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(Rosebella/ 2 years ago )
She sat bedside near the sleeping honey blonde who was laid across the bed, dozens of bouquets of roses had surrounded the older woman's bed and room, overwhelming her daughter who still held onto her mothers hand.
"Mom…" she whispered, closing her eyes and lowering her head as she let a small tear fall on her mothers hand, it twitched soon after, alarming the young girl who had her resembling features.
"R-rosebella….why are you crying sweetie?" her hand had moved up towards her daughter's face where she cupped the young girls cheek softly.
"M-mom….y-you're….awake". she couldn't hold back anymore and released her tears, crying uncontrollably as the blue eyed blonde watched helplessly with a saddened expression towards Rosebella's distraught tears.
"I'm sorry for making you go through this…..I'm such a bad mother". she whispered, covering her face with her hands as she refused to show Rose her ready to fall tears.
"No…...you're not, you will never be a bad mother….I just don't understand why your health has gotten worse…..it's not like you've been doing this to yourself….I just don't understand…..I just….I just don't get it…..". She grabbed both of her mother's hands, pulling them away to see a pained expression washed over her face.
"Rose….I….I have to tell you something, you see, I-"
"Rose?" they were interrupted when the doors had opened, an older man had peeked his head in, although he seemed older, he had good looking features, light brown hair that fell down to his jaw line in a scruffy manner, he had dark crystal blue eyes and a light olive complexion. He had walked in through the door, revealing his tall stature.
"Dad…" Rose seemed surprised by his unexpected arrival, he gave a tiny smile upon seeing his daughter, but it grew wider when he had looked over towards his wife who was sitting up on the bed.
"You're awake". he sighed out in relief and content, he rushed over to her, quickly embracing his wife into a hug which she happily returned, burying her face into his neck, Rose couldn't help but smile at the sight.
She pulled herself away, enough to look him in the eye in a curious manner, "Xavier…..what are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be in Kanto for the annual Pokemon League reunion".
He nodded, "I was…..but when I heard what happened, I rushed back as soon as I could, my family comes first, no matter what". he held her hand up to his lips, pressing them lightly over which had made his wife cooe in response, Rose scrunched her face from the embarrassing sight.
He turned back to her, "Sweetie, do you mind giving me a bit of alone time with your mother?" she rolled her eyes, getting up from her seat as she casually made her way towards the door, but not before plucking a rose from one of the vases.
"Just don't do anything dirty you two, this is a hospital after all, you can wait until we get back home". both of her parents blushed, quickly shaking the thoughts off as Rose finally went out, letting the door slowly close.
He turned back to his wife, this time his face going as serious as ever, "How much more do you plan to hurt your own daughter? How much longer before you kill yourself?...Alice…...this has got to end."
Her expression turned grim, the atmosphere turned dark and heavy, he clutched onto Alice's hands firmly, comforting his wife who began letting her tears fall, "The rose regalia has already drained most of my energy and life force….It won't be long before I leave this place….and leave behind both you and Rosebella….." he closed his eyes, trying to ignore the piercing and painful aching sensation going on in his chest upon hearing his wife's words.
"I don't want to lose my wife….the only woman I will ever love…...".
"I know….." she looked over towards the only window in the room, watching as a flock of fletchings flew by.
"...That's why I'm giving up my reign over the grass road…...I will give up my title as the Rose queen and break ties from the tower….Xavier…...I don't want my only daughter falling into the thorns of her own death….if I die before the Regalia's bond is broken from me…..Rosebella will be forced to become its new keeper because she is my blood legacy…..I can't put her through that".
"She's not ready for the task as a Queen, I refuse to allow her to become a slave to the grass road". he pulled the covers away from her slowly, a Ruby colored regalia was strapped to her left calf, blinking repeatedly over as she began breathing rapidly.
"The ruby rose regalia….." he whispered, watching as his wife weakened when it drained energy away from her.
"The regalia's….they are gifts….yet they are curses….my heart aches every time I think how much longer my life could have been, have I didn't fall into the chain like vines of the Grass road". she shuffled a bit under the remaining sheets, trying to get comfortable, her gown sleeve loosened, revealing the gruesome green like markings spiraling down her arms, resembling almost like vines.
