Author Notes: Sorry this chapter was kinda rushed so there might be a few grammatical errors. I'll go back and fix them, but for now please enjoy the chapter!
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Astrid was sitting in her apartment right next to her parter Skei. The both of them were just chilling on the couch, right now Astrid laid there with her head on Skei's lap. Just as she was about to speak up, she heard a loud grumble emerge from Skei's stomach. The grumble echoed through their apartment room so much so Astrid let out a slight giggle.
"Hey Astrid, can you order the pizza this time?" Skei said.
"Why don't I just cook this time?" Astrid said.
The two of them for just a moment of time stared right into each other's eyes. Their eyes sparkled as their line of sight crossed paths. They had a spark of excitement that rushed through their bodies.
"Pfffttt! HA YOU COOK! I remember the last time you cooked! You almost burned down our house in Null!" Skei laughed.
"Ha ha ha! I do remember that! Yeah let's just order a pizza!" Astrid laughed.
Astrid reached above her head to the coffee table beside Skei. Her phone was sitting right there, but her arms were just too short to reach them. Skei lifted up her phone and placed it in her hands. Astrid dialed the pizza place and ordered their usual.
"Yes miss what'll it be today?" The pizza guy answered
"Hey Billy, It's Astrid again. Skei and I will just have the usual," Skei said.
"Oh alright, so it'll be the 2 Meat Lovers Pizza and 1 Alolan Pizza?" Billy asked.
"Yup that's fine, and just send it to the usual place," Skei said.
"Alright, it'll be there soon," Billy said.
Just a few minutes later the pizza delivery guy showed up. Skei paid for the pizza and sat right back down on the couch. The Alolan Pizza had cheese, ham and most importantly fresh pineapple. The Meat Lovers Pizza was pretty self explanatory, it had cheese, pepperoni, ham, bacon and sausage.
Skei turned on the tv, he opened up Netflix and quickly scrolled over an action movie. Once Astrid saw this she quickly ripped the remote out from Skei's hands using her psychic abilities.
"Look Skei, we are not watching another one of your predictable action movies," Astrid said. She quickly scrolled over the romantic comedies, which Skei quickly let out a boom burst making Astrid drop the remote.
"Astrid, we are not watching another rom com ok! Look I don't want to see a 24 year old guy hitting on a 13 year old girl," Skei said.
"Well then, I guess we'll just have to settle this with a little battle," Astrid smirked.
"That's fine I'll take you on in a one on one!" Skei passionately said,
"rock"
"paper"
"scissors"
"shoot!" The two of them yelled. Unsurprisingly Astrid won, which resulted in the eruption of Skei.
"OK YOU KNOW WHAT! THAT IS BULLSHIT! YOU CAN'T READ MY MIND TO WIN!" Skei yelled.
"It's called 'using my resources'," Astrid said.
"Fight me in a sparring match! Standard tournament rules!" Skei yelled.
"Fine, but I'll win, for the oh wait... how many times have I won in a row now?" Astrid said.
"I don't know I've lost count," Skei said.
"Ok then I guess I've won 900 times in a row n-," Astrid said before she was cut off.
"Hey! No you've only won 899 times in a row. Well that doesn't matter I'm feeling pretty damn confident this time!" Skei said.
The two of them headed down to the gym in the apartment. The sparring arena was down in the basement, but you usually had to rent it out due to how often it was used. Luckily for both of them, it was just about to close up for the night, but they arrived just in time. The man in charge of the sparring arena made an exception for them. He even offered to referee the match as well.
"Alight Bruce, we are ready!" Skei said.
Bruce got up onto the referee podium, he raised his flags. "Alright this will be tournament standard match, meaning there are 3 ways for victory! 1 you can lose by knockout, 2 you can lose by ring out and 3 you can lose by time. Additional rules, Skei, you may not pick up Astrid and carry her out of the ring. Astrid, you may not use your psychic abilities to pick up Skei and carry him out of the arena! Are we clear on the rules?"
"Yup!" Skei said.
"Yeah I'm good!" Astrid said.
"Alright begin!" Bruce yelled.
Astrid spread out her arms, she took in a deep breath to steady her mind. She knew her partner well, she knew exactly what his approach options are, and what his preferred approach options are. She knows exactly what his breathing pattern is, and how to hit him hard.
