Chapter 2- What Makes You Special?
This one is about Ivysaur~! I know I don't have very many fans (or really any for that matter...-_-) but I want to thank you if you stuck with it till chapter two! And if you don't seem to be a fan, please stick with it until I get to your favorite pokemon! (If it's one from like the fourth or fifth generation then you don't have to, even you third generation's don't need to stay anways.) So please enjoy this chapter!
The sky is so blue. It must be because of all the trees here. I don't see anyone from the fire region who has the same, gorgeous blue, clean air. All thay oxygen being produced. I don't think they have this anywhere else. If only...
"Iso!" calls his friend below, interrupting his thought.
"Oi!" yells Iso as he springs up to look down at his friends from the rooftop. "I'm trying to relaxe!" Iso was an eighteen year old boy with serious red eyes and long, spiked green hair. In one of his ears were multiple piercings, and his regulated school uniform of blue-turqoise blazer and pants with a white shirt and green tie, were dissheveled and unkept. He was Saurus High's delinquent.
"Come on!" calls his friend's girlfriend. "We're going to be late!"
"All right mom! I'll get down there in a sec," mocks Iso.
"NOW!" yells the girlfriend.
"ALL RIGHT!" yells Iso as he jumps down. "I'm down! Are you happy?"
"You're not in class, so no," says the girlfriend.
"I'm skipping," says Iso nonchelant as he walks away from the two.
"Again?" asks the friend.
"I think the class is stupid anyways... so..." says Iso as he looks over his should at them.
"Just because you know everything doesn't mean you get to cut class!" scolds the girlfriend. "You gotta come back!"
"Why?" asks Iso, mad.
"Because we got a new student today!" says the friend with a smile.
"Well... old-new really," corrects the girlfriend.
"What?" asks Iso, starting to make connections.
"Gigi came back to Saurville," says the girlfriend with a cute smile that showed off her fangs.
"Gigi's... back?" asks Iso, trying to process it.
"Yeah, she came in this morning, we have classes with her, there only being 21 kids in our level," says the friend, trying to understand the situation also. She's back? She's back? thinks Iso as he rushes off the room and down the stairs. There's no way she could be back! There's just no...
Iso crashes into someone, not looking where he was going. He rubs his head, which seemed to have been hit in the collision. "Oi!" yells Iso. "Watch where ya going!"
"Sorry," says a girl, the one he bumbed into. No way! Iso looks at the girl, who was rubbing her butt (seemed to also get injured in the collision.) One of her gorgeous golden eyes were closed, almost as if she were winching. She had long, flowing, wavy golden hair that covered her like a velvet blanket. Instead of the standarized blue-turqoise skirts and blazers for the girl, she was wearing a special pale green combo with a white shirt underneath and a white ribbon. She seemed almost... fairytale like to Iso.
"Gigi?" asks Iso in shock.
"You know who I am?" asks the girl, excited.
"There's twenty students and your the new girl," says Iso as if she were stupid.
"Ahaha!" laughs Gigi as she scratches her cheek. "I guess your right. I thought it was because I'm like... this!"
"Like what?" asks Iso as he gets up. He extends his hand to her, but she flinches away from his help. He continues to reach out to her until she trustes him enough to take it.
"You know... a shiny," says Gigi as she looks down embarressed she then quickly beams up at him with a sweet smile, showing off her fangs. "I can't believe you didn't see it!
"Look, I don't care if your one of a kind or something," says Iso as he takes the stack of papers she's trying to pick up and starts walking back to the classroom with Gigi trailing behind. "Just watch where you're going from now on."
"G-give me those back!" calls Gigi as she tries to reach for the papers and ends up chasing him down the hall, him being having longer legs and all. "I need those!" cries Gigi as she lunges for them again. "The teacher made me the one who's suppose to carry them!"
"Oh really?" asks Iso as he looks at them. "I wonder why?"
"DON'T READ THEM!" panics Gigi in shock. She lunges once more for him and ends up leaping into the classroom.
"So glad you could make it you two," says the teacher, sarcastically.
"Look, I brought her in," says Iso calmly. "Do I get a prize."
"No," says the teacher, with the same stolic face.
"WHY NOT!" yells Iso, angry.
"Because you haven't been here for the last seven days yourself!" yells the teacher.
"Then I should get a double reward!" yells Iso.
"Please," begs Gigi, getting inbetween them. "Please don't fight!"