He traced his fingers down her arm, hoping to soothe her down, "We don't have much time Alice, ever since I gave up my rights to the Flame road, my brother has been on search for another regalia, if he discovers your intention to abandon the Grass road, he'll stop at nothing to get his hands on it…...he won't stop until he builds a legacy of royals following behind him, and the person he plans to start with first is his own daughter.
She gasped, "No, not that sweet innocent girl…". he held her tight into a hug, comforting his wife who began sobbing, "...When will this nightmare end…"
"Mom….Dad…." she watched through the tiny gap left behind from the door not closing properly, whispering to herself with a deep frown, the sight of her mother crying into her fathers arms was unbearable.
She turned over, now pressing her back against the wall as she slid down to the ground, "...The Rose Regalia…". she mumbled once more, now staring coldly at the Rose in her hand.
(Mercy)
"Who could have done this"? she kept her hand over her mouth and nose, blocking any aroma from the blood away. She snapped her head back and forth, still not knowing what to do.
"I have to get her help, and quick". she mumbled, removing her hand and taking a deep breath in, she tried sliding her hands underneath the beaten girls figure only to retract quickly upon feeling the wet and warm sensation of her fresh blood still oozing out.
"What are you doing?" she yelped to the sudden voice, quickly scooting back only to hit something sturdy, she looked up, finding Mason looking straight back down at her.
"Mason, Maori, Maddox…." she whispered, somewhat happy, and surprised from their presence.
"Wow…...what the hell happened here?" Maddox quirked an eyebrow upon laying his eyes on the blood covered female, Mercy shook her head, holding out her arms which were now stained with blood,
"I don't know…...but I can't do this alone…" she looked back up at them, they couldn't resist her teary eyed expression and pouting lips, something they always hated about her.
"We thought it over…...and you're right, Crystal Genesis is our family, although what happened in the past tore us apart, we can never really abandon the people who came to be so close to our hearts…..we won't let Celeste down". the blonde had grabbed her arm, helping her back on her feet where she was slowly moved towards the back, watching as the three males carefully lifted the unconscious girl.
"Thank you". a tiny grateful smile curved over onto her lips, she held her long sleeved hands up to her face to cover her smile, they looked back at her with smirks of their own.
"Long live Crystal Genesis".
(Russell/Troy/Tyler/Ari)
"Huh…..who would have thought…..". Started Troy, staring at the door of his new room.
"...That we would all be bunked right next to one another". Tyler ended the sentence, staring at the same door Troy was eyeing, they were roommates, and even more of a coincidence, he looked over at Russell and Ari who were standing in front of there door, which was right next to his and Troy's room.
"Well, no point standing here, I need a nap". mumbled Ari, opening the door to his and Russell's room, he stepped forward, dropping his bags next to the bed he called his.
The other shrugged, Russell went inside while Troy and Tyler entered their own room, they settled into their own beds and began unpacking their bags.
"Do you plan on going to the ball?" Troy looked at Tyler who seemed the least interested in going, he shrugged, lying nonchalantly on his bed.
"I don't know, do you?" he asked, watching as Troy pulled out several articles of clothing from his luggage bag.
He nodded, having a tiny smirk on his lips, "This ball will be the perfect opportunity for me to scout the Elites and Frontiers".
"Woah!" Russell was entranced with the amazing view he got from his bedside, Ari rolled his eyes, unable to peacefully nap from the orange eyed males ranting.
"Does this guy ever shut up". he mumbled, keeping his eyes closed as Russell was nearly plastering his face against the windows glass, watching all of the beautiful flocks of bird pokemon fly by. His eyes shifted back and forth, but had stopped upon catching a glance of something unsettling.
"What the…." Ari opened one eye, rolling it back as he grunted with a sigh, "What".
He watched the triplets emerge from the forest scape, a brutally beaten figure was now held in Maddox's arms, being carried out as they quietly tried passing through. The worst came to his thoughts, could they have really done the unthinkable? Was that person in their grasp…..dead?
He slid the windows glass upwards, prompting Ari too turn over and watch him crawl over the ledge, he shot up from his bed, "What the hell are you doing now?"
