Chapter Two: Tapu Guardians and Morning Chaos!

BEEP BEEP BEEP! BRRRRRRRIIIINNNG!

The alarm goes off at 4:30 as usual, along with the phone, which is most likely Hoopa's nightly phone call. I groggily sit up, rubbing the sleepy dust from my eyes. Seeing that the bed beside me is empty, I'm guessing Volcanion already headed off to the shower rooms. You see, we used to have showers in our dorms, but after Manaphy let the tub overflow all over his dorm, they took everyone's showers away. Now no one has any option but to use the shower rooms, which always either reek or are filled with annoying people who don't know how to take a shower without singing horribly or yelling about a bunch of nothing.

First, I answer the phone, and as expected, it's Hoopa.

"Goood morning, Ray! I have some exciting news!" Hoopa says enthusiastically.

"Can't it wait until I see you at breakfast?" I groan, really wanting to take a shower and wake up before dealing with the public.

"Nope!" Hoopa continues with a giggle. "Guess what? New Legendries joined this year! All those Sun and Moon Legendries that Arceus went on about awhile back? You know, the Sun and Moon Legendary, that little puffball named Cosmog and the Tapu Guardians? Well, Arceus made them a part of this punishment too, and they come today! And even more, later there might be another Legendary coming too! His name's Marshadow!"

I fall silent at that. More people? How wonderful…

"I'm so excited!" Hoopa goes on. "I'll see you at six, and don't you dare come late!"

CLICK!

Hoopa hangs up and I slam the phone down. Just great. Even more a reason to not want to come back to Poketech. More fools to deal with. I don't know much about Sogaleo and Lunala, but I do know a bit about the Tapu Guardians. Of what I know of Tapu Koko, he might as well be a less intense version of Hoopa. He's very flighty, constantly wants to interact and battle somehow with everyone, is ridiculously hyper, and did I mention he never shuts up? Tapu Lele, I can deal with I suppose. She's shy and quiet and tends to stick to a few people she likes. Not much of a problem there. Tapu Fini's a snob. She'll go off if you even accidentally scratch her nail job, and is incredibly lazy, telling anyone else who is available to do her tasks instead of her. She also rarely bothers coming when people on her island need her either, saying that she doesn't want to waste her time appearing to people. She thinks that it's that much of a privilege to see her. Tapu Bulu is nice, but getting on his bad side will definitely be something you grow to regret. Sadly, that side comes out easily if you mess with someone he sees as a friend. And believe me, you don't want to see that side of him – all I'll say is that as a Pokémon, he's thrown whole trees at thieves who went into his shrine unwelcome.

I shuffle towards the showers with my clothes, hoping no one I don't want to see is in there right now. I'm already dreading to see another Hoopa in the school when I see Tapu Koko, so I don't want another thing irritating me before then. However, knowing my luck, there probably will be something that irritates me between now and the time I get to breakfast.

The first thing I hear when I arrive at the showers is the blaring of the portable radio, which is on a high shelf. The students are free to use the radio as long as what's played has no cussing or offensive words in it. It's currently blaring some Sun and Moon music, the music that plays when battling the Tapu Guardians. I've never heard it before, but it sounds very creepy now that I am. I hope that the song's over soon, because I won't be able to take a shower listening to this mess.

"Someone's got too large of an ego if they're playing their own battle music in a public shower area. Just saying!" Yveltal's voice sounds.

"Either that, or they just want to creep everyone out!" Palkia's voice sounds.

"Hey! My battle music isn't creepy!" a new voice sounds. "You all just don't know good Alolan music!"

"And I really don't want to!" Yveltal yells. "If that's what good Alolan music is supposed to be, I'm sure glad I don't live there. I wouldn't be able to put up with it!"

