Welcome my Eskimo brothers and sisters to the newest segment of Pokémon Takeover: Game Genie! Last time we got some insight into Calem and Serena's childhood. Though parts of it were sad; let's move on to other things! Mission start!
"So how's the research going, Dad?" Lucas asked the man with the glasses and the lab coat on the PC screen.
The man responded energetically, "Well son, we've started going in depth as to why Charizard have two Mega Evolution forms, while Venusaur and Blastoise only have one. So far…no luck."
Lucas chuckled, "That's definitely a hard one to sell people on, I don't know if there is a clear answer to that, pops."
The man laughed, "Yeah I guess not." Suddenly a little girl around the age of 8 appeared behind in front of the screen.
"Hey, Big Brother!" she yelled.
Lucas smiled as he saw the girl, "Hey Dusk, what's going on? You're staying out of trouble, right?"
The girl nodded happily, "Of course. How's everything on your end? The guys still picking on you?"
Lucas had an embarrassed laugh, "No way! It's all out of love."
Dusk shook her head, "Is that what you tell yourself?"
Lucas hung his head, "You're so mean." Lucas' dad laughed until he saw Dawn come up from behind and practically tackle Lucas.
"Hey hun!" she said while pecking Lucas on both cheeks; she then helped him up.
"Ah, so this is the girl we've been hearing so much about. Nice to meet you, Dawn!"
Dawn looked at the screen and bowed, "It's nice to meet you…Mr.…wow, I just realized that I don't know your last name, Lucas," she said.
The man chuckled again, "Oh that's fine, just call me Harvey."
Dawn smiled, "It's nice to meet you, sir. And you must be Dusk; Lucas has told me great things about you."
Dusk smirked, "Yeah, I bet. Blink twice if you're being held against your will."
Dawn laughed but Lucas hung his head, "I'll see you guys later," he said as he hung up on the screen.
Lucas looked at Dawn, "You're happy to be with me, right?"
She smiled and pet Lucas on the head, "Sure I am, sweetie!"
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 19:
Valentine Bond
"So you think that you've finally got Lisia figured out?" Brendan asked Wally in the Pokémon Center.
Wally shook his head, "Nope, honestly I'm not even trying to at this point. Just gonna let things happen."
Brendan smirked, "You sound like you're about to give up and just let her win."
Wally stammered, "Pl-Please, I'm still trying. Besides, I'm used to her; she doesn't scare me anymore."
"Boo!" Lisia said after appearing behind Wally. This caused Wally to scream and grab on to Brendan in fear.
Lisia giggled, "Man Brendan, he's more hands on with you more than he is with me."
Brendan removed Wally, "Yeah, you say that like it's a good thing."
Wally spoke, "S-Sorry." Brendan brushed himself off, "So anyways Wally, we gonna bust some heads in the tag tournament?"
Wally blushed, "Well actually Brendan, I-" Brendan raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong?"
Lisia put her arm around Wally, "Sorry Brendan, Wally's already partnering with me."
Brendan gave a perplexed look, "But you don't even like real battles. You're a contest person."
Lisia smiled, "Yeah, but if it means spending more time with my Wallypop, so be it." Wally shrugged, "Sorry pal."
Brendan shrugged, "Whatever, least the four of us can still hangout tonight like we said."
Lisia and Wally exchanged looks, "Do you want to tell him or should I?" Wally asked.
Lisia spoke, "Brendan sweetie, it's Valentine's day. We're double dating with Lucas and Dawn tonight; like you suggested!"
Wally flashed a glare at Brendan, but Lisia didn't seem to notice.
Brendan spoke, "Oh yeah, that was my idea." Suddenly Lucas and Dawn appeared behind Brendan; the two were holding hands.
"You guys ready for tonight?" Dawn asked.
Wally sighed, "Yeah, I guess. It's my first double date, but I don't know how to screw it up any more than I probably will."
Lisia pet him on the cheek, "You'll be fine; you worry too much."
Wally blushed, "But that's my thing!" The others laughed for a few moments until they were greeted by Calem.
"What's up, Calem?" Brendan asked.
Calem sighed disappointingly, "Lucas…you're in."
