Ladies, Gentleman and others, welcome to tonight's performance of Pokémon Takeover: Game Genie! Time for the semifinals of the tag tournament; not much to say after that, and at this point I'm just stalling…BEGIN!
Calem walks out and speaks: "You know, you can probably skip this one. It's pretty flashback heavy; and worst of all, Brendan's in it. (Ledian flies at the screen; crashing into it and cracking the glass.)
Calem: Ugh….
Brendan sat back in the chair he was in finishing off the parfait he was snacking on before his match. He was even more laid back than usual for some reason.
Lunick burst into the room, "So are you gonna talk to Lucas?"
"No, it's cool. Please come in," Brendan replied sarcastically.
Lunick sighed, "You know that sassy attitude will never get you popular with the ladies, Yuki-kun."
Brendan groaned, "Don't call me by that like it's my last name, ya weirdo!"
Lunick tilted is head in a teasing fashion, "What's your last name anyway?"
Brendan glared, "None of your business!"
Lunick chuckled, "You're too easy to tease; anyways you seem stressed. Does it have anything to do with your smooch with the V-shaped hair girl?"
Brendan looked at Lunick who had a wide smile on his face. Lunick wasn't budging.
Brendan sighed, "Who squealed?"
Lunick laughed, "Who do ya think?"
Brendan groaned, "I'm gonna kick Wally's ass!"
Lunick smiled, "Heh, so how's Lucas doing?"
"I don't know," Brendan responded.
"Oh come on, he's like your best friend…or at least one of them. I can never tell with you guys," Lunick said lying on the floor.
"He doesn't need my help. He'll get over it eventually," Brendan said nonchalantly. "Shouldn't there be some girl you're trying to hook up with?"
Lunick chuckled to himself as he kipped up, "Silly Brendan, the power of youth is never something to be taken for granted. We treasure it; it's one of the purest, most special parts of our lives! Especially the women; the women with the busty-"
Lunick felt a sharp pain in his right ear; he turned to see Solana gripping it rather tightly.
She spoke with some disappointment, "You're such a hassle sometimes; seriously." She then walked away and dragged Lunick away while still holding onto his ear.
"Ow! Hey let me go, hey come on," Lunick squirmed.
Brendan laughed, "Man, those two are like cats and dogs."
With Lucas
Lucas was feeding his newest Pokémon, the newly hatched Riolu.
"Heh, didn't think that after all this time you'd finally hatch, buddy," Lucas said.
The Riolu smiled at Lucas and looked around at his other Pokémon; Infernape nodded, Galvantula hissed happily (somehow), but Drapion glared coldly; startling Riolu.
"Hey, play nice! That's our newest teammate," Lucas said with a small chuckle. He then looked up and saw a picture of him and Dawn that he forgot to put away, before sighing sadly.
"Lu," Riolu asked while tilting its head.
"I-It's nothing…anyways," Lucas tried to change the subject as he reached into his bag and pulled out red ribbon and tied it snuggly around Riolu's neck. "There, what do ya think?"
Riolu looked at its newest accessory and posed in it. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Lucas got up and opened the door to reveal Calem.
"Are you ready to train," he asked.
Lucas nodded, "Yeah, just gimme a sec. Oh, and let me see your Pokédex." Calem handed over the machine and watched as Lucas began to adjust it with screwdrivers, a blowtorch, and even a roll of swiss cheese.
Calem rubbed the back of his head, "Uh, are you sure that's-"
"I know what I'm doing, trust me," Lucas remarked.
"Huh…" Calem said before he began to flashback.
Flashback
"Please just talk to your friend," Serena said.
"But I don't want to," Calem said, trying to nap.
"He could really use your help! C'mon he's like your best friend," Serena insisted.
Calem scoffed, "No, he's not."
Serena put her hands on her hips, "Then who in the world is?"
Calem put his hand on his chin, "Hm…"
"You weren't supposed to actually think about that!"
"Shh, I'm still thinking," Calem said with seriousness; even if a tiny bit of him was enjoying this.