Skei knew that Astrid could predict exactly what he was going to do, but he had try anyway. He got into his serious battle stance, he put up his fists, and stared Astrid in the eyes.
Skei charged at Astrid, he twisted his body around kicking up a wild wind storm. He jumped up from the ground, still spinning in the air. With all of his might he slammed his foot down, Astrid saw this coming and simply jumped back, but what she didn't expect was how strong that kick was.
As soon as Skei's foot made contact with the ground, the arena's floor was completely cracked in a spiderweb fashion. Skei began to chase Astrid down like a hungry dog. His kicks were becoming more rapid.
Astrid was able to keep up, she used psychic to push back Skei's feet. Skei, was reaching a whole new speed that Astrid wasn't used too. She soon realized that Skei was going for a ring out. She began to focus, her entire body was surrounded by a light turquoise energy. She quickly disappeared into thin air.
"Oh come on! That's gotta be cheating! Using teleport is so unfair!" Skei yelled.
Suddenly a massive clock appeared right above Skei, it began to rain down a mass of violet crystals. Skei was moving quickly, but a few did make contact with his skin, giving him some small lacerations on his arms.
Astrid instantly appeared right behind Skei, "Hi!" She quickly used psychic to lift Skei up into the air. With brutal force she slammed Skei into the ground over and over again. Each slam into the ground sent shockwaves of pain through Skei's body. He held back his grunts of pain, but even this was beginning to feel too much.
Skei vision was becoming blurry, he knew he had to do something or else he'd loose by knock out. He let out a quick blast of sound. This made a small opening freeing Skei from Astrid's tight grip. He jumped back, and began to concentrate. Electricity began to form all around his entire body. He put his hands together to form a dragon like spirit.
"Take this! Dragon Pulse!" Skei yelled. He unleashed the attack sending it straight at Astrid. The attack quickly made it's way to his partner.
Dragon pulse was stopped in its tracks by Astrid. She was using psychic to hold it in place, but she was soaked in sweat just from holding the attack. Normally she'd be able to just send an attack that powerful upwards, but right now there was a roof above her head, and above that roof was a large sum of people. Skei stood there as he summoned more electrical energy around his body, but this time the electricity was blood red, she instantly knew what attack Skei was charging up.
"Damn is he really that desperate to win! Is he really planning on using his Grifta Attack?!" Astrid thought.
Skei's eyes opened up wide, and out came a ghostly howl, that shattered any nearby glass. The ground was getting even more torn up. Astrid was completely on the ropes, she was struggling to stay awake from the immense pressure that Skei was unleashing.
"Damn he's actually using Hyper Wave Boom. I don't know how much longer I can hold his dragon pulse, I can feel my mind breaking down," Astrid thought. Suddenly her psychic connection holding dragon pulse collapsed causing a massive explosion that absolutely obliterated the battle arena.
Skei fell, he was now sitting down on the torn up ground. He could see Astrid through the smoke, but once it cleared, he heard the referee blow his whistle.
The referee put up his flag signifying that Astrid had won the battle. He looked forward and saw that Astrid was barely standing, but she was still awake. But Skei did wonder why he lost, he looked down and saw that his butt was just outside the arena line.
"Damn Skei, loss by ring out again, well at least I didn't time you out this round," Astrid said.
Skei let out a sigh, "rom com?".
"Yup!" Astrid said.
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Sealeous was walking Wendy home from school. It had been a quiet walk with little to no talking. A few small questions did pop up, but they were sparse, and none of them led to anything exciting. As the two of them were walking through the city, Sealeous quickly remembered that he had to be at the royal meeting.
"DAMN'IT!" Sealeous yelled.
This caught Wendy off guard, she saw Sealeous' face bright red. His face was seething with embarrassment, or anger Wendy couldn't really tell. She grabbed Sealeous by the palm of his hand.
"Sealeous, uh what's going on?" Wendy asked.
"I have to be at a royal meeting today! I need to get to my house right now, it's on Fittons Street, but the bus I take to get there won't be at its stop for another few hours. The royal meeting is in a few minutes!" Sealeous yelled.
