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Chapter Seven — A New Semester of Trouble Begins
Platinum couldn't think about anything but Diamond's piano playing. It was one of the rarer times where she felt impressed and surprised by another person, specifically, a commoner. She was confused and shocked that he would have such a talent and convey it so amazingly. However, though she likes the piece Diamond played, there was one question that kept looming around in her head.
Why can't I play like that?
Ever since she could learn how to hold a violin, Platinum's parents had prepped her to play since they were musicians themselves. She knew she was pretty good at what she does (considering she's in the program for it), but after hearing Diamond's playing, she started to have doubts about her abilities. She produced a duller sound than his, and so did her piano accompanist. Diamond who isn't even in the music division of the program but in the football one outmatched them in bringing out the melody, and this concerned and confused Platinum.
"Platinum, honey, is something wrong?"
She snapped out of her thoughts and looked up to see her parents gazing at her with concern in their eyes. She had forgotten they were eating breakfast together for a second.
"No, nothing's wrong," she reassured. "I'm just thinking about my next music piece."
"Is it difficult?" her mother tried to start a conversation.
"I can play it just fine," Platinum replied.
"That's good to hear!" her father responded, smiling in satisfaction. "By the way, I take it you don't have any activities after school today, right?"
Platinum thought for a moment. The detention punishment for the food fight loomed on her mind.
"I have to attend something after school for a while, but I should be free later this week. Pardon me for asking, but do you need me for something?" she inquired innocently.
Her mother clasped her hands together gently. "That's great to hear! Your father and I have actually been thinking that you get engaged soon. It's the perfect time to find a partner for you, so it can benefit you in the future. We already made arrangements for you to meet our friend's son. He's supposed to be the next CEO of an important company. Let us know soon when you will be available, and we will set up a proper meeting!"
At the news of marriage and engagements, Platinum froze. She tried not to react and kept a straight face.
"... I see," she said after a small moment of silence. "I shall go meet him today later then."
Silver's POV
I hate everything right now. Everything just pisses me off (with the exception of Blue, of course).
Because of that dumb incident with that stupid cheery girl beating up my car for the tiniest injury in the world, I probably have to get a job. Sike, I'm not getting a job. Ugh, my precious car though. Well, it was never precious and basically a piece of scrap, but it was a nice piece of scrap. More importantly, a free piece of scrap. I wonder if I can fix the damage on my own. I know it's going to cost too much to pay under the table for it to get repaired.
Ugh. I'm just so pissed off.
"Silv! Silv!"
And then there's this idiot I have to deal with.
Gold kept tugging on my arm like there's no tomorrow and calling my name. Immediately, I yanked it out of his grip.
"What?" I hissed.
Not only was I pissed about the incident that happened over the weekend, it was a Monday morning. I just came to school too, I don't need this guy pulling on my sleeve and bothering me every second.
"Guess what!"
"I don't want to guess. Tell me," I told him, not caring about whatever news he had to say to me.
"We have homeroom together again this semester!" Gold beamed. "That means we have all eight periods with each other again! Yay for us!"
Ah, I totally forgot because I was so upset. Today was the start of the second semester of school, and during the second semester, the homerooms get switched up. Usually people who have the same homeroom tend to have the same academic classes as their classmates too because teachers move instead of students. Since Gold and I are in the same section of the program, that means we will be together for all eight of the class periods.
Honestly, I'm actually happy about that. Though the guy was annoying, I don't have to talk to others because Gold can do it for me, nor do I have to meet other people. This was actually kind of nice. I'll never admit that I want to be with Gold on my deathbed though, that idiot was annoying as it was. Imagine if he had a bigger head after finding out that.
"What room are we?" I asked him.
Gold grinned and swung an arm around my shoulders. "Room 204, my friend!"
"..."
"Hey Super Serious Gal and Mario!"
"Kill me now."
"Who the hell is Mario?" were the four comments that went around when Gold and I entered the classroom.
Great.
