AN= Hello readers! Hope January has been great to you! If not, I hope this chapter will make it slightly better (not that I think I can do a very good job writing stories). I've been mentally preparing my mind for mugging once school starts and I'm afraid I won't be able to update even at least once a month. So I'll be updating a lot more before school starts so I hope that makes up for the lack of updates this year?
I hope you'll enjoy the chapter and leave a review and tell me what you think!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to Pokémon, just my OCs and the plot.
P.S I know I've been writing in Narrator's P.O.V a lot because I think it's easier for me to write in. But no worries, I'll try to add in more of Blue and Green's P.O.V since they are the main characters of this story.
[Narrator's P.O.V]
Green and Blue were in Cyan's lab.
Eevee was on the examination table and Cyan was checking their Eevee mentally and physically. Blue and Green sat there watching Cyan's every move.
Cyan placed a hand on Eevee's head and closed her eyes. Eevee followed suit and Cyan started reading Eevee's mind.
"That looks like what Yellow does to her Pokémon as well." Green muttered softly to Blue, careful not to disrupt Cyan.
"Cyan probably hails from Viridian. Only people who have the gift can do it." Blue concluded to Green. Green nodded.
After a few minutes had passed, Cyan open her eyes. She stroke the Eevee gently before walking towards Blue and Green.
"What's wrong with our Eevee?" Green asked Cyan and Blue continued for Green, "Why isn't it evolving to Espeon?"
"After reading Eevee's mind, I can understand why it hasn't evolve yet. It's confused which to evolve to." Cyan said.
"The reason why it is confused because it has very fond memories of both night and day time with you two." Cyan explained.
"You guys spent time together training it in the day time, watching it grow and have fun," Cyan started as Eevee hopped into her arms and she continued saying, "But at night, it was more trainer-oriented. Eevee grew closer to you also at night because of the night shenanigans that took place a few times."
It became clear to Green and Blue.
That time they went on the 'double date', they chased Eevee around, rolled on the grass trying to catch it and all of them had fun at the same time.
"So our project grade..." Green started and both Blue and Green looked up to Cyan.
"I'll grade your Eevee assignment based on this. This is a special case but from the looks of it, you guys will still get a promising grade. With a well written report and the reason why Eevee did not evolve, you guys will do fine for the assignment." Cyan said and the Eevee in Cyan's arms hopped out and jumped to Blue.
"What about this little guy here?" Gryeen asked as his thumb pointed to the Eevee.
"You two will keep him as your seventh pokemon." Cyan said casually.
"WHAT?!" Both Blue and Green chorused at the same time. "Why?!" Blue and Green said it at the same time again. Blue face-palmed.
Cyan resisted the urge to burst out laughing at the two dex holders in front of her.
"I'm no Psychic but, I get a feeling you guys will need the Eevee in the future." Cyan explained.
Before Blue and Green had any time to react, Cyan pulled up her lab sleeve and glanced at her watch.
"You two should go grab a bite before your break ends. You guys still have 20 minutes."
Green and Blue nodded an headed out of Cyan's lab after a bow and saying "Thank You."
- Along the hallway -
"I didn't know we screwed up Eevee's mind, making it so confused." Blue said finishing her churros.
"I didn't even think or know it was possible to confuse a pokemon because of day and night moments." Green said out, who clearly sounded surprised.
"What's next period?" Blue asked as she tossed her cup, which was used to contain her churros, into a rubbish bin.
"History with Roxanne." Green said in his monotonous tone. Blue sighed before muttering, "I just hope we're doing essays today. I have no interest in her debates."
"Listening to the debates is helpful." Green said.
"Sometimes the thing she say is so outdated." Blue told Green casually and was not expecting a female voice.
"Just like you."
Blue sharply turned her eyes to the source of the voice. She didn't need to see who it was to know who the voice came from.
"You 5 again? What do you want now?" Blue said, her exasperated voice was out.
"Stop acting so big and almighty. You don't look good doing that." One of the girl said.