Wendy nodded, she interlocked her fingers with Sealeous' hand. "Hold on tight ok, I'll get you to Fittons,". Sealeous nodded back, the two of them began to run like there was no tomorrow. Suddenly Sealeous noticed that Wendy was picking up momentum. Sealeous soon found himself being pulled by Wendy who was using detect as way to augment her speed.
Only 5 minutes had passed by and the two of them were on Fittons Street. Sealeous began to pull Wendy over to his house, once they arrived Sealeous quickly opened up the door. Wendy took a good look at the house, it was basic rent house for Nex. It had a simple brick design and a maple light maple front door. The inside was well furnished, but it was definitely designed by someone Aetherian.
"Sealeous, there you are! We have to leave for the royal meeting in 10 minutes!" Ultima yelled.
"Sorry I got caught up in something," Sealeous said. Wendy walked in and waved to both Mei'li and Ultima. Uncharacteristically Ultima gave Wendy a death glare of disappointment, this was a new face of Ultima that Wendy had not yet seen.
"Sorry, I didn't know you guys had an important meeting. I kinda asked for Sealeous to walk me home," Wendy said. There was a definite pink blush that was across her cheeks.
Sealeous walked out of his room, in his formal wear. He was wearing some heavy black armor. His armor had a black silk collar. Coming out of his back was a black cape that had a blue underside. The armor itself was covered in an array of small and large spikes similar to how a dragon's scales were. There were highly detailed engravings of many different Aetherian legends all over his armor.
Ultima and Mei'li were both done changing and once they walked out Wendy was in absolute awe. Mei'li wore an snow blue gown. The back of her gown dragged across the ground, and the edges of her dress had fur lining, that was clearly made by an expert tailor. Ultima was dressed much more similar to Sealeous, except that his armor was pure white, with gold accents.
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Sealeous, Ultima, Mei'li and Wendy all opened up the doors. Of course Ultima, Mei'li and Sealeous took the lead, Wendy followed close behind. The four of them walked into a large room that held a massive table right in the middle.
The table was made from expensive wood, and there were multiple jewels embedded into the table. The ceiling was incredible, Wendy had never seen a roof that was so high up. She was cautious as she didn't want to dirty the marble floors or the gold plated walls.
Sitting at the table Wendy recognized all of the world leaders there. Sitting at the end was the 1st princess of Nex, Cynthia Elite Kardon. Emperor Thor Sir Might, the current ruler of Null. And finally the 1st princess of Tsu, Aiko Shudan Ai.
"Sorry we're late, we got caught up in something," Sealeous said.
"Hey no worries Sealeous, we haven't even started yet so it's all good!" Thor happily said.
Thor Sir Might was a powerful Luxray pokemorph who is respected and feared in the world of battles. His actual attacks are unknown to the public, but he's known for his unique control over his Grifta Attacks. He has raven hair and blood red eyes. His hair is very spiky, and poking out the top of his thick hair are his two round, blue ears. His body was well built for battle, and his clothes were wild, but somewhat sophisticated.
"It's alright Sealeous," Aiko said.
Aiko Shudan Ai, the 1st princess of Tsu. She is well known throughout the world for popularizing showcases and contests throughout all 4 kingdoms. Her extravagant performances inspire the hearts of her fans to do anything. She is a Sylveon pokemorph. She has light pink rose hair, her sunset blue eyes sparkle in sun, and her pale skin is so healthy its practically glowing. She has quite a frail build, but she wears a lot of thick clothing to hide that up.
"Babe you're finally here, now we can get this party started!" Cynthia excitedly said.
Cynthia Elite Kardon, she is the 1st princess of Nex. She is known by one thing and that one thing only. She is a bitch! Yup that's what she's known by from the people she rules over. Wendy knows that one well, but she decides not to speak up. Cynthia is a Wormadam pokemorph. She has light blonde hair that is definitely fake, it's tied up into a beehive styled hair cut. Her eyes are naturally brown, but she wears coloured contacts to make her eyes emerald green. She wears a long green gown that has emeralds embedded into it with some jade coloured gloves, and her jewelry is some of the finest in all of the kingdoms.
All the royals sat down at the table to discuss their current problems at hand.
"Alright so guys, I'm sure all of you have heard, but the arena in my kingdom for the Vital Tournament has broken down," Thor said.