The car killer and her sister happened to be in the same class as us, which meant I have to spend seven hours together with them, not including the after school crap I have to go to. We arrived late because of football practice in the mornings too, so we ended up sitting at their table because it was one of the last seats left.
I knew my luck was too good to be true when I got in the same class as Gold.
I glanced at the car killer because I felt her stare a hole at me. She visibly looked upset, which I don't know why when she barely got injured. In fact, I should be the one who's mad. Legit my car got smashed for a dumb reason, and I'm pretty sure she's the one who threw the food at me and got me involved in that dumb after school wedding thing.
"Silv," I heard Gold's voice and looked up to see him grinning like an idiot. He nudged me in the arm, and gestured not so subtly with his head. "I think she's checking you out! She keeps staring at you!" he whispered a bit too loudly.
I didn't even look at her because I knew she was still glaring at me. Okay, this is ridiculous.
"I don't know why you're mad, when I'm the one who dealt with the most damage," I told her.
Obviously, I wasn't going to let some little girl push me around.
Car Killer look taken back for a second, surprised that I answered her glare. "I-I am not mad! I'm just upset since you didn't apologize to me at all after you, I don't know, almost ran me over with a car!"
She said she's not mad, but she's upset? What's the difference?!
"Because it wasn't my fault," I replied. It was totally Gold's.
She let out a huff like a little kid and folded her arms. "I still want an apology."
"I'm not apologizing for something I didn't do," I refused. Why should I be the one who cleans up this idiot's mess? Also, it's not like that small scrape on her forehead was gonna affect her life forever.
I nudged Gold who was too busy staring at Crystal (I think that's her name), who was glaring daggers back at him. I was pretty sure she was glaring at me too at first since I almost killed her sister (but I didn't), but she adverted all her attention on Gold when he opened his mouth and said something dumb like he usually does.
"Idiot, she wants an apology from you," I told him. Maybe this will shut her up.
Gold glanced over to the car killer's, who looked unready because she didn't expect an apology. "I'm sorry—" Finally, she will stop the dirty looks at me. "—that I'm taking your dear sister away from you."
Ugh. I should've known this dumbass wouldn't do anything good for me. I take back what I said earlier, I can't believe I'm in the same class as him.
I looked over to see what Crystal's and Car Killer's reactions were to that dumb remark, and it was an eye roll from Crystal and a pouting face from Car Killer.
Car Killer let out a sigh, knowing she can't get a proper apology from either one of us. I was not going to give it, and Gold didn't take it seriously, so I doubt she would receive one.
She reached out for the supply bin in the middle of the table and began digging in for something. After she found what she was looking for— tape, apparently, she used it and began putting it on one side of the shared desk to the other, making a line out of tape. Gold and I were on one side while she and her sister were on the other.
"What are you doing?" Gold inquired for all of us.
She folded her arms. "If you're not going to give me a proper apology, Crys and I will go on strike until you do!"
All of us looked at her weird, even her own sister. "Soul, I don't think you know what going on strike means," she told her.
Obviously, she doesn't.
"I saw it on T.V. the other day and it looked cool. They drew a line like this and everything!" she tried to explain. "By the way, just so we're clear, I'm more mad at Silver than I am at Gold, but since you two are a pair, I'm not letting Gold talk to my sister!"
This was childish, and I'm pretty sure Crystal knows it, but she nodded.
"I'm with Soul with this!" she announced, placing a hand on the brunette's shoulder.
It was obvious that she only agreed and went along with Car Killer's dumb antics because she didn't want to talk to Gold.
Gold was about to retort and argue, but once he opened his mouth, another voice came out— this one being higher pitched that obviously did not belong to him. I just realized the teacher had finally come to class. I almost didn't recognize the teacher for a second because she looked like a kid and had inappropriate bright purple hair tied up. I'm a redhead and my hair was bright too, but it was natural and I'm not a teacher so it's not like I had to be professional.
