[Cues: jrd. - Beachy]

The Outsider's Insurrection

Indigo Iliad

Chapter 45: Adventures Aboard the St. Anne (Part 1)

Translated Pokémon Speech

Pokédex Entries/Computerized Voices/Flashbacks

Reference to an Accessory in the Games

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(St. Anne, Kanto Sea | April 24th | 11:00a.m.)

Vacation time at last! Crimson boarded the St. Anne with his friends and made sure he was all dressed up in clothes that said that he was here to party it up. An opened Black Alola shirt, a gray tank top with a graphic of a Mega Charizard X, gray camo cargo shorts, a pair of black water shoes, his aviator shades, his fingerless gloves, a Red Logo Cap, his Mega Band, his hidden weights, and to top it all off, a black bandana around his neck. Rusty and and Joe dressed similar with little differences here and there. He was more than excited to board the ship. At the moment, he was being shown his cabin.

"And here you are, sir. The single cabin." The crewman said before giving Crimson the room key.

Crimson went in grinning ear to ear at the luxurious room as he tossed his bag on the bed. He let out his team to check out their new digs for the trip.

"You got a hot tub? Nice…perfect for the ladies." Rhint said smirking.

"Up top!" Crimson said high five his water tank.

"Boys." Morticia thought.

"Crimson, weren't you supposed to activate the upgrade for Rusty and Joe?" Jett reminded.

"Damn, you right. I think to activate it now before we leave Vermilion." Crimson said quickly calling up Rusty telling him to come with Joe to his room right now.

Crimson quickly got out his laptop and opened it up to start setting up the upgrade process with help from Dex Bulma.

"Morticia, be a dear and open the door for Rusty and Joe." Crimson said typing away.

"Sure." Morticia said opening up the door. "I suggest you two come in."

"So, what's with the call?" Joe asked.

"Well, Bill released an upgrade for all of us. It will allow you to access your PC storage from your Pokédex to switch out your Pokémon anywhere without the need for PC." Crimson explained as Joe and Rusty lit up.

"Really?" Rusty said.

"Kick freaking ass! When did it come out?" Joe asked.

"Yesterday. I was going to tell you then, but I held you to ensure the program was set up perfect being the version for our Pokédexes has to be made differently. Ok, it's set." Crimson said. "Command Override: Jack in for upgrade."

"As you command." Dex Stocking and Dex Tashigi said producing the same spider legs to crawl onto the desk and plug into Crimson's laptop.

"How long until it's done?" Joe asked as Crimson plugged in his laptop's charger to the wall.

"About ten minutes." Crimson said. "My Dex will let us know when they are done."

"Well then, let's check out the ship!" Joe said dragging both Rusty and Crimson out of the room. "Specifically, the open deck where all the babes are at."

Crimson returned his team as they left.

"Isn't Sissi enough?" Rusty asked slyly.

"Yes, she is. Doesn't mean I can't appreciative the silver medals." Joe said chuckling. "But I can't wait to see Sissi again."

"Sissi? As in Sissi Delmas?" Crimson asked.

"Yeah...you two know each other?" Joe asked.

"Not exactly." Crimson said with a snort.

"Look, it seems they let the poor onto the ship." A familiar annoying voice said.

"Leanne. How awful it is to see you." Joe said as the Yammato heiress came up. "And your backup dancer and wicked bitch of west is here."

"Watch your tone, Rogers." Sazandora said. "That's Head-"

"The only person who I will ever call that is Verdant. I may dislike her, but I could respect her strength. Now get the fuck out of my way, limp wristed bitch." Joe said walking past them with confidence.

"Honestly, don't you have clas-Oh wait, you don't learn anything there. Your grades are paid for anyway." Rusty said with surprising snark.

"I heard that Pokémon Tech is falling apart without Allison. I'm surprised you can afford this." Crimson said walking past them as well.

They left those three to stew as they made to the deck.

