Hey everyone! Thanks for all the amazing comments! I hope you like this chapter and don't forget to leave a review, I was hoping to post this on the stories one year Anniversary date but I couldn't due to some unfortunate things, but I hope you all enjoy this chapter!
Songs that helped me write the story up until this moment-
Fairy tail Zero opening
Fairy tail opening 9
Fairy tail opening 16
Fairy tail ending 20
Blood stain child- freedom (during battle scenes)
linkin park- faint (during battle scenes)
Red jumpsuit apparatus- false pretense
Nightcore- I wanna go
Pokemon XYZ opening
Pokemon Mega V volt
(Raikou Division Alpha Battling)
The room went silent when Christopher walked in, having his eyes focused on the clipboard before finally looking up.
"Has anyone seen Celestial?" all of the students looked at each other, shaking their heads as no one knew of her whereabouts.
"Mercy?" he asked, looking over at the bluenette who looked at him coldly.
Troy quickly noticed Mercy's cold behavior towards the teacher, *Celestial hasn't come to class for a while now…..I wonder why…..*
Celebrant leaned over to Luciana, whispering lowly towards the queen. "This is the second week she hasn't shown up, don't you know where your sister's at?"
"Of course not, we may be sister's but we're also enemies, Celestial will always be stubborn, if anything, you shouldn't be surprised if she's a no show for the rest of the year".
Michael noticed how Yun was staring at the door, almost as if he was waiting for something, "Yun…..what are you thinking?"
He let out a rough sigh, "I'm thinking…...while we're stuck here in this pointless class, Celestial could be out there planning several steps ahead of us".
"What do you want to do then, should we leave class?"
Yun shook his head, "No, I don't want any attention being brought over us right now, we need to safely stay in the background until I say so".
He nodded, pulling back as he suddenly clashed gazes with Celebrant who was turning his head towards Michael's direction, both of them suddenly remembering the events of the week before.
Mika felt a pair of eyes piercing straight at her direction, already knowing who it was only to brush it off and, a frown had formed on the Shield's face.
"Alright then, well if anybody happens to see Celestial, tell her she needs to report to me immediately, otherwise I'll have no choice but to involve the headmaster's into this matter".
The screen on the wall had lit up, revealing three faces, "Michael! Celebrant! Mercy! I'm issuing a three way battle between you all, the timer is set for ten minutes, anything goes, do I make myself clear?"
They stood up at the same time, sparking the entire class to burst into excitement over Michael and Celebrant, "No way! The Joker and Ace are battling?! Now?!"
"Wait! I want to battle!" shouted Russell, shooting up from his seat only to be told to sit down by the professor.
"Everyone will get their chance soon enough". he replied calmly.
They began making their way down the bleachers, stopping at the bottom where both males met face to face.
Michael's lips curved deviously, "I've been waiting for this, not exactly the match I imagined, but I still get to go against the Ace".
"Ugh". Mercy scoffed, rolling her eyes as she ignored the sparking tensions transferring between both males eyes.
Luciana turned over to Yun, quickly gaining his attention as he was met with a glaring Zero in the background, "Let's settle this here and now Yun, If Celebrant defeats Michael, I want you to relieve Dakota of the Kings Black card".
He chuckled, now flashing her a smirk, "Alright then….but if Michael defeats Celebrant then I want you to hand over your regalia".
Mika gasped, Zero quickly shot up, holding a fist up towards Yun, "You bastard! How dare you ask that of Luciana! "
"Zero….." he was quickly calmed down by the blonde who seemed less than worried, "...It's ok…." she took in a deep breath, "Ok Yun, I accept, if your Joker defeats my Ace then I will willingly hand over my regalia to you".
"Luciana no!" she was quickly silenced by the Queen who swiped her arm in front of the Sword.
"Enough, a deal is a deal, now we will see through to it until the end".
"King….." mumbled Eric, having a look of uncertainty as he took notice of Yun's devilish grin.
"Regalia?" mumbled Troy looking at Russell who was just as clueless.
The three of them had been positioned away from one another on the field, Both Celebrant and Michael were at opposite ends while Mercy was in the center front, a timer had now shown up on the screen displaying the ten minute mark.
"Are you ready?!" shouted Christopher, holding up his hand and waiting for the three trainer's nods.
"Yeah". they followed through, giving the motion which allowed the teacher to bring his hand down.
"Battle begin!"
"Crush them Noivern". she threw her pokeball into the air, startling the entire class when the dragon pokemon roared out a loud cry, piercing through everyone's ears painfully.
"Let's go Beedrill!" shouted Michael, throwing his pokeball aside and unveiling his chosen partner, the class erupted wildly when they saw the belt holding a colorful stone strapped to one of the bug type's stingers.
"If that's the case, I'll go with you! Absol!" He threw his pokeball forward, leaving the class in a state of awe at how graceful and powerful his pokemon presented itself.
"Hm?" Mercy's eye was blinded by the colorful stone embedded onto the collar strapped on Absol's neck, "Won't this be interesting". she muttered quietly.
She rose her arm up in the air, "I guess I'll start the match myself! Boom burst all around Noivern!"
