Hey everyone! Sorry for making you wait for a while but here I am and with another chapter of CA, hope you all like it and let me know what you think afterwards! Enjoy!
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Chapter 4- The Elites Bell rings in, A Double Battle Emerges!
The gold device on her arm had lit up, several tiny beeping sounds had rung out, "Well you're about to find out". The large screen hanging above center ceiling had lit up, revealing a large photograph of Blake himself, seeming to be taken just now.
He looked horrified, "I look terrible!" he growled, shifting his glare over to the tiny Elite, she conjured up a devious playful smile that was followed with a wink. "Who are you?" Rosebella asked, stepping in front of Blake who was still angry about his non appealing photograph.
"Me? I'm the Elite's Bell title holder, Dakota, and you two have just stepped onto a dangerous turf". She flicked her long locks towards Rosebella who grew more irritated by her, slapping her hair away as it tickled the tip of her nose.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Both Blake and Rose asked simultaneously.
"It means…" she got closer to them, positioning her head in between both of theirs as she whispered in a low tone to both their ears, "...I run the shows around here, and if you want to perform, you're going to do it according to my way".
"And what is your way?" Asked the long haired brunette, crossing her arms defensively as she increased the fierceness behind her glare towards Dakota.
"She shouldn't have asked that". Chuckled Zero, shaking his head from the amusing sight and then turning over to Luciana who had a slight smirk on her lips, resting her cheek on her palm and resting her elbow on the armrest of her chair.
"You knew this would happen, didn't you…...asking those two students to perform in the arena….knowing that Dakota wouldn't allow anyone to have a moment in the light unless they earned it through her way...and now, those two will be in for a groundbreaking performance".
Luciana shrugged, giggling a bit under her breath as she continued watching over the entire scene, "Maybe I did, Maybe I didn't, why don't you relax Zero? The real show has just begun".
"It's simple, a double battle, you two against me and….." she placed a finger over her lips, gazing over the entire audience with sharp eyes, they widened when she saw her chosen victim, "Her!" she pointed her gold device towards the dark haired brunette with wavy chest length hair, her side bangs swept to the breeze when she stood frozen from everyone's attention now on her. Her purple tainted blue toned eyes widened in horror from the sudden spotlight now being showered upon her.
"Me?" she mumbled, pointing to herself, Dakota nodded, wiggling her finger towards the girl who slowly got up, now making her way down the steps, she hopped over the wall and walked over to Dakota's side, immediately showing the discomfort she had from being in the arena with so many eyes.
"What's your name?" Dakota asked, shooting a wide smile towards the dark haired brunette who took in a deep breath and averted her eyes from the Elite, mumbling her words out, "Iria…"
"Alright! So it's settled! Iria and I challenge you two to a double battle!" She snapped her head over to Dakota who had a prideful smirk over her lips, crossing her arms and keeping her stance fierce and tall.
"Fine! Let's do this then!" Shouted Rose, turning her back to her opponents and making her way over to the opposite end of the arena, Blake took a few seconds to stare at Iria, almost as if he was examining her, quickly turning his back to them and following behind Rose.
"Heh, this should be fun". chuckled the petite Elite, she yanked Iria's hand, dragging her off to their side of the field, a pale shade started appearing on the nervous girls face.
"Wow, that girl looks really nervous". muttered Tyler, crossing his arms as he slumped further down into his seat, somewhat not impressed with the whole scene.
"This is a perfect chance for me to see one of the Elite's battling styles, but…..who exactly is she?" Troy turned to Russell and Tyler who shrugged like all the other previous times.
"That's Dakota Malone, she's the daughter of Harley and Solidad, two of the contest worlds best performers". they were distracted by the appearance of a sudden new face, a boy with Black spiky hair, he had bangs that covered his right eye and wore a small ponytail. His eyes were a hazel brown color which illuminated through his mocha brown skin. He looked down at the three boys from the steps, shifting his gaze over to Rosebella's empty seat, Troy nodded, gesturing him to sit down with them which he did.
"I'm Ari". he gave a slight smile to them, nodding in a kind manner as they introduced themselves as well, Tyler's eyes settled onto the single feather sticking out from his black trench coats chest pocket, his eyes looked up at Ari who was staring back at him, pushing the feather further into his pocket so it wouldn't stick out.