"Hello kiddos!" she greeted the classroom in a louder voice to get their attention. "I am your homeroom teacher for the semester, my name is Ms. Janine! First things first, we will discuss the topic of the upcoming school festival and what we're going to do then I will introduce what we will be learning today. Does anyone have anything in particular that they want to do?"
I almost forgot about the festival with everything going on. When the second semester of school starts, the school always put on a festival to showcase the school for middle school students who are thinking about picking this school. Every class does different things to make it enjoyable, and every grade level does something as a whole as well to make it more enjoyable, or so the principal thinks.
"No one has an idea?"
Silence followed because no one decided to speak up.
"Hmm..." she hummed to herself, looking around the room. She continued for a good few seconds until she made eye contact with me. Oh crap, I knew where this is headed.
"You, the redhead," she called me.
I knew it.
"Pick our theme since no one else will."
I honestly couldn't care less about this festival stuff, and I'm probably going to be ditching it.
"Hey Silv," Gold whispered over to me. Does he have an idea? "Say maid cafe."
I should've known I can't put hope in this idiot. Just when I needed him the most, he says the stupidest things.
"Haunted house," I responded.
I didn't really care about the whole thing, so I just went with the one that's less work for me. Well, building the set would probably be a lot of work, but I'm pretty sure it'll be dark and I can ditch it anytime.
"That could be fun, I'll take that suggestion," she said, writing it down on a piece of paper. "I'm going to head over to the office real quick and drop it off. I'll be back soon!"
And with that, she just left us alone and the conversations around the classroom continued again.
"Are you going to be okay, Soul?" I heard from my left. It was Crystal. Like always, she was always worrying about the car killer. I don't know about what.
"D-Don't worry! I'll be fine, Crys!" she replied, giving a nervous smile that obvious said she wasn't going to be okay.
What? Car Killer is scared of high school students dressed up as lame fake monsters? I swear, I can never understand what's running through her mind.
Normal POV
Red laid against the bleachers, exhausted and covered head to toe in sweat. Though it was P.E. and a different sport, he still enjoys moving around and playing so much that he doesn't stop to take breaks. He considered taking a break once he remembered football practice was right after this, but since they have that detention thing going on, he knew he wouldn't need to conserve his energy for practice.
"Red."
A thrown towel came into his vision and he caught it easily. Looking up, he saw Green with a water bottle in his hand, sweaty as well.
"You're sweating like a pig, chill out," Green advised, taking a seat next to him.
Red used the towel he was given to wipe his face. "I can't help but have fun! Thanks though, Green!"
"Uh, huh," Green mumbled, his eyes darting to the ongoing basketball game.
"So how was your duel with Aoi yesterday?" Red questioned, starting a conversation. "I forgot to ask about it the other day."
"It was nothing," Green replied in a bored tone, not really showing a reaction.
Red grinned at his friend. "I knew you would win easily!"
"No, it was literally nothing. The game made my computer crash last night, and I wasn't able to get back on because it was under maintenance the whole time," Green clarified the misunderstanding. "You didn't notice?"
Usually Red was the crazier one of the two and he enjoyed the game a lot, so it kind of surprised Green that he didn't notice how it was under maintenance since it lasted for a day.
"I had to study all weekend because I'm behind on some stuff because I spaced out during class," Red replied. "I was planning to go on later tonight though."
"Oh, me too," Green informed.
"Oh!" Red cried out loud, remembering something. "By the way, Green, can I tell you something in secret?"
Green looked at him confused and shrugged his shoulders. "I guess?" he responded, not really caring what Red had to say.
Red leaned closer to him and told him quietly. "Okay, the truth is, I found out that Yellow is a girl."
At this, Green didn't react at all. "Is that all?" the brown-haired boy asked. He was expecting something bigger or more by the way Red was talking about it. "I already knew."
Red widened his eyes in surprise. "What?! How?! You actually talk to Yellow?"
"I was her tutor before," Green informed. "I just knew she was a girl because it was kind of obvious by how she acted and her mannerisms. She was short and girly too, so it's a no brainer."
"What?! Why didn't you tell me?" Red inquired, feeling betrayed that he was the only one who didn't know.
