A Hello12 Original Story
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DAKOTA.
Dakota and Enzo where in the middle of a heated battle during the finales of the Hoenn Pokémon Academy Fall Quarter Midterm Exams tournament. Dakota and Enzo had been competing in very fierce and challenging battles that week and have done well. The Midterm Exams where a tournament held during the middle of a semester that pitted students against each other.
This year was a battle tournament. Well, they were always battle tournaments. The winner of the midterm exams, not only gets an A+ grade, but they also win a prize or a trophy. The tournament was filled, and Dakota and Enzo were standing on the battlefield, with millions of eyes watching them. The crowd was loud and pumped, wanting to see how the battle was going to turn out.
Dakota was using her partner Pokémon Magmar. Magmar and Dakota had been together for a while now. Magmar was a little bit of a showboat, who liked to pop out of its Pokeball from time to time. Magmar was clearly having the advantage against the tiny Vulpix who it was battling up against.
"Magmar, mar, mar." Magmar flexes his muscles. He was loving the attention that the people in the crowd were giving him, so much so that he was ignoring the battle that was going on. "Magmar, mar, mar."
"Looks like Magmar is counting its showboating ways." Cassius narrated, while both he and his co-host Bridgette where sitting up in a box nearby, watching and narrating the tournament that was going on.
Dakota was getting fed up with Magmar's showboating ways, that it caused her to facepalm. "Magmar, stop showing off, and use Fire Punch!" She shouted while stomping her foot on the ground.
"Mar." Magmar was disappointed that Dakota wanted him to use an attack. He just wanted to continue to show off, but since he was doing it for his trainer, he thought that battling would be the least that he could do. "Mar." Magmar's right fist becomes surrounded in flames and starts charging towards Vulpix.
Enzo was in battle mode and so was Vulpix. Enzo knew that his Vulpix was a little shy but knew that Vulpix could do it. "Come on Vulpix, hurry up and use an attack so we can win this!" He shouted, which scared the fire type Pokémon.
"Pix, pix." Vulpix was a little nervous, because of the shouting that the boy was doing. Vulpix began shaking but shook its head in a hurry. Vulpix begins running and kicks sand, which hits Magmar in the eye.
"Mar, mar." The sand that came in Magmar's eyes started to cause the Pokémon eyes to sting. Vulpix and Enzo both knew that this was a great opportunity to try and finish Magmar off.
"Now, Vulpix finish it off with Tackle."
Dakota began thinking. She had to do something fast, to win this battle. She wanted to win this tournament, to keep up her perfect record for always getting all A's. She looked at Vulpix and knew that it was time to take an opportunity to attack. "Magmar use Fire Punch!"
Magmar tries its best to open his eyes. Magmar's right fist becomes surrounded in flames and it runs towards Vulpix. Magmar punches Vulpix in the face, sending the Pokémon flying back.
"Pix, pix, pix." Vulpix's eyes turned into swirls and were unable to battle.
"Vulpix is unable to battle. Victory goes to Magmar, which means that the winner of the Midterm Exam Tournament is Dakota Moore!" The female referee judged, which caused everyone to cheer loudly.
Dakota smiled. She couldn't believe that she was the winner of the tournament. "I did it…I did it!" She began crying. Magmar ran up to Dakota and hugged her. They both began smiling.
"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
part one
Written by: Hello 12, pokegabert, and Deutschland1871
Edited by: Hello 12 and Deutschland1871
Starring:
Classic Gone Retro as Anderson Myan
Deutschland1871 as Ross Huot
Golem2.76 as Josh Smith
Mara the Wolf as Misaki Akane
Musicromo as Enzo Walker
R3dLuv3Singin as Khuzaimah "Khu" Minami
SniperSnip1000 as Quinten Lee Valora
WaqueKoala 2.0 as Grace Johnson
n00bsleyr as Dakota Moore
pokegabert as Chroma Aether-Ore
Guest Starring:
Game Freak / n00bsleyr as Norman
n00bsleyr as Mary Moore
Game Freak as Gladion
Game Freak as Lillie
Game Freak as Lusamine
Golem2.76 as Jeanne Smith
CHROMA.
The bell had just rung signaling the end of the day and Chroma was already nervous. He wanted to bring Misaki to his family's Thanksgiving and he knew that his aunt, Lusamine did not approve of Misaki one bit. Chroma sighed and collected his things. He threw the chemistry book into his bag and slung it over his shoulder.
Misaki approached Chroma. "Hey Chroma, do you have any plans for your break?" Misaki asked. Misaki had been feeling a lot better since she started going to see a therapist regularly. She just got back from an appointment. Though the girl was a little disappointed with her results during the Midterm Exam Tournament.
Chroma thought for a moment. Other than Thanksgiving with his family, he didn't have any other plans, well none that he could think of right away because he had a lot going on with him recently. "Not particularly why?"
Misaki thought about it for a second but knew that she wanted to ask. "Well, I was wondering if I could come over and meet your family if that's alright." Misaki requested. Even though both she and Chroma had been dating for a long time, she had never meant any of Chroma's other family members.
Chroma was on the fence, on one hand, he didn't want to disappoint Misaki, who had been asking to meet his family since Halloween. On the other hand, he knows his aunt doesn't like Misaki. Chroma quickly made up his mind. "I suppose you could if you really want to." Despite Chroma making up his mind quickly, he didn't know if it was going to be a good idea since Thanksgiving was supposed to be about bringing people together.
Misaki was elated. "Okay, when should I be there?" Misaki was a no-nonsense person and wanted things to come straight to the point, so that was why she didn't waste any time asking Chroma about when she should be there.
Chroma was still a little hesitant, even though he had agreed to let her come to his Thanksgiving dinner. "Whenever you want to, just give me some advanced warning. I wouldn't want to intrude on your Thanksgiving." Chroma said. "And, don't you think it would be better if we did some more training? We did both lose the Midterm Exam Battle Tournament, after all…"
Misaki shrugged, "Nah, we don't have anything too special planned for it. Besides, I made it to the top four and you made it to the top eight of the tournament, I feel like we did well." She kissed her boyfriend on the cheek and walked away slowly. Both Chroma, on the other hand, became confused, not knowing what he should do, or how he should handle this conflict.
JOSH.
