Well, with SBM out of the way, I can finally send this one out in the mix. (I couldn't introduce Damian without having him introduced in SBM) As always, I suck at titling fics, so it will probably change after I write the whole thing. I kind of wanted to get the other leaders involved in a fic, so here it is! Damian, Mateo, Blue, and Kaos belong to me, Hotura, Kaylin, and Feia belong to Elspeth. She's kind enough to let me borrow them. *hugs Ele* Umm... other stuff belongs to other people, so yeah. R&R please!
Three Weeks After Chapter 20 of Stand By Me?....
"Nick," Blue sighed as she watched the blond musician walk from her at the gym. She had blown the only legal relationship she had with a bishonen after her delusions of Yamato had returned. Sure, Mateo was great, but he was a fighter. They weren't allowed to be together.
"Sorry Doll." He spat, not turning to look back at the gym leader as he opened the door. "You did this to yourself."
Blue wiped the tears from her eyes as she watched the bishonen in the black trenchcoat walk out of her life. She didn't need this. Not now anyway.
"Madame?" Mateo whispered as he placed a hand on his trainer's shoulder.
"Just quit Mattie." She sobbed as she turned and hugged the other blond bishonen. "I hope you're happy."
"Am I happy that Carter left?" Mateo whispered as he rubbed his trainer's back, holding her in the embrace. "Oui. He was a good musician, but not a good friend." Mateo wanted to kick himself for saying that, as Blue's reaction was to sob even more violently than before. "But I am not happy that he made you cry."
"Mattie," Blue sobbed, clutching Mateo's shoulder. "I think I'm pregnant."
"Oh my..." Mateo whispered. He wasn't sure what to think at this point. "So I'm guessing that he's the father, and that's why you're messed up about this."
Through bloodshot eyes, Blue looked deep in to her bishonen's sapphire eyes. "Actually, I'm not sure."
Mateo chewed on his lip. How could he have forgotten. Yes, Blue had been cheating on Nick the past few weeks, with Mateo.
"I guess we'll have to just wait and see what the kid turns out like."
Blue smiled, for the first time that day. "Honey, you two look alike."

****
Fifteen Years Later....
"Hikari! Celestial Arrow!" The blond teen screamed to his bishoujo. Here he was, in his second IBL championship, and the all around favorite, as he won the IBL championship the year before, and he was losing to some new upstart from the After Colony area.
"Come on Void! Use your scythe to block the arrows!" The girl screamed as she watched the female version of the angel of light's attack hit her Duo, knocking the wind out of the poor bishonen.
The boy smiled. He had saved his best for last, and it seemed to be working. Pulling out a digivice, Damian clutched the blue D-3 to his chest and smiled. "Jogress digivolution. Static force followed by inferno."

Behind the judge's box, the leaders from each certified gym sat, watching the battle going on below.
"Ten bucks says the girl ends up crying before that Hikari even gets to release the inferno attack." Shade whispered to the group. A few of the other leaders took her up on the bet, but both Blue and Elspeth watched the battle with a great interest. Kate, the girl down in the battle arena, had been a tough little fighter, and she had even declared that she wanted to train exclusively in the AC gym. Ele had helped her, trained her, molded her, so to say, in her own image.
On the other hand, Blue had another point to prove. Even after she had evolved some of the HV bishonen and bishoujo to higher levels than ever thought, and introduced the digivice and card style of battling, digital class bishonen and bishoujo were still considered weak. It was the same way with the poke-class she used to train. They were considered starter bishonen, and weren't ever thought of as world class fighters. Damian had proved them wrong once before, and he needed to do it again.
Besides, if the winner of the match was from a city with a gym, or had specified a certain gym as their specialty, the leader and the gym received the honor of being the gym and leader of the year. She really didn't feel like losing the title. It wasn't that Elspeth wouldn't make a good leader of the year and that AC wasn't a great gym, Blue was just that vain.
"Kitty, I think you've got it again." Kyoko smiled as she looked in the compact mirror at her hair. "Who would have thought Heighton View would become a force in the IBL?"
"People felt the same way about Paletea." Blue smiled as she tugged at the collar of her tan sweater. "But I remember that they held the title for three years."
"Paletea also folded." Kenji chuckled as she pulled her hair out of her face. "Besides, our gyms have held the titles for much longer than three years."
Blue sighed. She wasn't going to win this one. Kenji was right. The other gyms DID have the years on HV, and they did have the championship titles to prove her wrong.