"Noi!" it shot up to the sky, leaving behind a powerful gust of wind to blow in their faces, it screeched when it stopped and now faced the ground below, "Noiii!" it screeched when the insides of it's ears began glowing a light blue and unleashed a blast of powerful clear sound waves.
"Destroy it with your Psycho cut!" shouted Celebrant, holding his hand up towards Noivern's attack where his Absol jumped forward, whipping it's head aside where it released a powerful violet colored energy blade that sliced perfectly through boomburst, causing an explosion and heavy cloud of smoke to surround the field.
"Drill run on Absol!" ordered Michael, grinning slyly when his Beedrill had begun spinning rapidly through the smoke, drilling straight out from the other side where it had pummeled into Absol by surprise and forced the two of them to collide against the wall.
"Sucker punch!" the dark type quickly disappeared.
"Stay focused Beedrill!" Michael looked all over the field, seeing a quick shadow just beneath his pokemon.
"Beneath yo-" he was interrupted by Mercy.
"Dragon pulse straight down Noivern!" A huge energy based dragon had coated over Noivern, shooting directly down where it took both Beedrill and Absol by force, impacting the ground where a large crack split into place.
"Look at them go!"
"They're so cool!"
"Let's go Michael!" Shouted Eric.
"Beat them down Celebrant!" Mika retorted.
"Mercy! Show them no Mercy!" shouted Mason from his seat.
"Use swords dance!"
"Uh-oh….." mumbled Mika, "He's getting ready to plant a big one".
A ring of light appeared around the dark type who was absorbing the green energy flowing out of it.
"Nice try but I'm not letting you get away with that, use X-scissor!"
"Help him out with Boomburst Noivern!"
Both attacks had collided, causing a powerful twister to sweep the field and crush Absol through the wall, it's cries alerted Celebrant who watched in horror.
"What are you doing?!" growled Michael, snapping his head over to Mercy who revealed a more sadistic smile. .
"Shut up and just thank me for giving you a hand".
"Razor wind!" Absol got back up, it's eyes were glowing with a white light, the rubble on the ground was lifted off the ground and now circling dangerously through the vicious winds whipped up by the dark type.
"Ugh". Mercy covered her face from the intense gust, noticing how dark Celebrant's expression got.
Eric looked taken aback, "Celebrant's….his Absol didn't even have to move in order to create those winds…..incredible…"
He was startled by Luciana's chuckle, "There's a reason why that guy is my Ace, his pokemon are not to be taken lightly, he has trained his pokemon to harbor and gather energy into the core of the mind where they can have full control of their power, it's past the limit to the point where so much power would drive you to insanity, but not his pokemon, they have learned to tame themselves under so much pressure…...Celebrant is the Knight in this battle, he knows there is so much at stake, he will not let us down".
Something didn't feel right, he looked down at his hands which were shaking, *Is that true? Could what the queen be saying true? If so…..then Celebrant truly is a threat to us frontiers, Is Michael picking a bigger fight than he can handle?*
Yun snapped him out of his thoughts with his laugh, "Yes, he's strong alright, but so is Michael, nobody else was able to defeat my previous Joker, nobody except that guy, he may not be as princely as your Ace, but he's the dark knight waiting in the shadows, waiting to take out his opponent at the right time".
Mason had his head facing the battle, but his eyes were shifted to the corner, watching both the Elites and the Frontier's with a smirk on his lips, *Fools….talking about Knight's and Prince's, Mercy is the ringleader in this fight, and those two…...they're just puppets in this show*
She laughed behind the winds, holding up a clenched fist with that same dark smirk, "You think these measly winds will hurt my pokemon?! I'll show you a real wind storm".
She shot her arm towards the open ceiling, "Use Hurricane!"
"Noivern!" it screeched, shooting up for the sky where it stopped and flapped it's enlarged wings down at the entire stadium, unleashing a massive storm of gusts to overpower Absol's razor wind, opposite gust directions had collided, causing the entire hall to be one large wind cyclone.
"Hang on Beedrill!" shouted Michael, shielding his face and peeking through the small opening of his arms only to see his pokemon still staying strong.
"Hold your ground Absol!" he shouted over the whistling winds.
"Agh!" shrieked Mika, being knocked over by the winds, she felt something cushion her from beneath, Eric.
"Y-yeah…..thanks". she quickly got off, avoiding any direct contact with the frowning Frontier.
"I got you Luciana". he had his arms wrapped around the Queen who scrunched her face from the harsh winds hitting them.
"Let' go Beedrill! Poison Jab straight towards Absol!"
"Not a chance! Use sucker punch on Beedrill!"
Both had vanished instantly, leaving the entire class stunned of there whereabouts, "There!" someone shouted, seeing a quick flash of yellow through the whirling winds.
"No! There!" another shouted, seeing a quick flash of white on another side.
They kept shouting as both flashes were seen going back and forth, every time going further and further up towards the sky, clashing endlessly against the other.
"Look at them go! Awesome!"
"Argh!" both males growled, connecting hateful glares with each other.
" I have to say, you're not as bad as I had imagined, but It's going to take a lot more to impress me!"
"I'm not trying to impress you! I'm planning to beat you and set Dakota free from Judgement!"
A wide snarky smile curved up on Michael's face, "Is she that important to you?"