He didn't say anything but had instead jumped out, rolling onto the grass and quickly picking himself back, he watched him run towards the three figures, unable to tell what Russell was aiming to do.
(Rosebella)
"Hm….." she looked at herself in the mirror, modeling the dress she had put on which she was deciding whether or not to wear at the ball. She twirled around once, stopping with her back facing the mirror, she turned her head towards it, giving a tiny smile.
"I like that dress too". she jolted at the voice, immediately turning over towards the window where Mercy was at.
"Mercy…" she gasped, stumbling back against her bed which had hit her knees, forcing her down on the bed.
"It's nice to see you too, Rose". answered the bluenette sitting calmly on the edge of the blondish brunettes window. She had one leg hanging out while the other was angled to support her arm. A tiny smirk appeared on her lips when she noticed Rosebella's collection of specially crafted pokeballs.
"I see you're still about style and looks, I'm glad you're following your true path as a Coordinator". she noticed the grim atmosphere around the young girl, she had her head lowered, staring down at her fiddling fingers.
"What's wrong?" she spoke again, now a bit more concerned as to Rose's sudden assertion.
"I'm not here to study under contests, mom and dad don't even know about this, they think I'm with Aunt willow in the Unova Region …..I came here for something else ". she looked up towards Mercy who quirked an eyebrow, curious as to what the answer was.
"What". she jumped into her room, coming closer.
"I came here to take what is rightfully mine". her eyes became sharp upon gazing into the bluenette's violet gold tinted eyes.
"The rose regalia…." She scoffed in a taunting manner, "...I'm afraid you're a bit too late". Mercy turned her back to Rosebella who snuck up closer, grabbing the bluenette's shoulder.
"Why? What did you do? Tell me!" she felt the dark energy emitting from Mercy, slowly taking her hand off of her shoulder and backing away.
"I've seen it's power….I've harnessed it…..but it was too much, so I hid it away...hoping for the right time to come…..and it has….with Crystal genesis, I will make sure the rose regalia gets destroyed along with the rest...for good".
"What do you mean harnessed?"
"I've become the Rose regalia's holder….and it's Queen, Aunty Alice wasn't the best in hiding things, neither was uncle Xavier, my father was able to locate the whereabouts of the Ruby Regalia and I had no trouble taming it, now, I represent the grass road…..which also means I am now a part of the royal's war,…..but I don't wish to partake in it…..in fact….I want to destroy it". She gasped upon hearing Mercy's words, nearly fear stricken and left without anything to say.
"So you might as well go on home, because you're just too late….you're never going to become the rose queen, I've bonded with it…..but I will also be the last generation for the regalia, when the time comes, Crystal Genesis will have ended the Royals war and destroyed the Tower of triumph, permanently".
"Y-you can't do that….Mercy, it's a sin to mess with the gifts bestowed upon the Regalia's and the roads to the towers….I…..I cannot let you do that, I won't let you destroy them…...I'll find a way to take control of the Grass road….even if it kills me….I won't fail what was supposed to be my destiny".
She stopped at the window, placing her hand against the wall as she climbed onto the ledge, keeping her back to Rosebella, "You were never destined to become a Queen".
She couldn't retaliate, being stricken so hard with Mercy's words that it had left her speechless, she could only watch as the bluenette took off from the window, leaving her all by herself.
Her eyes shifted over to the mirror this time, she could feel a burst of anger and destruction surge throughout her body, she grabbed one of her pokeballs and threw it against the mirror, shattering it into a millions tiny pieces.
"I will not lose my title to you Mercy, so help me, I will make it my destiny, and no one will stand in my way, because I am not afraid to use my thorns".
(Eira/Harvey)
"So her name is Mika, the sword of the Elites and the third most powerful ranked trainer, she also has a nickname titled the dark fairy". He continued staring down at the dark envelope, growing more and more curious from its contents.
"Hm….." Eira kept her eyes on the ground, having her hands behind her back as she wandered into her own thoughts.
*Those were the Elites….Candace once told me...that not even she could beat them…...should I really be worried?*
"Ngh!" she groaned upon hitting something, she looked up and found that Harvey had stopped in his tracks, she kept her hand over her face, "What the heck are you doing? Why did you stop?"
