A/N Hey there! Happy New Year! Let's hope 2014 is an awesome year! I wrote a special Kalosshipping one-shot for it btw. Please check it out and review! Looking forward to writing more stories this year. :)
Oh and May's flashy was waaay too long so I'm putting half in this chapter and half in the next. :)
Ok so I have something to say. I got a couple of rude reviews in the last chapter and I need to say something. By all means, give me a mean review but expect a harsher reply. I get annoyed really easily and I recommend not giving rude reviews but if you think its necessary, sure, go ahead. But expect a worse reply. That's all. XD
Replies to reviews:
Eeveexme: Haha you're right! She is a tough cookie. Yeah I was so sad while writing up that flashback of Paul's. Oh you'll get a hint (hopefully?) of the question though it won't be asked just yet. Sorry for the wait!
Pokegirl185: Thanks! Means a lot!
Contestshipper16: Thanks! Ahhh she'll be fine. I'm not that cruel as to kill off May XD Thanks! Sorry for the wait!
jayfeather12345: Thank you! That's great to know :) Maybe...maybe not XD Here's the update! Sorry for the long-ish wait.
QueenLauraxx: Thanks! I don't think anyone likes them. But yeah, I love the other contestants XD
Guest: Thanks, no problem. I don't really like swearing XD
mednin: No problem! Hopefully this chapter has a lot of ikari, or at least a little. Haha thanks! He will...soon...XD Here's the update, sorry for the long-ish wait/
AliceBaskerville123: Thanks! Hehe XD So can I! :) Thanks!
vosienn: He doesn't have to kill her actually, just take her to the boss. But he might later ;) Thanks, there should be more interaction in the next chapter as well. I love Soulsilvershipping too! Its aweeeesome!
Pikachaaaa: I'm not too worried about the genre actually. Good to know its on track though! Haha! Well, I am Australian so maybe that's why. Also, I don't like swearing that much, only when necessary. Haha thanks!
schoolmouse33: Thanks! You'll find out who the other assassins are soon. Here's the update!
Crescent Rose: Thank you! :)
magical love: Haha right! XD It came in like a wreeeeecking ball! XD Sorry I'm in a really happy mood at the moment haha XD
CookiesNCreamNess: He had a sad, sad past :( She's a tough cookie. I know right! Here's the update!
NO MORE: Umm excuse me? First of all, maybe I put a lot of Contestshipping because umm maybe it's the main shipping of thestory? I can't just kick out a main character (Leaf) gosh! That would completely ruin the story and not fit the summary and plus, I love Oldrivalshipping. This is my story and I can have two girls from Kanto if I want, lol. You should really calm down with the exclamation marks XD I'm trying my best with the Ikarishipping and if you think this is crap, DON'T READ IT! Ged.
Guest: Unless I'm corrected, you're probably the same person as above. The main reason why I'm using Kalos is because none of the main boys or girls are from there, to keep it fair. I'll try to include them a bit more. I'm starting (not started yet) two stories, Kalosshipping both main ones, so read those if you like it so much. Like I said before, I can't just kick out Leaf for Serena and I really couldn't care less if her name isn't used in real life. That idea would twist the story waaay too much sorry. Also, I can't see Calem being an assassin. Sorry.
Smart Guest: I'm fully aware that Absol can't learn Water Pulse in the games. Seems like you're the one that didn't get your research right, Drew's Absol uses it in the anime , which mean's its perfectly fine for me to use it in this story since it was Drew's Absol who used it. If you don't believe me, he uses it in Thinning the Hoard! not sure which season.
mewxoxo: Thanks! Ahh you'll see. Don't bite your nails! XD
That's all. Enjoy! Let me know if I missed anyone!
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Chapter Eight: Sapphires and Emeralds
"Stay here!" A man shoved me into the cell, me falling hard on to my knees.
Tears came out of my eyes as I hit the ground with a hard impact. He locked the door and left me there, all on my own.
"AHHHHH!" I heard someone scream far away, echoing through the empty corridors. I realised who's scream it was, my mother.
I realised my knee was bleeding from the impact on the sharp cement floor. It stung a lot as I clutched it in pain, wondering what would happen to me and my family.
