)!