Serena grabbed him by the hair, "If you don't help Lucas back to becoming his normal, happy, fun-loving self, I'm gonna shave off that soccer-mom haircut of yours!"
Calem winced, "Okay geez!"
Flashback Ends
"Soccer-mom haircut," Calem said with some sense of hurt.
"Here ya go," Lucas said turning on the Pokédex and giving it to Calem. "I already fixed Brendan, Wally, and the others'."
"Wait," Calem responded. "Wally has had a Pokédex? I know he had a Sceptile from the Professor."
Lucas shrugged, "Yeah, but let's completely forget about that," he said as he began twirling the screwdriver.
"So you even fixed Dawn's? That must have been weird," Calem said without thinking. The screwdriver flew from Lucas' hand and smashed through the window.
"Ow, my eye," someone yelled.
Calem realized the mistake he made, "So….uh….are you sad?"
"…What?" Lucas replied with confusion.
The Boys Perform a SplitScreen with Dawn and Shauna
Shauna: So is everything okay? You seem kinda different.
Calem: Are you okay? You're less annoying than usual.
Dawn: Everything's great!
Lucas: I'm pretty miserable to be honest.
Shauna: Are you sure? You wanna talk?
Calem: Crap, do you need to talk?
Lucas: Yeah…..
Dawn: Not really.
Shauna: It's just that….I feel like this breakup, is affecting you more than you think.
Calem: You're letting this breakup affect you way too much.
Calem and Shauna: Know what I mean?
Lucas and Dawn: ….No.
Calem: *sigh*Well that doesn't surprise me.
Shauna: Lucas is a great guy, it's okay if you're a little upset about losing him.
Calem: Dawn wasn't necessarily my favorite person, and your PDA was really annoying; but hey, she seemed good for someone like you.
Lucas: That's supposed to make me feel better?
Dawn: You're right, Lucas is a great guy. But some things have to end; I'm fine. Trust me.
Lucas: I don't know; she was my first real girlfriend. And it just sort of ended.
Calem: What about that other girl? Wasn't her name-?
Lucas: MY FIRST…REAL…GIRLFRIEND!
Shauna: Well if that's how you feel, then I guess my work is done. Just know that I'm always here for you; as a friend.
Calem: If you ever need to talk…I'm probably not the best first choice.
End of SplitScreen
Lucas stood up, "I don't know if I feel better, but I can at least try to get over her."
"That's a great idea," a voice said coming from the Pokédex.
Calem shot a look at the device, "What the hell was that?"
Lucas grabbed the Pokédex, "Oh right, I added a function to make the Pokédex talk. Like normal conversations; lemme fix that!" He picked up a small pocket knife and cut one of the cords in the Pokédex.
"Noooo," the machine screeched as it faded out.
Calem's eyes widened at what happened and Lucas spoke, "Yeah, in hindsight, adding a talking function to a Pokédex might have been a dumb idea.
"Did…did you just…was that thing alive," Calem said with some worry.
"Eh, semantics," Lucas replied.
Cue Battle Intro (youtube watch?v=bDokwN3bkr0) (For music)
Lucas and Calem stand back to back; they begin to slide apart into the background. Meanwhile Wally and Ash cheer on Pikachu and Gallade, who are battling; using Iron Tail and Psycho Cut, respectively. Finally Brendan stands behind Swampert and activates his Mega Bracelet; there's a bright flash.
The guys, including Ash speak:
Chapter 31:
Brendan's Courage
May was staring through the glass of the emergency room; watching Latias recover.
"Poor girl," she spoke to herself. "Why would someone do this to you?" The nurse from earlier was watching over Latias; she ended up tripping onto some supplies, but she got up thereafter.
May groaned, "Now I'm worried for more than one reason." The nurse appeared exited the room and smiled at May.
"Don't worry; she just needs some more rest. She really has gone through a lot, ya know?"
May answered, "I know. But it's hard to not to worry."
The nurse put a hand on May and smiled, "I trained to be a nurse to help all Pokémon; even if it costs me everything, I'll help them no matter what." The nurse walked off, leaving May somewhat perplexed but a little bit happy too.