Someone walked past my cell and he stopped and looked at me, he was around my age. I whimpered in fear as he opened the door and came in.
"Here, let me help you with that," he said softly. He sent out a Roselia. "Roselia, Aromatherapy!"
A lovely green aura surrounded Roselia as it soothed the stinging on my knee. "Rose!" It purred.
"Roselia, return." He took a good look at me, and stared deeply into my eyes which made my face heat up slightly. "Well, well, well. What would your name be?"
Sure he helped me out but I still didn't trust anyone here, "I'm not telling." I said, crossing my arms.
"Fine then. I'll just call you Sapphire, you know, since that's the colour of your eyes."
I made sure not to make any eye contact whatsoever with him.
"Okay then. Don't answer. Wanna go outside? There's a forest that I really like. I can't find any of my friends."
My head perked up immediately, I hadn't been outdoors in so long. "Maybe," I replied, still not making eye contact
I finally looked at him and noticed his green eyes shone like emeralds. Sapphires and emeralds go well together...wait what?! Bad May!
He smirked and stood up, throwing a rose behind him. "Well, now's your chance," he said, twirling the keys in his hand, almost as if he was teasing me.
I picked up the rose and inspected it, it's beautiful colour reminded me how much I wanted to go outdoors and get out of this dull, colourless cell. Even if I didn't trust this mysterious boy.
I sighed and stood up. "Wait! I'm coming."
I followed him outside and he grabbed a pokeball from a room before coming out. I was impressed. "Wow, you have more than one Pokémon?" I asked.
"Well, this one isn't my Pokémon but I do have more than one, I'll show you. Come on out, Masquerain!" he replied, sending out another Pokemon.
A cute, patterned moth/butterfly-like Pokémon came out of the pokeball."Alright, lets go." He said after letting out an oddly coloured Rapidash.
Before I knew it, we were riding through a beautiful forest. We stopped at lake and we dismounted the Rapidash.
We sat on the side of the pond, talking. We got to know each other really well. He even helped be catch my own Pokémon, a Beautifly. It played with his Masquerain a lot.
"So... do you know what happened to my parents?" I asked.
A guilty look passed his face. "Uh... no. I don't, sorry."
Fortunately for him, I believed him. "Oh... alright. By the way, you're a lot nicer than I thought." I held out my hands and smiled. "Friends?"
His eyes widened but after a few seconds he took my hand. "Friends."
I smiled and we talked some more about our very different lives. Soon, I realised how hungry I was. We looked around and I spotted some Pecha berries above a few large mossy rocks.
"Hey, be careful! Those rocks are-" he warned, but it was too late.
I screamed as I slipped off the rocks that I was climbing and fell into the lake. The thing was, I didn't know how to swim and boy was it deep. I just kept on sinking. And sinking. I was pretty much out of air when a strong hand pulled me out. I was unconscious. He must've tried a lot of things to wake me up.
"Hey, wake up! Sapphire! Wake up!"
I coughed out water and opened my eyes to see shining emeralds above my eyes.
May coughed out water as she regained consciousness, she opened her eyes to see Drew's face right above her. Her eyes widened and she sat up like a flash, banging heads with Drew really hard.
"Ow!" Drew was wincing and rubbing his head from the impact. "I save your life, and this is how you say thanks?"
May didn't even feel the impact and if she did, she didn't show it. Her widened eyes were locked on Drew's.
Drew just stared at her quizzically and waved his hand in front of her face, "H ello? Earth to May?"
Leaf ran up to May and hugged her tight, it seemed to snap her out of her trance. "You're okay!"
May just blinked a couple of times. "Oh, uh- yeah. What happened?"
Leaf was about to speak but a large shadow passed over them and landed. It was Dawn on Serena's Talonflame. She jumped off and ran to May.
"May! I was so worried-" she hugged May, "-uh you're wet." Dawn immediately let go and rubbed off the salty water on Talonflame who clearly did not like it. It earned Dawn a whack on the head with it's wing.
Drew smirked, flicking his hair. "I'm the one who saved her."