[Cues: MAITRO - Yamcha (ft. Future Kitsune)]

The deck was rather packed with people lounging, getting drinks, or chilling out at the pools. Littered with women and men in their finest swimwear.

"Boys, this is it. The high point." Joe said as they walked in. "Check out the sights."

"Crim-Crim!"

Lindsay came up and Crimson did not have to look to guess that what bikini top she wore, it could barely contain the "girls". Joe was a stammering wreck when she came up, but he was ignored when she dragged Crimson away. Apparently, Lindsay ran into some people from their shared graduating class.

"Old classmates? Oh…that sounds fun." Crimson said showing little emotion.

"Yeah, not all of them are up on deck. You remember them, right?" Lindsay said leaning him to the table.

Sitting there was three more of his graduating class. Owen, Courtney, and Lashawna all looking similar to their counterparts.

"Look who I brought." Lindsay said taking off Crimson's shades.

"Crimson? Jeez, you grown like a weed." LaShawna said with a bit of a snicker. "Looking fine, though."

"Ryūseigan." Courtney said oddly cold.

"Hey man, it's been forever since we've seen each other. How's it been?" Owen said jovially.

"It's been real. Got my fourth badge, running my own gang, pissing off the Rockets." Crimson said taking back his shades. "Forming my trusty team."

"Well I'm glad that you're no longer depressed." Courtney said warming up. "Did you ever found out what happened?"

"I don't even know if they're dead or they disappeared at this point. I'll figure it out when the clues come to me." Crimson remarked.

"Hard to think that the quiet kid's now a snarker." Owen said as he ate another cake slice. "You're almost like a different person."

"Cut the kid some slack, he clawed out a really bad depressive year." LaShawana cut in. "Better he came out of it stronger."

Before Crimson could speak, a slap and a yell got his attention. Crimson looked over to see another classmate, Eva, with Gilbert having a red fingerprint on his face. Crimson got up putting back on the shades and getting in the middle of them.

"Eva, don't waste your energy on this twat." Crimson said taking off his shades and pocketing him.

"Crimson." Eva said as Gilbert said, "You know this asshole?"

"That "asshole" is an old classmate of mine." Eva said grabbing Gilbert by his collar chucking him into a pool. "You know that twat?"

"Sadly, he's from my hometown. He's the mayor's bit-I mean brat son." Crimson said as Eva snorted.

"There you are." Misty said coming up. "I've been looking for you."

Crimson stood a second to appreciate the fact that she was wearing the bikini he brought her before remarking that Lindsay dragged him to catch up with old classmates of his.

"I wanted to ask if you wanted to check out the marketplace with me. Supposedly, they're selling stuff from regions all over." Misty said before noticing Eva. "Who's your friend?"

"Eva Chantry, she's an old classmate of mine from Kassai. She's a part of the graduating class I was a part of. Eva, this is Misty Waterflower, Cerulean City Gym Leader." Crimson said making the introductions. "Eva, please tell my class…that-"

[Music Ends]

"Crimson! The process is complete." Dex Bulma chirp.

"Misty, wait for me. I need to deal with something." Crimson said running off for his room.

With the process complete, he unplugged Joe and Rusty's Dexes off the laptop allow for it to turn off. Crimson was on his way to return them. As for Joe and Rusty, they were at the bar only to unknowingly run into a familiar face.

"Man, I can't believe those Tech assholes are here. School's under investigation and these fuckers want to go vacation!" Joe said as he sipped his drink.

"They want to treat us like crap despite the fact we've come so far." Rusty said.

"Frankly, they're in denial."

Both boys turned to see a shapely woman in a black bikini with a belt for her Poké Balls, light jewelry, black lipstick, shades, and a sunhat.

"Oh, but you two don't recognize your old headmistress?" She said taking off the sun hat revealing her green hair.

"Allison?!" Both stammered.

"Ok, I know Allison was…well kinda hot in a bitchy way, but…fuck!" Joe thought before regaining his composure.