"Any updates," Shauna asked appearing by her.
May shook her head, "I doubt we'll know anything; it's only been a few days."
Shauna smiled at May, "Why don't you leave this shift to me? You've been really worked over this."
May continued to look at Latias, "No, I'm fine."
Shauna sighed, "Come on, there's no reason to completely blow yourself up over this."
May lowered her head, "…You don't get it…" Shauna was confused.
"I…once had to take care of a Pokémon once, it hatched from an egg, kinda like Lucas' Riolu. We were really close. But…..a bad guy showed up…and tried to take it from me; I had to be saved. Sure, we rescued it in the end, but-"
Shauna cut in, "But you don't want to feel useless again; I know how you feel. When Tierno, Trevor and I first started our journey, I was the weakest out of the three of us. I had just lost a ton of battles in a row; heck, I had to rely on Tierno and Trevor to get Bulbasaur back from some thugs once; I wanted to completely give up…but then:
Flashback
Shauna is kneeling on the ground; she is heard audibly crying. Bulbasaur was nudging her in a comforting way; to little avail.
"I'm sorry, Bulbasaur. You deserve someone better than me; I'll never be a good trainer," Shauna said while continuing to cry.
Suddenly Shauna felt something cold against the back of her neck, she yelped and turned to see Calem holding two soda cans; one of which was the source of the cold sensation.
"…Oh *sniff*, you're Calem right," Shauna said trying to compose herself.
"…And you're Shane," Calem asked.
"*Sniff* Actually, it's 'Shauna'," she corrected.
"Okay…anyways, here," Calem said offering her the drink.
"What's this for," Shauna asked.
Calem kneeled down and put his hand on her head, causing her to jump a bit, "I don't know what your problem is, but crying over it will do nothing. If you want your dream to happen, you need to happen."
"He's never exactly been good with metaphors," Shauna narrated.
"Someone once told me that, 'if a person quits before they know what they truly want, they may never discover what could've led past that. Even if you're going through hell, we do it together,'" Calem finished.
"Look, I'm not telling you how to live your life, but whatever is happening isn't working," he added.
Shauna was surprised, she had only met this boy once, and yet she was already being helped by him or at least he was trying to help her.
She smiled, "Sounds like a pretty great friend."
Calem turned, "Tch, he's more of a pain in the ass if you ask me," he said as he placed the soda on the ground; he then walked off.
Bulbasaur handed Shauna the soda with one of its vines, "Saur," it responded. She smiled and took the drink, "Maybe he's a sweet guy."
She opened the soda, only to have it spray in her face, "Ahh!"
Flashback Ends
"So, yeah…I don't like feeling useless either, but I know for a fact that I can't do that alone. And neither should you," Shauna said.
May was surprised by her friends' honesty, "…Shauna, I never knew that-"
"It's fine; go ahead and find Brendan so you guys can train. You know he would never forgive you if you guys lost your match," Shauna said.
May nodded, "Yeah sure, thanks." May began to walk off and smile, "No wonder she likes Calem so much," she said to herself.
"He seems like a nice boy."
May froze for a moment and turned towards Shauna, who was focused on Latias and paid May no attention.
"Maybe I'm just hearing things," May said as she walked off.
With Trevor and Tierno
"What could those guys have been planning. They seemed way too suspicious for it to be nothing," Tierno said sitting in a chair at the police station.
"Yeah, I mean to be fair, Brendan and the others do seem kind of strange, but they're our friends. If something is wrong, they should be able to tell us. What do you think chief," Trevor asked.
The man in the uniform spoke, "For the last time: you two don't work here! And take off those uniforms too; it's been half a week!" Tierno and Trevor shrugged and began to follow the directions.
"STOP! NOT HERE," he yelled. He sighed as they stopped, "Look, there's not a whole lot you can do in this precinct. We solve Pokémon related crimes; no more, no less."
Trevor spoke up, "I feel like it should be your job to help people too though; even if their Pokémon aren't involved; Mr. Commissioner."
The Commissioner spoke, "Take that up with the government!" The man took a hit from his cigarette. He brushed back his dirty-blonde hair and ruffled his mustache.