Dawn said her thanks but then started lecturing him on how to be modest. Leaf started talking to May about the tsunami but then started shouting at Brendan for being irresponsible. "Brendan what would you have done if me and Drew hadn't of come!? You and more importantly, May would be dead-"
May completely zoned out and just stared at Drew's eyes.
Could it...could it be? No, I'm just hallucinating, it's not him... but those eyes...the way they shine like emeralds...
"May!" Drew shouted again.
"God, I think some of that sea water must've gotten to you brain!" Dawn said with a chuckle.
May smiled and shook her thoughts out. "Oh I'm sorry. What were you saying?"
Drew rolled his eyes. "Let's go home."
As Leaf flew home on her Pigeot, she couldn't help thinking she was forgetting about something.
Misty huffed as she saw Drew's Flygon, Leaf's Pigeot and a Talonflame fly together through the sky.
Oh, so they just forgot about me?
"Misty!"
Misty turned around and saw Ash running towards them, his Charizard too big to fit in the high cave they were in. She noticed Rudy's eyes had narrowed as Ash entered.
Misty grinned, hugging Ash. "Ash, you came to help us!"
Ash nodded, returning her hug. "How could I not come when you were in a tsunami? It's great that you're alright. Sorry Rudy, Charizard can only carry two people."
Rudy looked baffled, "Well then how am I supposed to get home?!"
Ash grinned goofily. "Heracross can hold you!"
By the time Ash, Misty and Rudy were home, some of the producers of Kalosian Idol were there. Also, Rudy's hands were all red from Heracross holding him all throughout the flight. May, Drew, Leaf, Dawn and Brendan were back as well.
Everyone looked relieved as Misty, Ash and Rudy came in.
Korrina clapped her hands to get everyone's attention. "Alright everyone! Seems that everyone's okay. Despite the tsunami, Kalosian Idol will run as normal. So remember you'll be performing in two days."
Iris raised her hand and Korrina nodded, approving her to ask. "But shouldn't we stop for a week in respect?"
"Well, it only affected Cyllage City and because of the cliffs, most people have survived. Just a few didn't make it, it seems like," Korrina replied.
The girls of Eye of the Liepard all exchanged looks.
In Eye of the Liepard's room...
"I- uI have to take a rest," May said, collapsing on her bed.
Dawn narrowed her eyes. "Is there something you're not telling us?"
May shook her head. "No, of course not!" she said hastily.
Dawn knew she was hiding something but let it pass. She would ask when May was feeling better.
Misty rubbed her head. "Yeah me too. I've just been in a tsunami and all that climbing as got me exhausted."
"Hmm. I've always wanted to go check out Boutique Couture in the city, Leaf wanna come?" Dawn asked.
Leaf shook her head. "Nah. I'll stay here for now. You can go by yourself if you want to? You'll be pretty bored at home."
"Alright." Dawn grabbed her bag and headed out. "See you guys later."
Her pokeballs remained on the desk.
Paul looked out of the window and saw a familiar bluenette taking a taxi.
"Guys, Dawn is going out. I have to follow to make sure nothing happens." Paul said, grabbing his belt with pokeballs attached and putting it on.
Drew smirked. "Or maybe its because you like her." Paul ignored Drew's comment and marched out the door.
Gary rolled his eyes. "Attitude."
Leaf went downstairs to get some snacks for herself and thought she was alone in the kitchen. She was wrong.
"Oh, it's you." She narrowed her eyes.
Gary was standing there, on the other side of the room, "Can you just listen to me?"
"No!" Leaf replied defiantly.
This time Gary's eyes narrowed. "Oh so you won't even listen to me? I said I'm sorry so many times! You're just rude!"
Leaf eyes widened. "I'm the one who's rude?"
"I know I did something wrong and I'm so sorry. But no, Princess Leaf is too perfect and won't forgive anyone," Gary said coldly, turning around and storming away.
Leaf was speechless. Oh, so now I'm the bad guy?
"Leaf, you're alright!" Danny said, appearing in the kitchen.
She nodded and smiled. "Yeah, I am."
"Oh about that question I was going to ask you..." He twiddled his fingers nervously.