"Yes!" he shouted, clenching his fists over and over again, restraining himself.
His devious smile only widened more, "Could it be because you like her? Or Is she just some girl who you've come to have a little sister complex towards".
Celebrant's eyes widened, "What…...what did you say?"
"Simple question Celebrant….Say, Would you mind If I steal her from you? I'll free her from the black card, but she has to stay by my side and serve me as my slave". he chuckled tauntingly towards the Ace who couldn't hold back anymore, something had triggered within, before he knew it, both of them were now down on the ground, multiple screams growing from the background.
"Stop them! Somebody!"
(Suicune Division Beta Performance)
She felt something beating in her chest, pounding really hard to the point where she felt like her insides would explode, *Celebrant and Luciana said they would take care of the card…..but I'm really worried, this feeling in my chest has never occurred before*
Levy pointed straight at her opponent, "Use Surf Dragonair!"
"Dakota watch out!" shouted Blake, warning the young Elite along with Rosebella who watched as the giant wave came crashing down on Phanpy.
"P-phanpy…." it remained on the floor unconscious, snapping Dakota out of her thoughts when she saw her pokemon beaten.
"H-huh?! Phanpy?!" she rushed over to it, picking it up in her arms with a saddened look.
"I'm sorry phanpy…..maybe it's still too early for you to be in battles right now". she held her pokeball in front of it, returning the baby pokemon back into its device, a large shadow had quickly stepped over her, she looked up, seeing the old woman staring down.
"Dakota…...what's wrong? You weren't focused at all in the battle right now, how do you expect to be like your parents if you let small things like that get into play, what would you have done if this was the finals in a contest, huh?"
A sigh escaped her lips as she remained on her knees, lowering her head to the teacher, "I'm sorry, it won't happen again".
"Very well….." she walked away, now forming a smile towards Levy, "...Nice work Levy".
"Thank you, it's only a matter of time before I make my claim to battle for an Elite spot". her eyes settled over to Dakota who was still on the floor, a devious smile forming on her lips.
The doors had slammed open, "Everyone!" shouted a boy bursting through the entrance, talking through his heavy breathing.
"Young boy! What is the meaning of this?!" growled the older woman.
He pointed down the hallway, still trying to catch his breath, "T-the Joker and the Ace are going at it! A-and not just there pokemon! But those two are going at it with punches! It's freaking awesome!"
Dakota gasped, quickly rising back on her feet, "Celebrant!" she was the first to take off, sparking Blake, Levy, and Rosebella to chase after her.
(Raikou Division Beta Battling)
"Eira….." she turned back, coming into contact with a rose being held by Hector.
"H-hector". she stumbled back, shaking her head softly to regain composure.
"What's…..What's this?" she asked, grabbing a hold of the rose and sniffing it.
"You look like you need some cheering up, what's wrong?"
She stopped when she realized everything that has happened so far, Luis, him, the blurry events of the ball, she began sweating.
"It's nothing…...I'm just still thinking about Leonardo's match…...It makes me think whether I should try requesting for a shot at a title match".
"Really? Well have you decided? Do you want to challenge the Frontiers, or the Elites?"
"I don't really know…..but, Can I ask you something?"
"Sure, anything". he looked at her, now curious as to her strange behavior.
"See, the thing is, I want to th-"
"B-cup!" she flinched at the voice, recognizable, yet very annoying.
She spun around, seeing both Luis and Anastasia walking over to them, "B-cup?" chuckled Hector questionably, his eyes were slowly shifting towards her chest.
"You!" she hissed, folding her arms protectively in front and turning to both students.
"What are you doing here?!" she growled.
"We're in this class". they answered together, leaving Eira frozen still.
"Hm?" hummed Luis, taking notice of Hector who stared back blankly.
"Who are you?"
"Me? Don't you know?"
"Should I?" answered Luis boredly.
Hector's eye twitched, "I'm an Elite member….and you are?"
"Luis, lady killer aka Carrier de aura".
"I'm Anastasia, nice to meet you". she bowed in front of Hector who was taken aback by her formal greeting.
Luis frowned, "Why didn't you do that when we met?"
Her eyes were quick to turn evil, "That's because I don't formally greet perverted hounds like you! Especially ones who are gutsy to touch my breasts! Twice!"
He completely disregarded Anastasia, now gazing openly at all the females in the class, "So many pretty ladies! And some of them are really packing!" he howled, now causing Anastasia to roll her eyes as well as Eira.
He slapped Hector on the chest, pointing over across the hall towards a familiar face, "Who's that cutie?"
"Who…." he followed the finger which was now pointing at Iria.
"Iria?" he whispered.
"Iria is it? Hm….a total cutie, but she's not very filled on the chest, maybe if I feel them I could determine what size she is". he cackled deviously to himself, now taking a step forward where he was stopped by Hector who had grabbed his arm.
His expression was completely different, dark, menacing, "Listen closely because I'll say this once, That girl is off limits, the smile she has right now is one I'll protect from people like you, keep your hands away and we won't have any problems".
He held his hands up defensively, chuckling with a playful grin, "That's fine, she seemed a little plain for my taste anyways".
"Hector…" whispered Eira, having witnessed everything close up and now looking over at Iria.