"Oh come on. Tell me, what do I look good doing then? You've been telling not to do this and that when you guys are doing what you tell me not to do. How contradicting." Blue said.
"You look good doing nothing." One girl said out at the Fiery 5ever girls laughed.
Green was observing everything from behind and he got put off by the girls' laughter.
"You guys are such contradicting people. Do you know how stupid you sound?" Blue told them, clearly pissed off.
"What's contradicting? Isn't that your behaviour around us and the behaviour around boys?" Another one from the 5 told her.
'So they are accusing me of being a flirt, Psh, who do I even flirt with anyway.' Blue thought and rolled her eyes, very annoyed with the bullshit they are trying to rub in her face.
"If putting people down is what you five do best then I shouldn't feel sad or anything. I don't want to compete with you five losers." Blue said and stormed off to her next class.
Green followed behind her and he could hear claps being exchanged between.
"We managed to piss her off." They laughed and Green could feel a headache coming soon.
'Blue, you're one strong woman. I like that side of you.' Green thought as he saw her figure making her way to class.
Blue hasn't spoken to Green after the Fiery 5ever girls killed her mood.
Blue ruffled through her hair as Steven went on talking about Geography. For once, she wanted lessons to be over.
When Geography class was over, Blue packed up quickly and left the classroom. Green raised his eyebrow as he followed her behind.
Red and Yellow joined Green shortly.
"What's with her?" Red said as he could detect Blue's feelings. Yellow kind of figured out what happened.
"The same old 'debate'." Green told Red.
The four senior dex holders ate lunch and Blue was as silent as a mouse, eating her lunch.
After lunch was over and they headed back to the apartment, Blue immediately went into her room and started doing her essays.
Red, Yellow and Green were baffled.
"How bad was the 'debate'?" Yellow and Red both turned to Green.
"It wasn't that bad but I think her tolerance level is almost bursting at it's seams. She's still trying to hold it in so I'm guessing that what happened to her." Green explained.
"She'll be fine." Yellow reassured before saying, "Now, homework and revision time."
Red cheered sarcastically while Green merely rolled his eyes at Red.
{ A few hours later }
Blue took her pointe shoes and resistance band and walked out of the apartment.
She has to play the piano and dance. That was the only way that could help her focus and bring down her annoyance level.
She entered the music room and lifted the piano cover. She let her fingers take over and played what she wanted played.
The piano's keys and sound helped her to calm down and bring a sense of serenity in her. As always, whenever she was playing the piano, she completely forgets about her surroundings and took no notice of Ruby and Sapphire who had just ended their consultation with their teacher at the café.
Ruby and Sapphire stood outside the music room with their jaws dropped.
"She's so good." Ruby muttered as he and Sapphire were amazed by how beautifully Blue was playing the piano.
"I can't even play as well as her." Sapphire said, gaining another another level of respect and admiration towards Blue.
Ruby's head snapped to Sapphire before asking, "You play the piano?"
Sapphire immediately knew the stereotype Ruby was having.
"Just because I like swinging from tree to tree and being in the forest doesn't mean I can't do something beautiful." Sapphire raised an eyebrow and answered Ruby.
"Sure." Ruby said and Sapphire rolled her eyes.
"I'll prove it to you." Sapphire said and stormed off. Ruby couldn't see how she was going to prove to him she could play the piano if she ran off.
"Hey! Sapphire!" Ruby said and ran after her.
- Dance studio -
Blue was stretching and warming up her body. After she was warmed up, she put on her pointe shoes and started dancing.
She chose the music for and played the music through the speakers.
It was the music for the White Swan variation.
Just as Blue was about to start dancing, Crystal walked by and saw Blue.
Crystal neared the dance studio and started watching Blue dance.
"This is the White Swan variation..." Crystal muttered to herself as she saw Blue do some extensions.
Watching Blue dance brought a smile to Crystal's face.
After Blue danced the White Swan variation, she changed the music track and started dancing the black swan variation.