"Tch," says Iso as he turns away from the teacher and walks to his seat. "Like I'd fight a small fry like him."
"Now class," says the teacher, ignoring Iso. "Take your seats, we're about to begin the lesson. You better pay attention because this is going to be on your final exam."
There as a collective groan from the whole class as they call in the defeat. Iso stops paying attention here, he looks out the window, thinking. Why did she come back? Why is she here? Is it some sick joke to her? Why didn't she just stay away? Maybe then... maybe then... crap, I need to change to topic! The sky! I always love thinking about the sky... I wonder what she thinks about it?
Ding, dong, ding dong. Dang dang dong dang.
I can't believe I came here for a whole day again... Has it already been a month? Arg! Why am I doing this! Is it because of her? thinks Iso as he leaves the classroom
"Oh no you don't," says the teacher as he stops Iso from leaving the classroom with all the other kids.
"Why not!" protests Iso as he glares at the teacher.
"Because I need you and Gigi to stay after," says the teacher as he gets Gigi also without stoping the conversation with Iso.
"But I didn't do anything wrong this time," groans Iso.
"This time?" asks the teacher, glaring at Iso. He places Gigi next to Iso so he can keep an eye on both of them.
"I'm pretty sure," says Iso as he tries to remember the last few days. "I haven't been smoking on school grounds, or drinking, I've at least came to school, not your class of course, and I haven't been in a fight recently either. In my opinion, I'm an A+ student!"
"THINK AGAIN!" yells the teacher, getting angry for a second. He then clears his throat and pushes up his glasses, trying to calm down. He continues by saying, "you're right about one thing, you didn't do anything wrong recently, so you're not in trouble... this time. In fact it's quite the opposite. The Principal has asked for you two to help out with a temporary activity."
"What! I'm not going to help at with that! Are you an idiot!" yells Iso, angry.
"I would be willing to do it by myself," says Gigi quietly. "Whatever it is..."
"No!" says the teacher sharply. "The principal specifically asked for you two."
"What is it?" asks Iso as he crosses his arms.
"Eh... am I hearing early submission from our stubborn youth?" asks the teacher with a cheeky grin on his face as he leans in closer, trying to catch every word, though he already knows that he didn't make a mistake.
"I'm not agreeing to it right away," says Iso. "But I want to at least know what it is before I regret it. It's not everyday that the Principal asks for me specifically."
"The local orphanage wants you two to help with the level 1 students who will be taking your places next year. Since you two have the highest scores, the principal thought you guys were the only people for the job! His words, not mine."
"He has the second highest score!" says Gigi in shock.
"First highest," says Iso without a change in mood or a heartbeat out of place. It was cold hard knowledge, nothing more.
"How can that be!" says Gigi, still in shock. "You don't study, you don't pay attention, you don't take notes. You sleep more then you eat, which is saying something. How can you possibly have a higher score then me?"
"Yes," says Iso, really angry now. "I wonder how that can be?"
"Oops..." says Gigi as she covers his mouth. "I- I didn't mean it... It wasn't suppose to..."
"Don't sweat it," says Iso with an indifferent shrug. "And the answer to your question is yes."
"What question?" asks Gigi.
"'Is he really special?!'" says Iso, trying to mock Gigi.
"Shock! How did you know!" asks Gigi. She then looks around skeptically. She then leans in to whisper into Iso's ear, which catches him and his heart off guard, saying, "Can you read minds?"
"Only yours," whispers Iso back. Way to stay cool Iso~! You're the man!
Gigi looks up at Iso, wide eyed. She seemed to be dazzled and aw-struck by him.
"OI! Are you just going to stare at me all day or are you going to come with me?" asks Iso as he starts to leave.
"What?" asks Gigi as she trails behind.
"Where are you going?" asks the teacher in panic.
"To help the orphans," says Iso innocently.
"That doesn't start today!" says the teacher.
Think of something fast, think of something fast! "Better late then never," says Iso. Better late then never! How the heck did I make it to the top of the class! Stupid, coming to school everyday! Now it's screwed the whole grading scale up!
"You have to wait till next week!" calls the teacher.
"Fine then, I'm leaving," says Iso, less angry. He then bows to the teacher in a mocking way and says sarcastically, "Have a great day!"
Iso turns and walks down the stairs to the entrance of the school. "WAIT!" calls Gigi. Iso stops and looks behind his shoulder to see Gigi running down the stairs towards him.
