Welcome to the newest chapter of Pokémon Takeover: Game Genie! The characters are beginning to separate, so that gives them more to work with! It especially helps considering I don't forget about anybody's development! Let's take a look!

At the beach

Lucas and Dawn had just finished training with Infernape and Zorua. Infernape had begun to meditate after the battle while Dawn returned Zorua to its Poké ball. She then wrapped up Lucas in a tight hug, "Thanks for helping me train, sweetie! You're awesome!" Lucas smiled, "It's nothing. How awesome am I?" She looked up at him and smiled, "You tell me."

Lucas leaned in and caught Dawn's lips with his own. She began to return the kiss and began running her hands on his back. Lucas cupped her face with one hand, and held her by the waist with the other. "Ahem." a voice said. Dawn and Lucas stopped and turned to see Brendan and Wally standing together. Wally spoke, "We need to borrow Lucas."

Lucas turned back to Dawn, "We're kind of busy." Brendan sighed and played the ace in the hole, "He beckons for us." Lucas froze in place. He turned towards the boys and nodded. "Right." Dawn spoke up, "But I-" Lucas cut her off by grasping her hands, "We can hang out when I get back, okay?" Dawn sighed and had a sad smile on her face, "Okay." Lucas smiled and pecked her on the cheek.

"You're awesome," he says to her, "Let's go, guys!" The boys left Dawn alone with Infernape, who hadn't moved yet. "Miss you already!" Dawn yelled at Lucas. Lucas smiled back as they were running off, "Miss you mor- Ow!" Lucas exclaimed as Brendan smacked him on the head. "You gonna be okay?" Dawn heard a voice say. She turned to see Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie looking at her. She answered, "Of course! Lucas is his own person; I don't have to be with him all of the time." Clemont spoke, "Well I guess you're right." Ash answered, "Yeah, it won't be long before he's back." Bonnie walked over to Lucas' Infernape and whispered, "How long before she goes insane?" Infernape opened its eyes, "Ape. Infernape." it replied calmly. Bonnie smirked, "Yeah, I was thinking 5-10 minutes, myself."

Cue eye catch

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Trevor and Tierno grab Calem and pose while he just groans. Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie pose like they do in the anime with Serena sliding closer to Ash. Shauna and Dawn pose back to back with their arms folded; smiling. Lucas seems to be wearing a glove. He then cocks it like a gun. Brendan with his back turned puts his hat on and spins around. He smashes into May. They both glare at each other and Wally tries to break them up.

Our Four Heroes Say:

Chapter 12:

Master's Call

With the boys; in their cave

Lucas rubbed the back of his head in pain, "You suck, Brendan." Brendan defended, "Hey I don't want the boss mad at me because you were too busy making out with your little girlfriend to see him." Lucas retorted, "But have you seen Dawn?" Brendan tried to think of a comeback, but couldn't; "Yeah, she is fine, man." Lucas nodded confidently, "Yeah…Hey!" Suddenly Calem walked up to the boys, while holding Cubone, "Sorry I'm late again. Had to slip away from the other four. Plus, I had to make sure this one would sleep."

The boys looked at Cubone, who was curled up and lightly snoring. "Well you boys sure took your sweet time reporting back!" said the familiar booming voice. Brendan cockily smiled, "So I take it now is a bad time to ask for a Christmas Bonus?" "Shut the hell up!" the voice yelled, causing Brendan's smile to fade and for his body to freeze in place. The voice sighed, "Sorry, rough nights with the wife."

The boys looked up, "You're married?!" "Not what we're here to talk about. Have you met with the groups yet?" the voice asked. Calem spoke, "Yeah we've met them. They're definitely a little weird, but it's nothing we can't handle." Lucas smiled, "Yeah, and one of us, has a girlfriend." The voice replied, "Well congratulations Calem, finally coming out of your shell." Calem sighed, "Nope, wrong person." "Oh," the voice said. "Well Brendan looks like you finally found someone willing to-" "Nope." Brendan replied. The voice continued, "Wally?" Wally shrugged, "I wish, nothing's been thrown to me yet." The voice was shocked, "No way…Lucas? You guys let Lucas get someone before the rest of you?" Lucas frowned, "What's the supposed to mean?"