Josh sees Ross standing by the locker with a sad look on His face. Josh sighed, not knowing how to react, or what to do. It had been about three weeks since the tragic death of Ross' sister Natalie. With Thanksgiving coming up, Josh knew that Ross was going to be lonely since he had no one else and had been thinking about inviting him over for Thanksgiving.
"Hey, bud!" Josh said. Josh walks up to his friend and pats him on the back. But you could tell by the look on his face, that Ross didn't want to be bothered with. Josh swallowed his spit and wanted to break the awkwardness. "So, the midterm exams…. I'm kind of bummed that I only made it to the Top 8th, but that Eric fellow...he's pretty strong."
Ross didn't say anything and just ignored his friend.
Josh sighed again and tugged on the collar of his shirt. "So, I can't believe that you were the first person out...I mean, I know Audino doesn't have any offensive moves...but I figured that someone like you could beat a simple little Magikarp…"
Ross didn't say anything.
"So... okay...I'm going to go." Josh slowly turned around. Ross was acting very awkward, and although Josh knew why Ross was acting like that, it was still very weird for the boy to try and talk to his friend.
"ERIC CHILTON will you please report to the Principal Birch's office," Anderson said over the intercom, as the bell rings.
CHROMA.
With the tournament taking over half of the day, the students all each only had four classes left. The Tournament wasn't the only special thing about today, but another special thing about Today was the fact that it was the last day before the students went on an extended five-day vacation for Thanksgiving break
One of the classes that Chroma had that day was Lunch. Both Chroma and his friend Quinten where in the school's cafeteria, carrying their red lunch trays which were filled with Pizza. Chroma had been spending the day thinking about what he was going to do about the situation between his girlfriend and Misaki.
"Dude, I don't know what do to do." Chroma said. Both Chroma and Quinten find the usual lunch table that they sit at and they both sit down. Chroma takes in a huge deep breathe, while Quinten takes a bite of his shiny red apple.
"Your aunt Lusamine still doesn't like Misaki?" Quinten asked. The two friends have talked about this same situation before, so he wasn't surprised that Chroma had brought it up again.
"Yes, and it's driving me nuts. Misaki wants to meet her, and I don't know what to do…"
Quinten raises up his right eyebrow. "Well...didn't your auntie, abuse her children mentally and physically and try to summon an Ultra Beast, fused with an Ultra Beast and talked crap about her daughter? So how is she going to have any sort of problems with Misaki, when she did all of that?" You could clearly tell that both Chroma and Quinten were super close and had told each other a lot about everything
"Yes. But she's changed now. Her obsession with the Ultra Beast is gone now." Chroma explained, trying to defend his auntie. "But I just wanna her to see that Misaki is a great girl...even though she reminds me of Weiss from RWBY and could act like an ice princess sometimes." Chroma shrugged. He takes a bite of his cheese pizza.
"Well...maybe you should try bringing out Gray, to try and help you…" Quinten explained.
"Your friend has a point," Gray whispered into Chrome's subconscious. Gray wanted to come out, but Chroma was going to do everything in his power to make sure that his other personality wouldn't do that.
"No! I won't let you come out!" Chroma shouted to himself. But the way that he was talking to himself, made it seem like Chroma had been talking to himself, which caused Quinten to kind of freak out a little bit.
"Bummer." A disappointed Quinten replied. "I like Gray, he's better than boring Chroma."
"Hey!" Chrome's eyes turned red, as he glared at Quinten.
"Sorry man. It was a joke." Quinten shrugged. "Anywho, you gotta do something about Lusamine and Misaki, or else it could ruin your relationship with both." Quinten takes a bite of his pizza, while Chroma stood there and began thinking.
JOSH.
The bell had rung for the last time of that day. Ross was still silent and had hardly spoken a word in the past month. Josh was starting to get very concerned. Josh met Ross near his locker.
"Hey, Ross."
Ross said nothing and continued to stare at the photo of Natalie in his locker while grabbing some things. "So, do you have any plans for the break?" Josh knew it was tacky, but he was running out of ideas.
Ross sighed. "No. I've got nobody except Audino."
Josh got confused. "What about your parents. Aren't they around?"
Ross got even more upset as the memories flew in. "I guess I never told anyone. No, they aren't around, not anymore. Mom died giving birth to Natalie…". Ross trailed of at the mention of his mom and sister. Fresh tears started rolling down his face.
Josh immediately regretted bringing the subject up. "I'm sorry, I didn't know."
Ross shook his head. "No, you couldn't have known. Besides I needed to tell someone anyway. Yeah, they're both gone. Dad abandoned me… us after Mom died. I have no clue where he is or even if he's still alive."
Josh was shocked. Ross had never told anyone before. "I'm sorry for your loss."
Ross nodded and began staring at Natalie again. He caressed the picture repeatedly, almost as if he was trying to bring her out of the photo. Josh was deep in thought.
Ross closed his locker and turned to walk away, but Josh stopped him. "Hey, maybe you could come over. I'm sure you've been lonely and all."
Ross stopped. "I don't know. I won't want to be a burden."
"Come on. It'll be fine. You need help with everything. It'll be a good time and all." They went back and forth before Ross finally conceded. "Alright, I guess I can come."
DAKOTA.
Dakota walked into her classroom, holding a three-foot, golden trophy with a Pokeball on it. Dakota was giddy with excitement after winning the tournament, and her friends were waiting for her in the classroom to congratulate her. Dakota walks up to Quinten, Anderson, and Grace who were standing there with smiles on their faces and being happy to see their friend standing there.
Grace walks up to her friend, hugs her and the two girls start laughing. "I can't believe you won the tournament!" Grace shouted. Her shouting was so loud, that it almost sounded like screaming.
"I know, girl. I couldn't believe it either. At first, I was so nervous. But when Magmar got hit with that sand attack, it gave me an idea and I took the opportunity to come with a win." She shrugged it off. Despite winning, she was glad for it to be over because coming up with so many strategies got super annoying for her.
The boys looked at the girls were just giggling and jumping around. "Dakota sure is excited," Anderson said while he chuckled a little bit.
"Why wouldn't she be?" Grace's boyfriend Quinten commented. He walked over towards his girlfriend and wrapped his arms around her, which she enjoyed very much. "The midterm exams are a big deal and are like 50% of our grades."