He sighed, "Look boys, you wanna help out you friends, I respect that. But until these kids do something, you can't do squat. Relax, just forget about it."
The two boys sadly nodded and left, "Well that was a bust," Tierno said.
The commissioner sighed, "Those boys are alright."
A deputy spoke, "They don't even work here."
To the Colosseum
The screen was set for the next battle: Jayden and Jaysen vs May and Brendan. Jayden and Jaysen were already on the battlefield.
Tori and Emma were in the crowd surveying the area
"So, I take it you know what to do," Tori asked her partner. Emma didn't answer. "Are you okay," she asked.
Emma sighed, "This doesn't feel right."
Tori raised an eyebrow, "You're doubting the mission?"
Emma shrugged, "I don't know…it just doesn't feel right; the guys don't seem like they really fit the bill of our targets. Plus,-"
Tori groaned, "Oh god, Emma. You've grown attached."
Emma shook her head immediately, "It's not that-Okay maybe it is, but tell me, do they really seem that bad? Plus, I need to help Shauna with Calem."
"The last time you tried helping her, you told Calem that Shauna was hiding a rare Pokémon in her shirt," Tori replied.
Emma nodded excitedly, "Yeah, flirty huh?"
"He chased after her with Greninja and shuriken," Tori facepalmed. "He really didn't get the concept of that; also, that's more perverted than flirty. Can we please just go?"
Emma sighed, "Fine, let's go." The two left as Serena and Bonnie walked past them.
"Where are they headed," Serena asked. "The match is about to start."
Before Bonnie could even fathom a guess, Golett appeared with Clemont's glasses; with Clemont following soon thereafter. After falling down the flight of stairs they were on, Clemont picked himself up and took his glasses back.
"Please…stop…doing that," Clemont scolded. Golett simply chuckled, before Clemont returned it to its Poké ball.
Wally and Lisia followed after Clemont. Lisia plopped herself onto Wally's lap; under normal circumstances, he'd argue; but for today it was fine.
"You seem comfortable," Serena said.
Wally and Lisia looked towards her, "Hm? What do you mean?"
Steven cued up his mic, "Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the semi-final matchup between the 'Brendan and May Factor' and 'Jayden and Jaysen'."
"That's not a name we agreed on," Jaysen said.
"Well it's your fault for not submitting the team name that nobody told us to submit," Jayden replied.
May sweatdropped, "Man, they're even worse than we used to be, huh?"
"Totally," Brendan replied with his tournament 'Demon' outfit, this time with an added leather cap, that covered nearly his entire forehead; like his normal cap. The cap had red and black ribbons on it; like his arm bands.
"Pfft, how much further is going to go," May snickered.
"You should be appreciating this," Brendan responded. "Aren't you coordinators all about showing off whether you're any good or not?"
A rage mark appeared on May's face as she smiled, "Come again, champ?"
Brendan backed off, "N-Nothing…Furret, you're up," Brendan said releasing his Pokémon. Furret immediately jumped onto Brendan's face and began to lick him.
"Hey quit that, Furret stop; Brendan laughed.
May giggled before grabbing a Poké ball, "Mismagius, take the stage!" The Poké ball exploded with an array of dark blue stars before revealing Mismagius.
"Huh…haven't seen Mismagius since the contest chapter," Brendan spoke up.
May smiled, "We've been training nonstop to make up for the contest; you guys won't beat us," she spoke with confidence.
"We love you, May," some audience members said.
"I love you guys, too," May responded causing the crowd to cheer.
Brendan raised his arms up; the crowd immediately booed.
"Sheep, you're all sheep," Brendan shouted causing even more boos.
Jaysen spoke up, "Your teamwork has been impressive lately, but we're not backing down! Meganium, let's go!" Jaysen released a proud looking Meganium; ready for battle.
Jayden smirked, "Salamance, the fight is on!" A Salamence was sent onto the battlefield roaring ferociously, causing Brendan to freeze.
"S-Salamence," he said quietly with fear in his voice.
"Brendan, are you okay," May asked; there was no answer.
