This isn't a normal chapter, unfortunately. But I need to address the giant elephant in the room, because it looks like I might have pre-emptively shot myself in the foot…

"Oi. Berry."

Immediately, Oberon swivelled around.

"Altair?"

Screening from the projector in the middle of his room (he had seen no need to take it down considering they were bound to learn more TMs in the future; probably) was what appeared to be a video call. On-screen, the Jirachi was comfortably resting in an alcove filled with pillows.

"You look better." Oberon commented, "That burn still hurt?"

To this, he winced, and rubbed his side, which was still swathed in bandages.

"While I admit I may have been asking for it," Altair countered, "It still freakin' stings."

"So, what's the occasion? You never usually video-conference me; in fact, this is the first time you've had to."

"I'm injured and bedridden, give me a break. And, well…" Altair started tapping to the side of the screen, which Oberon figured was the rest of his phone, "I got a little something you might want to see."

And with that, a split-screen shafted Altair's transmission to the right, and a picture shifted onto the left side of the screen.

"Let's just say, congratulations, you didn't have to use one of my wishes to get what you wanted."

"*yawn* Ah…"

Almond propped himself off his back and back upright. The long nap had been nice-

"MEGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…"

All of a sudden, Oberon ran in from the common portal on the other side of the clearing, before running up and down a tree, throwing Berries everywhere, then, disappearing back into the common portal with a hop and a skip.

Almond blinked, before shrugging.

"He must be in a better mood after Super Training."

Hearing the satisfying *ding* of the oven, Lotus pulled open the oven to reveal an enourmous cake, decorated with Berries.

"Now, this is certainly ample compensation for the amount of screentime I haven't received. It looks très fantastique, it smells magnifique…"

She sighed in content.

"The perks of being an AI sometimes… I can record the memory of eating this cake, and replay it for as long as I'd like. Without further ado, I-"

"GALLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADE…"

Bursting out the portal from the side, Oberon leapt onto the kitchentop, before running over the ovens, grills (that were thankfully off) and countertops before kicking the cake back into the portal and jumping after it.

Lotus stared at the portal, before staring at where her cake was- had been, before breaking down in tears.

"And I was just getting to the good part…" she wept.

"LAMELAME-L-A-M-E-O-M-G-LAAAAAAAAAME!"

It was at this moment that Naegi was beginning to think Junko was signing her own death warrant.

"Oh, jeez, you're right, Freckles. I'm just a poor, helpless, little bear-"

"CONFIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMED!"

Out of nowhere, a white and green humanoid figure slammed into Monokuma, before running off, sending the robotic bear flying halfway across the hall, where he broke apart in a mess of tiny gears and other assorted machinery.

Everyone was silent for a moment, except for Junko, who screamed bloody murder at the cake that had also mysteriously out of nowhere, and had completely messed up the hair she was now desperately trying to straighten.

"…What the crueller just happened?" Asahina asked no one in particular.

"Do mine eyes deceive me? That was a Kirlia, is it not?" Yamada started, "It evolves into Gardevoir, which would make the perfect waifu to-"

"Yamada, no." Naegi sighed.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH-"

As Oberon leapt out of his latest portal, he crashed straight into Blair, sending them both to the floor.

"Woah, Berry-niichan, what's got you so happy all of a sudden?" she asked as she floated up again.

Oberon started, "Blair, I-"

Before he was cut off by the shimmering rope that dove in and snatched her out of the ceiling of her bedroom.

Oberon picked himself off the floor. "It's true, right? Not some practical joke Altair cooked up?"

Yes, it is. However, I still cannot guarantee what Evoution you'll end up with.

He nodded. "That's alright. I knew exactly what I agreed to in our contract, so I'll stick with it."

Good. Also, please don't reveal what you now know, okay? I would rather not have to find a way to accurately explain how you knew.

"Done." he said, picking up the nearby television remote and turning said television on. "I'll be cheering Blair on now, then. See you around, Sandy."

A/N:

Yes, I'm Kyubey. I make contracts on a regular basis to help my stories. Deal with it.

Anyways, just in case you haven't been brought up to speed, the latest CoroCoro leaks have revealed a total of three brand new Mega Evolutions in addition to Primal Groudon and Kyogre's new abilities. They consist of Mega Camerupt, which now looks more like a molten mammal like never before, Mega Sharpedo, which looks even more like, as Austin Powers put it, 'SHARKS WITH FRIKKIN' LASER BEAMS ATTACHED TO THEIR HEADS', and, of course, Mega Gallade.

Shining knight in a badass cape indeed.

Why am I spending a pseudo-chapter telling you this? Well, for starters, since I have already scrapped it, I might as well share it; my original intention was to have Oberon evolve into a Gallade, due to his choosing of honour over a potential Mega Evolution. But now, a wrench has been thrown into my gears, since, well, Gallade also has one. I'm going to be reworking my future plot now, but this will not change my deadline. In fact, I'm about 20% done with the next actual chapter, and hope to release it in conjunction with the one year anniversary of Pokémon X/Y's release.

Also, inb4, Primal Groudon and Kyogre for Uber thanks to 'Desolate Land' and 'Primordial Ocean'. My goodness; infinite sunlight or rain? That's just asking for Smogon to go entirely bonkers.

And finally, I've obtained my demo for Super Smash Bros., so, eh, I'll be a little busy.

To address a few reviews (because my PM feature is shot to pieces; seriously, I can't get through to it, and I have no bloody idea why):

To chaos-dragon 02, I sincerely apologize for the long brain warp I probably gave you in trying to remember their nicknames. To help, I've added their personal data at the bottom of every chapter post-C8/Halloween, so that should be enough help. I'll update sooner, I swear!

To Ms. (at least I assume it's Miss) Angel-chan Desu, believe it or not, I had planned, before nearly scrapping, on the idea of giving Korrina a Pancham very early in the initial draft for her KC character. However, your chapters convinced me to follow through with the idea, and so, thank you very much for the cross-inspiration. I still take credit for the helmet, though. xD

To Cottonmouth25, yeah, I admit, using her as a character would fit the overarching theme of Parfum Palace better than some generic guy, as is the game-original. Cheers.

To FlameTaJaDoru, long time no see, man! If it's any consolation, I feel your pain; the last four days in Jakarta have been hell for me, what with neither Fanfiction nor Reddit to browse, thanks to the ridiculous censorship. I mean, Reddit, sure, understandable, but Fanfiction? GRAGH. In any case, yes, Cassius was *that* guy, I don't mind how you call them anyhow, and the day the fourth wall stays strong for one chapter will be the day- MEGA GALLADE CONFIRMED! AHAHAHAHAHAHA- …As I was saying, the fourth wall will remain broken, period.

As for who Robin is, if you glance around my one of my 'Favourite Stories' tab, you'll figure it out… Later!

P.S. To FeartheMightyToothpick… What? I don't get it .-.