She peeked around him, he was pointing up at the largest tree which stood in front of them, she looked up at it, finding herself watching a magnificent sight.
"Moonblast!" she leaped up from the tallest branch, snapping her fingers over towards a Sylveon who leaped off after. It cooed, firing a beautiful pink orb from its mouth, it began emitting a bright white energy which became somewhat blinding.
She snapped her fingers from her other hand towards the opposite direction where an Umbreon had shot out from another tree, "Shadow ball!"
It didn't hesitate to its owner's orders and fired a dark void orb from it's mouth, both Eira and Harvey gasped as they watched both attacks aim directly at her, a smirk curved up onto her lips as she grabbed onto a vine hanging from the tree, she swung forward, dodging both attacks which collided, creating a beautiful mirage of colored fireworks, pink, purple, black, white, and yellow.
"She's crazy!" cried Harvey, unable to keep his mouth from dropping.
"Now!" she released her grip on the vine, doing a front flip as both eeveelutions shot down after her, they used agility, creating a perfectly sleek and zig zag white trail of lights glowing behind them.
"Cress! Swords dance and follow it up with Extrasensory!" a black smoke exploded from behind her, taking the form of a Zoroark who she had clinged onto from it's back. It leaped onto a nearby branch, shooting itself upwards as both Sylveon and Umbreon chased after them.
It stood in midair, doing a series of hypnotic physical movements which had made both Eira and Harvey's eyes become heavy, everything became distorted to their eyes as they kept staring at the mysterious girl and her pokemon. Giant shadow like claws had appeared from it's arms, and before both of them had blacked out, they saw a frightening image, she had jumped off of the dark pokemon's back, now being slightly above it in the air as a bright pink glow shot out from what seemed to be her arm. A disastrous beam of white light shot down on her from the sky, they saw nothing more, only darkness as they had lost consciousness.
(Moments later)
They opened their eyes, letting the last of the sunset's bright light hit them which had made them cringe. Harvey's eyes quickly shot open as he sat up, now finding himself lying on a bed of grass next to Eira who was regaining consciousness.
"W-what...what the hell happened?" he rubbed his eyes, blinking repeatedly to make sure everything was real.
"My...my head hurts…..so much". mumbled Eira, now sitting up as she rubbed her head to soothe the pain away.
"Finally….I was beginning to think you two might never wake up". they were quickly alarmed from the scoffing voice, turning towards every direction to see where it came from.
Eira slapped Harvey on the chest lightly, signaling him to look up at where she was looking towards, the same girl from before was seated on a tree branch, facing forward with her back turned towards them.
They looked at each other, Harvey found it hard to swallow but yet managed to and took in a deep breath, "...Uh….Are you the sword of the Elites? Mika…." she turned her head to the side, glancing over to them from the corner of her light golden colored eyes, they turned dark with an amber color when she narrowed her already almond shaped eyes.
"And you are?" she fell backwards, now hanging upside down from the branch with her feet without showing any signs of hesitation.
"The Ace had sent us….I'm Harvey…"
"And I'm Eira". her eyes went from his, to Eira's cold emotionless ones, a somewhat challenging spark had ignited from in between both girls.
"Celebrant sent you?" she crossed her arms, waiting for their response, Harvey nodded, now making his way to the Elite slowly.
"He asked us to deliver this to you, it may be urgent". he pulled the envelope from his pocket, now holding it up towards the short haired girl, he could see the many colors being reflected through from the natural light, violet, cherry red, dark brown, it was distracting to his eyes. She took it from him, his eyes were quickly drawn to the dark pink device strapped to her arm, glistening to the light.
He looked back at Eira who was still sitting on the ground, trying to figure out what she had seen in the last moments before blacking out, she settled a deep and cold stare onto Mika, knowing something wasn't right.
"...No way…" she mumbled, her eyes widened little by little, she swung forward, releasing her grip from her legs and allowing herself to land safely on the ground, she stared down at the letter once more, crumbing it in her grasp and taking a step towards Harvey, she didn't stop however, only brushing past him and Eira slightly.
"Fools…..you should have never delivered this to me…" Eira had noticed something drop from the crumpled paper in Mika's hand, she waited for the Elite to leave, only to sneak in and grab it, now holding it in her hands.