Everyone remained quiet while Lucas waited for an answer. "Anyways," the voice stated. "They haven't caught on yet have they?" Brendan shook his head, "No way, boss. We haven't let anything slip through the cracks." Wally spoke, "Although maybe we could cool down with the fourth wall jokes." Brendan laughed, "No way man, that's where most of our humor comes on." Lucas was frustrated, "Seriously why was I the most shocking choice for a girlfriend?" "Cause you're the lowest," the voice said.

Lucas was confused, "What?" Brendan sighed, "Well here's how it works: there's the classic "1 to 10" scale. I'm obviously a 9; I mean look at me. Serena and Dawn are 9.5's; barely. Ash is about a 4. Wally's in the 8 range." Everyone looked at Brendan as he said that, "What? The Pokémon fan base's words, not mine." Wally put his arm on Brendan's shoulder, "I appreciate that, buddy." Wally said.

"Shut up," Brendan said, "Anyways, you're about a 6." Lucas sweatdropped, "6?" "By the way, Calem you know I'll need you for Pokémon Z, right?" Calem groaned, "It hasn't even been announced yet." The voice yelled, "WELL IT MIGHT AS WELL BE!" The cave shook as it spoke, causing Cubone to wake up and begin crying. Calem spoke in his usual monotone speech, "Look what you did. I spent 45 minutes trying to get him to sleep." The voice got defensive, "Well you agitated me; you should be use to this." "Calm down….I said calm down." Calem said as he tried to calm the lonely Pokémon. "You know what? Why don't you stay here and think about what you did?" Calem finished as he exited the cave. There was an awkward silence. "Am I a monster?" the voice asked. Brendan, Wally, and Lucas responded respectively while trying not to sound terrified, "Nah boss/N-N-No way/You da man…voice."

Back on Absalon Island

Shauna and Serena were resting up after Tierno and Trevor had ran up and decided to catch more Pokémon. They had laid out a picnic for their Pokémon and themselves while having a chat. "So I gotta say, it's kind of nice having Calem and those other three guys around," Shauna said. "Even if they are a little strange." Serena giggled, "Yeah. They seem like good guys." Serena looked around to be sure that nobody was listening and then continued, "So who do you like?" Shauna froze and began to blush, "W-Well y-you see…I-" Serena laughed, "Wow you really are nervous to tell me. Oh my Arceus, is it Wally? Clemont? Trevor?" Shauna's blush grew even deeper, "Actually it's-"

Serena cut her off, "If it's Ash, I will fight you for that!" Shauna was getting scared, "It's not Ash," she said quietly. Serena's eyes widened, "CALEM?!" she screamed. Shauna quickly covered Serena's mouth, "Sorry could you speak up? I don't think they heard you in Johto!" Serena calmed down, "Well telling Dawn worked for Lucas, why don't you just tell Calem how you feel?"

"Well the thing is, Calem doesn't even like me as a friend," Shauna said sadly. "What's the point?" Serena's excitement began to die, "That's just Calem though. You may not have known him for as long as I have, but you met him when you started your journey; he should be used to you by now." "Yeah but girls like you and everyone else I've met on my journey and the island are more "developed" and he's a champion; he's off on his own, he's relaxed, and he doesn't stress. To him, I'm just some hyperactive, little kid." Serena was very saddened to hear this, "You know, Calem wasn't always the robotic, laidback person you know. He used to be very happy and full of energy. In a way, he was kind of like you and Ash." Shauna looked up, "Well even if I did believe that, what happened?" Serena sighed and waited a few moments, "Well when we were kids, Calem-"

"SERENA! SHAUNA! YOU GUYS READY TO HEAD BACK TO THE MAIN ISLAND?" the girls heard Tierno scream at the top of his lungs. The girls sighed, "Same old Tierno," they said out loud before laughing. Shauna smiled, "Well we better get going, before the guys decide to leave us." "Yeah." Serena replied. The girls returned their Pokémon and cleaned up their supplies and stood up. Before Serena could walk, Shauna grabbed her in a tight hug, "Thanks, bestie!" Serena smiled and returned the hug, "You'd do the same for me, bestie!"

Back on Mioto/The Main Island

Brendan had just finished training with Swampert and Flygon. "Okay, good work you guys. I think this combination could really work." "Swamp!" Swampert nodded. "Flygon!" the dragon cried. Brendan smiled and pulled out two Poké Puffs for each of his Pokémon. Both accepted but looked past their trainer, "Huh? What's up guys?" Brendan turned to see May and Dawn standing before him. "What do you guys want?" May was about to answer before being cut off by Dawn, "Where's Lucas?" Brendan laughed, "Relax, we were supposed to meet up and train. He's probably just saving a cat from a tree somewhere; he should be here soon." Dawn sighed, "Well that's good." May giggled, "Wow you guys are lost without each other, it's actually kind of romantic." May looked over at Swampert, "What's wrong with your Swampert, Brendan?"