"So that means she reigns from contest royalty?" Asked Russell, breaking the sudden silence that had appeared when Ari sat down.
He nodded, "That's right, Dakota is said to be a prodigy at Contests herself, she is graceful like her mother, but devious and tricky like her father as well, it's the winning combination for a real performance".
"So it's kind of like she's part angel and part demon, right?" Ari chuckled at Russell's interpretation but he nodded to it.
"Something like that, Solidad based her performances and battles through grace and beauty, while Harley focused more through a different direction, his style was to reveal the beauty within all things, to show that everything had some form of grace to it, they are like yin and yang, complete opposites, yet they combine so well together, and with that, comes their daughter, Dakota".
"So she's that dangerous". Troy narrowed his eyes onto the arena, focusing entirely on Dakota who was staring down at the pokeball in her hand, a tiny curve on the left side of her lip appeared.
"She's the Show princess, I'm sure we're in for quite a performance…..and message". Ari gestured his chin towards the field, directing the others to look over where Blake and Rosebella seemed to be talking.
"My parents warned me about the daughter of some old rivals from back in there traveling days, could she be the one they were warning me about?" Rosebella whispered, glancing for a quick second over to Dakota who was staring back in a much more serious manner, closing her eyes before shifting her head over to Iria.
"I don't care if she's the daughter of Arceus, I'll take her out with my pokemon and show her true beauty". Blake pulled out a pink pokeball from his belt, it had a slightly darker pink heart on the top center. Rosebella didn't continue with her words after that and pulled out her own crystallized pokeball.
"Aromatisse! Let's give them a performance they'll never forget!" he threw the pokeball up into the air along with Rose who followed the same, "Altaria! It's showtime!" Both pokeballs bursted open, revealing two separate rays of light which swerved together up towards the sky, Blue with pink, exploding with the revelation of the fairy type landing on Altaria's back who soared throughout the sky.
"Even as rivals, you're pokemon managed to perfect a lovely entrance, I'm impressed". Dakota softly threw her pokeball on the floor while Iria threw her's up into the air. "Leavanny, Curtain time".
"Ninetails! Battle dance!" The pokeball on the floor clicked open, a green ray of light shot up, forming into a twister of leaves which had revealed the grass and bug type standing mid air. Iria's pokeball opened up, revealing the flaming red light which came crashing down into a small swerving vortex of fire, exploding and revealing the beautiful nine tailed creature.
"Ngh…." Blake and Rose gulped down the building saliva they were holding, now feeling a bit unsettled in their stomachs from their opponents unexpected entrance.
(Eira/ Hector/Luis/Harvey)
They exited out of the infirmary, stopping in front of the door as they waited for it to close shut, "I must take my leave, this whole incident needs to be investigated immediately for I fear somewhere out there, someone, or something, is planning to strike again". he gave a small head nod to both Eira and Harvey who returned it, watching as he went his own way, disappearing around the corner down the hall.
"Did he just say "something"?" Harvey looked at Eira with a quizzical expression, she tilted her head in confusion, not knowing what he was getting at. "What do you mean?"
"He didn't refer to a pokemon as the possible attacker, instead….he said something, as in something not recognizable". She looked even more confused, staring intensely at Harvey who seemed to be deep in thought.
"But we already confirmed that it was a dragon, what else could it be?" she shook her head, disagreeing with what Harvey was trying to bring up.
"I don't know, but I have a strong feeling there's something more to this little incident". he took off to the same direction Hector had gone off in, "Wait! Where are you going?!" she shouted, quickly piping down when she realized she was standing in front of the infirmary, he didn't respond back, irritating the ice type lover who grunted under her breaths and ran after him.
(Mark/Rick/Michael)
"Here we are". there mouths were left hanging wide open when they were brought to the gates of a large, dark colored tower, the gates were silver and standing nearly eleven feet tall, Michael had pushed one of the gates doors open, allowing both Mark and Rick to enter first, he followed behind, smirking as the doors to the tower opened on there own, immediately sending chills down both youngster's backs.