"What is it?" Harvey took one final glance at Mika before turning to Eira, catching a glimpse of something shiny in her palm.
(Frontier's Wing)
"The pledge core…they will be coming for it as well…...just like with the regalias" Yun stroked the metal plating with his hands, lightly tracing across it with his fingers while the other Frontiers watched from their seats. Rick and Mark made eyes at each other, now growing a bit worried from what they had discussed earlier.
Michael scoffed under his breaths, unable to keep to himself as everyone else remained quiet, "King, are you really going through with this truce allegiance with the Elites? We can't trust to make any type of allegiance or deal with them".
Eric slammed his fist onto the table, startling both Rick and Mark who flinched,"The Joker's right, we're better off keeping to ourselves, we don't need any type of allegiance with those pathetic Elites".
He remained silent, shifting his eyes over to Charlotte who shrugged, "I trust that whatever decision the King makes, it will be for the best".
Then over to Victoria who seemed occupied with her own thoughts, he sighed, "I have no choice…..Crystal Genesis has resurrected back from the disbandment, this is no longer a heist like we planned, we are now heading to war with the largest and deadliest organization in the world, there leader Celestial…...she is a force to be reckoned with…..and she will stop at nothing until the Elites, Frontiers, and the regalias are destroyed….indefinitely".
"So you're saying our only chance at victory is to team up with the Elites? Bullshit!" Michael shot up from his chair, forcing it to topple back onto the floor as he angrily challenged Yun.
"Joke-". Charlotte spoke up but was quickly cut off by the Joker Frontier who flailed his arm aside angrily, "We are Frontiers! We are the best of the best and I refuse to form an alliance with those snotty bastardly Elites!"
"Then leave". the room went silent, all eyes were on Yun who had his back turned to everyone.
"What are you saying?" asked Eric, stunned by his words.
"I am the Frontier King and I called for this, if you want to disobey my order then leave, I don't have time to deal with something as petty as your refusal to work with the Elites, bigger problems are ahead of us and I need to know who will stand behind me in this fight and who will not!" the atmosphere had turned dark and heavy, Rick and Mark looked at one another in angst as they choked on the air. Victoria avoided any eye contact with the rest of the members, now enduring the stomach turning pain happening within her.
Michael sighed, now throwing his head back with a grunt and submission, "I will do as the King says, rest assured…...you have my loyalty".
Eric stood from his chair, slamming his hand on the table with narrowing eyes only for Yun, "You better hope this is what's best for everyone, King". he left the room without another word, slamming the door hard that it had made everyone jump from the loud bang.
"As the diamond, I will do my best to be the Frontier's front armor in this war…...Eric and I have already delivered the letter you left for us to the Elites so no-".
"What?" Charlotte was quickly cut off by Yun who turned back to the remaining others, they remained still, "What letter?" he asked, quirking any eyebrow in curiousness.
"The letter you had left on your desk with instructions for me and Eric to deliver". Michael's eyes widened upon realization, his head snapped over to Yun whose face darkened like never before.
Charlotte sighed, they closed their eyes, throwing their heads back, "You never left a letter for us….did you".
"I don't understand, what does this mean?" Rick scratched his head, getting more and more confused as the conversation progressed.
Mark leaned back into his chair, crossing his arms as a blank expression remained on his face, "It means, the Frontiers here are now being duped into Crystal Genesis's game, who knows what they might have in store for tonight's ball".
"Huh". Victoria gasped, quickly covering her mouth with her hands, they all turned to her, quizzical with her unexpected reaction.
"What is it?" asked Yun, stepping closer to the Clover Frontier who shook her head, she got up from her seat, waving her hands in front to reassure them everything was fine, "It's nothing…..I have to go". she took off, slamming the door behind her as the remaining others looked at each other.
"I still question her loyalty to the Frontiers sometimes". mumbled Michael, darkening his eyes towards the door where she exited out from.
(Celeste/Iria)
She sat across from Celeste, now fidgeting in a nervous manner from the quiet atmosphere, she watched as the two toned haired girl took a sip from her tea cup.
"You seem to know who I am, why is that"? she fiddled with her hands repeatedly, looking up at Celeste who seemed assertive at the moment. She placed her cup down, closing her eyes at the same time.