"Hey!" he was tackled from behind, falling over to the ground with Victoria on top of his back.
"V-victoria!" he exclaimed in surprise, looking up at his friends who were more than surprised by his relation to the Frontier.
"I was wondering If you'd like to hang out with me after classes today?" they got up from the ground where he became nervous from her beamy smile.
"U-um…..Sure".
"Great!" she jumped happily around, stopping when she noticed most of the males staring, preferably Leonardo who she glared madly at.
"Do you know them?"
He scratched his head wearily, "U-uh…...yeah, we're all old friends from childhood…...hehe".
Everyone quickly looked at him in unsurity, wondering why he was acting very strangely.
She seemed to have fallen for it when she giggled all of a sudden, "Ohhh! No wonder you're so tomboyish".
Her feet stopped in front of Leonardo who she poked on the chest with her finger, "So you're the guy I'm going up against very soon…...not much going on I'd say".
"I can say the same for you pipsqueak".
They butted heads, exchanging spark like leers with low grunts, "Alright, break it off you two, you'll settle it on the arena not in class". Leonard had intervened, pushing both students away who were now like barking houndoom's trying to bite each other.
Eira leaned over to Anastasia, whispering only for her to hear, "Hey…...where are those two supposed spirits at?"
The brunette chuckled, "They had something else to do, why do you ask?"
Eira shook her head, "I was just wondering…...about what you all said the last time we met, you said I was a king, you asked me what road I belonged to….what did you mean by all that?"
A look of uncertainty crossed Anastasia, she looked around, seeing that it was only her and Eira, Luis had gone off to mingle with several female classmates while Hector had left to talk to Iria, she grabbed Eira's hand, dragging her away, "Come with me".
The doors had slammed open, "Everyone! The Ace and the Joker are fighting in the Raikou Alpha arena!"
"Celebrant?" Hector gawked, grabbing Iria's hand and rushing out first.
"Michael?!" Charlotte and Victoria rushed soon after, leaving the entire class to quickly follow them out.
(Back at the Raikou Alpha Division)
"Professor do something!" shouted Mika hurrying down the bleachers and tugging on his jacket roughly.
"No, I want to see how the King and Queen handle this situation". she looked at him as if he was crazy.
Mercy groaned beneath her rolling eyes, "Well this just got lame, return". she called back her noivern, strolling off only to be noticed by Russell who took off after her.
"A-argh!" Screeched Luciana, dropping to the ground when her chest began tightening roughly, she felt her energy begin to drain and her heart beat rapidly by the second.
"Queen! What's wrong?!" Exclaimed Zero.
"T-that's the fifth time in the last two weeks…...I don't know why this is happening". she kept panting, holding tightly onto Zero.
"You bastard! Leave her out of this! I'll take you on myself! And once I beat you I'll beat the king as well! I'll do whatever it takes to free her!" he tackled Michael straight to the ground, swinging back and forth at the Joker's face only to be thrown off and pinned to the ground this time, receiving several hits himself.
"Yun we have to do something!" growled Eric, quickly taking off only to be stopped by Yun.
"No, We'll let them settle this here and now….besides….my attention is focused on something else". he was staring at Mercy the whole time.
"Joker!" The students from the Raikou Beta Division came bursting through.
"Ace!" They were soon joined by the Suicune Beta division.
"Celebrant!" Dakota shoved her way through the crowd, finding both Beedrill and Absol ravenously attacking each other while there trainer's also did the same.
"Stop it!" she shouted, tears welling up as she saw how brutal they were on each other.
"What the hell do you want from me!" he picked up Michael, striking him directly on the face where he was knocked to the floor.
He remained on the ground, sitting up where he wiped the blood from his mouth which was curved into a leer, "What I want is to see you on your knees in defeat, I want everyone to see that the white knight they always praised and admired was nothing more than a weakling compared to the Frontier who they always deemed a copy of you, I want them to know that the Frontiers are the strongest!"
Dakota was startled when Michael's eyes shifted over to her, "That girl….she might be an Elite, but she is the weakest of them all, to be scared under judgement is what a weakling would do, if you know you deserve to be here then you would have confidence in yourself and in your pokemon's strength, yet….you tremble in fear and let the Ace and Queen handle the situation for you, tell me Dakota…..is it fun knowing that the White Knight will always be there to protect you?"
"Shut up! You and I both know that she'll be crushed by the King! That's why I can't let this happen!" he picked up Michael again only to be hit this time by the Joker who retaliated much quicker.
This time he was on the floor, realizing his mistake when he spoke those exact words, he looked over at Dakota who had tears rolling down her cheeks, "Dakota…"
She took off through the crowd, leaving everyone to watch after her and then immediately talk about it, "Dakota!" he quickly got up, stopping and then quickly turning to face Michael while returning his pokemon.
"Your hate is towards me, don't drag her into my affairs, Dakota is not the strongest, but she's certainly not the weakest, everyone grows in time and she still has plenty to go, but you and I know that pinning her against Yun is just brutal punishment, you're not doing it for judgement, you're doing it for the pleasure of seeing a Frontier destroy an Elite".
