Jason / November 18th
Today was going to be a big day; I could feel it. I sat in the living room of my apartment, watching to see if there was any important breaking news. Now that I had regained full consciousness, I had a full picture of the story, and I gained a lot of memories as well.
I glanced over at the wall on my right, where ten staffs rested, each with different Pokemon - Charizard, Blaziken, Cinderace, Infernape, Moltres, Haxorus, Typhlosion, Incineroar, Rapidash, and Coalossal.
The door to my room opened up, and for a second, I had completely forgotten about the events of last night. Today, Serena was suppose to fix things between Ash and Calem, before X could harness enough energy from the bonds.
"Did I scare you? It looks like you saw a Gengar" Anna said. "I mean, if those were able to scare you"
"I just forgot, that's all" I mumbled
"You should see your hair; it's all over the place" She pointed at it, holding back a laugh
"It's not like yours is any better" I stood up and walked over, picking up the staff that contained Coalossal - I had a feeling I would be needing him today
"Well someone's in a bad mood today" Anna raised an eyebrow as she began to comb her hair in the mirror
"Today, Serena will hopefully fix things enough to stop X" I replied
She finished combing her hair and walked over, picking up Charizard's staff. "You should have more faith in her. She'll do the right thing; I know it"
Serena / Afterschool
"So what's up?" I asked
"Well, to be completely honest, I noticed that you've been acting a bit different lately" Calem said
We were sat in our usual coffee shop, only this time on a school day.
"I've just had a lot of things on my mind between school and performing" I lied - I had a lot on my mind, but not about those
"Serena... do you know who X and Y are?" Calem asked out of the blue. "I mean, like, their real identities"
"W-What? Why would you think that?" I replied
"You don't have to keep things from me, Serena. I was out walking late last night, and I saw you talking to Y and another girl by this fountain. It made me realize that you have a lot of run-ins with both X and Y, so I thought you might know who they are" Calem explained
"I guess I have to be honest" I sighed. "I do know they are - both of them have showed me"
"That's all I wanted to hear you say" Calem took a sip from his coffee. "I won't ask you to tell me who they are, because that's between you guys, but what I don't understand is why they care so much about the two of us, like as a couple"
I knew that this moment had the power to either break or make me. If I was going to break things off with Calem, then the best time would be now. But for some reason, I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
"I'm not sure myself" I lied again, and Calem nodded understandingly
Later that day, when we were walking around Lumiose City, we bumped into Gary and Shauna, who both looked frightened that we had found them, as if we had caught them doing something.
"Hey guys" Calem said. "Something wrong?"
"Oh uh, nope. Everything's fine" Gary assured. "We were just out in the city doing what friends do"
"Yeah, nothing unordinary" Shauna added
"There's nothing wrong with you two going out on a date" I giggled at their awkwardness
Shauna opened her mouth to speak, but there was a large explosion coming from behind us. We turned, and there was a massive, mixed spiral of fire electricity shooting up into the sky.
"I wonder what's going on over there" Gary said
I sighed. "I have a good idea"
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We walked in the direction of the spiral, which ended up not being too far, and we came across a battlefield where my guess was proven correctly. Y, who I now knew was Jason, was battling against Anna, who was using a Pokemon I hadn't seen before.
Her Pokemon fired a ball of electricity, and Charizard, who was midair, deflected the attack with Dragon Claw. Charizard landed on the ground hard enough to shake it, and flames exploded out of the ground that left only its silhouette and one bright-red glowing eye visible.
Anna looked visibly stressed, as if she had clearly underestimated Jason.
"Well if it isn't Y" Calem said
"Looks like he's having a bit of difficult" Shauna pointed out as a strong breeze cleared the flames, making Charizard completely visible again
"That's because he's battling Anna, the electric-type master" I informed
"So that's the electric-type master" Calem said under his breath
"She's really pretty, and she looks like a powerful opponent" Shauna observed
"Zeraora, use Electric Stinger" Anna said
"Dodge it" Y commanded
Charizard took flight, but was unable to dodge the sharp, rapid-moving bolts of electricity that shot out of Zeraora's back, electrocuting him intensely. Zeraora dashed forward and jumped up into the air, hitting Charizard with its fist, and sending him crashing back down onto the ground. Even then, it wasn't done as Zeraora shot a column of electricity from its mouth as it landed on the ground, hitting Charizard and exploding.
"That's one powerful Pokemon, even for a type-master" Calem said
It did strike me as strange that she was able to keep up, but then I remembered that they had been trained by the same person - the pervious water-type master before Ash. Ash, I remembered. Today was suppose to be the day I told him how I felt, wether he would let me or not.
The dust from all the attacks cleared, and Charizard had scratches all over his body as he got up. Zeraora was panting, looking equally tired and damaged.
"Use Arachne's Web!" Anna commanded
Zeraora held out its hands in front of it, and a net made of electricity shot out rapidly, wrapping around Charizard and keeping him in like a pile of freshly-caught fish. Before Charizard could free himself, Zeraora charged forward and pummeled him with a fury of punches before landing one uppercut that sent him up into the air.