"The minute I saw your eyes…..I knew who you were….Iria Blackthorne". her eyes parted slowly, the way Celeste was looking at her, as if she knew something deep.
"What is that supposed to mean?" she pushed her cup away from her, refusing to have a civil conversation with Celeste who remained calm.
"Ryder Blackthorne was your brother". she took another sip from her cup, seeming indifferent when Iria shot up from her seat, shocked by her words.
"How do you know that? Who the hell are you?!" she slammed her hands down on the table, shaking everything on the surface, a tiny chuckle escaped the older girls lips.
"I know things that would shake you to your core, My name is Celestial, but you can call me Celeste, and I hold the key to all your answers". she inched her face closer to Iria's, looking deep within her purple blue like eyes, an unsettling feeling began growing within Iria's stomach the more she stared back into Celeste's different colored eyes.
"How do you know Ryder…... Tell me!" she slammed her hands again, this time prompting Celeste to get up, now giving an eerie vibe towards Iria who had immediately backed off.
"Ryder has made history with me, and has left his mark with many others, his whereabouts are not a challenge to me, it is the being who has taken him from us who poses a threat…...time will reveal what happened to your brother, and I will be here to give you clarity and a reunion, but I need something in return…" she held her palm out to Iria who looked at it hesitantly.
"And what is that?" she asked, glaring into Celestials eyes.
Her smirk widened, she held her head up higher, waiting patiently for Iria's hand, "...your pledge and loyalty".
(Elites Wing)
"Celebrant...what is the meaning of this?" Zero had served Luciana her tea, residing beside the Queen who took a sip from her cup.
"It's ok Zero, I'm sure if Celebrant called for this meeting, it must be urgent". she placed her cup down, staring at each of the Elites who were facing her, all of them sitting opposite of the champion and Zero.
"It is". he turned to Mika who scoffed, handing him the crumpled paper which he unfolded, he turned it over back and forth, now looking at Mika who seemed indifferent to his actions.
"What is it?" asked Hector, peeking over to the paper, his eyes widened, he snatched the paper away, now turning it over repeatedly.
"Well? What is it?" Dakota tried peeking over, seeming a bit annoyed that the other three seemed to know more than her.
Both Celebrant and Hector's heads quickly snapped over to Mika who yawned, now placing both of her feet on the table, Zero rolled his eyes while Luciana stared down at her cup of tea, waiting for the purpose of the meeting to be revealed.
"Where is it?" he shoved the paper as close to her as he could, she glance slightly down towards it, shrugging, Hector grunted along, now inching close to the short haired Elite who narrowed her eyes.
"What are you two yapping about?" she growled, scooting herself a bit further from the fire specialist.
"The thing on the letter, where is it?" Celebrant flung the paper to her side, she flicked it away, preventing it from landing on her.
"How should I know, it probably fell on my way here". both males sighed in frustration, irritated with Mika's non helpful ways.
"What's going on…..ugh...nobody ever tells me anything". Dakota pouted, she slumped further into her seat, now crossing her arms together.
Celebrant placed his hand on her head, giving her a warm and comforting smile, a smile which had immediately made her forget what she was frowning about, "It's ok bell, I will explain".
He turned his gaze onto Luciana who faced him back, his eyes grew dark and assertive, something quickly taken serious by the champion herself, "Luciana….they've returned".
The entire room was silent, Dakota looked between both superior trainers, the expression and tension between their gazes went unnoticed, "...What are you talking about…..." her words became cold.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, Crystal Genesis…...they're back". she was taken aback from the news, dropping her cup on the table which had shattered, letting the liquid now flood all over the glass surface. "My Queen". Zero was quick to assist, now helping Luciana away from her spot where the tea began spilling from the edge, he grabbed her hands in a rush, now inspecting them for any cuts.
The others looked onto each other, having the same stunned expressions, they had never seen a look of fear come across the champion, ever. "I don't understand, what's Crystal Genesis?" all heads turned to Dakota who seemed to be the only one lost.
Mika turned the other way, ignoring the young Elites words as she tried minding her own business, Hector coughed slightly, looking away as well, only leaving the young girl to look onto Zero, Celebrant, and Luciana who stayed quiet, trying to make the awkward atmosphere disappear.