"Damnit." Elspeth swore as the referee raised the green flag, and the blond boy jumped up and down, releasing his six bishonen for the official championship ceremony.
"Congratulations to you too Ele." Blue smiled, sticking her tongue out at her friend. "That Kate's a pretty tough kid. I remember she about took out my jogressed Yagami Taichi with that Wufei evolution of hers."
"Enough Ladies." Dallandra stated as she stood up. "They're going to be doing the medal ceremony, so we've got to get down there."
The gym leaders all followed the leader of the Central 3 Gym down the stairs to the arena floor. Blue smiled at Damian as she walked over to the podium.
The crowd fell silent as the HV gym leader cleared her throat, then turned the microphone on.
"First, I'd like to let all of you know that this speech is going to be a LOT better than last years- I honestly didn't expect to be the one to talk.
"To all of the competitors in this 93rd IBL championship, I would like to congratulate all of you. Making it to this level of competition is an honor, and you are all great trainers to have made it here.
"Kate, you put up a great battle. I hope to see you at the championship again next year, and" Blue smiled as she looked at Elspeth. "Maybe Ms. Chang will be giving this speech next time."
"And as for the winner, Damian Taxateur, you are one of the finest trainers to ever grace the city of Heighton View. You and your bishonen and bishoujo, Hikari Kamiya, Nonaka Ruki, Tachikawa Mimi, Takenouchi Sora, Daisuke Motomiya, and Umaki, have not made us proud once, but twice. That is an accomplishment that not many trainers can even dream of accomplishing. You're a good kid Damian." Blue smiled as she walked from the podium carrying the gold medal. "Congrats son." She whispered as she placed the medal around the boy's neck. He looked back to the crowd, waving and smiling, showing his fangs as he watched the flag for the Heighton View gym being raised higher than the other gym flags.
****
"So what's your plan now?" Mateo smiled as he watched Damian picking at his dinner. "Are you going to train a new set of bishonen and compete in the league?"
"The league's a joke." Damian sighed as he set his fork down on the table. "I could go in there with a handful of chibis and beat all those pathetic excuses for trainers."
"Kate could have wiped the floor with you." Blue winked at her son, hoping to at least get a smile out of the boy.
"But she didn't."
Blue shook her head. "So what are you going to do for next year? Do you want to apply for junior status?"
"Maybe."
"How about trying for the Elite Four?"
"Just shut up!" Damian screamed as he stood up and shoved his chair under the table.
"Damian, honey-"
"Just don't even start."
Blue growled as she watched the boy walk away from the dinner table. She loved him very much, but he was just too much like her. And she couldn't stand that.
"I'll go talk to him." Mateo whispered as he folded his napkin and placed it on the table.
****

"Damian?" Mateo smiled as opened the boy's bedroom door. "Are you all right?"
The blond boy turned away from his father, but Mateo entered the room anyway, and sat down on his bed.
"Something happened today." Mateo sighed as he lit a cigarette. "Now, you can either tell me or your mother can pry it out of you. She's mad enough right now that she'll do it too."
The teen's sapphire eyes met his father's. "I met this guy today."
Mateo nodded. It wouldn't be a big deal if his son said what he thought he was going to say. Heck, Mateo had been involved with Taichi for a while.
"Son, there's nothing wrong with-"
"Dad, not that." Damian smiled, sitting up and leaning against the headboard of his bed. "This guy said that he knew mom, and knew about her little secret."
Mateo's eyes narrowed. "What did he look like?"
"I think he was a bishonen, actually. He looked about your age, but he was a lot bigger than you. He had blue eyes, but he had a hat on, so I didn't really notice what color hair he had."
"How was he dressed?"
Damian glared at his father. "T-shirt, jeans and a hat."
Mateo sighed. It most likely wasn't Daniel that confronted the boy, which was a great relief.
"Mattie!" Blue's voice snapped through the intercom that was installed in every room of the gym. "We've got to head over to the convention center in town! There's a gym leader meeting in about a half hour!"
Pressing the button of the intercom, Mateo told Blue that he would be right down, and that Damian was all right. The boy was just tired.
****

"Sorry about earlier." Elspeth smiled as she walked up to the blond, who was standing at the bar. "And congrats about the leader of the year, again."
"Ele, look," Blue, who was obviously already a bit buzzed from her stay at the bar slurred as she pointed at her friend. "just leave me alone.... You'll be the one with all the trophies and awards next year...."
"Pardon," Mateo smiled at Elspeth as he pulled Blue away from the bar. "I'm quite sorry about her Ele. She's a little down because Damian's living up to his name."