She raised her eyebrows. "Yes?"
Danny just shook his head, "Uh nevermind. I- I forgot. Well, bye!" He turned around and walked away quickly leaving Leaf utterly confused.
Dawn handed her money to the taxi driver and got out, gaping at her surroundings. Lumoise City was amazing
"Here's Boutique Couture... it wouldn't hurt to check out the Art Museum before shopping..." Dawn muttered to herself looking at the map. "There's a shortcut through this alleyway. Alright."
What Dawn didn't know was there was always dangerous people in the alleyways of Lumiose. The citizens knew to never go in them.
She entered into an alleyway and took the wrong turn, reaching a dead end. Silly me. Not this way... She turned around to see a group of five men standing there.
"Where do you think you're going, girl?" One of them said.
"Oh isn't that the girl from that girly band?"
"Heh, that's her..." the biggest one said.
Dawn started feeling for her pokeballs but couldn't find them anywhere. All five were moving closer and closer.
"Stop!" Dawn shouted. "I-I'll scream!"
She was too late, one grabbed her and slammed her towards the wall, making her unconscious.
"Dawn!" was all she heard before her vision went blurry and blacked out.
Paul, who had followed her a few minutes too late, appeared in the alleyway just as Dawn was slammed on the wall. Of course, he beat up the five men with ease, not having a single scratch on himself.
After he was done, he picked up Dawn, bridal style. He rolled his eyes to himself. Troublesome girl.
In Eye of the Liepard's room...
May was alone in the room since Misty decided to take a walk and Leaf was downstairs getting snacks when a familiar grasshead came in.
"You should thank me." Drew flicked his hair. "I just saved your life."
"Thank you," she said, earning a smirk. May rolled her eyes but then stared intently at his eyes. "Hey Drew..."
Drew came and sat beside her on her bed, too close for her liking. He smirked, "Yes?"
May blushed and turned around into her pillow, forgetting what she was going to ask.
Drew's smirk grew. "Does my presence make you that uncomfortable? I know you enjoyed the CPR."
"Mmmph? You did CPR?! On me?!" May said, her words barely audible in the pillow.
Leaf walked in with a handful of snacks and raised an eyebrow. "Am I interrupting something?"
Drew flicked his hair again. "Not at all, I was just leaving," he said coolly. With that and another flick of his hair, he brushed past Leaf and left the room.
"Okay then, May-" Leaf looked over to May, who's face was buried in a pillow "-are you okay?"
"Is she okay?" Paul asked the nurse.
"Dawn is fine. She can leave now," the nurse replied.
Sure enough, Dawn came walking out from room behind the nurse, She immediately ran and hugged Paul. "You saved me?"
Paul sighed. "Well, duh. Troublesome."
Dawn broke off and grinned, ignoring the rude nickname, "You're not as cold as I thought! Thank you."
He rolled his eyes. Did everyone think he was a yeti or something? "Alright, now let's go home."
"Not so fast! As a thanks to you, you're coming shopping with the Dawn Berlitz!" she said, doing the jazz hands.
Before Paul knew it, he was being dragged around the many shops of Lumiose City and eating ice-cream. The first time he ever forgot about a mission for a moment.
"Boss, do you copy?" a lady whispered into a HoloCaster.
"Get the girls right after the next performance. Make sure the other assassins don't notice."
"Got it." She turned off the HoloCaster and smirked at her comrades. "Not too much longer. But I wouldn't mind staying in this show, I mean, I'm so much better at singing then those twerps and twerpettes."
"But we were nearly kicked out in the last one!" one of her team members protested.
"Oh shut up, you two. We got some kidnapping to do. Hehehe."
The trio all smirked at the same time.
A/N So despite how long that took, this chapter was really rushed. Like really rushed. So I'm sorry if its not as good as you expected. Anyway, how was it? I hope this gave you an insight on May and Drew's past. More of their flashy to come in the next chapter!
The Candies shall be back soon... DAN DAN DAAAAN!
Gary and Leaf will make up, I promise. Or maybe not...*evil laugh* you'll just have to wait and see.
Anyway, looking forward to writing this year and Happy New Year lovelies! Review please!