He said nothing, but only returned that sly smile of his, watching as Celebrant took off to find Dakota, his eyes now settled onto Charlotte who came forward, "You purposely did all this….didn't you?"
A chuckled escaped from him, "He's still not ready to give it his all, so until then, I'm just going to play with them both".
"You really are the Joker". they mumbled, looking away with a frown.
"But you know…." they looked back at Michael who had a sincere smile on his face, "I really meant it when I said I'd fight to free you".
"What's with that?" Scoffed Tyler, suddenly uninterested at the whole thing.
"Out of the way!" ordered Zero, carrying Luciana in his arms, the crowd immediately got loud when they saw the disturbed and hurt look on the Queen's face, as if she was in pain.
"Luciana!" Hector rushed over with Iria still bound in hand with him, she suddenly became fearful when Zero turned to them.
"Move, the Queen needs immediate care". his cold chilling eyes were too much for Iria who broke from Hector's grasp, taking off and passing by Victoria who witnessed everything.
"Iria! Wai-"
"That girl is a nuisance, now get out of my way".
He stepped in front of him, "You made her like this! So don't forget that!"
*What does that mean?* Wondered Victoria, watching the heavy tension growing between Hector and Zero.
Christopher walked up to the bleachers, whistling with two fingers in his mouth and grabbing everyone's attention, "Alright alright, back to your classes now".
"Looks like this is where I take my leave". Yun left, being accompanied by Eric who then were joined by Michael, Charlotte, and Victoria.
(Flashback/ Two years ago)
"So this is Champion's…" he dropped his bag to the floor, staring up at the large gates of the school.
"Leave me alone!"
"Aww! What's the matter! Does someone miss their mommy and daddy?!"
He looked around, trying to find the source when he had stopped upon seeing a group of boys and girls huddling together suspiciously.
"No! leave me alone! Please!"
"What a cry baby!" one of them laughed.
"Someone shut her up!"
"Why don't we cut her hair?"
"No! Why don't we lock her inside one of the classrooms over night, I hear the ones in the west wing are haunted".
The more he got closer the loud he heard her cries, "What's going on here?" he stopped, showing a firm and cold stare towards the group of students who were startled, quickly scattering off and leaving a beaten and tattered girl on the floor.
She was curbed forward, hugging herself tightly as she tried holding back her loud sobs, "H-hey….are…..are you ok?"
He knelt down in front of her, reaching his hand towards her only to retreat back when she looked up, "T-thank you…..thank you". she quietly whimpered, leaving the blond haired male stunned by her expression.
*This girl….those eyes…..so beautiful…..*
"W-what happened? Why did they do this to you?" he helped her up, taking notice of her torn uniform.
"Those people…...they like to target me constantly, I'm there personal victim for their pranks…..ever since I came here…..they say they hate my type…...but…..but I don't know what I did wrong…" she released her tears once more, being held by the blonde who shockingly brought her into a hug.
"It's ok, everything will be fine".
Her eyes shot open, she pushed him away, leaving him dumbfounded, "I-i'm s-sorry…" was all she said before taking off.
He watched her run off, now staring down at his arms which he held out, still feeling the warmth of their embrace on them.
~~~~~~Several Days Later~~~~~
"Hey Celebrant! Wanna go out and eat?" he stopped at the door, looking back at his friends with a smile.
"Maybe another time, I have to train some more for my upcoming title match against the Ace". he shot them a wave before heading out first.
"That guy's only been here for such a short time yet has defeated three Elites already, he's something else".
He sighed to himself, resting his head against his arms which he had up, "Maybe I shouldn't have denied the one month training period, What if I can't defeat the Ace….Ugh, Celebrant you idiot".
"Hm?" he began to hear a faint melody down the hall, curious, he decided to investigate and followed the music until it began to get louder.
*Music? Is it someone from the Suicune or Azelf Divisions?*
The door creaked, alarming Celebrant who decided to push it open little by little, he quietly slipped in, finding himself in the dark now.
~~~~Recommended Song/ Burn by Ellie goulding~~~~
He stumbled back against the wall when a ring of black fire lit up the room, his eyes widened at the sight, more so, towards the girl who was in the middle of said fire.
*It's her! That girl!*
She was dancing within the ring of fire, twirling beautifully and gracefully, her movements were pleasant to watch, being executed perfectly while a Mismagius danced around her from above.
"Lop!" a Lopunny appeared beside her, also twirling and copying the petite girl's dance moves, she moved her paw through the flames, dragging out some of the fire without hesitation and using it to leave trails of small flames behind.
No matter how much he wanted to, he just couldn't look away, the scenery was too beautiful to ignore, the grace, precision, he felt something growing in his chest, a euphoric feeling of tranquility and harmony, *Amazing…..it's using the fire like ribbons, who…...who is this girl?*
"Leavanny!" another pokemon appeared beside the girl, synchronizing it's moves with both her and the Lopunny, the trio danced and completed each other's steps, leaving Celebrant in more than just awe, he was captivated.
"Mismagius!" it cooed, forcing the ring of purple fire to now turn into a swirling vortex with both the girl and Lopunny, and Leavanny still within, unaffected or unharmed by it.
"-vanny!" it spun while holding its blade like arms out, releasing a cyclone of flower petals from within to combine with the fire.