"It seems that no matter how hard Charizard struggles, the net won't come off" I said
"I never imagined there was a trainer out there who could challenge Y so much, besides X of course" Shauna added
"It's just like the old days" Anna said. "Charizard could never free himself from my net, so this is where our battle usually ended"
"Not today" Y held up the wing-tipped staff that held Charizard's Pokeball
There was that blinding bright glow again, and when I felt it dissipate, Charizard had transformed into the same form it had taken to battle Deoxys. It looked identical to Mega Charizard Y, but had the golden chains flowing out the sides of its mouth, and a light aura of flames around it.
Seeing that Charizard had transformed, Zeraora began to power-up as well, a large aura of electricity surrounding it. Thunderclouds rolled in up above, and the ground shook with tremendous force. The battle continued, but this time, Zeraora was clearly winning as it knocked Mega Charizard around with relative ease.
"Y... is losing" Shauna said
"I never thought I would see the day" Gary agreed
"It's like they say," Calem said, "there's always a stronger one out there"
Charizard landed back on its original position the battlefield, panting with the last bit of its energy. Zeraora looked only slightly injured, while Charizard was ready to faint in the next few attacks.
"Zeraora, let's finish this with Ultra Thunder Roar" Chloe said
Zeraora nodded, and fired a massive column of thunder from its mouth again; Charizard was unable to dodge in its current state, and instead let itself get swallowed up by the attack and the following explosion.
"She beat Y, and her Pokemon still looks like it's in good condition" Gary pointed out
"So much for wanting to surpass Y" Calem muttered. "Now I've got to catch up to her too"
"That was a good try, but you're still number two" Anna grinned triumphantly
"Except you fell into my trap" Y said. "I was waiting for you to do that"
"Huh?" We all said
"What do you mean?"
"Charizard... Fire-Electric Mode!"
From inside the smoke, Charizard roared loud enough for us to have to block our eyes to prevent the pain. The smoke clearly cleared out as intense winds blew out and made Mega Charizard, who standing in a crater, visible. Electricity circulated him in massive amounts, and the aura of heat around him looked more intense.
"Holy Arceus... what did you do?" Anna asked
"Fire and electricity has always been a good combination, so Charizard simply absorbed the attack" Y explained. "Charizard, Electric Dragon Fist"
In the blink of an eye - I could have sworn it was light-speed - Charizard lunged across the battlefield and nailed Zeraora with a hard gut punch, its fist ignited with golden flames, and electricity around it. Zeraora went flying back, crashing into the wall behind Anna, but still able to battle.
"Are you alright Zeraora?" Anna inquired as her Pokemon stumbled back onto the battlefield; she received an affirmative nod. "Alright then, we'll have to finish this soon then"
"What an interesting turn of events" Gary said
"You can never really tell what'll happen in these kinds of battles" Calem responded
"Zeraora, use God Sleeper" Anna commanded
"God Sleeper... that move's never been stopped before, and it usually one-shots its opponent" Calem said
"Charizard, use Flaming-Thunder Drill Rush!" Y quickly instructed
Mega Charizard powered up again, a massive aura of fire and electricity covering over it. A yellow circle of light appeared underneath Charizard, and just before the massive column of electricity could hit it, it charged forward, the tip of its aura contorting to the shape of a drill. Charizard crashed into Zeraora head first, and there was a massive gust of wind that caused us to stumble back as Zeraora went crashing into the wall again.
"Well, looks like I lost" Anna laughed it off as she returned Zeraora, thanking him afterwards
"It was a close match, and I wasn't sure that Fire-Electric Mode would work" Jason returned Charizard into the staff, and placed it back onto his back
The two of them spotted that we had watched the battle, and Jason's eyes signaled a message to me. I nodded in response, and I suggested to my friends that we should go.
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It was nighttime now, and I was sitting on my front porch, looking at Ash's house for no particular reason. I was going over how I was going to confess my feelings, but they all sounded nothing like I wanted them too. There were footsteps approaching from the left, and I expected to be either Y or X, but was surprised to find Calem with a neutral look on his face.
"Oh, hey Calem" I said
"Hey Serena" He responded. "We have to talk"
"Um, yeah, sure" I patted the chair next to me. It was just like when he had come to ask me out all over again
He sat down, and faced me with a glum look. "You know, you should have been honest with me when I asked what was bothering you"
"Huh?"
"Ever since we started dating... I didn't want to believe it, but I couldn't help but notice that you were still attached to Ash somehow" Calem said. "You guys stayed good friends at first, but then you guys started to become distant from each other, and I saw how it affected you"
"Well, we were really good friends, so naturally-"
Calem shook his head. "You like him, not me, Serena. The fact that your hurting over it this much, and you didn't bother telling me... it just shows me that you made the wrong choice. You must have been afraid that Ash didn't return your feelings"
I was too surprised to say anything, because he had hit the nail on the head. "I... yeah, I'm sorry"
"I like you a lot Serena, but someone once told me that I just wasn't the guy for you" Calem said - I was sure it had been Jason/Y - "You should tell Ash how you feel. I'm sure he likes you too, I could tell"
Needless to say, as Calem walked away, I was left a little bit dumbstruck at his pinpoint accuracy, and that after all of that, he had been the one to break things off with me. I was a little bit sad of course, but I knew what I had to do now. Operation: Confess Crush was officially a go.