"I can't accept that you're in the top of the class!" yells Gigi. "From today on... YOU'LL BE MY NUMBER ONE RIVAL!"
"Rival huh?" asks Iso as he thinks about it. "Never been one of those before. I accept, but don't think I'm going to go easy on you because your a girl!"
"I won't lose to a dilenquent like you!" yells Gigi.
"I'm going to make you eat those words," says Iso as he gives her an evil smile, flashing his pointy fangs. Gigi jumps a little, after he shows his smile, but she then takes a deep breath and takes a step forward, puffing out her chest.
"Not if I feed you first!" challenges Gigi. Iso tries to stiffle his laugh, but it gets the better of him. He ends up curling over, holding his stomach, because he's laughing so hard.
"Ah!" laughs Iso, now able to breath. He pushes some of the hair that fell into his eyes back with his fingers as he smiles up at Gigi. "I tried to hold it in but... your just too cute."
Pink starts to spread across Gigi's face and Iso just looks at her. He tilts his head and asks, "Are you okay? You don't have a fever or anything, do you?"
"You're the last man on Earth who I'll like!" yells Gigi, out of the blue, as her face gets even more red.
"I already know that," says Iso as if it was a fact of life. Gigi then turn to dash down the hallway. Iso just laughs at her and continues walking down the stairs, whistling to himself. When he finally gets outside and the door closes behind him, he stops whistling and his good mood vanishes. He looks down at the ground and steps out of the doorway, putting the crown of his head on the brick wall. He looks up at the sky as it starts to seem to get cloudy. You already told me that stupid. Do you really need to tell me again?
"Onee-chan! Onii-chan! Play with me! Play with me!" shouted the little kids individually and all clustered together.
"Sorry... sorry! We can't play with you right now," says Gigi sweetly as she tries to calm down the kids with no progress. "You have to learn! You have to get into a top privet school!"
"OI!" shouts Iso from his belly. He was p'ed off now.
"Eek!" sqeaks Gigi, getting scared by Iso's loud yells. Darn girl! thinks Iso as his heart starts to beat faster. Don't be so darn innocent all the time!
"I'm Iso and this is Gigi!" yells Iso to the kids. "So you better shut up and listen or else!"
"Or else what?" asks a little girl as she raises her hand.
"Or else I'll make ya," says Iso, truely ticked off now. He makes a fist and waves it in front of the kids face. They all squeal in terrior. Gigi then gets in front of Iso, blocking him fom the kids if he tried to do anything stupid.
"Please don't hurt them! Their innocnt children!" pleads Gigi.
"Fine," says Iso as his temper quickly disperses. "But I'm only doing it for you! You got that!"
"What?" asks Gigi as she looks up at him.
"Never mind," whispers Iso as he puts his hands in his pockets and crouches down to one of the little, low tables of the kids'.
"Oi," says Iso as he looks down at the book. "What's this?"
"It's the stupid workbook their making us fill out," says one kid, puffing out her cheeks.
"I don't wanna~!" whines another as he slowly slides down his chair.
"You better!" says Iso. "Else you'll bring dishonor to your family."
"We don't have family stupid," says one of the older boys. "We're orphans."
"Do you all think that?" asks Iso.
"Yeah," say the children, not all at the same time, but it seemed pretty unanomous.
"Okay than, I want everybody up!" yells Iso as he stand up. No one moves so Iso goes around and pulls out chairs from under them. "UP! UP! Now get into a circle."
The kids do what they were told, not wanting to be man-handled again. Iso stands in the center of the circle and looks around him. "Now look to you're left," directs Iso. The kids follow. "Now look to you're right." The kids obidently follow.
"Did you see that?" asks Iso as he puts his hands on his hips, with a confident smirk.
"See what?" asks one kid.
"The people you would dishonor," says Iso. The kids look at him wide-eyed, sort of getting it. "Each and everyone of these people, in this room, are your family. They love you and wish the best for you. And if you don't even try to work hard to get into this school, then their the ones who will get hurt, because they expected more from you. You understand?"
They nod their heads yes, slowly. Some understood, others didn't, but all didn't want to disappoint the person next to them, and the sure as heck didn't want anyone in this room to be hurt.
"You ready to do this!" yells Iso, trying to pump up the kids.
"Yeah!" yell the kids, excited.
"Then listen to Gigi!" yells Iso as he throws a fist in the air.