Lucas eye's widened and he asked, "What was that?"
Calem spoke again after a quicker sigh, "I need a partner, everyone else is gone, you wanna team up or not?"
Lucas had the biggest smile on his face, "Seriously? Yeah, absolutely! Let's do it!"
Brendan was a little annoyed, "What? Nobody wanted to team with me? I don't have a partner."
The gang looked at Brendan with perplexed looks, "Is that a problem?"
Brendan was about to make a comeback but eventually just faked a smile and spoke, "No, it's cool. I guess it will be just you and me, Calem. Since these guys are hanging out tonight, maybe we could-"
Calem interrupted, "Two single guys, spending Valentine's day together? That's not a little weird for you?" he said jokingly.
Brendan faked another smile, "No, you're right man. My bad; that's on me."
Calem patted Brendan on the shoulder, "It's fine buddy."
He then walked away calmly; people really couldn't pick up on these fake smiles. "Well we're gonna go get ready," Dawn said. She took Lisia by the arm and the two walked away.
As they were walking, Lisia turned back to Brendan and mouthed, "I can pencil you in for this week." Brendan smiled and gave her a thumbs up.
Lucas wrapped his arm around Wally, "Okay Wally, I need to prepare you, mentally, for this date. Come with me."
"Oh great, I'm gonna regret this," Wally said as the two walked off.
Brendan plopped down on the couch, "Looks like it's just me tonight…Yippee…Not like I care…I'm used to being alone." While he was about to nap, he felt something on top of his lap. He lifted the front of his hat to see Bonnie, literally standing on his lap. "Can I help you, small child?" he asked rather calmly. "I think you owe me something," she said holding her hands out.
Brendan smirked, "I don't think so. The last time you took care of one of my Pokémon, I got so many dirty looks while I was in town; I had to put a mask on Furret. Seriously, what are you doing with them?"
Bonnie sighed happily, "Well if that's the case…I could tell all of our friends what I saw you and May did at the holiday party." Brendan raised an eyebrow, "First of all, they're not my friends. The only ones besides my three that don't completely annoy me are probably May, your brother, and Shauna. She's not too horrible."
Bonnie flashed an evil smile, "That's funny. A while ago, you would freak if we even mentioned May. I remember you once had Sableye scare Wally while he was sleeping since he asked May to train with you guys."
Brendan shook his head, "Yeah, Sableye went a little too far on that. Like Wally's parents didn't have enough to deal with."
Bonnie continued, "The point is, you're starting to tolerate her. It's almost as if that kiss you shared meant something."
Brendan blushed; he was really getting annoyed with this little girl; he then got an idea. "Hey, does that girl over there look like a keeper for Clemont?" he said pointing at the tall orange haired woman at the front desk; she was slightly older than Brendan and the rest of the gang, and Bonnie's eyes lit up.
She ran over to the woman and began to learn her name and other information. "You're just so beautiful Ms. Lanette; please take care of by brother this Valentine's Day."
Brendan put his hat over his eyes, "That girl is easier than her brother."
Later That Night
Wally and Lucas sat next to their beautiful girlfriends. They were both wearing suits Lucas with a dark blue blazer and Wally with a black blazer. Dawn was wearing a white, sequin dress; it was sleeveless and she was wearing the necklace Lucas had gotten her. She also had her hair in her contest ponytail.
Lisia's hair was straightened down and she was wearing a blue sequin dance; the two had been shopping together so that might explain some things.
A familiar looking girl with brown hair in a unique style approached them in her waitress uniform.
"Have you guys decided what you want?" she said with a smile. The four looked up to see the girl; however only Dawn was able to recognize her.
"Lyra?" she asked.
The girl's eyes widened, "Dane?"
Dawn got up and hugged the girl, "What are you doing here?"
Lyra returned the hug with glee, "I work here now. I decided to take a break from all of the gym training, came to this island, they gave me a job practically the minute I got here. Oh my gosh; are you on a date?!" she asked now realizing the situation.
Dawn smiled, "Yep, it is Valentine's Day after all."