Suddenly, Swampert shot a blast of water at May's face, "Ah!" she yelped. Brendan laughed again, "Wow, he really doesn't like you, Princess." May glared at Brendan, "Did you train him to do that?" Brendan replied, "No, but I sure wish I did." Lucas ran up and began huffing in between words, "Sorry…about…the wait… Brendan!" Before Brendan could answer, Dawn wrapped her arms around Lucas' neck and pecking him firmly on the cheek.

"There you are, you- oh Arceus, you stink!" Both May and Brendan covered their mouths and noses. "Ugh, what happened Lucas?" May asked. "Blech! You smell like Donald Trump's hair!" Lucas grew embarrassed, "Well there was this girl, and she needed help moving onto the island, so I helped her out. Took a little longer than I thought, plus it was a lot of running and heavy lifting to get to see you guys." He nervously laughed, "I couldn't just say 'No'." Dawn sighed, "You're so lame, Lucas, but at least you were doing a good deed." Lucas smiled, "Yeah but we're not done yet, there's still a lot to do for the princess."

"Huh? Princess?" May asked. "You mean May?" Brendan asked resulting in a hard punch in the arm from Brendan. "Ow! Hey, that was harder than usual!" Dawn continued, "Who is this 'Princess'?" Lucas explained, "Well her name was Salvia-" Dawn stopped him, "Wait, does this girl have short blue hair, classy sounding accent, extremely polite?" Lucas thought for a moment, "Yeah, and she looked just like you too!"

"I know her!" Lucas smiled, "Great! Then it's cool if I keep helping her; we still need to put everything else and unpack for the next few days?" Dawn tried to comment, "But I-" "What?" Lucas obliviously asked. Dawn shook the look of disappointment of her face and gave a sad smile, "Sure." Lucas smiled, "Thanks! You're the best!" he pecked on the cheek.

Brendan spoke under his breath, "Trouble in paradise." May finally spoke, "Hey Swampert, you think you can blast Lucas with some water to clean him?" Swampert responded with another blast of water at May. This caused Brendan to burst out laughing. This sent May over the edge, "That's Brendan, you jerk! You've been ticking me off the past few weeks! And I wanna teach you a lesson!" Lucas sighed, "Right, I'll get the limbo stick." May stopped Lucas, "What? No! We're gonna battle tomorrow! First thing in the morning!"

Brendan glared, "Fine by me!" He pulled out a pair of brass knuckles from his pockets. Dawn stopped him and face palmed, "Brendan, I think she means a Pokémon battle." Brendan paused, "Oh yeah, whoops," he said putting the knuckles back in his pockets. May sent Brendan an evil smile, "See you there, champ!" She walked away; leaving an awkward silence. Dawn broke the tension, "Trouble in paradise, huh?" she said mocking Brendan. Lucas looked at Brendan, "Buddy, why do you have brass knuckles?" Brendan simply answered, "Don't you?"

A/N: Another chapter complete! Don't worry, everything will work out sooner or later. I'm not exactly a fan of unhappy endings when it comes to stories. Keep reading and reviewing and today's question is: what's one thing about Pokémon that you love to hate (Guilty pleasure)? And, which rival in the Pokémon anime is your favorite? Keep telling me what matchups you want to see; helps make for some interesting story points! Stay classy, San Diego!

Big Tasty 3:16 says:

Purpose…Does art need a purpose?

BT: (Wakes up tied to a chair) Where the hell am I?

YuukiXMitsuru: You better not screw Wally! If you do, I will kick your ass so hard, your nose will bleed!

BT: Just calm down, I'll-

WillyRex: If you breakup Lucas and Dawn, I'll shove my foot so far up your ass, your breath will smell like my foot!

BT: If you just let me explain-

Theiampinaylove: I love your story!

BT: Well that's at least a nice, if not strange change of pace. Look, I've got an idea that may satisfy everyone…Holiday Special! Next week! Cause I'm Ready, Willing, and –

All: Shut Up!

BT: Okay…

Thanks for the constant reviews folks; great motivation!