"YEAH!" yell the kids as they quickly run to their places quickly.
"Thank you," whispers Gigi as she comes up next to him.
"I know what it's like, thinking that you have nothing, and not trying your hardest because you think it's pointless," says Iso. "And then being hurt by the person you love the most, because she expected more from you."
"She... you mean your mother?" asks Gigi.
"No," says Iso as he looks down at the ground, sad, "the girl I confessed to." Gigi's eyes grow wide, not expecting him to really love a girl enough to confess to her.
"Oi! What are you two talking about over there?" asks a kid loudly.
"Let us in! Let us in!" say a few other kids.
"We were just discussing how to make sure you stay in those seat!" yells Iso, getting energetic again. "If I see anybody move, I'm getting the stapler!"
"Kyaaa~!" squeal some girls.
"Not the stapler!" begs a boy.
"Capital punishment! Capital punishment!" chants another boy.
"Oi! You don't even know what that word means!" yells Iso as he points to the kid.
"Settle down please everyone," says Gigi as she finally is able to calm them down enough to start their lessons.
"Hey Iso," says Gigi as she helps Iso pick up the workbooks from the orphans. "The other day you mentioned a girl who you confessed to..."
"Yeah?" asks Iso as he looks at her as she stacks the books on his stack. "What about it?" Don't tell me she...
"W-who was it? The girl who you confessed to?" asks Gigi, turning away from him. No... She didn't... Of course she didn't.
"Don't worry about it," laughs Iso. "It was a long time ago and she rejected me."
"What?" asks Gigi, genuinally shocked. This girl really is a retard.
"Yeah," laughs Iso as he starts to pick up Gigi's slack. "Appearantly I was too feminane or something. I told her I liked her and she told me that she couldn't have a relationship with someone as... common I think the word was, as me. Any way... before that I was actually, quite a diligent student."
"Really?" asks Gigi as she runs to look at Iso's face.
"Yeah," says Iso with a calm face. "I would read books all the time and I would shave my head so I didn't have to deal with my hair, which actually gave me more time to read. I use to read all kinds of informational books and such."
"But you stopped?" asks Gigi as she starts to stack books again.
"Yeah, I didn't want to be common anymore. But now that I think about it... What really made her so special?" asks Iso as he tries to think about it himself. He then laughs and says,"I guess it's that I still love her after all this time."
"What?" asks Gigi, shocked again. Don't tell me she figured it out!
"Yeah," says Iso as he looks her in the eyes. "I seems to have a special connection with her... and I always see her right in front of me even though she's still an arm-lengths away. I feel like someone... too common when I'm with her, so I try to stand out, make her notice me, so I can hear the words; 'I love you.'"
"Do I know her?" asks Gigi. She's so dense.
"Yeah... I think you guys are pretty close," says Iso.
"Is it Fushi?" asks Gigi.
"I'm not telling you!" yells Iso.
"Then I'll support you! 100%! Don't give up! Don't give up!" yells Gigi. Iso stumples a little as he thinks, HOW CAN SHE STILL NOT KNOW!
"You aren't doing this so my grade would drop?" asks Iso with a smile.
"Oh," says Gigi after a pause of time. She then smiles so that her fangs are hid, "You got me."
"Yeah," says Iso as he shifts the books to one arm and pats Gigi on the head with the free one. "You really can't hide anything from me."
Both Gigi and Iso laugh at each other before they start putting away the books.
"Hey Iso!" calls his friend from below the roof. Iso looks down from his perch at him.
"What you want?" asks Iso.
"We just want to talk to you!" calls his friend's girlfriend.
"I'll be down in a sec," says Iso as he gets up and jumps down off of the roof. He then brushes off his pants and looks at them. "What'cha want?"
"You seem to be spending a lot of time with Gigi lately," says his friend with a cheeky smile.
"So?" asks Iso, not liking where this is going. "The stupid principal made me."
"Really~? But you two are so cute together!" says the girlfriend. "Just confess to her."
"No," says Iso as he crosses his arms.
"You gotta get a girlfriend sometime!" whines his friend. "And Gigi's so cute! Not to mention that she's a shiny!"
"So?" asks Iso with a shrug.
"Whatda ya mean so!" yells the girlfriend.
"So she's a shiny. So what? Shouldn't you be ask what makes her special?" asks Iso.
"So you don't like shinies?" asks his friend with a tilt of his head.