Lyra squealed, "Wow, you and Ash finally took my advice huh?" Dawn tilted her head in confusion, "Uh, no. I'm here with my boyfriend Lu-" "Oh well you and Brock could-" Dawn waved her hand towards Lucas, "This is my boyfriend Lucas." Lucas waved awkwardly at Lyra, "Hiya."
Lyra looked perplexed, "Hm." She walked around the table surveying Lucas. She shrugged, "Eh, if he makes you happy, I guess."
Lucas sulked at the table before Dawn was cut off by Lyra, "Let me know when you guys need something." All four looked over the menu of the fancy restaurant.
Lisia spoke, "Wow, I didn't think we'd be able get a seat here; this place is packed." She turned to Wally and smiled, "You look very handsome, Wally."
Wally smiled, "You look great too!"
Dawn and Lucas smiled at the two, "Nice to see you guys being comfortable around each other." Lucas said.
Lisia nodded, "Well it took some getting used to, but I guess I finally broke him." Wally gave a small laugh while Dawn looked at the man walking by their table. The man had silver colored hair and wore a black suit with a red tie.
Wally looked up to see the man, "Steven?" The man turned and smiled at the table, "Hello Wally, it's been a while."
Lisia's eyes widened, "OH MY GOD; THE STEVEN STONE?!" "Oh, you're Lisia, Wallace's niece. Big fan." Steven said while shaking her hand.
"What brings you here?" Wally said.
Steven chuckled, "I actually have a date tonight."
"AWWWW!" most of the girls in the room said in disappointment, "But I just got a message from them saying they wouldn't be able to make it."
Dawn spoke, "Oh that's too; if you want to you can join us." Steven smile, "Thank you; I'd hate to be a bother, but if you insist."
As Steven sat down, Dawn looked at Lucas, who seemed a bit upset, "Everything okay, baby?"
Lucas looked at Dawn and sighed, "Are you happy with me?" Lucas asked.
Dawn was surprised, "What do you mean?"
Lucas continued, "Is everyone else right? Am you just settling for me at this point?"
Dawn spoke with sadness in her voice, "How could you say that?" "Well everyone else says it, and you don't exactly step in to say anything. Even Lyra says so."
Dawn continued, "Lucas stop it; of course I'm happy with you. Don't let them get to you, they're just teasing." Lucas sighed again, "I just can't believe sometimes that someone like you could be with someone like me."
Dawn's sadness disappeared and instead a curious, yet slightly annoyed look appeared. "What's that supposed to mean?" she asked.
"Someone like you wouldn't date someone like me, I figured you'd probably want to be with someone more like yourself."
This got Dawn angry, "How could you say that? Why would you assume that I would waste my time if I was unhappy with you?"
Lucas got defensive, "I'm just saying that it feels like you're with me out of pity. I mean you haven't even said that you-"
Dawn pointed a finger in Lucas' face, "Don't you dare bring that up! Don't you think I feel bad enough?!"
Steven leaned over and whispered to Wally, "Are they always like this?"
Wally shook his head uncomfortably, "No; actually their head over heels for each other."
Lisia spoke right before taking a sip of water, "Not tonight they're not. If you ask me, they're too sexually frustrated. They just need to do it and get it over with."
Wally and Steven both gave Lisia the most bizarre facial expressions, she looked at them and replied, "What?"
Meanwhile
Shauna, Calem, Tierno, and Trevor were walking out of the island's movie theater that night. All were pretty contempt, except for Calem who was experiencing his usual indifference.
"That movie was awesome!" Tierno shouted.
Trevor nodded, "Yeah, it was really funny too."
"Yeah too bad everyone else couldn't join us, but most of them are on dates tonight." Shauna said.
"Wally's doomed isn't he?" Trevor asked.
"Yep," Tierno and Shauna responded.
Shauna looked at Calem and thought, "I wonder how he's doing after yesterday. We didn't talk much, but he seems somewhat better."
Suddenly she was interrupted by Tierno speaking, "Well Serena asked us for a favor tonight, so Trevor and I gotta go. Leaving you two all alone."
Shauna's face turned bright red, "Looks like you'll be together on Valentine's Day." Trevor added after winking at Shauna. The two boys ran off leaving Shauna alone with Calem; her face even brighter than it was before.