"What is this place?" Asked Mark, gazing about the large hall, Michael had walked ahead of them, stopping in the center of the floor and shoving his hands in his pockets as he looked up at the crystallized chandelier hanging above them.
"The Frontier's tower, this is where all of it's members reside in". He continued moving forward knowing both Rick and Mark would follow behind which they did.
"These portraits…...are these all former Frontier members?" the walls were nearly entirely covered with portraits, all of different people.
"Yeah, each of them moved forward to become legends in the real world". They were led into a single narrow hall, there were doors on each side, all of them quickly increasing the curiosity of both boys who now wondered what was behind each door.
"You still haven't told us why we're here". asked Rick, stopping in his tracks which was immediately noticed by Michael who stopped as well, he turned his head to the side, gazing to Rick from the corner of his eye, "The Frontier King requested for you two, with much time consuming research done, we concluded that you two are by far the most intellectual individuals to ever attend this academy, and because of that, the King requests for your assistance".
"With?" Asked Mark, quirking his brow upwards with curiosity, Michael remained quiet for a bit, continuing to make his way down the hall. "It's not in my part to discuss this with you, follow me and you'll find out real soon". Mark and Rick gave each other a final look of angst, sighing as they complied with the Frontier members orders.
They had reached the end of the hall, waiting as Michael pushed the double door entrance apart and allowing them to pass through, the lights lit up one by one, illuminating the giant room which had them speechless.
"This is the Pledge room….." the place was endless, with rows of shelves and cabinets containing mysterious items within them were stretching far beyond their eye sight capability, the floors were dark but well polished and had currents of green neon lights running underneath them, the walls were made entirely of steel, there was a large steel mechanism in the center of the room, it had rotating rings around it and a single metal throne in the center. Computers and monitor screens were arranged against the walls, all of them revealing images of events happening in different sections of the school.
"Pledge...room?" Both of them replied questionably with a confused look towards Michael who nodded, now crossing his arms as he leaned against the wall.
"Yes, the Pledge room is the Frontier towers main Quarters, it is guarded heavily by us frontiers, each door before this room has a trap installed for whoever tries to trespass, and behind five of those doors resides the five of us, waiting to eliminate any threat not recognizable to the towers familiar system".
They searched around for the new source of voice, stumbling there eyes upon the male with the black pea trench coat with a hanging hood, his black dress shirt underneath was unbuttoned from the top while his silver tie hung loosely around. He wore black pants and dark brown shoes. He had medium-long, somewhat messy black hair with bangs that fell over his nose and partially covered his right eye which flowed down the right side of his face, while on the left, his hair was pulled back and tucked in behind his right ear. Both Mark and Rick had tensed up when the slender yet muscular built male had pierced them with his sharp and angular reddish brown eyes, almost having tsurime shaped ones.
"Are you the Frontier King?" Mark pointed, realizing he was when the older male nodded.
"Yes, I am, most people know me as the Storm King, but you can call me Yun". he formed a smile to them, the atmosphere quickly turned into a refreshing calm and cool vibe that had washed over both boys, washing away there nervousness.
"Storm King? Why do they call you that?" asked Mark, Michael chuckled, now having everyone's eyes on him, "Because no matter where he is, the atmosphere changes according to his mood, like right now, I bet both of you feel pretty relaxed now that your nervous vibes suddenly disappeared".
"H-how did yo-". Rick was cut off by Michael who continued, "It's a gift Yun has, whatever emotion he's dealing with at the moment will affect the atmosphere and all of those around him, he's calm and has his cool right now which is why the vibes around us feel so relaxing, but when he's pissed you'll feel like you're in the inferno's of hell, suffocating in the depths of darkness….nobody really knows how it's possible, but it is, and so that's why, wherever Yun goes, he'll conjure up a storm of mixed emotions for anybody around, he's a much talked about icon in the school".
Yun shook his head, sighing to Michael's words, "It is not a gift, it is just a natural event that happens daily, I'm just a normal person like any of you".
"You're being modest again, just accept that it is a gift and move on". Yun closed his eyes, sighing once more as Michael smirked with a playful yet devious manner behind it.