Green shrugged his shoulders again. "You never ask," he replied. Plus, it wasn't something he really cared about. He barely talked to Yellow and it didn't make a difference regardless if Red knew her gender or not to him.
Red ran his hand through his hair. "Aw man, so I was the only one?" he mumbled.
"Why do you care so much?" Green asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I just feel weird because I was treating her like a boy since freshman year," Red informed.
Though he wasn't too close with the blonde as much as he is with Green or the others on his football team, he encountered Yellow many times throughout their school years because they had mutual classes a couple semesters or they just happened to be at the same event for school due to being in the program and the same grade level. She was more like an acquaintance that Red never greeted or met up with, but Red being who he is, is friends with everyone.
"I don't think Yellow is the type to care," Green reassured. "It's her fault for dressing up like a boy, so she should expect it."
Red scratched his cheek, still looking guilty. "Yeah, I guess," he said shakily, not really believing in Green's words.
Green noticed that. "Don't worry about it. You can make it up to her by treating her right this time," he told him optimistically. Though he said that, Red probably already treated her the same as he did with everyone else, which is just being friendly.
"You're right!" Red cheered up, the words taking effect this time.
"So, by the way, I've been meaning to ask, but what's up with you and Blue?"
At the sound of Blue's name, Green groaned and rolled his eyes, not wanting to remember what happened the last six hours they were in class together. She kept bothering him and playing around in class, and it kept distracting him because she was right beside him, so he couldn't just ignore her. In addition, he would have to deal with her after this period ends at the detention thing. Last detention punishment session, the two kept arguing about the table's color and the reason why the ocean is blue for an hour. He did not have the energy to do it again, especially since he has to wake up early now for football practice.
"That pesky woman won't leave me alone no matter how I try," Green grumbled, earning a sweatdrop from Red.
"I wonder if she likes you," Red suggested the reason for why she keeps bothering him. He immediately threw out the suggestion when Green sent a glare his way. "I-I mean, I don't know either."
"I'm pretty sure she's just doing it because she's crazy," Green clarified. The more he showed a reaction of being annoyed or ignoring her, the more she would bother him.
It wasn't rare for people to like Green. He was the principal's grandson, has money, and is the MVP of the winning football team at their school (though Red can argue about this). Not only was he prestigious in reputation, but he was also very handsome and fit, so Red figured it would be easy for Blue to fall for him, considering that they already do.
Green sighed and rose up from his seat. He left the water bottle on the bleachers and went over to the ball rack to get a basketball ball. After getting one, he said, "Enough about that pesky woman. Let's play a round, you and I, 1-on-1."
At this, Red shot up and grinned, eagerly ready to accept the challenge. "You're on!" he told his rival, tossing the towel to the side. "I'll go get a ball for us!"
Green watched the boy run over to one of the baskets to claim as their own. Right when he was about to follow, he spotted brown hair on the corner of his eye. Regrettably, Green noticed Blue who was cheering (most likely Yellow since she kept staring at the blonde), and he kept his gaze on her. Though he told Red his own reasoning of why she keeps bothering him, he kept thinking she was something else. Also, the more he looked at her, the more he felt something strangely familiar.
Blue happened to notice his gaze, and they made eye contact. Green didn't realize she was staring back at him though since he was lost in his thoughts, trying to figure out what she reminds him of. When he did notice, he immediately looked away and began running over to Red with the ball in his hands.
I'm just going to ignore it, he told himself.
Normal POV
"Yay! I'm so happy we got in the same class with Red this semester!" Blue announced, sharing her lively emotions with her best friend. "I can watch you get your crush!"
"H-He's not my crush!" Yellow stammered, completely embarrassed. She wish Blue would stop putting it out there.
"Uh huh," Blue hummed, not believing in her lie.
"You know, Green is in there too," Yellow reminded.
Hearing his name, Blue's smile dropped. "Ugh! Don't remind me," she groaned.