Calem looked at her, "Everything okay?" Shauna turned to Calem nervously, "Y-Y-Y-Y-" Shauna attempted to speak.
Calem removed his jacket and put it around Shauna, "You're stuttering, you must be freezing." Shauna mentally cried, "He is so broken! But he's being really sweet! I should tell him now!"
Calem looked up into the sky and saw the Volbeat and Illumise flying in the air; each one of them had their own partner. They flew around in circles and spirals until finally, their lights glowed and they formed a giant, glowing heart.
"Wow," they both said, "It's so…cool/romantic." Calem and Shauna said respectively.
Shauna looked away, "C-Calem…since it's Valentine's Day…is it okay if…" Shauna was having a hard time speaking, considering this was a friend, this was weird. But this was Calem; he was different.
She took another deep breath, "Would it be okay…if I…"
She huffed and spoke one last time, "…if I kissed you?"
Shauna immediately regretted asking that, "Where the heck did that come from?! What do I honestly expect to hear from him?! What's wrong with me?" Calem turned to her, "Sorry Shauna, I was admiring the Pokémon, did you say something?" Shauna anime collapsed, "I don't know whether to be relieved or annoyed. Maybe a little bit of both." she thought to herself.
Back with Brendan
Brendan woke up on the same couch he fell asleep on; he stretched himself out before seeing May walk by.
"Hey princess," he said.
She stopped and turned towards him, "Hey Brendan, what's up?" she said as she sat next to him.
Brendan tilted his head, "What? You're not on a date?"
May shook her head, "Nope, no boyfriend. No boyfriend for you?"
Brendan chuckled, "Funny, but no. Everyone else is out and I'm here alone; with you."
May giggled, "Well you could do worse. You miss your friends, don't you? It bothers you that they have dates."
Brendan shook his head, "No, I just thought that wouldn't leave me alone like this. Always told ourselves we wouldn't let distractions ruin our friendship."
May spoke, "Well to be honest, it is a holiday," she said while picking up her old bandanna and Eon Flute.
Brendan looked at the object, "Oh you have one of those too?" May looked at him, "You mean this," she asked holding up the flute.
"Yeah," Brendan replied holding up an identical flute. "These flutes have the power to communicate with Latios and Latias; play them and they'll come to you."
May's eyes widened, "Seriously? Why am I just now learning this?"
Brendan raised an eyebrow, "Well you have to catch one of them first. You did know that right?"
May blushed out of embarrassment, "O-Of course I did."
Brendan smirked, "Sure you did. What about that bandanna?"
May held up the bandanna, "Someone very important gave it to me. I used to where it back when I was travelling with Ash."
Brendan eyed the bandanna, "Really? Looks familiar…who was it from?"
May shook her head, "I don't know. I never learned his name; it was about 8 years ago. He saved me from a really scary Pokémon. But when he pushed me out of the way of the attack, he got really hurt; I never saw him again after that."
After hearing this Brendan looked up at his hat. "Hey, since I'm being so personal, can I ask you something? Why are you so hard on Valentine's Day and the idea of people leaving you?"
Brendan paused for a few moments before sighing and continuing, "This day several years ago, I left for my Pokémon journey. Growing up, my parents always worked; we almost never spent any time together. At some point I got sick of it; Mudkip and I set off on our own. And as hard as it is to believe; I do care about these guys; they were my only friends for the longest time. I just thought they would've remembered that; I don't even have a partner for this tournament."
May put her hands on Brendan's hand, "It's okay Brendan, I'm sure that you guys are still great friends. You're one of the closet groups of friends I've ever seen; girls do weird things to the guys they're with."
Brendan looked up, "You sound like you speak from experience."
May blushed, "Actually, I've never even had a boyfriend." Brendan's eyes widened, "So…does that mean…I was your first kiss?"
May looked at him and blushed harder, "Yeah, looks like it."
Brendan smiled, "Well if we're being honest, you were…you were my first kiss too." May's eyes widened; she blushed before changing the subject, "Would you want me to be your tag partner?"
Brendan thought for a moment, smiled and then jokingly spoke, "Sure, don't lose too badly for us, okay?"