"Augh….." his mouth slowly parted at the sight, she was being showered by burning petals, illuminating the brunette's beauty, but most of all, her smile, a smile that suddenly made him forget everything about the world.
He laughter, why was it suddenly like a sweet melody to his ears? Why couldn't he look away, it's as if he had been put under a heavy spell.
"Lop-lop!" her Lopunny jumped, aiming an Ice beam straight down which froze the spiraling pit of fire and petals in place.
All that remained now was a frozen like statue resembling a fountain, the fire vortex served as the body while the petals that spurted out played as the water spouting out. She was frozen along, posing with her pokemon beside until the ice began exploding, leaving behind a cloud of steam which disguised the brunette behind.
"What the-". he took a step closer, stopping when the smoke disappeared only to reveal she was gone, completely vanished with her pokemon.
~~~~~~Time skip forward~~~~
"Congratulations on beating the Ace!"
"Look! It's the new Ace Elite!"
"There he is!"
"So cool!"
He felt embarrassed from all the attention, yet didn't mind it either, however something had been on his mind for quite a while, *I haven't seen her again…...Where could she be? I don't know what's wrong with me but I can't control it, her smile, her eyes, I want to see them again, argh! Where could she be?!*
"Celebrant!" he was pulled from his thoughts, being approached by two students who seemed to be in panic.
"What's wrong?" he asked curiously.
"W-we just overheard some people from our class say that a group of students took some girl by the restricted beach on the west side of the island".
Someone from behind gasped, "I heard the waves in that part are dangerous, you'll be carried away by force, or even worse, drown!"
"It's her….." he mumbled, taking off without another thought.
(Present/ Dakota/Celebrant)
"Dakota wait!" she looked back, scoffing quietly to herself as she picked up more speed.
"Leave me alone Celebrant!"
"Please!"
She didn't listen to him and kept getting farther and farther away, he stopped nearby an open window, taking one look before grabbing the ledge.
*I think I lost him* she sweated out, sighing in relief until something blocked the sun from her face, she looked up, screeching at what she saw.
"Dakota!" he had jumped from the second story, landing safely in front of the Bell elite who shrieked when she thought he would crash to the ground.
"A-are you insane?!"
"Listen to me". he grabbed her wrist but she quickly pulled away.
"Stop…..I don't want to hear anything, I know I'm a weakling…I'm afraid of the world around me and the Joker's right, you, Luciana, all of the other Elites always help me when I'm in trouble…...but it just hurted accepting the truth, most of all when you already knew it….I'm scared of the Frontier King…..but I'm even more scared of having the students think that I got my spot in the Elites by money and status".
He grabbed her by the shoulders, "N-no, you don't understand, Michael set it all up, he only put you up against Yun because he wants to see a Frontier humiliate an Elite".
She slipped away from his grasp, staring down at the ground solemnly, "Even if that's the case…...I can't have you and Luciana fighting my fights for me, if I have been put under judgement then I will do my best to win against Yun…...Celebrant…."
A faint smile appeared on her, leaving the Ace stunned with his heart feeling tight, "...I want to show you that even a princess doesn't always need a Knight to win her battles, I will fight the Frontier King…..….and whether I win or lose, I just want you to know how happy I was being by your side, you're free…...please don't burden yourself with me anymore".
He let her go, staring after the long haired brunette with a tight grasp on his heart, "You don't understand…..I want to continue being by your side, to continue seeing that smile that once made me lose sight of reality".
(Mercy/Russell)
"Hey you!" he kept following her down the hall, getting more and more annoyed as she ignored him.
"I said wait!" he finally caught up with her, grabbing the bluenette by her shoulders and pressing her against the wall, firmly staring into her eyes.
"What do you want?" she coldly stated.
"I still have unfinished business with you".
"Like?"
"Like when are you going to tell me what you did to that injured girl from before?"
"I don't have to tell you anything, now leave me alone". she slipped out from under, going ahead as he continued to follow after her.
"I know you're from Crystal Genesis, an enemy to the Elites and Frontiers, a powerful group both feared and hated, it's only natural for me to be worried what someone from a group like that would be doing with an injured girl".
She stopped, keeping her back still towards him, "So is that what my cousin told you?"
"It's true isn't it?" he snapped back.
"Maybe you really are just an idiot".
"What's that supposed to mean?"
He took a step back when she turned her head to the side, revealing the sorrow in her eyes, he knew the feeling wavering within was real, something inside told him so, but why was she carrying so much sadness?
"When I first saw you…..something told me you wouldn't be like the others, you had a good heart and pure nature, you judged people by your own state of mind…...not by what others fed to you….I may be cold and brutal, but I won't hide it, unlike the people around us who mask their true selves, Crystal Genesis is my family because they don't hide who they are, they accept me for me, so if you think I am the type to do such things to that girl….well then, you aren't the person I thought you were".
He tightened his hand into a fist, "If you're so cold yet honest, then why did you kiss Blake in front of Rosebella and me at the ball?"
"I needed her to hate me…...I want her to hate me to the point where if I were to ever die, she wouldn't shed a single tear for me".
"W-what…..That's crazy! Why would you want such a thing!"
