At the dining hall
While sitting on one of the long wooden tables Max took this opportunity to study Satoshi's physical appearance. He wasn't tall nor short, just average height and he had messy black hair. His eyes were brown and he had a sun-kissed tan skin.
Max's observation was cut off when Satoshi stood up and stated, "I'm going for seconds. That drive up here made me pretty hungry. I'll be right back."
Max nodded as Satoshi headed off to the food buffet which was right in the middle of the dining hall.
Satoshi squeezed himself between the line to get a burger. His mouth became watery just looking at the juicy patties and the fresh lettuce. Professor's Oak's assistant Tracey suddenly squeezed himself right between him and another young boy.
"Good day young lad! So sorry to suddenly just barge in but I just had to get myself one of these oysters. Are you going to try some?" Tracey asked Satoshi as he served himself.
Satoshi then shook his head as he replied, "No, I don't eat seafood."
He then left the line with his burger on his plate.
Tracey then asked the other boy besides him
"How about you lad aren't you going to get some oysters?"
Hamako politely shook his head as he answered, "No thank you. I actually don't eat seafood."
Tracey paused and looked at Hamako and said, "I- wait I know lad. You just told me. Wait..how did you get there?"
Hamako raised an eyebrow and continued serving himself some strawberries.
"Well more for me then. Children these days don't value food anymor-"
Tracey then noticed that the boy wasn't there anymore.
"Now where did he go?" Tracey asked himself confused as he looked around the dining hall.
Outside in the camp fighting grounds
"The winner of this match is Hamako!" the camp assistant yelled happily.
Hamako smiled as he shook hands with the defeated girl. A sign of truce.
"Who wishes to battle the undefeated challenger Hamako?! Come on folks don't be shy!"
"I will." someone in the crowd challenged.
"Well looks like we have ourselves a challenger. Give it up to Satoshi!!"
Hamako was facing backward trying to prepare his pokèmon for the match. His friend Lloyd then handed him his protection helmet as he wished luck to his friend.
After Satoshi put his helmet on both boys faced each other with the same mentality to win.
"Alright, challengers this is a pokèmon battle. You can only choose 3 pokèmons."
"Ready?"
"Ready." Satoshi started smirking.
"All set!" Hamako said grinning.
"Begin!"
"And it looks like we have a new champion. Give it up for Satoshi ladies and gentlemen!"
As Satoshi waved to the crowd of people cheering for him Hamako was pretty annoyed at the state he was in.
He lost and was covered in water as Satoshi's Squirtle blasted his pokèmon and him in the final round with water.
"Alright now you two shake hands! Come on now." the assistant said as he crossed his arms.
Hamako and Satoshi then both sighed while they took off their helmet. As they both turned around to face each other the crowd of children and the assistant gasped as they saw both boys.
Satoshi gasped slightly as Hamako froze upon seeing the boy before him.
Very cautiously Satoshi extended his hand for Hamako.
Next thing they know they're shaking hands.
They both gasped at the weird feeling they got when they shook hands.
Quickly releasing their hands Satoshi asked annoyingly, "Why are they staring at us?"
Hamako raised an eyebrow as he replied, "Don't you see it?"
"See what?"
"We look a lot alike. Like a resemblance to one another."
Satoshi snorted at that as he replied while he studied Hamako very closely
"I don't see no resemblance. You have orange hair while I have black hair. Your ears are bigger than mine and your nose.."
Hamako flushed annoyingly as he touched his nose slightly. He then glared at Satoshi.
Satoshi then grinned as he said, "No resemblance kid."
"Gentleman thank you for playing. I think I will call it a night." Professor Oak said as he was beginning to stand up.
Satoshi was happily counting the money he had won from all the previous rounds against the boys in the room.
"Wait. How about one last round." a voice interrupted the professor.
Professor Oak stomped and looked at Hamako as he happily answered, "Alright then. Last round. Hamako against Satoshi."
Hamako then sat down across Satoshi as Satoshi growled at him. He was annoyed.
"Ready for the questions?" Professor Oak asked both players.
"Ready." they both replied glaring at each other.
"Hey Satoshi," Hamako whispered to the kid across him.
"What."
"How about a deal. The loser gets to take a dip on the lake after the round."
"Excellent."
"But naked."
"Deal," Satoshi said smirking knowing he was going to win this round again.