"You with them?" Rusty remarked.

"Actually no. I bet you're wondering what happened to me. Well, I cut a deal with the cops. I gave them the information they needed to investigate the school and I didn't have to face prison time. Of course, my teaching license was shot." Allison mused. "And I made the move to get to move out of Kanto before I could be busted on other things."

"Like the weed?" Rusty asked.

"Or the breeding project?" Joe remarked. "Side note, I want to thank you for ensuring they were released properly or handed to Tree."

"Strangest thing is…I never could find Nigiri. She ran off and I was hoping to take her with me." Allison said as Joe explained what happened to her. "Oh…is that so? Charm is going to hurt you so bad. You have her on party."

"He'll be able to swap out with a simple command." Crimson said handing Rusty and Joe their Dexes back. "Upgrade's done and I added voice control as well. By the way, fine-tuned Stocking so she isn't an asshole."

"Man, you can't fix perfection, bitch!" Dex Stocking snapped.

"Oh…well guess I'll deal with that later." Crimson said walking away with Misty.

"Voice control, eh? Ok. Tashigi, swap Yanlin for Midori." Rusty said as his Dex chirped. "Yes, I authorized."

With a flash, Yanlin's ball was replaced with Midori's.

"Well, this is going to make travel…so much easier." Rusty said excitedly before swapping them back.

"Stocking, swap out Sahara for Nigiri." Joe said as the Heavy Ball in his belt was replaced with a Love Ball.

He sent out Nigiri who recognized Allison right away.

"Allison!" Nigiri said hugging her.

"Easy, Nigiri. You're cold to touch…you'll harden my…" Allison said before shoving Nigiri off her chest. "Charm, come on out."

Out came Charm, who upon seeing her baby girl all grown up, was teary-eyed hugging her daughter. Joe was just happy for the reunion, but Charm punched him in the face.

"What the hell was that for?!" Joe asked.

"For perverting my daughter. I have no idea what she sees in you!" Charm said angrily.

"But moomm, I haven't even fucked him yet." Nigiri whined.

"I need liquor." Joe mumbled.

"Sorry, no booze until 2 in the afternoon." The bartender said sympathetically. "But…I'll give you this beer. My Medicham just told me what they said, that's rough buddy."

-o-

Out on the open desk, Jessie and James were out on pool chair overlooking the oceans as the ship was leaving port. Their Pokémon all sitting around them. Arbok was napping in Jessie's lap.

"The perfect weather for my new bikini." Jessie said sipping her drink. "Wish we didn't have to wait until 2 for alcohol."

"A small but reasonable rule." James said as Koffing floated about. "I'm just fine with being on the St. Anne."

"You mind more company?" Turbine said coming up.

"Turbine? What are you doing here? We…you…Team Rocket declared you, Midori, and your partner dead." Jessie stammered out.

"Yeah, no. Midori's the only one that's dead. We're both alive and well…we just left Team Rocket." Turbine said slipping off the thin short robe to reveal a dark blue bikini and a new tattoo of a black dragon on her back going up to her left shoulder. "And joined a new team."

"Joined the twerp's little power rangers?" Jessie said before giggling.

"I did." Turbine said taking a seat. "Let's just say, Midori made the mistake of being an asshole one too many times. Crimson spared our lives after he handed Midori over to the cops, and we gladly joined him."

Turbine's Pidgeot flew over perched on the end of the chair.

"Having fun in the scouts, hun?" Meowth snarked.

"We are. For one, we're not limited to certain types of Pokémon and I can get access to materials with a simple request." Turbine snarked. "I'm a lot more confident in my Pokémon, and I'm certain I can beat you now."

Her Mangeton and Tentacruel came up as Turbine rubbed Tentacruel's head.

"Oh? You think you could take me on, Turbine?" Jessie snarked. "Well…maybe later."