"Because I love her". he held his breath when her eyes began glistening.
She stifled a laugh, trying to cover up her deepening expression, "When I was little….I promised Rosebella's mother that I would do everything in my power to protect her, I swore to her that I would never allow Rose to follow in the same footsteps as her. Aunty Alice was dying, she abandoned her position and hid the regalia, but my father was closing in and Rosebella would be right there to claim it, She was going to be bound by the thorns of the grass road, she would become a slave to it…So I forced myself to become it's master, I took her place instead, and now my body Is suffering….but I don't care…...so long as Rosebella is safe….nothing matters to me".
His fists were shaky, he had his head down, grinding his teeth while speaking, "Everything…..everything you're doing is to protect her? Why don't you tell her! It's not fair to her or to you! Why do you want to suffer!"
"Because it's the destiny I created for myself…...Rosebella was the only good memory of my childhood, I never knew my mother…...my father hated me yet only used me to spy on his brother…..I hated living…...but she would be the only thing keeping me here…...and because of that I was able to meet Celestial and join Crystal Genesis, it's all to her that I am here now….I don't care if she hates me, so long as I keep her away from the cruel world of the Royals…..".
"You Idiot". she was surprised by his reaction.
"What?" she scowled back.
He shrugged nonchalantly, "So you're giving up everything to protect Rose, big deal, why don't you just tell her everything word for word what you just told me".
"It's not that simple-"
His gaze turned colder, "Sure it is, because when you've had a bond like that since childhood, nothing can shatter it, she may hold some resentment…..but I think if something ever did happen to you, she would cry because she would realize at that instant that she lost both her best friend and her sister".
His certainty, the confidence behind his words, why did he care so much to tell her this, why was she suddenly weak and showing him these emotions, why was she telling him these things, nothing made sense to her….but, why was that?
"I'm sorry…" she jolted at those words.
"W-what?"
He sighed, holding his palm over his face in a shameful manner, "I'm sorry…..I jumped to conclusions between you two…...I was an idiot, I really did think you were an amazing girl, and then when I saw you with the triplets and that wounded girl…...and with what Rosebella told me….I deemed you the enemy, I had horrible thoughts about you….but what you're doing is wrong…...I see it in your eyes, the sadness within, you want to cry so why don't you…..no one will judge you, you don't have to be strong in front of the world, sometimes the world sees you as a stronger person when you're willing to admit to your feelings".
His eyes widened when he saw her expression, sorrow, crestfallen, the tears flowing down her cheeks which she touched, being shocked to find that they were in fact tears, "I'm crying…" she mumbled.
"Yeah". he sighed in relief, he took a step closer, stopping when he felt that same burning sensation on his arm.
"Argh!" he dropped to one knee, clutching tightly onto his arm and alerting Mercy who rushed to his side.
"Russell!" she knelt beside him, grabbing a hold of his arm which he pulled back.
"I-i'm fine!"
"No you're not!" she grabbed his arm forcefully, pulling up the sleeve only to see those markings which she knew all too well.
She quickly let go, placing both palms over her mouth and backing away, "W-what's wrong…..Mercy….."
"Y-you're a King….." she whispered.
"A what?" he hissed, unable to endure the pain any longer.
"Your road…...it's calling to you".
His face was scrunched up from the stinging sensation, looking up at Mercy who stared back, a moment of silence as neither one knew what to do next.
(Meanwhile)
They were outside, being seated at a table where it was just Mark, Rika, and Mira.
"Mira….who exactly are you?"
A faint smile showed on her face before she turned away, "I am a King, set to follow and take over my rightful road once I find my regalia, my parents in the future were the current Thunder and Rumble road Kings, but they were killed by Dawn's templar, the organization who created the royals war…...Master Ryder had taken me in shortly after, he taught me how to choose my own road and master it, soon after, I was set to tame the Thunder road, the one my father guarded".
"What happened?"
"One night, Master Ryder told me how he should have been dead by now, being over 100 he looked nothing like his true age, he told me he was unhappy and couldn't keep living, but if he were to kill himself, the road he ruled over would die as well, Arceus would punish the others for what he would do and he didn't want that, he was bound to a curse, because he killed his own sister and inherited that King's life span, it prevented the birth of a next king to follow after her, and because he had unlimited life energy to spare to keep his road strong and alive, no other Legacy was born to that road, Master would be the first and only King to the Gem road, he would live on forever, and he no longer wanted that".
"What happens in the future?" asked Rika, noticing how defensive she became.
Her body cringed at the sudden thought, The glass in her hand began trembling, "The future…...there is no light, most of the previous Kings had been killed, all that would be left for the tower was me, Master, and the Storm King?"
"Storm King? Who is it?!" Mark startled her from his tone.
"I don't know…..but Master has met her, she's a dangerous person who was drowned in darkness, she couldn't control herself and went crazy with power, she killed most of the Kings and absorbed their life spans, making her invincible…...the roads in my time have been unclaimed, the regalia's have no guardians, as far as Master has told me, I am the only surviving King he has come upon….we've traveled all over but with no luck of finding any legacies, that's why….he needs me to come back to your time and stop the events he is about to commit, if Iria dies, then everyone will suffer the effects of her death".