"Besides, with Thanksgiving coming up, it'll give me and my family something to talk about during dinner," Dakota said. She was thrilled about Thanksgiving, which was in two days. But the thing she was most excited about was the fact that her best friend, and girl who she had a crush on Grace Johnson, was going to be there.
Grace lets go of Quinten and walk over towards her friend and look into her eyes. "I'm sure, we'll have plenty to talk about." Grace blushed.
Dakota blushed back. A moment between the two girls was clearly going on, and the rest of the group was not so smart to notice this going on, except for Anderson who could clearly sense something going on between the two girls. The bell ends up ringing, while Anderson looks at the two girls who were looking at each other.
CHROMA.
Chroma returned from school to the smell of turkey slowly cooking in a pot. Chroma took a big whiff of the delicious scent and walked over to the kitchen to see Lusamine preparing some food to be put in the fridge which would be saved until Thanksgiving. "Hey, Auntie."
Lusamine looked up from the vegetables she was chopping.
"Oh, hey Chroma, how was school?" She asked.
"It went well enough I suppose. There was a Midterm Exam Tournament, and I came in eighth place." Chroma responded slightly disinterested. Even though the tournament was a few hours ago, he was still disappointed that he didn't win. But at the same time, he didn't care. He just wanted to do whatever it takes, to avoid bringing up the Phanpy in the room, and that was bringing up the fact that his girlfriend was going to be coming to his Thanksgiving dinner.
"That's good honey," Lusamine said. "Eight places aren't all too bad." She didn't think that Chroma did too bad at all for the Midterm Exams, in fact, she thought that he did excellent.
Chroma sighed and prepared himself for the storm he was about to unleash. Chroma didn't wanna waste any time and knew that it was time to finally tell her about his girlfriend coming to dinner. "Auntie, is it okay if Misaki comes over after Thanksgiving. She's been wanted to meet everyone for a while now."
"You're still with her? I told you that you deserve better than that drug addicted, Elsa wannabe." Lusamine went on a small tirade about why Misaki wasn't good enough until Chroma interrupted her. She clearly wasn't going to warm up to Misaki anytime soon, and no one was ever going to stop that.
Chroma sweatdrops. He was getting a little fed up with his aunt's hatred for his girlfriend, and since he was in love with Misaki wasn't going stop her. "Listen, Auntie, I know you don't like her, but you haven't even met her! What happened to not judge someone until you met them?" Chroma fires back. He thought that it was very ironic that she was judging her, after everything that she had done.
Lusamine was stumped, so she conceded. She realized that her nephew had a point, so knew that the least that she could do was to at least try and compromise. "Okay, I will wait until I meet her to judge her, but that doesn't mean that I will accept her yet!"
Chroma smiles. He was happy to see his aunt at least make some sort of effort to come and try to make her relationship with his girlfriend a good one. "Thank you so much, Auntie, it means a lot to me." Chroma walks up towards his aunt and hugs her.
JOSH.
Josh and Ross walked into Josh's house. It took a lot of convincing, but he was finally able to get his friend to agree to spend time at his family's house for the weekend. "Make yourself at home," Josh said as he took his shoes off and walked over towards his couch and sat down. Josh grabbed the remote and turned the television on. Josh decided to watch some television it. BET was Josh's favorite channel to watch because some of his favorite television shows were on the channel.
As Josh was starting to get comfortable, Josh reaches into his pocket and grabbed his four Pokeballs, of the four Pokemon that he always carried on him. Josh made the Pokeballs bigger and threw them up into the air. "Come on out, everyone!" The Pokemon come out of the Pokeballs, each one with a happy look on their face, tired of being cooped up in a ball all day.
"Murkrow!"
"Electrike!"
"Chop, Machamp!"
"Escavalier!"
The Four Pokemon all had smiles on their faces and walked away to do their own respective things. Josh sat down and grabbed his bowl full of chips, and began eating his chips one by one, while Ross was standing there, not having a clue on what he should do next. "I guess, I'm going to go get something to drink," Ross said. Ross walks into the kitchen and opens the refrigerator.
"Josh, mom said-" Jeanne Smith walked down the hallway and into the living room. But she stopped herself when she did a turn and looked at Ross. She smiled when she saw Ross because she had a crush on him. "Well, well, well...if it isn't Ross Huot," Jeanne said. She shuts the refrigerator and looks at the boy, who had a sad look on his face.
As soon as Ross looks at Jeanne, Ross smiled. He looked at her and thought that she looked good. "Well, Hello Jeanne. You've grown up quite a bit."
"That's the power of growing up." They both laugh and blushed.
Josh peaked from around the corner and glared at the two. He knew that he had to break them up because he knew what kind of guy Ross was, and didn't want his sister anywhere near him. "Okay, the party is over."
"If you want to have a conversation, meet me in my room." Jeanne winked.
Ross smiled, and looked at her, while she was walking away. Josh noticed this little detail and waves his hand in Ross' face. "Earth to Ross!" Josh called out but was clearly distracted.
"I'm going to go the restroom, I'll be right back," Ross replied, completely ignoring his friend right then and there. Ross was lying though, he wasn't going to the bathroom, he was going to spend some alone time, with Josh's sister. Josh knew what was up and sighed.
DAKOTA.
Dakota walks down the hallway, with a wide smile on her face. Since it was the last day of school before the three-day Thanksgiving break, she couldn't wait for school to be over, so she could have some time to herself, along with spending it with the girl that she had a crush on. "Today is so perfect." She said to herself.
She walks up to her locker and opens it. While she was doing that Anderson walks up to the girl. Something had been bothering him that day, and it was mostly the fact that he had witnessed an obvious romantic moment between Grace and Dakota. "We need to talk."
A startled Dakota ends up jumping. "What the hell?" She asked. She turned around and looked at her friend Anderson. The more Anderson came closer towards her, the more the scent of him became increasingly bad. "And you stink! You smell like smoke." She plugs her nose because she didn't want to smell that smell.
"We don't have time to talk about that," Anderson replied. Anderson puts his hands-on Dakota's shoulders. "We need to talk about the obvious flirting going on between you and Grace."
Dakota swallowed her spit. She didn't think that she was going to get found out so quickly. "I don't know what you're talking about…" She replied, trying to play it off, and act like nothing was going on. She shuts her locker and begins walking down the hallways. The young boy followed her.