"No…..how can this be…" Sighed Luciana, staring down at her red colored hands, she ignored the stinging sensation from the tea that had burned her.
Zero's frown deepened, he looked over at Celebrant who had the same grim expression, "Ace….who brought this news to you".
"The Frontiers…...it appears a war is heading our way". he reached for the letter which was by Mika, now handing it over to Zero who snatched it.
He looked down at it, reading through the letter, his eyes began narrowing by the second, "...An essence born with an opposite cannot easily vanish….it will return, stronger than ever to right the wrong…..what the hell is this nonsense?" he threw the paper onto the table, not caring that it had landed on the puddle of tea which began disintegrating the thin substance.
She shook her head, now standing up and grabbing the other members attention, "It's not nonsense…...it's a warning, to me…...from a dear old friend".
(Luis/Christopher/Iria)
"K-keilani….I….I'll…..save….you…."
"Hm?" his head moved upwards after facing the floor, nearly drifting off to sleep as he waited for something to happen with Luis. His sparkling blue eyes remained glued onto the boy's still recovering figure, examining the deep disfigured wounds which had marked his body.
*Just…..what could have done this?* he sighed, now getting up and making his way to the door.
He opened it, pausing when he came chest to face with Iria, he looked down at her, now meeting her gaze, "Can I help you with something?" he quirked an eyebrow.
She faked a smile, "I came to visit a dear friend, and you are?"
He stayed silent for a couple of seconds, staring back and forth between Luis and Iria, more focused on Iria who was now having trouble keeping her smile on.
"I'm Christopher, but you can call me professor, I'm a staff member here". he shoved his hands into his pockets, now having a clean stare off with Iria, both of their gazes intensified as they each gave off a sense of falseness.
"Very well, Professor, if you don't mind, I'd like to go inside now and greet my friend….it was interesting meeting you". a smirk had revealed itself from her smile, sparking the raven haired man to follow her every step with a dark glare.
"Yeah….same here". he closed the door on his way out, leaving Iria by herself with Luis.
She looked onto his figure, the bandages and casts, it was too much for her that it had begun making her feel guilty for what she was about to do.
She took in a deep breath, "No…..this is for Ryder". she nodded to herself, now hurrying as she rummaged through his belongings which were placed neatly in the drawers beside his bed.
She stopped at the second one, pulling out what looked like a silver Rosario,"Ngh!" she dropped it upon feeling the burning sensation while holding it. She looked at it from above, a slight sheer ran across it's metal surface, drawing her closer and closer.
She stopped when she began hearing Celestia's words ringing through her ears, *Whatever you do…..don't stare at it for long, don't touch it, don't wear it…...the contents of this item are very deadly, the boy who has had it in his possession has been under Crystal Genesis's watch for a very long time…...he has withstood wearing it because of his abilities…...an ordinary human would not last a second with it...they will drown in power and ultimately destroy themselves*.
She couldn't rid the voice and words from her mind, her hands reached into the drawer, pulling his shirt which she used to grab the rosario from the floor, she wrapped it tightly and securely, taking one final glance at Luis who mumbled, "Keilani".
"I'm sorry". she sighed, taking off with the bundled shirt in her arms.
(Leonard~red head~/Leonardo ~brunette~)
They were now outside, Leonard was resting beneath the tree's shade while Leonardo paced back and forth, the redhead sighed, placing his larvesta on his stomach to rest, "Regalia's only respond to a trainer's level of power and regal class, preferably Elites, if you want to become a part of the tower and make a road for yourself, you'll have to take down trainers who are superior to you".
The brunette grunted, "And how do you expect me to do that?" he groaned in response, letting his head fall back as he looked up to the sky, irritated with the young boys words.
He shrugged, "My guess….you'll have to take down Elites or Frontiers, those two groups are considered the strongest among all".
"Great, it's not like an Elite or Frontier will suddenly appear before me!" he flailed his arms aside, feeling something quite hard make contact with his hand, he looked down, finding Eric on the floor with a mad glare directed towards him, he was covering his nose.
He looked at the young boy in shock, "What do you know….Arceus is on your side".