It's not like she hated him, she just didn't like that he stood in the way of everything, and by 'everything', she means her ship with Red and Yellow. It wasn't only the interaction that happened on Saturday, but today too. In their homeroom and all the other classes, Green would hog Red to himself (it was mostly because they were best friends, but Blue doesn't care), and when she tries to befriend him, he's all rude and always looking annoyed. That look made Blue want to mess with him even more, and she did, of course. Red and Yellow would try to stop her when Green got upset.
"I can't wait to mess with him during the festival," Blue told her, earning a nervous smile from the blonde.
"Oh yeah, speaking of the festival, I'm surprised we ended up picking that theme," Yellow commented, trying to shift the conversation away from Blue's planning of Green's downfall.
During homeroom, when they were discussing the theme for their classroom's attraction, some random classmate suggested doing something with Pokémon. Half the class didn't know what the heck it was, and the other half knew it as those weird animal creatures from that dork game, Pokérune. The idea was about to get shut down until Red voted for it, not really caring about how dorky it was. Since the popular kid wanted to do it, everyone else followed suit and with the votes received, it was decided that their class would be doing a Pokémon cafe. Blue didn't know how she would mess with him, but she was for sure going to use this theme to make him embarrassed or plan something.
"Oh yeah, who the heck suggests that?" Blue remarked.
There was no way she would ever tell a soul she plays that game, it was too embarrassing. She didn't know how Red had the confidence to go around and let everyone know he plays it.
Yellow let out a worried sigh. "I just hope it doesn't attract weirdos," she said. The players who are obsessed with the game can be kind of intense sometimes.
"Kise! Field, now!"
Yellow groaned when she heard the coach calling her. "I'm so tired," she mumbled, getting up from the bench and running over to the coach's call.
They were currently in P.E. after finishing all their academic classes for the day. Being uninterested in sports that involve a ball, Blue didn't really care for the class. Yellow didn't either, considering she wasn't the athletic type. It was normal for them to just sit on the bench and chat among themselves. Of course, the coach wouldn't let them have their way.
"Go Yellow!" Blue shouted, cheering for her best friend as loudly as she could. She had nothing to do anyway. "You're the best!"
Blue stopped her cheering when she felt someone staring at her. Immediately, she tried to find the direction of the gaze, and found the trail leading to Green who was just staring with a basketball in his hand. They made eye contact for a good ten seconds until he suddenly looked away and resumed playing basketball with Red.
What was that about? Blue thought, finding the interaction entirely weird.
"Since it's a brand new, beautiful semester, we are going to start off by preparing for the festival like last year! Do any of you have suggestions?"
Sapphire didn't notice what she dislikes more— the fact that her homeroom teacher is a drama queen weirdo or that she's in the same class as Ruby (and Emerald, who she didn't really particularly like either since the boy tried to strangle her and assume she's a couple with Ruby). She knew Mr. Wallace was the drama director as well, and she didn't like how he would constantly bring that to the class. Every time he talked, he would throw his arms out dramatically or do something flashy, and it kind of caught her off guard.
Of course, Ruby loves it. He was a part of the drama club and his talent in the program lies within the fine arts section, so he ate that stuff up and enjoyed it.
"I can't believe we got Mr. Wallace as our homeroom teacher! It's a dream," Ruby whispered to Sapphire excitedly. He was too into the teacher that he didn't notice the faces Sapphire kept making throughout his introduction.
"I don't know about that," she grumbled, not really impressed by him.
Ruby scoffed at her reaction, finally noticing her apathy. "You wouldn't know good teachers if it hit you on the head."
Sapphire shot him a glare. "I'll hit ya on the head if ya don't shut it now!"
"Will you two bring this gross flirting elsewhere," Emerald told them from behind, his hands playing around with something that looked like metal scraps. "It's distracting me from assembling this."
The two snapped their heads to the blond and yelled in unison, "WE ARE NOT FLIRTING!"
"Ahem."