The blond gym leader laughed. "I told her to name him something else."
"Let me go." Blue punched Mateo, but to no avail. "I'm not drunk, and I've got to get my award."
As Blue spoke, one of the referees walked up to the president of the IBL and handed him an envelope. The grey haired man opened it, examined the contents, and nodded solemnly as he walked up to the podium.
"Today's championship match was a sight to see, but" He glared over his glasses at Blue, who was leaning against the wall, and had somehow now gotten a hold of a martini, "unfortunately there was a problem with the winner."
The whole crowd gasped at the news, as they knew that Blue would probably throw a fit any time now.
"Damian Taxateur's blood sample today proved that the winner is three quarters bishonen. Therefore, he is not eligible to be a trainer, and he must forfeit the title."
"Bullshit!" Blue screamed as she threw her glass up against the wall. "Damian has every right to compete in this league!"
"Miss Mew, the league states that a bishonen cannot train bishonen or bishoujo. We made an exception almost thirty years ago stating that half bishonen/ half human hybrids were allowed to compete on the urging of the Paletea gym."
"He didn't "evolve" like a bishonen!" Blue smiled as she walked up towards the president. "He doesn't have any special powers either. So tell me, besides telepathic and telekinetic ability, which was apparent in his family for three known generations prior, what part of that makes him a bishonen?"
The crowd was silent as they awaited the president's response. They all knew the answer. It was just pure luck that the kid didn't evolve.
"Miss Mew, you do realize that you have just lost any chance you ever had of winning that coveted title of yours as long as I live? And as for the boy, we'll review the case tomorrow."
"Hypocrite!" Blue spat as she turned and walked out of the room. "If you remove the title from Damian, by God, you'll be out a gym."
****
"Tura? You sure about this?" The fourteen year old Damian screamed to the bishoujo driving the motorbike as he clung to her waist. "I mean, my mom's gonna kill me if I'm not home before her!"
"Just relax babe!" The Maxwell daughter laughed as she raced through the streets of Heighton, the actual major city of the county. Heighton View was the suburb, which suited the needs of the gym much better. "Besides, your mom and my trainer are going to be so drunk when they come home, they won't even notice we're gone!"
"I don't know." Damian whimpered as Hotura pulled the motorbike to a stop near a club that was having a trainer's night, so the kids could get in easily. "I think I should go home."
"You're such a baby." Hotura laughed as she morphed in to her battle attire. "I'll tell Blue that I was helping you learn some of the AC types attacks, so you'll beat that Kate next time."
"Excuse me," Hotura and Damian turned to see the blond bishonen standing behind them. "Are you Hotura Maxwell Yuy and Damian Taxateur?"
The two teens shot each other nervous glances, then looked back at the man. He was smiling.
"I'm Damian, she's Hotura. What do you want?" The boy snapped at the bishie.
The blond smiled. "It's good to finally meet you." He stated, shaking Damian's hand. "I'm Nick, and I used to know your mom." He turned to the bishoujo. "And it's good to see that you're still staying in trouble Hotura."
"How do you know me?" She gave him the patented Yuy death glare, but Nick just smiled as he patted her shoulder.
"I helped to save your ass from Genesis."
Hotura narrowed her eyes and glared at Nick. "So what? You knew me as a chibi. Do you want some sort of award?"
Nick laughed at her comment. "Actually, I'd like to talk to your trainer here."
Both of the kids laughed. "Man, she's just a friend. I only train HV bishoujo."
"Yeah. Damian couldn't control me if he wanted to."
"My mistake." Nick bowed to the bishoujo. "I do need to talk to Damian though, so if you'll excuse us."
Hotura eyed the bishonen suspiciously, but turned and walked away from the two men.
"Congratulations on your victory today kid." Nick smiled as he put his arm around the boy. "You've been training quite hard to do such a wonderful job with bishoujo that you've only had a year."
The teen pulled out a stick of gum and started chewing it. "They let me keep my Hikari and my Ruki from last year, so those girls were pretty strong."
"Are you going to try for the league again?"
"What's the point?" Damian snapped. "If I could train my girls to win in less than a year, what makes you think I couldn't do it again?"
"Good point." Nick stopped walking, then stared down in to the boy's sapphire eyes. "How would you like to make a little money for being a trainer?"
Damian narrowed his eyes. "How so?"
"Well, there are some jobs that you could do for me."
****

"Kitty, I can't believe you lost it like that." Kenji sighed as she and Blue sat at the diner's table eating lunch. "The league's going to seriously think about your eligibility as a gym leader."