"Anyways, I guess we'll move on to the purpose of you two being here".
"Well, If it's not much trouble, I'd actually like to finally know why we were brought here, a little insight wouldn't hurt either". Rick answered, scratching his head while Mark nodded.
"I brought you here because I need your help with a project…" he looked over at Michael who caught on to the Frontier leaders stare, he made his way towards the computers, typing on the keyboard which had made the giant screen hanging against the wall reveal the battle between Blake, Rose, Iria, and Dakota.
"What kind of Project?" they both asked.
"A duplication Project, I need this…." he nodded over to Michael who zoomed in on the golden device cuffed around Dakota's arm. Mark's mouth began parting open slowly when he noticed it, quickly averting his eyes from it while Yun pointed to it, narrowing his eyes darkly onto the small Elite, Rick had glanced over to Michael who knew the atmosphere had quickly turned heavy.
"What is it?" Rick settled his light blue eyes onto Yun who was still facing the screen.
"It's called a regalia, a mysterious device that can only be activated by its holder, an Elite, the path towards discovering the worlds most prominent group of trainers secrets begins with that item…..I need you two to unlock the systems within the regalia and then duplicate it to synchronize with the Frontiers".
They remained quiet, knowing that Yun's plan was crazy, "H-how are we supposed to hack into it's systems and duplicate it? It's crazy to be even talking about that". Mark shook his head repeatedly.
"I know you can do it, after all, you have the knowledge of an Elite since you reign from a father who was once a legendary trainer…..". His eyes went wide, his head stopped, now facing Yun who held a malicious smirk, "H-how did you know that?"
Rick stared over at him, shuffling through his thoughts, *So he's Elite Royalty…..who would have thought…*
"...we haven't just studied you, we've studied your entire family, a father who was once a part of the world class Elite trainers group, you were constantly surrounded by Elite members from all over the world, they gave you the knowledge most trainers would kill for, yet you chose to follow the path of a researcher…..you both did…...it's quite a prominent goal, researchers make the trainer world move forward….you can do that…...I'm giving you the chance to start a revolution and leave a huge impact on the world…..all you need to do is unlock the Regalia's system".
"That's why you brought the two of us…" muttered Rick. "Mark has Elite blood running through his veins, and because of that you're going to have him unlock the regalia and then have me hack into it in order to duplicate it's inner workings and figure out it's purpose".
They tensed up to the Elite king's chuckling, slowly backing away when Yun nodded, "Yes, you two are all we need for this project, So what will it be? Will you accept? Or will you back down and reveal yourselves as the weaklings people believe you to be".
"Yun…" Michael started but kept silent when Yun shook his head, waiting for both boy's answers, they looked at each other, then at the Frontier leader who smiled when they nodded.
"We'll do it, but how do you expect us to steal one of the Elite's regalia's, it's impossible".
"Don't worry about that, I have somebody in mind for that task, it'll be hard to unlock this one single device though".
"Why is that?" Mark crossed his arms.
"Because…..it'll be the Queen's Regalia".
(Luciana/Zero)
She tensed up suddenly, her body cringed slightly which had alerted Zero who was glancing from the corner of his eye, "What's wrong?" she shook her head, rubbing her arms up and down to rid herself of the goosebumps she now had.
"I just…...I just got this really weird feeling….I don't know how to explain it, but…..I have a feeling something bad is going to happen". He hurried over to her side, he grabbed her hand and helped her up from her seat, he examined her up and down for precaution.
"Don't worry….I won't let anything happen to you, count on it my queen". she closed her eyes, forming a small comforting smile, trusting her loyal advisors words.
"I know…...thank you Zero". she extended her arm out, he noticed the gesture she was making and he grabbed the purple regalia resting on a velvet pillow beside her throne, he strapped it to her arm, causing her to flinch but quickly shake it off.
"What are you doing?" he asked, she slid the tip of her fingers over the device, a tiny smirk formed on her lips as she took notice of another nearby presence, one that went unnoticed by Zero.
"Nothing….Dakota just needs to be really careful on how she uses the rumble regalia". Her eyes shifted onto Zero, staring at him for quite a while with a serious tone, he stared back, quickly catching onto the second message she was sending him.