"I wouldn't chose to date one, if that's what you mean," says Iso. "I don't like how their considered 'special' because their simply different then us. If I had a girlfriend, I would like to be on equal grounds, not some play-thing for them. If I had to pick between a shiny and a normal... I'll probably pick a normal."
"Gigi," says the girlfriend softly.
"What?" asks Iso. Oh crap!
"Gigi wait!" yells the girlfriend as she rushes after her.
"Did Gigi hear that?" asks Iso, wide-eyed. His friend just simply nods his head 'yes'. Iso sprints down the stairs until he sees Gigi standing there with the girlfriend trying to confort her.
"Gigi!" yells Iso as he rush to her.
"Nows not the time..." says the girlfriend. Iso just gentle removes her from Gigi so he can see her face. He sees that her face is all red and puff from crying. He just stares at her... unable to say anything, not knowing what to say.
"Yes!" yells Gigi as tears streak her face. "Even shinies cry! We're human too! Just because... just because we're different doesn't mean that we're... we're not... human!"
"But why are you so special?" asks Iso.
"What?" asks Gigi, as she looks up at Iso, shocked.
"Why is it that you're treated so differently from us! That you're held above the standards!" yells Iso. "Why is it okay for one of you to reject us but not the reverse!"
"S-so you do like a shiny!" sniffles Gigi as more tears start to come out. "Why would you like a shiny when you say you would never chose to date one!"
"I never said that!" yells Iso.
"You just said..." says Gigi before Iso cuts her off.
"I said that I wouldn't want to date one!" yells Iso. "As in a general population but she... she!... She isn't like the rest! She's not only special on the outside, but also on the inside! She's the one person who can love me whole heartedly without judgement! She doesn't care if I look like this and act like this! She's someone I want to be with the rest of my life!"
"I don't want to hear this!" yells Gigi.
"And I don't want to see you crying over this!" yells Iso.
"Iso..." says the girlfriend faintly.
"It's okay to cry over some guy who's just rejected you!" yells Gigi as more tears start pouring out.
"When did I reject you!" yells Iso. "You never even confessed to me!"
"I'm not going to say 'I love you' now!" yells Gigi as she covers her face. "I don't want to be rejected again!"
"Ahhh~!" yells Iso as he falls into a frog-stance crouch. "You've gotta be kidding me!"
"Yeah! I love you! And I don't care what happens!" yells Gigi. "IloveyouIloveyouIloveyouIloveyou! I'll say it a thousand more times! I lo-..."
Gigi never got to finish her sentance because Iso had pulled her down and kissed her on the mouth. Gigi seemed to cry even harder.
"You are such a stupid girl," says Iso, trying not to look at her because of the blush that was coloring his cheeks.
"I don't care if I'm stupid~!" wails Gigi. "Just don't treat my emotions like a toy."
"Of course I wouldn't!" yells Iso as he glares at her. "Because you've been doing that to me for the past five years!"
"W-what?" asks Gigi, once again not knowing what was going on.
"Idiot! You were the one I confesse to! You rejected me remember! Because I wasn't good enough for a shiny!" yells Iso. "I thought if I changed my hair and my attitude that I forget about you... but I couldn't! You were the only girl that I could love, even if you're an idiot!"
"Sorry~!" cries Gigi.
"For what?" snaps Iso.
"For telling you that!" whimpers Gigi. "I was so wrong! Please forgive me!"
"Idiot," says Iso as he pulls her in closer to kiss her again. "I already forgave you."
"When~" whimpers Gigi as she looks up at Iso with big tearful eyes. Iso just smiles, where he shows his fangs.
"When I told you how you were special!"
End of another one-shot! (Now it's up to two!)Fun fact! The friend and the friend's girlfriend were Dan and Anne! Recycling! Yay~!If you didn't catch that... that's fine, but isn't it nice to meet old friends? I didn't put their names because I wanted the focus to be on Gigi and Iso, not Dan and Anne (they already got their story), but I wanted you to realize it, so I told you at the end of the story. Now you can go back and be like "yep, that's so dan." or "Ah~! New memories with Dan and Anne~!" But I really didn't want you to think that this was them eight years later or something. I hope you like Gigi and Iso, so far their kind of my favorite couple, because they had to work for it (I like journies, not destinations.) I hope you can read more and more about my characters and get to love each and everyone of them~! Next chapter is going to be Venusaur~! Please look forward to it!