All three of them looked to the front to see Mr. Wallace looming over Ruby's and Sapphire's desk with a frown and folded arms. "Since you three are into talking so much, why don't you three give us the suggestion of our theme?"
"Um—" Ruby spoke up nervously, "what about a play?"
"Wonderful idea, but we can't do it because I heard we might do that for the all grade level event," Mr. Wallace shot down the idea. "Any other ideas?"
Sapphire and Emerald equally did not care about this festival, so of course they didn't answer at all.
"Mr. Wallace! I have an idea!" one of their classmates shouted from the other side of the room, catching their attention. "Why don't we do a couple's challenge?!"
"A what?!" Sapphire exclaimed, not knowing what the heck it was. She wasn't the only one— the whole room exchanged confused looks. Emerald seemed to know what it was since Sapphire spotted a grimace on his face.
"We can make an obstacle course around the school or classroom for couples to complete in exchange for a prize," she explained her idea.
Before anyone can either agree or disagree with the idea, Mr. Wallace threw his arms up and spun in a circle dramatically. "I love the idea! It's so unique and it sounds very within the budget!" he complimented, going to the front of the classroom. "It's decided! We're doing that for our class!"
Mr. Wallace walked over to his desk to begin writing the suggestion down to turn in to the office. While doing that, Sapphire continued their conversation with Ruby and Emerald.
"This idea is so weird," she remarked.
"If Mr. Wallace says it's a great idea, then it's a great idea," Ruby told her. "Don't question him."
Sapphire gave him a look. "Ya need to stop with this unhealthy obsession. First, ya knit and now, ya support weirdos."
Ruby's jaw dropped when she called him a weirdo. A gasp was let out. "I'm going to ignore that you just said that!"
"I'm with her on this one," Emerald grumbled from behind them again. He stuck out his tongue in disgust. "This idea is so lame, I don't want to cater to random lovey-dovey couples. I'm so going to dip when they're not looking."
"Rald!" Ruby scolded.
"See, Prissy Boy? Even yer friend agrees with me!" Sapphire said triumphantly.
Ruby rolled his eyes and shook his head disappointingly. "I swear, I'm surrounded by people with zero taste."
"What did ya say, ya wimp?!" Sapphire snapped.
"You heard what I said, you caveman!" Ruby responded, not really caring. He reached for his backpack and pulled out a comb once again. "Also, brush that bird's nest of yours!"
He started to lunge towards Sapphire and forcefully comb her hair because her tangles kept bothering the whole time again. Of course, Sapphire wasn't going down easily and she kept shoving him away from her, shouting a colorful stream of insults towards his way.
Emerald watched the two and threw the metal pieces he was trying to build with onto his desk. Letting out a groan, he said, "Ugh! I can't do anything with you two around flirting all the time! So noisy and loud!"
"WE ARE NOT FLIRTING!"
"Pealord, whacha doing?" Diamond chimed through the microphone.
The chubby boy was currently in the school's dorms cafeteria, grabbing dinner and in a call with Pearl. Usually they provide it for students who choose to stay with them in the dorms, and it was a place Diamond frequently visited often because he was always hungry. Diamond quite like the place; many people don't really visit because they hate school food and it was nice and quiet. After what happened this afternoon at City Hall with everyone screaming at each other, he started to appreciate this place more.
The picture of a chatot appeared on his laptop, notifying the boy that his friend is there.
[I just finished winning ten battles in a row! I have to level up immediately if I want to hurry and buy the new skill set I saw in the shop!]
"Hmm..." Diamond hummed, deep in thought. "Don't worry, it won't sell out. Take your time!"
Though he said this, he knew it was useless because his friend was going to do anything but that.
[As if!] Pearl replied, predictably. [Are you going to log on soon? I can gain more levels if we double up as duos!]
"Nah, I don't want to start a game here in case I can't finish in time," Diamond responded, thinking about his surroundings. Though no one was there and he was sitting in the corner all by himself, he felt it was weird to randomly play in public, especially since he can be loud at times when he's passionate. Plus, there was another issue.