-o-

[Cues: Jumpstart – Kabul Flight]

Crimson and Misty walked along the marketplace area of the ship taking in the sights of it. It was just like in Sepia, but a bit more organized.

"Crimson?" Paintora remarked.

"Paintora? How?" Crimon asked.

"I won a ticket to the St. Anne in a card game and I got lucky enough that they accepted me as a vendor. Now I will travel with the ship and get to sell my wares here in comfort." Paintora explained. "And it's all thanks to you. I took out a huge bet that you'd beat Surge. Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome." Crimson said as Misty was looking through the wares.

"Damn it!" A voice squealed out.

"May?" Crimson thought turning to see the soon to be Hoenn protagonist near a carnival game stand.

May was trying to beat a milk bottle game, and Crimson had a feeling it was rigged from the look of the guy running it. Crimson walked up and paid for a chance.

"Oi, I'll play in her stead." Crimson remarked as May looked up at him.

Crimson took a few steps back honing aura into arm causing a light glow on his veins. He took aim and throw it hard enough for leave a dent in the clearly metal milk bottles.

"I'm pretty sure that's metal. I could rat you out, but I think letting me and the lady leave with a prize is pleasing enough, isn't it?" Crimson said glaring at the operator who smartly agreed.

"I want the stuffed Cynaquil doll." May said as the operator handed it over.

"I'll take the stuffed Pikachu doll." Crimson said taking it to put in his bag.

As the two walked away, May asked if he was a trainer.

"Yes, I'm from Pallet Town of Kanto. Name's Crimson Ryūseigan." Crimson said asking for her name in turn.

"May Maple. I'm from Olivine City, Johto." May said walking along with him. "But I may as well call myself form Hoenn if my dad succeeds in getting his dream job in Hoenn."

They chatted a bit.

"So, they're using the cruise as a way to get to Hoenn in style. Well played, Norman. Though I'm pleasantly surprised to sense aura in May." Crimson thought.

"I'm sort of excited that we're moving, but kind of nervous." May admitted.

"Hoenn's mostly sea and sun, so at long as you're good with swimming, you're just fine." Crimson said.

"Well, I'm a Triathlete actually. Biking, swimming, and running all the way." May explained. "Though, I do want to see the world. Guess I'll just be a trainer."

A closer look had Crimson realized she was forming a fit and firm body.

"May, do take being a trainer with a bit more respect. People warred for the right. Plus, your Pokémon will rely on you to take them seriously and raise them right." Crimson said firmly hoping to shoot down that little character flaw of May's early.

"You sound like my brother. Only not as smarmy and smug." May said with understanding. "Though…at least you've got a way of not sounding like an ass about it. Speaking of…you're a Triathlete too?"

May had her eye on him with interest.

"No, I double as many things: a traveling martial artist, swordsman, biker, gang leader, heir, and so on." Crimson remarked. "Hard to believe when I've only started my journey three weeks ago. A lot has happened."

"Martial artist? You the real deal?" May said with a raised eyebrow.

"To prove it, I'd have to do more than just physical feats as martial arts is a mental thing as well with discipline and control." Crimson said as May dryly rolled her eyes still amused.

"Ok, so maybe you're the rea-"

May was cut off by Crimson judo flipping some schlub who decided to try his hand on pickpocketing May. Crimson's foot was on his head and Daimonji at his neck.

"Never mind, you are the real deal." May said as the thief winced.

Security came and promptly dragged the thief away as Crimson sheathed Daimonji.

"May, there you are." Caroline said coming up with her folks. "Thank you, mister, for preventing that pickpocket from robbing her. I'm Caroline and this is Norman and Max."

"Crimson." He said as Norman was looking over.

"Whoa, that was so cool! Can you use really use that sword?" Max said starry eyed.

"Full blown." Crimson said kindly. "Pleasure to meet you all, but I need to catch up with the friend I came with. We'll meet again."

The moment the family turned their heads and back, Crimson was gone.

"Did he just pull a Batman on us?" Max said stunned.