Rika sighed, tapping his glass anxiously, "But…...we don't know who this Iria girl is".
"No, but I do". a shadow hovered above the three students who quickly looked behind, Ryder.
"W-who are you?" both males quickly got up from there chairs, joining Mira's side protectively.
"M…...Master? Is that you?" a smirk widened on the older males lips.
"I don't know who you are, but I like the sound of that". he took a step closer, prompting Mark and Rika to pull Mira back with them.
"This is is him….the guy you were talking about?" she nodded, still seeming shocked by Ryder's presence.
"You're talking about Iria…...do you know her?" he took another step, prompting them again to step back.
"We have to get out of here…..now". Hissed Rika quietly to the two.
She hurried over to Ryder, grabbing a hold of his hand as he stared her down blankly, "Master…..I mean Ryder, you have to listen to me, you're going to commit a grave mistake that will change the futures of everyone right now".
"How so?" he asked.
"Iria….she will die by your command".
He seemed surprised, "T-that can't be…...please, come with me, we have to figure things out quickly before it's too late".
She seemed relieved of his sudden attitude, walking off with him while looking back at Mark and Rika who were more than sure everything was a false act.
A cringing blood curdling smile formed on his mouth, *Mira mira….your future die's today*
(Troy/Celestial/)
"So much for a battle". he mumbled, annoyed at the fact that the match didn't continue due to what happened.
"N-ngh". she clung towards the wall, dragging herself along weakly, clenching tightly to her chest while wheezing heavily.
"G-guh….." she turned the corner, being noticed by Troy who smiled at her presence.
"Celestial!"
She looked up, a tiresome expression fully noted on her, sweat continued trickling down her face, her complexion got more paler, alerting Troy who quickly reached for her when she dropped forward.
"C-celeste! What's wrong?! Say something!" he turned her over, holding her tightly in his arms.
"-ciana…" her eyes weakly parted open, her hand shakily rose up, holding up the silver rosario in her grasp.
"W-what?" he couldn't understand, now panicking as she grew more and more weaker.
"L-luciana….find my sister…...p-please…." her eyes fluttered down, closing back up when she fell into a deep sleep in his arms.
"Celeste!" he picked her up, taking off to find Luciana, frightened at what could happen next.
"Yun, what should we do now?" asked Michael, waiting for Yun's next order.
They stopped when he did, curious as to why he remained silent and stopped so suddenly, "Yun?" said Charlotte.
"Stop that guy". he pointed out the window they were near, directing them to a running Troy with Celeste in his hold.
"Wait…..what?" Eric shook his head, trying to see if he heard correct.
"Stop him". ordered the King more coldly, they cringed at the sudden change of mood and quickly complied, both Michael and Eric jumped out without any hesitation, chasing after Troy while Yun quietly made his way towards the exit with Charlotte and Victoria.
"Hey you!" Troy looked back, seeing both Eric and Michael quickly catching on.
"Stop!" shouted the Shield frontier.
"I can't! I need to find the Queen!" shouted Troy in response.
"Stop or I won't hesitate to tackle you!" growled Michael.
He began to slow down, eventually coming to a stop where he looked at both frontiers in confusion, "What do you want with me?"
Yun chuckled, arriving with the other members, "Nothing, it's her I'm looking at".
His eyes turned sharper when he noticed Celestial's pained expression, "What did you do to her?"
A glare settled on Troy's face, "I found her like this, but she told me to find the queen, so that's where I'm headed to".
"The queen? Did she say why?"
He shook his head, "N-no…...but my guess is to help her from whatever she's suffering from right now, she's in bad condition".
"Give her to me". Yun responded, his tone firm and cringing.
"What?" he saw how troy's grip on Celestial grew tighter.
"Hand her over, I'll take her to the queen".
"Yun?" the other Frontiers seemed surprised by his gesture.
He stepped back, getting a nerve wrecking feeling about Yun, "I'll take her, besides, she asked me to do this".
He closed the gap between them, now staring darkly into Troy's eyes, "Do you really think that's a good idea?"
Ok so that is where I will end this chapter! I was really planning to have this uploaded on the anniversary of this story but several things held me back, but oh well, I'm just happy to have updated for you guys, I hope you guys enjoy because there's definitely more to come! Make sure to review and let me know what you all thought, and if you have any requests or questions then feel free to message me and I'll make sure to reply back as soon as possible, thank you all so much for reading and I'll be sure to come back with another quick update! Until then!
Ps. Some of you have requested to know what the pairings in this story are but I honestly don't want to spoil things because I want to leave you all shocked, so here are just a few pairings I've been thinking about (they are not official, I'm currently playing around trying to find the best matches while coming up with possible names)
Dakota X Celebrant Fairytaleshipping
Hector X Iria SteamShipping
Michael X Charlotte DualShipping
Mercy X Russell Thornshipping
Rosebella X Blake Starshipping
Mika X Eric Coat of arms Shipping
Victoria X Ari Masqueradeshipping
Celestial X Yun Oldflameshipping
Celestial X Troy X Luciana
Eira X Harvey InfernoIceshipping
Eira X Hector
Leonard X Levy Vowshipping
Leonardo X Karen
Tyler X Anastasia