"Brendan, what's going on," she asked. May then began to remember:
Flashback to Chapter 25
Brendan decided it was his turn, "…I'm scared of Salamence."
May lifted her head, "Really? You?"
Brendan sighed, "Yeah, just have never liked them. That's why I have Flygon."
Flashback Ends
"Brendan, it's okay if you're scared," May assured. Brendan's whole body began to shake.
"N-Not again…please, not again," Brendan spoke.
"What's wrong with Brendan," Bonnie asked.
"He looks horrified," Lisia added.
"It's because it's a Salamence," Wally said.
The two turned to Wally, "What do you mean?"
Wally answered, "He's had problems with them in the past. That's all he'll tell me."
Jaysen began, "Meganium, Petal Blizzard!" Meganium created a swarm of blue petals and scattered them across the battlefield.
"Salamence, fly up into the air to dodge," Jayden commanded. Salamence did so and hovered above the remaining Pokémon. Meanwhile, the petals were headed straight for Mismagius and Furret.
"Mismagius, Mystical Fire! On the ground," May insisted. Mismagius obeyed and manifested a fire orb, before slamming it onto the ground; creating a wall of fire. The petals smashed into the fire, causing an explosion.
Furret yelled to get Brendan's attention, "Fur!"
Brendan shook himself out of it, "Y-Yeah, use Quick Attack to gain some distance. Furret began dashing around the field and soon leaped into the air.
"Salamence, Dragon Claw," Jayden yelled. Salamence rushed towards Furret and slashed it to the ground towards Brendan. Furret was barely able to stand.
"Furret, are you okay," Brendan asked with extreme concern.
Furret smiled as it slowly stood up, but stumbled in pain.
"It's too much to deal with, Furret you need to return," Brendan panicked.
May was astounded, "Brendan, what's going on? You don't have to keep it-"
"I don't want what we went through to happen again," Brendan said, falling to his knees.
Flashback Begins
There are broken tree branches on the ground, surrounding a boy covering his head. There is a man on the ground in a pool of blood. A roar was heard in the distance and the surrounding people began to yell.
"This is all your fault," a man yelled.
"You're a menace," a woman yelled.
"Say something, you piece of crap," someone else spoke.
The boy was horrified and could barely speak, "I….I didn't want-"
"Quiet," one of the men shouted.
"How could you," the woman screamed. "It's your fault he's dead!"
The boy continued to cry to himself, "I just wanna go home…"
Flashback Ends
Brendan tried to speak, "I-I-I'm fine, just gotta focus-"
Furret jumped onto Brendan's arm and bit him without hesitation.
"OW! Furret what the hell is wrong with you," Brendan snapped.
"Salamence, Flamethrower," Jayden yelled. Salamence flew towards everyone and sent a blast of fire towards Furret and Mismagius.
"Phantom Force, Mismagius," May said. Mismagius faded into the ground; it quickly reappeared, hitting Salamence from behind and stopping the attack from continuing.
Furret continued to latch onto Brendan's arm, "Frrr," it growled. Brendan saw the look in Furret's eyes.
"You're not gonna listen to me are you," Brendan sighed. "…Fine…even if I'm terrified, even if I can't make everything better in the end, living in fear and letting that stop you is for idiots! Losing to punks like this when I'm scared…NOT…GONNA…HAPPEN!"
Brendan slowly stood up. Almost immediately, he swung the arm that Furret was clinging to towards the other Pokémon.
"Focus Blast," Brendan commanded. Furret flew off Brendan's arm and fired a blue orb at Meganium. Meganium took the direct hit and fell to one knee as a result.
"What? Meganium are you okay," Jaysen asked. Meganium stood while wincing in pain.
Jayden yelled at the two, "What are you guys doing? You're gonna let this loser upstage you guys?"
Jaysen replied, "H-Hey, that Furret is a lot tougher than he looks."
Brendan smirked, "I think you mean she! Now use Quick Attack!" Furret complied and dashed around the field and leapt at Meganium.