"Come on. It's so obvious. You have a crush on Grace, and I wanna know the details about it." Anderson replied. He decided to get in front of her, so that way she would have to talk to him.
She rolls her eyes, finally giving in. "Alright. I'll tell you. I have a crush on Grace. Are you happy now?" Dakota does a swerve and begins walking, he started walking too. But he wanted to find out more information about the little crush that she had.
"Of course. But what are you going to do? She's dating your ex-boyfriend."
"I don't know, and frankly, I don't care. All I care about is Thanksgiving. You do know that Thanksgiving is in like two days, right?" Dakota asked Anderson.
"Yes, I do know. But do you know what you're going to do? Because, I'm pretty sure that you're going to have one hell of a Thanksgiving dinner, and it's going to be quite the show." Anderson pats her on the back. He turns around and begins walking, leaving Dakota there to think about what she was going to be doing next.
JOSH.
Josh wanted to go check up on his Ross. "Ross has been in the bathroom for a really long time," Josh said, tapping his foot while sitting on the couch. Josh couldn't handle it anymore and decided to go check up on his friend. Josh gets up and starts walking down the hallway. He hears a strange noise, coming from Jeanne's room, and he walks into her room.
Josh was horrified. He saw his sister, Jeanne, making out with his best friend Ross. That made him angry. "Get off her!" He shouted, which caused the pair to stop making out. Josh ruined their fun time, and it made both angry. "I said get out!" Josh dashes and grabs his friend Ross by the collar. He throws Ross out of the room and slams Jeanne's door.
Josh puts his hand on his hip and glares at the girl. "What in the hell do you think that you're doing?" He shouted. Both Ross and Jeanne had never seen Josh get so angry, so this was something that they weren't expecting.
"Nothing," Jeanne said. Jeanne gets up and walks over towards the chair and sits down. She begins putting her shoes on. In her mind, she felt like she did nothing wrong, which was the opposite of how Josh felt.
"Nothing!" Josh said. "You're up here making out with my best friend. You're a teenage girl. You shouldn't be doing these things."
"You can't tell me what to do and, frankly, I'm not listening to you." Jeanne grabs her purse and glares at her brother. She ends up rudely, bumping into him and walks away. Josh stood there angry at both his friend and sister, thinking that it was time for Ross to go.
DAKOTA.
Dakota walks into her house. School was now over with, and the girl couldn't wait to spend some time with her father, mother and best friend. As soon as she walked into her house, however, she saw her mother talking to her best friend, and the two of them were giggling and smiling. "What is going on here?" A confused girl asked. She was starting to feel a little jealous seeing them together. They looked closely.
"Oh, hey, girl. I was just telling your mother about the dumb things that Quinten likes to say." Grace said.
"Men, there stupid. But that's why we love them."
Grace and Mary tackle their glasses together, and both girls take a sip while they continued to laugh like crazy. Dakota didn't like seeing them being all chummy with one another, and it made the girl angry.
"Mom, shouldn't you be preparing for Thanksgiving? It's like in two days." The jealous girl reminded her mother.
"Calm down Dakota. Grab a wine glass, and let's drink some orange juice and talk. I have two whole days to prepare for Thanksgiving dinner." Mary takes another sip of the orange juice that was in her cup, but Dakota just glared at her mother.
"I'm just going to go up to my room." Dakota was angry, and she rushed towards her room, which left both Grace and Mary confused on what was going on.
"What's up with her?" Mary asked.
Grace shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe she's on her period." Mary found that funny and so did Grace. The two newly chummy friends just sat there and laughed.
CHROMA.
Judgement Day had come for Chroma. He sat on the living room couch anxiously and hoped for everything to go well. Best case scenario Lusamine and Misaki hit it off and Lusamine's bad feelings disappear and become a thing of the past. Worst case scenario Lusamine holds her views on Misaki being and doesn't let Chroma date her. However, Chroma shook those thoughts of his head. Everything will be fine he told himself. He was certain that Lusamine would put aside her prejudices and learn that Misaki wasn't as bad the rumor mill put her out to be.
The doorbell rang, and Chroma got up from the couch to get it, but Lusamine was there first. "Oh, Misaki! How nice to see you? Chroma's told us you were coming today. Come in and make yourself at home!" Lusamine seemed sincere to Misaki, but a Chroma knew better. Those words were forced, but Chroma was glad that his auntie was at least trying to act nice
"Hey Misaki, it's nice to see you! You look beautiful today." Chroma complemented.
Misaki blushed. To be truthful she had spent much of yesterday evening carefully planning her outfit to make a good first impression. "Thank you, Chroma!"
After that, the atmosphere grew a little awkward as Lusamine overlooked them both. Thankfully Chroma was saved by a timer in the kitchen going off. "That must be the turkey!" Lusamine quickly left the room leaving the room, but not before giving Chroma a look that said 'Don't do anything non-PG'
Chroma sweat-dropped a little, but quickly composed himself. "So how was the ride?" Chroma tried making small talk. This seemed to loosen Misaki up a little and she walked with her crutches to the couch and set them to the side before quickly sitting down. "It wasn't completely terrible. My leg is still incredibly itchy, and it drove me up the wall, but I can manage."
"I'm sure. Is there anything I can get you?" Chroma asked.
"No, I just want to spend time with you Chroma." Misaki leaned against Chroma. Chroma blushed a little but shook it off and wrapped his arm around her. Both teens sat there for a while Lusamine was finishing the meal.
However, Lusamine was silently watching from the kitchen and the site warmed her heart. Maybe she was wrong about Misaki? Even Grey was silent through the whole scene. He decided to let Chroma have his moment with Misaki.
DAKOTA.
The next morning had arrived and there was now only one more day until Thanksgiving was finally here. Dakota had calmed down and decided to try and forgive both her mother and Grace for the bond that they were starting to share, which she didn't like. Dakota walks down the stairs, still feeling a little tired.
Dakota yawns. She was ready to help her mother, and begin the start of their annual Thanksgiving dinner, by first preparing the food and cooking it. Dakota turns down the hallway and walks into the kitchen. But as soon as she stepped foot into the kitchen, she witnessed something shocking.
The kitchen had been piled up with food, and Grace along with Mary and her father had been preparing the cooking. Each one of them was doing a various task. Norman was on the phone and was holding a bowl in his right hand while twirling a whisk in his other hand, Grace was seasoning the turkey, and Mary was cutting up some vegetables.