I grit my teeth as Pokémon continue to complain about the music, the new person, who I'm guessing is one of the Tapu Guardians, continuing to go on about how no one else knows good music. Not wanting to deal with this any more than necessary, I simply wash up, dress, and head out to the breakfast room. I know it won't be much better dealing with Hoopa, but at least there will be no music at breakfast.

As it always has been, the breakfast room is loud and noisy, even though it's only just now 6AM. Luckily, the employees have made some improvements since last year in regards to moving the line faster, so even though the line is long, I am not standing in it for more than five minutes. A part of me is hoping that I can hurry and eat before Reshiram or Giratina show up, but knowing Hoopa, I probably won't be able. Even though I did not bring my 3DS today, Hoopa will still end up talking to me, so I know I won't get out of here quickly.

When I get to my seat in the back of the cafeteria, Hoopa is already there and waiting on me. I sigh to myself, wishing that he hadn't been here yet so I could get some time to relax before dealing with him, but oh well.

"Guess what, guess what, guess what!" Hoopa exclaims, slapping a hand on the table, a huge grin on his face.

"What…?" I sigh, setting down my fork just as I was going to cut into my pancake. I'm hoping he just decides to forget it, because to be honest, I really don't care what his 'guess what' is about.

"I ran into Tapu Koko on the way out of my room, and asked him to come sit with us!" Hoopa says excitedly. "He seemed just as excited to meet everyone as I am for him to!"

Oh for the love of Arceus! Of all the Tapu Guardians, Hoopa had to meet Tapu Koko first?! And he's sitting with us now?! No way. I'm going to finish my food right now and get out before he shows up. Him and Hoopa is just too much for me to deal with in one morning before I even get to my first class! The only thing that could make things worse right now would be…

Oh no…

I catch a glimpse of white hair in the breakfast line. There are only two Pokémon with bright white hair like that – Darkrai and Reshiram. Being as how the person is female, I know one thing: It's Reshriam, and I know that if she spots me, she's going to want to talk, and I really don't feel ready to speak with her.

As much as I didn't want to admit it to Zygarde, I feel that Reshiram does still hold feelings towards me. However, I've moved on from her. Like Giratina told me last year, Reshiram is a newer Legendary and her views and ideals don't really match mine. It's nothing against her at all, it's just that due to that, I don't want to be in any type of relationship with her. In fact, I'd really rather not be in any sort of relationship with anyone at all. We only have another year in this place, provided Hoopa doesn't have another one of his episodes that causes him to not come to the meeting with Arceus, and then we're back to our shrines at home. I'll be back at Sky Pillar, or in the ozone layer, dealing with Deoxys every now and again, just like I always had been. I won't see any of these Pokémon again. Although I will miss a few, there are way too many others that I won't miss, so I can't wait for this year to be over.

At that moment, I hear a bookbag being thrown onto the table. I look beside me, seeing a yellow bookbag which says 'Alola!' on the front thrown practically into my oatmeal, the palm tree charm clanging onto the table. I hear the chair beside me sliding out with that annoying squeal that the metal chairs here always make. I look beside me, seeing a new human with slightly tanned skin and messy orange hair sitting down. I can tell it's Tapu Koko because the designs on his shirt match the ones on his shields that he has as a Pokémon.

"A-lola!" Tapu Koko greets enthusiastically, a huge grin on his face. His persona reminds me of Hoopa…and I already know that I'm not going to enjoy it. I attempt to scoot my food away from his bag, but he doesn't seem to want to move it. "So, these are your friends? Not as many as I expected, Hoops."

"The others are coming!" Hoopa grins, pointing to the line. I gulp lightly, seeing Reshiram coming ever so closer to us. I hope that she just misses me and sits somewhere else. It's too early for dealing with her…

I sigh, tuning out the chatter of Tapu Koko and Hoopa, trying to hurry along and eat my meal. However, at that moment, I see a tray of breakfast being set down.

"Hey, Ray!" Reshiram's voice sounds. "It's been awhile – I hope you've been well."