May laughed and then playfully pushed Brendan off the couch; unfortunately for her, Brendan had grabbed her arm and both fell to the floor; May was basically lying on top of Brendan. Both blushed heavily and stared into each other's eyes for several moments.
"Move," May said in an almost hypnotic state.
"You move," Brendan replied. The two continued to stare at each other; both felt something radiating from them. May placed her hands on Brendan's chest, closed her eyes, and leaned in. Brendan closed his eyes and leaned in towards May, their lips were about to connect, until-
"What a disaster!" Lisia stated as she, Wally, Lucas, and Dawn walked through the front door.
"GAH!" both May and Brendan screamed as they both stood up; they were breathing very heavily.
Wally tilted his head, "What are you two doing?" he asked.
"Nothing!" they both promptly said.
"Look, just say something you don't like about me. I can try harder!" Lucas pleaded with Dawn.
Dawn glared at her boyfriend, "I'm not doing this with you, Lucas!"
Brendan sighed. He knew what was happening, "Look Lucas, you're the smartest guy I know. You can build stuff like nobody else, your good with math, and you landed this hottie," he said while pointing at Dawn; Dawn giggled.
Brendan continued, "Anyways, we rip on you, cause we admire you for it, you're the underdog; people love the underdog. That's what you are in this family."
Lucas' lip began to quiver and eyes began to water, "We're a family?"
Brendan's smile dropped, "What? No that's not what I meant!"
Lucas immediately hugged Brendan, "Thanks for believing in me!"
Brendan groaned, "Oh come on, man!"
Wally grabbed Brendan from behind along with Lisia, Steven, and Dawn. "Group hug," they all shouted.
Soon the rest of the gang (Trevor, Serena, Shauna, Calem, Tierno, Clemont, Ash, and Bonnie) joined in on the hug.
"Brendan loves us!" Dawn said right as May joined in. "Calem, you hate hugs!"
Calem smiled wickedly, "Not as much as you hate group hugs."
Brendan groaned, "You guys suck!"
After everyone released Brendan, Dawn and Lucas bowed to Wally, Lisia, and Steven, "Sorry about tonight guys."
The three responded, "We're just happy you're happy."
Dawn grabbed Lucas and kissed him on the lips; Lucas shrugged, "Eh, I guess I am pretty great." Dawn laughed.
Lisia turned to Steven, "By the way Steven, why didn't your girlfriend come?"
Steven looked perplexed, "My girlfriend doesn't exist."
"Huh? What do you mean?" the gang asked.
Steven laughed before answering, "Of course my girlfriend doesn't exist…That's because I'm gay."
"WHAT?!" everyone shouted in shock.
Steven smiled, "Yeah, I'm gay. Good night!" he said as he left the Pokémon Center.
Everyone shook off their looks, "Wow…I've known him for years and I didn't know that." Brendan said.
Dawn giggled, "Speaking of love, I can only think of a few things Brendan loves: his hat."
Lucas added, "Battling."
Calem next: "Ramen, showing off, bad jokes."
Brendan wasn't even focused on the gang; he was focused on May. He found that she looked especially beautiful tonight, especially considering all of the secrets they shared that night. She was laughing at what everyone else was saying about him; afterwards she sent him a smile.
Brendan finally tuned into Ash talking, "…and dolls. That's about everything you love, isn't it Brendan?"
Brendan continued to look at May; he blushed, smiled, and closed his eyes, "Yep, that's just about everything."
A/N: And we're done! That was the hardest chapter I've ever written; Valentine's Day just made this harder; good god I don't care for this holiday. Nice to see Dawn and Lucas work things out (Lord knows I would be attacked if anything bad happened to them). And who knew Shauna was so bold and Brendan has that much of a soft spot; maybe May has more of an effect on him than we thought. Oh yeah, and the whole Steven's gay thing…not that there's anything wrong with that. You guys are my valentines; read and review as always. Today's questions are a little different. This week; I need trainers for the tag tournament; in the reviews just leave a name you want to go by, age, gender, two Pokémon, and a quirky personality trait. Please do this; it would help make the tournament a little more interesting; and provide a reward for those who review! Later!
Big Tasty 3:16 says:
I HAVE THE MOST AWKWARD BONER!