"Yeah yeah we heard, so why don't we hold it in my kingdom?" Cynthia said.
"No we are not holding it in Nex ever again! You charge way too much for the public to get in!" Thor yelled.
"That's kinda the point," Cynthia said.
"Hey well actually guys, the scientists in my kingdom have been working on levitation technology. We have a working flying arena that I am willing to donate to all of the kingdoms to share equally," Sealeous said.
"Yes it's very stable, not even a hurricane from Thor's cousin can take it down. It's equipped to handle all kinds of weather conditions as well, the only problem is we need to find a more reliable power source," Ultima said.
"So Thor, we were wondering if we could use your fusion arc reactor tech in order to power the flying arena?" Mei'li said.
"You'll have to give me the blueprints, cause I don't want a fusion reactor too close to civilians on a flying machine, but I'll definitely think it over," Thor said.
The royal meeting went on for a few more hours, when everyone noticed that Wendy was sitting at the table. Of course everyone noticed she was there when Sealeous, Ultima and Mei'li entered in, they just didn't know why she was there.
"Hey um... I don't mean to be rude, but who's your friend?" Aiko asked, she pointed right at Wendy.
"Oh um... funny story... uh... Sealeous, help?" Wendy whispered.
"Oh right! Well, she's a good friend of mine," Sealeous said.
"Oh alright. Wendy, what's your title? I mean you certainly don't look like you're dressed as a royal. We wouldn't want a peasant girl listening in on our royal meeting," Aiko said.
"Now that I think about it, if you were supposed to be here I would recognize you. You're clearly not young enough to be unknown to some royal bloodline from the media's stand point so who are you?" Thor said.
"Yeah who are you? And what is your title?" Cynthia asked.
"Oh um well... you see... uh... that's..." Wendy stuttered. There was a thick layer of sweat beating down her neck, as the stares from the royals were becoming more and more intense.
Sealeous stood up and got out of his seat. He grabbed Wendy by her hand and pulled her right into his chest. Wendy's cheek sat against the cold metal of Sealeous' armor. Even through that thick armor Wendy could hear Sealeous' pounding heart.
Sealeous put his mouth next to Wendy's ear, to the point where she could feel his warm breathing. "Wendy, just follow along with my lead ok," he whispered.
Sealeous held the base of Wendy's chin, he edged up closer. Both of their lips were quivering, Wendy wanted to push Sealeous away, but for some reason she also wanted this to happen. She closed her eyes and felt another set of warm, wet lips press up against hers. She could feel Sealeous playing with her ears, which made her absolutely melt.
Sealeous finally pulled away from the kiss. Wendy stood there in complete shock. Ultima sat there with an astonished look on his face, and Mei'li, mentally was screaming.
"That's my relationship with Wendy. I'm sure that'll suffice," Sealeous said. There was a bright blush that ran across his face.
Thor, Aiko and Cynthia all stood up. The walked over to Wendy and gave her a bow of respect. They walked out of the room ending the royal meeting. Shortly after Ultima and Mei'li headed back home. Sealeous and Wendy headed over to Wendy's house to talk about what just happened.
Wendy and Sealeous were sitting in Wendy's room. They were very quiet, it was as if both of them could still feel the warmth of their kiss. They were only able to look at each other for a few brief moments, but embarrassment quickly took over and they looked back at their laps.
Still looking down Wendy decided to speak up. "Sealeous,".
"Yeah Wendy," Sealeous said.
"Did you know that was my first kiss?" Wendy asked.
"Sorry, it was my first time as well, was it that bad?" Sealeous asked.
"It was interesting to say the least," Wendy said.
An hour passed by, Wendy walked Sealeous to the door. Sealeous was standing in the doorway just about to leave when he felt Wendy tug on his shoulder. He turned around to see Wendy holding the belladonna petal he gave her as a tip. At that moment Sealeous' heart went into a love filled frenzy.
"So you accept my request?" Sealeous asked.
"I should let you kiss me more often," Wendy blushed.
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Author Notes: So just tell me what you guys thought! Just to let you know for those who are wondering. Cynthia, Aiko and Thor are not taking up any OC slots they are just side characters. All of them were created by Awkwardgeek54.