He turned back down to Eric who kept glaring at him, "What". he hissed.
(Blake)
His movements paused upon hearing a knock on his door, "Who is it?" he walked over to the door, now reaching for the knob only to stop in a hesitant manner.
"It's me…." he was taken back by Rosebella's voice, it was quiet and shaky, he opened the door, now seeing the honey blonde standing wearily in place, she had the same dress from earlier, she took a step forward, stumbling on that one step which had sparked Blake to catch her, now helping her in.
"What happened?" he helped her take a seat on his bed, sitting just a few inches away for caution, he gazed for a few minutes, seeing her hands tremble and her head lower further down, he couldn't tell her expression, wishing her long silky locks would move away.
"I-it's terrible…". she bursted into tears, sobbing into her palms to cover her face, he was clueless in how to react, only able to place his hand on her shoulder, she jumped into his grasp, holding on tight to the teal eyed male.
"R-rose…." his cheeks flushed with a pink color, he hesitated at first, but nonetheless had comforted her with a hug in return.
He placed his chin on top of her head lightly, "What happened?"
She pulled her head away, now able to look him in the eyes, their faces only inches apart, he saw the redness growing in her eyes from crying, her crystal turquoise colored eyes had lightened from her tears, making them more irresistible. "I thought I was safe…..but I'm not…...they're going to kill me".
"What?! Who?!" he gripped onto her shoulders firmly, now staring in an aggressive manner, she nodded, "Her name is Mercy…..she's from a dangerous group criminals called Crystal Genesis…I…...I'm not safe….they're after me, they plan to hurt everyone at this school….it's all my fault…I'm sorry…...but I don't know where else to turn to, you're the only person I feel close to…..the only person I can trust". he blushed even more to her last two sentences, she began crying again, he shook his head, now holding her once more as she clinged onto his shirt.
He stroked her hair, feeling the wetness of her tears soak through his shirt, "It's okay….I won't let anyone hurt you, we'll stop them before they can do anything to the school or it's students, I promise, I'll protect you Rose, no matter what".
"R-really? Do you….mean it?" she looked up at him from his shirt, still clinging to it, he gave her a comforting smile, nodding in response, "We'll tell the others as soon as possible". she formed a tiny smile of her own, wiping her tears away which continued spilling out, "Blake….." she cupped his cheek, he was growing nervous from her next move.
"...Thank you". she kissed him on the lips, making it last only for a few seconds before pulling away slowly, "I'm glad I met you on my journey". she hugged him again, now resting her head on his shoulder, oblivious to the fact that Blake was now in his own world with an intensely red face.
"Y-yeah….." he mumbled, not knowing of the malicious smirk growing on her lips.
(Celestial)
"I knew you would be here, according to my research, you're the person I need when something needs to be found and taken cared of, right?". he emerged from the shadows, revealing his cold sniveling smirk to Celestial who was unaffected by it.
"That's right, what can I do for you?" she couldn't avoid his forest green eyes, the look within them, as if they were a cold dead fishes eyes, somewhat nerving to her.
"I have a job for you, a pretty big one, it requires finding several items and people". she crossed her arms, now shifting her weight onto one hip as she waited for his response.
He ruffled his wavy jet black hair, showing off it's voluminous bounce, "How much are we talking?"
"More than you can imagine, I have no limits in spending, I can offer you an entire island if you wish, just complete what I am asking of".
"You don't play do you?" he chuckled, she followed along, shaking her head lightly, "I wouldn't say that, I just have my own way of playing games".
"Well then Celeste, it'll be a pleasure working for you from now on". he grabbed her hand, kissing it lightly while extending a devious smirk across his lips.
Ok! So that is where I will end this chapter! I am so sorry I didn't update sooner but as I said in my other stories, I was waiting on several readers to respond back to my messages regarding their characters and….well….I'm still waiting…...but I figured, it wasn't fair that the story should get held back even more because of people's inability to respond back simply, so I tried moving things in a different direction and well, I did good, I hope you all liked this chapter and I made it especially long to make up for the long wait. I am still going to wait for people's responds and if you're character did not show up in this chapter, then believe me they will show up in the next one, I hope you all liked it and please leave a review to let me know that my readers are still here with me. Until then!