"This is the Black Swan variation!" Crystal muttered and saw Blue doing her pirouettes. Just then, Gold popped up behind her, giving her a scare.
"How do you know about what Blue is doing?" Gold asked and Crystal ignored him, rolled her eyes before she continued watching Blue dance.
"Her expression and portrayal of Odile is amazing! It's so contrasting from Odette..which is what they always look for" Crystal muttered, ignoring Gold.
After the variation, Blue did the coda and started the 32 fouettes. Gold was still observing how Crystal was able to identify every move Blue did.
"She does it so well...she barely moved her supporting leg and feet at all!" Crystal said in amazement.
"Okay, SSG, you're freaking me out. How do you know what Blue is doing at all?" Gold said as the curiosity over took him.
Crystal turned away from the Dance studio and started walking. Gold quickly followed her
"You do know who is my mother right?" Crystal asked slowly and Gold nodded.
"Being my mother's daughter, I had to pick up a skill that was related to arts and I picked up ballet." Crystal continued. Crystal was starting to feel bitter.
"I love ballet. I really did. I was well on my way to being a professional." Crystal said.
"But, being my mother's daughter, I was getting scrutinized. I didn't want to be famous. I didn't want to be like my mother. So I gave up trying to be a professional and came here to study. Away from my dream and away from my mother" Crystal finished and Gold was still listening.
"Why am I even telling you this?" Crystal said as she realize she had been rambling to Gold.
"That's because you've never told anyone that." Gold said and Crystal got taken aback; what Gold said was true.
"You keep to yourself too much sometimes." Gold commented as they made their way to the apartment.
"I can't help it. I grew up like this. With the media and paparazzi focused on my mother, my sister and I got affected as expected." Crystal explained.
"But why don't you dance anymore?" Gold asked curiously.
Crystal looked at Gold and couldn't say anything. There wasn't any reason why she didn't dance now. "I really don't know." Crystal shrugged.
"As weird as this sounds, I want to see you dance." Gold said and Crystal's head was so confused now.
'Why did he had to say that?' Crystal said as she tried to maintain her composure.
"I need to go back to cook dinner now." Crystal said and walked quicker.
Gold just kept staring at her until she went up to their apartment before going up to the apartment.
- Back at the apartment -
As requested by Yellow, Green recited what happened at the hallway with Fiery 5ever girls.
Yellow and Crystal listened and the more Green described, the more pissed off they became.
"How could she say that? Blue is definitely more talented than any of them." Yellow said and Crystal nodded her head.
"It was funny to hear them contradicting themselves." Green commented.
"Don't they get tired? Blue hasn't been the talk of the school anymore so why are they still bitching away?" Crystal said as she was making pasta sauce.
"I'm curious to look at their train of thought." Yellow said and laughed.
By dinner time, Blue was feeling so much btter and her mood was good.
"Dinner looks great!" Blue commented once she looked at the pasta.
"Let's dig in!" Red said and they started eating.
"Blue, are you feeling better now?" Yellow asked and she nodded with a smile.
"I danced it off just now. It felt great." Blue said with a smile before putting some pasta in her mouth.
Yellow, Blue and Gold could see Crystal all tensed up when 'dance' was mentioned. 'I wonder why...' Yellow thought as she saw Crystal.
'Great job, Gold. You messed up. You shouldn't have asked her further about dance.' Gold thought and shook his head but Blue saw him.
As they were almost done with dinner, the television lit up, showing a few faces belonging to the Elites.
"Good evening dex holders!" Lance's voice sounded from the TV speaker. The Dex holders got out of their chairs and gathered around the television.
"We're here to inform you that the flower bush has been removed. Thank you for your efforts. Your help was greatly appreciated." Karen announced and the dex holders smiled.
"Well done! Now we're also going to inform you about the next training session. It will be in one week's times. So please be punctual and have your pokemon be ready for combat." Lorelei told them.
"That's all for now. Have a good evening!" Lance said.