He held back on his laugh, "Indeed she does...she has the beauty and grace of a flower, but her strength matches that of a steelix, truly the holder of the Rumble Regalia".
"As you are for the Thorn Regalia". She slipped the sleeve of his sweater vest upwards, revealing the same device as her and Dakota, only this one was colored a dark green.
"Yet, nothing compares to the Pledge Queen". he kissed her hand, she chuckled. "Except the Storm King…..".
"You mean Yun?" he questioned with a slightly confused expression, she shook her head.
"No…...The real Storm king…...he...or she….is somewhere out there, waiting to take their rightful place as the Storm Regalias true keeper and rule over the Kings and Queens…...then we will all be able to conquer the Dark path hindering us from reaching the Regal Tower of Triumph".
She looked out onto the arena, watching as a cloud of smoke rose up into the air, "A storm creeps closer and closer….pretty soon, our Leader will be unveiled before our very eyes , and we will be saved from darkness…." she swiped her arm across, "Isn't that right...Victoria".
"Of course…..although, I'll die if it turns out being a male as our Leader". a sharp figure shot down from the above the balcony, now standing on the stone railing. Zero looked at the girlish figure with a venomous glare, a glare that was generously returned back at him with cold steel grey eyes.
"What is she doing here"? he spat with a hissing tone, Luciana held her hand up towards him, preventing him from saying anything else troubling.
The figure snorted, stomping off of the rail as she crossed her arms, "Obviously not for you". she stood silently afterwards, letting the powerful gusts blow through her shoulder length, light, purple colored hair shaped into a headband braid from the top, the two strands hanging in front, shaping her face, were a darker color. Her skin was paler than average with three freckles aligned underneath her left eye, Zero's eyes wandered onto the thin, white scar on the far side of her right eye shaped like a crescent. She dusted the black dress coat, similar to that of Luciana's and Dakota's, she was wearing, having long, thigh length purple stockings underneath and black boots.
"Is everything going according to plan?" Asked Luciana, ignoring the harsh tension between Victoria and Zero.
The purplette nodded, "Yes, it's as you said, the Frontiers are targeting the regalia's, most importantly yours".
"The Pledge regalia….." she walked past both of them, still not caring about the intense glaring between the two, she walked out onto the balcony, both hands behind her back as she kept a calm stance.
"...Even if they did manage to steal it away, it wouldn't activate the Pledge Room's inner core, the process buries further more than that…..". she turned around, grabbing both Victoria and Zero's attention with her malicious expression.
"Don't blow your cover Victoria….we'll need all the info we can get on what the frontier's are up to".
A devilish smirk crept onto the young girls lips, she did a slight bow to the champion, shooting a quick killer glare to Zero for a final time, "I haven't been caught yet, you can assure yourself I won't let my cover be blown now, the real fun has just begun".
Iria shot her fist forward, focused on her pokemon entirely "Ninetails! Use flamethrower!"
Dakota struck her hand forward as well, "Leavanny use X-scissor!"
Ninetails had fired a destructive beam of heat towards both Altaria and Aromatisse, Leavanny jumped up into the air, twirling down towards the fire as the leaves on it's arms began glowing a light blue color, "Leavanny!" it cooed as it dove into ninetails flamethrower, engulfing itself with flames and creating a rapid swirling vortex of purple fire, it quickly shaped itself into an X, striking both Aromatisse and Altaria who couldn't avoid it. There loud cries had alarmed both Rose and Blake who grew more and more irritated by Dakota's winning glow.
"Aromatisse! Hang in there!"
"Stay strong Altaria!" they both shouted, now biting there lips with anxiety as they tried to figure out there next step.
"Incredible…..she doesn't even need to discuss a strategy with her partner, instead, she utilizes whatever attacks are commanded and uses them to strengthen her own power". Leonard gawked at the Elite, holding his larvesta tighter which began squealing when it was now being suffocated.
Mercy's eyes were focused entirely on Iria, "It was a beautiful combination showing off both power and beauty in one".
"Is the show going to end soon?" Dakota giggled, Iria remained the same, keeping a pokerface to the audience, her arms crossed and hips shifted to one side.