"Wow. I'm impressed. Your knowledge on Pokèmon is amazing Hamako!" Professor Oak exclaimed as Hamako began picking up all the money he and Satoshi made a bet on.
"Thank you, Professor," Hamako answered happily as Satoshi glared at him.
After Professor Oak left the room Hamako smirked at Satoshi as he said, "So about our deal."
Satoshi has been in many embarrassing situations in his life. However, none can top what he was feeling right now.
Satoshi turned back at the laughing boys and smirking Hamako as he gave a salute and jumped into the cold dark blue lake.
What he wasn't aware was that Hamako ordered the guys to take Satoshi's clothes leaving him only his shoes.
After the guys and Hamako ran away once Satoshi got out the lake he was faced with only his shoes.
"So you want war eh? You just messed with a Ketchum."
3 am
"Quiet!" Satoshi whispered as Max began to laugh lightly.
"Oh boy. You're going to get murdered Satoshi."
Both boys placed a sleeping Stunky pokèmon inside Hamako's and Llyod's room quarters.
"Quick let's get out of here!"
Both boys then shut the door and ran back to their room as if their lives depended on it.
Morning
Satoshi and Max both smirked as they saw kids getting up and leaving their rooms. Probably to go get breakfast.
The hallways were crowded with kids laughing and chattering.
"It won't be long till they wake up." Satoshi laughed silently.
Tracey then appeared happily as he announced loudly, "Surprise room check!"
Tracey walked passed Satoshi and Max as he greeted them a good morning.
"Morning Tracey."
"TRACEY?!!"
Tracey stopped right in front of Hamako's and Lloyd's room as he said, "Surprise room check. I'm coming in!"
"NO TRACEY," Satoshi yelled as he placed himself in front of the door.
"Satoshi please step aside."
"No, you don't understand. Um..um..one of the kids threw up in there and it's a mess!"
"Oh well, that's something I need to see urgently. Step aside."
"Uhh.."
"Tracey everything is fine here. Why don't you open the door and see for yourself? We both are fine in here. Unless Satoshi is trying to hide something?" Hamako said from the other side of the door.
Satoshi then moved away slowly from the door and winced a bit when he heard Tracey scream once he stepped inside.
He then peeked into the room as he said, "I told you it was a mess in here.."
All three boys inside the room smelled horrid as the pokèmon hissed at them menacelly.
Tracey then coughed and shouted, "You!" he pointed at Satoshi and then at Hamako, "And you! Pack your bags!"
Hamako and Satoshi glared at each other.
"This will be your room quarters until the end of the camp session. The isolation room." Tracey said as he pointed at a little building right on top of the hill.
Both boys rolled their eyes and onwards they climbed up the stairs towards their new room.
To say that they got along was a major misunderstanding. For the next few days, both boys ignored each other and only sent each other glares.
However one evening everything changed.
Satoshi was busy looking at his magazine while Hamako was reading his pokèmon novel. As the rain began to pour more heavily the sky became darker.
Satoshi's stomach then growled. Hamako raised an eyebrow.
"Um..sorry I'm just hungry," Satoshi said while he blushed in embarrassment.
"I uh have beef jerky with me," Hamako said as he took out his plastic bag of beef jerky.
Satoshi grinned lightly as he and Hamako made their way in the middle of the room. They both sat down and began to eat the beef jerky.
"You know. I enjoy my beef jerky with milk. Most people find that disturbing." Satoshi said as he munched on his piece of beef jerky.
Hamako coughed violently as he said, "Really? So do I!"
"Really? Wow, how weird." Satoshi replied as looked at Hamako.
"So how old are you?"
"I'll be 10 next month. On July 7."
Satoshi coughed as he exclaimed, "So will I!"
"You're birthday is on July 7?! How freaky is that."
Hamako became silent for a moment before he asked, "Hey Satoshi do you live with both your parents?"
Satoshi became silent then replied softly, "No, I only live with my dad."
Hamako then replied, "I only live with my mom."
Hamako then looked at Satoshi's side of the room and noticed a very familiar hat.
He then asked, "Where did you get your Pokèmon league hat?"
"I've always had it since a baby. It has my initials engraved inside of it. Why?" Satoshi replied as he noticed how Hamako began to breathe heavily.