I look up from my breakfast to see that Reshiram is seated across from me, picking at her breakfast as she always has done. Immediately, I start to get up, but Tapu Koko's bag is still in my way, to the point that if I were to move my elbow, his bag would fall from the table. He's so engrossed in a conversation with Hoopa, whose topic has now shifted to how Tapu Koko's trainer, Sun, would give him malasadas all the time that he would not hear me if I asked him to move. Sighing, I know I have no choice but to answer her, lest I come off as a total jerk.

"I've been fine." I say, not looking at her. Every so often I glance at Tapu Koko checking to see if he's moved his bag, but he hasn't made any efforts to do so. I'm beginning to wonder if common courtesy is taught in Alola. Either that, or Tapu Koko's just one of those Legendries who thinks he's entitled to flop his things wherever he wants. "I hope you've been well too, Renee."

"I have." Reshiram answers with a small smile. "Summer was pretty good. Although different. I didn't know what to do in that apartment."

"Neither did I – but I enjoyed the peace and quiet." I reply, glancing once more at Tapu Koko, who is still yapping a mile a minute about Sun.

Please…just move your god-forsaken bag! It only will take a second! I don't want to continue this conversation any more than I must! And if I don't hurry, Giratina's going to sit down! …If this Sun person's so great, why haven't I heard a word about his accomplishments?

Of course, my pleas do not reach the Tapu Guardian, as he just keeps blabbing away. It's at that moment however, that I hear someone sit down next to me. I jolt up out of my chair, which causes Tapu Koko's bag to go flying up and over the table, causing him to stop talking and turn to me.

"What the heck was that, Ray?!" he yells, his supplies now all over the floor. The floor is now littered with pencils sporting various Alolan Pokémon, binders with the Tapu Guardians, some boy resembling Ash who I guess must be Sun and some professor who needs to put on a darn shirt on beneath his lab coat on them, index cards and Volcanion and Magearna notebook paper. How he even got all that mess, I don't even want to know. "Now I have a huge mess to pick up!"

"Is something the matter, Ray?" Volcanion's voice sounds beside me, he being the one who sat down. I slowly sit back down once I come to that conclusion. I look across from me. Reshiram's gotten up to use the bathroom. Thank Arceus…That was a bit too close for comfort. At least it wasn't Giratina who sat down. She must be skipping breakfast today, which is fine by me. It's the best day to do it, given my mindset this morning.

"No, nothing at all." I answer Volcanion, not wanting him to worry. I then get back up, my tray in hand. "I am going to go early though. I have some things I need to get from our dorm."

Just as I'm about to get up, Hoopa comes around the table and yanks me onto the floor. Luckily, I'm able to land relatively softly, so I didn't hurt myself. These human bodies are a lot frailer than out regular ones for sure.

"You made Tapu spill his supplies! Help him pick it up!" he yells, pointing to the mess.

"How about you do the same?!" I yell at Hoopa. He's never been one to do this kind of thing before, so I'm a bit irritated. "Help him clean it up instead of barking at me!"

"I am!" Hoopa yells. "You too! Hop to it!"

Glaring, I help Tapu Koko and Hoopa pick up all his supplies. Not my fault he left his darn bag unzipped. Now I must help pick up Tapu Koko's hundreds of pencils he doesn't even need to be bringing…

As expected, no sooner can I get the last pencil in Tapu Koko's bag:

BRRRRRRRRRIIIIINNNNNNG!

"Hey, thanks for the help!" Tapu Koko grins. "I would've been late for class without it! Well, I'm off to Art!"

He zips up his bag and rushes out of the cafeteria, Hoopa rushing off to Arceus only knows where. It's at that moment that I realize something. I don't know where I'm headed! Quickly, I reach into the side pocket of my bookbag and pull out the crumpled yellow paper that is my schedule. My first class is Art…

Wonderful. I'm stuck with that Alolan nutcase… Well, at least it's better than being stuck with Reshiram…