Dakota didn't like seeing this, and the anger that she was having, only increased more and more. Dakota felt completely replaced. This didn't seem like her family anymore. Grace was doing everything that she had usually been doing, and she didn't like it one bit. "What is this?" She asked. Her eyes were starting to turn red because she was getting ready to cry.
Everyone turned to look at Dakota. They were happy to see her, especially Dakota's parents. "Oh, hey honey. How would you like to come and help?" Norman asked. Norman was Dakota's father and the Petalburg City Gym Leader. Helping the three humans out there Norman's Pokémon, Slakoth, Slaking, and Vigoroth.
"Slak, slak!"
"Vigo, vigo!"
"Slaking, king, king!"
"Suck an egg…" Dakota shakes her head and she walks upstairs. She was angry, and no one could really figure out why she was acting like that. But her mother Mary could sense that something was going on with her daughter, due to her intuition, and decided to go and check up on her.
"What's going on with her?" Norman asked.
"I'll go talk to her." Mary chases after her daughter.
JOSH.
Josh stormed downstairs, with Ross' belongings in his hands. He gave it some thought and knew that it would be best for his best friend to leave. Ross was sitting on a chair, next to the kitchen counter, eating a bowl of Chocolate Frosted Flakes. Seeing Ross eating a bowl of cereal, didn't resonate well with the dude, and it made him angrier. "I want you out of my house."
"Why?" Ross asked, raising his eyebrow up.
"You know damn well why." Josh throws the backpack that was filled with his stuff, at the boy. Josh was just getting angrier, each time he looked at his friend. "I invited you into my home, because I felt sorry, after you lost your sister, and this is how you repay me! I trusted you, but I should've known that you would do something like this, now get the hell out!" Josh shouted at the top of his lungs.
Ross got the message and grabbed his backpack. He put it on his back and glared back at his friend. "I'm taking this bowl of cereal too." Ross thought that by doing this, it would be some sort of payback. Ross walked along. He was surprised that his friend would do this because it wasn't something that he was expecting him to do. Ross exited the house and Josh stood there with a blank stare.
CHROMA.
Eventually, though they would have to split for supper. Lusamine had finished the food and everyone had settled into their seats. Chroma sat next to Lillie and Misaki while Gladion and Lusamine sat on the other side. The food was passed around and everyone chatted amicably. After everyone had their food on their plates Lusamine said grace. Everyone folded their hands and closed their eyes.
"Dear Lord, we thank you for bringing us together on this fine day. We thank you for giving us another year of happiness and prosperity. We thank you for this wonderful food you have graciously given us. Amen." A chant of amen'S followed before everyone dug into their food. Not much happened during dinner. Everyone was cheerful, and the dinner went well.
After dinner, everyone was sitting around in the living room stuffed full of turkey, potatoes, corn, etc. The usual Thanksgiving fare. Misaki was quick to complement the cooking as it was the polite thing to do. "Lusamine the food was great! You definitely can cook!"
Lusamine was momentarily surprised by the compliment but was quick to react. "Well thank you, Misaki. I appreciate it." Lusamine didn't want Misaki to get the upper edge on her. Lusamine was the type of person, to turn every little thing into some sort of competition.
Chroma was quite pleased with how the afternoon had been going. It had finally seemed that Lusamine had finally accepted Misaki for who she was, and it seemed that Misaki and Lusamine were hitting it off well.
"You know it's a tradition to have a battle on Thanksgiving. Misaki would you like to battle?" Lusamine asked. Misaki was startled for a moment but quickly accepted the challenge.
"I accept your challenge Lusamine! But I'm not backing down!" Misaki grabbed her crutches and stood up. Lusamine got up and walked outside with Misaki hot on her heels.
Chroma was a little concerned. He feared that if this battle got out of hand it could cause his Auntie to get mad at Misaki and go back to her prejudice ways. Chroma sighed and followed them while Gladion and Lillie watched from the windows.
ROSS.
Ross walked out of Josh's house. He began crying like a little baby. He had no other human connection and was all alone. Josh was the one person that he had in his life and didn't want anything to do with him. Ross realized that what he did was wrong, but he only did it, because he needed some sort of companionship. The tears ran down Ross' face. He turned around and looked at Josh's house and sighed. "I guess, I'll be alone forever." Ross begins walking away, holding onto the straps of his backpack.
DAKOTA.
Dakota curled up in a ball, while she was up in her room and she had been crying. Dakota felt like her family had replaced her with Grace, and she could understand, while her family had decided to do that. Mary walks into Dakota's room and sees her favorite little girl crying. "Hey, cupcake."
"Shouldn't you be spending time with your new daughter?"
Dakota lays her head in her mother's lap. This was something that Dakota did because doing this made her feel closer to her mom. "What are you talking about puddin'?" Mary sits down next to Dakota and begins stroking her daughter's hair.
Dakota held on tighter to her Clefairy Pokedoll. The Pokedoll gave the trainer a sense of warmth and comfort. It was something that she hadn't felt from her mother in such a long time. "It's just that ever since Grace came here, you've been treating her like the better daughter. Which I understand. Grace is probably the daughter that you've always wanted. You can talk about boys with her and cook things with her. Who wants to hear their daughter talk about her girl troubles?"
Mary laughs. "Is that what you think? Sweetie, I don't feel that way at all. I don't care about the fact that you're gay, or that you're not the world's best cook. You are my daughter, and no one is ever going to replace you." Mary explained to her daughter. Both Mary and Dakota began crying, and they hug each other.
"I was silly to ever think that." Dakota laughed. She realized right there that her mother was always going to love her over anyone else and was never going to replace her. "How can I be so stupid?"
"You're not stupid. You're my daughter…." Dakota and Mary hug each other again, and the two girls laugh.
JOSH.
Josh after feeling a little better now that Ross was gone walked back inside. Approached his sister who was glaring at him from the doorway. "What the hell was that for!" Jeanne shouted.
"I was protecting you! Do you have any idea who Ross is! Right now, is not the time for you or him to be in a relationship!
Jeanne fired back. "Maybe I want a relationship with Ross! I'm not a baby anymore! I'm a strong independent woman, and I can decide my own fate! I'm grown and can make my own decisions. I don't need a guy to mansplain to me."