"Noted, Elites. Have a good evening." All the dex holders chroused together and the TV went black.
"Our first mission was a success! Woohoo!" Sapphire cheered happily as she threw herself on the sofa.
"Let's finish dinner." Ruby said and they all went back to their table to finish up their food.
- Crystal's room -
A knock was heard on the door and Crystal let out a 'Come in'.
When Crystal turned around, Crystal saw Blue entering.
"Hey Crystal!" Blue said happily and sat on Crystal's bed. "Hello, Blue! What brings you here?" Crystal asked curiously as she stopped doing her work.
"During dinner, I saw you tensed up. Anything matter?" Blue asked and cocked her head to the side.
"It not really a big deal...you shouldn't bother yourself with that." Crystal said and rubbed her neck.
"A deal is still a deal...what bother you just now?" Blue said with a chuckle, hoping that Crystal could sense the concern.
"Today, I saw you in the dance studio doing Swan Lake." Crystal started explaining.
"Then Gold appeared behind me and he noticed that I know the white swan, the black swan, the 32 fouettes so he asked me how I knew."
Blue was taken aback and she asked Crystal, "How did you know it was Swan Lake?"
"I told Gold that I was almost close to becoming a professional ballerina. That's how I know everything Ballet." Crystal finished.
"Whoa..." Blue muttered, "I had no idea at all."
"Yeah...and Gold...he asked why I stopped dancing after I came to Kanto College and I didn't have any reason and because his question caught me off-guard, I was a bit flustered afterwards." Crystal finally explained.
Blue looked at Crystal's outfit and Crystal's feet.
"Do you miss dancing?" Blue asked Crystal and she stood up.
"Of course I do..." Crystal said and laughed but she was pulled up by Blue. Blue ran to her room and took her pointe shoes and dragged Crystal to the dance studio with her.
"We have similar feet. So my pointe shoe should fit yours. I want you to dance your heart out. Any variation requests?" Blue said excitedly as she went to the music player.
"Dance of the Lilac fairy in Sleeping Beauty?" Crystal said shyly as she tried to get back the feeling of being in pointe shoes.
As Blue was finding the music for the variation, Crystal did some warmups and tried to remember that variation.
Blue cued Crystal when she started the music.
When the music started she got into character and she got into the starting pose and Blue knew, she was, as she'd said, going to be a professional. Crystal's expression befitted the Lilac fairy and she danced just like a fairy.
"Such a talent..." Blue said with a smile as she watched Crystal jump and turn while maintaining grace.
Unknown to the two dancers in the studio, Gold stood outside, watching Crystal danced.
Gold left immediately after she finished dancing. He left smiling, grateful that he had the chance to see Crystal dance.
- Somewhere in Kanto -
"They've removed the bush?!" A figure, who is the leader, stood up and looked at the messenger sent.
"How?!" The same figure said out, not understanding how his plan had failed.
"Sir, Blue of Pallet Town is there so she would know how to deal with the flower!" One of the figure's executives tried to reason.
"No it can't be Blue. She doesn't know the antidote of the flower. Only Karen, Will, Sham and I know about the antidote." The figure told the executive.
The room was silent as everyone tried to think of a reason how their plan was thwarted.
"Karen and Will are the Elite Four of the Johto region!" One executive, who is in charge of biographies told the leader.
The leader slammed his fist into his palm and breathed heavily. All his executives and subordinates backed down to allow him to regain his cool.
"Now, listen carefully. All of you. I want you to do your job well in our next action. Make sure none of the Elites are part of this! You understand me?!" The leader said and stormed off.
He had more work to do now their backup plan failed.
He entered his room and locked himself in. No one was going to disrupt his meditation and his planning.
"Blue Blackthorn, I will get you one day, just wait and see." The leader said with determination.
That's all for today my lovely friends! I hope you've enjoyed this chapter! (I know there aren't many Oldrival moments here but trust me, there will be a lot more!)
As usual, leave a review and tell me what you think!