"I think I might take a break from the game," he announced, earning a scream from the other side of the microphone from Pearl. Continuing, he tried to explain, "I don't know, for some reason, my game keeps crashing and the screen keeps turning black. I think a break from the game and eating more food will do me some good."
It didn't happen too often to him, but when the game crashed and the screen turned black, Diamond would get the most massive headaches and have weird visions about some girl and a guy that looked very similar to Pearl, but older. He didn't really get a glimpse of the girl, but he kept seeing visions of them talking about something different each time. He didn't know why he got them either, but it always happened to him when he played the game.
[Oh my gosh, that happens to me too!] Pearl exclaimed. [I thought it was because of my computer, but since you got them too, I'm guessing it's the game. I wonder if it's a virus or something!]
"I hope not! I just got this laptop after I spilled ice cream and broke the other one," Diamond replied.
[Dia! I told you to be careful eating around the—] Pearl cut off mid-sentence because suddenly the screen turned black again.
Diamond frowned and began tampering with his laptop to make the screen return back to normal. This was happening too many times and it was kind of starting to bother him. Well, at least he's not getting a headache or seeing weird things like the previous times.
Suddenly, as he stared into the darkness of the screen, an icon popped up on the side. The icon was very small, and Diamond recognized the design of a pokéball on it. A pokéball was sort of a capturing device for Pokémon in the game. Everyone were Pokémon themselves, but to get their Pokémon avatar, they would have to capture some in the beginning of the game first with a pokéball and then they are able to choose which one represented them in the game to other people.
What is that? Diamond thought, dragging the mouse over to click on the icon.
Once he did, a blinding light radiated from his laptop, and suddenly, the whole room was engulfed in it.
Meanwhile, the same light appeared on thirteen other screens as well.
A/N —
Extra info if you guys want to know the reason for their usernames, then read below:
Fire_Fighter (Red) — Red resembles fire to me (plus his remake of Pokémon DS game Red has fire in it), he is the fighter, so I decided it would be "Fire_Fighter" which was funny since it reminded me of firefighters lol.
LeafGreen (Green) — Name of remake of Pokémon Green/Blue (if there is one)
Healer (Yellow) — She's the healer lol.
Aoineko (Blue) — Aoi means "Blue" in Japanese, AND Neko makes "Cat" in Japanese. Since she's a thieving person, it resembles a cat XP
Awesomenessofall_123 (Gold) — This guy thinks he's awesome lol XD I think so too though.
Capturer01 (Crystal) — Same like Yellow. She's the capturer XD
DarkHood097_ (Silver) — This one is pretty weird actually. I just made it up, because Silver ALWAYS wears dark clothes even for a hero lol. But his stoic nature is fav XD
Kotone24 (Soul) — Kotone is Lyra's name in Japanese, and Soul is the manga counterpart fans made of Lyra
Sapphoro911 (Sapphire) — This is a combination of Sapphire & Toro, actually XP since she names some of her Pokémon (I think) with -oro or something? I forgot, but I need to catch up on reading since I forget things easily. The "911" is the phone number for American police, and I imagine Sapphire as a cop sometimes XP She has the guts for it.
BeautifulSparkles_114 (Ruby) — I don't know... In my opinion, when I played the contests in Diamond & Pearl, I always thought sparkles made everything beautiful. Ruby, being the person who loves contests made me think of this for some reason. Sorry for the girly name guys :/ He's too fabulous for this.
Pealord (Pearl) — Sorry guys, but this one cracks me up XD Since he names some of Pokémon with -lord at the end (if I remember it right), I decided to mix his name with it, similar to Sapphire.
Quartz101 (Platinum) — When I was on a trip somewhere, I saw quartz (I don't know whether it was fake or not), and it was really pretty :) It reminded me of Platinum since she's really pretty too, haha XD
I did not reveal Emerald's or Diamond's yet because it has not appeared in fanfiction, but I'll reveal shortly! Lastly, thank you for reviewing, following, and favoriting this story! Love you guys! Happy reading!