Josh rolled his eyes. "Mansplain? Isn't that something that that SJW feminist says." Josh had heard that type of stuff before, from people all over the internet, and he wasn't sure if he agreed with that. "Those people get triggered over everything."
"Really…" Jeanne said. She folded her arms together and glared at her boyfriend. "Listen, Josh, all you need to know is that, I am a woman. I can do whatever I want, and I don't need a man to tell me what to do." She finished the long rant that she was going on but felt free that she was able to explain this to her brother.
Josh groaned at his sister's ignorance. "Do you even know what you're saying?! First off Ross doesn't commit to serious relationships! Second, he is still emotionally unstable from his sister's death. Who knows what he could do. He could hurt you to release anger. He could knock you up either by accident or maybe he wanted a replacement for Natalie! He could do damn near anything!"
Jeanne stood shocked at her brother's outburst but held her ground. "You don't know that! You're acting out of paranoia and fear! I'm not a child anymore Josh. You can't control me!". Jeanne stormed back to her room leaving Josh conflicted.
Josh stood there and began realizing that his sister had a point. He took in a deep breath and knew that the best thing to do was apologize, so he could make this situation better, he walked back towards her room.
"Look, I'm sorry about this. You're right. You're a woman now and should be allowed to do whatever you want." He realized. He looked at his little sister and still saw a little girl. But he knew that she wasn't that anymore. "I guess I still see you as my sweet big sister. But you're not that anymore."
"Thanks for understanding." Jeanne smiled. She hugs Josh, and the two had successfully made up. But she knew that there was one last thing that he needed to do, and that was making things better with Ross. Jeanne breaks the hug and looks at her brother. "But I think that there's someone you should be apologizing to."
Josh had a feeling that he knew who she was talking about. "Ross...you're right." He said. He regretted everything that he said to Ross and began running so he could go and apologize to him. But before that, he puts his hands on the walls of her door. "Thank you, big sister, you are a lifesaver."
"I'm always here to help." Jeanne chuckled.
CHROMA.
Lusamine and Misaki stood on both sides of the makeshift battlefield. Lusamine grabbed a Pokeball before shouting to Misaki. Both girls were eager to win this battle. They both had something to prove. But in the end, there was one that thing that they both had in common, and that where their undying love for Chroma Aether-Ore. "Ready to battle?" Lusamine said with a vicious look in her eye, that showed that she was out for blood.
It took a while to find it, but finally, Misaki grabbed a ball of her own. "You bet Lusamine! Let's make this a good one!" Misaki flips her hair, to show that she wasn't someone to mess with. Chroma watched both girls as he was sitting on a bench not too far from the battlefield. He didn't know who to cheer for. But he knew that the battle was going to be exciting.
With the introduction phase out of the way, both sides threw their Pokeball into the air. The Pokeballs opened and released a white light. The white light dissolves and shows off two Pokemon. On Misaki's side a Torracat affectionately named Tadashi appeared in-front of Misaki. While on Lusamine's side a powerful Clefable appeared.
Lusamine does her famous battling spin and throws her arms into the air. "I'll go first. Clefable use moonblast!" Lusamine ordered. She was still doing her battling pose, as she had a wide smile on her face.
Clefable lets out a chant and a moon appears in the background of her. Clefable puts her arms together and channeled a powerful ball of moon energy. "Clef, clef." Clefable launches the ball of energy towards Tadashi.
Misaki watches the pink beam coming towards Tadashi. She knew that she needed to come up with an effective counter-attack. "Tadashi counter it with Flamethrower!" Misaki shouted.
"Torocat." Tadashi shoots out a stream of flames towards Clefable. The flames matched the moon energy in all aspects and collide with each other. Both attacks were super strong, with both trying to outdo one another. The attack creates a large cloud and then a massive explosion shook the battlefield.
Chroma, Lillie, and Gladion shielded their eyes. When the smoke settled both Lusamine and Misaki gave each other heated glares. The tension in the air was strong and everyone could feel it going on.
From the explosion, and the heated beginning, the battle was just getting started and only one person could be the winner of this battle. But who was going to be the winner of this battle, Misaki or Lusamine? Only time would tell, as the two were both ready to command their next attack.
DAKOTA.
Dakota and Mary walk down the steps. After their recent conversation, the two were feeling closer than ever. When Dakota looks up she sees that Grace was wearing her jacket and holding her purse, which made Dakota worried. "Where are you going?" Dakota asked.
"I'm going to my dads for Thanksgiving. I felt like I was cramping your guy's style, and I didn't want to go to thou who should not be named, so I decided to go to my fathers. I might not like the fact that he has a new girlfriend, but I don't want to ruin what you guys have here." Grace explained.
"You don't have to go…" Dakota replied. Despite the problems that she was having with her, she didn't want to see her friend go.
"I do, and I should. Now go spend time with your family."
"You're the best." Dakota runs up to Grace and the two hug each other.
CHROMA.
The battle was going back and forth. No side seemed to get an advantage over the other. Misaki had decided to change her strategy. "Tadashi! Use Protect to get close!" Misaki was growling while glaring at her.
Tadashi summoned a green shield around his body and charged at Clefable. Clefable got sent, flying back. But was quickly able to recover. Lusamine got concerned. "What is Misaki planning?" She thought to herself while staring at the girl. "Clefable use Metronome when the protection wears off!"
Clefable begins waving the tips of his fingers back and forth. The tips of Clefable's fingers started to glow white, as it was waiting for an attack to commend. "Clef, cle, clef, clef," Clefable said.
Using Protect while running, tired out Tadashi and was almost going to give up. Tadashi started to breathe heavy. "Toro, toro." He knew how much his trainer wanted to win the battle and trudged on. When Tadashi was only a foot away from Clefable, Misaki gave another order. "Tadashi use-"
But before Misaki could say anything, Lusamine was ready to win this battle. She was going to win this battle no matter what. "Lusamine, use Meteor Mash!" She shouted. She throws her arm out, to signal Clefable to win the battle.
"Clefable, fable!" Clefable balls up her right arm. Her right arm turns into steel and a gray aura surrounded it. Clefable comes charging towards Torocat and punches it in the face. Clefable sends Tadashi flying back and the Pokemon ends up hitting the wall.
"Torocat, cat." Tadashi's eyes turn into Xs and were now unable to battle.