Hamako then stood up and walked towards his bed. Besides his pillow case, he took out an exact same hat as Satoshi.
"My hat also has my initials inside it. I had it since birth as well." Hamako said softly as Satoshi looked at him.
"How does your dad look like?" Satoshi asked timidly.
Hamako smiled sadly as he said replied, "Never met him. The only close thing I have from him is an old torn photograph my mom gave me. Mom never talks about him."
Satoshi then scrambled towards his drawer furiously dropping all the papers inside until he took out a torn picture.
He then turned towards Hamako as he said softly, "This is a picture of my mom. The photograph is torn as well."
Hamako breathed heavily as he turned towards his drawer and took out a torn photograph as well.
"Right down the middle?"
"Right down the middle," affirmed Satoshi.
"On the count of three, we'll flip the pictures, ready?"
"One."
"Two."
"Three."
Both boys flipped their photographs and gasped.
"That's my mom!"
"That's my dad!"
They then aligned the two pieces of the photograph together and saw the picture altogether.
There in the picture stood a beautiful orange-reddish fire hair young lady laughing beside a young black-haired man who was somewhat covered in cake, also laughing as well. Their arms were together. The background was a gorgeous sunset with dim wedding lights. Some palm trees and mountains were also seen but the main background scenery was the ocean and the sandy beach behind the couple. The lady had her hair up in an elegant bun while wearing a simple yet stunning white dress. The man was wearing a black tuxedo while his black hair was messy. They looked happy.
"Oh, my guacamole. We're siblings." Satoshi said while his eyes threaten to spill tears.
"We're more than siblings Satoshi. We're twins!" Hamako replied wiping his tears away.
Both boys hugged each other.
Later that night.
Both boys now placed their beds beside one another so they could sleep beside each other.
"Hamako," Satoshi said breaking the silent room.
"Hmm," Hamako replied.
"How's mom like?" Satoshi asked nervously.
"Well, she's a City Gym Leader. She's also known in our region as one of the most beautiful exotic female trainers."
"Wow."
"She's actually pretty famous. A Prince named Rudy just recently invited her for his upcoming coronation. He wishes for her to show her battle movements and strategies with water pokèmons."
"Wait for strategies with water pokèmons?"
"Oh yeah. Here comes the big surprise. Apart from being the City Gym Leader. Our mom is Misty Waterflower, the Water Pokèmon Master."
"Wow! That's amazing!" Satoshi exclaimed.
"Yeah. But only our hometown knows she's the Water Pokèmon Master. Mom wants to keep a low profile. So how about dad? How's he like?" Hamako asked now looking at Satoshi.
"Well, what can I say. We live in Pallet Town. It's known for cultivating the finest wines as there are a lot of vineyards. Green mountains surround the town and Professor Oak's lab is there. Um... we live with our Dad's pokèmons and with our grandmother Delia. Our neighbor is our dad's best friend's name, Brock."
"Woah." Hamako exhaled.
"Don't freak out and all but our dad is Ash Ketchum. The world's famous Pokèmon Master."
"Come again?"
"The Pokèmon Master?! Do you not know Ash Ketchum?!" Satoshi exclaimed rather loudly.
"Never heard of him. You must be aware that Cerulean City is like on the other side of the world. I don't keep up with international news."
"Wow, you're from Cerulean City?"
"Yeah. Mom owns and is the Gym Leaders of the magnificent gym over there."
"Well, Dad owns a giant three-story ranch house in Pallet Town."
"Sweet."
After that only silence filled the room once again.
Suddenly Satoshi sat up as he exclaimed, "I just got the most brilliant idea ever!"
Hamako then sat up as he asked what it was.
"You want to meet dad right?"
"Yes?"
"And I'm dying to meet mom so how about we switch places?"
"WHAT?"
"Think about it. They have gone almost ten years without seeing each other. So once they find out we aren't one another-"
"Sooner or later they would have to meet each other once again to switch us back. Oh my jam, Satoshi you are brilliant!"
"Told you so!"
"However there's one obstacle we have. You have orange hair." Satoshi said sadly.
Hamako looked at the floor then said softly, "It's painted. I actually have black hair. I just painted it before going to camp so I could stand out from the rest of the kids."
"So that means.."
"Yes. I'm a blackhead. Let's switch places Satoshi."
Clever boys, they were true.