May swooned remarked he really was the real deal and Norman groaned.

Crimson rejoined Misty and did some shopping for clothes from Galar and Alola. Crimson even managed to access the Galar set of TMs. And while he could not get TRs, he drooled at what he did get. The elemental fang and punch moves were going to be a real way to give a nice surprise, Crimson thought.

-o-

(Hours Later)

Dinnertime came and the groups were all eating with the mood rather jovial as Crimson caught up with his old classmate learning what the others were up to. No surprise, that Courtney ended up in the law field. However, he was surprised to hear she was a junior member of the International Police. As for Eva, she was training to be a fighting-type specialist.

"So, Heather? I hear that you're playing backup dancer." Courtney said smugly.

"Piss off." Heather hissed.

The evening entertainment was a magician…who Crimson recognized.

"Melvin. Seriously, this guy!" Crimson thought as Melvin's act stunk.

"Man, this sucks." Thugnificent said annoyed. "Luxury liner, and we get this joke for a performance."

"Wait, Thugificent?" Crimson said looking over.

"Crimson? Shit, small world." Leonard said.

"You friends with the Lethal Injection crew?" LaShawna said ecstatic. "I'm a huge fan!"

Before could speak, Gilbert shout out, "Do us all the greatest act and disappear!"

That could him a few laughs as Melvin looked like he wanted to break down. Crimson groaned. And then Melvin called him up to the stage as a volunteer for Hypnosis after Melvin failed to hypnotize Gilbert. Crimson came up.

"Look Melvin, it's not going to work. I'm well experienced with it thanks to my parents. At this point, you'd think a power psychic to get into my head. Besides, your technique is all sloppy." Crimson explained. "But I can help you and your Exeggutor!"

"Really?!" Melvin said excitedly.

"Sure, anything to save this trainwreck! Morticia, lady of the night, will assist." Crimson said producing her ball as it opened seeping out a blast mass to the ground before the Gengar rose in all her glory.

The entrance got a few claps as Crimson donned a spare magician's overcoat.

"The key to hypnosis is a matter of willpower. When a Pokémon or a person tries to use it, you're a lulling a suggestion that overrides what they normally should do. If you got no confidence, it's barely going to work. Allow me to show you two." Crimson said before addressing the crowd. "Let's get Gilbert to come back on the stage, unless he's too insecure about it. Heaven forbid, he acts like a little twat after we battled the last time!"

"Fuck off!" Gilbert said downing a glass a wine before storming up there. "I doubt you could do better than tubby over there."

Morticia wasted no time catching him with her gaze as she triggered Hypnosis as Crimson swung the pendulum.

"You have stepped into my space, and you are under my employ." Crimson said cryptically.

"I…I am under your employ." Gilbert said as his eye had a hazy look to them.

"Now, let's test it. Do your best impression of a Magikarp." Crimson said before snapping his fingers.

Gilbert was on the ground flopping pitifully as the crowd started to laugh at the sight.

"You make it look so easy." Melvin said as Crimson put a hand on his shoulder.

"It wasn't all that easy. Just good sync with your Pokémon…and a bit of mental honing. Of course, maybe Hypnosis isn't your thing." Crimson said turning. "Now Gilbert, you'll wake up with no memory of being hypnotized and the urge to tap dance out of the room."

SNAP! Gilbert's eyes returned to normal as he rolled his eyes at Crimson saying that he could not be hypnotized. Then, Gilbert tap danced right out of the room like it was normal. Crimson bowed and departed as the crowd cheered.

(A/N: No team updates this time. Not for this arc, because it's best to keep you all in the dark. Now, the St. Anne is on the sea, and there are plenty of characters and cameos to make. How many chapters will this arc be? Well, possibly 4-5 chapters. The plan for the ship to make stops at Two, Four, Five, Six, and Seven Island before Hina Island. There's potential for cameos, fun, lemons, and love on this ship! So, let's sail!)