"TADASHI!" Worried about her Pokemon, she runs towards it to see if it was okay. "Tadashi, are you alright?" Misaki asked. Tadashi was one of the few things that Misaki cared about, and she wouldn't trade that feeling for the world.
Misaki picks Tadashi up. "Torocat, cat," Torocat replies and licks Misaki.
Lusamine began dancing and sticks out her tongue at Misaki. She had one the battle and was head over heels with the fact that she had won this battle. "I won, suck it!" Lusamine shouted. Lusamine continued to dance and spin around in circles like a ballerina. "You lost, and you are a loser."
That made Misaki disappointed. The young girl walks away in anger, almost wanting to cry. Normally she wouldn't really care about what people thought about her. But since Chroma was her boyfriend, she wanted to try and get along with her ex.
"MISAKI! WAIT!" Chroma said. He didn't care about his aunt and was in fact made at her. He went to go chase after his girlfriend, wanting to see how she was doing. He finally caught up to her and grabbed her shoulder, and she turned around. "I'm sorry about her."
"No Chroma save it. I don't care what people think...I don't. But I don't wanna ruin your family, so I'm just going to go." Misaki turned around and began walking away, leaving Chroma there angrier and causing him to sigh.
Chroma walks back to where the battlefield was, and the boy's eyes turn red. He glares at Lusamine, while she was standing there. "YOU RUINED EVERYTHING! I HATE YOU!" Chroma shouted at Lusamine, causing Lusamine to regret what she did.
CHROMA.
Misaki went back to her room and started packing up her things into the luggage. She was tired of Lusamine's constant snide comments about her. Misaki wasn't the type of person to cause a fight or get involved in drama. She instead tried her best to avoid it, and that was exactly what she was doing.
"Can I come in here?" Lusamine regretted everything that she did and wanted to come and apologize to her friend. She knocked on the door and slowly walked into the room that Misaki was staying in.
"I don't have anything to say to you."
"Look." Lusamine sat down on the bed and patted her hand on the bed so Misaki can sit down next to her. Misaki sighs. She hates drama, but she could at least hear Lusamine out. So, she decided to sit right next to her. "We have something in common."
"What is that?" Misaki asked, raising her right eyebrow up. In her mind, she couldn't think of anything that the two of them would have in common, besides both being Pokemon trainers.
"We both love Chroma," Lusamine said, which caused Misaki to finally smile for once, and made her think. She realized that Lusamine was right about the two of them having something in common.
"I guess you're right about that," Misaki replied and the two girls laughed. "We do love that big nerd."
"Why don't we got back downstairs, and get along for Chrome's sake?" Lusamine suggested.
"I guess I can try that," Misaki replied. Misaki and Lusamine decided to put their rivalry on a hold, and the two girls end up hugging each other. The hug symbolized the newfound friendships between the two of them, as Chroma watched from afar.
Chroma walks into Misaki's room and walked over towards the girls who were hugging each other. Misaki and Lusamine quickly break the hug and look at Chroma who was standing there. "Isn't that sweet. I'm happy to see my two girls, getting along again."
"Shut up!" Misaki and Lusamine both said. They grab a pillow and start attacking the boy. The girls start giggling.
"Stop it!" Chroma protested as he was continued to get hit by pillows.
JOSH.
After talking to his sister, Josh had a better understanding of why Ross did what he did. So, he decided to go to Ross' house. Josh bams on Ross door, holding a box of cookies in his hands. He was waiting on the porch of the house, that cold November afternoon.
Ross walks up to the door and he opens it. The teenage boy had black circles around his eyes and tear stains on his face. He was wearing a bathrobe, and you could tell by the way he was looking, that he wasn't looking so good.
Ross was a little surprised at Josh's appearance, but he didn't have enough energy or cared enough to show it. "Hey."
"Hey, listen. I'm sorry for the way I acted." Josh began apologizing profusely, but before he could go too far, Ross held his hand up. "I think I should also apologize. You invited me over to your house to help me cope with Natalie's death, but I took advantage of that. Maybe it would be best if we just forgot about this?"
Josh nodded. "Yeah, how about you come over and you, Jeanne, and I enjoy some cookies at my house?"
Ross formed a smile on his face. "Yeah, that sounds nice," Ross replied. He grabbed his things, and the two boys headed back Josh's house to have a fun Thanksgiving dinner, that Thanksgiving afternoon.
CHROMA.
Back in the past as the earth around him begun cracking from the energy, Melas was tapping rapidly, as the structures on the building were breaking. He was tapping, as the ultimate device that he created malfunctioned. His eyes started to glow pink with a hint of a green outline.
He tried deactivating it, as he heard his son Chroma. "C'mon M, get out of here!" Chroma said. He turned towards his only son, who's pink eyes were glowing with a tint of magenta.
Melas shook his head. "I can't... the experiment failed, Mohn's gone, I'm trying to lessen the effects. Because if I don't... the very fabric of our world will rip itself apart, I'm lessening the failure of the machine! Shade! Activate the turbines!"
His partner, Gengar who was holding a Gengarite retorted. Gengar was nicknamed Shade and did exactly what his trainer wanted him to do. "Gengar, gen, gen," Gengar told Melas that it stopped working.
Chroma pleaded, worried about his father. Chroma felt like something bad was about to happen to his dad, and he didn't want that at all. "Please... Dad..." He begged. But to Chroma's surprise, the machine lessened with energy.
Another scientist who would with Melas walked in. Melas turned around and looked at the scientist. The scientist had looked at his machine and could tell that something fishy had been going on in the laboratory. "Even though I lessened the power, this place is still too unstable, we have to leave immedia—!" Melas started but was interrupted as the machine began to explode.
"AAAHH!" The scientist fell to the floor and he screams. The scientist faded into the darkness from the lights that were going out. Melas yelled while returning Gengar back into its Pokeball. "Chroma! RUN!"
Chroma did what his father asked him to do, even though Chroma didn't want his father to leave. Chroma runs back to his father and grabs him. "I told you to leave…" Melas said.
"I can't leave you…" Chroma drags Melas and the duo ran towards the path, so they had to go one at a time. Melas stepped on the ground, and he felt a crack.
Worried that something bad was going to happen, Melas pushed Chroma, which ripped off Melas Pokéballs and Mega Stones. Chroma's belongings fell onto the ground.
Chroma cried out. "Melas!"