"Mismagius, Will-O-Wisp," May commanded. Mismagius formed a row of blue and white fireballs and fired them towards Furret and Salamence. Salamence barely dodged the attack.
Furret was just about come into contact with Meganium, when it suddenly dashed out of the way; thanks to Quick Attack. Meganium was directly hit by the fire.
"Oh come one," Jaysen shouted somewhat frustrated.
Meganium attempted to stand up, but the burns on its body were becoming more obvious.
"Ominous Wind," May commanded. Mismagius let out a purple wind that attacked both Meganium and Salamence; Meganium especially.
Meganium was about to attack when it felt one last burn effect (yeah that's what I'm calling it) and fainted on the ground.
"Meganium is unable to battle," the referee stated.
"Well, it looks like right now, you are the south side of useless," Jayden said.
"One down," May said. She then turned towards Brendan. "But even after everything, I'm still worried about Brendan. I really don't think it's a good idea for him to push himself. As tough as he is, this is way too much for him to handle." Brendan's body was still shaking.
Jayden snickered, "Wow getting taken out by burns and then wind attacks. Not a bad strategy!"
Jaysen yelled back, "Wind and fire?! This isn't Persona; that shouldn't work!"
"Looks like it's up to me! I'll finish you both off," Jayden said.
Jaysen stopped him, "Jayden! Stick to the plan; what are you doing?"
Jayden snapped back, "Screw that, I'm playing to win!"
"Plan," Brendan said to himself. "What plan?"
"Salamence, Draco Meteor! Make it a big one," Jayden said. Salamence created an orange ball of energy and shot it into the air. The ball burst and created a barrage of meteors and rained down on the battlefield.
Several of the meteors fell towards Furret, who was able to dodge most of them, but was hit by about four meteors, she slid towards Brendan.
"Furret, can you stand up," Brendan said with concern. Furret stayed down for a few moments, before finally standing on both sets of her paws; rather than on the hind paws.
Mismagius tried to dodge with Phantom Force but was eventually hit by several of them; collapsing to the ground.
"Mismagius is unable to battle," the referee declared.
"Oh no," May said. She returned Mismagius. "You did great work, take a nice rest, Mismagius."
Jayden laughed, "So it looks like it's just you and me, Brendork! Try not to get too scared."
May growled at Jayden, "Listen you, Bren-"
"Furret," Furret said cutting May off. Furret turned towards May and gave her a thumbs up.
May was somewhat taken aback, "What?"
Brendan spoke, "I got this, Princess."
May continued, "What makes you so confident?"
Brendan chuckled, "It's not me that I have confidence in, it's Furret. After everything me and her have been through since teaming together, you guys have no idea what she's capable of."
May tried to continue, "But Salame-"
"When we win, maybe we can all go to a buffet. I'll even pay for you," Brendan finished.
At this point, May knew there was no arguing with her stubborn friend. She still noticed his arms were still shaking and his heart was probably racing; but it was out of her hands at this point.
She finished with a chuckle and a whisper, "If you're lying about the buffet, you know how I'm gonna react."
Brendan smirked back, "Heh, yeah I learned what happened when we first met."
"Ready Furret," Brendan affirmed. Furret nodded.
Jayden gave a genuine smile, "Makes me happy to see that you won't quit! We may actually enjoy ourselves!"
Salamence and Furret locked eyes along with Brendan and Jayden.
"But that don't mean we're losing this," Jayden snapped. He felt the fire of the battle coursing through his veins.
Brendan joked, "Well don't just stand there, pretty boy, try to stop us!" Brendan felt a lightning strike of excitement throughout this body. The two decided to stop talking and let their actions do the speaking.
A/N: That was a really hard chapter to write…but at the same time, I felt like it was one of my favorites. But at the same time, you guys have the final say. My questions for this week are, who is your favorite girl in this story? To be honest, I have no idea who you guys could pick. Also, what features would you guys have to create the perfect Pokémon game? My main thing would be real time battles along with seeing and interacting with Pokémon in their natural habitats. Always would love to hear from you guys on stuff like this; as usual: Review, Follow, Share with friends and stay tuned! NOICCE!
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