"Let them." Blue snapped as she poked at the salad in front of her. "What right do I have in running a gym in a league that won't let hybrids compete? If they keep that ruling against the boy, they'll probably be coming after me next. Brad Owen's been trying to get rid of me since I started my gym."
"I can't believe you're saying that." Shade smiled as she sat down with the other leaders. "I remember how much you put in to getting that gym. Kitty, don't risk losing it over some petty fight between you and President Owen."
"This isn't petty." Blue sighed as she pushed her plate away from her. "I don't want to lose the gym, but that kid won the match. If they would have looked at his charts before, they would have seen that he's not fully human. I wouldn't care if they would have DQed him in the beginning, but to let him go all the way through the championship, then let him accept the award, he should be allowed to keep the title."
"Cut that motherly crap." Elspeth spat as she sat down next to Kenji. "The boy is a good fighter, but he cheats with that psychic ability of his."
"You take that back." Blue growled. "He can't control it that well."
"I won't take it back." Ele glared at Blue. "In fact, I think you might help him battle. We know that jogress evolutions can only happen if you've got a psychic connection with the bishonen. They gain part of the power that you give them. Now, I've never heard of a Hikari that can pull off inferno or of a Umaki that can use psychic attacks. In fact, where the hell did Umaki come from anyway?"
"Umaki is the dark evolution of Yamato after he reverts from KaizerYamato. And Umaki is the first psychic in the digital class."
"So is the kid training a brother of his? Or is it a cousin?"
"Ele, quit." Blue sighed as she stood up. "So what if he's training a relative? I trained Sakaki when I was younger. They'd be considered my cousins." Blue set some money on the table, then pulled her purse on her shoulder. "And Ele, if you didn't want Damian to get to the league, you could have at least not let him win your badge. It would have saved us a lot."
****

"No, I'm not a monster." Blue whispered to her horse, Sky, as she brushed the grey in his stall. "I just need to get the league to see it my way."
"What happened?" PB smiled at the gym leader as she stopped at the stall where Blue stood with the horse.
"I'm losing everything." Blue sighed as she leaned up against the horse's side. "I kind of told the president of the IBL off."
"Well, that wasn't the best thing to do." PB laughed as she patted Sky's nose. "Was it something to do with Damian?"
"Bingo."
"Poor kid." PB sighed as she backed away from the stall. "Well, I've got to go give some lessons. I'll be around if you need to talk."
"Thanks." Blue forced a smile as she watched her former junior walk towards the riding arena. Maybe if she would go talk to her son, he'd make her feel better. After feeding the horse another handful of peppermints, Blue walked out of the stable, heading toward Damian's room.
She stared at all the pictures of the trainers from Heighton and Heighton View that had made it to the IBL championships. Usually, they made it to the top 16, or some even made it to the top four. Kareen was probably the best trainer from the area before Damian- she had made it to the top four six times, and even ended up placing second one year. Now, Kareen was busy with her own family. She stayed in touch with Blue, but it wasn't the same as it had been when the girl was competing for the championships. Kareen's son wanted to train, and had come to the gym to receive a companion bishonen- it was a second level Henry- which proved to be a great playmate for the kid. Oh, how Blue wished that Kareen's son was old enough to compete, then she'd have some hope for the gym in the future championships.
"Damian?" Blue called as she knocked on the door of her son's room. "Can I come in?"
Damian's Mimi and a recently tamed Yolei stopped next to the gym leader.
"Damian's not there Miss Blue." Mimi smiled at the blond.
"Where is he?"
"He and Hotura went to the city last night. Hey!" Yolei glared at Mimi as she rubbed her arm. The strawberry blond had punched the other girl for telling the boy's secret.
"Great." Blue sighed as she opened the door and looked around the room. He had his medals and trophies set along the walls- a constant reminder to anyone who entered the room that the boy was already being considered a master of bishonen. "Did they go back to AC afterwards?"
"I don't know." Mimi whined as she walked in the room. "He said they would be back before midnight, but usually with Hotura, midnight turns in to three in the afternoon the next day."
"Well, want to go to the city?" Blue sighed as she looked over at the Mimi. "If we find him, we'll even go shopping."
"I'm there!" She squealed, but then quickly composed herself. "Can we go to that new Abercrombie or how about that AE? Oh! How about-"
"If you don't shut up, I'll take you to Wal-Mart."
"Sorry Miss Blue." Mimi whispered as she looked down at the ground.