However, his cries turned to screams. Chroma felt intense pain surge through his body, with beast aura begun fusing into his body. His eyes began changing to reflect the different colors of the rainbow. His eyes then flickered to black and white, next silver and then pink.
After that, he felt a strange yet familiar burning sensation and started to screech in agony. The rainbow-colored electricity went through his skin which caused him physical stress. The electricity disappears, and Chroma began vomiting silvery-pink liquid and he passed out, with both him and his father's Pokemon in his hands.
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6 years later...
Chroma threw himself out of bed. His pink eyes glistened, and he looked down at his hands. He had the flashback of losing his father, as well as the accidental panic attack he had from the pain he felt.
He sighed and looked at the friend balls he possessed. He took out a friend ball that was around his neck. This one was different from the other ones, as it had two claw marks on the top-half. He picked it up and then tossing it in the air, as it revealed a chimera-like Pokémon with a restricting-heavy helmet on 'her' head. She looked around, before she saw Chroma, trotting over to him.
He nodded and led her to the bathroom. He was in the middle of giving her a good soapy bath. He then slowly wipes her skin with a sponge, making sure to be both careful and precise with his partner. After that was finished he rested her on the floor of the bathtub, so she could be more relaxed. While he was doing that Chroma thought back to the day he stole her from Faba. He knew that he couldn't go to Aether as much as he originally wanted to. Even though it took him awhile, Chroma finally became willing to go to school in the Hoenn Region, that Lulu, Lusamine's nickname for Chroma, enrolled him in. Chroma was going to be leaving for the Hoenn Pokemon Academy soon.
He was sad that he would be leaving Lillie. He knew Gladion was doing the island trial, never wanting to return to Aether ever again. Lillie was going to be a trainer, most notably she seems to show interest in fairy-types. Chroma looked at his egg, that he was holding in his hands. It was a recent gift before he joined the school from Lusamine. Speaking of Lusamine, he remembered the day that he stole from her.
2 years ago, ...
Chroma puts his hands on Gladion's hand on his shoulders. The two boys were standing in the basement of the Aether Foundation, in Faba's laboratory. Chroma made sure no one was watching. "This room has no cameras, and we have to hurry before the units catch us."
Gladion nodded. He took out a premier ball, while Chroma took out a friend ball, just in case something bad was about to happen. Faba walks into the room, surprised to see Gladion and Chroma standing there, but before he could do anything about it - Gladion presses a button and the two ends up disappearing.
TWO MONTHS AGO.
Chroma chuckled softly. He watched the chimera, as it was still sound asleep. He eventually puts her head on a pillow, and grabs a warm, damp rag, gently wiping the egg slowly. "How you doin' in there, Lil' buddy...?" The egg shook lightly in response.
Chroma chuckled. "That's nice, I hope you grow well kiddo... I will be there for you when you need me, so be ready, I'm gonna be happy when you CRACK yourself up..." He chuckled at his own humor. The egg bounced on the pillow it was on and he grinned.
"Like my humor, doncha? I'll be happy to make a SPLASH while giving a FIERY beginning to your life when you come out of that egg..."
The egg bounced slightly while shaking. Chroma picked it up and brought it to his chest. He eventually laid down, while Null laid down on the bed made for her size. She shared it with a sleeping Dusky and Flare, two of Chrome's other Pokemon.
PRESENT DAY.
"And that Misaki is how my father disappeared, and how I caught my Type: Null." Chroma explained to his girlfriend while patting his hand on her lap. Chroma and Misaki just got back from eating Thanksgiving dinner and sitting on Misaki's bed late at night.
But Misaki didn't care and raised her right eyebrow up. "Chroma, I don't care. All I said was where did that friend ball come from, and you went on some strange tangent for something I don't care about." Misaki said.
"Well sorry, I wanted to explain my backstory to you." Chroma pouted.
"Just kiss me," Misaki said. Misaki goes in for a kiss and both her and Chroma begin making out on the bed and laying down.
Authors Note: Part one of the two-part finale of Volume 1, and it's finally up! I'm so glad that I've had so much support for this story, and I want to welcome someone new to the team, Deutschland1871, who has become a co-writer for this story. He even helped write this chapter. Also, I would also like to thank pokegabert for writing the Chroma flashback scenes, and you guys should check out his story, Ather-Ore File. It's a prequel to both PokeProblems and Preparations, and it's good.
Also, new chapters of the Pokemon Academy franchise will start appearing on the wikia first, before coming to , so I would recommend checking it out.
Mara the Wolf – Yeah, Lusamine was wrong about her.
Guest – Yeah, its sort of a breath of fresh air.
This chapter is also apart of the May Month Marathon celebrating my birthday month, here is the schedule.
Week 1: Everyone
April 30th: Over the Shyness to Josh's Lab We Go!
May 1st: A Classroom Divided
May 2nd: Chapter Nine: Five Easy Pieces
May 3rd: Chapter Ten: Black Christmas (Volume Finale)
May 4th: The Grimsley Adventures of Raven and Umbreon!
Week 2: Pokemon Academy: Preparations / Pokemon: Academy
May 7st: What in the World is Going on with Eli?!
May 8nd: Requiem for a Dream Eater!
May 9rd: Cheater, Cheater, Keith Eater!
May 10th: Sadness at Emolga's Funeral!
May 11th: Goodbye Unova, Back to Kalos!
Week 3: Pokemon Academy: The Alola Experiment
May 14th: Open Book
May 15th: Book Ends
May 16th: Maxwelled Out
May 17th: Silence of the Flaaffy Chops
May 18th: Do Not Talk About Fight Club
Week 4: Pokemon Academy: PokeProblems
May 21th: They Can't Take That Away From Me (1) (Volume Premiere)
May 22th: They Can't Take That Away From Me (2)
May 23th: TBA
May 24th: TBA
May 25th: TBA.
Week 5: Pokemon Academy: Preparations
May 28st: That Drug Addict is the Cyllage City Gym Leader?!
May 29st: Getting Rock Hard at My Cyllage City Gym Battle!
May 30rd: Heist at the Pokemon Bank!
May 31th:It's Bonding Time!
June 1st: A Wild Professor Sycamore Appears!City Gym Battle! May 30rd: Heist at the Pokemon Bank! May 31th:It's Bonding Time! June 1st: A Wild Professor Sycamore Appears!