"Not a chance!" they shouted simultaneously, the petite Elite seemed amused by their quick annoyed expressions. Roses eyes quickly grew wide when she saw her Altaria trembling, the red swelling spots on it's blue skin quickly caught her mood into fear.
"No….Altaria's burned….." she whispered, Blake glanced over to her, clenching his fists as he grunted under his breath, "Aromatisse, Aromatherapy Let's go!"
The fairy type sing songed as it twirled and danced around the dragon type, a colorful fragrance was slowly emitting from it's pink furry body, surrounding Altaria who sang along, synchronizing there harmonic cries together into a pleasant melody enjoyed by the crowd.
"What a lovely sound…..too bad I have to destroy it, Leavanny! Double team!"
"This is where I come in…." Iria sighed, "Alright Ninetails! Jump in between Leavanny and use Secret power!"
Leavanny's copies had perfectly aligned themselves into a ring, hovering above both Altaria and Aromatisse who was still healing it's partner, Ninetails had shot up into the air doing a frontflip as it's body began glowing white, it released a wave of white status bolts upon entering mid center of copy ring, each of the grass/bug types had twirled around rapidly with their blades, surrounding themselves in the white glow and forcing their weight to strike down, aiming directly towards both pokemon.
"Dodge it!" Shouted Rose, she was quickly cut off by Blake who swiped his arms across her, signaling her to stop as he remained silent and calm, "W-what are you doing?!" she exclaimed, her voice grew louder and louder as he continued ignoring her.
They formed into one giant glowing spear, now moving like a sharp drill and creating an ear peircing whistling noise through the air, he looked over at the honey blonde, staring into her crystalized like eyes for a while, waiting for her to catch on, which she eventually did, her mouth slowly parted open yet she didn't say anything.
They stared up at the drill waiting at the final second before it struck down on the ground, Rosebella had struck her hand up into the air, "Altaria! Sky attack!"
A quick beam of red light shot up into the air, racing past the giant white glowing spear of Leavanny's which had crashed down onto the ground, splitting the entire field in half. "Aromatisse! Show them what your moon blast is all about!"
"What?!" Iria's and Dakota's expressions dropped as their skin turned pale, the sky went dark and a mystical white light shot down on a red glowing Altaria who cried out with a melody, and Aromatisse who was on it's back, raising it's arms up as it collected the light. "Go!" they both ordered.
Altaria's figure rapidly disappeared, no longer visible to the human eye as only trails of white and red light were left along the sky in a zigzag manner, it came shooting down straight at ninetails and Leavanny with it's body engulfed entirely in glowing red, white, and pink flames, all of them combining to take on the form of a giant winged bird ten times their original size.
"It's…...beautiful…" muttered Dakota, immediately drawn in by the beautiful sight, as well as the entire audience who was left in an awestruck manner.
"I think the show princess has just been out shown". Zero chuckled lowly, staring at the mystical winged figure created by Altaria and Aromatisse with a snake like grin.
"Those two...they remind me of the former King and Queen to the Rose and Sun regalias….so much alike…." Zeros head snapped over to Luciana who was hypnotized and drawn by the beautiful combination in an instant, her eyes never once had looked away.
"Luciana…..you can't be serious…" he was left stunned by the Queen who continued staring up at the sky, admiring the mystical winged beast.
"The waves of powerful energy coursing through the air….it's so intense….it couldn't…..Could one of those two be the possible king?" whispered Celeste, narrowing her eyes onto Blake and Rose.
She shook her head, ridding the possible thought from her mind, "Storm King….when will you reveal yourself?"
Ok! So there you have it! If I'm not mistaken, I should almost be done with all the characters introductions, especially the remaining Elites and Frontiers, I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far because it'll only get better, I promise! If you have any question just let me know and I'll get back to you as soon as possible, I'm sorry for the late update but I hope this long chapter makes up for it, anyways, once again, if you have any questions or ideas for your OC then feel free to share them with me, I'd be excited to know! Anyways, hope you liked it and please review! Until then!
Coming Soon! Chapter 5- A battle gone wrong, the Diamond and Shield break in!